4th October 1997

Hertfordshire Rail Tours
The Worth Valley / The City of York
(Merrymaker Series)

Locos Used ?????
Stock Used ???

Route : 1Z86 throughout

Loco(s) Route
????? London Kings Cross - (via ECML) - York
????? York - Colton Jn - Church Fenton - Milford Jn - Castleford - Whitwood Jn - Methley Jn - Engine Shed Jn - Whitehall Jn - Apperley Jn - Shipley - Keighley - Skipton
????? Skipton - (reverse of outward route) - Whitehall Jn - Leeds - Micklefield - Church Fenton - Colton Jn - York
????? York - (via ECML) - London Kings Cross

Notes :
(1) Route confirmation required - above is from booked timings. A loco change (presumably from electric to diesel and vice versa) was booked during each visit to York.

Source : Alan Restell

Timings (Booked Only)
(from Alan Restell)

M.C Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn) M.C
0.00 Kings Cross 08.30d 21.10a 485.58
2.41 Finsbury Park 08/33 20/58 483.17
4.78 Alexandra Palace 08/36 20/54 480.60
12.57 Potters Bar 08.41a ~ 08.43d 20.46a ~ 20.48d 473.01
20.25 Welwyn Garden City 08/49 20/41 465.33
23.73 Woolmer Green 08/51 20/39 461.65
27.45 Stevenage 08.54a ~ 08.56d 20.31a ~ 20.33d 458.13
31.74 Hitchin 09/01 20/28 453.64
44.10 Sandy 09/08 20/17 441.48
58.70 Huntingdon 09/17 20/08 426.68
- Conington South Jn - 20/03 417.30
69.26 Holme 09/23 - -
76.29 Peterborough 09.30a ~ 09.35d 19.52a ~ 19.56d 409.29
84.64 Tallington 09/42 19/45 400.74
99.61 Stoke Summit 10/03 19/38 385.77
105.38 Grantham 10/07 19/32 380.20
109.56 Barkston South Jn 10/09 19/30 376.02
20.08 Newark Northgate 10/16 19/23 365.50
138.49 Retford 10/27 19/12 347.09
152.00 Loversall Carr Jn 10/35 19/04 333.58
155.77 Doncaster 10/39 19/02 329.61
160.16 Shaftholme Jn 10/44 18/59 325.42
169.16 Temple Hirst Jn 10/49 18/54 316.42
174.75 Hambleton North Jn 10/53 18/50 310.63
182.79 Colton Jn 10/58 18/45 302.59
188.40 York 11L15a ~ 11L32d 18L14a ~ 18L40d 297.18
194.01 Colton Jn 11/39 17/58 291.57
199.18 Church Fenton 11/43 17/54 286.40
- Micklefield - 17/48 281.30
- Cross Gates - 17/42 276.08
- Leeds - 17/34 271.52
203.47 Milford Jn 11/48 - -
209339 Castleford 11/52 - -
210.44 Whitwood Jn 11/54 - -
211.55 Methley Jn 11/57 - -
219.38 Engine Shed Jn 12/06 - -
219.70 Whitehall Jn 12/07 17/32 271.04
220.35 Wortley Jn 12/15 17/30 270.39
226.15 Apperley Jn 12/22 17/24 264.59
229.61 Dockfield Jn 12/29 17/19 261.13
230.07 Shipley 12/30 17/18 260.67
236.22 Keighley 12.41a ~ 12.42d 17.04a ~ 17.08d 254.52
245.38 Skipton 12.59a 16.50d 245.37


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