2nd May 1988

Hertfordshire Rail Tours
The Avon Lady

Locos Used 45052 & 45110

Route : 1Z37 throughout

Loco Route
45110 London St Pancras - (via MML, Sharnbrook goods line) - Kettering - Corby - Manton Jn - Oakham - Syston South Jn - Leicester
45052 Leicester - Wigston North Jn - Midland Jn - (via Nuneaton flyover) - Abbey Jn - Water Orton - Landor Street Jn - Bordesley Jn - Tyseley - Henley-in-Arden - Stratford-upon-Avon
45052 Stratford-upon-Avon - Bearley - Hatton West Jn - Hatton North Jn - Solihull - Tyseley - Bordesley Jn - St Andrews Jn - Proof House Jn - Birmingham New Street - Spho South Jn - Perry Barr North Jn - Bescot Stadium - Walsall - Hednesford - Rugeley - Stafford
45052 Stafford - Tamworth - Nuneaton - Rugby - Northampton - Milton Keynes Central - Denbigh Hall South Jn - (via Bletchley flyover) - Claydon L&NE Jn - Aylesbury - High Wycombe - Amersham - Harrow-on-the-Hill - Neasden South Jn - London Marylebone


45052 pauses at Birmingham New Street (photo: Gary Thornton)

Sources :  Jeff King & Kevin Gaylard

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Jeff King)

M.C Location Booked  Actual
0.00 St Pancras 08.10d 08.10
4.00 West Hampstead 08/17 08/17
6.79 Hendon 08/21 08/21
19.71 St Albans City 08/32 08/32
30.19 Luton 08/41 08/40
40.24 Flitwick 08/52 ?
49.16 Bedford South Jn 09/00 ?
49.65 Bedford 09.02a ~ 09.04d 09.02 ~ 09.04
56.45 Sharnbrook 09/14 ?
65.11 Wellingborough 09/24 09/29
? Harrowden Jn 09/32 ?
72.01 Kettering 09/40 09/40
79.25 Corby North 09/49 09/49
90.18 Manton Jn 10/03 ?
93.56 Oakham 10/10 ?
105.17 Melton Mowbray 10/23 10/25
115.23 Syston South Jn 10/40 ?
120.14 Leicester 10.47a ~ 10.49d 10L45a ~ ??L??d
123.30 Wigston North Jn 10/55 ?
138.03 Midland Jn 11/11 ?
139.55 Abbey Jn 11/14 ?
149.34 Whitacre Jn 11/26 ?
152.60 Water Orton West Jn 11/32 ?
158.25 Landor Street Jn 11c44a ~ 11c46d ?
158.63 St Andrews Jn 11/49 12/00
159.09 Bordesley Jn 11/51 ?
160.41 Small Heath South Jn 11/53 ?
161.15 Tyseley 11/55 12/06
165.13 Shirley 12/05 ?
174.61 Henley-in-Arden 12/20 12/23
179.24 Bearley Jn 12/28 ?
183.05 Stratford-upon-Avon 12.35a ~ 14.30d 12.33 ~ 14.30
186.66 Bearley Jn 14/37 ?
191.70 Hatton West Jn 14/46 ?
192.26 Hatton North Jn 14/48 ?
198.50 Dorridge 15/00 ?
202.00 Solihull 15/05 ?
205.60 Tyseley 15/20 ?
207.66 Bordesley Jn 15/25 ?
208.12 St Andrews Jn 15/27 ?
209.09 Proof House Jn 15/29 ?
209.63 Birmingham New Street 15c32a ~ 15c42d 15.27 ~ 15.47
211.64 Soho South Jn 15/47 ?
212.17 Soho East Jn 15/49 ?
214.16 Perry Barr West Jn 15/52 ?
214.55 Perry Barr North Jn 15/53 ?
219.12 Pleck Jn 15/00 ?
220.66 Walsall 16/03 16/18
221.36 Ryecroft Jn 16/06 ?
230.48 Hednesford 16/27 ?
236.08 Rugeley 16/42 ?
238.74 Colwich Jn 16/47 ?
245.29 Stafford 16.55a ~ 17.10d 17.05 ~ ??.??
251.64 Colwich Jn 17/18 ?
257.21 Armitage Jn 17/22 ?
262.49 Lichfield TV 17/26 ?
268.60 Tamworth 17/30 ?
281.62 Nuneaton 17/39 ?
296.32 Rugby 17/50 ?
305.62 Long Buckby 17/59 ?
315.31 Northampton 18/08 ?
324.52 Hanslope Jn 18/18 ?
331.34 Milton Keynes Central 18.28a ~ 18.30d ?
333.47 Denbigh Hall South Jn 18c35a ~ 18c37d ?
334.50 Summit of Flyover 18/45 ?
347.31 Claydon L&NE Jn 19t28a ~ 19t29d ?
359.05 Aylesbury 19p50a ~ 20p05d ?
373.28 Amersham 20.26a ~ 20.27d ?
380.41 Watford North Jn 20/39 ?
387.59 Harrow-on-the-Hill 20/47 ?
392.66 Neasden South Jn 20/51 ?
396.77 Marylebone 21.00a ?


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