8th March 1975

British Rail
(Day Excursion)

Loco Used 53
Stock Used 35219+25089+25227+25186+24859+1933+15328+15317+4459+3752+34552+4514+4531

Route : 1Z72 throughout

Loco Route
53 Leicester - Loughborough - Trent - Beeston - Nottingham
53 Nottingham - Alfreton & Mansfield Parkway - Chesterfield - Tapton Jn - Barrow Hill North Jn - Cudworth - Rotherham Masborough - Normanton - Castleford - York - (via ECML) - Edinburgh Waverley
53 Edinburgh Waverley - (reverse of outward route) - Nottingham
53 Nottingham - (reverse of outward route) - Leicester

Notes :
(1) Off train options;
(2) Howard Parker comments: A DMU connection was provided from Burton on Trent, calling at Derby, Long Eaton and Beeston to Nottingham (and return in the evening). On the outward journey the extended stops south and north of Alnmouth were due to a freight train having failed further north. This was eventually seen in the down loop at Belford. 47125 had failed and had been rescued by 40136. My time at Edinburgh was spent on a return to Inverkeithing (out on a DMU and return behind 47043). This achieved 2 things – travelling past Haymarket depot and a trip across the Forth Bridge. After that, it was walking to Princes Street gardens to view rail movements.

Source : Howard Parker (on the train throughout)

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Howard Parker)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Leicester 06.35d 06.34   00.06a 00.25
Loughborough ??.??a ~ ??.??d ??.?? ~ 06.50   ??.??a ~ ??.??d 00.10 ~ ??.??
Nottingham ??.??a ~ ??.??d 07.10 ~ 07.26   ??.??a ~ ??.??d 23.35 ~ 23.45
Alfreton & Mansfield Parkway ??.??a ~ ??.??d ??.?? ~ 07.55   ??.??a ~ ??.??d 23.07 ~ ??.??
Chesterfield ? 08/10   ? 22/50
Barrow Hill ? ?   ? ?
Rotherham Masborough South ??c?? ~ ??c?? 08.35 ~ 08.37   ? 22/25
Normanton ? ?   ? ?
Castleford ? 09/07   ? 21/50
York ??c?? ~ ??c?? 09.28 ~ 09.32   ??c?? ~ ??c?? 21.20 ~ 21.24
Thirsk ? 09/50   ? ?
Northallerton ? 09/57   ? ?
Darlington ? 10/07   ? ?
Durham ? 10/26   ? 20/30
Chester-le-Street ? 10/32   ? ?
Newcastle ??c?? ~ ??c?? 10.45 ~ 10.50   ??c?? ~ ??c?? 20.10 ~ 20.14
[south of] Alnmouth ? 11.26 ~ 12.08   ? ?
[north of] Alnmouth ? 12.10 ~ 12.25   ? ?
Berwick-upon-Tweed ? 13/15   ? 18/55
Edinburgh Waverley 12.57a 14.25   18.00d 18.03


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