20th February 2016
Railway Touring Company
The Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express
Tour cancelled, due to a Prohibition Notice served on train operator West Coast Railways by the Office of Rail and Road on 17/02/16.
Route :
1Z86 : London Euston to Carlisle
1Z87 : Carlisle to London Euston
| Advertised Loco(s) | Advertised Route | 
| 86259 'Les Ross / Peter Pan' | London Euston - (via WCML, Weedon & Trent Valley) - Crewe - Preston - Carnforth U&DGL | 
| steam: 46100 'Royal Scot' or 46115 'Scots Guardsman'  or 46233 'Duchess of Sutherland'  | 
        Carnforth U&DGL - (via WCML) - Carlisle | 
| steam: 46100 'Royal Scot' or 46115 'Scots Guardsman'  or 46233 'Duchess of Sutherland'  | 
        Carlisle - Petteril Bridge Jn - (via S&C) - Settle Jn - Hellifield - Clitheroe - Blackburn - Farington Jn | 
| 86259 'Les Ross / Peter Pan' | Farington Jn - Crewe - (via WCML, Trent Valley & Weedon) - London Euston | 
Notes :
(1) The return leg would have been diverted via the Cumbrian Coast, due to a
landslide on the Settle & Carlisle line at Eden
Brows near Armathwaite.
Source : Nick Bartlett
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Timings (Advertised Only)
(from RTC brochure)
| Location | Advertised (out) | Advertised (rtn) | 
| London Euston | 07.10d | 22.05a | 
| Watford Junction | - | 21.50a | 
| Milton Keynes Central | 08.00d | 21.15a | 
| Rugby | 08.25d | 20.38a | 
| Nuneaton | 08.45d | 20.20a | 
| Crewe | 09.45d | 19.15a | 
| Preston | 10.30d | - | 
| Blackburn | - | 18.20a | 
| Carlisle | 12.40a | 14.40d |