8th March 1975
British Rail
(Day Excursion)
Loco Used | 53 |
Stock Used | 35219+25089+25227+25186+24859+1933+15328+15317+4459+3752+34552+4514+4531 |
Route : 1Z72 throughout
Loco | Route |
53 | Leicester - Loughborough - Trent - Beeston - Nottingham |
53 | Nottingham - Alfreton & Mansfield Parkway - Chesterfield - Tapton Jn - Barrow Hill North Jn - Cudworth - Rotherham Masborough - Normanton - Castleford - York - (via ECML) - Edinburgh Waverley |
53 | Edinburgh Waverley - (reverse of outward route) - Nottingham |
53 | Nottingham - (reverse of outward route) - Leicester |
Notes :
(1) Off train options;
(2) Howard Parker comments: A DMU connection was provided from Burton on Trent,
calling at Derby, Long Eaton and Beeston to Nottingham (and return in the
evening). On the outward journey the extended stops south and north of Alnmouth
were due to a freight train having failed further north. This was eventually
seen in the down loop at Belford. 47125 had failed and had been rescued by
40136. My time at Edinburgh was spent on a return to Inverkeithing (out on a DMU
and return behind 47043). This achieved 2 things – travelling past Haymarket
depot and a trip across the Forth Bridge. After that, it was walking to Princes
Street gardens to view rail movements.
Source : Howard Parker (on the train throughout)
Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Howard Parker)
Location | Booked | Actual | Booked | Actual | |
Leicester | 06.35d | 06.34 | 00.06a | 00.25 | |
Loughborough | ??.??a ~ ??.??d | ??.?? ~ 06.50 | ??.??a ~ ??.??d | 00.10 ~ ??.?? | |
Nottingham | ??.??a ~ ??.??d | 07.10 ~ 07.26 | ??.??a ~ ??.??d | 23.35 ~ 23.45 | |
Alfreton & Mansfield Parkway | ??.??a ~ ??.??d | ??.?? ~ 07.55 | ??.??a ~ ??.??d | 23.07 ~ ??.?? | |
Chesterfield | ? | 08/10 | ? | 22/50 | |
Barrow Hill | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
Rotherham Masborough South | ??c?? ~ ??c?? | 08.35 ~ 08.37 | ? | 22/25 | |
Normanton | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
Castleford | ? | 09/07 | ? | 21/50 | |
York | ??c?? ~ ??c?? | 09.28 ~ 09.32 | ??c?? ~ ??c?? | 21.20 ~ 21.24 | |
Thirsk | ? | 09/50 | ? | ? | |
Northallerton | ? | 09/57 | ? | ? | |
Darlington | ? | 10/07 | ? | ? | |
Durham | ? | 10/26 | ? | 20/30 | |
Chester-le-Street | ? | 10/32 | ? | ? | |
Newcastle | ??c?? ~ ??c?? | 10.45 ~ 10.50 | ??c?? ~ ??c?? | 20.10 ~ 20.14 | |
[south of] Alnmouth | ? | 11.26 ~ 12.08 | ? | ? | |
[north of] Alnmouth | ? | 12.10 ~ 12.25 | ? | ? | |
Berwick-upon-Tweed | ? | 13/15 | ? | 18/55 | |
Edinburgh Waverley | 12.57a | 14.25 | 18.00d | 18.03 |