90029 waiting to leave Newcastle (photo: David Lodwick)
18th January 2014
UK Railtours
The Old Battle Axe
| Locos Used | 60039, 66001 & 90029 |
| Stock Used | 3119+3066+3097+1691+3121+3120+3068+1832+5341+4927+5366+3110+35469 |
Route :
1Z48 : Finsbury Park to Tyne Yard
1Z49 : Tyne Yard to Newcastle
1A50 : Newcastle to Finsbury Park
| Loco(s) | Route |
| 90029 | Finsbury Park - (via ECML) - Birtley Jn - Tyne Yard [Up Staging Sidings No.5] |
| 60039 (1) | Tyne Yard [Up Staging Sidings No.5] - Low Fell Jn - Newcastle Central - Heaton South [Down Goods Loop] - Benton North Jn - Newsham LC - Bedlington North LC - West Sleekburn Jn - Winning Crossing Jn - Freemans LC - North Blyth Battleship Wharf |
| 66001 (2) | North Blyth Battleship Wharf - Freemans LC - Winning Crossing Jn - Marchey's House Jn - Ashington Jn - Lynemouth Power Station [End of line] |
| 60039 (1) | Lynemouth Power Station [End of line] - Ashington Jn - Marchey's House Jn - West Sleekburn Jn - Bedlington North LC - Newsham LC - Benton North Jn - Heaton South Jn [Up Goods Loop] |
| 60039 | Heaton South Jn [Up Goods Loop] - Newcastle Central |
| 90029 | Newcastle Central - (via ECML) - Finsbury Park |
Notes :
(1) 66001 on rear.
(2) 60039 on rear.
90029 waiting to leave Newcastle (photo: David Lodwick)
Source : David Lodwick (on the tour throughout), Nick Bartlett & Stuart Hicks
Timings (Booked & actual)
(from David Lodwick, Nick Bartlett & Realtime Trains)
| M.C | Location | Booked | Actual | Booked | Actual | M.C | |
| 0.00 | Finsbury Park | 07.12d [P8] [DS] | 07.12 [P8] [DS] | 22.08a [P2] | 21.51 | 582.62 | |
| 2.37 | Alexandra Palace | 07/18 [P3] [DS] | 07/16 [P3] [DS] | 22/02 [P2] [SL1] | 21/49 | 580.25 | |
| 10.16 | Potters Bar | 07.26a ~ 07.29d [P4] [DS] | 07.25 ~ 07.28 [P4] | 21.46a ~ 21.54d [P1] [US] | 21.40 ~ 21.43 | 572.46 | |
| 17.64 | Welwyn Garden City | 07/37 [P3] [DS] | 07/37 [P3] | 21/38 [P2] [US] | 21/35 | 564.78 | |
| 18.59 | Digswell Jn | 07*39 ~ 07*47 | 07.39 ~ 07.48 | 21/37 [US] | ? | 564.03 | |
| 21.32 | Woolmer Green Jn | 07/50½ [DF] | 07/51 [DF] | 21/36 | 21/32 | 561.30 | |
| 25.04 | Stevenage | 07.54a ~ 07.57d [P3] [DF] | 07.55 ~ 07.58 [P3] [DF] | 21.30a ~ 21.32d [P2] [UF] | 21.26 ~ 21.29 | 557.58 | |
| 29.33 | Hitchin | 08/01 [DF] | 08/02 [DF] | 21/26 [UF] | 21/22 | 553.29 | |
| 41.49 | Sandy | 08/10½ [DF] | 08/09 [DF] | 21/16½ [UF] | 21/15 | 541.13 | |
| 56.29 | Huntingdon | 08/19½ [DF] | 08/18 [DF] | 21/07½ [UF] | 21/06 | 526.33 | |
| 66.65 | Holme LC | 08/26 | 08/24 | 21/00½ | ? | ? | |
| 73.68 | Peterborough | 08.33a ~ 08.36d [P4] [DS] | 08.31 ~ 08.36 [P4] [DS] | 20.40a ~ 20.44d [P1] [US] | 20.39 ~ 20.44 | 508.74 | |
| 79.15 | Helpston Jn | 08/43½ [DS] | 08/44 [DS] | 20/35 | 20/35 | ? | |
| 82.23 | Tallington Jn | 08/47 [DS] | 08/48 [DS] | 20/32½ [UF] | 20/33 | 500.39 | |
| 97.20 | Stoke Jn | 08/59 | 08/59 | 20/23½ [UF] | 20/24 | 485.42 | |
| 102.77 | Grantham | 09/05 [P2] | 09/03 [P2] | 20/18 [P1] | 20/20 | 479.65 | |
| 112.66 | Claypole Loop | 09/11 | 09/09 | 20/10½ | 20/11 | 469.76 | |
| 117.47 | Newark North Gate | 09/15½ [P1] | 09/14 [P1] | 20/05½ [P2] | 20/08½ | 465.15 | |
| 118.22 | Newark Flat Crossing | 09/16 | 09/15 | 20/05 | 20/08 | 464.40 | |
| 136.08 | Retford | 09/27 | 09/25 [DF] | 19/54 | 19/57 | 446.54 | |
| 149.39 | Loversall Carr Jn | 09/35 | 09/34 | 19/45 | 19/47 | 433.23 | |
| ? | Decoy North Jn | ? | ? | 19C36 ~ 19C38 | ? | 431.10 | |
| 153.36 | Doncaster | 09c39 ~ 09c40 [P8] | 09.39 ~ 09.41 [P8] | 19/32 [P3] | 19/33 | 429.26 | |
| 157.55 | Shaftholme Jn | 09/44 | 09/47 | 19/28 | 19/29 | 425.07 | |
| 166.55 | Temple Hirst Jn | 09/49½ | 09/54 | 19/22½ | 19/23 | 416.07 | |
| 172.34 | Hambleton North Jn | 09/53 | 09/57 | 19/18 | 19/20 | 410.28 | |
| 180.38 | Colton Jn | 09/58 | 10/02 | 19/13 | 19/15 | 402.24 | |
| 185.79 | York | 10.04a ~ 10.07d [P9] | 10.08 ~ 10.13 [P9] | 19.04a ~ 19.08d [P3] | 19.06 ~ 19.10 | 396.63 | |
| 187.50 | Skelton Jn | 10/10 [DF] | 10/16 [DF] | 19/00 | 19/02 | 395.12 | |
| ? | Skelton Bridge Jn | 10/11 | ? | 18*49 ~ 18*57 | ? | ? | |
| 195.39 | Tollerton | 10/15 [DF] | 10/22 [DF] | 18/41[US] | 18/42 | 387.23 | |
| 208.15 | Thirsk | 10/23 [DF] | 10/29 [DF] | 18/32 [UF] | 18/33 | 374.47 | |
| 215.75 | Northallerton | 10/32 | 10/34 [P2] | 18/26 [UF] | 18/28 | 366.67 | |
| 230.09 | Darlington | 10/44 [P4] | 10/45 [P4] | 18/17½ [UM] | 18/18 | 352.53 | |
| 242.16 | Ferryhill South Jn | 10/56 | 10/54 | 18/08½ | 18/08 | 340.46 | |
| 244.72 | Tursdale Jn | 10/58 | 10/56 | 18/07 | 18/06 | 337.70 | |
| 252.12 | Durham | 11/03 [DM] | 11/01 [DM] | 18/01 [P1] | 18/02 | 330.50 | |
| ? | Birtley Jn | 11/15 | 11/07 | 17/55 | 17/55 | ? | |
| 261.61 | Tyne Yard | 11L20a ~ 12L03d | 11L22 ~ 11L52 [Up Staging Sidings 5] | - | - | - | |
| 263.36 | Low Fell Jn | 12/08 | 12.00 ~ 12.08 | 17/53 | ? | ? | |
| 265.41 | King Edward Bridge South Jn | 12/11 | 12/12 [DF] | 17/51 | 17/51 | 317.21 | |
| 266.15 | Newcastle Central | 12.14a ~ 12.19d [P3] [SL] | 12.16 ~ 12.19 [P3] [U/DS] | 17L03a ~ 17L49d [P3] | 17L04 ~ 17L49 [P3] | 316.47 |
| M.C | Location | Booked | Actual |
| 268.09 | Heaton South Jn | 12/24 [DGL] | 12/26 [U/DS - DGL] |
| 268.63 | Heaton North Jn | 12/26 | 12/29 |
| 270.39 | Benton North Jn | 12/31 | 12.32 ~ 12.42 |
| 278.78 | Newsham LC | 12/51 | 13/00 |
| 281.75 | Bedlington North LC | 12/59 | 13/08 |
| 282.73 | West Sleekburn Jn | 13/02 | 13/11 |
| 283.29 | Winning Crossing Jn | 13/05 | 13/14 |
| 284.23 | Freemans LC | 13/07 | 13/15 |
| 286.03 | North Blyth Battleship Wharf | 13.26 ~ 13.40 | 13.28 ~ 13.35 |
| 287.63 | Freemans LC | 14/00 | 13/45 |
| 288.57 | Winning Crossing Jn | 14/03 | 13.50 ~ 13.51 |
| 289.08 | Marchey's House Jn | 14/06 | 13.54 ~ 13.58 |
| 290.55 | Ashington Jn | 14/12 | 14/05 |
| 294.20 | Lynemouth Power Station | 14.55 ~ 15.10 | 14.30 ~ 14.55 [End of line, MP 6.47] |
| 297.65 | Ashington Jn | 15/50 | 15/14 |
| 299.32 | Marchey's House Jn | 15/55 | 15/21 |
| 299.69 | West Sleekburn Jn | 15/56 | 15.22 ~ 15.26 |
| 300.67 | Bedlington North LC | 15/59 | 15/34 |
| 303.64 | Newsham LC | 16/07 | 15/39 |
| 312.23 | Benton North Jn | 16/30 | 15.58 ~ 16.07 |
| 313.79 | Heaton North Jn | 16/36 [UGL] | 16/13 [UGL] |
| 314.53 | Heaton South Jn | 16L39 ~ 16L58 [UGL] | 16L15 ~ 16L57 [UGL] |
Timings continue in first table.
Associated
E.C.S. Workings
17/01/14 :
5M61 : (66040) : Eastleigh T&RSMD to Wembley Yard
(diverted via Woking & Staines)
| Location | Booked | Actual |
| Eastleigh T&RSMD | 21.26d | ? |
| Eastleigh | 21/36 | ? |
| Winchester | 21/43 | ? |
| Basingstoke | 22/00 | ? |
| Reading | 22.29 ~ 22.32 | DIV |
| Maidenhead | 22/46 | DIV |
| Slough | 22/52 | DIV |
| Southall | 23/05 | DIV |
| Acton Main Line | 23/14 | DIV |
| Farnborough Main | DIV | ? |
| Woking | DIV | ? |
| Byfleet & New Haw | DIV | ? |
| Virginia Water | DIV | ? |
| Staines | DIV | ? |
| Feltham | DIV | ? |
| Hounslow | DIV | ? |
| Brentford | DIV | ? |
| Kew East Jn | DIV | ? |
| Acton Wells Jn | 23/18 | ? |
| Acton Canal Wharf | 23/20 | ? |
| Willesden No.7 Jn | 23/23 | ? |
| Wembley Yard | 23.31a | ? |
18/01/14 :
5Z48 : (90029) : Wembley Yard to Finsbury Park
5Z50 : (90029) : Finsbury Park to Wembley Yard
| Location | Booked (out) | Booked (rtn) |
| Wembley Yard | 06.17d | 23.21a |
| Harlesden Jn | 06/28 | 23/11 |
| Kensal Green Jn | 06/33 | 23/00 |
| Gospel Oak | 06/45 | 22/45 |
| Camden Road Jn | 06/48 | 22/41 |
| Camden Road Central Jn | 06/50 | 22*24 ~ 22*39 |
| York Way North Jn | 06/52 | 22/21 |
| Copenhagen Jn | 06/53 | 22/20 |
| Holloway South Jn | 06/55 | 22/17 |
| Finsbury Park | 07.00a [P8] | 22.14d [P2] |
20/01/14 :
5O61 : (Cl.66 or 67?) : Wembley Yard to Eastleigh T&RSMD
| Location | Booked (rtn) |
| Wembley Yard | 09.53d |
| Willesden No.7 Jn | 10/03 |
| Acton Canal Wharf Jn | 10/16 |
| Acton Wells Jn | 10/18 |
| Kew East Jn | 10/27 |
| Brentford | 10/30 |
| Hounslow | 10/37 |
| Feltham | 10/41 |
| Staines | 10/47 |
| Virginia Water | 10/57 |
| Byfleet & New Haw | 11/10 |
| Woking | 11/15 |
| Farnborough Main | 11/27 |
| Basingstoke | 11/53 |
| Winchester | 12/16 |
| Eastleigh | 12/23 |
| Eastleigh South Jn | 12/25 |
| Eastleigh T&RSMD | 12.37a |
