Where did we go?
Our policy was to travel for 4 or 5 hours. Have 4 or 5 hours at our final destination and then come back. Usually we endeavoured to go to 2 destinations. Early SJDTs were arranged so that travel between the two destinations could be had at no extra cost.
There were exceptions to our policy. We were always in the hands of the network management when it came to finding a path for our charter train to take. During the West Coast Mainline upgrade 1998 - 2006 we avoided going down the Mainline if at all possible.
When we employed steam traction the distances covered were much reduced as was the available destinations. Below is a table showing where we went and behind which locomotives. Thanks to those Day Trippers that help to fill the gaps in the early years.
Past SJDTs - the definitive list
|
|
Destination |
Date |
Distance (miles) |
Locomotive(s) |
|
1 |
Canterbury & Dover |
25/04/1987 |
618 |
47559 Sir Joshua Reynolds 86241 Glenfiddich 33033 85023 47608 |
|
2 |
Exeter & Dawlish |
02/05/1988 |
610 |
47596 Alderburgh Festival |
|
3 |
Gateshead Metro & Newcastle |
19/11/1988 |
344 |
47575 City of Hereford |
|
4 |
Gateshead Metro & Newcastle |
14/01/1989 |
344 |
47401 47534 |
|
5 |
Edinburgh & Perth |
29/04/1989 |
540 |
47439 |
|
6 |
Edinburgh & Perth |
01/07/1989 |
540 |
47583 County of Herefordshire |
|
7 |
Bath |
11/11/1989 |
458 |
47426 |
|
8 |
Mystery to Norwich & Gt Yarmouth |
05/05/1990 |
496 |
47426 31404 |
|
9 |
Kensington & Windsor |
05/09/1990 |
514 |
47372 86260 Driver Wallace Oakes GC 33113 86229 47330 Amwlch Freighter/ Tren Nwyddau Amwlch |
|
10 |
Gateshead Metro & Durham |
17/11/1990 |
350 |
47973
Derby Evening Telegraph |
|
11 |
Southampton & Bournemouth |
04/05/1991 |
608 |
47851 |
|
12 |
Oban |
29/06/1991 |
630 |
47483 37423 Sir Murray Morrison 1873-1948 Pioneer of the British Aluminum Industry |
|
13 |
Ely & Cambridge |
16/11/1991 |
390 |
47628
(failed at Peterborough)
47522 Doncaster Enterprise |
|
14 |
Gatwick Airport & Eastbourne |
02/05/1992 |
594 |
47827 86219 Phoenix 86213 Lancashire Witch to Willesden 47840 NORTH STAR to Eastbourne 47566 Preston to Rose grove |
|
15 |
Cardiff & Tenby |
20/06/1992 |
640 |
47809 Finsbury Park |
|
16 |
Edinburgh |
14/11/1992 |
426 |
47847 |
|
17 |
Oxford & Reading |
24/04/1993 |
454 |
47712 Lady Diana Spencer |
|
18 |
Bath & Salisbury |
13/11/1993 |
540 |
47820 |
| 19 |
Grosmount & Whitby |
30/04/1994 |
348 |
47578 Respected out & 47701 back
Both top & tail Middlesborough to Whitby & return |
| 20 |
Fort William & Mallaig |
02/07/1994 |
756 |
47745 & 37251 Northern Lights |
| 21 |
Gateshead Metro & Newcastle |
19/11/1994 |
350 |
47760 Restless (Failed at Blackburn on return) |
| 22 |
Kensington Olympia & Windsor |
22/04/1995 |
514 |
47716 Duke of Edinburgh's Award |
| 23 |
Edinburgh & Dundee |
11/11/1995 |
546 |
47763 |
| 24 |
Torquay & Paignton |
08/06/1996 |
645 |
47746 The Bobby 47725 The Railway Mission Crewe - Rose Grove |
| 25 |
Peterborough & Cambridge |
09/11/1996 |
390 |
47745 The Royal London Society for the Blind |
| 26 |
London |
15/11/97 |
454 |
47734 Crewe Diesel Depot 90016 to London 90018 return |
| 27 |
Edinburgh & Stirling |
06/06/1998 |
500 |
47788 Captain Peter Manesty RN |
| 28 |
Glasgow |
14/11/98 |
428 |
47792 Saint Cuthbert |
| 29 |
Bath & Weston Super (Night)Mare |
01/05/1999 |
552 |
47763 |
| 30 |
Edinburgh |
13/11/99 |
426 |
47722 Queen Mother
47773 Reservist return |
| 31 |
Cardiff |
02/05/2000 |
438 |
47759 |
| 32 |
Oxford |
18/11/2000 |
386 |
31468 Hydra & 31602 Chimaera |
| 33 |
125 S & C Special to Edinburgh |
05/05/2001 |
426 |
31459 Cerberus & 33021 Eastleigh |
34 |
Spalding & Peterborough |
04/05/2002 |
340 |
31106 Spalding Town & 33108 |
35 |
Gateshead Metro & Newcastle |
09//112002 |
350 |
47703 Hermes |
36 |
Scarborough |
10//05/2003 |
258 |
48151 & 31468 |
|
37 |
Norwich |
06/09/2003 |
436 |
31128 Charybdis and 31459 Cerberus |
38 |
Carlisle |
08/05/04 |
240 |
45407 & 47854 |
39 |
Edinburgh & Dundee |
13/11/2004 |
546 |
47854 & 57601 |
40 |
Lincoln & Peterborough |
21/05/2005 |
320 |
47851 & 47826 |
| 41 |
Ely & Cambridge |
19/11/2005 |
400 |
57601 & 47854 |
42 |
York |
23/09/2006 |
160 |
48151 |
|
|
|
|
Total |
19487 |
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Past St. James' Day Trippers