8th March 1975
British Rail
(Football Specials)
Locos Used | 37014, 47130 & 47401 |
Stock Used | [1] : 4330+4259+4524+4412+9331+4523+4710+4645+4652+4686 [2] : 4648+4874+4351+4693+9355+4161+4094+4642+4561+4631 |
Route : 1G31 (throughout?)
Loco | Stock | Route |
47130 | [1] | Leeds - (via viaduct line) - Gelderd Road Jn - Wakefield Westgate - Adwick Jn - Doncaster - (via ECML) - Peterborough - March - Ely - Bury-St-Edmunds - Haughley Jn - Ipswich |
37014 | [1]? | Ipswich - (reverse of outward route) - March - Murrow - Spalding - (via Sleaford & Lincoln avoiding lines) - Gainsborough Lea Road - Trent Jn - Black Carr Jn - Doncaster - (reverse of outward route) - Leeds |
Route : 1G32 (throughout?)
Loco | Stock | Route |
47401 | [2] | Leeds - ??? - Bury-St-Edmunds - Haughley Jn - Ipswich |
47401? | [2]? | Ipswich - Haughley Jn - Bury-St-Edmunds - ??? - Leeds |
Notes :
(1) FA Cup 6th round match, final score was Ipswich Town 0:0 Leeds.
(2) Ian Umpleby comments: The early return start and different traction on
1G31 suggest
these might be legs from two different football specials, but it may have been
due to engineering work on the ECML and class 47s being banned from March to
Spalding? We'll never know, probably...
Sources : Ian Umpleby & Gerald Brown
Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Ian Umpleby)
M.C | Location | Booked | Actual | Booked | Actual | M.C | |
0.00 | Leeds | 09.10d | 09.15½ | 22.16a | 22.11½ | 0.00 | |
1.64 | Gelderd Road Jn | ? | 09/20 | ? | 22/05½ | 1.64 | |
10.24 | Wakefield Westgate | ? | 09/30 | ? | ??.?? ~ 21.50½ | 10.24 | |
14.16 | Hare Park Jn | ? | 09/38 | ? | ? | 14.16 | |
25.28 | Adwick Jn | ? | 09/48½ | ? | ? | 25.28 | |
30.12 | Doncaster | ? | 09c57 ~ 09c58 | ? | ? | 30.12 | |
32.72 | Black Carr Jn | ? | 10/05 | ? | ? | 32.72 | |
- | Haxley | ? | ? | 43.48 | |||
- | Trent Jn | ? | ? | 50.60 | |||
- | Pyewipe Jn | ? | ? | 65.28 | |||
- | Greetwell Jn | ? | ? | 68.08 | |||
- | Sleaford North Jn | ? | ? | 85.68 | |||
- | Sleaford South Jn | ? | ? | 87.20 | |||
- | Spalding | ? | ? | 105.08 | |||
- | Murrow | ? | ? | 118.36 | |||
47.40 | Retford | ? | 10/18½ | ||||
66.00 | Newark North Gate | ? | 10/32 | ||||
76.32 | Barkston South Jn | ? | 10/40½ | ||||
80.48 | Grantham | ? | 10/45½ | ||||
86.00 | Stoke | ? | 10/50 | ||||
101.20 | Tallington | ? | 11/00 | ||||
106.48 | Werrington Jn | ? | 11/03½ | ||||
109.60 | Peterborough | ? | 11c11 ~ 11c12 | ||||
119.48 | Three Horse Shoes | ? | 11/26½ | ||||
124.56 | March | ? | 11c33 ~ 11c34 | ? | 19c03½ ~ ??.?? | 124.56 | |
138.72 | Ely North Jn | ? | 11/50½ | ? | 18/40½ | 138.72 | |
140.24 | Ely | ? | 11/52½ | ? | 18/38 | 140.24 | |
145.28 | Soham | ? | 12/01 | ? | 18/28½ | 145.28 | |
152.12 | Chippenham Jn | ? | 12/10½ | ? | 18/20 | 152.12 | |
164.52 | Bury St Edmunds | ? | 12/25½ | ? | 18/03½ | 164.52 | |
176.66 | Haughley Jn | ? | 12/40 | ? | 17/34 | 176.66 | |
179.16 | Stowmarket | ? | 12/43½ | ? | 17/30 | 179.16 | |
191.11 | Ipswich | 13.06a | 12.55 | 17.15d | 17.09½ | 191.11 |