1st December 2007

NENTA Traintours
Christmas in the Yorkshire Dales

Locos Used 47813 & 47828

Route:
1Z47 : Colchester to Skipton
1Z48 : Skipton to Colchester

Loco(s) Route
47828 (2) (5) Colchester - (via GEML) - Norwich
47813 (3) (5) Norwich - Wymondham - Thetford - Ely
47828 (2) (5) Ely - March - Peterborough - (via ECML) - York
47813 (3) York - Castleford - Keighley - Skipton
47828 (2) (5) Skipton - Keighley - Castleford - York
47813 (3) (5) York - (reverse of outward route) - Ely
47828 (2) (5) Ely (reverse of outward route) - Norwich
47813 (3) (5) Norwich (reverse of outward route) - Colchester

Notes :
(1) Early advertising had the train starting/finishing in Norwich.
(2) 47813 on rear.
(3) 47828 on rear.
(4) Off train options;
Option 1: York
Option 2: Keighley (for Haworth's Victorian Christmas Celebrations)
Option 3: Skipton
Option 4: Grassington's Dickensian Festival (by road coach to/from Skipton).
(5) Confirmation required of which loco led this leg (has been assumed from known leg/photo below).


47813 leading in this view leaving York for Skipton (photo: Roger Geach)

Sources : Henry Allum & Gary Thornton

Timings (Advertised Only)

Location Advertised (out) Advertised (rtn)
Norwich 06.30d 22.35a
Diss 06.52d 23.10a
Ipswich 07.30d 22.30a
Stowmarket 07.45d 22.15a
Bury-St-Edmunds 08.05d 21.50a
Ely 08.35d 21.15a
March 08.55d 20.50a
Peterborough 09.20d 20.30a
York 11.00a 18.45d
Keighley 12.30a 17.45d
Skipton 12.45a 17.30d
Grassington (road coach) 13.15a 16.45d

Service train connecting times (changing at Ely);

Location Advertised (out) Advertised (rtn)
Thetford 07.23d 21.49a
Cambridge 08.02d 21.53a


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