24th February 2001

Hertfordshire Rail Tours
The Spinning Jenny Merrymaker
(Merrymaker Series)

Locos Used 66034 & 90033
Stock Used load 14 including 6311

Route :
1Z36 : Kings Cross to Wigan
1Z37 : Wigan to Kings Cross

Loco Route
90033 London Kings Cross - (via ECML) - Loversall Carr Jn - Doncaster Royal Mail Platform
66034 Doncaster Royal Mail Platform - Bridge Jn - Mexborough - Swinton - Aldwarke Jn - Holmes Jn - Wincobank Jn - Sheffield - Dore Station Jn - Edale - Chinley - New Mills South Jn - Hazel Grove - Edgeley Jn - Stockport - Heaton Norris Jn - Denton Jn - Ashton Moss North Jn - Philips Park West Jn - Miles Platting - Manchester Victoria - Ordsall Lane Jn - Eccles - Parkside Jn - Golborne Jn - (via WCML) - Wigan North Western
66034 Wigan North Western - (reverse of outward route) - Ashton Moss North Jn - Stalybridge - Diggle Jn - Marsden - Huddersfield - Heaton Lodge East Jn - Mirfield Jn - Horbury Jn - Wakefield Kirkgate - Calder Bridge Jn - Hare Park Jn - South Kirkby Jn - Adwick - Doncaster
90033? Doncaster - (via ECML) - London Kings Cross

Notes :
(1) Route confirmation required - above is from booked timings, plus use of 90033 on return leg. The full tour name as given on the front page of the brochure was;
'Spinning Jenny
Merrymaker
to Manchester Victoria
and Wigan North Western'

Sources : Gary Thornton, Mike Tetlow & Alan Restell

Timings (Booked Only)
(from Alan Restell)

M.C

Location

 Booked (out) Booked (rtn) M.C
0.00 Kings Cross 08.33d 21.27a 482.33
2.41 Finsbury Park 08/37 21/19 479.72
4.78 Alexandra Palace 08/39 21/14 477.35
12.57 Potters Bar 08.45a ~ 08.47d 21.00a ~ 21.02d 469.56
20.25 Welwyn Garden City 08/55 20/53 462.08
23.73 Woolmer Green 08/58 20/51 458.40
27.45 Stevenage 09.02a ~ 09.05d 20.45a ~ 20.47d 454.68
31.74 Hitchin 09/10 20/39 450.39
44.10 Sandy 09/17 20/30 438.23
58.70 Huntingdon 09/27 20/21 423.43
69.26 Holme 09/41 20/15 413.07
76.29 Peterborough 09.48a ~ 09.50d 20.05a ~ 20.07d 406.04
84.64 Tallington Jn 10/01 19/56 397.49
99.61 Stoke Jn 10/13 19/43 382.52
105.38 Grantham 10/17 19/37 376.75
109.56 Barkston South Jn 10/19 19/32 372.57
120.08 Newark North Gate 10/26 19/25 362.25
138.49 Retford 10/37 19/14 343.64
152.00 Loversall Carr Jn 10/46 19/06 330.33

 

M.C

Location

 Booked
154.13 Decoy North Jn 10L50 ~ 11L10
155.38 Bridge Jn 11/13
157.16 Hexthorpe Jn 11/16
162.21 Mexborough 11/21
163.35 Swinton 11/23
165.36 Aldwarke Jn 11/25
168.63 Holmes Jn 11/32
170.54 Wincobank Jn 11/39
173.66 Sheffield 11*50 ~ 11*56
177.56 Dore Station Jn 12/04
178.34 Dore West Jn 12/05
179.38 Totley Tunnel East 12/06
183.08 Grindleford 12/11
189.38 Earles' Sidings S.B. 12/17
193.41 Edale 12/21
197.70 Chinley East Jn 12/27
201.71 New Mills South Jn 12/32
207.62 Hazel Grove 12/44
210.02 Edgeley Jn No.1 12/48
210.47 Stockport 12/49
211.22 Heaton Norris Jn 12/53
215.32 Denton Jn 12/59
218.53 Ashton Moss North Jn 13/08
222.24 Philips Park West Jn 13/19
222.56 Miles Platting 13/25
224.14 Manchester Victoria 13.33a ~ 13.35d
225.26 Ordsall Lane Jn 13/43
228.05 Eccles 13/47
239.08 Parkside Jn 13/59
239.66 Golborne Jn 14/02
244.31 Springs Branch Jn 14/12
245.60 Wigan North Western 14.15a ~ 16.36d
247.09 Springs Branch Jn 16/38
251.54 Golborne Jn 16/42
252.32 Parkside Jn 16/44
263.35 Eccles 16/56
266.14 Ordsall Lane Jn 17/04
267.26 Manchester Victoria 17.09a ~ 17.12d
268.64 Miles Platting 17/15
269.16 Philips Park West Jn 17/17
272.67 Ashton Moss North Jn 17/22
274.78 Stalybridge 17/31
282.05 Diggle Jn 17/41
286.00 Marsden 17/45
293.06 Huddersfield 17/51
297.20 Heaton Lodge East Jn 17/54
298.03 Mirfield Jn 17/56
305.09 Horbury Jn 18/02
307.33 Wakefield Kirkgate 18/10
307.79 Calder Bridge Jn 18/13
310.40 Hare Park Jn 18/19
316.39 South Kirkby Jn 18/26
321.48 Adwick Jn 18/33
326.36 Doncaster 18L42 ~ 19L02

Timings continue in first table.

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