30th September 2023

Northern Belle
Glamis Castle

Locos Used 57009 'G.J. Churchward' & 57601 'Windsor Castle'
Stock Used 95325+3174+3273+1953+3267+3275+3247+325+17167+10734+10729

Route : 
1Z90 : Preston to Dundee
1Z91 : Dundee to Preston

Loco(s) Route
57601 (1) Preston - (via WCML) - Law Jn - Wishaw - Holytown Jn - Mossend East Jn - Mossend North Jn - Whifflet South Jn - Coatbridge Central - Gartsherrie South Jn - Garnqueen North Jn - Cumbernauld - Greenhill Lower Jn - Carmuirs West Jn - Larbert Jn - Stirling - Dunblane - Hilton Jn - Perth - Errol - Dundee
57009 (2) Dundee - (reverse of outward route) - Preston

Notes:
(1) 57009 on rear.
(2) 57601 on rear.
(3) This was a day of A.S.L.E.F. industrial action with very few service trains running.

Source : Nick Bartlett

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Realtime Trains)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Preston 07.08d [P6] [DT] 07.08   22.19a [P6] 22.24
Fylde Jn 07/09½ ?   22/17 [UT] ?
Barton & Broughton 07/13½ 07/15   22/12½ 22/19
Garstang & Catteral 07/16½ 07/19   22/07 22/15
Lancaster 07.26a ~ 07.29d [P3] 07.30 ~ 07.34   21.49a ~ 21.54d [P3] 21.56 ~ 22.02
Morecambe South Jn 07/32 07/37   21/46 21/50
Carnforth North Jn 07/35 07/41   21/43 21/48
Oxenholme Lake District 07.46a ~ 07.49d [P2] 07.51 ~ 07.56   21.27a ~ 21.30d [P1] 21.31 ~ 21.36
Grayrigg 07/56 08/04   21/20 21/25
Tebay 08/01 08/09   21/16 21/20
Shap Summit 08/06½ 08/13   21/12 21/16
Shap Harrisons Sidings 08/10 08/17   21/08 21/11
Eden Valley - -   21/02 21/03
Penrith North Lakes 08.19a ~ 08.23d [P2] 08.25 ~ 08.30   20.55a ~ 20.59d [P1] 20.52 ~ 20.57
Carlisle 08.42a ~ 08.46d [P3] 08.48 ~ 08.52 [P3]   20.29a ~ 20.32d [P4] 20.09 ~ 20.29 [P4]
Gretna Jn 08/56 09/02   20/20 20/00
Lockerbie Down Loop 09*13 ~ 09*20 [DPL] 09/20?   - -
Lockerbie 09/22 [P1] 09/21   20/05½ [P2] 19/47
Beattock 09/33 [DM] 09/32   19/55½ [UM] 19/36
Beattock Summit 09/46 [DM] 09/41   19/48 [UM] 19/29
Abington 09/53 [DM] 09/48   19/39½ [UM] 19/22
Carstairs South Jn 10/06½ 10/01   19/27½ 19/07
Carstairs ? ?   19/26½ [P1] 19/06
Carstairs North Jn 10/07½ ?   19/25 ?
Lanark Jn 10/09 10/05   19/23 ?
Law Jn Up Loop - -   19*08 ~ 19*13 [UPL] ?
Law Jn 10/15½ 10/14   19/05½ 18/54
Wishaw 10/17½ 10/18   19/00½ 18/51
Holytown Jn 10/21 10/23   18/48½ 18/47
Mossend East Jn 10/22 10/25   18/45 18/46
Mossend North Jn 10/22½ 10/26   18/44 18/45
Mossend North Exit 10/24 10/28   18/42 18/43
Whifflet South Jn 10/27 10/31   18/40 18/42
Coatbridge Central 10/29 [P1] 10/34   18c36 ~ 18c39 [P2] 18.39 ~ 18.40
Gartsherrie South Jn 10/30½ 10/38   18/33 18/37
Garnqueen North Jn 10/32 10/40   18/32 ?
Cumbernauld 10c37 ~ 10c41 [P2] 10/45?   18/27 [P1] 18/31
Greenhill Lower Jn 10*50 ~ 10*59 10.55 ~ 10.58   18/21 18/25
Carmuirs West Jn 11/02½ 11/01   18/18 18/22
Larbert Jn 11/04½ 11/02   18/17 18/21
Stirling 11/14 [P2] 11/12   18/07 [P3] 18/08
Dunblane 11c21 ~ 11c33 [P3] 11.22 ~ 11.33   17*58 ~ 18*01 [P1] 18.00 ~ 18.02
Greenloaning 11/42 11/40   17/50 17/50
Blackford 11/47 11/43   17/46 17/41
Auchterarder SB 11/53 11/46   17/41 17/37
Hilton Jn 12/02 ?   17/30 ?
Perth 12/06 [P2] 12/04   17c18 ~ 17c25 [P1] 17.18 ~ 17.24
Barnhill 12/09 12/07   17/15½ 17/16
Errol 12/19 12/15   17/07½ 17/08
Longforgan LC 12/23 12/19   17/02½ ?
Central Jn 12/29 12/28   16/57½ 16/57
Dundee 12.30a [P4] 12.29 [P4]   16.56d [P4] 16.56 [P4]


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