6th September 1958

Stephenson Locomotive Society (Edinburgh Section)
Lothian Lines Tour

Locos Used 67492 & 78049
Stock Used 4x ex-LNER coaches

Route : Headcode 213 throughout

Loco(s) Route
67492 Edinburgh Waverley - Haymarket - Craiglockhart Jn - Duddingston - Niddrie West Jn - Monktonhall Jn - Smeaton - Ormiston - Winton - Macmerry
67492 (2) Macmerry - Winton - Ormiston - Smeaton - Monktonhall Jn (2) - Wanton Walls Jn - (via Lothian Lines) - Niddrie North Jn - Leith South Jn - Portobello West Jn - Piershill Jn - Lochend Jn - Easter Road - Bonnington South Jn - Bonnington East Jn - North Leith goods yard (3)
67492 (4) North Leith goods yard - (5) Bonnington East Jn - Bonnington South Jn
67492 Bonnington South Jn - Bonnington North Jn (5) - Trinity Jn - Granton (ex-LNE) - Granton (ex-LMS) - Breakwater Jn - Pilton West Jn - Crew Jn - Murrayfield - Coltbridge Jn - Dalry Jn - Edinburgh Princes Street

Notes :
(1) Route confirmation required - as shown above is from booked timings. Tour timing sheet referred to this outing as the 'Edinburgh Excursion'.
(2) 78049 provided assistance in rear 'from Inveresk Junction' (believed an alternative name for Monktonhall Jn?), but to where?
(3) Booked to reverse at Leith Citadel (formerly North Leith) station however 'due to insufficient platform clearance the train entered the goods yard at North Leith instead.
(4) Loco propelling.
(5) Apparent contradiction in the tour itinerary over the route at this point - timing sheet shows the train returning to
Bonnington South Jn (2min stop - to reverse) however the route description says the train will diverge right at Bonnington East Jn, passing Bonnington South (Square Crossing) on the left before reaching Trinity Jn. An SLS journal of the time describes the train being propelled back from North Leith ('to Bonnington Jn') therefore it is assumed a reversal took place at South Jn to put the loco leading again to Granton. It is therefore believed that the timing sheet was correct and the route description in the tour brochure in error.


From The John Debens Ticket Collection.

Sources : John Debens, John Robin & Ian Clark (SLS)

Timings (Booked Only)
(from John Debens)

Location Booked
Edinburgh Waverley 13.55d
Haymarket 13/58
Gorgie Jn 14/00
Duddingston 14.10 ~ 14.20
Niddrie West Jn 14/23
Monktonhall Jn 14/31
Smeaton Jn 14/36
Ormiston Jn 14/49
Macmerry 14.57 ~ 15.07
Ormiston Jn 15.17 ~ 15.27
Smeaton 15.42 ~ 15.50
Monktonhall Jn 14/55
Wanton Walls 16/01 [Lothian Lines]
Niddrie North Jn 16/05
Leith South Jn 16/10
Portobello West Jn 16/12
Piershill Jn 16/14
Lochend Jn 16/15
Easter Road 16.18 ~ 16.23
Bonnington South Jn 16/28
Bonnington East Jn 16/29
Leith Citadel 16.34 ~ 16.42
Bonnington East Jn 16/55
Bonnington South Jn (see note 3 above) 16.59 ~ 17.01
Bonnington South (Square Crossing) 17.04 ~ 17.09
Trinity Jn 17.12 ~ 17.17
Granton (ex-LNE) 17.22 ~ 17.32
Granton (ex-LMS) 17.37 ~ 17.47
Crew Jn 17/52
Dalry Road 17/59
Edinburgh Princes Street 18.02a


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