The Railtour Files

Loco	Route
62005	Stockton - Eaglescliffe - Northallerton
62005 (2)	Northallerton - Castle Hills Inner Jn - Ainderby - Leyburn - Redmire
62005 + D5160	Redmire - Leyburn - Ainderby - Castle Hills Inner Jn - Castle Hills Jn - Eryholme Jn - Darlington
62005	Darlington - Eryholme Jn - Catterick Bridge
62005	Propelling move at Catterick Bridge (3)
62005	Catterick Bridge - Camp Centre
62005	Camp Centre - Catterick Bridge (4) - Richmond
62005	Richmond - Catterick Bridge - Eryholme Jn - Darlington - Darlington Bank Top (5) - Bishop Auckland - Stanhope - Westgate
62005	Westgate - Stanhope - Bishop Auckland - Darlington Bank Top - Darlington - Eaglescliffe - Thornaby - Stockton Cut - (via goods lines) - Newport Bridge - Middlesborough

Notes:
(1) Route & loco confirmation required - Above information gleaned from SLS journal article (volume 43 no. 505) as published on the NELPG Website. It was originally planned to start this tour at Saint John's Crossing in Stockton, the original passenger terminus of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, but the absence of platforms prevented this and similarly the termination of the tour at Middlesborough Goods Station.
(2) D5160 on rear. The diesel was required as the crossing loop at Redmire was not long enough to accommodate the six coach train.
(3) At Catterick Bridge the loco ran round then propelled the train under the bridge carrying the A1 road before running forward again onto the Catterick Military Railway.
(4) Presumably a double-reversal took place at Catterick Bridge - confirmation required.
(5) At the time the tour was originally planned it was thought there would no longer be watering facilities at Darlington or Bishop Auckland, and it was consequently intended to change to diesel power for the journey up to Weardale. Fortunately however the equipment was still in place thus the loco change was not required and 62005 watered at Darlington Bank Top on the outward and Bishop Auckland on the return.

62005 runs round its train at Westgate (photo: Alan Brown, courtesy of Disused Stations)

Location	Booked	Actual
Stockton	10.17d	?
Northallerton	??L??a ~ ??L??d	?
Redmire	??.??a ~ ??.??d	?
Darlington	??L??a ~ ??L??d	?
Eryholme Jn	??/??	14 mins late
Catterick Bridge	??.??a ~ ??.??d	?
Catterick Camp	??.??a ~ ??.??d	?
Catterick Bridge	?	?
Richmond	??.??a ~ ??.??d	departed 3 mins late
Eryholme Jn	??/??	on time
Darlington	?	?
Westgate	??.??a ~ ??.??d	early away
Darlington	??.??a ~ ??.??d	arrived 7 mins early [mainline platform]
Eaglescliffe	??.??a ~ ??.??d	?
Stockton Cut	??/??	? [goods line]
Newport Bridge [472 points]	??/??	? [passenger line]
Middlesborough	??.??a	6 mins late arriving

Locos Used	D5160 & 62005
Stock Used	6 coaches