22nd March 1997

Hertfordshire Rail Tours
Swineshead Revisited

Locos Used 33051 'Shakespeare Cliff' & 33116 'Hertfordshire Rail Tours'

Route : 1Z33 throughout

Locos Route
33116 + 33051 London Kings Cross - (via ECML) - Grantham - Nottingham Branch Jn - Allington Jn - Bottesford West Jn - Bingham - Netherfield Jn - Nottingham - Mansfield Jn - Radford Jn - Bestwood Park Jn - Hucknall - Newstead - Kirkby Lane End Jn - Mansfield Woodhouse - Shirebrook Station SB - Shirebrook East Jn - Elmton & Cresswell Jn - Woodend Jn - Shireoaks East Jn - Worksop - Thrumpton West Jn - Retford Low Level - Clarborough Jn - Trent Jn - Gainsborough Lea Road - Saxilby - West Holmes Jn - Lincoln Central - Pelham Street Jn - Metheringham - Ruskington - Sleaford North Jn - Sleaford - Heckington - Boston - Sibsey SB - Bellwater Jn SB - Wainfleet - Skegness
33051 + 33116 Skegness - Wainfleet - Bellwater Jn SB - Sibsey SB - Boston - Hubberts Bridge - Heckington - Sleaford - Rauceby - Ancaster - Barkston East Jn - Barkston South Jn - Grantham - (via ECML) - London Kings Cross


33116+33051 passing Knaith Park, near Gainsborough Lea Road, on
the outward leg of the tour. (photo: Ian Edmondson)

Source : Alan Costello

Timings (Booked Only)
(from Keith Hayward)

M.C Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn) M.C
0.00 Kings Cross 08.33d 20.45a 415.76
- Holloway South Jn - 20/39 414.33
2.41 Finsbury Park 08/37 20/35 413.35
4.78 Alexandra Palace 08/39 20/30 410.78
12.57 Potters Bar 08.46a ~ 08.48d 20.20a ~ 20.22d 403.19
20.25 Welwyn Garden City 08/56 20/07 395.51
23.73 Woolmer Green Jn 08/59 20/04 392.03
27.45 Stevenage 09.04a ~ 09.06d 19.58a ~ 20.00d 388.31
31.74 Hitchin 09/12 19/54 384.02
44.10 Sandy 09/22 19/42 371.66
58.70 Huntingdon 09/36 19/31 357.06
69.26 Holme 09/50 - -
76.29 Peterborough 10.00a ~ 10.03d 19.14a ~ 19.16d 339.47
84.64 Tallington Jn 10/13 19/01 331.12
99.61 Stoke Jn 10/25 18/48 316.15
105.38 Grantham 10.31a ~ 10.40d 18.39a ~ 18.41d 310.38

 

M.C Location Booked
106.08 Nottingham Branch Jn 10/42
108.70 Allington Jn 10/45
113.78 Bottesford West Jn 10/56
119.39 Bingham 11/02
125.44 Netherfield Jn 11/11
128.15 Nottingham 11*15 ~ 11*35
130.31 Radford Jn 11/39
132.05 Basford 11/42
133.52 Bulwell 11/44
134.62 Bestwood Park Jn 11/46
136.41 Hucknall 11/49
138.76 Newstead 11/54
141.22 Lindleys Lane 11/57
141.36 Kirkby Lane End Jn 11/58
147.14 Mansfield Woodhouse 12/09
149.72 Shirebrook Station SB 12/14
150.55 Shirebrook East Jn 12/16
154.30 Elmton & Creswell Jn 12/20
155.38 Whitwell SB 12/22
158.64 Woodend Jn 12/28
159.23 Shireoaks East Jn 12/29
160.19 Worksop 12/32
166.69 Thrumpton West Jn 12/43
167.73 Retford LL 12c44 ~ 12c45
171.73 Clarborough Jn 12/49
176.65 Trent Jn 12/59
177.32 Gainsborough Lea Road 13/00
186.70 Saxilby 13/12
192.12 West Holmes Jn 13/25
193.00 Lincoln Central 13*28 ~ 13*38
193.12 Pelham Street Jn 13/41
202.38 Metheringham 13/51
209.56 Ruskington 13/59
211.73 Sleaford North Jn 14/03
214.21 Sleaford 14p08a ~ 14p28d
219.22 Heckington 14/34
227.10 Hubberts Bridge 14/43
231.08 Boston 14x50 ~ 14x59
235.71 Sibsey SB 15/07
242.40 Bellwater Jn SB 15/14
250.00 Wainfleet 15/23
254.79 Skegness 15.35a ~ 17.10d
259.78 Wainfleet 17/17
267.38 Bellwater Jn SB 17/26
274.07 Sibsey SB 17/33
278.70 Boston 17x44 ~ 17x50
282.68 Hubberts Bridge 17/57
290.56 Heckington 18/06
295.57 Sleaford 18/13
306.20 Barkston East Jn 18/29
306.54 Barkston South Jn 18/31

Timings continue in first table.

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