The Class 37 Group
The Felixstowe Phoenix
| Locos used | 37154, 37271, 37414 & 37370 |
| Stock Used | 6105+6223+9537+6168+6227+6135+6035+6652+3256 |
Route : 1Z46 throughout
| Loco(s) | Route |
| 37414 | Derby - Loughborough - Syston East Jn - Melton Mowbray - Peterborough - March - Ely - Bury St Edmunds - Stowmarket - Ipswich |
| 37370 (1) | Ipswich - Stowmarket - Norwich |
| 37414 (2) | Norwich - North Walsham |
| 37370 (1) | North Walsham - Norwich |
| 37414 (2) | Norwich - Stowmarket - Ipswich |
| 37370 (3) | Ipswich - Felixstowe North FLT |
| 37154 + 37271 (2) | Felixstowe North FLT - Trimley |
| 37370 (3) | Trimley - Felixstowe Town |
| 37154 + 37271 (2) | Felixstowe Town - Felixstowe Beach Jn |
| 37370 (3) | Felixstowe Beach Jn - Felixstowe Beach |
| 37154 + 37271 (2) | Felixstowe Beach - Felixstowe Beach Jn - Ipswich |
| 37414 | Ipswich - Stowmarket - Bury St Edmunds - Ely - March - Peterborough - Grantham - Nottingham - Derby |
Notes :
(1) 37414 on rear.
(2) 37370 on rear.
(3) 37154 + 37271 on rear.
Tour was supposed to run to Sheringham but refused as to travel further would have meant disconnection of track circuits at Cromer. Regional Railways were not prepared to do this as it would have "undermined safety equipment". The HST special a couple of years before was a "one off".
Sources : Dave Burbridge (joined/left train at Peterborough)
& Alan Sheppard
Timings (Booked & actual)
(courtesy of Ian Dobson, on the train throughout &
Alan Sheppard)
| M | Location | Booked | Actual |
| 0.00 | Derby | 06.40d | 06.53 |
| 2.62 | Spondon | 06/45 | - |
| 8.11 | Long Eaton | - | - |
| - | Sheet Stores Jn | 06/51 | - |
| 9.26 | Trent South Jn | 06/56 | - |
| 17.76 | Loughborough | 07.03a ~ 07.05d | 07.15 ~ 07.17 |
| 25.15 | Syston North Jn | 07/14 | 07/28 |
| - | Syston East Jn | 07/16 | 07/29 |
| 31.29 | Frisby LC | - | - |
| 35.13 | Melton Mowbray | 07/28 | - |
| 46.64 | Oakham | - | 07/51 |
| - | Manton Jn | 07/42 | - |
| - | Ketton S.B. | 07/49 | - |
| 60.26 | Stamford | - | 08/08 |
| 66.99 | Helpston Jn | 07/58 | 08/14 |
| 72.53 | Peterborough | 08.05a ~ 08.07d | 08.22 ~ 08.24 |
| - | Peterborough East Jn | 08/09 | - |
| 78.69 | Whittlesea | 08/19 | - |
| 87.43 | March | 08/32 | 08/41 |
| 93.18 | Manea | - | 08/49 |
| 101.87 | Ely North Jn | 08/51 | 08/58 |
| 103.31 | Ely | 08.54a ~ 09.05d | 09.00 ~ 09.05 |
| - | Ely Dock Jn | 09/07 | - |
| 109.14 | Soham | 09/13 | - |
| 115.22 | Chippenham Jn | 09/20 | 09/20 |
| 118.04 | Kennett | - | 09/22 |
| 127.72 | Bury St Edmunds | 09/33 | 09/32 |
| 131.82 | Thurston | - | - |
| 135.31 | Elmswell | - | - |
| 138.82 | Haughley Jn | 09/46 | 09/46 |
| 141.11 | Stowmarket | - | 09/49 |
| 144.58 | Needham Market | - | 09/52 |
| 152.22 | East Suffolk Jn | - | - |
| 152.98 | Ipswich | 10L03a ~ 10L20d | 10.00 ~ 10.21 |
| 153.74 | East Suffolk Jn | - | - |
| 161.38 | Needham Market | - | - |
| 164.85 | Stowmarket | - | 10/33 |
| 167.14 | Haughley Jn | 10/35 | 10/36 |
| 179.25 | Diss | 10/46 | 10/45 |
| 184.99 | Tivetshall LC | - | - |
| - | Trowse Jn | 11/13 | 10/59 |
| - | Trowse Swing Bridge | 11/14 | 11/03 |
| 199.20 | Norwich | 11.16a ~ 11.41d | 11.04 ~ 11.41 |
| 201.08 | Whitlingham Jn | 11/45 | 11/45 |
| 205.13 | Salthouse | - | - |
| 207.95 | Hoveton & Wroxham | 11/56 | 11/54 |
| 212.58 | Worstead | - | 12/02 |
| 215.41 | North Walsham | 12.07a ~ 12.22d | 12.07 ~ 12.28 |
| 218.24 | Worstead | - | 12/33 |
| 222.87 | Hoveton & Wroxham | 12/33 | 12/41 |
| 225.69 | Salthouse | - | - |
| 229.74 | Whitlingham Jn | 12/44 | 12/50 |
| 231.62 | Norwich | 12.48a ~ 14.10d | 12.54 ~ 14.10 |
| - | Trowse Swing Bridge | 14/12 | 14/12 |
| - | Trowse Jn | 14/13 | 14/13 |
| 245.83 | Tivetshall LC | - | - |
| 251.57 | Diss | 14/35 | 14/29 |
| 263.68 | Haughley Jn | 14/48 | - |
| 265.97 | Stowmarket | - | 14/41 |
| 269.44 | Needham Market | - | 14/44 |
| 277.08 | East Suffolk Jn | - | - |
| 277.84 | Ipswich | 15.04a ~ 15.14d | 14L51 ~ 15L13 |
| 278.60 | East Suffolk Jn | - | 15/16 |
| 281.55 | Westerfield | 15/21 | 15/22 |
| 284.23 | Derby Road | 15/27 | 15/26 |
| 292.20 | Trimley | 15/38 | 15/38 |
| 293.45 | Felixtowe North FLT | 15.44a ~ 15.49d | 15.47 ~ 15.53 |
| 294.70 | Trimley | 16.05a ~ 16.09d | 15.57 ~ 16.01 |
| 296.22 | Felixstowe Town South | 16.13a ~ 16.18d | 16.05 ~ 16.19 |
| 296.59 | Felixstowe Beach Jn | 16.22a ~ 16.26d | 16.22 ~ 16.23 |
| 297.62 | Felixstowe Beach Station | 16.34a ~ 16.52d | 16.27 ~ 16.53 |
| 298.65 | Felixstowe Beach Jn | 16/56 | 16/59 |
| 299.80 | Trimley | 17/00 | 17.02a ~ 17.03d |
| 307.77 | Derby Road | 17/11 | 17/14 |
| 310.45 | Westerfield | 17/17 | 17/18 |
| 313.40 | East Suffolk Jn | - | 17/24 |
| 314.16 | Ipswich | 17L25a ~ 18L15d | 17.25 ~ 18.15 |
| 314.92 | East Suffolk Jn | - | 18/17 |
| 322.56 | Needham Market | - | 18/26 |
| 326.03 | Stowmarket | - | 18/28 |
| 328.32 | Haughley Jn | 18/30 | 18/31 |
| 331.83 | Elmswell | - | 18/36 |
| 335.32 | Thurston | - | 18/40 |
| 339.42 | Bury St Edmunds | 18/45 | 18/45 |
| 349.10 | Kennett | - | 19/01 |
| 351.92 | Chippenham Jn | 19/01 | 19/04 |
| 358.00 | Soham | 19/10 | 19/12 |
| - | Ely Dock Jn | 19/20 | 19.20a ~ 19.23d |
| 363.83 | Ely | 19.22a ~ 19.23d | 19.25 ~ 19.26 |
| 365.27 | Ely North Jn | 19/26 | 19/29 |
| - | Ely West Jn | 19.30a ~ 19.35d | 19/30 |
| 373.96 | Manea | - | 19/39 |
| 379.71 | March | 19/52 | 19/46 |
| 388.45 | Whittlesea | 20/03 | 19/54 |
| - | Peterborough East Jn | 20/18 | 20.01a ~ 20.03d |
| 394.61 | Peterborough | 20.19a ~ 20.21d | 20.05 ~ 20.07 |
| 400.15 | Helpston Jn | - | 20/15 |
| 419.36 | Stoke Summit | - | - |
| 423.73 | Grantham | 20/51 | 20.45a ~ 20.46d |
| - | Nottingham Branch Jn | 20/53 | 20/49 |
| - | Allington Jn | 20/57 | 20/54 |
| 431.10 | Bottesford | - | - |
| - | Bottesford West Jn | 21/03 | - |
| 437.12 | Bingham | - | - |
| 442.43 | Netherfield | - | 21/14 |
| - | Netherfield Jn | 21/17 | - |
| 445.56 | Nottingham | 21.22a ~ 21.25d | 21.21 ~ 21.25 |
| - | Mansfield Jn | 21/27 | - |
| 448.86 | Beeston | - | 21/31 |
| 450.26 | Attenborough | - | 21/32 |
| - | Trent Jn | 21/33 | 21/34 |
| - | Sheet Stores Jn | 21/34 | 21/37 |
| 453.42 | Long Eaton | - | - |
| 458.88 | Spondon | 21/41 | 21/45 |
| 461.51 | Derby | 21.46a | 21.50 |
Key;
a : arrival time
d : departure time
L : loco change
/ : passing time
All distances, in decimal miles, are taken from the timing sheet given out
on the train. No attempt has been made to verify the mileages given.
