Photo Review
20th October 1984
Hertfordshire Rail Tours
The Don & Fiddler
| Locos Used | 31117, 31121, 40012, 47316 & 81013 |
| Stock Used | load 12 |
Route : 1Z36 throughout
| Loco(s) | Route |
| 31117 + 31121 | 06.50d Reading – Ealing Broadway – Acton Wells Jn – Dudding Hill Jn – Brent Curve Jn – Luton – Bedford – Kettering – Leicester – Trent South Jn – Toton Centre - Trowell Jn - Clay Cross South Jn - Chesterfield – Sheffield |
| 40012 (1) | Sheffield – Ecclesfield – Barnsley – Penistone – Huddersfield |
| 40012 | Huddersfield – Diggle – Stalybridge – Ashton Moss North Jn – Baguley Fold Jn – Philips Park No. 2 – Ashburys – Gorton – Trafford Park East Jn – Warrington Central – Hunts Cross – Edge Hill – Liverpool Lime Street |
| 81013 (2) | Liverpool Lime Street - Mount Pleasant Tunnel |
| 81013 (3) | Mount Pleasant Tunnel - Liverpool Lime Street |
| 40012 | 15.35d Liverpool Lime Street – Ditton Jn – Arpley Jn – Skelton Jn – Cheadle Jn – New Mills South Jn – Chinley – Grindleford – Totley Tunnel East – Sheffield |
| 31121 + 31117 | Sheffield – Woodhouse – Beighton Jn – Chesterfield – Derby – Trent South Jn – Leicester – (reverse of outward route) - Reading |
Notes :
(1) Banked
by 47316 between Barnsley and Penistone.
(2) 81013 was used to drag the tour stock out to Mount Pleasant Tunnel to
release 40012.
(30 Loco propelling.
Sources : Ian Monkton
(on the train throughout) & Adrian Nicholls
Photo Review
The 31's at Leicester (photo: Stewart Levett)
40012 paused for photos at Denby Dale (photo: Michael Croxford)
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