15th September 2007
Mark Elderkin
(in Association with Past Time Rail)
The Buxton Forester
| Locos Used | 37248 'Loch Arkaig' & 40145 'East Lancashire Railway' | 
| Stock Used | 99327+4994+99125+99128+1861+4960+4905+99328+99723 | 
Route:
1Z47 : Birmingham International to Buxton
1Z45 : Buxton to Heysham Port
1Z46 : Heysham Port to Birmingham International
| Loco(s) | Route | 
| 37248 (1) | Birmingham International - Stechford - Aston - Perry Barr North Jn - Bushbury Jn - Stafford - Norton Bridge - Madeley - Crewe - Sandbach - Wilmslow - Cheadle Hulme - Stockport - Manchester Piccadilly | 
| 40145 (2) | Manchester Piccadilly - Stockport - Hazel Grove - Furness Vale - Buxton | 
| 37248 (1) | Buxton - Buxton Up Relief Sidings | 
| 40145 (2) | Buxton Up Relief Sidings - Great Rocks Jn - Chinley South Jn - Chinley East Jn - Edale - Grindleford - Dore Station Jn - Sheffield - Wincobank Jn - Holmes Jn - Aldwarke Jn - Swinton - Moorthorpe - South Kirkby Jn - Hare Park Jn - Wakefield Westgate - Holbeck Jn - Whitehall Jn - Leeds | 
| 37248 (1) | Leeds - Whitehall Jn - Holbeck Jn - New Pudsey - Mill Lane Jn - Bradford Interchange | 
| 40145 (2) | Bradford Interchange - Mill Lane Jn - Halifax - Milner Royd Jn - Hebden Bridge - Hall Royd Jn - Copy Pit - Gannow Jn - Accrington - Blackburn - Lostock Hall Jn - Farington Curve Jn - Preston - Lancaster - Morecambe South Jn - Bare Lane - Morecambe (3) | 
| 37248 (1) | Morecambe - Bare Lane - Morecambe South Jn - Lancaster - Preston - Euxton Jn - Chorley - Bolton - Salford Crescent - Castlefield Jn - Manchester Oxford Road - Manchester Piccadilly - (reverse of outward route) - Birmingham International | 
Notes:
(1) 40145 on rear.
(2) 37248 on rear.
(3) The planned traversal of the Heysham branch from 
Morecambe did not take place for reason(s) unexplained.
(4) Route confirmation required: prior to Stafford on the outward and after 
Manchester Piccadilly on the return.
Sources : various including Simon Cross, Geoffrey May 
& Jim Murphy
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Photo Review
(all photos: Andrew Pearson)

40145 passes Dove Holes en-route to Buxton.

40145 at Edale....with 37248 bringing up the rear.

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Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from various including Jim Murphy)
| Location | Booked | Actual | Booked | Actual | |
| Birmingham International | 06.58d [P5] | ? | 22.41a [P5] | ? | |
| Stechford | 07/03 | ? | 22/35 | ? | |
| Aston | 07/11 | ? | 22/29 | ? | |
| Perry Barr North Jn | 07/16 | ? | 22/24 | ? | |
| Tame Bridge Parkway | 07.20a ~ 07.22d | ? | 22.17a ~ 22.19d | ? | |
| Bescot Stadium | 07/25 | ? | 22/13 | ? | |
| Darlaston Jn | 07/26 | ? | 22/12 | ? | |
| Portobello Jn | 07/29 | ? | 22/09 | ? | |
| Bushbury Jn | 07/32 | ? | 22/03 | ? | |
| Stafford No.4 | 07/47 [FL] | ? | 21/48 | ? | |
| Stafford | 07.48a ~ 07.50d [P3] | ??.?? ~ 07.53 | 21.44a ~ 21.47d [P4] | ? | |
| Stafford No.5 | ? | ? | 21/43 [SL] | ? | |
| Norton Bridge | 08/00 | ? | 21/38 | ? | |
| Madeley | 08/09 | ? | 21/27 | ? | |
| Basford Hall Jn | 08/16 | ? | 21/22 | ? | |
| Crewe | 08.19a ~ 08.22d [P5] | 08.20 ~ 08.23 | 21.12a ~ 21.18d [P1] | ? | |
| Crewe Sydney Bridge | 08/24 [FL] | ? | 21/07 | ? | |
| Sandbach | 08/28½ [P2] | ? | 21/00 [P1] [FL] | ? | |
| Alderley Edge | 08/42 | ? | 20/47 | ? | |
| Wilmslow | 08/44 [P3] | ? | 20/45 [P4] | ? | |
| Cheadle Hulme | 08/48 [P1] | ? | 20/41 [P2] | ? | |
| Adswood Road Jn | 08/49 [SL] | ? | 20/40 | ? | |
| Edgeley Jn No.1 | 08/50½ | ? | 20/39 | ? | |
| Stockport | 08/51½ [P4] | 08/57 | 20/38 [P2] | ? | |
| Heaton Norris North Jn | 08/53 | ? | 20/37 | ? | |
| Slade Lane Jn | 08/56 | ? | 20/34 [FL] | ? | |
| Ardwick Jn | 09/01 [FL] | ? | 20/32 | ? | |
| Manchester Piccadilly | 09.04a ~ 09.17d [P8] | 09.10 ~ 09.18 [P8] | 20.27a ~ 20.30d [P13] [SL] | 20.28 ~ ??.?? [P14] | 
| Location | Booked | Actual | 
| Ardwick Jn | 08/30 | ? | 
| Slade Lane Jn | 09/22 [SL] | ? | 
| Heaton Norris North Jn | 09/27 | ? | 
| Stockport | 09*29 ~ 09*36 [P0] | 09/32 [P0] | 
| Edgeley Jn no.1 | 09/38 | ? | 
| Hazel Grove | 09/43 [P1] | ? | 
| Furness Vale | 09/53 | ? | 
| Chapel-en-le-Frith | 10/01 | ? | 
| Buxton | 10.13a ~ 12.00d [P1] | 10.14 ~ 12.00 | 
| Buxton SB | 12*05 ~ 12*07 | ? | 
| Buxton URS | 12.09 ~ 12.19 | 12.03 ~ 12.11 | 
| Buxton SB | 12*21 ~ 12*23 | ? | 
| Topley Pike Bardon Agg. | 12/29 | ? | 
| Great Rocks Jn | 12/37 | ? | 
| Peak Forest SB | 12/40 | ? | 
| Chinley South Jn | 12/46 | ? | 
| Chinley East Jn | 12/47 | ? | 
| Edale | 12/54 | ? | 
| Earles Siding SB | 12/58 | ? | 
| Grindleford | 13/05 | ? | 
| Totley Tunnel East | 13/11 | ? | 
| Dore West Jn | 13/12 | ? | 
| Dore Station Jn | 13/13 | ? | 
| Sheffield | 13*25 ~ 13*31 [P2] | ? | 
| Nunnery Main Line Jn | 13/33 | ? | 
| Wincobank Jn | 13/37 | ? | 
| Holmes Jn | 13/42 | ? | 
| Aldwarke Jn | 13/50 | ? | 
| Swinton | 13/55 | ? | 
| Moorthorpe | 14/07 | ? | 
| South Kirkby Jn | 14/08 | ? | 
| Hare Park Jn | 14/14 | ? | 
| Wakefield Westgate | 14/20 [P2] | ? | 
| Holbeck Jn | 14/37 | ? | 
| Whitehall Jn | 14/38 [Line C] | ? | 
| Leeds West Jn | 14/39 | ? | 
| Leeds | 14.41 ~ 14.57 [P8] | 14.40 ~ 14.57 | 
| Leeds West Jn | 14/58 | ? | 
| Whitehall Jn | 14/58½ | ? | 
| Holbeck Jn | 14/59½ | ? | 
| New Pudsey | 15/11 | ? | 
| Mill Lane Jn | 15/17 | ? | 
| Bradford Interchange | 15.18 ~ 15.38 [P2] | 15.23 ~ 15.44 | 
| Mill Lane Jn | 15/39½ | ? | 
| Halifax | 15/51 [P1] | ? | 
| Milner Royd Jn | 15/59 | ? | 
| Hebden Bridge | 16/05 | ? | 
| Hall Royd Jn | 16/10 | ? | 
| Copy Pit | 16/22 | ? | 
| Gannow Jn | 16/33 | ? | 
| Accrington | 16/42 | ? | 
| Daisyfield Jn | 16/51 [UEL] | ? | 
| Blackburn | 16/52 [P4] | ? | 
| Lostock Hall Jn | 17/08 | ? | 
| Farington Curve Jn | 17/15 [SL] | ? | 
| Preston | 17/18 [P1] | 17/21 [P3] | 
| Lancaster | 17/36 [DFL] | ? | 
| Morecambe South Jn | 17/38 | ? | 
| Bare Lane | 17*40 ~17*42 [P2] [DUH] | ? | 
| Morecambe | 17.46 ~ 17.56 | 17.53 ~ | 
| Morecambe Jn GF | 17*57 ~ 17*59 | DIV | 
| Heysham Port | 18.09a ~ 18.24d [DUH] | DIV | 
| Morecambe | 18.34 ~ 18.44 | ~ 18.38 | 
| Morecambe Jn GF | 18*45 ~ 18*47 | ? | 
| Bare Lane | 18*50 ~ 18*52 [P2] | ? | 
| Morecambe South Jn | 18/54 | ? | 
| Lancaster | 18/56 [UFL] | ? | 
| Preston | 19.18 ~ 19.22 [P3] [FL] | ? | 
| Euxton Jn | 19/28 | ? | 
| Chorley | 19/33 | ? | 
| Lostock Jn | 19/43 | ? | 
| Bolton | 19/47 [P3] [UPL] | ? | 
| Burnden Jn | 19/52 | ? | 
| Moses Gate | 19*55 ~ 20*08 | ? | 
| Salford Crescent | 20/21 [P1] | ? | 
| Ordsall Lane Jn | 20/23 | ? | 
| Castlefield Jn | 20/24 | ? | 
| Deansgate | 20/24½ | ? | 
| Manchester Oxford Road | 20/25½ [P4] | ? [wrong road] | 
Timings continue in first table.
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