9th - 10th August 1986

Hertfordshire Railtours
The Fair Maid of Perth

Locos Used 27042, 27059, 37264, D200 (40122), 47463 & 47546

Route : 1Z27 throughout

Date(s) Loco(s) Route
09/08 47546 London Kings Cross - (via ECML) - Doncaster - Wakefield Westgate - Leeds
09/08 D200 Leeds - Skipton - Appleby - Carlisle - Lockerbie - Carstairs
09/08 27042 + 27059 Carstairs - Law Jn - Holytown Jn - Mossend - Whifflet South Jn - Sunnyside Jn - High St Jn - Shields Jn (1)
09/08 37264 (1) Shields Jn - Paisley Gilmour Street - Gourock
09/08 27042 + 27059 Gourock - Paisley Gilmour Street - Shields Jn - Terminus Jn - Larkfield Jn - Rotherglen East Jn - Langloan Jn - Coatbridge Jn - Gartsherrie South Jn - Garnqueen North Jn - Greenhill Lower Jn - Falkirk Grahamstown - Linlithgow - Winchburgh Jn - Dalmeny - Inverkeithing - Dunfermline - Cowdenbeath - Thornton South Jn - Burntisland - Inverkeithing East Jn - Inverkeithing North Jn - Dunfermline - Cowdenbeath - Thornton North Jn - Ladybank - Hilton Jn - Perth
09/08-10/08 27042 + 27059 Perth - Dunblane - Stirling - Larbert - Greenhill Lower Jn - Garnqueen North Jn - Gartsherrie South Jn - Coatbridge Jn - Mossend - Motherwell - Law Jn - Carstairs
10/08 D200 Carstairs - Lockerbie - Carlisle - Petteril Bridge Jn - Hexham - Newcastle
10/08 47463 Newcastle - Durham - Ferryhill South Jn - Norton South Jn - Eaglescliffe - Northallerton - York - (via ECML) - Doncaster - Bessacarr Jn - Gainsborough Lea Road - Lincoln Central - Sleaford North Jn - Sleaford South Jn - Peterborough - Stevenage - Potters Bar - London Kings Cross

Notes :
(1) The 27's were removed at Shields Jn and ran light-engine to be re-attached to the train at Gourock.
(2) Mileages given in the timing sheet assumed use of the URL between Doncaster and Bessacarr Jn and also the Sleaford avoiding line.

Sources : Martin Pettit (joined/left the train at Potters Bar), John Harrup &
Harry Harper (joined at Leeds [out]/left at Newcastle [rtn])

Photo Review


Two Fair Maids pose in front of D200 at Hellifield (photo : Ray Pettit)


D200 passes Ribblehead (photo: Derek Thompson)


Timings (Booked Only)
(from John Harrup)

M.C Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn) M.C
0.00 Kings Cross 07.35d 10.59a 1082.45
2.41 Finsbury Park 07/41 10/53 1080.04
4.78 Alexandra Palace 07/44 10/53 1077.47
12.57 Potters Bar 07.53a ~ 07.54d 10.39a ~ 10.41d 1069.68
20.25 Welwyn Garden City 08/02 ? ?
? Woolmer green ? 10/30 1058.52
27.45 Stevenage 08.09a ~ 08.10d 10.22a ~ 10.24d 1055.00
31.74 Hitchin 08/18 10/16 1050.51
44.10 Sandy 08/28 10/00 1038.35
58.70 Huntingdon 08/44 09/45 1023.55
76.29 Peterborough 09.00a ~ 09.01d 09.10a ~ 09.12d 1006.16

 

M.C Location Booked
??.38 Maxey Crossing ?
??.64 Tallington 09/11
99.61 Stoke 09/28
105.38 Grantham 09/32
109.56 Barkston South Jn 09/35
120.08 Newark North Gate 09/42
138.48 Retford 09/56
155.77 Doncaster 10.14a ~ 10.16d
160.65 Adwick Jn 10/23
165.74 South Kirkby Jn 10/29
171.73 Hare Park Jn 10/35
175.65 Wakefield Westgate 10/40
184.22 Gelderd Road Jn 10/52
185.67 Leeds 10L57 ~ 11L14
187.00 Wortley Jn 11/19
196.03 Guiseley Jn 11/30
202.67 Keighley 11/40
212.02 Skipton 11c53 ~ 12c01
221.76 Hellifield 12p15a ~ 12p27d
225.21 Settle Jn 12/31
240.06 Blea Moor 12/50
250.38 Ais Gill 13/02
268.03 Appleby 13/20
???.73 Petteril Bridge Jn 14/04
???.65 Carlisle 14.07 ~ 14.17
307.42 Gretna Jn 14/27
308.78 Quintinshill 14/29
? Signal 863 14/31
324.51 Lockerbie 14/44
338.25 Beattock 14/56
348.49 Beattock Summit 15/16
356.55 Abington 15/23
371.78 Carstairs South Jn 15/39
372.38 Carstairs 15L41 ~ 15L51
374.73 Lanark Jn 15/55
382.74 Law Jn 16/02
388.33 Holytown Jn 16/08
389.30 Mossend East Jn 16/09
389.65 Mossend North Jn 16/10
390.18 Mossend 16c12 ~ 16c14
392.09 Whifflet South Jn 16/19
393.31 Sunnyside Jn 16/24
401.24 Bellgrove 16/39
401.42 High Street Jn 16/41
403.77 Shields Jn 16L51 ~ 17L02
408.39 Arkleston Jn 17/07
409.44 Paisley Gilmour Street 17/09
423.09 Wemysss Bay Jn 17/27
428.39 Gourock 17.42a ~ 18.20d
433.69 Wemysss Bay Jn 18/30
447.34 Paisley Gilmour Street 18/45
448.39 Arkleston Jn 18/47
452.79 Shields Jn 18/56
453.32 Terminus Jn 18/59
454.13 Larkfield Jn 19/01
454.79 Polmadie 19c05 ~ 19c07
456.62 Rutherglen East Jn 19/12
458.41 Carmyle Jn 19/15
463.20 Langloan Jn 19/22
463.69 Coatbridge Jn 19/24
465.04 Gartsherrie South Jn 19/28
466.25 Garnqueen North Jn 19/30
475.75 Greenhill Lower Jn 19/44
478.16 Carmuirs West Jn 19/47
478.56 Carmuirs East Jn 19/50
480.35 Falkirk Grahamston 19c53 ~ 19c55
483.35 Polmont Jn 20/02
488.31 Linlithgow 20/08
739.29 Winchburgh Jn 20/14
497.58 Dalmeny Jn 20/22
501.68 Inverkeithing 20c28 ~ 20c30
505.44 Dunfermline 20/38
511.17 Cowdenbeath 20/45
520.31 Thornton West Jn 21/00
521.07 Thornton South Jn 21/04
525.41 Kirkcaldy 21/10
531.21 Burntisland 21/19
537.62 Inverkeithing East Jn 21c29 ~ 21c31
541.32 Dunfermline 21/39
547.05 Cowdenbeath 21/46
556.19 Thornton West Jn 21/59
557.08 Thornton North Jn 22/01
559.46 Markinch 22c05 ~ 22c06
565.34 Ladybank 22/14
581.04 Hilton Jn 22/30
583.12 Perth 22.33a ~ 23.30d
585.20 Hilton Jn 23/35
601.09 Blackford 23/53
611.18 Dunblane 00/03
616.13 Stirling 00/08
624.30 Larbert 00.18 ~ 00.20
625.41 Carmuirs West Jn 00/22
627.62 Greenhill Lower Jn 00/25
637.32 Garnqueen North Jn 00/37
638.53 Gartsherrie South Jn 00/40
639.68 Coatbridge Jn 00/42
642.42 Mossend 00c48 ~ 00c50
642.75 Mossend North Jn 00/51
643.30 Mossend East Jn 00/52
644.27 Holytown Jn 00/53
649.66 Law Jn 01/00
657.67 Lanark Jn 01/09
660.22 Carstairs 01L13 ~ 01L23
676.05 Abington 01/37
684.11 Beattock Summit 01/43
694.35 Beattock 01/51
708.09 Lockerbie 02/02
? signal 862 02/13
723.62 Quintinshill 02/30
725.18 Gretna Jn 02/31
733.75 Carlisle 02c41 ~ 02c43
734.67 Petteril Bridge Jn 02/46
744.72 Brampton 03/02
757.00 Haltwhistle 03/19
773.25 Hexham 03/35
783.45 Prudhoe 03/46
790.10 Blaydon 03/57
794.75 King Edward Bridge South 04/08
795.49 Newcastle 04L11 ~ 04L25
796.23 King Edward Bridge South 04/28
809.52 Durham 04/42
796.72 Tursdale Jn 04/50
819.48 Ferryhill South Jn 04/54
830.40 Norton South Jn 05/14
832.27 Stockton 05/17
835.30 Eaglescliffe 05/22
850.01 Northallerton 05/39
857.61 Thirsk 05/45
879.77 Tork 06.09 ~ 06.11
890.55 Church Fenton 06/24
895.04 Milford Jn 06/29
899.13 Ferrybridge north Jn 06/35
899.57 Knottingley West Jn 06/37
910.32 Shaftholme Jn 06/54
914.51 Doncaster 07.01a ~ 07.03d
918.02 Bessacarr Jn 07/08
935.05 Trent West Jn 07/26
935.65 Gainsborough Lea Road 07/28
943.70 Sykes Jn 07/38
951.33 Lincoln Central 07/52
970.26 Sleaford North Jn 08/15
971.61 Sleaford South Jn 08/17
989.48 Spalding 08/38
1003.11 Werrington Jn 09/06

Timings continue in first table.

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