23rd June 2018

UK Railtours
Another Liverpool Docker

Locos Used 66035 & 66133
Stock Used 4949+4998+4946+4959+1651+3120+3147+80042+3098+3097+21272

Route :
1Z75 : Reading to Liverpool Bulk Terminal
1Z76 : Liverpool Bulk Terminal to Reading

Loco(s) Route
66035 (1) Reading - Maidenhead - Slough - Southall - Ealing Broadway - Acton Main Line - Acton Wells Jn - Acton Canal Wharf - Willesden No.7 - Willesden Yard South Jn - Sudbury Jn - Wembley Central - (via WCML, Weedon & Trent Valley) - Crewe - Acton Grange Jn - Walton Old Jn - Arpley Sidings (3)
66133 (2) Arpley Sidings - Walton Old Jn - Acton Grange Jn - Runcorn East - Frodsham Jn - Helsby - Ince & Elton Encirc Works (4)
66035 (1) Ince & Elton Encirc Works - Helsby - Frodsham Jn - Runcorn East - Acton Grange Jn - Warrington Bank Quay - Earlestown - St Helens Junction - Rainhill - Huyton - Olive Mount Jn - Edge Lane Jn - Bootle Jn - Regents Road LC - Liverpool Bulk Terminal (via Biomass Terminal) to Gladstone No.1 Dock (5)
66133 (2) Gladstone No.1 Dock - Liverpool Bulk Terminal - Regents Road LC
66035 (1) Regents Road LC - Seaforth Terminal LC
66133 (2) Seaforth Terminal LC - Regents Road LC - Bootle Jn - (reverse of outward route) - Warrington Bank Quay - Walton Old Jn - Acton Grange Jn - Crewe - (via WCML, Trent Valley & Northampton) - London Euston
66035 (1) London Euston - Camden Jn - Willesden West London Jn - Willesden SW Sidings - Acton Wells Jn - (reverse of outward route) - Reading

Notes :
(1) 66133 on rear.
(2) 66035 on rear.
(3) Arpley Sidings : STN stated 'Reverse in Road 5X', Actual reversal point according to Quail was 8X, but Quail does not have 5X listed.
(4) Via Hopper line.
(5) To end of line on Quayside.

Sources : Alan Sheppard (on the tour from/to Rugby), Nick Bartlett (on the tour from
 Watford Junction and return to London Euston), David Lodwick & Stuart Hicks

Photo Review

 
66133 at Crewe on the return leg of the tour (photo: Nick Bartlett)


66035 on the rear of the tour at Crewe (photo: Nick Bartlett)


Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Alan Sheppard, Nick Bartlett, David Lodwick & Gareth Kelly // Realtime Trains)

M.C Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual M.C
0.00
Reading 06.40d [P11] [DM] 06.42   22.47a [P13] 22.46½ 506.13
? 
Kennet Bridge Jn 06/43 [UR] 06/44   22/45 [DR] 22/44
?
4.77
Twyford 06/48 [P4] [UR] 06/49   22/40 [P3] [DR] 22/40
501.16
11.59
Maidenhead 06/56 [P4] [UR] 06/56   22/33 [P3] [DR] 22/33
494.34
17.42
Slough 07.04a ~ 07.10d [P5] [UR] 07.02½ ~ 07.10   22.23a ~ 22.26d [P4] [DR] 22.24 ~ 22.26
488.51
 ?
Dawley Loop 07*22 ~ 07*29 07.19 ~ 07.29½  
24.53
Heathrow Airport Jn 07/31 [UR] 07/31   22/16 [DR] 22/16
481.40
26.72
Southall 07/34 [UR] 07/35   22/14 [P3] [DR] 22/14
479.21
29.37
West Ealing 07/37½ [UR] 07/37   22/10 [P3] [DR] 22/11
 ?
30.22
Ealing Broadway 07.39a ~ 07.41d [P4] [UR] 07.38½ ~ 07.41   22/09 22/10
475.71
 ?
Acton West 07/44 [UR] 07/42   22/07 [DR] 22/09
? 
31.57
Acton Main Line 07/46 07/44   22/05 [DR] 22/06½
474.36
32.29
Acton Wells Jn 07/49 07/47½   21/59 22/01
473.64
32.69
Acton Canal Wharf 07/51 ?  
- Willesden SW Sidings   21/57 ?
 ?
- Willesden West London Jn   21/56 21/56
472.28
- Camden Jn   21/50 [DF] 21/50
468.59
- Camden South Jn   21/49 [E] 21/48½
 ?
- London Euston   21.30a ~ 21.46d [P15] [E] 21.29 ~ 21.46 [P15]
467.05
- Camden South Jn   21/27 [D] 21/25½ [D]
? 
- Camden Jn   21/26½ [D] 21/25 [D]
465.31
- Willesden West London Jn   21/23 [UF] 21/21 [UF]
461.62
33.24
Willesden No.7 Jn 07*54 ~ 08*08 [DR] ??.?? ~ 08.06  
? 
Wembley Yard South Jn 08/13 [DR] ??.?? ~ 08.09  
34.51
Sudbury Jn 08/15 [DS] ?  
35.43
Wembley Central 08c18 ~ 08c20 [P5] [DS] 08/18½   21/19 [P4] [UF] 21/18 [P4] [UF]
459.01
38.69
Harrow & Wealdstone 08/25 [P5] [DS] 08/22½   21/16 [P4] [UF] 21/16 [P4] [UF]
455.55
44.74
Watford Junction 08.31a ~ 08.35d [P8] [DS] 08.30 ~ 08.35 [P8] [DS]   21.08a ~ 21.10d [P7] [UF] 21.07 ~ 21.09 [P7] [UF]
449.50
  ?
 Bourne End Jn 08/44 [DS] 08/43 [DS]   21/00 [UF] 20/59 [UF]
? 
59.12
Tring 08/53 [P3] [DS] 08/50 [P3] [DS]   20/55 [P2] [UF] 20/54 [P2] [UF]
435.32
65.55
Ledburn Jn 08/59 [DS] 08/55 [DS]   20/49 [UF] 20/49 [UF]
428.69
74.05
Bletchley 09/06 [P3] [DS] 09/02 [P3] [DS]   20/41 [P2] [UF] 20/42
420.39
77.24
Milton Keynes Central 09/10 [P3] [DS] 09/09 [P3] [DS]   20/38 [P4] [UF] 20/39 [P4] [UF]
417.20
84.06
Hanslope Jn 09/16 09.19 ~  09.26 [DS-DM]   20/32 [US-UF] 20/33 [US-UF]
410.38
93.27
Northampton 09/26 [P2]  DIV   20/21 [P1] 20/23 [UNF]
401.17
102.76
Long Buckby 09/37  DIV   20/10 20/14
391.48
?
 Daventry North Jn 09/42  DIV   20/04 20/09
? 
? Weedon DIV 09/40  
?
Hillmorton Jn 09/48 [DNL] 09/52   20/00 20/06
? 
112.26
Rugby 09.50a ~ 09.55d [P2] [DF] 09.55½a ~ 09.58d [P2]   19.55a ~ 19.57d [P5] [UNL] 20.00 ~ 20.03 [P5]
382.18
? 
Trent Valley Jn 09/57 [S] [DF] 10/00   19/53 [SL] 19/58
? 
? Newbold Jn 09/58 10/01   19/52 19/56 ?
117.58
Brinklow 10/01 [DF] 10.08 ~ 10.11   19/48½ 19/53 ?
 ?
Attleborough South Jn 10/07 [DF-DS] 10/19½ [DF-DS]   19/42 19/44 ?
126.76
Nuneaton 10/09 [P2] [DS] 10/21 [P2] [DS]   19/40 [UR] [US] 19/42 [UR]
367.48
 ?
Amington Jn 10/19 [DS] 10/31   19/26 [UF-US] 19/25 [UF-US]
 ?
146.09
Lichfield North Jn 10/25 [DS] 10/36½ [DS]   19/18 [UF] 19/16½ [UF]
348.35
154.08
Rugeley North Jn 10/32 [DS] 10/44 [DS]   19/11 [UF] 19/09½ [UF]
340.36
156.74
Colwich 10/35 [DF] 10/48½   19/07 [UF] 19/07½ [UF]
337.50
?
Milford & Brocton 10/38 [DF-DS] 10/50½ [DF-DS]   ? 19/05½ [UF]
 ?
?
Whitehouse Jn 10/43 10/51½ [DS]   19/01 [US-UF] 19/04 [US-UF]
 ?
?
Trent Valley Jn 10/53 [DS] 10.56 ~ 10.56½ [DS]   18/57 [US] 19/00½ [US]
? 
163.29
Stafford 10.55a ~ 10.58d [P5] [DS] 10.59a ~ 11.03d [P5]   18/56 [P4] [US] 18/59½ [P4] [US]
331.15
168.31
Searchlight Lane Jn 11/04 [DS] 11/09½ [DS]   - - -
- Norton Bridge - -   18/51 [US] 18/54½ [US]
325.66
179.60
Madeley 11/14 [DS] 11/18 [DS]   18/42 [US] 18/44½ [US]
314.64
186.02
Basford Hall Jn 11/20 [DS] 11/24 [DS]   18/36 [US] 18/37 [US]
308.42
187.66
Crewe 11/24 [DF] 11/26 [DF]   18.05a ~ 18.32d [P12] [US] 18.02a ~ 18.33½d [P12] [US]
306.58
188.44
Crewe Coal Yard 11/26 [DF] 11/27 [DF]   18/02 [US] 17.54 ~ 18.00
306.00
195.27
Winsford 11/32 [DF] 11/32 [DF]   17/45 [US] 17/46 [US]
299.17
200.41
Hartford Jn 11/36 [DF] 11/36 [DF]   17/39 [UF] 17/40½
294.03
202.24
Acton Bridge 11/38 [DF] 11/38   17/37 [UF] 17/39
292.20
205.06
Weaver Jn 11/41 [DF] 11/39½   17/35 [UM] 17/36½ [UM]
289.38
210.10
Acton Grange Jn 11/47 [OL] 11.47 ~ 11.48½ [OL]   17/26 [UM] 17/30 [UM]
284.34
211.14
Walton Old Jn 11/51 11/53½ [Line 3]   17/22 [OL] 17/26½ [OL]
283.30

 

M.C Location Booked Actual
211.62
Arpley Sidings 11.56 ~ 12.10 [Road 5X] 11.58 ~ 12.08½ [Road 8X]
212.30
Walton Old Jn 12/15 [OL] 12/15 [OL]
213.34
Acton Grange Jn 12/19 12/17
216.47
Runcorn East 12/23 [P1] 12/20 [P1]
218.48
Frodsham Jn 12*27 ~ 12*28 [UGL] 12.26 ~ 12.28 [UGL]
222.19
Helsby 12/34 [P3] 12/35½ [P3]
? 
West Cheshire Jn ? 12.39 ~ 12.39½
223.52
Ince & Elton Encirc Works 12.45 ~ 13.05 12.52½ ~ 13.02 [via Hopper Line]
?
West Cheshire Jn ? 13/13
225.05
Helsby 13/15 [P4] 13/16½ [P4]
228.56
Frodsham Jn 13/19 13/22½
230.57
Runcorn East 13/22 [P2] 13/24½ [P2]
233.70
Acton Grange Jn 13/27 [DF] 13/28½ [DF]
235.57
Warrington Bank Quay 13/30 [DS] 13/34 [DS]
239.13
Winwick Jn 13/35 13/40
240.60
Earlestown 13/38 [P3] 13/43½ [P3]
243.41
St Helens Junction 13/42 [P2] 13/48½ [P2]
246.39
Rainhill 13/45 13/51½ [P2]
249.61
Huyton 13/48 [FL] 13/54½ [P1] [DCMF]
250.17
Roby 13/49 [P1] 13/55 [P1]
252.54
Olive Mount Jn 13/54 13/59
253.17
Edge Lane Jn 13/56 14/01
257.51
Bootle Jn 14/10 14/14½
258.25
Regents Road L.C. 14t13 ~ 14t15 14.20½ ~ 14.22½
259.17 Liverpool Bulk Terminal 14.25 ~ 16.20 14.26½ ~ 14.34 [Coal Road 3 / RR Line]
?
Gladstone Dock No.1 ? 14.59½ ~ 15.07½ [Quayside End of Line]
?
Liverpool Bulk Terminal ? 15/26 [Coal Road 2 / Arr Line]
?
Regents Road L.C. ? 15.31 ~ 16.04
?
Seaforth Terminal L.C. ? 16.14 ~ 16.20
?
Strand Road L.C. ? 16.29 ~ 16.30
260.09
Regents Road L.C. 16t30 ~ 16t32 16.32 ~ 16.33
260.63
Bootle Jn 16/36 16/44
265.17
Edge Lane Jn 16/50 16/56
265.60
Olive Mount Jn 16/52 16/58
268.17
Roby 16/55 [P3] [FL] 17/01 [P4] [UCMS]
268.53
Huyton 16/56 [P3] 17/01½ [P4] [UCMS-UM]
271.75
Rainhill 16/59 17/05½ [P1]
274.73
St Helens Junction 17/02 [P1] 17/08 [P1]
277.54
Earlestown 17/08 [P3] 17/13 [P3]
279.21
Winwick Jn 17/12 [US] 17/15½ [US]
? 
Dallam Jn 17/15 [US] 17/19 [US]
282.57
Warrington Bank Quay 17.17a ~ 17.19d [P1] [OL] 17.21½a ~ 17.23d [P1] [OL]

Timings continue in first table.

Associated E.C.S. Workings

5Z75 : (66035 with 66133 on rear) : Eastleigh Arlington to Reading

Location Booked
Eastleigh Arlington 05.05d
Eastleigh 05/10
Shawford 05/14
Winchester 05/18
Wallers Ash Loop  
Worting Jn 05/33
Basingstoke 05*36 ~ 05*46
Bramley 05/52
Southcote Jn 06/01
Oxford Road Jn 06/07
Reading 06.10a [P11]

5Z76 : (66133 with 66035 on rear) : Reading to Eastleigh East Yard
5Z76 : (66035 with 66133 on rear) : Eastleigh East Yard to Eastleigh Arlington

Location Booked
Reading 22.58d [P13]
Reading Sig.T1732 23.00 ~ 23.14
Reading 23/17
Reading Southern Jn 23/19
Reading Spur Jn 23/20
Earley 23/23
Wokingham 23/30
Blackwater 23/38
North Camp 23/42
Aldershot South Jn 23/43
Ash 23/45
Guildford 23/56
Shalford Jn 00/01
Farncombe 00/03
Haslemere 00/16
Petersfield 00/27
Havant 00/40
Farlington Jn 00/44
Cosham Jn 00/45
Cosham 00/46
Fareham 00/53
Fareham North Jn 00/54
Botley 01/00
Eastleigh South Jn 01/05
Eastleigh 01/06
Eastleigh East Yard 01.09 ~ 01.24
Eastleigh 01/27
Eastleigh Arlington 01.32a


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