24th March 1979

R.P.P.R.
The County Durham Crusader

Tour postponed to 12/05/1979 due to bad weather.

Route : 1G50 throughout

Booked Loco(s) Booked Route
class 40 London King's Cross - (via "old" ECML route, Selby) - York
2x class 37s York - (via ECML) - Boroughbridge Road Jn - Eaglescliffe - Stockton - Ferryhill - Durham - Gateshead West - Newcastle
2x class 37s & class 08 in Consett area Newcastle - King Edward Bridge Jn - Low Fell Jn - South Pelaw - Annfield - Carr House - Consett North
2x class 37s & class 08 in Consett area Consett North - (reverse of outward route) - South Pelaw - Washington - Pelaw - King Edward Bridge Jn - Newcastle
2x class 37s Newcastle - Gateshead East - Pelaw - Sunderland - Hartlepool - Stockton - Eaglescliffe - Northallerton - (via ECML) - York
class 40 York - (reverse of outward route) - London King's Cross

Notes :
(1) The previous weeks 'relief' train only made it to York where the tour was abandoned due to heavy snow. Was booked for a class 40 to York and back, two different class 37's for the remainder of the day both running single headed, with a class 08 to pull the stock forward to Consett. The tour timing sheet carried the note: 'as most of you know the loss of the Tursdale Jn to Washington line has been substituted by Washington to Pelaw, and a journey over both Tyne bridges twice, thereby covering all six spurs south of the River Tyne'.

Sources : Nigel Rollings & Harry Harper
Timings (Booked Only)
(from Nigel Rollings)

Location Booked (out)   Booked (rtn)
Kings Cross 08.30d   21.57a
Wood Green ?   21/50
Potters Bar 08/47   21/43
Welwyn Garden City 08/53   ?
Woolmer green ?   21/34
Stevenage ??.??a ~ 09.01d   21.28a ~ ??.??d
Hitchin 09/07   21/21
Sandy 09/16   21/08
Huntingdon 09/27   20/56
Peterborough ??.??a ~ 09.43d   20.39a ~ ??.??d
Tallington 09/53   20/29
Stoke 10/07   20/18
Grantham 10/11   20/08
Barkston South Jn 10/14   20/04
Newark Northgate 10.29a ~ 10.29d   19.46a ~ 19.52d
Retford 10/47   19/29
Doncaster 11/10   19/12
Shaftholme Jn 11/15   19/08
Selby 11/28   18/55
York 11L45a ~ 11L51d   18L30a ~ 18L36d
Thirsk 12/15   18/08
Northallerton   18/02
Boroughbridge Road 12/23  
Eaglescliffe 12/43   17/44
Stockton 12/48   17/37
Hartlepool   17/19
Easington   17/08
Sunderland   16/54
Pelaw   16/39
Stillington 12/58  
Ferryhill 13/08  
Durham 13/17  
Gateshead East   16/32
Gateshead West 13/33  
Newcastle 13L35a ~ 13L45d   16p20a ~ 16p30d
King Edward Bridge Jn 13/47   16/18
Low Fell Jn 13/49  
Ouston Jn 13/55  
Pelaw   16/08
Washington   15/57
South Pelaw 13/57   15/49
Annfield 14/19   15/36
Carr House 14/28   15/28
Consett North 14p32a   15p32d


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