22nd June
2008
The Blaze of
Glory
| Locos Used | ACTS: 1254 & 5811 |
| Stock Used | 51 80 03 40 129-7 + 51 80 02 40 161-1 + 51 80 02 40 158-7 + 51 80 02 40 155-3 |
Route:
38000 : Rotterdam CS to Amsterdam CS
38001 : Amsterdam CS to Sloehaven
38002 : Sloehaven to Rotterdam CS
| Loco(s) | Route |
| 5811 (1) | Rotterdam CS - Delft - Den Haag CS - Leiden Centraal - Lisse - Haarlem - Amsterdam Sloterdijk - Amsterdam CS - Amsterdam Muiderpoort West - Watergrafsmeer West aansl. - Watergrafsmeer - Watergrafsmeer ringban aansl. - Duivendrecht - Amsterdam Zuid - Schiphol - Leiden Centraal - Den Haag HS - Delft - Rotterdam CS - Rotterdam Zuid - Barendrecht - Dordrecht - Lage Zwaluwe - Roosendaal - Bergen-op-Zoom - Goes - 's Heer-Arendskerke (2) - Middelburg - Vlissingen |
| 1254 (3) | Vlissingen - (reverse of outward route) (4) - Rotterdam CS |
Notes :
(1) Plus 1254 dead-in-tow.
(2) Train was booked to traverse the freight branch to Sloehaven but this had
been closed for an engineering possession. Train diverted to Vlissingen instead.
(3) 5811 dead-on-rear.
(4) Train was booked to run through Kijfhoek Yard, but did not as passenger
stock was banned from using the tunnels at the north end of the yard.
Tour Review
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To follow...
| Location | Booked | Actual |
| Rotterdam CS | 08.05d | 08.05 [P3] |
| Delftshaven Schiebrug aansl. | 08/08 | ? |
| Delft | 08/20 | 08/19½ |
| Deen Haag HS | 08.29 ~ 08.36 | 08.27½ ~ 08.35½ |
| Lieden Centraal | 08/50 | 08/47½ [track 6] |
| Lisse | 09/01 | ? |
| Haarlem | 09.14 ~ 09.21 | 09.11½ ~ 09.22½ [track 2] |
| Amsterdam Sloterdijk | 09/37 | 09/31½ |
| Amsterdam CS | 09p44a ~ 10p14d | 09.39 ~ 10.23½ [P8a] |
| Amsterdam Muiderpoort West | 10/19 | 10/35 |
| Watergrafsmeer West aansl. | 10/21 | ? |
| Watergrafsmeer | 10*22 ~ 10*28 | 10.37 ~ ??.?? |
| Watergrafsmeer ringban aansl. | 10/37 | ? |
| Duivendrecht | 10/42 | 10/59 |
| Amsterdam Zuid | 10/47 | 11/03 |
| Schiphol | 10/54 | 11/12 |
| Lieden Centraal | 11/12 | 11/28½ [track 10] |
| Deen Haag HS | 11p25a ~ 11p48d | 11.43 ~ 11.47½ |
| Delft | 11/55 | 11/55 [P2] |
| Schiedam Centrum | 12/02 | 12/03 [P3] |
| Location | Booked | Actual | Booked | Actual | |
| Rotterdam CS | 12p07a ~ 12p21d | 12.06½ ~ 12.22 [P3] | 17.42a | 17.40½ [P15] | |
| Rotterdam Zuid | 12/25 | 12/25½ [P4] | ? | ? | |
| Rotterdam Stadion | ? | ? | 17/36 | 17.19½ ~ 17.33½ | |
| Barendrecht | 12/29 | 12/29½ | 17/32 | 17/12½ | |
| Kijfhoek aansl. Noord | 17/30 | ? | |||
| Kijfhoek Noord | 17.18 ~ 17.28 | DIV | |||
| Kijfhoek Zuid | 17/15 | DIV | |||
| Kijfhoek aansl. Zuid | 17/12 | ? | |||
| Zwijndrecht | 12/35 | 12/36 [P4] | 17/10 | 17/08 | |
| Dordrecht | 12p38a ~ 12p52d | 12.40½ ~ 12.51½ [track 6] | 17/08 | 17/06 [P1] | |
| Willemsdorp | 12/58 | ? | ? | ? | |
| Lage Zwaluwe | 13/03 | 13/03 | 16/56 | 16/56 | |
| Zevenbergen | 13/08 | 13/07½ | 16/50 | 16/51 | |
| Obdam | 13/14 | 13/14 [P3] | 16/44 | 16/45 | |
| Roosendaal | 13/20 | 13.24½ ~ 13.27½ | 16p12a ~ 16p38d | [T6] 16.28 ~ 16.38 16.19½ ~ 16.25½ [P4a] |
|
| De Kragge aansl. | 13/29 | ? | ? | ? | |
| Bergen-op-Zoom | 13/33 | 13/37 | 16/00 | 16/09 | |
| Rilland-bath | 13/45 | 13/46 | 15/48 | 16/00 | |
| Goes | 14/01 | 13/59½ | 15/33 | 15/42½ | |
| 's Heer-Arendskerke | 14/05 | 14/04 | 15/27 | 15/38½ | |
| Sloehaven | 14p18a | DIV | 15p08d | DIV | |
| Vlissingen | DIV | 14.36 [P1] | DIV | 15.21½ | |