60007 Sir Nigel Gresley will be visiting York this Saturday (15th November) as it hauls The Christmas White Rose for Saphos Trains.
Departing Potters Bar at 07:25, the tour will start out diesel-hauled, passing through Welwyn Garden City (07:34), Stevenage (07:48), Hitchin (07:56), St Neots (08:22), Huntingdon (08:34) and Peterborough at 08:56.
Here, 60007 will take over the train. Departing Peterborough at 10:03, the train will pass through Grantham (10:30), Doncaster (11:38) and York at 12:09.
After time in York, the train, with 60007 on the rear, will depart at 16:05. The train will then head to Milford Junction via Church Fenton (16:18).
At Milford Junction, the train reverses, and 60007 takes charge of the train again. 60007 will now head to Peterborough via Doncaster (16:52), Retford (17:44) and Grantham at 18:16.
Here, 60007 is taken off the train and will be replaced by a diesel locomotive, heading back to Potters Bar via Huntingdon (20:17), St Neots (20:31), Hitchin (20:57), Stevenage (21:07), Welwyn Garden City (21:24) and Potters Bar at 21:36.
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