28th - 29th August 1999

Hertfordshire Rail Tours
The Tattoo

Locos Used 56120 & 86426
Stock Used 21269+3120+1698+3121+3147+3146+3141+1680+3097+2834

Route :
1N50 : Kings Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
1Z91 : Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Central
1Z92 : Glasgow Central to Kings Cross

Date Loco(s) Route
28/08 86426 London Kings Cross - (via ECML) - Edinburgh Waverley - Haymarket - Midcalder Jn - Carstairs - Motherwell - Uddingston Jn - Rutherglen East Jn - Eglinton Jn - Glasgow Central
29/08 86426 Glasgow Central - Carlisle
29/08 56120 (1) Carlisle - (vua S&C) - Hellifield - Shipley - Whitehall Jn - Engine Shed Jn - Altofts Jn - Turners Lane Jn - Hare Park Jn - Adwick - Doncaster - Bessacarr Jn - Trent Jn - Gainsborough Lea Road - Pyewipe Jn - Boultham Jn - Newark Northgate - Grantham - Peterborough
29/08 86426 Peterborough - (via ECML) - London Kings Cross

Notes :
(1) Plus 86426 dead-in-tow.


56120 & 86426 at Doncaster.

Source & photo : Robert Frise (on the train throughout)

Timings (Booked Only)
(from Robert Frise)

28th August (out) & 29th August (rtn) :

M.C Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn) M.C
0.00 Kings Cross 08.18d 19.19a 868.51
2.41 Finsbury Park 08/22 19/14 866.10
4.78 Alexandra Palace 08/24 19/12 863.53
12.57 Potters Bar 08.31a ~ 08.33d 19.03a ~ 19.05d 855.74
20.25 Welwyn Garden City 08/41 18/56 848.26
23.73 Woolmer Green 08/0 18/53 844.58
27.45 Stevenage 08.53a ~ 08.55d 18.47a ~ 18.47d 841.06
31.74 Hitchin 09/00 18/43 836.57
44.10 Sandy 09/10 18/35 824.41
58.70 Huntingdon 09/20 18/26 809.61
69.26 Holme 09/27 18/21 799.25
76.29 Peterborough 09.33a ~ 09.36d 18.03a ~ 18.14d 792.22
84.64 Tallington Jn 09/49 17/53 783.67
99.61 Stoke Jn 10/02 17/43 768.70
105.38 Grantham 10/06 17/38 763.13
109.56 Barkston South Jn 10/08 17/33 758.75
120.08 Newark Northgate 10/15 17/24 748.43
? Newark Crossing 10/26 - -
138.49 Retford 10/37 - -
152.00 Loversall Carr Jn 10c42a ~ 10c45d - -
- Boultham Jn - 17/04 733.26
- Pyewipe Jn - 17/01 732.41
- Gainsborough Lea Road - 16/27 718.45
- Trent Jns - 16/22 717.65
- Bessacarr Jn - 16/04 700.62
155.77 Doncaster 10c42a ~ 10c45d 15c52a ~ 15c55d 697.24

28th August (cont) :

M.C Location Booked
160.16 Shaftholme Jn 10/49
169.16 Temple Hirst Jn 10/54
174.75 Hambleton North Jn 10/58
182.79 Colton Jn 11/06
188.40 York 11/10
190.11 Skelton Jn 11/12
198.00 Tollerton 11/17
210.56 Thirsk 11/25
218.36 Northallerton 11/29
232.50 Darlington 11/39
244.57 Ferryhill South Jn 11/48
247.33 Tursdale Jn 11/49
254.53 Durham 11/55
268.02 King Edward Bridge South Jn 12/07
268.56 Newcastle 12c14a ~ 12c16d
270.50 Heaton South Jn 12/19
285.26 Morpeth 12/31
303.45 Alnmouth 12/43
319.13 Belford 12/53
335.56 Berwick-upon-Tweed 13/04
345.78 Reston 13/12
351.78 Grantshouse 13*22a ~ 13*30d
364.07 Dunbar 13/40
375.32 Drem 13/48
386.77 Monktonhall Jn 13/58
389.53 Portobello Jn 14/00
393.12 Edinburgh Waverley 14.13a ~ 22.10d
394.31 Haymarket 22/13
395.57 Slateford Jn 22/15
405.06 Midcalder Jn 22/21
421.72 Carstairs 22/35
424.27 Lanark Jn 22/37
432.28 Law Jn 22/42
435.58 Shieldmuir 22/45
437.57 Motherwell 22/51
443.76 Newton 23/03
446.51 Rutherglen East Jn 23/11
450.46 Glasgow Central 23.19a

29th August :
(timings completed in first table)

M.C Location Booked
450.46 Glasgow Central 10.02d
454.41 Rutherglen East Jn 10/15
457.16 Newton 10/20
459.01 Uddingston Jn 10/23
465.35 Motherwell 10/26
465.34 Shieldmuir Jn 10/28
468.64 Law Jn 10/30
476.65 Lanark Jn 10/35
479.20 Carstairs 10/38
495.03 Abington 10/48
503.09 Beattock Summit 10/53
513.33 Beattock 11/00
527.07 Lockerbie 11/08
542.60 Quintinshill 11/20
544.16 Gretna Jn 11/23
552.73 Carlisle 11L35a ~ 11L50d
553.65 Petteril Bridge Jn 11/53
583.55 Appleby 12/29
594.37 Kirkby Stephen 12/42
612.38 Blea Moor 13/05
626.37 Settle Jn 13/39
629.62 Hellifield 13/46
639.56 Skipton 14.04a ~ 14.06d
648.71 Keighley 14/18
655.06 Shipley 14/28
655.32 Dockfield Jn 14/30
658.78 Apperley Jn 14/35
664.58 Wortley Jn 14/42
665.23 Whitehall Jn 14/49
665.55 Engine Shed Jn 14/52
673.38 Methley Jn 15/04
674.75 Altofts Jn 15/08
678.17 Turners Lane Jn 15/13
678.67 Calder bridge Jn 15/15
679.79 Crofton West Jn 15/17
681.28 Hare Park Jn 15/20
687.27 South Kirkby Jn 15/28
692.36 Adwick Jn 15/35


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