18th May 1996

A1A Charters
Lost Horizon

Locos Used 31149, 31154, 31186, 56045, 86607 & 86609

Route :
1Z64 : Preston to ??
1Z72 : ?? to Preston

Loco(s) Route
31154 Preston - Bolton - Manchester Piccadilly - Stoke-on-Trent - Colwich Jn - Nuneaton
86607 + 86609 Nuneaton - (via WCML) - Camden Jn - Navarino Road Jn - London Liverpool Street
31149 + 31186 London Liverpool Street - Cambridge - Bury St Edmunds - Ipswich - Harwich International
56045 (1) Harwich International - Ipswich - Felixstowe
31149 + 31186 (2) Felixstowe - Ipswich
31149 + 31186 Ipswich - Diss - Stowmarket - Norwich
31149 + 31186 Norwich - Thetford - Peterborough - Leicester - Nuneaton
31154 Nuneaton - Stafford - Stoke-on-Trent - Manchester Piccadilly - Bolton - Preston

Notes :
(1) 31149 + 31186 on rear.
(2) 56045 on rear.


31149 leads 31186 at Norwich (photo: Chris Boon)

Source : Richard Hughes

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(From David Bellamy & Peter Finan)

Location

 Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Preston 04.03d ?   23.45a ?
Euxton Jn 04/10 ?   ? ?
Chorley 04/15 ?   23/31 ?
Lostock Jn 04/23 ?   ? ?
Bolton 04/27 ?   23/20 ?
Salford Crescent 04/39 ?   ? ?
Ordsall Lane Jn 04/40 ?   ? ?
Deansgate 04/42 ?   ? ?
Manchester Oxford Road 04/43 ?   ? ?
Manchester Piccadilly 04/45 ?   22/54 ?
Slade Lane Jn 04/50 ?   ? ?
Heaton Norris Jn 04/53 ?   ? ?
Stockport 04.54a ~ 04.56d ?   22.38a ~ 22.40d ?
Edgeley Jn No.1 04/58 ?   ? ?
Cheadle Hulme 05/00 ?   ? ?
Macclesfield 05/11 ?   ? ?
Congleton 05/18 ?   ? ?
Kidsgrove 05/25 ?   ? ?
Stoke-on-Trent 05.32a ~ 05.34d ??.?? ~ 05.42   22.02a ~ 22.04d 22.16 ~ ??.??
Stone 05/43 ?   21/52 ?
Norton Bridge   21/46 ?
Stafford   21/41 21/54
Colwich 05/53 ?   21/38 ?
Rugeley 05/58 ?   ? ?
Lichfield Trent Valley 06/02 06/11   21/28 ?
Tamworth 06/08 ?   21/23 ?
Nuneaton 06L22a ~ 06L37d 06.33 ~ 06.45   21L00a ~ 21L12d 21.03 ~ 21.16

 

Location

 Booked Actual
Rugby

07/04

 07/01
Weedon

07/12

 ?
Hanslope Jn

07/20

 ?
Milton Keynes Central

07/28

 07/24
Bletchley

07/33

 ?
Tring
07/49
?
Watford Junction
08/03
?
Harrow & Wealdstone
08/09
?
Wembley Central
08/15
08.06 ~ 08.11
Camden Jn
08/24
?
Camden Road Jn
08/27
?
Dalston Jn

08/41

 ?
Bethnal Green

08/47

 ?
London Liverpool Street

08L50a ~ 09L28d

 08.53 ~ 09.28
Bethnal Green

09/31

 ?
Hackney Downs

09/35

 ?
Seven Sisters

09/41

 09/41
Bury Street Jn

09/48

 ?
Cheshunt

09/54

 ?
Broxbourne

09/58

 ?
Bishops Stortford

10/15

 10/12
Elsenham
10/23
?
Audley End
10/31
10/23
Shepreth Branch Jn
10/44
?
Cambridge
10/53
10.42 ~ 10.55
Coldham Lane Jn
10/55
?
Dullingham
11/12
?
Chippenham Jn
11/20
?
Bury St Edmunds
11/36
11/38
Haughley Jn
11/54
?
Ipswich
12/11
12/14
Manningtree North Jn
12/23
?
Manningtree East Jn
12/24
?
Harwich International
12L37a ~ 13L00d
12.40 ~ 13.00
Manningtree East Jn
13/11
?
Manningtree North Jn
13/12
?
Ipswich
13/24
13/24
East Suffolk Jn
13/25
?
Derby Road
13/40
?
Trimley
13/51
?
Felixstowe
13.56a ~ 14.16d
13.54 ~ 14.16
Trimley
14/22
?
Derby Road
14/32
?
East Suffolk Jn
14/48
?
Ipswich
14L49a ~ 15L09d
14.45 ~ 15.09
Haughley Jn
15/25
?
Diss
15/38
15/38
Trowse Jn
15/58
?
Swing Bridge Jn
15/59
?
Norwich
16.01a ~ 17.43d
16.01 ~ 17.43
Swing Bridge Jn
17/44
?
Trowse Jn
17/45
?
Wymondham
17/56
?
Attleborough
18/02
?
Thetford
18/17
18/17
Brandon
18/25
?
Ely North Jn
18/43
?
Ely West Jn
18/48
?
March
19/04
19/04
Whittlesea
19/14
?
Peterborough East Jn
19/24
?
Peterborough
19.25a ~ 19.27d
19.25 ~ 19.26
Helpston Jn
19/34
?
Stamford
19/43
?
Manton Jn
19/52
?
Langham Jn
20/03
?
Melton Mowbray
20/14
20/13
Syston East Jn
20/28
?
Leicester
20/35
20.34 ~ 20.35
Wigston North Jn
20/40
?
Narborough
20/45
?
Hinckley
20/53
?

Timings continue in first table.

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