3rd January 2009

Class 40 Preservation Society
The East Lancs Ambassador

Locos Used D335 (40135), 40145 'East Lancashire Railway', 50015 'Valiant' & 67006 'Royal Sovereign'
Stock Used ????

Route:
1Z47 : Bury to Edinburgh Waverley
1Z56 : Edinburgh Waverley to Bury

Loco(s) Route
50015 Bury Bolton Street - Ramsbottom - Rawtenstall
D335 + 40145 (1) Rawtenstall - Ramsbottom - Bury Bolton Street
D335 + 40145 Bury Bolton Street - Heywood
40145 Heywood - Castleton North Jn - Castleton East Jn - Rochdale - Shaw & Crompton - Oldham Mumps - Thorpes Bridge Jn - Manchester Victoria - Salford Central - Bolton - Chorley - Preston - Carlisle - Lockerbie - Carstairs South Jn - Carstairs East Jn - Midcalder Jn - Slateford - Haymarket - Edinburgh Waverley
40145 Edinburgh Waverley - (reverse of outward route) - Preston
40145 (2) Preston - (reverse of outward route) - Castleton East Jn - Castleton South Jn
67006 (3) Castleton South Jn - Hopwood GF
D335 (4) Hopwood GF - Bury Bolton Street - Ramsbottom - Rawtenstall
40145 (5) Rawtenstall - Ramsbottom - Bury Bolton Street

Notes :
(1) 50015 on rear.
(2) 67006 on rear.
(3) 40145 on rear.
(4) Plus 67006 dead-in-tow & 40145 on rear.
(5) 67006 + D335 on rear.

Sources : various including Michael Warrender

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from various)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Bury (ELR) 05.00d 05.00   01.07a 00.35
Rawtenstall (ELR) 05.35a ~ 05.45d ??.?? ~ ??.??   00.22a ~ 00.32d ??.?? ~ ??.??
Bury (ELR) 06.20a ~ 06.25d ??.?? ~ ??.??   23.37a ~ 23.47d ??.?? ~ ??.??
Heywood GF 06.55 ~ 07.00 ?   22.57 ~ 23.07 ?
Castleton North Jn 07.03 ~ 07.05 ?   22.52 ~ 22.54 ?
Castleton South Jn   22.30 ~ 22.34 ??.?? ~ ??.??
Castleton East Jn 07/08 ?   22.26 ~ 22.28 ?
Rochdale 07.11a ~ 07.14d [P1] 07.14 ~ 07.18   22.19a ~ 22.21d [P4] 22.18 ~ 22.20
Rochdale East Jn 07/16 ?   22/18 ?
Shaw & Crompton 07/23 07/27   21*58 ~ 22*08 22.08 ~ 22.09
Oldham Mumps 07.30a ~ 07.32d 07.34 ~ 07.35   21.48a ~ 21.52d 21.26 ~ 21.52
Thorpes Bridge Jn 07/41 07/44   21/34 21/13
Miles Platting 07/42 [SL] 07/45   21/32½ 21/10
Manchester Victoria 07.45a ~ 07.50d [P3] 07.49 ~ 07.52   21.21a ~ 21.25d [P6] 21.01 ~ 21.06
Deal Street 07/52 ?   21/19 [FL] ?
Salford Central 07/52½ 07/54   21/18½ 20/59
Salford Crescent 07/55 [P2] 07/57   21/16 [UB] 20/56
Bolton 08/06 [P4] 08/08   21/04 [P3] 20/43
Lostock Jn 08/11 08/13   21/00 20/39
Chorley 08/19 08/21   20/51 20/30
Euxton Jn 08/23 [FL] 08/25   20/46 20/26
Preston 08/29 [P3] 08/31   20*10 ~ 20*39 [P6] [FL] 19.58 ~ 20.17
Barton & Broughton DPL 08*37 ~ 09*04 ?  
Lancaster 09/19 [DFL] 09/04   19/50 [UFL] 19/38
Morecambe South Jn 09/20½ 09/06   19/48 ?
Carnforth UPL   19*35 ~ 19*43 ?
Carnforth North Jn 09/23½ 09/09   19/33 19/33
Oxenholme : Lake District 09/34 09/20   19/22 19/24
Tebay 09/47 09/46   19/12 19/15
Penrith : North Lakes 10/03 [P2] 10/06   18/53½ [P1] 18/55
Carlisle 10c20 ~ 10c22 [P3] 10.20 ~ 10.23   18*23 ~ 18*33 [P3] 18.16 ~ 18.33
Gretna Jn 10/33 10/34   18/14 17/31
Kirkpatrick Sig. MC863/862 10/37 ?   18/11 17/27
Lockerbie 10/49 10/51   17*26 ~ 17*56½ 17/18
Beattock 11*04 ~ 11*13 11.03 ~ 11.13   17/14½ 17/08
Beattock Summit 11*30 ~ 11*38 11.33 ~ 11.40   17/07 17/00
Abingdon 11/47 11/48   16*43 ~ 16*55 16/45
Carstairs South Jn 12/00 12/00   16/28 16/28
Carstairs East Jn 12/02 12/02   16/24 16/24
Auchengray 12/07 ?   16/20 ?
Torpin 12/12 ?   16/15 ?
Midcalder Jn 12/16 12/20   16/09 16/01
Slateford Jn 12/32 12/28   15/54 15/49
Haymarket 12/36 [P3] [US] 12/31   15/46 [P4] 15/46
Princess Street Gardens 12/38 [Line X] ?   15/44 [DS] ?
Edinburgh Waverley 12.40a [P9E] 12.36   15.42d [P11] [Line W] 15.43


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