28th December 1990
Hertfordshire Rail Tours
The Aireliner
| Loco Used | 47850 |
| Stock Used | Booked for load 12 |
Route : 1G70 throughout
| Loco | Route |
| 47850 | London Kings Cross - (via ECML) - Shaftholme Jn - Knottingley South Jn - Knottingley East Jn - Whitley Bridge Jn - Eggborough Power Station - Whitley Bridge Jn - Knottingley - Pontefract Monkhill - Oakenshaw South Jn - Dearne Valley Jn - Grimethorpe Colliery |
| 47850 | Grimethorpe Colliery - Dearne Valley Jn - Oakenshaw South Jn - Wakefield Kirkgate - Wakefield Westgate - Holbeck East Jn - Whitehall Jn - Engine Shed Jn - Methley Jn - Altofts Jn - Normanton - Turners Lane Jn - Crofton West Jn - Pontefract Monkhill - Knottingley - Drax Branch Jn - Drax Power Station - Drax Branch Jn - Knottingley - Ferrybridge North Jn - Milford Jn - Gascoigne Wood Jn - Hambleton West Jn - Hambleton South Jn - Temple Hirst Jn - Shaftholme Jn - Doncaster - (via ECML) - London Kings Cross |
Sources : Alan Costello & John Broderick
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Timings (Booked Only)
(from John Broderick)
| M.C | Location | Booked (out) | Booked (rtn) | M.C |
| 0.00 | Kings Cross | 07.33d | 19.23a | 456.63 |
| 2.41 | Finsbury Park | 07/38 | 19/12 | 454.22 |
| 4.78 | Alexandra Palace | 07/41 | 19/09 | 451.65 |
| 12.57 | Potters Bar | 07.50a ~ 07.52d | 18.57a ~ 18.59d | 444.06 |
| 20.25 | Welwyn Garden City | 08/00 | ? | ? |
| 23.73 | Woolmer Green | ? | 18/48 | 432.70 |
| 27.45 | Stevenage | 08.07a ~ 08.09d | 18.41a ~ 18.43d | 429.18 |
| 31.74 | Hitchin | 08/14 | 18/36 | 424.69 |
| 44.10 | Sandy | 08/23 | 18/24 | 412.53 |
| 58.70 | Huntingdon | 08/34 | 18/14 | 397.73 |
| 76.29 | Peterborough | 08.56a ~ 08.58d | 17.54a ~ 17.59d | 380.34 |
| 84.64 | Tallington | 09/07 | 17/47 | 371.79 |
| 99.61 | Stoke | 09/22 | 17/37 | 357.02 |
| 105.38 | Grantham | 09.29a ~ 09.36d | 17.27a ~ 17.29d | 351.25 |
| 109.22 | Barkston South Jn | 09/43 | 17/22 | 347.07 |
| 120.08 | Newark Northgate | 09/50 | 17/14 | 336.55 |
| 138.49 | Retford | 10/04 | 16*52 ~ 16*58 | 318.14 |
| 152.00 | Loversall Carr Jn | 10/16 | 16/39 | 304.63 |
| 155.77 | Doncaster | 10.21a ~ 10.23d | 16.32a ~ 16.34d | 300.66 |
| 160.16 | Shaftholme Jn | 10/30 | 16/26 | 296.47 |
| M.C | Location | Booked |
| 170.25 | Knottingley South Jn | 10/43 |
| 170.45 | Knottingley East Jn | 10/45 |
| 174.57 | Whitley Bridge Jn | 10/53 |
| 175.64 | Eggborough Power Station | 11/08 |
| 176.71 | Whitley Bridge Jn | 11/23 |
| 181.36 | Knottingley | 11/32 |
| 183.25 | Pontefract Monkhill | 11/36 |
| 190.64 | Oakenshaw South Jn | 11/45 |
| 199.66 | Dearne Valley Jn | 11/57 |
| 202.50 | Grimethorpe Colliery | 12.15 ~ 12.30 |
| 205.34 | Dearne Valley Jn | 12/48 |
| 214.36 | Oakenshaw South Jn | 13/00 |
| 216.22 | Wakefield Kirkgate | 13.06a ~ 13.30d |
| 226.17 | Holbeck East Jn | 13/49 |
| 226.35 | Whitehall Jn | 13/51 |
| 226.67 | Engine Shed Jn | 13c55 ~ 13c57 |
| 234.50 | Methley Jn | 14/10 |
| 236.07 | Altofts Jn | 14/12 |
| 236.76 | Normanton | 14/14 |
| 239.29 | Turners Lane Jn | 14/18 |
| 241.11 | Crofton West Jn | 14/22 |
| 248.19 | Pontefract Monkhill | 14/30 |
| 250.08 | Knottingley | 14c35 ~ 14c37 |
| 257.37 | Drax Branch Jn | 14/55 |
| 261.53 | Drax Power Station | 15/13 |
| 265.69 | Drax Branch Jn | 15/30 |
| 273.18 | Knottingley | 15c49 ~ 15c51 |
| 273.79 | Ferrybridge North Jn | 15/54 |
| 278.08 | Milford Jn | 16/00 |
| 279.46 | Gascoigne Wood Jn | 16/04 |
| 281.30 | Hambleton West Jn | 16/07 |
| 282.53 | Hambleton South Jn | 16/15 |
| 287.47 | Temple Hirst Jn | 16/19 |
Timings continue in first table.
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