9th November 2014

Belmond (Northern Belle)
Wine Tasting Sunday Lunch

Locos Used 57305 'Northern Princess' & 57312 'Solway Princess'
Stock Used 11 coaches

Route : 
1Z65 : Manchester Victoria to Barrow-in-Furness
1Z66 : Barrow-in-Furness to Manchester Victoria

Loco(s) Route
????? (1) Manchester Victoria - Ordsall Lane Jn - Eccles - Astley - Parkside Jn - Lowton Jn - Golborne Jn - (via WCML) - Carnforth North Jn - Carnforth - Arnside - Ulverston - Dalton Jn - Barrow-in-Furness
????? (1) Barrow-in-Furness - (reverse of outward route) - Manchester Victoria

Notes :
(1) Locos running top-n-tail but which led each leg?

Source : Gareth Kelly

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Realtime Trains)

M.C Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual M.C
0.00 Manchester Victoria 11.52d 11.52   17.00a 16.54½ 92.39
0.43 Deal Street Jn 11/54 11/53   16/58 16/52 91.76
1.13 Ordsall Lane Jn 11/56 11/57   16/55½ 16/46 91.26
4.04 Eccles 12/00 12/01   16/46 16/43 88.35
5.04 Patricroft 12/01 ?   16/45 ? 87.35
8.76 Astley 12/05 12/06   16/40 16/38 83.43
14.74 Parkside Jn 12/11 12/13   16/33 16/30 77.45
15.25 Lowton Jn 12/12½ ?   16/31½ ? 77.14
15.52 Golborne Jn 12/14 12/16   16/30 16/23½ 76.67
19.25 Bamfurlong Jn 12/14½ ?   16/25½ ? 73.14
20.56 Springs Branch Jn 12/19 12/22   16/24 16/19 71.63
21.09 Wigan South Jn 12/19½ ?   16/23½ ? 71.30
21.32 Wigan Station Jn 12/20 ?   16/23 ? 71.07
21.46 Wigan North Western 12/20 12/23   16/23 16/18 70.73
23.52 Boars Head GF 12/22 ?   16/21 ? 68.67
29.17 Balshaw Lane 12/28 12/29½   16/15 16/10 63.22
30.02 Euxton Balshaw Lane 12/29 ?   16/14 ? 62.37
31.21 Euxton Jn 12/30 12/33   16/13 16/08½ 61.18
32.53 Leyland 12/32 12/35   16/11½ 16/07 59.66
33.76 Farington Jn 12/33½ 12/36   16/10 16/05½ 58.43
35.07 Farington Curve Jn 12/35 12/37   16/09 16/04½ 57.32
35.40 Skew Bridge 12/37 ?   16/08 ? 56.79
36.12 Ribble Jn 12/40 ?   16/06½ ? 56.27
36.38 Preston South Jn 12/41 ?   16/05½ ? 56.01
36.63 Preston 12.42 ~ 12.47 12.41½ ~ 12.48   16/05 16/01 55.56
37.09 Fylde Jn 12/48½ ?   16/04½ ? 55.30
41.01 Barton & Broughton PL 12.55 ~ 13.06 ?   16/00½ ? 51.38
46.04 Garstang & Catteral 13/14 13/15½   15/55 15/51 46.35
51.68 Bay Horse 13/19 ?   15/50 ? 40.51
54.53 Oubeck GL 13/21½ ?   15/47½ ? 37.66
57.54 Lancaster 13/24 13/26   15/45 15/43 34.65
59.47 Morecambe South Jn 13/25½ 13/27   15/43 15/40½ 32.72
60.64 Hest Bank 13/27 ?   15/41½ ? 31.55
63.62 Carnforth North Jn 13/31 13/32   15/37 15/35 28.57
63.74 Carnforth 13/32 13/33   15.31 ~ 15.36 ??.?? ~ 15.34½ 28.45
64.30 Carmnforth F&M Jn 13/33 ?   15/29½ ? 28.09
67.18 Silverdale 13/38 ?   15/24½ ? 25.21
69.64 Arnside 13/42½ 13/42   15/20 15/21 22.55
73.06 Grange-over-Sands 13/48 ?   15/15 ? 19.33
74.70 Kents Bank 13/50½ ?   15/12½ ? 17.49
77.22 Cark 13/53½ ?   15/09½ ? 15.17
81.25 Plumpton Jn 13/59 ?   15/04 ? 11.14
82.71 Ulverston 14/01 13/58   15/02 15/05 9.48
87.30 Dalton 14/10 ?   14/52½ ? 5.09
88.01 Dalton Jn 14/11 ?   14/51 ? 4.38
90.56 Roose 14/17½ ?   14/46 ? 1.63
92.39 Barrow-in-Furness 14.22a 14.24   14.42d 14.42 0.00


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