7th July 2001
Hertfordshire Rail Tours
Merrymaker to York,
Durham, Beamish Open Air Museum and Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Merrymaker Series
| Loco Used | 90030 'Crewe Locomotive Works' |
Route:
1N50 : London Kings Cross to Newcastle
1A51 : Newcastle to London Kings Cross
| Loco | Route |
| 90030 | London Kings Cross - (via ECML) - Newcastle |
| 90030 | Newcastle - (via ECML) - London Kings Cross |

90030 waits to leave Kings Cross for Newcastle (photo: Nick Blyth)
Source : John Clifford & Nick Blyth
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Timings (Booked and Actual)
(from Nick Blyth)
| M.C |
Location |
Booked (out) | Booked (rtn) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.00 | Kings Cross | 08.33d | 21.19a |
| 2.41 | Finsbury Park | 08/37 | 21/12 |
| 4.78 | Alexandra Palace | 08/39 | 21/09 |
| 12.57 | Potters Bar | 08.45a ~ 08.47d | 20.59a ~ 21.01d |
| 20.25 | Welwyn Garden City | 08/56 | 20/52 |
| 23.73 | Woolmer Green Jn | 08/59 | 20/50 |
| 27.45 | Stevenage | 09.03a ~ 09.05d | 20.46a ~ 20.47d |
| 31.74 | Hitchin | 09/10 | 20/41 |
| 44.10 | Sandy | 09/19 | 20/29 |
| 58.70 | Huntingdon | 09/31 | 20/19 |
| 69.26 | Holme | 09/41 | 20/13 |
| 76.29 | Peterborough | 09.47a ~ 09.49d | 20.06a ~ 20.07d |
| 84.64 | Tallington | 10/01 | 19/41 |
| 99.61 | Stoke Jn | 10/13 | 19/35 |
| 105.38 | Grantham | 10/18 | 19/35 |
| 109.56 | Barkston South Jn | 10/20 | 19/32 |
| 120.08 | Newark North Gate | 10/27 | 19/25 |
| 138.49 | Retford | 10/38 | 19/14 |
| 152.00 | Loversall Carr Jn | 10/47 | 19/06 |
| 155.77 | Doncaster | 10/51 | 19/03 |
| 160.16 | Shaftholme Jn | 10/57 | 19/01 |
| 169.16 | Temple Hirst Jn | 11/04 | 18/53 |
| 174.75 | Hambleton North Jn | 11/08 | 18/50 |
| 182.79 | Colton Jn | 11/13 | 18/45 |
| 188.40 | York | 11.21a ~ 11.22d | 18.38a ~ 18.40d |
| 190.11 | Skelton Jn | 11/25 | 18/33 |
| 198.00 | Tollerton Jn | 11/32 | 18/27 |
| 210.56 | Thirsk | 11/40 | 18/20 |
| 218.36 | Northallerton | 11/46 | 18/15 |
| 232.50 | Darlington | 11/58 | 18/06 |
| 244.57 | Ferryhill South Jn | 12/08 | 17/59 |
| 247.33 | Tursdale Jn | 12/10 | 17/57 |
| 254.53 | Durham | 12.17a ~ 12.19d | 17.48a ~ 17.50d |
| 268.02 | King Edward Bridge | 12/33 | 17/38 |
| 268.56 | Newcastle Central | 12.39a | 17.36d |