2nd January 1997

Hertfordshire Rail Tours
The Deltic Reunion

Loco Used D9000 'Royal Scots Grey'
Stock Used 5007+4956+5023+5037+4925+4939+1667+17023+4998+4999

Route : 1Z55 throughout

Loco Route
D9000 London Kings Cross - (via ECML) - Doncaster - Thorne Jn - Goole - Gilberdyke - Hull
D9000 Hull - Gilberdyke - Selby - South Milford - Leeds - Harrogate - York (2) - (via ECML) - London Kings Cross

Notes :
(1) This train was run 15 years to the day since the 'last' Deltic hauled railtour which ran in 1982. It was somewhat more successful than the return to mainline running for D9000 which was on 30th November 1996 when D9000 suffered an exhaust system fire at Berwick-upon-Tweed.
(2) Whilst at York, D9000 ran to the National Railway Museum and was posed on the turntable in the great hall alongside DELTIC, the prototype. Departure from York was delayed by a lack of available driver.

Sources : Gary Thornton (on train throughout) & Alan Sheppard

Photo Review
(all photos: Gary Thornton)


D9000 ready to leave Kings Cross.


Daylight and snow - waiting time at Peterborough.


More snow - Hull.


D9000 looked superb on arrival at York. Were we really doing this?


D9000 on the turntable at the Railway Museum, DELTIC looks on.


Kings Cross - at the end of a simply amazing day out.


Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Gary Thornton, Alan Sheppard, Nigel Rollings/Gordon Lacy)

M.C Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual M.C
0.00 Kings Cross 08.03d 08.04   21.43a 22.20 476.02
2.41 Finsbury Park 08/10 08/10   21/28 22/15 473.41
4.78 Alexandra Palace 08/13 08/13   21/24 22/13 471.04
12.57 Potters Bar 08/20 08/19   21/16 22/08 463.25
20.25 Welwyn Garden City 08/26 08/24   21/11 22/02 455.57
23.73 Woolmer Green 08/29 08/26   21/08 22/00 452.09
27.45 Stevenage 08.33a ~ 08.35d 08.29 ~ 08.35   21.03a ~ 21.05d 21.54 ~ 21.55 448.37
31.74 Hitchin 08/40 08/42   20/58 21/49 444.08
44.10 Sandy 08/53 08/51   20/49 21/40 431.72
58.70 Huntingdon 09/09 09/02   20/39 21/31 417.12
69.26 Holme 09/17 09/09   20/32 21/23 406.56
76.29 Peterborough 09.24a ~ 09.26d 09.15 ~ 09.26   20.19a ~ 20.24d 21.12 ~ 21.15 399.53
84.64 Tallington 09/35 09/35   20/10 21/02 391.18
99.61 Stoke Jn 09/47 09/44   19/58 20/53 376.21
105.38 Grantham 09/51 09/48   19/53 20/49 370.44
109.56 Barkston South Jn 09/54 09/51   19/50 20/47 366.26
120.08 Newark Northgate 10/02 09/57   19/42 20/40 355.74
126.25 Carlton-on-Trent 10*08 ~ 10*16 10/01   ? ? ?
138.49 Retford 10/28 10/11   19/29 20/25 337.33
152.00 Loversall Carr Jn 10/39 10/21   19/19 20/12 324.02
155.77 Doncaster 10c44 ~ 10c46 10.27 ~ 10.44   19c11 ~ 19c13 20.03 ~ 20.06 320.05

 

M.C Location Booked Actual
164.31 Thorne Jn 10/55 10/54
173.29 Goole 11/08 11/04
180.06 Gilberdyke 11/18 11/11
186.44 Brough 11/25 11/17
197.02 Hull [P7] 11.42a ~ 12.42d 11.32 ~ 12.46
207.40 Brough 12/52 12/59
213.78 Gilberdyke 13/00 13/05
228.01 Selby 13/15 13.19 ~ 13.20
231.48 Hambleton East Jn 13/22 13/26
239.03 Micklefield 13/35 13/32
244.25 Cross Gates 13/41 13/37
248.61 Leeds [P8] 13/52 13.44 ~ 13.51
249.29 Whitehall Jn 13/54 13/54
249.74 Wortley Jn 13/55 13/55
254.41 Horsforth 14/02 14/00
261.75 Rigton SB 14/12 14/11
267.04 Harrogate 14/21 14/21
270.68 Knaresborough 14*28a ~ 14*38d 14.30 ~ 14.42
277.22 Cattal 14/48 14/52
278.61 Hammerton 14/52 14/55
284.48 Poppleton 15/00 15/04
285.72 Skelton Jn 15/05 15/07
287.42 York [P9] 15.15a ~ 18.40d 15.12 ~ 19.31
293.03 Colton Jn 18/46 19/42
301.07 Hambleton North Jn 18/52 19/48
306.66 Temple Hirst Jn 18/56 19/52
315.66 Shaftholme Jn 19/06 19/58

Timings continue in first table.

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