2nd April 2011

UK Railtours
The Moorland and City

Locos Used 33021, 67018 & steam: 5199 (GWR 2-6-2T)
Stock Used 1Z31/1Z33: 5276+5341+5292+1832+1692+3119+3069+3066+1691+3097+3120+17015
CVR: 4392+16155+4354+35473+5175+13236+4767+5241

Route :
1Z31 : Stevenage to Stoke-on-Trent
1Z33 : Stoke-on-Trent to Finsbury Park

Loco(s) Route
67018 Stevenage - (via ECML) - Finsbury Park - Goods & Mineral Jn - Camden Road East Jn - Camden Jn - Willesden WL Jn - Wembley Central - (via WCML, Northampton & Trent Valley) - Norton Bridge - Stone - Stoke-on-Trent
33021 (1) Kingsley & Froghall - Oakamoor
5199 (2) Oakamoor - Kingsley & Froghall - Consall - Cheddleton - Leek Brook Jn - Caldon Low
33021 (1) Caldon Low - Leek Brook Jn - Cheddleton - Consall - Kingsley & Froghall
67018 Stoke-on-Trent - Kidsgrove - Alsager - Crewe - Sandbach - Middlewich - Northwich - Hale - Altrincham - Deansgate Jn - Skelton Jn - Northenden Jn - Hazel Grove HL Jn - New Mills South Jn - Chinley - Edale - Grindleford - Dore South Jn - Chesterfield - Clay Cross South Jn - Alfreton & Mansfield Parkway - Langley Mill - Trowell Jn - Toton Centre - Trent - Loughborough - Syston North Jn - Syston East Jn - Melton Mowbray - Stamford - Peterborough - (via ECML) - Finsbury Park

Notes :
(1) 5199 on rear.
(2) 33021 on rear.

Source : Robert Frise (joined/left the train at Stevenage)

Photo Review


67018 arriving into Stevenage to start the tour (photo: Robert Frise)


33021 (above) & 5199 (below) at Kingsley & Froghall (photos: Robert Frise)


Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Robert Frise)

M.C Location Booked
0.00 Stevenage 07.29d
3.52 Woolmer Green Jn 07/33
7.20 Welwyn Garden City 07/38
14.68 Potters Bar 07.46a ~ 07.48d
22.47 Alexandra Palace 07/59
25.04 Finsbury Park 08.04a ~ 08.06d
26.61 Goods & Mineral Jn 08/11
27.15 Camden Road East Jn 08/22
28.30 Camden Jn 08/30
31.79 Willesden WL Jn 08/34
34.60 Wembley Central 08/37
38.06 Harrow & Wealdstone 08/42
44.11 Watford Junction 08/47
58.29 Tring 09/03
64.72 Ledburn Jn 09/12
73.22 Bletchley 09/21
76.41 Milton Keynes Central 09/28
83.23 Hanslope Jn 09/34
92.44 Northampton 09/49
102.13 Long Buckby 10/00
111.43 Rugby 10/10
126.13 Nuneaton 10c32 ~ 10c36
145.26 Lichfield TV 10/53
153.25 Rugeley 10/58
156.11 Colwich Jn 11/01
162.46 Stafford 11/06
167.75 Norton Bridge 11/11
171.51 Stone 11/23
178.59 Stoke-on-Trent 11.38a
See below for CVR actual times
178.59 Stoke-on-Trent 16.09d
185.10 Kidsgrove 16/17
187.49 Alsager 16/20
193.62 Crewe 16c32 ~ 16c36
194.58 Sydney Bridge Jn 16/39
198.32 Sandbach 16/45
202.12 Middlewich 16/58
207.37 Northwich 17/15
216.11 Mobberley 17/24
219.50 Hale 17/28
220.36 Altrincham 17/31
221.11 Deansgate Jn 17/33
221.44 Skelton Jn 17/34
225.04 Northenden Jn 17/39
231.47 Hazel Grove HL Jn 18/03
236.76 New Mills South Jn 18/10
239.39 Chinley 18c14 ~ 18c16
240.77 Chinley East Jn 18/18
245.26 Edale 18/24
249.29 Earles Sidings 18/27
255.59 Grindleford 18/34
259.29 Totley Tunnel East 18/44
260.33 Dore West Jn 18/46
260.56 Dore South Jn 18/48
267.70 Tapton Jn 18/55
268.29 Chesterfield 18/56
272.39 Clay Cross South Jn 18/59
278.42 Alfreton & Mansfield Parkway 19/09
284.60 Langley Mill 19/14
289.40 Trowell Jn 19/19
292.65 Toton Centre 19/23
295.33 Trent South Jn 19/26
303.03 Loughborough 19/32
310.68 Syston East Jn 19/44
320.50 Melton Mowbray 19/53
332.11 Oakham 20/04
335.49 Manton Jn 20/08
342.40 Ketton SB 20/14
352.40 Helpston Jn 20/24
358.02 Peterborough 20c34 ~ 20c36
367.28 Connington South Jn 20/45
375.41 Huntingdon 20/52
390.21 Sandy 21/04
402.37 Hitchin 21/14
406.66 Stevenage 21.19a ~ 21.22d
410.38 Woolmer Green Jn 21/29
414.06 Welwyn Garden City 21/34
421.54 Potters Bar 21.46a ~ 21.48d
429.33 Alexandra Palace 21/55
431.70 Finsbury Park 21.58a

 

Location Actual
Kingsley & Froghall 12.43d
Oakamoor 12.50 ~ 12.52
Kingsley & Froghall 13/01
Consall 13/07
Cheddleton (by yard) 13w14 ~ 13w19
Cheddleton 13/20
Leek Brook Jn 13/25
Apesford Crossing 13.37 ~ 13.39
Caldon Low 13.54 ~ 13.59
Apesford Crossing 14.07 ~ 14.08
Leek Brook Jn 14.29 ~ 14.35
Cheddleton 14/39
Consall 14/46
Kingsley & Froghall 14.52a


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