26th June 1993
Hertfordshire Rail Tours
The Castor & Pollocks
| Locos Used | 37371, 37518, 37798 & 47819 |
| Stock Used | 5630+5861+5878+5891+3266+1667+17164+5616+5863+5647+5689 |
Route : 1Z31 throughout
| Loco(s) | Route |
| 47819 | London Kings Cross - Potters Bar - Stevenage - Sandy - Peterborough - Grantham - Newark Northgate - Boultham Jn - West Holmes Jn - Lincoln Central - Market Rasen - Barnetby - east of station |
| 47819 (1) | east of Barnetby station - Habrough - Marsh West Jn - Pyewipe Road South Box - Immingham East Jn - Humber Road Jn |
| 37798 + 37518 (2) | Humber Road Jn - Immingham West Jn - Killingholme |
| 47819 (1) | Killingholme - Immingham West Jn - Humber Road Jn - Ulceby - Barnetby - Scunthorpe - Thorne Jn - Hatfield & Stainforth - Applehurst Jn - Joan Croft Jn - Temple Hirst Jn - Hambleton South Jn - Hambleton West Jn - Micklefield - Neville Hill West Jn - Hunslet East |
| 37798 + 37518 (2) | Hunslet East - Neville Hill West Jn - Micklefield - Hambleton East Jn - Selby - Brough - Hessle Road Jn - Springbank North Jn - Saltend Old Sidings |
| 47819 (1) | Saltend Old Sidings - Springbank North Jn - Hessle Road Jn - Brough - Gilberdyke - Goole - Thorne Jn - Hatfield & Stainforth - Doncaster |
| 47819 | Doncaster - Retford - Grantham - Peterborough - Connington South (3) |
| 37371 (4) | Connington South - Sandy - Stevenage - Potters Bar - London Kings Cross |
Notes :
(1) 37798 & 37518 on rear.
(2) 47819 on rear.
(3) 47819 failed near milepost 67 - variously reported as an oil leak or ran out
of fuel (confirmation of which is required).
(4) Plus 47819 dead-in-tow.
(5) The stop at Cross Gates turned into an impromptu photo-stop caused by a crew
change - the crew were on the unit behind the tour and so had to get out and
walk forward to the take over the train!

37798+37518 at Doncaster (photo: Simon Cresswell)
Sources : Alan Costello, Alan Sheppard, Solomon Riley &
Simon Cresswell
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Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Alan Sheppard & Solomon Riley)
| M.C | Location | Booked | Actual | Booked | Actual | M.C | |
| 0.00 | Kings Cross | 07.30d | ? | 21.30a | ? | 529.01 | |
| 2.41 | Finsbury Park | 07/34 | ? | 21/17 | 526.40 | ||
| 4.78 | Alexandra Palace | 07/37 | ? | 21/15 | ? | 524.03 | |
| 12.57 | Potters Bar | 07.44a ~ 07.46d | ? | 21.07a ~ 21.09d | ? | 516.24 | |
| 20.25 | Welwyn Garden City | 07/52 | ? | 21/00 | ? | 508.58 | |
| 21.20 | Digswell Jn | 07/53 | ? | 20/58 | ? | 507.61 | |
| 23.73 | Woolmer Green Jn | 07/55 | ? | 20/55 | ? | 505.08 | |
| 27.45 | Stevenage | 08.00a ~ 08.02d | ? | 20.48a ~ 20.50d | ? | 501.36 | |
| 31.74 | Hitchin | 08/07 | ? | 20/38 | ? | 497.07 | |
| 44.10 | Sandy | 08/15 | ? | 20/26 | ? | 484.71 | |
| 58.70 | Huntingdon | 08/26 | ? | 20/16 | ? | 470.11 | |
| 76.29 | Peterborough | 08.40a ~ 08.44d | ? | 19.58a ~ 20.00d | ? | 452.52 | |
| 84.64 | Tallington Jn | 08/55 | ? | 19/50 | ? | 444.17 | |
| 99.61 | Stoke Jn | 09/10 | ? | 19/40 | ? | 429.20 | |
| 105.38 | Grantham | 09/15 | ? | 19/34 | ? | 423.43 | |
| 109.56 | Barkston South Jn | 09/18 | ? | 19/30 | ? | 419.25 | |
| 120.08 | Newark Northgate | 09.26a ~ 09.28d | 09.28 ~ 09.30 | 19.16a ~ 19.18d | 19.53 ~ 19.57 | 408.73 |
| M.C | Location | Booked | Actual |
| 135.25 | Boultham Jn | 09/48 | 09/51 |
| 135.55 | West Holmes Jn | 09/49 | 09/52 |
| 136.43 | Lincoln Central | 09/52 | 09/54 |
| 136.55 | Pelham Street Jn | 09/53 | 09/55 |
| 142.56 | Langworth SB | 10/00 | ? |
| 151.27 | Market Rasen | 10/17 | ? |
| 165.26 | Wrawby Jn | 10/32 | 10/25 |
| 165.70 | Barnetby | 10.34a ~ 10.36d | 10.27 ~ 10.38 |
| 170.47 | Brocklesby | 10/42 | ? |
| 172.27 | Habrough | 10/45 | ? |
| 179.03 | Marsh West Jn | 10/55 | 11/05 |
| 180.67 | Pyewipe Road SB | 11/05 | 11.13a ~ 11.14d |
| 185.22 | Immingham East Jn | 11/15 | 11/29 |
| 187.51 | Humber Road Jn | 11L35a ~ 11L45d | 11.40 ~ 11.42 |
| 188.42 | Immingham West Jn | 11/50 | 11.47a ~ 11.48d |
| 191.46 | Killingholme | 12.10a ~ 12.20d | 12.03 ~ 12.06 |
| 194.50 | Immingham West Jn | 12/40 | 12/17 |
| 195.41 | Humber Road Jn | 12/45 | 12/23 |
| 199.10 | Ulceby | 12/53 | 12/29 |
| 200.23 | Brocklesby | 12/55 | 12/37 |
| 205.00 | Barnetby | 13c01a ~ 13c03d | 12.42 ~ 12.59 |
| 205.44 | Wrawby Jn | 13/06 | 13/02 |
| 216.24 | Scunthorpe | 13/20 | 13/23 |
| 230.70 | Thorne Jn | 13/40 | 13/43 |
| 232.38 | Hatfield & Stainforth | 13/42 | 13/45 |
| 236.14 | Applehurst Jn | 13/50 | 13/53 |
| 236.63 | Joan Croft Jn | 13/52 | 13.54a ~ 13.55d |
| 245.31 | Temple Hirst Jn | 14/02 | 14/07 |
| 250.25 | Hambleton South Jn | 14/09 | 14/11 |
| 251.48 | Hambleton West Jn | 14/11 | 14/12 |
| 257.74 | Micklefield | 14/20 | 14/21 |
| 263.16 | Cross Gates | 14/26 | 14/27 |
| 265.79 | Neville Hill West Jn | 14.35a ~ 14.40d | 14/33 |
| 267.20 | Hunslet East | 14.55a ~ 15.05d | 14.42 ~ 15.11 |
| 268.41 | Neville Hill West Jn | 15.17a ~ 15.20d | 15/16 |
| 271.24 | Cross Gates | 15/30 | 15c24 ~ 15c46 |
| 276.46 | Micklefield | 15/38 | 15/55 |
| 284.01 | Hambleton East Jn | 15/44 | 16/01 |
| 287.48 | Selby | 15/48 | 16/08 |
| 301.51 | Gilberdyke | 16/00 | 16/24 |
| 308.09 | Brough | 16/06 | 16/32 |
| 316.53 | Hessle Road Jn | 16c16a ~ 16c18d | 16/41 |
| 318.10 | Springbank North Jn | 16/25 | 16/50 |
| 325.23 | Saltend Old Sidings | 17.00a ~ 17.10d | 17.30 ~ 17.38 |
| 332.36 | Springbank North Jn | 17/40 | 18/14 |
| 333.73 | Hessle Road Jn | 17c47a ~ 17c49d | 18/20 |
| 342.37 | Brough | 17/57 | 18/36 |
| 348.75 | Gilberdyke | 18/04 | 18/43 |
| 355.52 | Goole | 18/12 | 18/52 |
| 364.50 | Thorne Jn | 18/22 | 19/00 |
| 373.04 | Doncaster | 18L34a ~ 18L45d | 19.14 ~ 19.22 |
| 377.01 | Loversall Carr Jn | 18/51 | 19/28 |
| 390.32 | Retford | 19/01 | 19/38 |
Timings continue in first table.
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