Photo Review
(All photos are courtesy of Stuart Gamble)
14th April 1957
Railway Enthusiasts Club
The Charnwood Forester /
Bedford & Hitchin Branch Centenarian
| Locos Used | 43728, 58209, 60032 'Gannet', 67357 & 67380 |
| Stock Used | 5 coaches (BR mark 1 plus Cafeteria Car) (4) |
Route : Reporting Number 980 throughout
| Loco | Route |
| 60032 | London Kings Cross - Hitchin - Huntingdon - Holme |
| 67380 (2) | Holme - St Mary's - Ramsay North |
| 67380 (2) | Ramsay North - St Mary's - Holme |
| 67357 | Holme - Fletton Jn - Peterborough North - Werrington Jn - Essendine |
| 67357 | Essendine - Ryhall & Belmisthorpe - Stamford - Luffenham - Seaton - Rockingham - Drayton Jn - Welham Jn - Market Harborough |
| 43728 | Market Harborough - Wigston - Knighton South Jn - Saffron Lane Jn - Kirby Muxloe - Desford Jn - Desford |
| 58209 | Desford - Desford Jn - Glenfield |
| 58209 | Glenfield - Desford Jn - Desford |
| 43728 | Desfrod - Coalville Jn - Coalville Town - Swannington |
| 43728 | Swannington - Coalville Town - Coalville Jn - Charnwood Forest Jn |
| 43728 | Charnwood Forest Jn - Coalville East - Whitwick - Shepshed |
| 43728 | Shepshed - Whitwick - Coalville East - Hugglescote - Heather & Ibstock - Shackerstone - Market Bosworth - Shenton - Nuneaton Abbey Street |
| 43728 | Nuneaton Abbey Street - Nuneaton Trent Valley - Hinckley - Narborough - Wigston - Market Harborough - Kettering - Bedford (3) - Hitchin |
| 60032 | Hitchin - London Kings Cross |
Notes :
(1) Route confirmation required (above is as booked). Outward leg
with 60032 was with driver Hoole. Ran as "The Charnwood Forester" from
Kings Cross to Bedford.
(2) Conflicting reports as to the loco which hauled these legs - 67357 or 67380
however Peter Darke has a photo in his collection showing the 67380 at Holme.
(3) At Bedford the tour became the "Bedford & Hitchin Branch
Centenarian".
(4) Photographic evidence suggests that 5 coaches of LNER corridor stock may
also have been used - seen behind 60032 at Kings Cross & Holme, and also behind
67380 at Holme.
Sources : John Clifford, Chris Harley,
Stuart Gamble & Peter Darke
Photo Review
(All photos are courtesy of Stuart Gamble)
(From Andrew Fairholm's ticket collection)
60032 at Holme (Photo: © David Lawrence)
58209 at Desford (Photo: © Kenneth Hunt)
67357 at Seaton (Photo: © Hugh Davies)
43728 running round at Swannington (Photo: © Ron Hemsley)
Timings (Booked Only)
(from Stuart Gamble)
| Location | Booked |
| Kings Cross | 09.00d |
| Holme | 10L13a ~ ??L??d |
| Essendine | 11.53a ~ ??.??d |
| Seaton | ??p??a ~ ??p??d |
| Market Harborough | 13L04a ~ ??L??d |
| Desford | ??L??a ~ ??L??d |
| Desford | ??L??a ~ ??L??d |
| Swannington | ??p??a ~ ??p??d |
| Hugglescote | ??p??a ~ ??p??d |
| Heather & Ibstock | ??p??a ~ ??p??d |
| Shackerstone | ??p??a ~ ??p??d |
| Bedford | ??L??a ~ ??L??d |
| Kings Cross | 20.58a |
