28th June 2003
Past Time Rail
Spinnin' State 7
| Locos Used | 37051, 37057, 56119, 66112, 66543, 86620 & 86639 |
| Stock Used | 17015+3114+3127+1696+5027+5037+5007+4925+5023+17023 |
Route:
1Z37 : Liverpool Street to Harwich Town
1Z38 : Harwich Town to Lowestoft
1Z39 : Lowestoft - Norwich
1Z40 : Norwich to Liverpool Street
| Loco(s) | Route |
| 37057 + 37051 | London Liverpool Street - (via GEML) - Manningtree - Mistley - Harwich International (P1) |
| 66112 (1) | Harwich International (P1) - signal P21 |
| 37051 (2) | signal P21 - Harwich International (P2) - Harwich Town |
| 66112 (1) | Harwich Town - Harwich International |
| 66112 | Harwich International - Mistley - Manningtree North Jn - Ipswich UDGL |
| 66112 (3) | Ipswich UDGL - Saxmundham - Lowestoft |
| 66543 | Lowestoft - Reedham - Brundall - Norwich |
| 86620 + 86639 | Norwich - Diss - Stowmarket DGL |
| 56119 | Stowmarket DGL - Haughley Jn - Bury St Edmunds - Newmarket - Cambridge - Audley End - Cheshunt - Tottenham Hale - Temple Mills East Jn - Stratford - London Liverpool Street |
Notes :
(1) 37051 on rear.
(2) 66112 on rear.
(3) 66543 on rear.
Source : Daniel Bound
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Photo Review

66112 at the buffer-stops of Lowestoft (photo: Nick Blyth)

The class 86's at Norwich (photo: Nick Blyth)

56112 at journey's end, London Liverpool Street (photo: Nick Blyth)
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Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Daniel Bound)
| M.C | Location | Booked | Actual |
| 0.00 | Liverpool Street | 09.22d | 09.22 |
| 0.62 | Bethnal Green Jn | 09/26 | 09/24 |
| 2.72 | Bow Jn | 09/28 | 09/26 |
| 4.00 | Stratford | 09/29 | 09/29 |
| 5.63 | Forest Gate Jn | 09/31 | 09/31 |
| 7.28 | Ilford | 09/32 | 09/32 |
| 13.41 | Gidea Park | 09/38 | 09/38 |
| 20.16 | Shenfield | 09/46 | 09/45 |
| 29.60 | Chelmsford | 09/54 | 09/53 |
| 24.22 | Witham | 10/01 | 10/01 |
| 46.49 | Marks Tey | 10/08 | 10/07 |
| 51.52 | Colchester | 10/14 | 10/13 |
| 59.35 | Manningtree | 10/24 | 10/22 |
| 61.14 | Mistley | 10/31 | 10/25 |
| 68.72 0.00 |
Harwich International (P1) | 10L58a ~ 11L14d | 10.57 ~ 11.18 |
| 0.30 | signal P21 | 11.16a ~ 11.22d | 11.20 ~ 11.24 |
| 0.30 | Harwich International (P2) | 11/24 | 11/26 |
| 2.18 0.00 |
Harwich Town | 11.30a ~ 11.36d | 11.30 ~ 11.34 |
| 1.68 | Harwich International (P2) | 11/46 | 11L45a ~ 11L56d |
| 9.46 | Mistley | 12/38 | 12/05 |
| 10.73 | Manningtree East Jn | 12/41 | 12/08 |
| 11.17 | Manningtree North Jn | 12/45 | 12/09 |
| 19.15 | Halifax Jn | 12/53 | 12/18 |
| 20.07 | Ipswich | 12/56 | 12*20a ~ 12*26d |
| ??.?? | Ipswich D/UGL | - | 12L28a ~ 12L58d |
| 20.69 | East Suffolk Jn | 12/58 | 13/00 |
| 23.44 | Westerfield | 13t06a ~ 13t08d | 13.06 ~ 13.12 |
| 30.26 | Woodbridge | 13t18a ~ 13t28d | 13.23 ~ 13.31 |
| 42.36 | Saxmundham | 13t43a ~ 13t45d | 13/52 |
| 46.63 | Darsham | 13/52 | 13/59 |
| 52.01 | Halesworth | 14t00a ~ 14t07d | 14/10 |
| 60.41 | Beccles | 14/19 | 14/25 |
| 67.10 | Oulton Broad South | 14t30a ~ 14t42d | 14.35 ~ 14.39 |
| 69.02 0.00 |
Lowestoft | 14.55a ~ 15.17d | 14.44 ~ 15.48 |
| 1.35 | Oulton Broad North | 15/20 | 15/53 |
| 11.28 | Reedham | 15/42 | 16/08 |
| 17.59 | Brundall | 15/51 | 16/15 |
| 51.52 | Whitlingham Jn | 15/58 | 16/21 |
| 23.41 0.00 |
Norwich | 16L06a ~ 16L35d | 16.25 ~ 17.13 |
| 0.52 | Trowse Swing Bridge Jn | 16/39 | 17/15 |
| 1.09 | Trowse Jn | 16/41 | 17/16 |
| 19.78 | Diss | 16/59 | 17/31 |
| 31.78 | Haughley Jn | 17/11 | 17/40 |
| 34.31 | Stowmarket | 17/15 | 17/45 |
| 34.61 0.00 |
Stowmarket DGL | 17L18a ~ 17L33d | 17.46 ~ 18.05 |
| 0.30 | Stowmarket | 17/36 | 18/07 |
| 2.63 | Haughley Jn | 17/40 | 18/14 |
| 14.71 | Bury St Edmunds | 17/56 | 18/31 |
| 27.31 | Chippenham Jn | 18/13 | 18/52 |
| 32.61 | Dulingham | 18*24a ~ 18*29d | 18/59 |
| 43.12 | Coldham Lane Jn | 18/44 | 19/14 |
| 44.11 | Cambridge | 18.48a ~ 18.50d | 19.21 ~ 19.23 |
| 46.60 | Shepreth Branch Jn | 18/55 | 19/28 |
| 58.08 | Audley End | 19/06 | 19/38 |
| 65.33 | Stansted North Jn | 19/13 | 19/44 |
| 66.35 | Stansted Mountfidget | 19/14 | 19/45 |
| 69.36 | Bishops Stortford | 19/19 | 19/49 |
| 77.24 | Harlow Town | 19/30 | 19/56 |
| 81.48 | Broxbourne Jn | 19/39 | 20/00 |
| 82.66 | Broxbourne | 19*43a ~ 19*54d | 20/02 |
| 86.02 | Cheshunt | 19/59 | 20/05 |
| 89.22 | Brimsdown | 20/01 | 20/09 |
| 94.03 | Tottenham Hale | 20/06 | 20/13 |
| 95.09 | Coppernill North Jn | 20/08 | 20/15 |
| 97.57 | Temple Mills East Jn | 20/12 | 20/20 |
| 98.22 | Stratford | 20c17a ~ 20c19d | 20.23 ~ 20.24 |
| 99.32 | Bow Jn | 20/27 | 20/27 |
| 101.40 | Bethnal Green | 20/30 | 20/30 |
| 102.29 | Liverpool Street | 20.36a | 20.35 |
No attempt has been made to verify the distances given (calculated by Daniel
Bound).
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