31st August 2015
UK Railtours
The Yorkshire Byways
| Locos Used | 66168 & 66200 |
| Stock Used (3) | ? 21269+3123+3068+1691+3119+3069+3120+1651+3110+1832+4927+5292 ? |
Route :
1Z54 : London Kings Cross to Thoresby Colliery
1Z55 : Thoresby Colliery to York
1Z56 : York to London Kings Cross
| Loco(s) | Route |
| 66200 (1) | London Kings Cross - (via ECML) - Peterborough - Stamford - Manton Jn - Oakham - Melton Mowbray - Syston East Jn - Syston North Jn - Loughborough - Trent South Jn - Meadow Lane Jn - Toton Centre - Trowell Jn - Langley Mill - Ironville Jn - Kirkby Lane End Jn - Mansfield Woodhouse - Shirebrook Jn - Warsop Jn - Welbeck Colliery Jn - Clipstone West Jn - Clipstone East Jn - Thoresby Colliery Jn |
| 66168 (2) | Thoresby Colliery Jn - Thoresby Colliery |
| 66200 (1) | Thoresby Colliery - Thoresby Colliery Jn |
| 66168 (2) | Thoresby Colliery Jn - Clipstone East Jn - Clipstone West Jn - Welbeck Colliery Jn - Warsop Jn - Shirebrook East Jn - Woodend Jn - Shireoaks - Brancliffe East Jn - Kiveton Park - Woodhouse Jn - Woodburn Jn - Nunnery Main Line Jn - Sheffield |
| 66200 (1) | Sheffield - Nunnery Main Line Jn - Woodburn Jn - Broughton Lane Jn - Tinsley South Jn - Tinsley East Jn - Rotherham Central - Aldwarke Jn - Thrybergh Jn - Mexborough - Hexthorpe Jn - Bentley Jn - Kirk Sandall Jn - Hatfield & Stainforth |
| 66168 (2) | Hatfield & Stainforth - Thorpe Marsh Jn - Haywood Jn - Knottingley South Jn - Knottingley West Jn - Ferrybridge North Jn - Milford Jn - Church Fenton - Colton Jn - York |
| 66200 (1) | York - Colton Jn - Church Fenton - Milford Jn - Ferrybridge North Jn - Knottingley West Jn - Knottingley South Jn - Haywood Jn - Shaftholme Jn - Doncaster - Bridge Jn - Decoy South Jn - St Catherine's Jn - Maltby Colliery SB - Dinnington Jn - Brancliffe East Jn - Shireoaks - Worksop - Thrumpton West Jn - Retford - (via ECML) - London Kings Cross |
Notes :
(1) 66168 on rear.
(2) 66200 on rear.
(3) Stock confirmation required.
Sources : David Lodwick & Neil Greenwood (both on the tour throughout)
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Photo Review
66200 & 66168 at York on 1Z56 (both photos: David Lodwick)
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Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from David Lodwick & Realtime Trains)
| M.C | Location | Booked | Actual | Booked | Actual | M.C | |
| 0.00 | London Kings Cross | 07.32d [P1] | 07.32 | 22.26a [P1] | 22.31 | 466.35 | |
| ? | Belle Isle | 07/34 [FL2] | 07/34 | 22/24 [FL2] | 22/28 | ? | |
| ? | Holloway South Jn | 07/36 [DF] | ? | 22/22½ | ? | ? | |
| 2.41 | Finsbury Park | 07/38 [P5] [DF] | 07/37 | 22/21 [P4] [UF] | 22/25 | 463.74 | |
| 4.78 | Alexandra Palace | 07/42 [DF] | 07/40 | 22/18 [UF] | 22/22 | 461.37 | |
| 12.57 | Potters Bar | 07.52a ~ 07.55d [P3] [DF] | 07.47 ~ 07.55 | 22.08a ~ 22.11d [P2] [UF] | 22.09 ~ 22.11 | 453.58 | |
| 20.25 | Welwyn Garden City | 08/03 [DF] | 08/02 | 22/01 [UF] | 22/02 | 446.10 | |
| ? | Digswell Jn | 08/04 | ? | 21/59½ [UF] | ? | ? | |
| 23.73 | Woolmer Green Jn | 08/06 [DS] | 08/05 | 21/56 | 21/59 | 442.42 | |
| 27.45 | Stevenage | 08.10a ~ 08.13d [P4] [DS] | 08.09 ~ 08.13 | 21.49a ~ 21.52d [P1] [US] | 21.49 ~ 21.54 | 438.70 | |
| 31.74 | Hitchin | 08/18 [P2] [DS] | 08/18 | 21/43 [P1] [US] | 21/43 | 434.41 | |
| 44.10 | Sandy | 08/29 [P2] [DS] | 08/28 | 21/29 [P1] [US] | 21/32 | 422.25 | |
| 58.70 | Huntingdon | 08/41 [P3] [DS] | 08/41 | 21/16 [P2] [US] | 21/19 | 407.45 | |
| ? | Connington South Jn | 08/49½ | ? | 21/09 [UF] | 21/11 | 399.32 | |
| 69.26 | Holme Jn | 08*52 ~ 08*54 | ? ~ 08.48 | 21/07 | ? | ? | |
| ? | Fletton Jn | 09/02 | ? | 21/00½ | ? | ? | |
| 76.29 | Peterborough | 09.04a ~ 09.07d [P5] [DS] | 09.03 ~ 09.07 | 20.50a ~ 20.58d [P2] [UF] | 20.50 ~ 21.01 | 390.06 |
| M.C | Location | Booked | Actual |
| 81.71 | Helpston Jn | 09/16 | 09/15 |
| ? | Uffington SB | 09/21 | 09/21 |
| ? | Stamford | 09/23½ | ? |
| 92.02 | Ketton SB | 09/27 | 09/28 |
| ? | Luffenham | 09/30 | ? |
| 98.62 | Manton Jn | 09/35 | 09/34 |
| 102.20 | Oakham | 09/39 [P2] | 09/37 |
| ? | Langham Jn | 09/41 | 09/39 |
| ? | Ashwell LC | 09/43 | ? |
| ? | Whissendine LC | 09/45 | 09/43 |
| 113.61 | Melton Mowbray | 09/51 [P2] | 09/48 |
| 117.48 | Frisby-on-the-Wreake | 09/54 | 09/51 |
| 123.43 | Syston East Jn | 10/01 | 09/59 |
| 123.60 | Syston North Jn | 10/03 [DS] | 10/01 |
| 126.35 | Sileby Jn | 10/07 [DS] | 10/05 |
| 131.01 | Loughborough | 10/12 [P3] [DS] | 10/10 |
| 138.51 | Trent South Jn | 10/21 [HL] | 10/19 |
| ? | Meadow Lane Jn | 10/24 [HL] | 10/22 |
| 140.71 | Toton Jn | 10/26 [HL] | 10/24 |
| 141.29 | Toton Centre | 10c29 ~ 10c31 [DM] | 10.26 ~ 10.29 |
| 144.54 | Trowell Jn | 10/38 [DM] | 10/34 |
| 149.34 | Langley Mill | 10/43 [DM] | 10/39 |
| 153.34 | Ironville Jn | 10/47 | 10/44 |
| 154.49 | Sleights East SB | 10/50 | 10/48 |
| 155.19 | Pinxton | 10/52 | ? |
| 158.04 | Kirkby Lane End Jn | 11/01 | 10/58 |
| 163.58 | Mansfield Woodhouse | 11/11 [P1] | 11/09 |
| 164.67 | Shirebrook Jn | 11/18 | 11/18 |
| 165.32 | Warsop Jn | 11/22 | ? |
| 167.72 | Welbeck Colliery Jn | 11/26 | ? |
| 169.67 | Clipstone West Jn | 11/31 | 11/30 |
| 170.12 | Clipstone East Jn | 11/32 | ? |
| 171.73 | Thoresby Colliery Jn | 11.36 ~ 11.51 | ? |
| 173.11 | Thoresby Colliery | 11.56a ~ 12.14d | 11.56? ~ 12.00? |
| 174.29 | Thoresby Colliery Jn | 12.19 ~ 12.34 | ? |
| 176.10 | Clipstone East Jn | 12/38 | ? |
| 176.35 | Clipstone West Jn | 12/39 | 12/25 |
| 178.30 | Welbeck Colliery Jn | 12/45 | ? |
| 180.70 | Warsop Jn | 12/50 | ? |
| 181.58 | Shirebrook East Jn | 12/52 | 12/35 |
| 189.67 | Woodend Jn | 13/03 | 13/03 |
| 190.56 | Shireoaks | 13/06 | 13/04 |
| 191.53 | Brancliffe East Jn | 13/08 | 13/06 |
| 193.59 | Kiveton Park | 13/11 | 13/09 |
| 198.56 | Woodhouse Jn | 13/16 | ? |
| 203.03 | Woodburn Jn | 13/22 | ? |
| 204.00 | Nunnery Main Line Jn | 13/30 | 13/31 |
| 204.37 | Sheffield | 13.34a ~ 13.57d | 13.34 ~ 13.55 |
| 204.74 | Nunnery Main Line Jn | 13/59 | 13/57 |
| 205.71 | Woodburn Jn | 14/03 | ? |
| 207.29 | Broughton Lane Jn | 14/06 | ? |
| 208.13 | Tinsley South Jn | 14/08 | ? |
| 208.59 | Tinsley East Jn | 14/09 | ? |
| 210.51 | Rotherham Central | 14/14 [P2] | 14/10 |
| 212.60 | Aldwarke Jn | 14/18 | 14/19 |
| 213.58 | Thrybergh Jn | 14/20 | 14/21 |
| 216.09 | Mexborough | 14/28 | 14/27 |
| 221.14 | Hexthorpe Jn | 14/36 [AL] | 14/38 |
| 224.38 | Bentley Jn | 14/43 | 14/42 |
| 226.58 | Kirk Sandall Jn | 14/46 [SL] | 14/48 |
| 229.74 | Hatfield & Stainforth | 14.51a ~ 15.10d [US] | 14.54 ~ ? |
| 233.01 | Thorpe Marsh Jn | 15/18 | 15/06 |
| 234.71 | Haywood Jn | 15/21 | 15/09 |
| 243.71 | Knottingley South Jn | 15/36 | 15/21 |
| 244.37 | Knottingley West Jn | 15/38 | 15/23 |
| 245.01 | Ferrybridge North Jn | 15/41 | 15/24 |
| 249.10 | Milford Jn | 15/49 | 15/31 |
| 253.39 | Church Fenton | 15/55 [P2] [NNL] | 15/37 |
| 258.56 | Colton Jn | 16/02 | 15/42 |
| 264.17 | York | 16.10a [P10] ~ 17.07d [P10] | 15.50 ~ 17.07 |
| 269.58 | Colton Jn | 17/14 [LSL] | 17/13 |
| ? | Colton South Jn | 17/15 [NNL] | ? |
| 274.75 | Church Fenton | 17/20 [P1] | 17/18 |
| 279.24 | Milford Jn | 17/25 | 17/25 |
| 283.33 | Ferrybridge North Jn | 17/33 | 17/33 |
| 283.77 | Knottingley West Jn | 17/35 | 17/43 |
| 284.43 | Knottingley South Jn | 17/37 | 17/45 |
| 293.43 | Haywood Jn | 17/46 | 18/03 |
| 294.52 | Shaftholme Jn | 17*50 ~ 18*01 | 18.03 ~ 18.04 |
| 298.71 | Doncaster | 18c09 ~ 18c14 [2WG] | 18.14 ~ 18.17 |
| 299.30 | Bridge Jn | 18/16 [WSL] | 18/18 |
| ? | Decoy North Jn | 18/19 | 18/22 |
| 301.25 | Decoy South Jn | 18/20 | 18/25 |
| 301.79 | St Catherine's Jn | 18/22 | 18/27 |
| 305.76 | Firbeck Jn | 18/30 | ? |
| 307.65 | Maltby Colliery | 18/35 | 18/43 |
| 313.79 | Dinnington Jn | 18/50 | 19/00 |
| 317.16 | Brancliffe East Jn | 18/58 | 19/06 |
| 318.13 | Shireoaks | 19/00 | 19/09 |
| ? | Shireoaks East Jn | 19/02 | 19/10 |
| 320.15 | Worksop | 19/04 [P2] | 19/13 |
| 326.65 | Thrumpton West Jn | 19/13 | ? |
| 327.66 | Retford | 19*17 ~ 19*41 [P2] | 19.23 ~ 19.42 |
| ? | Newark Flat Crossing | 20/00 | 20/01 |
| 346.27 | Newark North Gate | 20/01 [P2] | 20/02 |
| 351.08 | Claypole Loop | 20/05 | 20/05 |
| 360.77 | Grantham | 20/13 [P1] | 20/14 |
| 366.54 | Stoke Jn | 20/18 [US] | 20/18 |
| 381.51 | Tallington Jn | 20/30 [US] | 20/34 |
| ? | Helpston Jn | 20/37 | 20/37 |
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Associated E.C.S. Moves
29/08/15 :
5M61 : (Cl.66? + tour stock) : Eastleigh T&RSMD to Wembley Yard
| Location | Booked |
| Eastleigh T&RSMD | 20.55d |
| Eastleigh | 21/05 |
| Winchester | 21/13 |
| Basingstoke | 21/30 |
| Farnborough Main | 21/50 |
| Woking | 22.03 ~ 22.07 |
| Byfleet & New Haw | 22/14 |
| Addlestone Jn | 22/16 |
| Virginia Water | 22/28 |
| Staines | 22/42 |
| Feltham | 22/50 |
| Hounslow | 22/54 |
| Brentford | 22/58 |
| Kew East Jn | 23/01 |
| South Acton Jn | 23/04 |
| Acton Wells Jn | 23/09 |
| Acton Canal Wharf | 23/11 |
| Willesden No.7 Jn | 23/17 |
| Wembley Yard | 23.25a |
31/08/15 :
5Z54 : (66200 with 66168 on rear) : Wembley Yard to
Hornsey
5Z54 : (66168 with 66200 on rear) :
Hornsey to London Kings Cross
5Z56 : (66168 with 66200 on rear) : London Kings Cross
to Hornsey
5Z56 : (66200 with 66168 on rear) :
Hornsey to Wembley Yard
| Location | Booked (out) | Booked (rtn) | |
| Wembley Yard | 05.00d | 23.58a | |
| Harlesden Jn | 05/11 | 23/48 | |
| Kensal Green Jn | 05/27 | 23/43 | |
| Gospel Oak | 05/35 | 23/34 | |
| Junction Road Jn | 05/38 | 23/31 | |
| Upper Holloway | 05/40 | 23/30 | |
| Harringay Park Jn | 05/43 | 23/27 | |
| Harringay | 05/45 | 23/25 | |
| Hornsey Sig.K440 | 05.48 ~ 06.35 | 23.00 ~ 23.20 | |
| Harringay | 06/40 | ? | |
| Finsbury Park | 06.44 ~ 06.55 | 22/55 | |
| Holloway South Jn | 06/59 | 22/53 | |
| Belle Isle | 07/01 | 22/51 | |
| London Kings Cross | 07.03a [P1] | 22.48d [P1] |
01/09/15 :
5O61 : (Cl.66? + tour stock) : Wembley Yard to Eastleigh T&RSMD
| Location | Booked |
| Wembley Yard | 09.53d |
| Willesden No.7 Jn | 10/03 |
| Acton Canal Wharf | 10/17 |
| Acton Wells Jn | 10/19 |
| South Acton Jn | 10/24 |
| Kew East Jn | 10/27 |
| Brentford | 10/30 |
| Hounslow | 10/37 |
| Feltham | 10/41 |
| Staines | 10/47 |
| Virginia Water | 10/57 |
| Addlestone Jn | 11/08 |
| Byfleet & New Haw | 11/10 |
| Woking | 11/15 |
| Farnborough Main | 11/27 |
| Basingstoke | 11/53 |
| Worting Jn | 11/58 |
| Winchester | 12/16 |
| Eastleigh | 12/25 |
| Eastleigh South Jn | 12/27 |
| Eastleigh T&RSMD | 12.39a |