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])
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Photo Review

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

D200 passes Ribblehead (photo: Derek Thompson)
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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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