30th July 2023

Branch Line Society
The Ips Witch

Locos Used (1) 50007 'Hercules' & 50049 'Defiance'
Stock Used 17105+1212+3390+3345+1651+3333+3340+3325+1657+3364+3397

Route : 1Z21 throughout

Loco(s) Route
50007 + 50049 Ipswich - Colchester - Colchester Up Goods - Marks Tey - Chelmsford - Ilford Up Avoiding - Manor Park Up Avoiding - Stratford - Up Channelsea Loop - Lea Jn - Navarino Road Jn - Canonbury West Jn - Highbury Vale Jn - Finsbury Park - Alexandra Palace - Welwyn Garden City - Stevenage - Huntingdon - Peterborough - Peterborough Eastfield North Down Departure (3) - New England North Jn - Helpston Jn - Stamford - Manton Jn - Oakham - Melton Mowbray - Syston East Jn - Syston North Jn - Loughborough - East Midlands Parkway

Notes :
(1) 50007 running numbered / named as 50034 'Furious', on one side only.
(2) Raising funds for Alzheimer's Society using the otherwise E.C.S. from the previous days' GBRf Staff Special to Paignton.
(3) The original plan was to traverse the 'Construction Arrival / Departures' line at Peterborough Eastfield but this was refused & 'North Down Departure' used instead.
(4) Delay at Loughborough due to signal failure resulting in train cancellations & other trains queuing to get through area. At 16:15 as tour arrived at Melton Mowbray, it was still not known if we would take booked route or head off to Leicester. As it happened, the tour took booked route & joined the queue behind 1D18 & 1D22, & arrived East Midlands Parkway just 38 minutes late.

Sources : Jim Sellens (on the train throughout) & Alan Sheppard (on the train from Ipswich to Melton Mowbray)

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Alan Sheppard & Jim Sellens)

Location Booked Actual
Ipswich 11.03d [P2] [UL] 11.04d [P2] [UL]
Ipswich Halifax Jn 11/05½ 11/07
Manningtree North Jn 11/13 11/15
Manningtree 11/13½ [P2] 11/15½ [P2]
Colchester Jn [UM-DM-DPL] 11/26 [UM-DM-DPL]
Colchester 11.23½a ~ 11.26½d [P1] 11.27a ~ 11.29d [P1]
Colchester Up Goods Loop 11*28 ~ 11*36 [UGL] 11/31 [UGL]
Colchester South Jn [UG-UM] 11.33 ~ 11.34½ [UG-UM]
Marks Tey Up Loop 11.45½ ~ 11.46 [UPL] 11/47 [UPL]
Marks Tey 11/47½ [P1] 11/49 [P1]
Witham Up Loop 11.58 ~ 11.58½ [UPL] 12/00 [UPL]
Witham 12*00½ ~ 12*12½ [P1] 12p02½a ~ 12p12d [P1]
Arbour Lane [UM-DM-DPL] 12/26½ [UM-DM-DPL]
Chelmsford DPL 12.25½ ~ 12.25½ [DPL] 12/27½ [DPL]
Chelmsford 12*27 ~ 12*34 [P2] [ML] 12.30 ~ 12.33 [P2] [DM-UM]
Ingatestone 12/42 [P1] 12/43 [P1]
Shenfield 12/46½ [P2] [ML] 12/47 [P2] [UM]
Gidea Park 12/54 [P1] [ML] 12/54 [P1] [UM]
Romford 12/55 [P2] 12/55 [P2]
Seven Kings 12/58½ [P1] 12/59½ [P1]
Ilford 12/59½ [P1] [IE] 13/01 [P1]
Ilford Up Pass Avoiding ? 13/02 [UPA]
Manor Park 13/03 13/05 [UPA]
Forest Gate Jn 13/04½ [UE-DE-UM] 13/08 [UE-DE-UM]
Forest Gate 13/06 [P3] [DML] 13/11 [UM]
Maryland East Crossovers [UM-DM] 13/12½ [UM-DM]
Stratford 13.10a ~ 13.13d [P10A] [AL] 13.17a ~ 13.22d [P10A-UCL]
Carpenters Road North Jn ? 13/23 [UCL]
Channelsea Jn 13/16 [AL] 13/23½ [UCL]
Lea Jn 13*17 ~ 13*21½ 13/25
Navarino Road Jn 13/28 13/30½
Canonbury West Jn 13/33 13/35 [UDC]
Highbury Vale Jn 13/35 13/37 [Dn Canonbury]
Clarence Yard Jn ? 13/38 [Dn Canonbury]
Finsbury Park 13/37½ [P8] [SL2] 13.41 ~ 13.42½ [P8-DS2]
Harringay 13/40 13/46½ [DS2]
Hornsey 13/42 13/48 [DS2]
Wood Green South Jn ? 13.50 ~ 13.53½ [DS2-DS]
Alexandra Palace 13/45 [P3] [SL] 13/54½ [P3] [DS]
Alexandra Palace (North) ? 13/55½ [DS-DF]
Potters Bar 13/54 [P4] [SL] 14/07 [DF-DS-P4]
Welwyn Garden City 14/05 [P4] [SL] 14/20 [DS]
Digswell Jn 14/07 [FL] 14/22½
Woolmer Green Jn 14/09½ [FL] 14/26 [DF]
Stevenage 14/12½ [P3] [FL] 14/29 [P3] [DF]
Hitchin 14/16 [FL] 14/32 [DF]
Biggleswade 14/23½ [P4] [SL] 14/40½ DF-DS
14/41 [P4]
Sandy 14/27 [P2] [SL] 14/45 [P2] [DS]
St Neots 14/34½ [P1] 14/53 [P1] [DS]
Huntingdon 14/42 [P3] [FL] 15/01½ [P3] [DF]
Holme Jn 14/52½ [FL] 15/11½
Fletton Jn 14/57 [SL] 15/16½ [DS]
Peterborough 15.00a ~ 15.04d [P5] [SL] 15.20a ~ 15.23d [P5]
Spital South Jn Sig.P.458 15/06 [SDA] 15/25
Peterborough Eastfield S.B. 15/09 [GL] [North Dn Dep] 15/29 [North Dn Dep]
New England North Jn 15/17½ 15/36
Marholm Jn 15/20 [SL] 15/39
Helpston Jn 15/23½ 15/41½
Uffington S.B. (Lincs) 15/28 15/46
Stamford ? 15/49
Ketton S.B. 15/34½ 15/52½
Luffenham 15/37 15/54½
Manton Jn 15/41½ 15/59
Oakham 15/44½ [P2] [ML] 16/03½ [P2]
Langham Jn 15/45½ 16/04
Ashwell L.C. 15/47 16/05½
Whissendine L.C. 15/49½ 16/07½
Melton Mowbray 15/54 [P2] 16.14a ~ 16.16½ [P2]
Frisby-on-the-Wreake 15/57 16/21
Syston East Jn 16/04½ 16/28
Syston North Jn 16/05½ [SL] 16/31 [DS]
Sileby Jn 16/10½ [SL] 16/35 [DS]
Loughborough Sig.LR.503 ? 16.40 ~ 16.48 [DS]
Loughborough Sig.LR.507 ? 16.51 ~ 16.54 [DS]
Loughborough 16/15½ [P3] [SL] 16/56 [P3]
East Midlands Parkway 16.26a [P3] 17.04a [P3]

No Cumulative Mileages provided in Tour Brochure.


Associated E.C.S. & Light Engine Workings

5Z21 : (50007 + 50049 + tour stock) : Ipswich S.S. to Ipswich

Location Booked Actual
Ipswich S.S. 10+56d 10+56 [No.3 Recp]
Ipswich 10+59a [P2] 10+59 [P2]

5Z22 : (50007 + 50049 + tour stock) : East Midlands Parkway to Burton Wetmore Sidings
 

Location Booked Actual (from RTT)
East Midlands Parkway 16+32d [P3] [SL] 17+10 [P3] [DS]
Ratcliffe Jn 16/33 [FL] 17/11 [DS-DF]
Trent South Jn 16/35½ 17/13 [DM]
Sheet Stores Jn 16/37½ 17/14 [DC]
Castle Donington 16/43½ 17/22
Stenson Jn 16/55½ 17/37
North Stafford Jn 16/57 17/38½
Clay Mills Jn 17/04 [DTG] 17/42
Burton Wetmore Jn  ? 17/43½
Burton East Yard Loop 17RR12 ~ 17RR41 ?
Burton Wetmore Jn 17+45 ~ 17+55 [UGL] 17+55 ~ ??
Burton Wetmore Sidings 18+00a 18+01

0Z22 : (50007 + 50049) : Burton Wetmore Sidings to Kidderminster S.V.R.

Location Booked Actual (from RTT)
Burton Wetmore Sidings 19+03d 18+01
Burton Wetmore Jn 19+07 ~ 19+12 [UGL-ML] ?
Burton-on-Trent 19/16 [P2] 18/07 [P2]
Wichnor Jn 19/21 18/12
Tamworth H.L. 19/27 [P4] 18/18 [P4]
Kingsbury Jn 19/32½ 18/23 [DF]
Water Orton 19/38 [P1] [ML] 18/38 [P2]
Water Orton West Jn 19/39 18/39
Park Lane Jn (West Mids) 19/41 ?
Ryecroft Jn 20/04 DIV
Walsall 20*07 ~ 20*26 [FL] DIV
Pleck Jn 20/29 DIV
Bescot Stadium 20/31 DIV
Perry Barr North Jn 20/39 DIV
Perry Barr West Jn 20/40 DIV
Soho East Jn 20*46 ~ 20*53 DIV
Landor Street Jn DIV 18/44
Birmingham New Street Holding Sdgs DIV 18/49
Soho North Jn 20/55 ?
Galton Jn 20/58 18/55
Smethwick Jn 20/59 18/56
Rowley Regis 21/04 18/59 [P2]
Stourbridge Junction 21/12 [P3] 19/08½ [P3]
Blakedown 21/16 19/12 [P1]
Kidderminster 21*19 ~ 21*21 [P2] 19+16 ~ 19+17½
Kidderminster S.V.R. 21+26a 19+22


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