15th July 2023

UK Railtours
The Worth Valley Spelunker

Locos Used 67005 'Queen's Messenger' & 67007
Stock Used 17105+3390+3345+1651+3278+3340+3325+1657+5929+6042+5921

Route :
1Z53 : London Kings Cross to Skipton
1Z54 : Skipton to London Kings Cross

Loco(s) Route
67005 (1) London Kings Cross - (via ECML) - Hambleton South Jn - Hambleton West Jn - Gascoigne Wood Jn - Micklefield - Cross Gates - Leeds - Armley Jn - Shipley - Keighley - Skipton
67007 (2) Skipton - Keighley - Shipley - Armley Jn - Whitehall Jn - Engine Shed Jn - Woodlesford - Methley Jn - Altofts Jn - Normanton - Turners Lane Jn - Calder Bridge Jn - Crofton West Jn - Crofton East Jn - Pontefract Monkhill - Knottingley West Jn - Knottingley South Jn - Haywood Jn - Shaftholme Jn - Doncaster - Bessacarr Jn - Gainsborough Trent Jns - Gainsborough Lea Road - Saxilby - Lincoln Central - Metheringham - Sleaford North Jn - Sleaford South Jn - Spalding - Werrington Jn - Peterborough - (via ECML) - London Kings Cross

Notes : 
(1) 67007 on rear.
(2) 67005 on rear.
(3) Off tour options: Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, visit to White Scar Cave or free time in Skipton.
(4) Actual timings were not recorded on the outward leg by Realtime Trains, between Tallington Jn and Skipton.

Sources : David Lodwick (on the tour throughout) & Mark Herriott

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from David Lodwick, Realtime Trains & Open Rail Live Railway Data)

M.C Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual M.C
0.00 London Kings Cross 07.52d [P3] [B] 07.55 [P3]   22.45a [P4] 22.46 451.62
0.57 Belle Isle 07/54 [DF] 07/56   22/43 [C] 22/43 451.08
1.44 Holloway South Jn 07/56 [DS] 07/59   22/42 [UF] 22/41 450.21
2.41 Finsbury Park 07/59 [P7] [DS2] 08/01   22/38 [P2] [US] 22/39 449.24
4.68 Wood Green Sig.K453 08*03 ~ 08*10 ?   - - -
4.78 Alexandra Palace 08/11 [P3] [DS] 08/11   22/35 [P2] [US1] 22/36 446.47
12.57 Potters Bar 08.21a ~ 08.25d [P4] [DS] 08.20 ~ 08.30   22.25a ~ 22.27d [P1] [US] 22.24 ~ 22.28 439.08
20.25 Welwyn Garden City 08.33a ~ 08.36d [P3] [DS] 08.39 ~ 08.40   22.14a ~ 22.16d [P2] [US] 22.14 ~ 22.16 431.40
21.18 Digswell Jn 08/40 [DF] 08/43   22/11 [US] 22/12 430.29
27.68 Woolmer Green Jn 08/42 [DS] 08/46   22/09 [UF] 22/09 427.77
27.45 Stevenage 08.48a ~ 08.52d [P4] [DS] 08.50 ~ 08.52   22.02a ~ 22.05d [P1] [US] 22.01 ~ 22.04 424.20
31.74 Hitchin 08/58 [P2] [DS] 08/58   21/56 [P1] [US] 21/56 419.71
41.13 Biggleswade 09/05 [P4] [DS] 09/07   21/48 [P1] [US] 21/49 410.52
44.10 Sandy 09/09½ [P2] [DF] 09/11   21/45 [P1] [US] 21/45 407.55
58.70 Huntingdon 09/20½ [DF] 09/23   21/34 [UF] 21/34 392.75
? Conington South Jn 09/26½ 09/28   21/28 [UF] 21/28 384.35
59.12 Holme Jn 09/28 09/30   21/26½ 21/27 ?
74.69 Fletton Jn 09/33 [DS] 09/37   21/22 [UF] 21/20 376.63
76.29 Peterborough 09.39a ~ 09.42d [P4] [DS] 09.40 ~ 09.43   21.12a ~ 21.18d [P1] [US] 21.10 ~ 21.14 375.36
78.63 Marholm Jn 09/46 [DS] 09/47   - - -
81.56 Helpston Jn 09/49 [DS] 09/50   - - -
? Tallington Jn 09/54 [DS] 09/54   - - -
99.60 Stoke Jn 10/09 10/08   - - -
105.38 Grantham 10/16 [P2] 10/17   - - -
113.46 Claypole Loop 10/22 10/24   - - -
120.08 Newark Northgate 10/26 [P1] 10/26   - - -
120.63 Newark Flat Crossing 10/27 10/27   - - -
125.53 Carlton-on-Trent Loop 10/31 10/30   - - -
138.49 Retford 10/40 10/38   - - -
152.00 Loversall Carr Jn 10/50 10/46   - - -
- Werrington Jn - -   21/07 [US] 21/03 372.31
- Spalding - -   20/52 [P1] 20/48 358.68
- Sleaford South Jn - -   20/35 20/29 341.02
- Sleaford North Jn - -   20/33 [UA] 20/27 339.40
- Metheringham - -   20/24 20/17 330.11
- Pelham Street Jn - -   20/14 20/07 319.66
- Lincoln Central - -   20/13 [UM] 20/06 319.53
- West Holmes Jn - -   20/11 20/03 317.65
- Saxilby - -   19/59 19/55 312.33
- Gainsborough Lea Road - -   19/46 19/42 302.75
- Gainsborough Trent Jns - -   19/43 19/37 302.28
- Bessacarr Jn - -   19/18 19/20 285.12
- Black Carr Jn - -   19/17 19/19 284.40
- Potteric Carr Jn - -   19/16 [ESL] 19/18 283.60
155.77 Doncaster 10c55 ~ 10c57 [P8] 10.58 ~ 11.00 [P8]   19c10 ~ 19c12 [P3] [ESL] 19.10 ~ 19.14 281.61
160.16 Shaftholme Jn 11/02 11/06   19/03 19/02 277.41
169.16 Temple Hirst Jn 11/08 11/12   - - -
174.10 Hambleton South Jn 11/12 ?   - - -
175.33 Hambleton West Jn 11/13 ?   - - -
177.17 Gascoigne Wood Jn 11/16 ?   - - -
181.59 Micklefield 11/20 [P2] ?   - - -
187.00 Cross Gates 11/25 [P2] ?   - - -
189.64 Neville Hill West Jn 11/29 [FL] ?   - - -
191.40 Leeds 11*33 ~ 11*36 [TR] [D] ?   - - -
191.65 Leeds West Jn 11/37 [D] ?   - - -
- Haywood Jn - -   19/00 19/01 276.38
- Knottingley South Jn - -   18/50 18/48 267.38
- Knottingley West Jn - -   18/48 18/47 266.72
- Pontefract Monkhill - -   18/45 [P2] 18/43 265.12
- Crofton East Jn - -   18/37 18/35 258.69
- Crofton West Jn - -   18/35 18/34 258.06
- Calder Bridge Jn - -   18/33 18/31 256.74
- Turners Lane Jn - -   18/29 18/29 256.24
- Normanton - -   18/24½ 18/24 ?
- Altofts Jn - -   18/23 18/22 253.09
- Methley Jn - -   18/21 18/20 251.41
- Woodlesford - -   18/18½ 18/18 ?
- Stourton Jn - -   18/16 18/16 246.40
- Engine Shed Jn - -   18*09 ~ 18*12 18/12 243.62
192.05 Whitehall Jn 11/38 [DS] ?   18/05 [UWC] ? ~ 18.11 243.31
192.52 Armley Jn 11/39 ?   18/03 [US] 18/02 242.64
198.37 Apperley Jn 11/45 ?   17/58 17/56 236.79
202.04 Dockfield Jn 11/49 ?   17/51 17/50 233.32
202.29 Shipley 11/50 [P2] ?   17/50 [P1] 17/49 233.07
208.43 Keighley 11.58a ~ 12.04d [P2] ?   17.37a ~ 17.42d [P1] 17.36 ~ 17.42 226.73
217.58 Skipton 12.15a [P3] ? [P3]   17.26d [P2] 17.26 [P2] 217.58

Mileages as shown in the tour brochure.

Associated Workings on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway

With steam locos 48431, 75078 and diesel 37075 in use.

Location Booked Booked Booked Booked Booked Booked Booked Booked Booked Booked
Keighley 10.00d 10.50d 11.40d 12.30d 13.35d 14.25d 15.15d 16.00d 16.45d 17.30d
Ingrow 10.06d 10.56d 11.46d 12.36d 13.41d 14.31d 15.21d 16.06d 16.51d 17.36d
Damens 10x10 11x00 11x50 12x39 13x45 14x35 15x25 16x10 16x55 17x40
Oakworth 10.16d 11.06d 11.55d 12.45d 13.50d 14.40d 15.30d 16.15d 17.00d 17.45d
Haworth 10.20d 11.10d 12.00d 12.50d 13.55d 14.45d 15.35d 16.20d 17.05d 17.50d
Oxenhope 10.25a 11.15a 12.05a 12.55a 14.00a 14.50a 15.40a 16.25a 17.10d 17.55a

 

Location Booked Booked Booked Booked Booked Booked Booked Booked Booked Booked
Oxenhope - 10.00d 10.50d 11.40d 12.30d 13.35d 14.25d 15.15d 16.00d 16.45d
Haworth 09.16d 10.06d 10.56d 11.46d 12.36d 13.41d 14.31d 15.21d 16.06d 16.51d
Oakworth 09.19d 10.09d 10.59d 11.49d 12.39d 13.44d 14.34d 15.24d 16.09d 16.54d
Damens 09x23 10x13 11x03 11x53 12x43 13x48 14x38 15x28 16x13 16x58
Ingrow 09.26d 10.16d 11.06d 11.56d 12.48d 13.51d 14.41d 15.31d 16.16d 17.01d
Keighley 09.35a 10.25a 11.15a 12.05a 12.55a 14.00a 14.50a 15.40a 16.25a 17.10a


Associated E.C.S. Workings

15/07/23 :
5Z52 : (67007 with 67005 on rear) : Burton Wetmore Sidings to London Kings Cross

Location Booked
Burton Wetmore Sidings 03.15d
Clay Mills Jn 03/21
North Stafford Jn 03/25
Stenson Jn 03/27
Castle Donington 03/39
Sheet Stores Jn 03/47
Trent South Jn 03/48
Loughborough 03/55
Sileby Jn 04/00
Syston North Jn 04/05
Syston East Jn 04/06
Frisby-on-the-Wreake 04/14
Melton Mowbray 04/19
Whissendine LC 04/25
Ashwell LC 04/28
Langham Jn 04/30
Oakham 04/31
Manton Jn 04/35
Luffenham 04/39
Ketton 04/41
Uffington 04/48
Helpston Jn 04/53
Marholm Jn 04/56
New England North Jn 04/58
Peterborough 05c02 ~ 05c15 [P3]
Fletton Jn 05/18
Conington South Jn 05/24
Huntingdon 05/30
Sandy 05/40
Biggleswade 05/43
Hitchin 05/49
Stevenage 05c53 ~ 05c55 [P2]
Woolmer Green Jn 05/59
Digswell Jn 06/02
Welwyn Garden City 06*06 ~ 06*25 [P1]
Potters Bar 06/34
Alexandra Palace 06/51
Finsbury Park 06/59
Holloway South Jn 07/02
Belle Isle 07/08
London Kings Cross 07.11a [P3]

5Z53 : (67005 with 67007 on rear) : Skipton to Hellifield [Goods Loops]

Location Booked
Skipton 12.25d [P3]
Gargrave 12/31
Hellifield 12/38
Hellifield [Goods Loops] 12.40a [DGL]

5Z54 : (67005 with 67007 on rear) : Hellifield [Goods Loops] to Settle Jn
5Z54 : (67007 with 67005 on rear) : Settle Jn to Skipton

Location Booked
Hellifield [Goods Loops] 16.35d [DGL]
Settle Jn 16.44 ~ 16.55
Hellifield 17/02
Gargrave 17/09
Skipton 17.15a [P2]

5Z54 : (67005 with 67007 on rear) : London Kings Cross to Ferme Park Reception

Location Booked
London Kings Cross 23.42d [P4]
Belle Isle 23/44
Holloway South Jn 23/46
Finsbury Park 23/50
Ferme Park Reception 23.59a

16/07/23 :
5Z55 : (67005 with 67007 on rear) : Ferme Park Reception to Hornsey Sig.K440
5Z55 : (67007 with 67005 on rear) : Hornsey Sig.K440 to Wembley Yard

Location Booked
Ferme Park Reception 12.20d
Hornsey Sig.K440 12.23 ~ 12.38
Harringay 12/43
Finsbury Park 12/45
Holloway South Jn 12/47
Copenhagen Jn 12/50
York Way North Jn 12/51
Camden Road Central Jn 12*54 ~ 13*03
Camden Road Jn 13/05
Camden Sig.WM801 13*08 ~ 13*13
Camden Jn 13/16
Willesden West London Jn 13/21
Harlesden Jn 13/24
Willesden Railnet Reception 13/26
Wembley Yard South Jn 13/29
DB Cargo Fan A & B Sidings 13.34a


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