21st October 2023

Railway Touring Company
The Mancunian

Locos Used 47804 & steam: 45596 'Bahamas'
Stock Used (2) (14060)+99723+5032+99311+3143+3058+3093+99712+3119+99121

Route :
1Z96 : London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
1Z97 : Manchester Victoria to London Euston

Loco(s) Route
45596 (1) London Euston - (via WCML, Northampton & Trent Valley) - Stafford - Searchlight Lane Jn - Yarnfield Jn - Stone - Stoke-on-Trent - Kidsgrove - Macclesfield - Cheadle Hulme - Stockport - Manchester Piccadilly
45596 (1) Manchester Victoria - Water Street Jn - Deansgate - Manchester Oxford Road - Manchester Piccadilly - Styal (3) - Wilmslow - Sandbach - Crewe - Madeley - Stafford - (reverse of outward route) - Rugby Sig.RN4184 (4)
47804 Rugby Sig.RN4184 - (reverse of outward route) - London Euston

Notes :
(1) 47804 on rear.
(2) 14060 was only in the consist when 45596 was on the train.
(3) The return leg was diverted via Styal due to damage to the overhead electric wires between Cheadle Hulme and Wilmslow.
(4) 45596 was removed from the train at Rugby on the return leg, in order that it could get back Southall Depot before an engineering blockade.
(5) Tour postponed from 25/03/23.

Source : Nick Bartlett

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Realtime Trains)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
London Euston 07.12d [P12] [D] 07.13   22.40a [P1] 22.44
Camden South Jn 07/14½ [C] 07/16   22/35½ [B] 22/41
Camden Jn 07/15½ [DS] 07/17   22/35 [B] 22/40
Willesden West London Jn 07/21½ [DS] 07/21   22/29 [US] 22/37
Wembley Central 07/24½ [P5] [DS] 07/24   22/26 [P6] [US] 22/35
Harrow & Wealdstone 07/28½ [P5] [DS] 07/27   22/20 [P6] [US] 22/32
Watford Junction 07.34a ~ 07.39d [P8] [DS] 07.34 ~ 07.38   22.11a ~ 22.14d [P9] [US] 22.24 ~ 22.26
Bourne End Jn 07/48½ [DS] 07/47   22/02 [US] 22/09
Tring 07/56 [P3] [DS] 07/55   21*48 ~ 21*55 [P4] [US] 22/00
Ledburn Jn 08/03 [DS] 08/01   21/39 [US] 21/55
Bletchley 08/13½ [P3] [DS] 08/13   21/30 [P4] [US] 21/49
Milton Keynes Central 08.18a ~ 08.21d [P3] [DS] 08.17 ~ 08.21   21.21a ~ 21.24d [P2] [US] 21.42 ~ 21.44
Hanslope Jn 08/31½ [DS] 08/29   21/15 [US] 21/34
Northampton 08.43a ~ 08.53d [P2] 08.44 ~ 08.54 [P2]   20.55a ~ 21.01d [P1] 21.21 ~ 21.23
Long Buckby 09/05½ 09/07   20/44 21/04
Daventry North Jn 09/13 09/12   20/37 20/58
Hillmorton Jn 09/19 [DN] 09/15   20/33 20/55
Rugby 09w23a ~ 10w03d [P1] [DF] 09.18 ~ 10.01 [P1]   20.26a ~ 20.30d [P6] [UN] 20.50 ~ 20.53
Rugby Sig.RN4184 - -   19w52 ~ 20w25 [UDT] 19L55 ~ 20L49
Trent Valley Jn 10/06 [DF] 10/03   19/49½ [US] 19/52
Brinklow 10/12 [DF] 10/09   19/44½ [US] 19/44
Attleborough South Jn 10/20½ [DS] 10/16   19/36 [US] 19/34
Nuneaton 10.24a ~ 10.28d [P2] [DS] 10.19 ~ 10.26   19.30a ~ 19.33d [P5] [US] 19.27 ~ 19.30 [P5]
Amington Jn 10/44 [DS] 10/41   19/16½ [US] 19/14
Lichfield North Jn 10/52 [DS] 10/47   19/08½ [US] 19/08
Rugeley North Jn 10/59 [DS] 10/55   19/01½ [US] 19/00
Colwich 11/05 [DF] 10/57   18/55½ [US] 18/58
Milford & Brockton 11/07 [DS] 10/59   - -
Whitehouse Jn - -   18/51½ [UF] 18/54
Trent Valley Jn 11/11 [DS] ?   18/48½ [US] 18/49
Stafford 11w12 ~ 11w36 [UDG] 11.06 ~ 11.40   18w16 ~ 18w47 [UDG] 18.07 ~ 18.46
Stafford North Jn 11/36½ 11/41   18/15½ 18/06
Searchlight Lane Jn 11/42½ [DNB] 11/49   - -
Yarnfield Jn 11/43½ 11/50   - -
Stone 11/46 11/54   - -
Sideway Loop 11*54 ~ 12*01 [DGL] 12/02   - -
Stoke Jn 12/04½ 12/03   - -
Stoke-on-Trent 12/06½ [P2] 12/04   - -
Kidsgrove 12/15½ 12/12   - -
Congleton 12/22½ 12/18   - -
Macclesfield 12/30½ [P1] 12/27   - -
Little Bridgeford Jn - -   18/09 [US] 18/00
Madeley - -   17/53½ [US] 17/50
Basford Hall Jn - -   17/41½ [US] 17/45
Crewe - -   17*26 ~ 17*34 [P5] [US] 17.32 ~ 17.41
Crewe Sydney Bridge - -   17/21½ 17/28
Sandbach - -   17/10½ [P1] [FL] 17/17
Alderley Edge - -   16/57½ [P2] 17/06
Wilmslow - -   16/55½ [P4] 17/04
Styal - -   DIV ?
Heald Green - -   DIV 16/59
Cheadle Hulme 12/42 [P3] 12/43   16/50½ [P2] DIV
Adswood Road Jn 12/43 [DF] 12/45   16/49½ DIV
Edgeley Jn No.1 12/44½ 12/47   16/45 DIV
Edgeley Jn No.2 12/45 12/48   16/44½ DIV
Stockport 12/46 [P3] 12/49   16/43 [P2] DIV
Heaton Norris Jn 12/49 12/50   16/41 DIV
Slade Lane Jn 12/52½ [DS] 12/54   16/37 [UF] 16/46
Longsight Down Loop 12*55 ~ 13*06 [DGL] ?   - -
Ardwick Jn 13/08½ 12/59   16/34 16/43
Manchester Piccadilly 13.11a [DS] [P14] 13.05 [P14]   16/31 [P13] [US] 16/41 [P13]
Manchester Oxford Road - -   16/28 [P4] 16/40
Deansgate - -   16/25 [P1] 16/39
Water Street Jn - -   16*19 ~ 16*23 16/37
Salford Central - -   16/17 16/36
Deal Street Jn - -   16/16 16/35
Manchester Victoria - -   16.13d [P3] 16.33 [P3]


Associated E.C.S. & Light Engine Workings

21/10/23 :
5Z96 : (45596 with 47804 on rear) : Southall to Willesden No.7
5Z96 : (47804 with 45596 on rear) : Willesden No.7 to London Euston

Location Booked
Southall WCR 05.24d
Southall 05.34 ~ 05.48
Southall East Jn 05/50
Hanwell Bridge Loop 05*52 ~ 05*56
West Ealing 06/00
Acton West 06/05
Acton Main Line 06/09
Acton Wells Jn 06/13
Acton Canal Wharf 06/15
Willesden No.7 06.18 ~ 06.28
Willesden West London Jn 06/33
Camden Jn 06/37
Camden South Jn 06/39
London Euston 06.42a [P12]

5Z97 : (45596 with 47804 on rear) : Manchester Piccadilly to Eccles
5Z97 : (47804 with 45596 on rear) : Eccles to Castleton
5Z97 : (45596 with 47804 on rear) : Castleton to Castleton North Jn
(whole train turned)

Location Booked
Manchester Piccadilly 13.16d [P14]
Manchester Oxford Road 13/17
Deansgate 13/18
Water Street Jn 13/19
Ordsall Lane Jn 13/20
Eccles 13.25 ~ 13.31
Ordsall Lane Jn 13/39
Salford Central 13/40
Deal Street Jn 13/41
Manchester Victoria 13*42 ~ 13*44 [P4]
Miles Platting 13/49
Thorpes Bridge Jn 13/51
Vitriol Works 13/55
Castleton East Jn 14/00
Castleton 14.01 ~ 14.03 [P2]
Castleton East Jn 14/04
Castleton North Jn 14.07a

5Z98 : (47804 with 45596 on rear) : Castleton East Jn to Castleton
5Z98 : (45596 with 47804 on rear) : Castleton to Manchester Victoria

Location Booked
Castleton East Jn 15.27d
Castleton 15.37 ~ 15.40
Vitriol Works 15/47
Thorpes Bridge Jn 15/54
Miles Platting 15/56
Manchester Victoria 16.00a [P3]

5Z95 : (45596 with 14060) : Rugby to Southall

Location Additional
Rugby Sig.RN4184 20.10d
Rugby 20/11
Hillmorton Jn 20/13
Daventry North Jn 20/17
Long Buckby 20/24
Northampton 20/35
Hanslope Jn 20/47
Milton Keynes Central 20/53
Bletchley 20/57
Ledburn Jn 21/06
Tring 21*15 ~ 21*22
Bourne End Jn 21/29
Watford Junction 21/37
Harrow & Wealdstone 21/43
Wembley Central 21/49
Willesden Up & Dn Relief 21/53
Sudbury Jn 21/56
Wembley Yard South Jn 22/00
Willesden No.7 22/03
Acton Canal Wharf 22/05
Acton Wells Jn 22/07
Acton Main Line 22*10 ~ 22*30
Acton West 22/34
West Ealing 22/39
Southall East Jn 22/50
Southall 22.52 ~ 22.57
Southall WCR 23.08a

5Z93 : (47746? with 47804 on rear) : London Euston to Willesden Up & Down Relief
5Z93 : (47804 with 47746? on rear) : Willesden Up & Down Relief to Acton Lane Reception Sidings

Location Booked
London Euston 23.34d [P1]
Camden South Jn 23/36
Camden Jn 23/37
Willesden West London Jn 23/41
Harlesden Jn 23/43
Willesden Up & Down Goods 23/47
Sudbury Jn 23/49
Willesden Up & Down Relief 23.52 ~ 00.01
Sudbury Jn 00/03
Wembley Yard South Jn 00/05
Willesden No.7 00/08
Acton Lane Reception Sidings 00.11a

23/10/23 :
5Z47 : (47804 with 47746? on rear) : Acton Lane Reception Sidings to Willesden West London Jn
5Z47 : (47746? with 47804 on rear) : Willesden West London Jn to Southall

Location Booked
Acton Lane Reception Sidings 10.00d
Willesden West London Jn 10.01 ~ 10.19
Willesden SW Sidings 10/25
Acton Wells Jn 10/29
Acton Main Line 10*33 ~ 10*44
Acton West 10/49
West Ealing 10/54
Hanwell Bridge Loop 10*59 ~ 11*20
Southall East Jn 11/22
Southall 11.24 ~ 11.39
Southall WCR 11.50a


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