2nd May 1987

Class 20 Locomotive Society
Three to the Sea

Locos Used 09005, 20030, 20064 & 20118

Route : 1Z26 throughout

Loco(s) Route
20064 + 20030 + 20118 Sheffield - Dore - Chesterfield - Clay Cross South Jn - Amgergate Jn - Derby - Trent - (via MML) - Brent Jn - Dudding Hill Jn - Acton Wells Jn - Kew East Jn - Barnes - Clapham Junction - Ludgate Jn - Culvert Road Jn - Longhedge Jn - Factory Jn - Brixton - Herne Hill - Tulse Hill - Crystal Palace - Bromley Jn - East Croydon - (via Quarry Line) - Three Bridges - Keymer Jn - Preston Park
09005 Preston Park - Brighton
20064 + 20030 + 20118 Brighton - Keymer Jn - Three Bridges - Redhill - East Croydon - Selhurst - Clapham Junction - Kensington Olympia - West London Jn - Old Oak Jn - Acton Wells Jn - Acton -  Slough - Twyford - Reading - Didcot East Jn - (via station avoiding line) - Didcot North Jn - Oxford - Leamington Spa - Banbury - Solihull - Tyseley - St Andrews Jn - Proof House Jn - Birmingham New Street - Five Ways - Lifford West Jn - Lifford East Jn - Bordesley Jn - St Andrews Jn - Landor Street Jn - Water Orton - Whitacre Jn - Tamworth HL - Burton-on-Trent - Derby - (reverse of outward route) - Sheffield

Sources : Richard Rooker (on the train throughout) & David Garnett

Photo Review


The trio wait in somewhat foul conditions at Sheffield (photo: David Garnett)


09005 at the buffer stops at at Brighton (photo: David Garnett)


20064, 20030 & 20118 at Brighton in better conditions (photo: Mark Sawyer)


Two shots from Gordon Jakes who was on a Cross-Country service from
Bournemouth which 'undertook' the railtour at Tilehurst.


Timings (Booked Only)
(from Gareth Kelly)

Miles Location Booked
0.00 Sheffield 09.24d
4.25 Dore 09/32
12.25 Chesterfield 09/43
26.48 Ambergate Jn 09/55
36.39 Derby 10.08a ~ 10.10d
45.67 Trent Jn 10/28
53.29 Loughborough 10/34
60.89 Syston South Jn 10/41
65.83 Leicester 10.46a ~ 10.50d
81.94 Market Harborough 11/18
92.86 Kettering 11/29
99.73 Wellingborough 11/35
115.06 Bedford 11.50a ~ 11.52d
124.57 Flitwick 12/02
134.63 Luton 12/12
144.98 St Albans 12/20
159.86 Dudding Hill Jn 12/47
162.31 Acton Canal Wharf Jn 12/53
165.32 Kew East Jn 13/05
172.18 Clapham Junction 13/18
175.89 Herne Hill 13/38
179.37 Crystal Palace 13/49
180.86 Norwood Junction 13/53
182.53 East Croydon 13/56
193.80 Earlswood Jn 14/09
199.00 Gatwick Airport 14/14
210.18 Haywards Heath 14/27
221.68 Preston Park 14L42a ~ 14L58d
223.05
0.00		 Brighton 15.06a ~ 16.28d
24.05 Gatwick Airport 17/01
40.48 East Croydon 17/21
41.62 Selhurst 17/24
46.36 Balham 17/33
48.30 Clapham Junction 17/37
53.45 North Pole Jn 17/51
56.80 Ealing Broadway 18/00
86.96 Reading 18.32a ~ 18.34d
114.28 Oxford 19/00
126.04 Heyford 19/15
180.91 Birmingham New Street 20.43a ~ 20.48d
232.23 Derby 21.47a ~ 21.58d
256.37 Chesterfield 22/33
264.37 Dore 22/44
268.62 Sheffield 22.52a


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