2nd & 3rd June 1962

The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society / Stephenson Locomotive Society
The Aberdeen Flyer Rail Tour

Locos Used GNSR 49 'Gordon Highlander', 46200 'Princess Royal', 46201 'Princess Elizabeth', 60004 'William Whitelaw', 60022 'Mallard' & 65345
Stock Used [1]: 8x coaches
[2]: 7x coaches (same rake as [1] except the Kitchen Car)
[3]: 5x corridor coaches
[4]: rake [2] + 4x sleeping cars
[5]: rake [4] + 1924-built gas-lit Kitchen Car + 2x 2nd class open coaches

Route :
1F78 : Kings Cross to Aberdeen
Reporting Code 291 : Waterloo Goods to Aberdeen
1X76 : Aberdeen to London Euston

Date Loco(s) Stock Route
02/06 60022 [1] (1) London Kings Cross - York - Selby - Newcastle - Edinburgh Waverley
02/06 60004 [2] Edinburgh Waverley - Dundee Tay Bridge - Aberdeen
02/06 GNSR 49 [3] Waterloo Goods - Kittybrewster - Dyce - Inverurie [Works Siding]
02/06 GNSR 49 (2) [3] Inverurie [Works Siding] - Old Meldrum
02/06 65345 (3) [3] Old Meldrum - Inverurie
02/06 65345 [3] Inverurie - Dyce - Kittybrewster - Aberdeen
02/06-03/06 46201 [4] Aberdeen - Kinnaber Jn - Bridge of Dun - Forfar - Perth - Glenboig - Coatbridge - Motherwell - (via WCML) - Carlisle
03/06 46200 [4] Carlisle - (via WCML) - Crewe
03/06 46200 [5] Crewe - (via WCML) - London Euston

Notes :
(1) Was to have been the last steam-hauled Kings Cross to Edinburgh non-stop with a crew change via the corridor tender. Sadly, in the event a preceding freight developed a hot box near Chathill, Northumberland, delaying the special and so the non-stop run was not achieved. In the event 4472 completed a non-stop Kings Cross to Edinburgh run in May 1968.
(2) 65345 on rear.
(3) GNSR 49 on rear.

Sources : Terry Jackson, David Whittaker, Ian Clark (SLS)
& 'Vintage Railtours (RCTS - 1954-1969)' (by Gavin Morrison, published by Silver Link Publishing)

Photo Review


46200 passing through Roade, en-route to Euston (photo: Steve Randall)

From The John Debens Ticket Collection.


Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Terry Jackson & Ian Clark (SLS))

Miles Location Booked Actual
0.0 Kings Cross 08.00d 08.00
? Potters Bar 08/16 ?
? Hatfield 08/21 ?
? Hitchin 08/53½ ?
? Sandy 08/42½ ?
? Huntingdon North 08/58 ?
76.4 Peterborough North 09/13 ?
? Essendine 09/25 ?
105.5 Grantham 09/38½ ?
? Barkston South Jn 09/44½ ?
120.1 Newark North Gate 09/52½ ?
138.6 Retford 10/08½ ?
156.0 Doncaster 10/36½ ?
? Shaftholme Jn 10/31 ?
? Selby 10/44 ?
188.2 York 10/59 ?
? Thirsk 11/19½ ?
? Northallerton 11/25½ ?
232.25 Darlington 11/40½ ?
? Ferryhill 11/53 ?
254.25 Durham 12/02 ?
268.3 Newcastle Central 12/17 ?
? Morpeth 12/36½ ?
? Alnmouth 12/53 ?
? Belford 13/08 ?
335.3 Berwick-upon-Tweed 13/24½ (13/44)
? Marshall Meadows 13/26 ?
? Reston Jn 13/36 ?
? Grantshouse 13/42 ?
? Dunbar 13/53 ?
? Drem Jn 14/03 ?
? Monktonhall Jn 14/14 ?
? Portobello 14/19 ?
392.9 Edinburgh Waverley 14.25a ~ 14.56d 14.42 ~ 14.56
? Haymarket 14/59 ?
? Dalmeny 15/10 ?
? Forth Bridge North 'Box 15/13 ?
? Inverkeithing 15/17 ?
? Burntisland 15/28 ?
? Kirkaldy 15/36 ?
? Thornton Jn 15/46 ?
? Ladybank 15/58 ?
? Leuchars Jn 16/12 ?
? Tay Bridge South 16/20 ?
452.1 Dundee Tay Bridge 16.27a ~ 16.32d ?
? Camperdown Jn 16/35 ?
? Broughty Jn 16/41 ?
? Arbroath 16/55 ?
? Usan 'Box 17/11 ?
? Montrose 17/16 ?
485.4 Kinnaber Jn 17/22 ?
? Laurencekirk 17/31 ?
? Stonehaven 17/46 ?
523.4 Aberdeen 18.08a 18.03
- Waterloo Goods 20.00d 20.00
- Old Meldrum 21.00a ~ 21.35d ?
0.00 Aberdeen 22.30a ~ 23.00d ?
? Stonehaven 23/25 ?
? Laurencekirk 23/43 ?
38.0 Kinnaber Jn 23/52 ?
? Bridge of Dun 23/57 ?
? Forfar 00/16 ??w?? ~ ??w??
? Alyth Jn 00/29 ?
? Coupar Angus 00/33 ?
? Stanley Jn 00/41 ?
89.75 Perth 00.51a ~ 01.00d ?
? Hilton Jn 01/05 ?
? Gleneagles 01/24 ?
? Dunblane 01/39 ?
122.9 Stirling 01/45 ??w?? ~ ??w??
? Alloa Jn 01/54 ?
? Larbert 01/57 ?
? Greenhill 02/03 ?
? Garnqueen North Jn 02/15 ?
? Coatbridge Central 02/18 ?
? Mossend 02/23 ?
151.75 Motherwell 02/27 ?
? Law Jn 02/38 ?
? Lanark Jn 02/50 ?
? Carstairs 02/54 ?
? Symington 03/03 ?
? Beattock Summit 03/23 ??w?? ~ ??w??
? Beattock 03/34 ?
? Lockerbie 03/48 ?
? Gretna Jn 04/05 ?
241.1 Carlisle 04.16a ~ 04.26d (05.16) ~ ??.??
? Penrith 04/56 ?
? Shap Summit 05/21 ?
? Tebay 05/27 ?
? Oxenholme 05/39 ?
? Carnforth 05/51 ?
310.25 Lancaster 05/57 ?
331.25 Preston 06/19 ?
? Euxton Jn 06/27 ?
346.4 Wigan 06/39 ?
? Warrington 06/52 ?
? Weaver Jn 07/01 ?
? Coppenhall Jn 07/15 ?
382.25 Crewe 07.20a ~ 07.30d 09.04 ~ ??.??
? Whitmore 07/49 ?
? Norton Bridge 07/57 ?
406.75 Stafford 08/03 ?
? Milford & Brocton 08/08 ?
? Lichfield 08/21 ?
? Tamworth 08/27 ?
443.1 Nuneaton 08/46 ?
457.75 Rugby 09/07 ?
? Weedon 09/30 ?
? Roade 09/45 ?
? Bletchley 10/06 ?
? Watford Junction 10.50a ~ 11.00d ?
? Willesden Junction 11/17 ?
540.25 Euston 11.27a 14.23


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