HDL Lincoln Green railtour
Saturday 7 May 2005
This article last modified on Monday 15 September 2008
![[PHOTO: headboard for Lincoln Green railtour: 41kB]](20050507Barnetby3-Gainsbury.jpg "The headboard created for HDL’s Lincoln Green railtour")
This railtour was run with our train in 7-car formation (6 cars, plus motor coach Hastings tagged on the front and not in passenger use). The tour’s itinerary and timings are available. It was virtually sold out and, despite tight timings on the East Coast Main Line, kept almost exactly to time throughout.
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The all-yellow front of motor coach Mountfield shows off the headboard which has just been created. Photo by Andy Armitage.
![[PHOTO: side-on view of 3 DEMU fronts: 39kB]](20050506DEMUlineup-Rupert.jpg "Hastings, Southern, and Network Rail DEMU cabs")
This line-up of three DEMU fronts, all in different liveries, occurred by chance during cleaning on the day before the railtour. Nearest the camera is Hastings-liveried motor coach 60116 from unit 1012, then Southern-liveried Driving Trailer from unit 205 012 (being scrapped at the time of writing), and a Network Rail-liveried de-icing/Sandite motor coach. Photo by Rupert Griffin.
![[PHOTO: train arriving at station: 68kB]](20050507Battle-Rupert.jpg "The railtour stopping to pick up at Battle")
An early start for these passengers: the train pulls in to Battle station at a little before a quarter to seven. Photo by Rupert Griffin.
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Above & Below: The railtour arriving at Lincoln station at 12 o’clock noon. Photos by Martin Barnsdall.
![[PHOTO: train arriving at station: 59kB]](20050507Lincoln3-Barnsdall.jpg "The train stopping at Lincoln")
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Motor coach Hastings with the railtour on arrival at Lincoln station. Photo by Martin Barnsdall.
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Lincoln’s signal-box and semaphores can be seen in this view, as can our train which had just departed in the direction of Barnetby. Photo by Rupert Griffin.
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The train was worked further north to Barnetby, to take water and stable during the afternoon. Photo by Paul Gainsbury.
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Above & Below: Following stabling, the train had to be shunted back through Lincoln station to regain the same platform as for arrival — for the return route was to be via Newark. Photos by Martin Barnsdall.
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The signal-box and semaphores frame the ornate station, complete with DEMU. This photo was taken from the level crossing, by Rupert Griffin.
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As the departure time of 1650 approaches, 1001 boards its passengers for the long journey back to Hastings by way of Nottingham and Bedford. Photo by Rupert Griffin.
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The Lincoln Green passes through Attenborough, south of Nottingham. Photo by Stuart Wood.