31st March 2012

UK Railtours
The Sandgrounder

Locos Used 67005 'Queen's Messenger' & 67029 'Royal Diamond'
Stock Used 35469+3149+3123+1691+3119+3097+80042+3068+3120+1832+5341

Route :
1Z80 : Stevenage to Southport
1Z81 : Southport to London Kings Cross

Loco(s) Route
67005 (1) Stevenage - (via ECML) - Finsbury Park - Goods & Mineral Jn - Camden Road East Jn - Willesden WL Jn - (via WCML, Weedon & Trent Valley) - Wigan Station Jn - Wigan Wallgate -Parbold - Burscough Bridge - Southport
67029 (2) Southport - (reverse of outward route) - Wigan Wallgate - Crow Nest Jn (1) - Lostock Jn - Bolton - Clifton - (1) Windsor Bridge Jn - Salford Crescent - Manchester Victoria - Miles Platting - Thorpes Bridge Jn - Castleton East Jn - Rochdale - Littleborough - Hall Royd Jn - Hebden Bridge - Greetland Jn - Bradley Wood Jn - Bradley Jn - Huddersfield - Stocksmoor - Clayton West Jn - Penistone - Barnsley - Wincobank Jn - Nunnery Main Line Jn - Sheffield - Dore Station Jn - Chesterfield - Clay Cross North Jn - Alfreton & Mansfield Parkway - Langley Mill - Trowell Jn - Toton Centre - Toton Jn - Attenborough Jn - Mansfield Jn - Nottingham - Netherfield Jn - Bottesford West Jn - Allington Jn - Grantham - (via WCML) - London Kings Cross

Notes :
(1) 67029 on rear.
(2) 67005 on rear.
(3) Booked route was: Crow Nest Jn - Walkden - Windsor Bridge Jn however the train was diverted due to a faulty preceding service train with only one engine working.

Source : Robert Frise (joined/left the train at Stevenage)

Photo Review


67005 on arrival at Southport (photo: Robert Frise)


Timings (Booked Only)
(from Robert Frise)

M.C Location Booked
0.00 Stevenage 06.51d
3.52 Woolmer Green 06/55
7.20 Welwyn Garden City 06/59
14.68 Potters Bar 07.07a ~ 07.10d
22.47 Alexandra Palace 07/19
25.04 Finsbury Park 07.24a ~ 07.28d
26.61 Goods & Mineral Jn 07/34
27.15 Camden Road East Jn 07/49
27.32 Camden Road 07/50
28.30 Camden Jn 07/53
31.79 Willesden WL Jn 07/57
34.60 Wembley Central 07/59
38.06 Harrow & Wealdstone 08/03
44.11 Watford Junction 08/08
58.29 Tring 08/20
64.72 Ledburn Jn 08/26
73.22 Bletchley 08/32
76.41 Milton Keynes Central 08/37
83.23 Hanslope Jn 08/50
96.32 Weedon 09/00
109.16 Rugby 09/09
114.48 Brinklow 09*16 ~ 09*24
123.66 Nuneaton 09/32
142.79 Lichfield TV 09/48
150.78 Rugeley 09/54
153.64 Colwich Jn 09/59
160.19 Stafford 10/05
165.48 Norton Bridge 10/10
176.50 Madeley Jn 10/19
182.72 Basford Hall Jn 10/24
184.56 Crewe 10/26
185.34 Crewe Coal Yard 10/27
192.17 Winsford 10/32
196.40 Hartford 10/36
199.14 Acton Bridge 10/37
201.76 Weaver Jn 10/40
207.00 Acton Grange Jn 10/44
208.67 Warrington Bank Quay 10c46 ~ 10c48
209.76 Dallam Jn 10/51
212.23 Winwick Jn 10/53
219.18 Springs Branch Jn 11/01
220.33 Wigan Station Jn 11/02
220.61 Wigan Wallgate 11/08
227.38 Parbold 11/23
230.38 Burscough Bridge 11/29
238.04 Southport 11.42a ~ 14.13d
245.50 Burscough Bridge 14/26
248.50 Parbold 14/31
255.27 Wigan Wallgate 14/41
258.35 Crow Nest Jn 14/47
265.66 Walkden 15/00
271.53 Salford Crescent 15/29
272.40 Salford Central 15/32
272.61 Deal Street Jn 15/33
273.19 Manchester Victoria 15c35 ~ 15c37
274.57 Miles Platting 15/42
275.40 Thorpes Bridge Jn 15*48 ~ 15*57
278.03 Vitriol Works 16/02
281.72 Castleton East Jn 16/05
283.55 Rochdale 16/10
287.04 Littleborough 16/15
293.00 Hall Royd Jn 16/21
296.75 Hebden Bridge 16/27
302.41 Milner Royd Jn 16/34
304.16 Greetland Jn 16/36
308.78 Bradley Wood Jn 16/42
310.15 Bradley Jn 16/46
312.74 Huddersfield 16/51
319.20 Stocksmoor 17/03
320.61 Clayton West Jn 17/06
326.30 Penistone 17x18 ~ 17x22
333.66 Barnsley 17/48
346.55 Wincobank Jn 18/06
347.21 Brightside Jn 18/07
349.30 Nunnery Main Line Jn 18/22
349.67 Sheffield 18c26 ~ 18c32
353.57 Dore Station Jn 18/39
361.48 Tapton Jn 18/48
362.07 Chesterfield 18/49
365.76 Clay Cross North Jn 18/52
372.20 Alfreton & Mansfield Parkway 18/58
378.38 Langley Mill 19/03
383.18 Trowell Jn 19/08
386.43 Toton Centre 19/13
387.01 Toton Jn 19/14
388.44 Attenborough Jn 19/34
393.26 Mansfield Jn 19/45
394.09 Nottingham 19/47
396.60 Netherfield Jn 19/52
402.65 Bingham 19/59
408.26 Bottesford West Jn 20/06
413.34 Allington Jn 20/14
416.66 Grantham 20*22 ~ 20*31
422.43 Stoke Jn 20/38
437.40 Tallington 20/49
445.75 Peterborough 20/57
455.21 Connington South Jn 21/04
463.34 Huntingdon 21/11
478.14 Sandy 21/22
490.30 Hitchin 21/32
494.59 Stevenage 21.36a ~ 21.39d
498.31 Woolmer Green 21/43
501.79 Welwyn Garden City 21/46
509.47 Potters Bar 21.54a ~ 21.57d
517.26 Alexandra Palace 22/05
519.63 Finsbury Park 22/07
522.24 Kings Cross 22.14a


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