27th June 1992

Hertfordshire Rail Tours
The Dukeries Collier

Locos Used 20059, 20168 & 56024
Stock Used 5025+5044+4996+5037+4959+17146+17169+4919+5002+5007+4939+5030

Route : 1Z28 throughout

Loco(s) Route
56024 London St Pancras - (via MML) - Wellingborough - Kettering - Leicester - Loughborough - Trent South Jn - Toton Centre - Pye Bridge Jn - Pinxton - Kirkby Summit - Shirebrook Jn - Warsop Jn
56024 (1) Warsop Jn - Thoresby Colliery Jn
20168 + 20059 (2) Thoresby Colliery Jn - Thoresby Colliery
56024 (1) Thoresby Colliery - Thoresby Colliery Jn
20168 + 20059 (2) Thoresby Colliery Jn (drag onto 'mainline')
56024 (1) Thoresby Colliery Jn - Boughton Jn - High Marnham PS
20168 + 20059 (2) High Marnham PS - Boughton Jn - Bevercoates Colliery
56024 (1) Bevercoates Colliery - Boughton Jn
20168 + 20059 (2) Boughton Jn - Clipston East Jn - Clipstone South Jn - Bilsthorpe Colliery
56024 (1) Bilsthorpe Colliery - Rufford Colliery Jn
20168 + 20059 (2) Rufford Colliery Jn - Rufford Colliery
56024 (1) Rufford Colliery - Clipstone South Jn - Clipstone West Jn - Welbeck Colliery Jn - Wellbeck Colliery
20168 + 20059 (2) Wellbeck Colliery - Wellbeck Colliery Jn
56024 (1) Wellbeck Colliery Jn - Warsop Jn - Shirebrook East Jn - Elmton & Creswell - Seymour Jn
20168 + 20059 (2) Seymour Jn - Oxcroft Jn - Oxcroft DP
56024 (1) Oxcroft DP - Oxcroft Jn
56024 Oxcroft Jn - Barrow Hill Jn - Tapton Jn - Chesterfield - Clay Cross South Jn - Derby - Trent South Jn - Loughborough - (reverse of outward route) - London St Pancras

Notes :
(1) 20059 + 20168 on rear from Warsop Jn.
(2) 56024 on rear.

Sources : Gary Thornton (joined/left train at Wellingborough), Roger Elliott,
John Broderick & Dave Warby

Photo Review


56024 at Ollerton (photo: Richard Rooker)


Opportunities to photograph the 20's were rare - here we see them at High
Marnham Power Station about to reverse (photo: Gary Thornton)


Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Gary Thornton & Janet Cottrell)

M.C Location Booked Actual Booked Actual M.C
0.00 St Pancras 07.40d 07.40 21.21a 22.29 385.35
4.00 West Hampstead 07/47 07/48 21/15 22/21 381.35
6.79 Hendon 07/50 07/51 21/05 22/17 378.36
19.71 St Albans 08.02a ~ 08.03d 08.01 ~ 08.03 20.52a ~ 20.54d 22.01 ~ 22.02 365.44
30.19 Luton 08/14 08/13 20/38 21/51 355.16
40.24 Flitwick 08/21 08/21 20/31 21/41 345.11
49.78 Bedford North Jn 08/30 08/28 20/18 21/32 335.37
56.45 Sharnbrook 08/35 08/32 20/10 21/28 328.70
65.11 Wellingborough 08.43a ~ 08.44d 08.40 ~ 08.44 19.58a ~ 20.01d 21.19 ~ 21.20 320.24
72.01 Kettering 08/52 08.52a ~ 08.54d 19/48 21/13 313.34
82.74 Market Harborough 09/02 09/07 19/38 21/05 302.41
95.71 Wigston North Jn 09/14 09/18 19/26 20/55 289.44
99.07 Leicester 09.18a ~ 09.19d 09.22 ~ 09.23 19.20a ~ 19.21d 20.49a ~ 20.51d 286.28
103.78 Syston South Jn 09/26 09/29 19/13 20/45 281.37
111.46 Loughborough 09/32 09/34 19/07 20/40 273.69
119.16 Trent South Jn 09/39 09/44 18/57 20/35 266.19

 

M.C Location Booked Actual
121.26 Toton Jn 09/44 09/47
125.09 Trowell Jn 09/48 09/51
129.69 Langley Mill 09/54 09/57
133.69 Pye Bridge Jn 10/00 10/02
135.54 Pinxton 10/05 ??.??a ~ 10.14d
139.07 Kirkby Summit 10/15 10/24
145.22 Shirebrook Jn 10/30 10/56
145.67 Warsop Jn 10L36a ~ 10L45d 10.58 ~ 11.07
152.28 Thoresby Colliery Jn 11.02a ~ 11.07d 11.25 ~ 11.27
153.46 Thoresby Colliery 11.14a ~ 11.21d 11.47 ~ 11.48
154.64 Thoresby Colliery Jn 11.31a ~ 11.36d 12.00 ~ 12.07
156.76 Ollerton 11p46a ~ 12p06d 12.11 ~ 12.26
157.58 Boughton Jn 12/11 12/31
165.11 High Marnham PS 12.31a ~ 12.43d 13.06 ~ 13.08
172.44 Boughton Jn 13/03 13/38
176.66 Bevercotes Colliery 13.20a ~ 13.25d 14.02 ~ 14.05
181.08 Boughton Jn 13.40a ~ 13.45d 14.34 ~ 14.35
185.63 Clipstone East Jn 14/05 14/50
186.06 Clipstone South Jn 14/10 14/51
192.09 Bilsthorpe Colliery 14.30a ~ 14.40d 15.23 ~ 15.24
196.24 Rufford Colliery Jn 14.55a ~ 15.00d 15.43 ~ 15.44
198.43 Rufford Colliery 15.10a ~ 15.20d 15.58 ~ 16.00
202.50 Clipstone South Jn 15/35 16/19
202.68 Clipstone West Jn 15/40 16/20
204.63 Welbeck Colliery Jn 15.45a ~ 15.50d 16.27 ~ 16.42
207.45 Welbeck Colliery 16.05a ~ 16.10d 17.03 ~ 17.06
210.27 Welbeck Colliery Jn 16.20a ~ 16.25d 17.21 ~ 17.32
212.67 Warsop Jn 16/35 17/40
213.55 Shirebrook East Jn 16/40 17/42
217.30 Elmton & Cresswell 16/50 17/50
222.08 Oxcroft Jn 17.10a ~ 17.15d 18.06 ~ 18.32
223.08 Oxcroft Disposal Point 17.25a ~ 17.35d 18.49 ~ 18.54
224.08 Oxcroft Jn 17L45a ~ 17L55d 19.07 ~ 19.11
229.41 Barrow Hill North Jn 18/15 19/30
232.28 Tapton Jn 18/20 19/35
232.67 Chesterfield 18.25a ~ 18.27d 19.53 ~ 19.53
236.77 Clay Cross South Jn 18/32 19/59
247.05 Ambergate Jn 18/41 20/08
256.78 Derby 18.44a ~ 18.45d 20.21 ~ 20.25
259.48 Spondon 18/50 20/30

Timings continue in first table.

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