Photo Review
(all photos: Gordon Lacy)
30th September 1967
A4 Preservation Society
Splendour of Steam Rail Tour
| Locos Used | D1503, 7029 'Clun Castle' & 4498 'Sir Nigel Gresley' |
| Stock Used | Load 11 |
Route : 1F50 throughout
| Loco | Route |
| D1503 |
Kings Cross - Peterborough |
| 7029 |
Peterborough - Hare Park Jn - Crofton Jn - Normanton - Whitehall Jn - Ais Gill - Carlisle |
| 4498 |
Carlisle - Whitehall Jn - Normanton - Crofton Jn - Hare Park Jn - Peterborough |
| D1503 | Peterborough - Kings Cross |
Sources : Terry Jackson & Gordon Lacy (joined at
Peterborough [out]/left at Newark [rtn])
Photo Review
(all photos: Gordon Lacy)
7029 'Clun Castle' about to go onto the train at Peterborough.
Stormy conditions at Skipton!
Entering Carlisle, 4498 lets out a long blast on the whistle to greet the
tour.
From The John Debens Ticket Collection.
Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Terry Jackson & Gordon Lacy)
| Location | Booked | Actual | Booked | Actual | |
| Kings Cross | 08.35d | ? | 22.33a | ? | |
| Peterborough North | 09.46a ~ 09.55d | ? | 21.16a ~ 21.22d | ? | |
| Grantham | 10/27 | ? | 20/47 | ? | |
| Newark Northgate | 10.40a ~ 10.42d | ? | 20.29a ~ 20.31d | 21.02 ~ 21.04 | |
| Retford | 11/01 | ? | 20/11 | 20/44 | |
| Doncaster | 11.22a ~ 11.24d | ? | 19.38a ~ 19.48d | 20.10 ~ 20.20 | |
| South Elmsall | 11/39 | ? | 19/25 | 19/59 | |
| Crofton West Jn | 11/54 | ? | 19/10 | 19/45 | |
| Normanton | 12/06 | ? | 18/59 | 19/33 | |
| Leeds Engine Shed Jn | 12.28a ~ 12.30d | ? | 18.39a ~ 18.41d | 19.10 ~ 19.12 | |
| Shipley | 12/47 | ? | 18/19 | 18/52½ | |
| Keighley | 12/57 | ? | 18/10 | 18/42 | |
| Skipton | 13.09a ~ 13.17d | ? | 17.48a ~ 17.58d | 18.14 ~ 18.22 | |
| Hellifield | 13/33 | ? | 17/34 | 17/56 | |
| Settle Jn | 13/37 | ? | 17/30 | 17/47 | |
| Blea Moor | 14/05 | ? | 17/15 | 17/29½ | |
| Ais Gill | 14/19 | ? | 17/02 | 17/17 | |
| Appleby West | 14/39 | ? | 16/29 | 16/43 | |
| Carlisle | 15.12a | ? | 15.45d | 15.51 |
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