4th July 1981

British Rail (Eastern Region)
Joint Line Venturer

Locos Used 08242, 37086 & 40013

Route :

Loco(s) Route
40013 London Kings Cross - Stevenage - Peterborough - Melton Mowbray - Syston North Jn - Trent Jn - Nottingham - Bottesford West Jn - Newark Northgate - Lincoln St Marks - Pelham St Jn
08242 (1) Pelham St Jn - Lincoln Central - Pyewipe Jn
40013 Pyewipe Jn - Boultham Jn - Greetwell Jn - Sleaford North Jn - Sleaford South Jn - Spalding - March
37086 March - Ely West Jn  - Ely North Jn - Thetford - Norwich Wensum Jn - Reedham - Lowestoft
37086 Lowestoft - Beccles - Ipswich
37086 Ipswich - Bury St Edmunds - Cambridge - Bishop Stortford - Clapton Jn - Hackney Downs - London Liverpool Street

Note: (1) 08242 attached at rear. 40013 detached and then reattached at Pyewipe Jn.

Sources : Ken Baldwin & Robin Addison (on the train throughout)

Photo Review


08242 & 40013 at Lincoln Central (photo : Robin Addison)


Loco change at March, 40013 (left) for 37086 (photo: Michael Croxford)


Timings (Booked Only)
(from Robin Addison)

Location Booked
Kings Cross 08.20d [FL]
Wood Green 08/28
Potters Bar 08/36
Welwyn Garden City 08/43
Stevenage 08.50a ~ 08.51d
Hitchin 08/57
Sandy 09/06
Huntingdon 09/16
Peterborough 09.33a ~ 09.36d
Helpston 09/44
Stamford 09/52
Luffenham 10/00
Manton Jn 10/05
Melton Mowbray 10/24
Syston East Jn 10.38a ~ 10.40d
Syston North Jn 10/42
Loughborough 10/51
Trent Jn 10/57
Trent 10/58
Nottingham 11.08a ~ 11.23d
Bingham 11/40
Bottesford West Jn 11/47
Lowfield 12/03
Newark Northgate 12.14a ~ 12.16d
Lincoln St Marks 12/40
Pelham St Jn 12L43 ~ 12L56
Lincoln Central 12.58a ~ 13.20d
Pyewipe Jn 13L24 ~ 13L32
Greetwell Jn 13/42
Sleaford North Jn 14/10   [AL]
Sleaford South Jn 14/13
Spalding 14/40
Cowbit 14/46
Grassmoor Jn 15/01
March 15L04 ~ 15L12
Ely West Jn 15/28
Ely North Jn 15/31
Brandon 15/49
Thetford 15/56
Attleborough 16/10
Wymondham 16/16
Wensun Jn 1630a ~ 1645d [AL]
Brundall 16/54
Reedham 17/03
Somerleyton 17/15
Oulton Broad North 17/21
Lowestoft 17.25a ~ 17.50d
Beccles 18/05
Halesworth 18/17
Darsham 18/26
Saxmundham 18/33
Woodbridge 18/48
Westerfield 18/58
Ipswich 19.08a ~ 19.18d
Haughley Jn 19/34
Bury St Edmunds 19/52
Chippenham Jn 20/07
Dullingham 20/17
Cambridge 20.36a ~ 20.38d
Shepreth Branch Jn 20/43
Audley End 20/57
Elsenham 21/05
Bishops Stortford 21.11a ~ 21.13d
Broxbourne 21/28
Cheshunt 21/33
Brimsdown 21/37
Tottenham South Jn 21/42
Clapton Jn 21/43
Hackney Downs 21/46
Bethnal Green 21/49
Liverpool St 21.53a


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