6th March 2016

Branch Line Society
Northern Tracker

DMU Used 142001 (55592+55542) + 142004 (55545+55595)

Route :
2Z97 : Manchester Piccadilly to Neville Hill T. & R.S.M.D.
2Z98 : Neville Hill T. & R.S.M.D. to Manchester Piccadilly

DMU Route
142001 Leading

Manchester Piccadiully - Ardwick Jn - Slade Lane Jn - Heaton Norris Jn - Stockport Bay P.3A
142004 Leading Stockport Bay P.3A - Stockport Viaduct
142001 Leading

Stockport Viaduct - Stockport Carriage Sidings (Road No.4)
142004 Leading Stockport Carriage Sidings - Heaton Norris Jn - Reddish South - Denton Jn - Guide Bridge
142001 Leading

Guide Bridge - Asburys - Philips Park South Jn - Philips Park West Jn - Brewery Jn - Thorpes Bridge Jn - Newton Heath T.M.D.
142004 Leading Newton Heath T.M.D. - Thorpes Bridge Jn - Brewery Jn - Philips Park West Jn - Philips Park South Jn - Guide Bridge - Stalybridge - Diggle Jn - Marsden - Huddersfield - Mirfield - Thornhill L.N.W. Jn - Healey Mills Yard - Horbury Jn - Wakefield Kirkgate - Altofts Jn - Methley Jn - Stourton Jn - Hunslet Reception 1 (shown in Quail as Arr/Dep) - Holbeck Depot Jn - Holbeck Loco Sidings (Line between 'Stoneblower Line' & 'Fuelling Line')
142001 Leading

Holbeck Loco Sidings - Holbeck Depot Jn
142004 Leading Holbeck Depot Jn - Engine Shed Jn - Whitehall Jn - Copley Hill Chord
142001 Leading

Copley Hill Chord - Whitehall Jn - Leeds - Neville Hill West Jn - Neville Hill T. & R.S.M.D. (Dep/Arr - DMU Arrival - DMU Fuel Shed Road 2 - Carriage Washer - CET Siding 2)
142004 Leading Neville Hill T. & R.S.M.D. - Neville Hill West Jn - Leeds
142001 Leading

Leeds - Neville Hill West Jn - Neville Hill Up Sidings
142004 Leading Neville Hill Up Sidings - Neville Hill West Jn - Leeds - Whitehall Jn - Holbeck Jn - Mill Lane Jn - Bradford Interchange Siding
142001 Leading

Bradford Interchange Siding - Mill Lane Jn - Halifax - Halifax Reversing Siding
142004 Leading Halifax Reversing Siding - Halifax
142001 Leading

Halifax - Dryclough Jn - Greetland Jn - Bradley Wood Jn - Bradley Jn - Huddersfield - Marsden - Diggle - Stalybridge - Guide Bridge - Ashburys - Ardwick Jn - Manchester Piccadilly

Notes: 
(1) A joint venture between The Branch Line Society and Northern Rail, raising funds, (£12,048.85), for the Railway Benefit Fund Charity.
(2) Tour Brochure description & mileage is via Baguley Fold Jn & Ashton-under-Lyne (6m 07ch), but due to an engineering blockade the actual booked route was via Philips Park South Jn & Guide Bridge, which is 8m 08ch so 2m 01ch need adding for all points from Stalybridge onwards. (GB-PPW 5m53ch + SB-GB 2m35ch = 8m08ch).

Source : Alan Sheppard

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Alan Sheppard & Jim Sellens)

M.C

 Location Booked Actual
0.00
 Manchester Piccadilly 09.13d [P12][FL] 09.13d [P3]
0.62
 Ardwick Jn 09/15 [FL] 09/15½ [UF]
2.24
 Slade Lane Jn 09/17 [FL] 09/17½ [UF]
5.14
 Heaton Norris Jn 09/19½ [FL] 09/20½
?
 Stockport Viaduct ? 09.22 ~ 09.23½
5.69
 Stockport 09*22 ~ 09*44 [P3A][FL] 09p25a ~ 09p44d [P3A]
6.05
 Stockport Viaduct 09.45½ ~ 09.48½ 09.45 ~ 09.46 [DS]
6.29
 Stockport Carriage Sidings 09.53½ ~ 10.07½ 09.50 ~ 10.10 [Rd.4]
?
 Stockport Viaduct 10*12½ ~ 10*12½ [SL] 10/11½ [DF]
7.12
 Heaton Norris Jn 10/14½ 10/14
7.74
 Ash Bridge Jn 10/15½ 10/15
8.62
 Reddish South 10.17½ ~ 10.18½ 10.17 ~ 10.18
10.22
 Denton Station Jn 10/22 10/20½
11.25
 Denton Jn 10/33 10/22½
?
 Guide Bridge Station Jn ? 10*23½ ~ 10*40
12.05
 Guide Bridge 10.36 ~ 10.39 [P1] 10.42 ~ 10.45 [P1]
15.39
 Ashburys 10/43 10/50
17.27
 Philips Park South Jn 10/48 10/57½
17.58
 Philips Park West Jn 10/49 10/59
18.02
 Brewery Jn 10/50 [DPL] 11/00 [Dn Rochdale]
18.47
 Thorpes Bridge Jn 10/53 11/03
19.03
 Newton Heath T.M.D. 10.55 ~ 11.50½ No.2 Intake 11.07 ~ 11.12½
Headshunt 11.19 ~ 11.27
Exit 11.33 ~ 11.50
19.39
 Thorpes Bridge Jn 11/52½ [UPL] 11/52 [UPL]
20.04
 Brewery Jn 11/54½ 11/53½
20.28
 Philips Park West Jn 11/57½ 11/55
(2)
 Philips Park South Jn 11/58½ 11/57
(2)
 Ashburys 12/04 12/05
(2)
 Guide Bridge 12/08 [P2] 12/10 [P2]
26.35
 Stalybridge 12.14 ~ 12.15 [P3] 12.14½ ~ 12.15 [P4]
31.26
 Greenfield 12/21½ 12/22
33.33
 Diggle Jn 12/24½ 12/24½
33.59
 Diggle Jn Down Pass Loop 12/25½ [DPL] 12/24½ [DM]
37.31
 Marsden 12/31½ [P1] 12/28 [P1]
44.32
 Huddersfield 12.38a ~ 12.41d [P4] 12.36½a ~ 12.42½d [P4]
48.44
 Heaton Lodge East Jn 12/46 12/47
50.22
 Mirfield East Jn 12/47½ 12/48½
50.67
 Thornhill L.N.W. Jn 12/48 12/49
53.65
 Healey Mills 'C' Jn ? 12/55
?
 Healey Mills Down Yard ? [Line 'P'] 12.58 ~ 12.58½ [Line 'P']
54.58
 Healey Mills 'D' Jn ? [Dn L&Y] 13/04½ [Dn L&Y]
56.37
 Horbury Jn 13/00 [SL] 13/07 [DS]
58.61
 Wakefield Kirkgate 13*03½ ~ 13*06½ [TFD] 13/10½ [DTL]
62.54
 Altofts Jn 13/11 13/15
64.17
 Methley Jn 13/12½ 13/16½
69.16
 Stourton Jn 13/16½ [Arr/Dep Line] 13/23½
70.42
 Hunslet Dn Sdgs (Leeds Sig.L929) 13*18½ ~ 13*18½ [Rec1] 13/27 [Rec1]
70.64
 Hunslet Station Jn 13/20½ 13/30
71.53
 Holbeck Depot Jn 13/23½ 13/33½
71.76
 Holbeck Loco Sidings 13.27½ ~ 13.40 13.40 ~ 13.45 (Stoneblower RR Line)
72.19
 Holbeck Depot Jn 13.44 ~ 13.47 [DWC] 13.53 ~ 13.55
?
 Engine Shed Jn ? 13/57 [DWC]
72.72
 Whitehall Jn 13/49 [DSM] 13/58 [Line 'F']
?
 Copley Hill East Jn ? 13*59 ~ 14*02
?
 Copley Hill Chord Sig.L3611 ? 14.03 ~ 14.05½ [E]
73.44
 Armley Jn 13.50½ ~ 13.53½ [USM] DIV
?
 Whitehall Jn 13/55 [Line 'C'] 14/06½ [Line 'E']
74.33
 Leeds West Jn 13/55½ [Line 'C'] 14.07½ ~ 14.09 [E>D]
74.58
 Leeds 13*59 ~ 14*15 [P11B] 14.10½ ~ 14.15 [P11B]
?
 Leeds Through Line East 13*59 ~ 14*15 [Sig.L3683] 14/15½
75.60
 Marsh Lane Jn (Leeds) 14/18 [GL] 14/18 [DGL]
76.34
 Neville Hill West Jn 14/21 [GL] 14/20 [Dep/Arr]
76.58
 Neville Hill T. & R.S.M.D. 14.25 ~ 15.25 [FL] [CET Sdg 2] 14.39½ ~ 14.42½
[Dep Sdg 6] 14.52 ~ 15.24½
?
 Neville Hill West Jn 15/27 15.58 ~ 15.58½ [UHM]
?
 Leeds Through Line East ? 15/33½
78.58
 Leeds 15.30a ~ 15.54d [P11] 15.34½a ~ 15.54d [P11A]
?
 Leeds Through Line East ? 15/54½
?
 Neville Hill West Jn 15/56½ 15.58 ~ 15.58½
80.49
 Neville Hill Up Sidings 15.58½ ~ 16.17½ 16.04 ~ 16.14 [Up Arr No.1]
?
 Neville Hill West Jn 16/19½ [GL] 16/15 [UHG]
?
 Marsh Lane Jn (Leeds) 16/24½ 16.17 ~ 16.20½
82.40
 Leeds 16*27½ ~ 16*30½ [P12a][D] 16.24 ~ 16.36 [P12A][D]
?
 Leeds West Jn 16/31½ [Line 'D'] 16/37 [Line 'D']
83.05
 Whitehall Jn 16/32 16/38½
83.29
 Holbeck Jn

16/32½

 16/39½
91.50
 Mill Lane Jn 16/52½ 16/53
91.74
 Bradford Interchange

16.55 ~ 17.33 [Sdg]

 16.55 ~ 14.32½ [Stabling Sdg]
92.18
 Mill Lane Jn 17/34½ [UFU] 17/34½
99.73
 Halifax 17*44½ ~ 17*45½ [P1] 17.46½ ~ 17.48 [P1]
100.19
 Halifax Reversing Siding

17.47½ ~ 17.53½ [Sdg]

 17.49½ ~ 17.53 [Rev Sdg]
100.45
 Halifax 17.55½ ~ 17.58½ [P2] 17.54½a ~ 17.57½d
101.37
 Dryclough Jn 18/01 18/00
102.48
 Greetland Jn 18/03½ 18.02½
107.30
 Bradley Wood Jn 18/09½ 18/11
108.47
 Bradley Jn 18/12 18/14
111.26
 Huddersfield 18.19½a ~ 18.22½d [P1] 18.20a ~ 18.23d [P1]
118.27
 Marsden 18*33½ ~ 18*43½ [P1/UPL] 18.34½ ~ 18.37½ [UPL P1]
18.39½ ~ 18.46 [UPL Sig.HU702]
?
 Diggle Jn 18/48 18/50½
?
 Greenfield 18/50 18.53½ ~ 18.54
129.23
 Stalybridge 18*56 ~ 18*57 [P1] 19.00 ~ 19.02 [P1]
131.58
 Guide Bridge 19/02 [P1] 19/06½ [P1]
135.18
 Ashburys 19/07½ 19/12½
135.76
 Ardwick Jn 19/09 [EL] 19/14 [DEL]
136.58
 Manchester Piccadilly 19.12a [P3] 19.17½a [P3]


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