Timings (Booked Only)
12th June 2007
Friends of Bowring Park
Bowring Centenarian
| Loco Used | 47851 & steam: 45407 'The Lancashire Fusilier' |
| Stock Used | 35517+9440+99317+99327+99722+6528+3136+3143+3360+3362 |
Route:
1Z52 : Liverpool Lime Street to Earlestown
1Z53 : Earlestown to Liverpool Lime Street
| Loco(s) | Route |
| 45407 (1) | Liverpool Lime Street - Edge Hill - Roby - Huyton - Rainhill - Earlestown |
| 47851 (2) | Earlestown - (reverse of outward route) - Liverpool Lime Street |
Notes:
(1) 47851 on rear.
(2) 45407 on rear.
(3) Part of a three-day "Steam Extravaganza" to mark the 100th
Birthday of Bowring Park, in the 800th birthday year of the City of
Liverpool (trains also ran on 9th & 10th June). From the advertising
leaflet: "The Lord Lieutenant of Merseyside, Dame Lorna Muirhead DBE, will lead
Civic guests, 'Friends', Schoolchildren and train sponsors aboard the 'Bowring
Centenarian' for the Civic Celebration organised by Friends of Bowring Park.
Sponsorship, available on the day, includes
lunch, re-enactment ceremony, classic vehicles and fun fair". "All because
Alderman William Benjamin Bowring JP bought the 100 acre Roby Hall estate in
January 1906 and a year later presented it to the City of Liverpool, on the 12th
June 1907, "for the use of the people for all time" still upheld by the present
trustees, Knowsley Borough".
(4) Confirmation required on the use of 47851.
Sources : Various
Timings (Booked Only)
|
Location
|
Booked (out)
|
Booked (rtn)
|
| Liverpool Lime Street |
12.21d
|
14.12a
|
| Edge Hill |
12/28
|
14/07
|
| Roby |
12.37a ~ 12.42d
|
13.51a ~ 13.57d
|
| Rainhill |
12/51
|
13/46
|
| Earlestown |
13.02a
|
13.37d
|
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