23rd September 1967

Alan Pegler / Gainsborough Model Railway Society
The Cathedrals Express

Locos Used D5544, D5665 & 4472 'Flying Scotsman'

Route :

Loco(s) Route
4472

Ipswich - Stowmarket - Diss - Swingbridge Jn - Wensum Jn

D5544 (3)

Wensum Jn - Norwich

4472 Norwich - Swingbridge Jn - Shippea Hill - Ely North Jn - March - Whittlesea - Peterborough - (via ECML) - York
4472 York - Selby - Doncaster - Bessacarr Jn - Trent Jn - Gainsborough Lea Road - Lincoln Central - Sleaford (4) - Spalding - Grassmoor - March - Ely North Jn - Shippea Hill - Norwich
D5665 Norwich - Diss - Stowmarket - Ipswich

Notes :
(1) Described as a joint enterprise by Alan Pegler, the GMRS, M&GNJ NNR & Norfolk Railway Society.
(2) A special connecting DMU service ran from Cambridge/Ely to Shippea Hill (and return in the evening).
(3) 4472 on rear.
(4) Itinerary route description and route map suggested the train was to be routed via the station and not avoiding line.

Sources : Graham Hardinge (on the train) & John Debens

Photo Review


From The John Debens Ticket Collection.


Timings (Booked Only)
(from John Debens)

Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn)
Ipswich 06.43d 23.06a
Diss 07.16a ~ 07.17d 22.28a ~ 22.30d
Wensum Jn 07.43 ~ 07.51 ?
Norwich Thorpe 07.56a ~ 08.01d 21.56a ~ 22.03d
Shippea Hill 09.03a ~ 09.05d 20.51a ~ 20.53d
March West 09w35 ~ 09w50 -
Peterborough North 10c15 ~ 10c17 -
Grassmoor - 10c16 ~ 20c18
Lincoln - 18w29 ~ 18w49
Doncaster ? 17c33 ~ 17c35
York 12.16a 16.43d

Connecting DMU service;

Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn)
Cambridge 08.15d 21.23a
Ely ??.??a ~ 08.30d 21.05a ~ ??.??d
Shippea Hill 08.43a 20.56d


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