10th February 1979

D.A.A. Railtour Society
The Nottinghamshire Collier

Locos Used 20030, 20043, 25071, 25074 & 25302
Stock Used 34549+4273+3747+3716+3705+4726+4514+3757+3741+3762+3751+35115

Route : 1Z71 throughout

Locos Route
25302 + 25071 London St Pancras - (via MML) - Wigston North Jn - Coalville - Birmingham Curve Jn - Leicester Jn - Burton-on-Trent - Stenson Jn - Sheet Stores Jn - Trent Jn - Attenborough - Nottingham
20043 + 20030 Nottingham - Mansfield Jn - Radford Jn - Bestwood Park Jn - Annesley Colliery
20030 + 20043  Annesley Colliery - (reverse of outward route) - Nottingham
25074 + 25071 Nottingham - Mansfield Jn - Radford Jn - Trowell Jn - Pye Bridge Jn - Clay Cross South Jn - Chesterfield - Beighton Jn - Tinsley Yard - Shepcote Lane Jn - Darnall West Jn - Kiveton Park - Shireoaks West Jn - Shirebrook Jn - Pye Bridge Jn - Radford Jn - Lenton North Jn - Lenton South Jn - Trent Jn - Leicester - Kettering - (via Sharnbrook Goods Line) - Bedford - Bedford St Johns No.1 Jn - Fenny Stratford Flyover Jn - Claydon LNE Jn - Aylesbury - Amersham - London Marylebone

Notes :
(1) Originally advertised as Marylebone to St Pancras but reversed due to "operational reasons".

Sources : Ken Baldwin, Stew Robertson, Robin Addison, Alan Baylis, Kevin Driscoll & LASERman
Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Robin Addison & Alan Rintoul)

M.C Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual M.C
0.00 St Pancras 07.30d 07.36  
3.44 Finchley Road 07/37½ 07/42  
6.78 Hendon 07/41½ 07/46  
19.71 St Albans 07/53½ 07/56  
30.20 Luton 08.07½a ~ 08.09d 08.07 ~ 08.10  
40.18 Flitwick 08/22 [SL] 08/24  
- Marylebone   21.50a 22.29 424.76
- Neasden South Jn   21/42 22/20 419.63
- Harrow-on-the-Hill   21/35 22/15 415.65
- Rickmansworth   21/26 22/06 407.68
- Chalfont & Latimer   21/21 22/00 403.36
- Amersham   21/18 21/56 401.32
- Great Missenden   21/12½ 21/51 396.18
- Aylesbury   20.51a ~ 20.58d 21.35 ~ 21.38 387.10
- Claydon LNE Jn   20.20 ~ 20.21 21/01 375.41
- Flettons Sidings   19/58 20/31 ???.??
- Bletchley Summit   19c51 ~ 19c53 20.05 ~ 20.26 ???.??
- Bedford St Johns (No.1 Jn)   19/13 19/33 347.73
49.68 Bedford 08.37a ~ 08.39d 08.37 ~ 08.39   18.59a ~ 19.01d 19.22 ~ 19.25 347.06
??.?? Bedford North Jn 08/40 [GL] 08/40   18/58 [SL] 19/13 ???.??
56.51 Sharnbrook 08/50 [ML] 08/52   18/50 19/07 ???.??
65.18 Wellingborough 08/59 09/06   18/40 19/00 ???.??
71.78 Kettering 09/05½ 09/16   18/34½ 18/55 ???.??
??.?? Desborough North 09/12½ 09/25   18/28½ 18/52 ???.??
83.09 Market Harborough 09c17 ~ 09c19 09.31 ~ 09.34   18/22½ 18/45 ???.??
89.08 Kibworth 09/26½ 09/42   18/17½ 18/40 ???.??
96.07 Wigston North Jn 09/37 09/53   18/10 18/32 ???.??
- Leicester   18.02a ~ 18.04d 18.25 ~ 18.27 297.52
- Syston South Jn   17/56 18/17 292.61
- Loughborough   17/48½ 18/10 285.07
97.61 Knighton South Jn 09/41 [GL] 09/56  
???.?? Saffron Lane Crossing 09/43 10/02  
107.01 Desford Colliery Sidings 10/09 10/27  
???.?? Bagworth 10/17 10/40  
113.20 Mantle Lane Jn 10/29 10/54  
121.08 Moira West Jn 10/49 11/20  
127.16 Leicester Jn 11/13 11/39  
127.48 Burton-on-Trent 11/15 11/41  
133.63 Stenson Jn 11/22 11/47  
146.09 Sheet Stores Jn 11/40 12/07  
- Trent Jn   17/41 18/02 ???.??
???.?? Trent 11/42 12/09   17/40 18/01 ???.??
- Lenton South Jn   17c29 ~ 17c32 17.50 ~ 17.53 271.31
- Lenton North Jn   17/26 17/48 271.05
153.25 Nottingham 11L52a ~ 12L05d 12.25 ~ 12.31  
154.08 Mansfield Jn 12/08 12/34  
155.41 Radford Jn 12/11 12/37  
???.?? Lincoln Street Crossing 12/21 12/44  
159.39 Bestwood Park Jn 12/29 12/51  
164.63 Annesley Colliery 12.47 ~ 13.17 13.07 ~ 13.43  
???.?? Bestwood Park Jn 13/35 14/00  
???.?? Lincoln St Crossing 13/43 14/10  
???.?? Radford Jn 13/50 14/13  
176.21 Nottingham 13L56 ~ 14L08 14.21 ~ 14.44  
???.?? Mansfield Jn 14/11½ 14/48  
178.37 Radford Jn 14/14 14/50   17/23 17/44 ???.??
183.38 Trowell Jn 14/22 14/59   17/12½ 17/36 ???.??
192.21 Pye Bridge Jn 14/34½ 15/12   17/05 17/23 256.22

 

M.C Location Booked Actual
???.?? Morton 14/40½ 15/15
200.37 Clay Cross South Jn 14/44 15/19
204.55 Chesterfield 14c48  ~  14c49 15/23
205.20 Tapton Jn 14/50 15/25
214.02 Beighton Jn 15/02 15/36
217.01 Treeton South Jn 15/08 15/40
219.26 Shepcote Lane 15/20 15/53
221.04 Attercliffe Jn 15/23 16/03
221.54 Darnall West 15/26 16/04
225.00 Woodhouse Jn 15/32 16/10
233.60 Shireoaks Jn 15/43 [GL] 16/20
234.25 Woodend Jn 15/46 16/21
237.51 Whitwell 15/57 16/29
238.60 Elmton & Cresswell 16p00  ~  16p10 16.33  ~  16.44
243.06 Shirebrook Jn 16/21 16/54
???.?? Shirebrook Sidings 16/23 16/55
248.27 Mansfield South Jn 16/38 17/04
251.06 Kirkby Summit 16/47 17/10

Timings continue in first table.

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