11th March 2023

Railway Touring Company
The Stratford Flyer

Locos Used 47804 & steam: 46115 'Scots Guardsman'
Stock Used 80217+3136+99127+99712+3058+99121+99122+1860+4905+4994+99304

Route :
1Z41: Manchester Victoria to Stratford-upon-Avon
1Z43 : Stratford-upon-Avon to Manchester Piccadilly

Loco(s) Route
46115 (1) Manchester Victoria - Miles Platting - Philips Park West Jn - Baguley Fold Jn - Ashton Moss North Jn - Denton - Reddish South - Heaton Norris Jn - Stockport - Wilmslow - Sandbach - Crewe - Madeley - Stafford - Penkridge - Bushbury Jn - Wolverhampton - Dudley Port - Soho South Jn - Birmingham New Street - Proof House Jn - St Andrews Jn - Bordesley Jn - Small Heath South Jn - Tyseley - Shirley - Henley-in-Arden - Bearley Jn - Stratford-upon-Avon
46115 (1) Stratford-upon-Avon - Bearley Jn - Henley-in-Arden - Shirley - Tyseley - Small Heath South Jn - Bordesley Jn - St Andrews Jn - Landor Street Jn - Park Lane Jn - Sutton Park - Ryecroft Jn - Walsall - Pleck Jn - Darlaston Jn - Portobello Jn - Bushbury Jn - Penkridge - Stafford - Stone? - Stoke-on-Trent? (2) - Kidsgrove? - Alsager? - Crewe - Sandbach - Wilmslow - Stockport - Manchester Piccadilly

Notes :
(1) 47804 on rear.
(2) Confirmation required - was the return leg diverted via Stoke-on-Trent?

Source : Nick Bartlett

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Realtime Trains)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Manchester Victoria 07.30d [P3] [SL] 07.30   - -
Miles Platting 07/36 07/35   - -
Philips Park West Jn 07/38 07/36   - -
Baguley Fold Jn 07/40 07/38   - -
Ashton Moss North Jn 07/47 07/44   - -
Denton Jn 07/59 07/49   - -
Denton 08w01 ~ 08w27 ? ~ 08.27   - -
Denton Station Jn 08/28 08/28   - -
Reddish South 08/31 08/31   - -
Ash Bridge Jn 08/33 08/32   - -
Manchester Piccadilly - -   21.35a [DS] [P14] 20.53
Ardwick Jn - -   21/32 20/51
Slade Lane Jn - -   21/28 20/46
Heaton Norris Jn 08/34 [US] 08/36   21/24 20/38
Stockport 08.37a ~ 08.43d [P1] 08.39 ~ 08.44   21.06a ~ 21.15d [P4] 20.32 ~ 20.35
Edgeley Jn No.2 08/45 08/46   21/04½ 20/31
Edgeley Jn No.1 08/46 08/47   20*51 ~ 21*04 20/30
Adswood Road Jn 08/49 08/50   20/50 [DS] 20/29
Cheadle Hulme 08/50 [P2] 08/53   20/49 [P1] 20/27
Wilmslow 08.55a ~ 08.59d [P3] 09.01 ~ 09.05   20.41a ~ 20.45d [P3] 20.17 ~ 20.21
Alderley Edge 09/01 [P2] 09/09   20/39 [P1] 20/13
Chelford Loop - -   20*16 ~ 20*30 20/08
Sandbach 09/15 [P1] [FL] 09/19   20/04 [P2] 19/59
Crewe Sydney Bridge 09/22 09/26   19/57 [FL] 19/55
Crewe [Up Manchester Loop] 09*23 ~ 09*32 09.27 ~ ?   - -
Crewe 09.35a ~ 09.50d [P5] [US] 09.34 ~ 09.50 [P5]   19.53a ~ 19.55d [P5] 19/53?
Basford Hall Jn 09/55 [US] 09/54   19/50 [DS] DIV?
Madeley 10/07 [US] 10/01   19/42 [DS] DIV?
Little Bridgeford Jn 10/25 [US] 10/18   - -
Searchlight Lane Jn - -   19/30 [DS] DIV?
Stafford 10w30 ~ 10w47 [UDG] 10.28 ~ 10.57 [UDG]   18w15 ~ 19w23 [P5] [DS] 18.17 ~ 18.20
Trent Valley Jn 10/48½ 10/59   18/13 [SL] 18/16
Penkridge 10/54 11/06   18/07 18/10
Bushbury Jn 11/03 11/15   17/59 18/01
Wolverhampton North Jn 11/06 11/16   - -
Wolverhampton 11/08 [P3] 11/19   - -
Dudley Port 11/16 11/27   - -
Galton Jn 11/20 11/31   - -
Soho South Jn 11/23 11/33   - -
Birmingham New Street 11/27 [P6] [WL] 11/42   - -
Proof House Jn 11/30 11/44   - -
Portobello Jn - -   17/55 17/55
Darlaston Jn - -   17/49 17/50
Pleck Jn - -   17/46 17/47
Walsall - -   17/44 [P2] [SL] 17/45
Ryecroft Jn - -   17/42 17/43
Sutton Park - -   17/27½ ?
Park Lane Jn - -   17/20 17/26
Castle Bromwich Jn - -   17/18 17/23
Landor Street Jn - -   17/13 [ML] 17/15
St Andrews Jn 11/33 11/50   17/11 17/14
Bordesley Jn 11/34 [ML] 11/51   17/10 17/13
Small Heath South Jn 11/37 [SL] 11/55   17/08 17/09
Tyseley 11c40 ~ 11c43 [P3] 11/57 [P3]   16c59 ~ 17c05 [P4] [SL] 16.57 ~ 17.06
Shirley 11/57 12/04   16/50 16/45 [P2]
Whitlocks End 12/00 12/05   16.44 ~ 16.48 16/44
Wood End 12/07 12/13   16/38½ 16/39
Henley-in-Arden 12/15 12/18   16/31 16/31
Bearley Jn 12/24 12/23   16/22 16/26
Stratford-upon-Avon 12.30a [P1] 12.32 [P1]   16.13d [P1] 16.19 [P1]


Associated E.C.S. Workings

5Z41 : (46115 with 47804 on rear) : Carnforth to Manchester Victoria

Location Booked
Carnforth Steamtown 03.30d
Carnforth H.S. 03.40 ~ 03.50
Carnforth 03.55 ~ 05.13
Carnforth North Jn 05/16
Morecambe South Jn 05/20
Lancaster 05/22
Garstang & Catteral 05/34
Fylde Jn 05/48
Preston 05*50 ~ 06*26 [GL]
Ribble Jn 06/28
Euxton Jn 06/35
Chorley 06*40 ~ 06*50
Lostock Jn 07/00
Bolton 07/05
Salford Crescent 07/19
Salford Central 07/21
Deal Street Jn 07/22
Manchester Victoria 07.24a [P3]

5Z42 : (47804 with 46115 on rear) : Stratford-upon-Avon to Hatton
5Z42 : (46115 with 47804 on rear) : Hatton to Dorridge
(whole train turned)

Location Booked Actual
Stratford-upon-Avon 12.45d [P1]  
Bearley Jn 12/54  
Hatton West Jn 13/02  
Hatton 13.05 ~ 13.30 [P3]  
Dorridge 13.39a [UDG] [UDG]

5Z43 : (47804 with 46115 on rear) : Dorridge to Stratford-upon-Avon

Location Booked Actual
Dorridge 14.42d [UDG] [UDG]
Hatton North Jn 14/51  
Hatton West Jn 14/54  
Bearley Jn 15/07  
Stratford-upon-Avon 15.12a [P1]  

5Z44 : (46115 with 47804 on rear) : Manchester Piccadilly to Carnforth

Location Booked
Manchester Piccadilly 21.38d [P14]
Manchester Oxford Road 21/40
Deansgate 21/42
Water Street Jn 21/43
Ordsall Lane Jn 21/44
Salford Crescent 21/46
Bolton 21/58
Lostock Jn 22/02
Chorley 22/16
Euxton Jn 22/26
Ribble Jn 22/31
Preston 22/32 [P3]
Fylde Jn 22/33
Barton & Broughton 22/38
Garstang & Catteral 22/43
Lancaster 22/55
Morecambe South Jn 22/57
Carnforth North Jn 23/02
Carnforth 23.03 ~ 23.46
Carnforth H.S. 23.48 ~ 23.53
Carnforth Steamtown 00.03a


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