31st May 2014
NENTA Traintours
S&C and Tyne Valley Circular
| Locos Used | 47580 & 47746 |
| Stock Used | 11x WCRC coaches |
Route :
1Z58 : Norwich to Carlisle
1Z59 : Carlisle to Norwich
| Loco(s) | Route |
| 47580 (1) | Norwich - Diss - Haughley Jn - Stowmarket - Ipswich |
| 47746 (2) | Ipswich - Stowmarket - Haughley Jn - Bury St Edmunds - Chippenham Jn - Soham - Ely - March - Whittlesea - Peterborough - (via ECML) - Hambleton South Jn - Hambleton West Jn - South Milford - Cross Gates - Leeds - Shipley - Keighley - Hellifield - Settle Jn - (via S&C) - Petteril Bridge Jn - Carlisle |
| 47580 (1) | Carlisle - Petteril Bridge Jn - Haltwhistle - Hexham - MetroCentre - Norwood Jn - Low Fell Jn - (via ECML) - Peterborough - (reverse of outward route) - Ipswich |
| 47746 (2) | Ipswich - (reverse of outward route) - Norwich |
Notes :
(1) 47746 on rear.
(2) 47580 on rear.
47746 departing Appleby for Carlisle (photo: Chris Baines)
Source : Chris Baines (on train from Stowmarket to Appleby/Northallerton
to Stowmarket)
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Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Gareth Kelly/Realtime Trains)
| Location | Booked | Actual | Booked | Actual | |
| Norwich | 05.05d | 05.05 | 00.20a | 23.59 | |
| Thorpe Jn | 05/06 | ? | 00/18½ | ? | |
| Trowse Swing Bridge | 05/07 | ? | 00/18 | ? | |
| Trowse Jn | 05/08 | 05/08 | 00/17 | 23/55 | |
| Diss | 05.27a ~ 05.29d | 05.30½ ~ 05.32 | 23.55a ~ 23.57d | 23.35 ~ 23.36½ | |
| Haughley Jn | 05/39 | 05/47 | 23/42 | 23/23 | |
| Stowmarket | 05/42 | 05/49 | 23/38 | 23/20 | |
| Europa Jn | 05/52 | ? | 23/28 | ? | |
| East Suffolk Jn | 05/53 | 06/01½ | 23/27 | 23/09 | |
| Ipswich | 05.55a ~ 06.04d | 06.05 ~ 06.12 | 23.14a ~ 23.25d | 22.55½ ~ 23.06½ | |
| East Suffolk Jn | 06/06 | 06/14 | 23/12 | 22/53 | |
| Europa Jn | 06/07 | ? | 23/11 | ? | |
| Stowmarket | 06.18a ~ 06.21d | 06.26 ~ 06.28 | 22.56a ~ 22.58d | 22.39 ~ 22.42½ | |
| Haughley Jn | 06/27 | 06/33 | 22/51 | 22/33½ | |
| Elmswell | 06/31 | ? | 22/45½ | ? | |
| Thurston | 06/36½ | ? | 22/39 | ? | |
| Bury-St-Edmunds | 06.42a ~ 06.45d | 06.48 ~ 06.50 | 22.30a ~ 22.32d | 22.14 ~ 22.16 | |
| Kennet Redland GF | 06/55½ | ? | 22/19½ | ? | |
| Kennett | 06/57 | ? | 22/18 | ? | |
| Chippenham Jn | 07/00 | 07/03½ | 22/15 | 21/59 | |
| Soham | 07/07 | 07/09 | 21/54 | 21/52 | |
| Ely Dock Jn | 07/14 | ? | 21/47 | ? | |
| Ely | 07.16a ~ 07.19d | 07.18 ~ 07.21 | 21.42a ~ 21.45d | 21.41 ~ 21.44 | |
| Ely North Jn | 07/22 | 07/23½ | 21/38½ | 21/36½ | |
| Ely West Jn | 07/23 | ? | 21.37½ | ? | |
| Manea | 07/31 | ? | 21/28 | ? | |
| March | 07.38a ~ 07.41d | 07.40 ~ 07.41 | 21.17a ~ 21.20d | 21.17 ~ 21.20 | |
| Whittlesea | 07/52 | 07/52 | 21/05 | 21/05 | |
| Peterborough East Jn | 08/01 | ? | 20/57 | ? | |
| Peterborough | 08.03a ~ 08.06d | 08.00 ~ 08.06 | 20.51a ~ 20.55d | 20.51 ~ 20.56 | |
| Werrington Jn | 08/10 | 08/11½ | 20/45½ | ? | |
| Helpston Jn | 08/12½ | 08/13½ | 20/42 | 20/39½ | |
| Tallington Jn | 08/15½ | 08/16 | 20/37 | 20/37½ | |
| Stoke Jn | 08/30 | 08/28 | 20/26½ | 20/27 | |
| Highdyke Jn | 08/32 | ? | 20/24½ | ? | |
| Grantham | 08/35½ | 08/32½ | 20/21 | 20/22½ | |
| Nottingham Branch Jn | 08/36 | ? | 20/20½ | ? | |
| Barkston South Jn | 08/38½ | ? | 20/18 | ? | |
| Claypole Loop | 08/42½ | 08/39 | 20/13 | 20/14 | |
| Newark Northgate | 08/48½ | 08/43½ | 20/09 | 20/11 | |
| Newark Flat Crossing | 08/49½ | 08/46 | 20/07 | 20/10½ | |
| Retford | 09/02½ | 09/00 | 19/54 | 19/58 | |
| Loversall Carr Jn | 09/13½ | 09/10 | 19/44 | 19/45½ | |
| Black Carr Jn | 09/16 | ? | 19/37½ | ? | |
| Potteric Carr Jn | 09/17½ | ? | 19/37 | ? | |
| Decoy North Jn | 09/18 | ? | 19/37 | ? | |
| Bridge Jn | 09/20½ | ? | 19/35½ | ? | |
| Doncaster | 09.22 ~ 09.23 | 09.16 ~ 09.22½ | 19.32 ~ 19.34 | 19.36 ~ 19.38 | |
| Arksey Loop | 09/26 | ? | 19/29½ | ? | |
| Shaftholme Jn | 09/28 | 09/28 | 19/27 | 19/29½ | |
| Joan Croft Jn | 09/28½ | ? | 19/20 | 16/22½ | |
| Hambleton South Jn | 09/40 | ? | 19/16 | ? |
| Location | Booked | Actual |
| Hambleton North Jn | 09.42 ~ 09.49 | 09/47 |
| Gascoigne Wood Jn | 09/52 | 09/51 |
| South Milford | 09/54½ | ? |
| Micklefield | 10/00 | 10/01 |
| East Garforth | 10/01½ | 10/04½ |
| Garforth | 10/02½ | 10/05½ |
| Cross Gates | 10/05 | 10/08 |
| Neville Hill East Jn | 10/07 | ? |
| Beville Hill West Jn | 10/07½ | ? |
| Leeds East Jn | 10/10 | ? |
| Leeds | 10.11 ~ 10.13 | 10/13½ |
| Leeds West Jn | 10/14 | ? |
| Whitehall Jn | 10/14½ | 10/15 |
| Armley Jn | 10.17 ~ 10.36 | 10/36 |
| Apperley Jn | 10/42½ | 10/43 |
| Dockfield Jn | 10/46 | ? |
| Shipley East Jn | 10/46½ | ? |
| Shipley | 10/47 | 10/48 |
| Shipley West Jn | 10/47 | ? |
| Saltaire | 10/48 | 10/49 |
| Bingley | 10/52 | 10/52 |
| Crossflatts | 10/53 | ? |
| Keighley | 10/57 | 10/57½ |
| Steeton & Silsden | 11/02 | 11/02 |
| Cononley | 11/07 | 11/09 |
| Skipton | 11/12 | 11/14 |
| Gargrave | 11/16½ | ? |
| Hellifield | 11/23½ | 11/32 |
| Long Preston | 11/25 | ? |
| Settle Jn | 11/27 | 11/35 |
| Settle | 11/30 | ? |
| Horton-in-Ribblesdale | 11/38½ | ? |
| Blea Moor | 11/49½ | 11/55 |
| Dent | 11/56 | ? |
| Garsdale | 12/00 | 12/05 |
| Ais Gill | 12/03 | ? |
| Kirkby Stephen | 12/10 | 12/15 |
| Crosby Garrett | 12/12½ | ? |
| Appleby | 12.22 ~ 12.27 | 12.26 ~ 12.28 |
| Kirkby Thore SB | 12/35 | 12/35 |
| Culgaith LC SB | 12/38 | 12/40 |
| Langwathby | 12/42½ | ? |
| Lazonby & Kirkoswald | 12/46 | ? |
| Armathwaite | 12/51½ | ? |
| Low House Crossing SB | 12/53 | 12/54 |
| Howe & Co Sidings | 12/56½ | 12/58 |
| Petteril Bridge Jn | 13/03 | 13/02 |
| London Road Jn | 13/04 | ? |
| Carlisle | 13.09a ~ 16.13d | 13.15 ~ 16.14 |
| London Road Jn | 16/15 | ? |
| Petteril Bridge Jn | 16/16 | 16/17 |
| Wetheral | 16/21½ | ? |
| Brampton | 16/29 | ? |
| Haltwhistle | 16.44 ~ 16.47 | 16.46 ~ 16.48 |
| Bardon Mill | 16/53½ | ? |
| Haydon Bridge | 16/58 | ? |
| Hexham | 17/05 | 17/06 |
| Riding Mill | 17/10 | ? |
| Prudhoe | 17/15 | 17/16 |
| Wylam | 17/18 | ? |
| Blaydon | 17/23 | ? |
| Metrocentre | 17/25 | 17/27 |
| Norwood Jn | 17/31 | ? |
| Low Fell RMT | 17/33½ | 17/32 |
| Low Fell Jn | 17/35 | ? |
| Birtley Jn | 17/42 | 17/41½ |
| Durham Sig. Ty358 | 17.52 ~ 17.58 | ? |
| Durham | 18/00 | 18/01 |
| Tursdale Jn | 18/06 | 18/09 |
| Ferryhill South Jn | 18/08 | 18/11 |
| Darlington | 18.19 ~ 18.21 | 18.20 ~ 18.20½ |
| Northallerton | 18/34 | 18/32 |
| Longlands Jn | 18/35 | ? |
| Thirsk | 18/42 | 18/42½ |
| Tollerton Jn | 18/54½ | 18/54½ |
| Skelton Jn | 19/01½ | 19/04 |
| York | 19/03½ | 19/07 |
| Colton Jn | 19/09½ | 19/13 |
| Hambleton North Jn | 19/15½ | 19/19 |
Timings continue in first table.
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