Bygone Railways of East Lincolnshire

The "Flying Scotsman" locomotive has, to date, visited the East Lincolnshire Main Line on four occaisions. The first took place on Saturday October 21st 1967 when it hauled the Lincolnshire Standard Group's "The Standard Flyer". The 11 carriage special ran ftom Grimsby (Town) to London (King's Cross). The booklet for the tour. Please click on images for a larger version. A newspaper feature on the trip (please click to enlarge). Details of the trip from a local newspaper. Various more items from the local newspaper. Please click on images for a larger version. Some more pictures of the train at Grimsby can be  seen here. Some Stills taken from a cine film by Frank Holbourn and Harold Jackson of the train arriving at Louth.  Ticket for the charter. Boarding pass for the train. Tbe next visit took place on Saturday 21st September ...

The very first appearance of Class 33 locomotives at Skegness took place on Saturday 8th January 1994, when 33109 and 33116 worked the Hertfordshire Railtours "Jolly Push-Pull Fisherman" from Waterloo. It was intended to be 2 x 4TC sets, but one had developed a fault and had been removed from the consist. The following illustrate it before its return to King's Cross.  More information about the tour can be  found here.