Tour Review
(from Paul Atkinson)
18th August 2007
Vintage Trains
Airbourne Eastbourne
| Locos Used | 50049 'Defiance' & 57601 |
| Stock Used | 9496+99349+99361+99353+3309+3351+1201+5928 |
Route:
1Z50 : Tyseley Warwick Road to Eastbourne
1Z51 : Eastbourne to Tyseley Warwick Road
| Loco(s) | Route |
| 50049 (1) | Tyseley Warwick Road - Bordesley Jn - St. Andrews Jn - Landor Street Jn - Water Orton - Nuneaton - Hinckley - Wigston South Curve - Market Harborough - (Via MML) - Mill Hill Broadway - Hendon Chord - Brent Curve Jn - Dudding Hill Jn - Acton Wells Jn - South Acton - Kew East Jn - New Kew Jn - Chiswick - Barnes - Clapham Junction - Ludgate Jn - Longhedge Jn - Factory Jn - Brixton - Herne Hill - Tulse Hill - Streatham Common - Selhurst - East Croydon - Redhill - Three Bridges - Haywards Heath - Wivelsfield Jn - Plumpton - Lewes - Southerham Jn - Berwick - Willingdon Jn - Eastbourne |
| 50049 (1) | Eastbourne - (reverse of outward route) - Brent Curve Jn - (via 'Down Hendon' Flyover) - Silkstream Jn - Mill Hill Broadway - (reverse of outward route) - Tyseley Warwick Road |
Notes :
(1) 57601 on rear.
Source : Paul Atkinson (joined & left the train at Market
Harborough)
Tour Review
(from Paul Atkinson)
This tour was being run by Vintage Trains to take passengers to the seafront airshow being held at Eastbourne ; and operated by West Coast Railways. The train was delayed before departure from Tyseley Warwick Road due to a points failure. Passengers were collected at Nuneaton and Narborough, before the train took the Wigston South Curve to join the Midland Main Line. After picking up more passengers at Market Harborough and Kettering, it was fast line all the way along the Midland to Hendon, where the train slowed and crossed the tracks to the slow lines, and took the Acton Branch over the top of the West Coast, Chiltern/Great Central, Birkenhead, and Great Western main lines in turn. A short stint on the North London Line brought us to Kew were we peeled left and onto the tracks of South West Trains to Clapham Junction were we had a brief pathing stop. Then it was via the Ludgate lines and over Stewarts Lane to Brixton, and into Southern TOC territory. We wove our way through the south London suburbs by way of Herne Hill (pathing stop) and Selhurst to East Croydon , weaving through the precession of Class 377 Electrostars and Gatwick Express Class 460s. Then it was all hast to the coast via Redhill and Gatwick Airport , before leaving the Brighton Line at Keymer Junction. We passed sedately through Lewes, and on to Eastbourne , where we paused outside the station for a platform. After disembarking, the train was shunted into the sidings.
The return journey was a retread of the outward, pausing again briefly at Clapham Junction, but with the added interest of being signalled over the Hendon Flyover.
Paul Atkinson
Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Paul Atkinson)
|
Miles
|
Location |
Booked |
Actual |
Booked
|
Actual
|
Miles
|
|
| 0.0 | Tyseley Warwick Road |
07.00d
|
? [P1]
|
23.20a
|
? [P1]
|
203.0
|
|
| 1.8 | Bordesley Jn |
07/08
|
?
|
23/07
|
?
|
201.0
|
|
| 2.2 | St Andrews Jn |
07/09
|
?
|
23/06
|
?
|
200.6 |
|
| 2.6 | Landor Street Jn |
07/18
|
?
|
22/56
|
?
|
200.2
|
|
| 8.7 | Water Orton |
07/25
|
07/45
|
22/50
|
?
|
194.1
|
|
| 11.5 | Whitacre Jn |
07/29
|
?
|
22/46
|
?
|
191.3
|
|
| 22.2 | Nuneaton |
07.43a ~ 07.45d
|
?
|
22.29a ~ 22.31d
|
?
|
180.8
|
|
| 26.5 | Hinckley |
07/52
|
?
|
22/21
|
?
|
176.5
|
|
| 29.9 | Narborough |
08.01a ~ 08.02d
|
?
|
22.08a ~ 22.10d
|
?
|
173.1
|
|
| 33.3 | Wigston South Jn |
08/09
|
?
|
21/42
|
?
|
169.5
|
|
| 35.3 | Kilby Bridge Jn |
08/20
|
?
|
21/38
|
?
|
167.6
|
|
| 45.9 | Market Harborough |
08.28a ~ 08.30d
|
?? ~ 08.59 [P2]
|
21.27a ~ 21.29d
|
21.55 ~ ?? [P1]
|
157.1
|
|
| 56.6 | Kettering |
08.42a ~ 08.44d
|
09.12 ~ 09.13 [P3]
|
21.11a ~ 21.16d
|
21.38 ~ 21.41 [P4]
|
146.4
|
|
| ? | Kettering South Jn |
?
|
?
|
21/09
|
21/34
|
145.2
|
|
| 63.3 | Wellingborough |
08/50
|
09/22
|
21/04
|
21/28
|
139.5
|
|
| 71.9 | Sharnbrook Jn |
08/58
|
09/29
|
20/59
|
21/18
|
131.1
|
|
| 78.1 | Bedford North Jn |
09/03
|
09/32
|
20/54
|
21/14
|
124.8 |
|
| 78.2 | Bedford |
09/04
|
09/33
|
20/53
|
21/13
|
124.3
|
|
| 79.8 | Bedford South Jn |
09/06
|
09/34
|
20/52
|
21/12
|
123.2
|
|
| 88.2 | Flitwick |
09/15
|
09/40
|
20/45
|
21/06
|
114.6
|
|
| 98.3 | Luton |
09/24
|
09/49
|
20/38
|
20/59
|
104.6
|
|
| 108.7 | St. Albans |
09/36
|
09/58
|
20/30
|
20/51
|
94.3
|
|
| 121.7 | Hendon |
09/50
|
10/11
|
20/15
|
20/32
|
81.4
|
|
| 122.4 | Brent Curve Jn |
09/52
|
10/15
|
20/12
|
20/26
|
80.4
|
|
| 123.6 | Dudding Hill Jn |
09/55
|
10/18
|
20/10
|
20/23
|
79.4
|
|
| 126.0 | Acton Canal Wharf Jn |
10/01
|
10/27
|
20/04
|
20/17
|
77.0
|
|
| 126.4 | Acton Wells Jn |
10/03
|
10/29
|
20/02
|
20/14
|
76.5
|
|
| 128.2 | South Acton Jn |
10/08
|
10/34
|
19/57
|
20/10
|
74.6
|
|
| 129.0 | Kew East Jn |
10/12
|
10/37
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
|
| 129.7 | New Kew Jn |
10/16
|
10/38
|
19/52
|
20/03
|
73.3
|
|
| 131.9 | Barnes |
10/23
|
10/52
|
19/45
|
19/55
|
71.1
|
|
| 135.0 | Clapham Junction |
10/31
|
11.00 ~ 11.01 [P3]
|
19/37
|
19.49 ~ 19.50 [P5]
|
67.8
|
|
| 136.2 | Longhedge Jn |
10/36
|
11/08
|
19/35
|
19/36
|
66.6
|
|
| 138.1 | Brixton |
10/43
|
11/13
|
19/31
|
19/32
|
64.7
|
|
| 138.9 | Herne Hill |
10/45
|
11.17 ~ 11.18 [P3]
|
19/30
|
19/31
|
64.1
|
|
| 141.6 | Streatham |
10/54
|
11/26
|
19/23
|
19/23
|
61.4
|
|
| 145.7 | East Croydon |
11/07
|
11/40
|
19/01
|
19/13
|
57.3
|
|
| 157.9 | Redhill |
11/23
|
11/56
|
18/51
|
19/00
|
45.2
|
|
| 163.8 | Gatwick Airport |
11/30
|
12/02
|
18/41
|
18/53
|
39.2
|
|
| 166.3 | Three Bridges |
11/41
|
12/07
|
18/36
|
18/46
|
36.5
|
|
| 174.9 | Haywards Heath |
11/50
|
12/15
|
18/24
|
18/34
|
28.1
|
|
| 187.0 | Lewes |
12/03
|
12/36
|
18/10
|
18/18
|
15.8
|
|
| 198.7 | Polegate |
12/14
|
12/55
|
17/58
|
18/03
|
4.3
|
|
| 200.6 | Willingdon Jn |
12/17
|
12/59
|
17/54
|
18/00
|
2.4
|
|
| 203.0 | Eastbourne |
12.21a
|
13.10 [P3]
|
17.45d
|
17.55 [P1]
|
0.0
|
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