13th August 1987

British Rail
(Day Excursion)

Loco Used 45104 'The Royal Warwickshire Fusilier'
Stock Used 35468+5009+4967+4956+5034+4847+1730+4974+4981+5023+4883+4952+35333

Route : 1Z25 throughout

Loco Route
45104 Leicester - (via MML) - Trent South Jn - Trent East Jn - Beeston - Nottingham
45104 Nottingham - Beeston - Attenborough Jn - Meadow Lane Jn - Trowell Jn - Pye Bridge Jn - Clay Cross South Jn - Cheterfield - Tapton Jn - Barrow Hill North Jn - Beighton Jn - Masborough Jn - Aldwarke Jn - Swinton - Moorthorpe - Pontefract Monkhill - Milford Jn - Church Fenton - Colton Jn - (via ECML) - Edinburgh Waverley
45104 Edinburgh Waverley - (reverse of outward route) - Nottingham
45104 Nottingham- Tywyn - (reverse of outward route) - Leicester

Notes:
(1) Howard Parker comments: The main train ran as stated above. Passengers from Burton on Trent, Long Eaton and Derby travelled by service trains to Chesterfield for the outward journey and returned from there in the evening by special train, which it is assumed (from the quoted times) ran via the Erewash Valley line to Long Eaton, then on to Derby and Burton. British Rail produced a very comprehensive leaflet for passengers with information both for rail enthusiasts and normals. It was suggested that this would probably be the last time that a class 45 would visit Edinburgh as several of the class were already withdrawn. Locos on the Edinburgh to Glasgow Queen Street push-pull services were 47701, 47705, 47707 and 47710.


45104 on arrival at Edinburgh Waverley (photo: Howard Parker)

Sources : Howard Parker (on the train throughout)

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Howard Parker)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Leicester 06.40d 06.42   23.59a 00.29
Loughborough ??.??a ~ 06.55d 06.56 ~ 06.57   23.43a ~ ??.??d 00.12 ~ 00.13
Nottingham ??.??a ~ 07.28d 07.20 ~ 07.33   23.16a ~ ??.??d 23.41 ~ 23.54
Beeston ??.??a ~ 07.35d 07.40 ~ 07.41   23.08a ~ ??.??d 23.32 ~ 23.33
Langley Mill ??.??a ~ 07.56d 08.04 ~ 08.05   22.52a ~ ??.??d 23.09 ~ 23.11
Alfreton & Mansfield Parkway ??.??a ~ 08.05d 08.15 ~ 08.16   22.42a ~ ??.??d 22.59 ~ 23.00
Chesterfield ??.??a ~ 08.26f 08.27 ~ 08.31   22.28a ~ ??.??d 22.40 ~ 22.46
Rotherham Masborough ? 08/49   ? 22/20
Pontefract Baghill ? 09/15   ? 21/53
Church Fenton ? 09/31   ? 21/37
York ??c?? ~ ??c?? 09.43 ~ 09.45   ??c?? ~ ??c?? 21.11 ~ 21.21
Darlington ? 10/39   ? 20/36
Ferryhill ? 10.57 ~ 11.02 [DS]   ? 20/22 [UM]
Durham ? 11/11   ? 20/15
Newcastle ??c?? ~ ??c?? 11.28 ~ 11.32   ??c?? ~ ??c?? 19.50 ~ 19.8
Morpeth ? 11/52   ? 19/34
Alnmouth ? 12/06   ? 19/20
Berwick-upon-Tweed ? 12/32   ? 18/55
Dunbar ? 12/55   ? 18/29
Edinburgh Waverley 13.26a 13.23   17.49d 17.53

Connecting service trains on outward leg;
special connecting train on return leg;

Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn)
Burton-on-Trent 07.44d 23.42a
Derby 08.58d 23.25a ~ ??.??d
Long Eaton 07.42d 23.14a ~ ??.??d
Chesterfield ??.??a 22.41d


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