15th December 1990

Hertfordshire Railtours
The Ridings Pullman

Locos Used (1) 25912 'Tamworth Castle' & 91025
Stock Used 'Manchester Pullman' Mk 2 set

Route : 1G70 throughout

Loco(s) Route
91025 London Kings Cross - (via ECML) - Doncaster - Adwick Jn - South Kirkby Jn - Wakefield Westgate - Holbeck Jn - Leeds
25912 Leeds - Cross Gates - Micklefield - Church Fenton - Colton Jn - York - Malton
91025 (2) York - (via ECML) - London Kings Cross

Notes :
(1) 25912 running as D7672.
(2) 91025 running with 'blunt end' cab leading.
(3) Off tour option: visit to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. Passengers were conveyed by road coach from Malton to Pickering and back to York.

Source : Graeme Herrington (on the tour from/to Potters Bar) & Mark Herriott (on the tour throughout)

Timings (Booked Only)
(from Graeme Herrington)

M.C Location Booked (out)   Booked (rtn) M.C
0.00 London Kings Cross 08.08d   21.08a 188.40
2.41 Finsbury Park 08/13   21/04 185.79
4.78 Alexandra Palace 08/15   21/02 183.42
12.57 Potters Bar 08.21a ~ 08.23d   20.52a ~ 20.54d 175.63
20.25 Welwyn Garden City 08/27   20/45 168.15
23.73 Woolmer Green Jn 08/29   20/42 164.47
27.45 Stevenage 08/31   20/35 160.75
31.74 Hitchin 08/34   20/31 156.46
44.10 Sandy 08/42   20/20 144.30
58.70 Huntingdon 08/51   20/11 129.50
70.02 Holme Jn 08/57   ? ?
76.29 Peterborough 09/02   19/58 112.11
84.64 Tallington Jn 09/07   19/49 103.56
99.61 Stoke Jn 09/19   19/36 88.59
105.38 Grantham 09/24   19/28 83.02
109.56 Barkston South Jn 09/27   19/22 78.64
120.08 Newark North Gate 09/33   19/15 68.32
138.49 Retford 09/45   19/02 49.71
152.00 Loversall Carr Jn 09/57   18/52 36.40
155.77 Doncaster 10/00   18/46 32.43
160.65 Adwick Jn 10/06   - -
165.74 South Kirkby Jn 10/11   - -
171.73 Hare Park Jn 10/17   - -
175.65 Wakefield Westgate 10/22   - -
185.04 Holbeck Jn 10/37   - -
185.70 Leeds 10L40a ~ 10L56d   - -
190.26 Cross Gates 11/03   - -
195.48 Micklefield 11/09   - -
200.58 Church Fenton 11/14   -  
- Shaftholme Jn -   18/40 28.24
- Temple Hirst Jn -   18/34 19.24
- Hambleton North Jn -   18/31 13.45
205.75 Colton Jn 11/20   18/26 5.41
211.36 York 11c28a ~ 11c30d   18.20d 0.00
232.48 Malton 12.05a   - -
 
Mileages taken from Tour Brochure.


Associated Workings on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway

(3672 'Dame Vera Lynn') : Pickering to Grosmont

M.C Location Booked (out)
0.00 Pickering 12.40d
5.77 Levisham 12/58
14.39 Goathland 13x20
17.72 Grosmont 13.35a

(3672 'Dame Vera Lynn') : Grosmont to Pickering

M.C Location Booked (rtn)
0.00 Grosmont 15.10d
3.33 Goathland 15/25
11.75 Levisham 15x56 ~ 16x13
17.72 Pickering 16.28a


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