29th December 1981

R.E.S.L.
The Deltic Executive

Loco Used 03073 & 55009 'Alycidon'
Stock Used 16028+4456+4599+3712+5055+9338+3797+4688+4050+4705

Route : 1G06 throughout

Loco Route
55009 London Kings Cross - (via ECML) - Doncaster - Adwick Jn - Wakefield Westgate - Gelderd Road Jn - Leeds City
55009 Leeds City - Weeton - Harrogate - Skelton Jn - York - Church Fenton - Sherburn Wood Jn - Gascoigne Wood Jn - Selby - Gilberdyke - Hull
03073 shunt release move at Hull
55009 Hull - Gilberdyke - Goole - Doncaster - (via ECML) - London Kings Cross

Notes :
(1) Tour timing sheet mentions that the tour was advertised to include Newcastle and Bradford in the itinerary but couldn't owing to "operational difficulties".
(2) Train was delayed at York owing to a defective steam-heating pipe on coach 4456.

Sources : David Garnett & Chris Morley (class 03 gen)
(stock courtesy of Ian Dobson, taken from "Terminus", Vol 5 issue 3, the journal of RESL)

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(provided by Ian Dobson & Mark Newlyn - from "Terminus", Vol 5 issue 3, the journal of RESL)

M.C Location Booked Out Actual   Booked Return Actual M.C
0.00 Kings Cross 07.45d 07.59   20.26a 20.24 472.74
4.78 Wood Green 07/52 08/09   20/20 20/16 467.76
12.57 Potters Bar 07/58 08/15   20/13 20/11 460.17
20.25 Welwyn Garden City 08/03 08/20   ??/?? ??/?? ???.??
??.?? Woolmer Green ??/?? ??/??   20/05 20/03 449.35
31.74 Hitchin 08/11 08/29   19/59 19/57 441.00
44.10 Sandy 08/19 08/37   19/49 19/49 428.64
58.70 Huntingdon 08/29 08/45   19/39 19/39 414.04
76.29 Peterborough 08.49a ~ 08.51d 08.59 ~ 09.03   19.19a ~ 19.25d 19.17 ~ 19.25 396.45
84.64 Tallington 09/01 09/12   19/11 19/07 388.10
100.08 Stoke 09/15 09/22   19/01 18/59 372.66
105.38 Grantham 09/20 09/26   18/53 18/55 367.36
109.56 Barkston South Jn 09/23 09/28   18/50 18/52 363.18
120.08 Newark Northgate 09/30 09/35   18/43 18/45 352.66
138.49 Retford 09/42 09/48   18/31 18/33 334.35
155.77 Doncaster 10.00a ~ 10.02d 10.01 ~ 10.04   18.15a ~ 18.17d 18.13 ~ 18.18 316.77

 

M.C Location Booked Actual
157.53 Bentley Crossing 10/05 10/07
160.57 Adwick Jn 10/08 10/10
166.00 South Kirkby Jn 10/12 10/15
171.73 Hare Park Jn 10/18 10/20
175.67 Wakefield Westgate 10/22 10/25
184.22 Gelderd Road Jn 10/26 10/45
185.66 Leeds City 10.41a ~ 11.23d 10.51 ~ 11.23
186.61 Wortley Jn 11/27 11/28
191.45 Horsforth 11/34 11/36
197.46 Weeton 11/44 11/52
204.07 Harrogate 11.54a ~ 12.12d 12.03 ~ 12.12
207.75 Knaresborough 12/21 12/23
214.27 Cattal 12/30 12/31
215.65 Hammerton 12/34 12/34
221.54 Poppleton 12/44 12/42
222.76 Skelton Jn 12/47 12/46
224.45 York 12.51a ~ 15.00d 12.52 ~ 15.13
235.04 Church Fenton 15/15 15/29
237.51 Sherburn South Jn 15/16 51/32
238.60 Gascoigne Wood Jn 15/19 15/35
245.17 Selby 15/28 15/45
259.21 Gilberdyke 15/44 16/03
276.16 Hull 16.05a ~ 17.12d 16.28 ~ 17.12
292.41 Gilberdyke 17/37 17/38
299.68 Goole 17/47 17/45
308.40 Thorne Jn 17/58 18/00

Timings continue in first table.

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