Photo Review
2nd May 1964
The Gresley Society
London - North Eastern Flyer
| Locos Used | 4472 'Flying Scotsman' & 60106 'Flying Fox' |
| Stock Used | 9 coaches |
Route :
| Loco | Route |
| 60106 | London Kings Cross - Peterborough - (via ECML) - Doncaster |
| 4472 | Doncaster - Darlington North Road |
| 4472 | Darlington Bank Top - Doncaster |
| 60106 | Doncaster - London Kings Cross |
Notes :
(1) David Whittaker comments: Some very fine running made by 60106 in both
directions between Doncaster and King's Cross and indeed by 4472 on the
continuation to Darlington and return. On the return journey 60106 attained
94/96mph down Stoke Bank, despite checks near Essendine and topped the climb
from Grantham at 70mph. Log below is from contemporary sources.
(2) A visit was made to Darlington Works.
Sources : Bevan Price, David Whittaker & Andrew Fairholm
Photo Review
Two shots of 'Flying Scotsman' at York (photos: Arthur Haymes)
60051 & 4472 at York (photo: The Bob Mitchell Collection)
From The John Debens Ticket Collection.
Not strictly relating to the tour but the platform ticket shown below was issued for York to allow viewing of 4472 'Flying Scotsman' and 60051 'Blink Bonny' which was used on the RCTS tour the same day.
From The John Debens Ticket Collection.
60051 & 4472 at York (photo: G.Devine/The John Debens Collection)
Performance Log
(from David Whittaker, from contemporary sources)
| Location | Scheduled mins.secs |
Actual mins.secs |
| Peterborough | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Stoke | ? | 22.15 |
| Grantham | 31.00 | 26.43 |
| Newark | 43.00 | 38.56 |
| Retford | 63.00 | 55.29 |
| Bawtry | ? | 66.37 |
| Doncaster | 86.00 | 77.06 |
Sigs: Claypole & Two PWS slacks
Net time 70 minutes. Min speed Stoke Summit 69mph
Max speed 86mph Claypole
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