31135 at Middleton Towers (photo: Gary Thornton)
30th September 1989
Hertfordshire Rail Tours
Fenland Phoenix
| Locos Used | 31135, 31174, 47319 & 47355 |
| Stock Used | 4880+4895+4953+7235+7213+5024+4867+4849+35290 |
Route :
| Loco(s) | Route |
| 47355 | London Euston - (via WCML) - Bletchley - Ridgmont - Bedford Midland - Wellingborough - Kettering - Corby - Manton Jn - Melton Mowbray (3) |
| 47355 (1) | Melton Mowbray - Edwalton |
| 47319 (2) | Edwalton - Melton Mowbray - Manton Jn - Stamford - Peterborough - Whittlesea - March |
| 31135 + 31174 | March - Ely West Jn - Ely North Jn - Littleport - Kings Lynn Yard |
| 31135 (4) | Kings Lynn Yard - Middleton Towers |
| 31174 (5) | Middleton Towers - Kings Lynn Yard |
| 31135 + 31174 | Kings Lynn Yard - Ely - Cambridge |
| 31174 | Cambridge - Chesterton Jn - Fen Drayton |
| 31174 | Fen Drayton - Chesterton Jn - Cambridge |
| 47319 | Cambridge - Royston - Hitchin - (via ECML) - Freight Terminal Jn - Camden Road - Primrose Hill - (via WCML) - Bletchley |
Notes :
(1) 47319 added to rear at Melton Mowbray
(2) 47355 on rear.
(3) Train passed through Melton Mowbray and stopped just beyond the station,
47319 was added to the rear, train pulled forward (to clear crossing) then
reversed back to station.
(4) 31174 on rear.
(5) 31135 on rear.
31135 at Middleton Towers (photo: Gary Thornton)
All my photos from this trip can be found in this album on my Flickr Website
Sources : Gary Thornton
(joined/left train at Bletchley) & LASERman
Timings (Booked & Actual)
(by Gary Thornton & LASERman)
| M.C | Location | Booked | Actual |
| 0.00 | London Euston | 07.45d | ? |
| 5.65 | Willesden Junction | 07/52 | ? |
| 17.35 | Watford Junction | 08.03a ~ 08.05d | 08.09 ~ 08.10 [SL] |
| 31.53 | Tring | 08/17 | 08/24 |
| 46.46 | Bletchley | 08.30a ~ 08.32d | 08.41 ~ 08.43 |
| 47.63 | Fenny Stratford | 08/34 | 08/47 |
| 53.30 | Ridgmont | 08/42 | 08/52 |
| 56.52 | Millbrook | 08/47 | 09/03 |
| 63.33 | Bedford Midland | 09.00a ~ 09.02d | 09.19 ~ 09.21 |
| 63.46 | Bedford North Jn | 09/04 | 09/22 |
| 70.13 | Sharnbrook | 09/14 | (09/22) |
| 78.59 | Wellingborough | 09/23 | 09/36 |
| ? | Kettering South Jn | 09/30 | ??/?? [SL] |
| 85.49 | Kettering | 09.34a ~ 09.36d | 09.44 ~ 09.47 |
| 92.73 | Corby North | 09/45 | 10/00 |
| 103.66 | Manton Jn | 10/05 | 10/15 |
| 118.65 | Melton Mowbray Attach loco (beyond station) (pull forward) Melton Mowbray |
10.22a ~ ~ 10.40d |
10/34 10L35 ~ 10L42 10.44 ~ 10.45 10.46 ~ 10.51 |
| 119.33 | Melton Jn | 10/44 | 10/55 |
| 121.05 | Holwell Jn GF | 10t48 ~ 10t50 | 11.05 ~ 11.14 |
| 133.72 | Edwalton | 11.30 ~ 11.35 | 11.39 ~ 11.47 |
| 146.59 | Holwell Jn GF | 12t15 ~ 12t17 | 12.10 ~ 12.16 |
| 148.31 | Melton Jn | 12/21 | 12.19 ~ 12.31 |
| 148.79 | Melton Mowbray | 12.25 ~ 12.35 | 12.33 ~ 12.36 |
| 160.40 | Oakham | 12/47 | 12/47 |
| 163.78 | Manton Jn | 12/51 | 12/51 |
| 168.09 | Luffenham Jn | 12/56 | ? |
| 174.09 | Stamford | 13/03 | 12/59 |
| 180.69 | Helpston Jn | 13/10 | 13/06 |
| 186.31 | Peterborough | 13c18 ~ 13c20 | 13.14 ~ 13.16 [P5] |
| 192.40 | Whittlesea | 13/28 | 13/25 |
| 201.04 | March West Jn | 13L37a ~ 13L46d | 13/34 |
| ? | March | ? | 13L35 ~ 13L46 |
| 214.62 | Ely West Jn | 14/01 | 14/06 |
| 215.67 | Ely North Jn | 14/04 | 14/09 |
| 219.77 | Littleport | 14/08 | 14/14 |
| 230.03 | Downham Market | 14/19 | 14/25 |
| 234.69 | Magdalen Road | 14/24 | ? |
| 240.45 | Kings Lynn Jn | 14/31 | 14/38 |
| 240.57 | Kings Lynn Yard | 14.33 ~ 14.45 | 14.40 ~ 14.59 |
| 244.11 | Middleton Towers | 15.03 ~ 15.13 | 15.16 ~ 15.31 |
| 247.45 | Kings Lynn Yard | 15.31 ~ 15.43 | 15.47 ~ 15.58 |
| 247.57 | Kings Lynn Jn | 15/45 | ? |
| 253.33 | Magdalen Road | 15/52 | 16/07 |
| 258.19 | Downham Market | 15/57 | 16/13 |
| 268.25 | Littleport | 16/09 | 16/24 |
| 272.35 | Ely North Jn | 16/16 | 16/29 |
| 273.77 | Ely | 16/19 | 16/32 |
| 287.56 | Coldham Lane Jn | 16/34 | 16/46 |
| 288.55 | Cambridge | 16.36 ~ 16.46 | 16.48 ~ 17.11 [TL] |
| 289.54 | Coldham Lane Jn | 16/48 | 17/15 |
| 290.57 | Chesterton Jn | 16/50 | 17/18 |
| 301.47 | Fen Drayton | 17.50 ~ 18.00 | 18.10 ~ 18.30 |
| 312.37 | Chesterton Jn | 19/00 | 19/18 |
| 313.40 | Coldham Lane Jn | 19/02 | ? |
| 314.39 | Cambridge | 19L04a ~ 19L14d | 19.25 ~ 19.37 |
| 317.08 | Shepreth Branch Jn | 19/19 | 19/42 |
| 327.42 | Royston | 19/35 | 19/54 |
| 337.64 | Letchworth | 19/47 | 20/02 |
| 340.40 | Hitchin | 19/50 | 20/05 |
| 344.69 | Stevenage | 19/56 | 20/11 |
| 348.41 | Woolmer Green | 20/00 | 20/15 |
| 352.09 | Welwyn Garden City | 20/03 | 20/16 |
| 359.57 | Potters Bar | 20/09 | 20/21 |
| 367.36 | Alexandra Palace | 20/15 | 20/26 |
| 369.73 | Finsbury Park | 20.17a ~ 20.18d | 20.29 ~ 20.33 |
| ??? | Holloway South Jn | 20/21 | ? |
| 371.50 | Freight Terminal Jn | 20/25 | 20/38 |
| 372.04 | Camden Road East Jn | 20/30 | 20/40 |
| 372.21 | Camden Road | 20.34a ~ 20.35d | 20.41 ~ 20.46 |
| 372.69 | Primrose Hill | 20/38 | 20/49 |
| 373.19 | Camden Jn | 20/39 | ? [SL] |
| 377.30 | Willesden Junction | 20c46a ~ 20c50d | 20/55 |
| 389.00 | Watford Junction | 21.08a ~ 21.10d | 21.10 ~ 21.13 [P8] |
| 403.18 | Tring | 21/25 | 21/25 |
| 418.11 | Bletchley | 21.42a | 21.37 |
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