Back to "The Railtour Files"15th December 1998
Railway Charter Services
The London Lights
| Locos Used | 47769 & 47779 |
| Stock Used | 2834+3120+1698+3146+3147+3141+3121+1680+3097+21269 |
Route :
| Loco(s) | Route |
| 47779 (1) | London Liverpool Street - (via Graham Road Curve) - Dalston West - (via up North London no1) - Gospel Oak - Willesden Junction High Level - Acton Wells Jn - South Acton Jn - Kew East Jn - New Kew Jn - Barnes - Clapham Junction - Longhedge Jn - Factory Jn - Brixton - Herne Hill - Tulse Hill - Streatham South Jn - Wimbledon - dn St Helier - Sutton - Carshalton Beeches - Norwood Junction - Bromley Jn - Streatham Hill - Balham - Clapham Junction - Latchmere No2 Jn - Kensington Olympia - Willesden Junction HL - Gospel Oak - Camden Road - (via down North London No2 line & Graham Road Curve) - London Liverpool Street |
Notes :
(1) 47769 on rear.
Lycra also comments: A lightly loaded and not well advertised wander around London, mentioned in the November Railtourer Column in Modern Railways that year. So, being at a loose end I booked the day before and scratched no new track! Result (not). Two bottles of red wine-a George Dubouef Beaujolais I think-en route meant things were getting a bit vague by Sutton! Food excellent. John Farrow noted at Liverpool Street watching the train depart. Give the minimal advertising and very light loading of the train, I think RCS got their fingers burnt running this trip and probably struggled to break even.
Source : Lycra
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