11th July 1987

Hertfordshire Railtours
The Stilton & Branston Ploughman

Loco Used 20022, 20030, 20064 & 20126
Stock Used Booked for set BN90 (11 vehicles)

Route : 1Z26 throughout

Locos Route
20064 + 20030 London Kings Cross - (via ECML) - Newark North Gate - Boultham Jn - Pyewipe Jn - Gainsborough Lea Road - Retford Low Level - Worksop - Woodhouse - Woodburn Jn - Deepcar
20030 + 20064 Deepcar - Woodburn Jn
20126 + 20022 Woodburn Jn - Shepcote Lane Jn - Tinsley Yard - Treeton Jn - Beignton Jn - Barrow Hill North Jn - Chesterfield - Ambergate Jn - Derby - Burton-on-Trent - Tamworth HL - Whitacre Jn - Water Orton - St Andrews Jn - Bordesley Jn - Shirley - Bearley Jn - Stratford-upon-Avon
20022 + 20126 Stratford-upon-Avon - Bearley Jn - Hatton - Leamington Spa - Banbury - Oxford - (via Didcot avoiding line) - Reading - Slough - London Paddington

Sources : Nigel Rollings (joined at Kings Cross/left train at Reading)
& Kevin Gaylard (on the train throughout)

Photo Review


20064 & 20030 wait to leave Kings Cross (photo: Ian Jordan)


20022 & 20126 at Stratford-upon-Avon (photo: Ian Jordan)


Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Nigel Rollings & Michael Trower)

M.C Location Booked Actual
0.00 Kings Cross 07.35d 07.36
2.41 Finsbury Park 07/43 ?
4.78 Alexandra Palace 07/46 ?
12.57 Potters Bar 07.57a ~ 07.58d 07.54 ~ 07.58
20.25 Welwyn Garden City 08/11 08/08
27.45 Stevenage 08.21a ~ 08.22d 08.16 ~ 08.22
31.74 Hitchin 08/29 ?
44.10 Sandy 08/42 ?
58.70 Huntingdon 08/57 08/47
76.29 Peterborough 09.16a ~ 09.18d 09.22 ~ 09.23
84.64 Tallington 09/32 ?
99.61 Stoke Summit 09/52 ?
105.38 Grantham 10/00 ?
120.08 Noewark Northgate 10c13 ~ 10c15 10.22 ~ 10.24
135.25 Boultham Jn 10/37 10/49
136.10 Pyewipe Jn 10/39 10/51
142.01 Sykes Jn 10/46 ?
150.06 Gainsborough Lea Road 10/56 ?
150.53 Trent East Jn 10/58 11/15
155.45 Clarborough Jn 11/04 ?
159.45 Retford 11/11 ?
167.19 Worksop 11/21 11/39
177.21 Woodhouse Jn 11/36 11/59
181.48 Woodburn Jn 11*44 ~ 11*46 ?
190.42 Deepcar 12.16a ~ 12.36d 12.29 ~ 12.45
195.43 Wadsley Bridge 12p51a ~ 13p06d 13.04 ~ 13.15
199.36 Woodburn Jn 13*21 ~ 13*23 13.27 ~ 13.42
199.64 Attercliffe Jn 13/26 13/45
200.74 Broughton Lane Jn 13/29 13/47
203.77 Treeton Jn 13/41 13/56
207.14 Beighton Jn 13/48 ?
216.42 Chesterfield 14c02 ~ 14c04 14.16 ~ 14.22
220.52 Clay Cross South Jn 14/09 14/28
230.60 Ambergate Jn 14/18 ?
240.53 Derby 14c30 ~ 14c32 14.50 ~ 14.58
245.37 Stenson Jn 14/39 ?
251.54 Burton-on-Trent 14/44 ?
257.17 Wichnor Jn 14/49 ?
264.45 Tamworth 14/55 ?
270.26 Kingsbury Jn 15/00 ?
272.56 Whitacre Jn 15/05 ?
275.41 Water Orton 15/14 15/30
281.47 Landor Street Jn 15c24 ~ 15c26 15.41 ~ 16.29
282.05 St Andrews Jn 15/28 ?
282.31 Bordesley Jn 15/29 ?
284.37 Tyseley 15/33 ?
288.35 Shirley 15p39a ~ 15p55d 17/06
298.03 Henley-in-Arden 16/05 ?
302.46 Bearley Jn 16/09 ?
306.27 Stratford-upon-Avon 16.14a ~ 17.47d 17.27 ~ 18.00
310.08 Bearley Jn 17/53 17.15 ~ 17.20
315.12 Hatton West Jn 18/00 ?
315.46 Hatton 18/01 18/33
321.35 Leamington Spa 18/09 18.43 ~ 18.44
341.44 Banbury 18/32 ?
346.48 Aynho Jn 18/40 19/22
352.39 Heyford 18/46 ?
361.28 Wolvercot Jn 18/56 ?
364.19 Oxford 19/01 19/41
373.66 Didcot North Jn 19/12 19/59
374.73 Didcot East Jn 19/13 20/00
391.53 Reading 19.42a ~ 19.45d 20.16 ~ 20.18
396.50 Twyford 19/53 ?
403.32 Maidenhead 20/00 20/32
409.15 Slough 20/07 20/37
418.65 Southall 20/18 20/49
427.46 Paddington 20.32a 21.09


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