The return leg of the trip is seen here at Bolton (photo: David Ingham)
1st June 1985
Hertfordshire Railtours
The Blackpool Boomerang
| Locos Used | 25175, 25198, 31280, 37019 & 37245 |
| Stock Used (4) | 17019+123+124+1705+358+125+126+127+128+129 |
Route : 1Z38 throughout
| Loco(s) | Route |
| 37019 | London Kings Cross - (via ECML) - Peterborough |
| 37245 + 37019 | Peterborough - (via ECML) - Doncaster - South Kirkby Jn - Crofton West Jn - Wakefield Kirkgate - Horbury Jn - Healey Mills |
| 25198 + 25175 | Healey Mills - Sowerby Bridge - Blackburn - Preston - Blackpool North (2) |
| 25175 + 25198 (3) | Blackpool North - Preston - Bolton - Manchester Victoria - (3) - Miles Platting - Philips Park - Ashburys - Romiley - New Mills - Dore - Sheffield |
| 37019 + 37245 | Sheffield - Nunnery Main Line Jn - Woodhouse Jn - Shireoaks - Worksop - Retford - (via ECML) - London Kings Cross |
Notes:
(1) Nick
Ross comments: The tour
was an hour down before it even
reached Doncaster due loco problems. The rats thrashed across Copy Pit in fine
style with 11 Beryl and Cheryl sector Mk I's [n.b. see note (4)]. 25198 had apparently been fixed as
some wag's last rat but was dud for the year for some of us. A 3 hour break in
Blackpool allowed ample time to view trams and other scenic wanders the hot
weather brings out. 25198
shut down at times on the return run so we lost our path to then stagger across
the Hope valley behind an all stations DMU. So we were an hour down again, once
back at Kings Cross.
(2) Whilst in Blackpool an an additional trip was available on
Bolton tram 66 and Edinburgh tram 35 which operated at 14.00 from Rigby Road
depot to Fleetwood and back to Talbot Square.
(3)
Banked
from Manchester Victoria to Miles Platting by 31280.
(4) Originally uploaded as:
120?+121?+122?+348+123+1705+125+126+127+128+129.
The return leg of the trip is seen here at Bolton (photo: David Ingham)
Sources : Nick Ross
(joined at Doncaster on outward leg, left at Kings Cross),
LASERman (on the train throughout) & David Ingham
Timings
(Booked & Actual)
(from
LASERman)
|
Location |
Booked |
Actual |
|
Booked |
Actual |
|
Kings Cross |
07.15d |
07.57½ [P6] [FL] |
|
22.02a |
22.32½ [P6] |
|
Finsbury Park |
07/20 |
08/02 |
|
21/58 |
22/28 |
|
Alexandra Palace |
07/23 |
08/05 |
|
21/56 |
22/26 |
|
Potters Bar |
07/30 |
08/14 [SL] |
|
21/48 |
? |
|
Welwyn Garden City |
07/36 |
08/24½ |
|
? |
? |
|
Woolmer Green |
? |
? |
|
21/48 |
? |
|
Stevenage |
07.42a ~ 07.43d |
08.33 ~ 08.37 [FL] |
|
21.33a ~ 21.34d |
22.05½ ~ 22.08½ |
|
Hitchin |
07/48 |
08/43 |
|
21/29 |
22/00½ |
|
Sandy |
07/56 |
? |
|
21/17 |
? |
|
Huntingdon |
08/07 |
? |
|
21/06 |
21/38½ |
|
Holme |
08/19 |
? |
|
? |
? |
|
Peterborough |
08.28a ~ 08.30d |
09L16½ ~ 09L26½ |
|
20.50a ~ 20.52d |
21.23½ ~ 21.24 |
|
Tallington |
08/39 |
09/35½ |
|
20/43 |
21/16 |
|
Stoke |
08/54 |
09/46½ |
|
20/33 |
21/09½ |
|
Grantham |
08/58 |
09/50 |
|
20/24 |
21/02 |
|
Barkston South Jn |
09/01 |
09/53 |
|
20/20 |
20/59 |
|
Newark Northgate |
09/08 |
10/00 |
|
20/12 |
20/52 |
|
Retford |
09/21 |
10/15½ |
|
19c53 ~ 19c56 |
20.33½ ~ 20.34½ |
|
Location |
Booked |
Actual |
|
Doncaster |
09.39a ~ 09.41d |
10.29 ~ 10.32 |
|
Bentley Crossing |
09/44 |
? |
|
Adwick Jn |
09/48 |
10/38 |
|
South Kirkby Jn |
09/52 |
10/42½ |
|
Hare Park Jn |
09/59 |
10/50 |
|
Crofton West Jn |
10/05 |
10/53 |
|
Calder Bridge Jn |
10/08 |
10/55½ |
|
Wakefield Kirkgate |
10/14 |
10/57 |
|
Horbury Jn |
10/19 |
11/00½ |
|
Healey Mills |
10L22 ~ 10L36 |
11.03½ ~ 11.16 |
|
Midland Jn |
10/40 |
? |
|
Thornhill LNW Jn |
10/43 |
11/25 |
|
Heaton Lodge Jn |
10/46 |
11/29½ |
|
Bradley Wood Jn |
? |
11/31½ |
|
Greetland Jn |
? |
11/36½ |
|
Milner Royd Jn |
? |
11/38½ |
|
Sowerby Bridge |
10/58 |
11/39 |
|
Hebden Bridge |
11/04 |
11/44½ |
|
Hall Royd Jn |
11/08 |
11/51 |
|
Copy Pit |
11/17 |
12/00½ |
|
Gannow Jn |
11/24 |
12/07 |
|
Rose Grove |
11/25 |
12/08 |
|
Accrington |
11/31 |
12/14 |
|
Daisyfield Jn |
11/40 |
12/19½ |
|
Blackburn |
11c42 ~ 11c44 |
12/20½ |
|
Cherry Tree |
11/47 |
12/23 |
|
Bamber Bridge |
11/53 |
12/28½ |
|
Lostock Hall Jn |
11/54 |
12/29½ |
|
Farington Curve Jn |
12/03 |
12/32½ |
|
Preston |
12.08 ~ 12.15 |
12/36 |
|
Kirkham & Wesham |
12/30 |
12/44½ |
|
Poulton-le-Fylde |
12/36 |
12/52 |
|
Blackpool North |
12.46a ~ 16.45d |
12.57½ [P2] ~ 16.45½ [P1] |
|
Poulton-le-Fylde |
16/50 |
16/51 |
|
Kirkham & Wesham |
16/57 |
16/59 |
|
Preston |
17.12 ~ 17.14 |
17.11½ ~ 17.12½ [P1] [SL] |
|
Euxton Jn |
17/21 |
17/26 |
|
Chorley |
17/25 |
17/31 |
|
Lostock Jn |
17/33 |
17/49 |
|
Bolton |
17/36 |
17/53½ |
|
Agecroft Jn |
17/45 |
? |
|
Windsor Bridge Jn |
17/47 |
? |
|
Manchester Victoria |
17c51 ~ 17c53 |
18.10 ~ 18.20 [P13] |
|
Miles Platting |
? |
18/25½ |
|
Phillips Park No 1 Jn |
17/58 |
18/27 |
|
Ashburys |
18/05 |
18/33½ |
|
Romiley |
18/14 |
18/48 |
|
New Mills South Jn |
18/24 |
18/58½ |
|
Chinley |
18/29 |
19/04 |
|
Edale |
18/38 |
? |
|
Grindleford |
|
19/32 |
|
Totley Tunnel East |
18/51 |
19/37 |
|
Dore West Jn |
18/52 |
19/38 |
|
Dore |
18/53 |
19/38½ |
|
Sheffield |
19L02 ~ 19L19 |
19.44½ ~ 19.56½ [P1] |
|
Nunnery Main Line Jn |
19/21 |
? |
|
Woodburn Jn |
19/24 |
20/00½ |
|
Woodhouse Jn |
19/30 |
? |
|
Worksop |
19/42 |
20/19 |
Timings
continue in first table.
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