23rd March 2024

UK Railtours
The Gateway Galloper

Locos Used 66306 & 66308
Stock Used 5961+5952+5929+6176+1200+3333+3304+3325+1657+3386+3345+17105

Route :
 1Z49 : London King's Cross to East Midlands Gateway TML GBRf
1Z50 : East Midlands Gateway TML GBRf to Derby
1Z51 : Derby to London King's Cross

Loco(s) Route
66308 (1) London King's Cross - (via ECML) - Grantham - Nottingham Branch Jn - Allington West Jn - Bottesford - Bingham - Netherfield Jn - Nottingham - Mansfield Jn - Beeston - Trent East Jn - Sheet Stores Jn - Castle Donington - Castle Donington EMDC
66306 (2) Castle Donington EMDC - Castle Donington - Gateway West Jn - East Midlands Gateway TML GBRf
66308 (1) East Midlands Gateway TML GBRf - Gateway West Jn - Castle Donington - Stenson Jn - North Stafford Jn - Burton Wetmore Jn - Burton West Yard GBRf
66306 (2) Burton West Yard GBRf - Burton Wetmore Jn - North Stafford Jn - Stenson Jn -  Derby - Chaddesden Sidings GBRf
66308 (1) Chaddesden Sidings GBRf - Derby - Spondon - Sheet Stores Jn - Trent East Jn - Toton TMD - Stanton Gate GBRf
66306 (2) Stanton Gate GBRf - Toton Centre  - Meadow Lane Jn - Attenborough Jn - Beeston - Mansfield Jn - Nottingham - Netherfield Jn - Lowdham - Newark Castle - Boultham Jn - West Holmes Jn - Lincoln - Metheringham - Sleaford North Jn - Sleaford South Jn - Spalding - New England North Jn - Peterborough - (via ECML) - London King's Cross

Notes:
 (1) 66306 on rear.
(2) 66308 on rear.


66308 in Derby prior to departing on 1Z51 (David Lawrence)

Source : David Lawrence

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from David Lawrence & Realtime Trains)

M.C

 Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual

M.C
0.00 London King's Cross 07.23d [P1] [B] 07.26   22.17a [P1] 22.32 361.53
0.57 Belle Isle 07/25 [DF] 07/30   22/15 [B] 22/29 360.76
1.35 Holloway South Jn 07/27 [DS] 07/33   22/12 [UF] 22/27 360.09
2.41 Finsbury Park 07/30 [P7] [DS2] 07/37   22/10 [P1] [US2] 22/25 359.12
? Harringay 07/31½ 07/39   22/06 [P1] [US1] 22/21 358.21
4.68 Wood Green Sig.K453 07*34 ~ 07*40 [DS2] ?   - - -
4.78 Alexandra Palace 07/41 [P3] [DS] 07/43   22/02 [P2] [US1] 22/18 356.55
12.57 Potters Bar 07.50a ~ 07.55d [P4] [DS] 07.53 ~ 07.56   21.47a ~ 21.52d [P1] [US] 22.06 ~ 22.09 348.76
20.25 Welwyn Garden City 08/04 [P3] [DS] 08/05   21/34 [P2] [US] 21/57 341.28
21.18 Digswell Jn 08*06 ~ 08*09 [DF] ? ~ 08.13   21/31 [US] 21/54 340.17
23.68 Woolmer Green Jn 08/13 [DS] 08/17   21/28 [UF] 21/52 337.65
27.45 Stevenage 08.18a ~ 08.21d [P4] [DS] 08.23 ~ 08.25   21.21a ~ 21.24d [P1] [US] 21.44 ~ 21.47 334.08
31.74 Hitchin 08/26 [P2] [DS] 08/30   21/15 [P1] [US] 21/39 329.59
41.13 Biggleswade 08/36 [P4] [DS] 08/39   21/05 [P1] [US] 21/31 320.40
44.10 Sandy 08/40 [P2] [DS] 08/42   21/02 [P1] [US] 21/29 317.43
58.70 Huntingdon 08.55a ~ 09.05d [P3] [DS] 08.57 ~ 09.04   20.43a ~ 20.47d [P2] [US] 21.11 ~ 21.14 302.63
? Conington South Jn 09/14½ [DS] 09/14   20/34 [UF] 21/02 294.23
69.12 Holme Jn 09*17 ~ 09*20 [DF] ? ~ 09.18   20/32½ [UF] 21/01 ?
75.02 Fletton Jn 09/27 [DS] 09/28   20/28 [UF] 20/53 286.51
76.29 Peterborough 09.30a ~ 09.35d [P4] [DS] 09.32 ~ 09.35   20.19a ~ 20.24d [P1] [US] 20.44 ~ 20.48 285.24

 

M.C

 Location Booked Actual
81.56 Helpston Jn 09/44 [DS] 09/45
84.70 Tallington Jn 09/49 [DS] 09/49
99.60 Stoke Jn 10*05 ~ 10*08 ? ~ 10.07
10.38 Grantham 10/15 [P4] 10/18
106.08 Nottingham Branch Jn 10/17 10/20
108.69 Allington West Jn 10/22 10/25
113.78 Bottesford West Jn 10/29 10/30
119.39 Bingham 10/36 10/36
125.44 Netherfield Jn 10/47 10/45
128.15 Nottingham 10.54a ~ 11.00d [P6] [C] 10.51 ~ 11.00
128.78 Mansfield Jn 11/03 [UNF] 11/02
131.02 Beeston South Jn 11/05 11/06
134.72 Trent East Jn 11/11 11/11
135.36 Sheet Stores Jn 11/13 11/13
139.16 Castle Donington 11/19 ?
140.23 Castle Donington EMDC 11.24 ~ 11.45 ? ~ ?
141.30 Castle Donington 11/48 ?
141.75 Gateway West Jn 11/50 11/55
142.45 East Mids Gateway Arrival 11*53 ~ 11*55 ? ~ ?
144.15 East Mids Gateway TML GBRf 12.05 ~ 12.35 12.10 ~ 12.43
146.55 East Mids Gateway Sig.SS4457 12*45 ~ 12*47 ? ~ 12.55
146.75 Gateway West Jn 12/48 12/56
147.39 Castle Donington 12/50 12/58
156.20 Stenson Jn 13/02 13/10
156.58 North Stafford Jn 13/02½ 13/11
160.18 Clay Mills Jn 13/08 [DTG] 13/20
161.24 Burton Wetmore Jn 13/12 13/24
161.59 Burton West Yard GBRf 13.16 ~ 13.45 13.27 ~ ?
162.14 Burton Wetmore Jn 13/50 [GL] ?
163.20 Clay Mills Jn 13/54 14/05
166.60 North Stafford Jn 14/00 14/11
167.18 Stenson Jn 14/01 14/12
169.66 Sunnyhill 14/06 [SL] 14/14
170.47 Melbourne Jn 14*09 ~ 14*10 14/15
171.74 L.N.W. Jn 14/13 [UTS] 14/17
172.08 Derby 14.15a [P3] ~ 15.25d [P6] [D] 14.19 ~ 15.25
172.28 Chaddesden Curve 15/27 15/28
172.50 Chaddesden Sidings GBRf 15.31 ~ 15.49 ? ~ ?
172.72 Chaddesden Curve 15/53 [PL] 16/00
173.12 Derby 15/55 [PL] 16/02
173.40 Way & Works Jn 15/57 16/05
175.62 Spondon 16/00 [P1] 16/09
181.67 Sheet Stores Jn 16/07 16/16
182.35 Trent East Jn 16/09 [ML] 16/19
183.18 Long Eaton Town Crossing 16/12 [GL] 16/21
184.45 Toton TMD 16*30 ~ 16*35 ? ~ ?
185.17 Stapleford & Sandiacre 16*43 ~ 16*45 16.54 ~ 17.39
186.49 Stanton Gate GBRf 17.05 ~ 17.25 ?
188.01 Stapleford & Sandiacre 17*47 ~ 17*49 [DGL] ? ~ ?
188.68 Toton Centre 17/52 [HL] 17/46
189.28 Toton Jn 17/55 [HL] 17/47
190.00 Meadow Lane Jn 17/57 17/49
190.62 Attenborough Jn 17/59 17/58
193.40 Beeston South Jn 18/05 [DNF] 18/04
195.40 Mansfield Jn 18/08 [A] 18/06
196.27 Nottingham 18.10a ~ 18.14d [P1] 18.09 ~ 18.31
198.78 Netherfield Jn 18/20 18/37
203.74 Lowdham 18/25 18/42
209.09 Fiskerton 18/31 18/48
210.63 Staythorpe LC 18/34 18/49
213.45 Newark Castle 18/40 18/53
214.30 Newark Flat Crossing 18/46 18/56
215.37 Newark Crossing East Jn 18/47 18/57
230.03 Boultham Jn 19/08 19/13
230.33 West Holmes Jn 19/09 19/14
231.31 Lincoln 19/11 [UM] 19/17 [UM]
231.42 Pelham Street Jn 19/12 19/18
240.68 Metheringham 19/24 19/28
250.23 Sleaford North Jn 19/35 [UA] 19/36
250.61 Sleaford South Jn 19/37 19/38
261.71 Quadring Sig.WS7070 19/47 19/47
268.55 Spalding 19/55 [P1] 19/55
281.07 Glinton Jn 20/10 [WL] ? ~ 20.16
282.70 Marholm Jn 20/12 20/20
283.56 New England North Jn 20/15 [SL] 20/26

Timings continue in first table.
Mileages taken from Tour Brochure.

Post tour information from UK Railtours listed the following details on the route/track covered on this tour;
Castle Donnington M&S Distribution Centre - Reverse on the Arrival Road
East Midlands Gateway Arrival Road
East Midlands Gateway No 4 Siding to the headshunt Buffer stops -
This line doesn't exists on the current track maps. The line is to the East of what was formally known as line T
East Midlands Gateway Departure Road
Clay Mills Junction - Down Tamworth Goods
Burton East Yard Departure Road
Burton West Yard No 2 Road
Burton East Yard Arrival Road
Wetmore Jn Cross Down to Up Tamworth Goods and run to Clay Mills Jn
Up Sunnyhill Loop
Derby P6 to Chaddesden No 4 Siding Via Arr/Dep Road 1
Chaddesden No 4 Siding via Arr/Dep Road No 2 to Derby Pilot Line as far as London Road Junction
Long Eaton Junction Down Toton Goods to Down Reception and Junction to No 17 Road
Meadow Sidings - Network Rail Virtual Quarry No 1 Road followed by No 1 Access Road to Toton No 4 LC.
Reverse on the Mapperley Goods Branch Approx 122m 64ch - David Lawrence comments: it wasn't possible to go any further down the branch due to the state of the undergrowth.
Cross Down Toton Goods to Up Erewash Slow at Toton Centre Jn then Up High Level Lines to Meadow Lane Jn and then Attenborough Jn.
Lincoln Up Main
Glinton Jn to Marholm Jn - David Lawrence comments: nearly didn't get this due to the signaller offering us the wrong route but the GB crew stop and asked to the routing to be corrected.

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