22nd May 1999

V.S.O.E. (British Pullman) / Hertfordshire Rail Tours
(Bradford)

Loco Used D9000

Route :
1Z82 : Victoria to Bradford Forster Square
1Z83 : Bradford Forster Square to Victoria

Loco Route
D9000 London Victoria - Latchmere Jn - Kensington Olympia - Mitre Bridge Jn - Willesden Junction HL - Gospel Oak - Camden Road - Freight Terminal Jn - Finsbury Park - (via ECML) - Doncaster - South Kirkby Jn - Hare Park Jn - Wortley Jn - Apperley Jn - Shipley - Bradford Forster Square
D9000 Bradford Forster Square - (reverse of outward route) - London Victoria

Notes :
(1) This tour ran on the same day as the Deltic Preservation Society debut on the mainline for Deltics D9009 & 55019, giving the rare opportunity for two Deltics to cross at service speed on the ECML for the first time since 1981.

Source : Nigel Rollings

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Nigel Rollings)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Victoria 09.00d 08.58   21.52a 22.45
Latchmere Jn 09/14 09/12   21/41 22/31
Kensington Olympia 09/20 09/45   21/36 22/25
North Pole Jn 09/24 09/48   21/32 22/14
Mitre Bridge Jn 09/25 09/50   21/31 22/11
Willesden Junction HL 09/30 09/53   21/29 22/09
Gospel Oak 09/41 10/05   21/20 21/54
Camden Road 09/45 10/09   21/16 21/48
Finsbury Park 10.05a ~ 10.07d 10.21 ~ 10.25   21.03a ~ 21.05d 21.33 ~ 21.37
Alexandra Palace 10/10 10/28   20/58½ 21/31
Potters Bar 10/17 10/38   20/48 21/25
Welwyn Garden City 10/24 10/47   20/42 21/18
Woolmer Green 10/29½ 10/53   20/39 21/15
Stevenage 10/36 10/57   20/36 21/11
Hitchin 10/41 11/02   20/32 21/08
Sandy 10/51 11/13   20/20 20/56
Huntingdon 11/03 11/24   20/08 20/41
Holme LC 11/13 11/32  
Peterborough 11/20 11/39   19/53½ 20/24
Tallington Jn 11/27½ 11/45   19/44 20/11
Stoke Tunnel 11/35½ 11/57   19/25 19/59
Grantham 11/40 12/01   19/19 19/55
Barkston South Jn 11/43½ 12/05   19/12 19/51
Newark Northgate 12/00 12/19   19/05 19/43
Retford 12/15 12/36   18/49 19/37
Loversall Carr Jn 12/25 12/47   18/39 19/05
Doncaster 12.29a ~ 12.49d 12.53 ~ 13.04   18.24a ~ 18.34d 18.52 ~ 19.00
South Kirkby Jn 13/00 13/15   18/03 18/40
Hare Park Jn 13/06 13/21   17/57 18/36
Wortley Jn 13/3½ 13/46   17/26½ 18/03
Apperley Jn 13/40 13/52   17/21 17/57
Shipley 13/45½ 13/58   17/17 17/53
Bradford Forster Square 13.52a 14.03   17.12d 17.47

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