Photo Review
10th August 1958
The Railway
Correspondence and Travel Society (London
Branch)
The
Northern & Eastern Rail Tour
| Locos Used | 43245, 64656, 65440, 75055 & 80041 |
Route : reporting code 550 (throughout?)
| Loco(s) | Route |
| 64656 | London Liverpool Street - Channelsea Jn - Loughton Branch Jn - Tottenham - Bishops Stortford - Braintree and Bocking - Witham |
| 64656 | Witham - Marks Tey |
| 65440 | Marks Tey - Chappel & Wakes Colne - Halstead - Colne Valley Jn - Haverhill North Jn - Haverhill - Bartlow - Pampisford - Shelford - Shepreth Branch Jn - Cambridge |
| 80041 | Cambridge - Old North Road - Potton - Sandy (LNW) - Willington - Bedford St Johns - Bedford Midland Road |
| 75055 | Bedford Midland Road - Flitwick - Luton - Harpenden Jn - Harpenden Central |
| 43245 | Harpenden Central - Harpenden Jn - Redbourn - Godwin's Halt - Hemel Hempstead - Heath Park Halt |
| 43245 | Heath Park Halt - Hemel Hempstead - Godwin's Halt - Redbourn - Harpenden Jn - Harpenden Central |
| 75055? | Harpenden Central - St Albans City - Hendon - West Hapstead Midland - London St Pancras |
Notes :
(1) Route confirmation required - above is from booked timings.
Sources : David Davis, Chris Harley, David
Pearson,
John Debens & Andrew Fairholm
Photo Review
64656 at Witham (photo: The John Debens Collection)
65440 paused at Halstead (photo: The John Debens Collection)
A filthy 80041 at Cambridge (photo: The John Debens Collection)
75055 at Bedford Midland (photo: The John Debens Collection)
43245 at Heath Park Halt (photo: The John Debens Collection)
43245 on the return journey from Heath Park Halt to Harpenden Central
passing Beaumont's Halt (photo: David Pearson)
Coach roof-board (photo: The John Debens Collection)
From Andrew Fairholms ticket collection.
Timings (Booked Only)
(from John Debens)
| Miles | Location | Booked |
| 0.00 | Liverpool Street | 09.57d |
| 4.1 | Channelsea Jn | ? |
| 4.9 | Loughton Branch Jn | ? |
| 8.6 | Tottenham | ? |
| 33.0 | Bishops Stortford | 11.05 ~ 11.15 |
| 57.2 | Witham | 12.28 ~ 12.40 |
| 65.2 | Marks Tey | 12.50 ~ 13.00 |
| 74.8 | Halstead | 13.26 ~ 13.35 |
| 88.2 | Haverhill | 14.13 ~ 14.23 |
| 106.4 | Cambridge | 15.00 ~ 15.10 |
| 136.2 | Bedford St Johns | 16.05 ~ 16.15 |
| 137.0 | Bedford Midland Road | 16.50 ~ 17.05 |
| 152.2 | Harpenden | 17.50 ~ 17.57 |
| 155.6 | Redbourn | 18/08 |
| 160.1 | Hemel Hempstead | 18/28 |
| 161.0 | Heath Park Halt | 18.29 ~ 18.53 |
| 169.8 | Harpenden | 19.26 ~ 19.37 |
| 194.4 | St Pancras | 20.09a |
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