GBRf 2021 - Day 1
Our first day begins in familiar fashion, departing from London Victoria with a Class 66. We head around North London and into Essex for a visit to London Gateway Intermodal Terminal, after which two Class 73/9 locomotives will take charge for the journey back to Temple Mills Loop. Next, we head down the Great Eastern Main Line to Harwich International for a short break. The 73s then take us through Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds to Ely, after which the 66 takes charge to head through Cambridge and up the West Anglia route and back into North London where there is the option to alight at Highbury and Islington. The train however will continue to the Wembley area before one last reversal. Our Class 73/9s then takes us into London Euston where Day 1 will end.
Route Detail
London Victoria (09:45) – Longhedge Junction – Kensington Olympia – Willesden Junction High Level – Gospel Oak - South Tottenham – Woodgrange Park – Barking – Upminster – Ockenden – London Gateway (reverse) – Rainham – Barking - Stratford – Temple Mills Loop (reverse) – Chelmsford – Colchester – Harwich International (break and reverse 15:37 - 16:54) – Ipswich – Bury St Edmunds – Ely (reverse) - Cambridge – Broxbourne – Seven Sisters – South Tottenham – Temple Mills – Highbury and Islington (set down 21:38) – Wembley area (reverse) – Camden Junction – London Euston (22:38)
Planned Locomotives
- London Victoria to London Gateway - 1 x Class 66
- London Gateway to Temple Mills Loop - 2 x Class 73/9
- Temple Mills Loop to Harwich International - 1 x Class 66
- Harwich International to Ely - 2 x Class 73/9
- Ely to Wembley area - 1 x Class 66
- Wembley area to London Euston - 2 x Class 73/9