7th June 1975
British
Rail
(Merrymaker Excursion)
Loco Used | 45056 |
Stock Used | 35458+24846+25194+24909+1908+15003+24913+3750+3716+3974+34712+25324+25178 |
Route : 1Z68 throughout
Loco | Route |
45056 | Wellingborough - (via MML) - Trent South Jn - Trent East Jn - Toton Jn - Trowell Jn - Pye Bridge Jn - Clay Cross South Jn - Chesterfield - Tapton Jn - Barrow Hill Jn - Beighton Jn - Masborough Jn - Aldwarke Jn - Cudworth - Normanton - Castleford - Milford Jn - Colton Jn - (via ECML) - Edinburgh Waverley |
45056 | Edinburgh Waverley - (reverse of outward route) - Milford Jn - Pontefract Baghill - Moorthorpe - Aldwarke Jn - (reverse of outward route) - Wellingborough |
Notes :
(1) Howard Parker comments: Alnmouth and Berwick on Tweed were advertised as
alternative destinations. It is assumed that 45056 hauled the train between
Wellingborough and Leicester in both directions. A further excursion ran from
Burton on Trent, calling at Derby, Long Eaton, Beeston and Nottingham to the
same destinations and was hauled by 45045. This was seen at Edinburgh prior to
the return journey.
(2) Start/finish point not confirmed, but believed to have been Wellingborough.
Sources : Howard Parker (joined/left the train at
Leicester) & Nigel Benning
Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Howard Parker)
Location | Booked | Actual | Booked | Actual | |
Wellingborough | ??.??d | ??.?? | ??.??a | ??.?? | |
Kettering | ??.??a ~ ??.??d | ??.?? ~ ??.?? | ??.??a ~ ??.??d | ??.?? ~ ??.?? | |
Leicester | ??.??a ~ 07.58d | ??.?? ~ 07.58 | 00.44a ~ ??.??d | 01.27 ~ ??.?? | |
Loughborough | ??.??a ~ ??.??d | 08.13 ~ 08.15 | ??.??a ~ ??.??d | 01.10 ~ ??.?? | |
Alfterton & Mansfield Parkway | ??.??a ~ ??.??d | 08.44 ~ 08.47 | ??.??a ~ ??.??d | 00.23 ~ 00.29 | |
Chesterfield | ??/?? | 09/00 | ??/?? | 00/08 | |
Rotherham Masborough South | ??c?? ~ ??c?? | 09.27 ~ 09.29 | ??c?? ~ ??c?? | 23.39 ~ 23.40 | |
Normanton | ??/?? | 09/53 | |||
York | ??c?? ~ ??c?? | 10.25 ~ 10.28 | ??c?? ~ ??c?? | 22.33 ~ 22.38 | |
Thirsk | ??/?? | 10/54 | ??/?? | ??/?? | |
Northallerton | ??/?? | 11/04 | ??/?? | ??/?? | |
Darlington | ??/?? | 11/18 | ??/?? | 22/00 | |
Durham | ??/?? | 11/40 | ??/?? | 21/37 | |
Newcastle | ??c?? ~ ??c?? | 11.58 ~ 12.00 | ??c?? ~ ??c?? | 21.13 ~ 21.20 | |
Morpeth | ??/?? | 12/20 | ??/?? | ??/?? | |
Alnmouth | ??.??a ~ ??.??d | 12.37 ~ 12.38 | ??.??a ~ ??.??d | 20.36 ~ 20.37 | |
Berwick-upon-Tweed | ??.??a ~ ??.??d | 13.09 ~ 13.11 | ??.??a ~ ??.??d | 20.03 ~ 20.04 | |
Dunbar | ??/?? | 13/41 | ??/?/ | 19/32 | |
Edinburgh Waverley | 13.53a | 14.09 | 18.48d | 19.05 |