Sat 23/09/23 - UKRT: "The Bluebell Railway"

National Rail

"0734" (039) Sheffield Park dep Bedford [1Z80]
[66718] + 6024 + 6054* + 6042 + 1212 + 3325 + 3340 + 3333 + 1651 + 3390 + 3345 + 17105
from Bedford P1 via us to Bedford Station Jcn, then ud Bletchley to MP15.67, then up Bedford = um to MP1.42, then ud Vale to MP0.49, then up Vale to MP0.12, then dn Vale to Bletchley South Jcn, then us to Sudbury Jcn, then uWr to Wembley Yard South Jcn N Xover, then dWr to MP0.62, then Acton Lane No. 1 recep to near MP0.36, where locos attached to 66718:
[73109] + [73212]
then No. 1 recep to MP0.36, then Acton Lane recep to MP0.17, then dWr to West London Jcn, then up WL to Falcon Jcn, then dBs to Balham Jcn, then dn CP, Norwood Junction P5, dLBs to Cottage Jcn, then ds, South Croydon P5, dn EG, East Grinstead P1, ud BR conn [NR | BR] ud NR conn to East Grinstead GF A, then ud to Kingscote P2

1215 East Grinstead dep Kingscote
[{GWR} 6989 Wightwick Hall] + S25728 + S1464S* + S1482S + S5768S + S2526S
from Kingscote P1 via ud to East Grinstead P

1245 Sheffield Park dep East Grinstead
[6989] + S2526S + S5768S + S1482S + S1464S* + S25728
from East Grinstead P via ud, Kingscote P2, ud to Leamland Jcn, then lp, Horsted Keynes P2, ud to Sheffield Park P1

"1530" (1535) East Midlands Parkway dep Sheffield Park
[73212] + [73109] + [66718] + 17105 + 3345 + 3390 + 1651 + 3333 + 3340 + 3325 + 1212 + 6042 + 6054* + 6024
from Sheffield Park P2 - pumphouse sdg (MWW near water tower; 6024 just short of point in sdg) via ud, Horsted Keynes P3, mn (dn) to Leamland Jcn, then ud, Kingscote P1, ud to East Grinstead GF A, then ud NR conn [BR | NR; train no. to 1Z82] ud BR conn, East Grinstead P1, up EG, South Croydon P4, s rev to MP10.48, then f rev to Windmill Bridge Jcn, then uLBf to Norwood North Jcn, then up CP to West Norwood Jcn, then up WN spur to Tulse Hill South Jcn, then up Portsmouth to Tulse Hill North Jcn, then up Holborn, Herne Hill P1, uCm to Shepherds Lane Jcn, then up Atlantic to Factory Jcn, then dn Ludgate to Ludgate GW Jcn, then dWf to Barnes Jcn, then dn Richmond = dm to Twickenham Jcn, then dn SH to Shacklegate Jcn, then up Kingston to New Malden Jcn, then us to Raynes Park Jcn, then uf to Wimbledon West Jcn, then up SH, Wimbledon P9 [train no. to 1Z84], up SH to Streatham South Jcn, then up Portsmouth to Tulse Hill North Jcn, then up Holborn, Herne Hill P1, uCm to Shepherds Lane Jcn, then up Atlantic to Factory Jcn, then dn Ludgate to Longhedge Jcn C, then dn Kensington to Latchmere Jcn No. 1, then dn WL, Kensington Olympia Pl, dn WL to West London Jcn, then dWr to MP0.17, then Acton Lane recep to MP0.36, then Acton Lane No. 1 recep to near MP0.62, where 73121 + 73109 detached, then No. 1 recep to MP0.62, then dWr to Willesden Jcn (Acton Bch), then df to Bletchley P1

[train could not be routed to Bedford, due to possession of slow lines; diverted via Northampton, Coventry, Bescot, Sutton Park, Nuneaton to pick up booked route at Wigston North Jcn]

[taxi Bletchley - Bedford]

Notebook: B93 | Last update: 2023-09-24 23:03 BST