The stock - DMU vehicles 54207 & 59245 (photo: Roj Fraser)
29th April 2006
Appleby Frodingham
Railway Preservation Society
(Diesel Day Railtours)
| Locos Used | Tour 1 (10.00) - 1 (Corus 'Janus'
Loco) (YE 2877/1963) Tour 2 (11.00) - 4 (Corus 'Highline' Loco) (BD 3737-GECT 5437/1977) Tour 3 (12.00) - 08393 (supplied by EWS) (Derby - /1958) Tour 4 (13.00) - 75 (Corus Hunslet Bo-Bo Loco) (HE 7286/1972) Tour 5 (14.00) - 20901 (HNRC Class 20) (EE 3007-RSH 8259/1961) Tour 6 (15.00) - D2853 (HNRC Class 02) (YE 2812/1960) Tour 7 (16.00) - ARNOLD MACHIN (YE 2661/1958) - top 'n' tail with DL2 (WB 3151/1962) - 71 (Corus Hunslet Bo-Bo Loco) (HE 7282/1972) |
| Brake Loco | Tours 1, 2, 3, 5 & 6 had AFRPS owned 'ARNOLD
MACHIN' attached to the rear, assisiting occasionally particularly on Tour 6. Tour 4 had 20901 attached to rear. |
| Stock Used | DMU vehicles 54207 & 59245 |
Route:
| Tour | Loco(s) | Route |
| 1 - 6 | as listed above | Clockwise “Frodingham” Platform - Loco Shed (1) - Heavy Plate Mill - Dawes Lane - Brick Shed Jn - Mills Exchange Sidings (extreme LH line) - Medium Section Mill - (2) - Slab Bay (3) - (2) - Bridge 44 - Rod Mill - “Frodingham” Platform |
| 7 | ARNOLD MACHIN | “Frodingham” Platform - Loco Shed (1) - Heavy Plate Mill - Dawes Lane |
| 7 | DL2 | Dawes Lane - Container Terminal |
| 7 | ARNOLD MACHIN | Container Terminal - Dawes Lane |
| 7 | DL2 | Dawes Lane - Plate Iron Hill - Mould Shop (4) - Continuous Casting |
| 7 | ARNOLD MACHIN | Continuous Casting - Medium Section Mill (South End) (via new connection) |
| 7 | DL2 | Medium Section Mill (South End) - Slab Bay - Bridge 44 - Torpedo Repair Bay - “Frodingham” Platform |
Notes :
(1) Trains 1, 2 & 3 via RH line outside Loco Shed - Trains 4, 5, 6 & 7
via LH line outside Loco Shed.
(1b) An extra chain travelled on trip 3 due to taking the wrong route and
setting back in the depot vicinity.
(2) Normal “Outer”/“Up” line between South End of Medium Section Mill
and crossover near Gate “A” temporarily out of use – diverted via
“Inner”/“Down” line.
(3) Trains 1, 3 & 4 via RH line outside Slab Bay - Trains 2, 5, 6 & 7
via LH line outside Slab Bay.
(4) 71 (Corus Hunslet Bo-Bo Loco) (HE 7282/1972) (with 9? flats) attached at
Dawes Lane to the rear, thus sandwiching ARNOLD MACHIN in the middle of the
formation, until the stop at the East end of the Mould Shop.
The mileage for this part of Tour 7(d) was 2.08 miles, (2m06ch). There was some
speculation as to whether 71 was assisting . The first part was mainly level,
with a falling gradient on Plate Iron Hill, but the GPS does show a climb of
about 40 feet between the West end of the Mould Shop and the point of detachment
at it's East end, (approx 0.33m/27ch), and it would be unlikely that DL2 would
have managed the whole formation on it's own, even on the relatively level
sections. ARNOLD MACHIN was probably assisting too, where necessary.
The stock - DMU vehicles 54207 & 59245 (photo: Roj Fraser)
'Janus' no.1 (photo: Ken Reynolds)
'Highline' No.4 (photo: Ken Reynolds)
08393 (photo: Roj Fraser)
No. 75 (photo: Roj Fraser)
20901 - with 20904 in the background (photo: Roj Fraser)
Train brakes? Who needs brakes! (photo: Roj Fraser)
D2853 (photo: Ken Reynolds)
DL2 (photo: Ken Reynolds)
71 is seen on the rear of train 7 - by the look of the exhaust it looks like
a
very valid question as to whether it assisted or not (photo: Ken Reynolds)
'Arnold Machin' (photo: Roj Fraser)
Sources : Roj Fraser (travelled on all tours)
Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Alan Sheppard)
| Miles | M.C | Location | Booked | Actual |
|
Train 1
|
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| 0.00 | 0.00 | "Frodingham" | 10:00d | 10:02d |
| 6.70 | 6.56 | "Frodingham" | - | 10:49a |
|
Train 2
|
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| 0.00 | 0.00 | "Frodingham" | 11:00d | 11:02d |
| Entrance | AAE | 11L03 ~ 11L04 | ||
| 6.70 | 6.56 | "Frodingham" | - | 11:55a |
|
Train 3
|
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| 0.00 | 0.00 | "Frodingham" | 12:00d | 12:02d |
| Entrance | AAE | 12L03 ~ 12L05 | ||
| 6.71 | 6.57 | "Frodingham" | - | 12:52a |
|
Train 4
|
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| 0.00 | 0.00 | "Frodingham" | 13:00d | 13:07d |
| Entrance | AAE | 13L08 ~ 13L11 | ||
| 6.70 | 6.56 | "Frodingham" | - | 14:06a |
|
Train 5
|
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| 0.00 | 0.00 | "Frodingham" | 14:00d | 14:13d |
| Entrance | AAE | 14L14 ~ 14L16 | ||
| 6.70 | 6.56 | "Frodingham" | - | 15:04a |
|
Train 6
|
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| 0.00 | 0.00 | "Frodingham" | 15:00d | 15:13d |
| Entrance | AAE | 15L14 ~ 15L15 | ||
| 6.70 | 6.56 | "Frodingham" | - | 16:01a |
|
Train 7
|
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| 0.00 | 0.00 | "Frodingham" | 16.00d | 16.10d |
| Entrance | - | 16L11 ~ 16L13 | ||
| 0.97 0.00 |
0.78 0.00 |
Dawes Lane | - | 16.22 ~ 16.22˝ |
| 0.41 0.00 |
0.33 0.00 |
Container Terminal | - | 16.27 ~ 16.27˝ |
| 0.40 0.00 |
0.32 0.00 |
Dawes Lane | (4) | 16L33 ~ 16L33˝ |
| 2.08 | 2.06 | Mould Shop (East end) | (4) | 16L55 ~ 16L55˝ |
| 2.36 0.00 |
2.29 0.00 |
Continous Casting | - | 16.58 ~ 16.58˝ |
| 0.30 0.00 |
0.24 0.00 |
Medium Section Mill (South) | - | 17.02 ~ 17.02˝ |
| 3.48 | 3.38 | "Frodingham" | - | 17.33a |
Mileages
- in Decimal Miles and Miles & Chains supplied by Roj Fraser.
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