12th February 2023

Branch Line Society
The Technical Cobra

Locos Used 08756, 37403 'Isle of Mull', 37800, 50008 'Thunderer', 66023, 66169 & 66221
Stock Used 4856+5028+1859+35185+3150+13230

Route :
1Z88 : Derby to Pontefract Monkhill
1Z89 : Pontefract Monkhill to Falkirk Grahamston

Loco(s) Route
50008 (1) Derby - Derby RTC - No.1 Way & Works Siding
08756 (2) (7) (Derby RTC) - No.1 Way & Works Siding - Vehicle Testing House Siding No.1
37800 (3) (Derby RTC) - Vehicle Testing House Siding No.1 - No.1 Way & Works - Station-end Shunt Neck
08756 (4) (7) (Derby RTC) - Station-end Shunt Neck - No.1 Way & Works - Vehicle Testing House Siding No.1
37403 (5) (Derby RTC) - Vehicle Testing House Siding No.1 - Way & Works Jn - Derby - Broadholme [DPL] - Ambergate Jn - Clay Cross North Jn - Chesterfield - Dore Station Jn- Heeley [Dn Loop] - Sheffield [Up Station Siding No 1] - Nunnery Main Line Jn - Brightside [Reception No 1] - Brightside [Up & Dn Slow] - Meadowhall - Elsecar - Barnsley - Horbury Jn - Wakefield Kirkgate - Calder Bridge Jn - Oakenshaw [UGL]
50008 (1) Oakenshaw [UGL] - Calder Bridge Jn - Cobra Siding (Bottom Siding 2) (EoL)
37403 (5) Cobra Siding - Calder Bridge Jn - Oakenshaw Jn - Oakenshaw South Jn
50008 (1) Oakenshaw South Jn - Oakenshaw Jn - Oakenshaw UGL - Calder Bridge Jn - Turners Lane Jn - Normanton - Wakefield Europort, Line 1 South
66221 + 66023 + 66169 (6) Wakefield Europort, Line 1 South - Line 1 North - Loco Release Line (EoL)
37403 (5) Wakefield Europort, Loco Release Line - Wakefield Europort No.4 Road (EoL)
66221 + 66023 + 66169 (6) Wakefield Europort, No.4 Road - Line 2 North - Loco Release Line (EoL)
37403 (5) Wakefield Europort, Loco Release Line - Wakefield Europort No.3 Road (EoL)
50008 (1) Wakefield Europort, No.3 Road - Line 2 North
37403 (5) Wakefield Europort, Line 2 North - Line 2 South - Normanton - Turners Lane Jn - Calder Bridge Jn - Oakenshaw Jn - Crofton East Jn - Pontefract Monkhill
50008 (1) Pontefract Monkhill - Glasshoughton - Castleford - Milford Jn - Gascoigne Wood [Down Loop]
37403 Gascoigne Wood [Down Loop] - South Milford - Micklefield - Cross Gates - Neville Hill [Up Hull Goods Loop] - Leeds [Through Road] - Armley Jn - Kirkstall [Dn Loop] - Kirkstall Forge (9) - Apperley Bridge - Shipley - Keighley - Skipton - Hellifield - Settle Jn - (via S&C) - Petteril Bridge Jn - London Road Jn - Carlisle - (via WCML) - Motherwell - Mossend North Jn - Coatbridge Central - Gartsherrie South Jn - Garnqueen North Jn - Cumbernauld - Greenhill Lower Jn - Carmuirs West Jn - Carmuirs East Jn - Falkirk Grahamston

Notes:
(1) 37403 on rear.
(2) 08756 piloting 50008 with 37403 on rear.
(3) 37800 piloting 37403 with 50008 + 08756 on rear.
(4) 08756 piloting 50008 with 37403 + 37800 on rear.
(5) 50008 on rear.
(6) 66221+66023+66169 piloting 50008 with 37403 on rear.
(7) 08871 originally planned to work double headed with 08756 at Derby RTC.
(8) Charity Railtour raising money for Martin House Children's Hospice.
(9) An additional stop was made at Kirkstall Forge, due to slightly late running & the possibility of missing the connection at Apperley Bridge for the many passengers who needed to catch the train to Leeds.

Sources : Alan Sheppard (on the train from Derby to Skipton) & Jim Sellens

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Alan Sheppard (Derby to Skipton) & Realtime Trains)

M.C Location Booked Actual
0.00
 Derby 08.45d [P3] [UTS] 08.44½ [P3]
?
 London Road Jn ? 08/46
0.28
 Derby Way & Works Jn 08/46½ DIV
0.50
 Derby R.T.C. (Network Rail) 08.47½ ~ 09.45 No.1 Way + Wks 08.49 ~ 08.56
Veh.Test Ho. 09.01 ~ 09.07½
Shunt Neck 09.16 ~ 09.17
Veh.Test Ho. 09.21½ ~ 09.36
?
 Derby Way & Works Jn 09/46 [PL] 09/41
1.20
 Derby 09.47½ ~ 09.48 [P7] [PL] [D] 09/45 [P7] [D]
2.43
 St Mary's South Jn 09/50½ 09/50½
?
 St Mary's North Jn ? 09/51
10.00
 Broadholme 09/58½ [DBL] 10/00 [DBL]
11.13
 Ambergate Jn 10.00½ ~ 10.01 [DBL] 10/03
22.01
 Clay Cross North Jn 10/13 [ML] 10/15 [DM]
24.32
 Chesterfield South Jn 10/17 [ML] 10/17 [DM]
25.31
 Chesterfield 10.19a ~ 10.21d [P1] [ML] 10.19 ~ 10.21 [P1]
25.75
 Tapton Jn 10/23½ 10/21½
34.69
 Dore Station Jn 10/32 10/33
?
 Sheffield Sig.S.77 (Queens Road) 10/36½ [DPL] 10/37½ [DM-DHL]
?
 Sheffield Sig.S.81 10*39½ ~ 10*47½ 10.39 ~ 10.55½
38.55
 Sheffield 10*50 ~ 10*53½ [US1] 10/58 [USS1]
39.12
 Nunnery Main Line Jn 10/55½ 11/01
40.33
 Mill Race Jn 11/00 11.03½ ~ 11.05
?
 Brightside Up/Dn East Slow 11*02 ~ 11*02 [Recp.1] 11.08 ~ 11.10½ [Recp.1]
41.27
 Brightside Jn 11/05 11/14½ [UDS]
41.67
 Wincobank Jn 11/06 11/16½
42.05
 Meadowhall 11.07a ~ 11.09d [P4] 11.17 ~ 11.18 [P4]
43.00
 Ecclesfield West S.B. 11/13 11/23
56.35
 Barnsley 11/25 [P2] 11/38 [P2]
60.63
 Woolley Coal Sdgs S.B. 11/31½ 11/43½
65.23
 Horbury Jn 11/38 [SL] 11/48½ [DnLYS]
67.47
 Wakefield Kirkgate 11/42 [P3] 11/54 [P3]
68.13
 Calder Bridge Jn 11/43 11/57
68.61
 Oakenshaw Jn ? 11.58 [UGL] ~
69.25
 Crofton West Jn 11/46 DIV
69.78
 Crofton East Jn 11/49 DIV
70.08
 Crofton East Spur 11.53 ~ 12.03 DIV
?
 Crofton East Jn 12/08 DIV
?
 Crofton West Jn 12/10 DIV
71.35
 Oakenshaw Jn ? [UGL] ~ 12.06
72.03
 Calder Bridge Jn 12.14 ~ 12.15 [UGL] 12/08
72.43
 Wkfld K. Whithams Cobra 12.21 ~ 12.46 12.13 ~ 12.22½ [Sdg.2]
?
 Cobra Sidings Jn ? 12.25 ~ 12.33
73.03
 Calder Bridge Jn 12.50 12/34½
add
 Oakenshaw Jn 12/52 12/38½
add
 Oakenshaw South Jn (Sig.WK6841) 12.55 ~ 13.02 (WK6840) 12.40 ~ 12.46
add
 Oakenshaw Jn 13/05 12.49 ~ 12.51 [UGL]
73.03
 Calder Bridge Jn 13/07 12/52½
73.53
 Turners Lane Jn 13/09½ 12.54 ~ 12.58
76.68
 Altofts Jn 13/22 13/07
77.52
 Wakefield Europort 13.25½ ~ 13.09 ~ 13.15½ [1S]
13.18½ ~ 13.21 [1N]
add
 Wakefield Europort ? 13.28 ~ 13.40 [Sdg.4]
add
 Wakefield Europort ? 13.44½ ~ 13.49 [2N]
add
 Wakefield Europort ? 13.54 ~ 13.58 [Sdg.3]
77.52
 Wakefield Europort ~ 14.01 14.05 ~ 14.10 [2N]
Exit 14.15 ~ 14.18
78.36
 Altofts Jn 14/03 14/22½
81.51
 Turners Lane Jn 14/10 14/29½
82.21
 Calder Bridge Jn 14/12 14/31½
?
 Crofton West Jn 14/14 14/34½
84.16
 Crofton East Jn 14/16 14/35½
90.33
 Pontefract Monkhill 14.25a [P2] ~ 15.45d [P1] 14.44½ [P2] ~ 16.08 [P2] [DC]

?

 Prince of Wales S.B. ? 16/09½ [DC-UC]
92.77
 Cutsyke Jn ? 16/15 [UC-DC]
93.64
 Castleford 15/54 [P1] 16/16½ [P2]
?
 Castleford East Jn ? 16/17½ [UpN-DnN]
99.56
 Milford Jn 16/04 16/25½ [DnN-DMC]
101.11
 Gascoigne Wood Jn 16/08 16/31
101.33
 Gascoigne Wood Down Loop 16DE10 ~ 16DE27 16DE32 ~ 16DE38 [DGL]
101.55
 Gascoigne Wood Jn 16/30 16/39½
106.17
 Micklefield 16/36 [P2] 16/47 [P2]
111.39
 Cross Gates 16/41½ [P2] 16/52 [P2]
?
 Neville Hill East Jn ? 16/57½ [UHM-UHGL]
114.22
 Neville Hill West Jn 16/45 [FL] 17/02
115.78
 Leeds 16*48½ ~ 16*53 [TR] [B] 17/06 [TR] [B]
116.23
 Leeds West Jn 16/54½ [DH] 17/07 [DH]
116.45
 Whitehall Jn 16/55 [DS] 17/08
117.14
 Armley Jn 17/00 17/09 [DH-DSM]
118.19
 Kirkstall Down Loop 17.05 ~ 17.05 [DPL] 17/12½ [DPL]
?
 Kirkstall Forge ? 17.16 ~ 17.18 [P2]
122.71
 Apperley Jn 17/11 17/22
123.60
 Apperley Bridge 17.13a ~ 17.15d [P2] 17.23½ ~ 17.25 [P2]
126.35
 Dockfield Jn 17/19½ 17/30
126.60
 Shipley 17/20 [P2W] 17/30½ [P2]
132.74
 Keighley 17/27½ [P2] 17/38
142.39
 Skipton 17.42a ~ 17.44d [P4] 17.47 ~ 17.49 [P4]
142.51
 Skipton Down Shipley Slow 17.46 ~ 17.46 [DSL] ?
146.17
 Gargrave 17/51 17/55
152.01
 Hellifield 17/58 [P2] 18/02
155.62
 Settle Jn 18/02 ?
163.77
 Horton-in-Ribblesdale 18/11½ ?
168.54
 Ribblehead 18/17½ 18/21
169.73
 Blea Moor 18/20 18/25
178.07
 Garsdale 18/30½ 18/35
188.01
 Kirkby Stephen 18/40½ 18/45
198.56
 Appleby 18/51 18/57
203.01
 Kirkby Thore S.B. 18/57½ ?
206.13
 Culgaith S.B. L.C. 19/00½ 19/04
214.04
 Lazonby & Kirkoswald 19/08½ ?
221.09
 Low House Crossing S.B. 19/15½ 19/19
224.31
 Howe & Co Sdgs 19/19 19/23
228.46
 Petteril Bridge Jn 19/24½ 19/28
228.69
 London Road Jn 19/25 19/29
229.38
 Carlisle 19.28a ~ 19.30d [P3] 19.31½ ~ 19.35
253.49
 Gretna Jn 19/40 19/44½
257.72
 Kirkpatrick Sig.MC.863 19/43 19/48
270.58
 Lockerbie 19/53 [P1] 19/59½
284.51
 Beattock 20/06 20/13½ [DM]
294.56
 Beattock Summit 20*19 ~ 20*34 [DPL] 20.32½ ~ 20.33 [DPL]
302.55
 Abington 20/42 [DM] 20/41
318.06
 Carstairs South Jn 20/55 20/54½
318.41
 Carstairs 20/55½ [DM] 20/55½
321.00
 Lanark Jn 20/57½ 20/59½
329.02
 Law Jn 21/04 21/06½
331.42
 Wishaw 21/07½ [P1] 21/11
332.51
 Shieldmuir 21/16 [P1] 21/14
334.30
 Motherwell 21.23a ~ 21.25d [P2] 21.18½ ~ 21.24
336.00
 Mossend South Jn 21/29½ 21/28
336.34
 Mossend North Jn 21/30 21/28½
337.44
 Mossend North Exit 21/31 21/30
338.55
 Whifflet South Jn 21/32½ 21/32
339.60
 Coatbridge Central 21/33½ [P1] 21/33
340.61
 Gartsherrie South Jn 21/35 21/34½
343.72
 Garnqueen North Jn 21/36½ 21/36
348.05
 Cumbernauld 21/40½ [P2] 21/42
353.50
 Greenhill Lower Jn 21/46½ 21/46
355.61
 Carmuirs West Jn 21/49 21/49
356.23
 Carmuirs East Jn 21/50½ 21/50½
358.26
 Falkirk Grahamston 21.54a [P1] 21.54

Mileages taken from tour brochure.


Associated E.C.S. & Light Engine Workings

5Z87 : (50008 with 37403 on rear) : Chaddesden Sidings to Derby

Location Booked Actual
Chaddesden Sidings 08+16d 08+26 [Rd.6]
Chaddesden Curve 08+20 ~ 08+30 [C] 08/29 [Arr/Dep 2]
Derby 08+32a [P3] [C] 08+31 [P3]

5Z88 : (37403 with 50008 on rear) : Pontefract Monkhill to Knottingley T.M.D.

Location Booked Actual
Pontefract Monkhill 14+30d [P2] 14+48 [P2]
Knottingley West Jn 14/34½ [ML] 14/53
Knottingley East Jn 14+38 ~ 14+42 DIV
Knottingley T.M.D. 14+45a 14+55½ [ARR]

5Z89 : (50008 with 37403 on rear) : Knottingley T.M.D. to Pontefract Monkhill

Location Booked Actual
Knottingley T.M.D. 15+22d 15+45 [ARR]
Knottingley East Jn 15+25 ~ 15+29 DIV
Knottingley West Jn 15/32 15/47
Pontefract Monkhill 15+36a [P1] 15+56 ~ 15+57 [P1]
West X-Over 15+58 ~ 16+01
16+04 [P2]

0Z50 : (50008) : Gascoigne Wood Down Loop to Knottingley T.M.D.

Location Booked Actual
Gascoigne Wood Down Loop 16+33d 16+44
Gascoigne Wood Jn 16/36 16/47½
Milford Jn 16/40 16/51
Ferrybridge North Jn 16/48 16/57
Knottingley West Jn 16/50 [ML] 16/59
Knottingley East Jn 16+55 ~ 16+58 17+02 ~ 17+02
Knottingley T.M.D. 17+01a 17+11

5Z90 : (37403 + tour stock) : Falkirk Grahamston to Bo'ness Jn Exchange Siding

Location Booked Actual
Falkirk Grahamston 21+58d [P1] 21+58
Grangemouth Jn 21/59½ [MFU] 21/58½
Polmont 22/04 [P1] 22/03½
Bo'ness G.F. 22+10 ~ 22+15 [MFU] 22+07 ~ 22+12
Bo'ness Jn Exchange Sdg 22+20a 22+15


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