25th May 2024

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(FA Cup Final Football Special)

Locos Used 86259 'Les Ross / Peter Pan' & 86401 'Mons Meg'
Stock Used 3345+3386+3325+3304+3278+3364+1200+5929+5952+5961+6024+9504

Route : 
1Z84 : Manchester Piccadilly to Wembley Central
1Z86 : Wembley Central to Manchester Piccadilly

Loco(s) Route
86259 (1) Manchester Piccadilly - Stockport - Cheadle Hulme - Macclesfield - Kidsgrove - Stoke-on-Trent - Stone - Colwich - (via WCML, Trent Valley & Northampton) - Wembley Central
86401 (2) Wembley Central - (via WCML, Weedon & Trent Valley) - Colwich - (reverse of outward route - Manchester Piccadilly

Notes :
(1) 86401 on rear.
(2) 86259 on rear.
(3) This was a football special  for the FA Cup Final at Wembley between Manchester United and Manchester City. Final score was 2:1

Source : Nick Bartlett

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Realtime Trains)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Manchester Piccadilly 08.41d [P9] [UF] 08.41   23.09a [P8] 22.44
Ardwick Jn 08/43 08/43   23/05½ 22/41
Slade Lane Jn 08/44½ 08/45   23/03½ 22/39
Heaton Norris Jn 08/46½ 08/47   23/01 22/36
Stockport 08/48 [P2] 08/49 [P2]   22/59½ [P3] [DF] 22/35
Edgeley Jn No.2 08/48½ 08/50   22/58½ 22/34
Edgeley Jn No.1 08/49 08/51   22/58 22/33
Adswood Road Jn 08/50 08/52   22/56½ [DF] 22/32
Cheadle Hulme 08/52 [P4] 08/53   22/52½ [P3] 22/31
Macclesfield 09/00½ [P2] 09/02   22/43½ [P1] 22/21
Congleton 09/06½ 09/08   22/38 22/15
Kidsgrove 09/10½ [P1] 09/14   22/31 [P2] 22/10
Stoke-on-Trent 09/21½ [P1] 09/21   22/25 [P2] 22/05
Stoke Jn 09/22½ 09/22   22/23½ 22/03
Stone 09/31½ 09/27   22/17 21/54
Colwich 09/46 [US] 09/36   22/00½ 21/44
Rugeley North Jn 09/48 [US] 09/39   21/55 [DS] 21/41
Lichfield North Jn 09/54 [US] 09/44   21/49 [DS] 21/33
Amington Jn 10/03 [US] 09/50   21/43 [DS] 21/26
Nuneaton 10/16½ [P4] [US] 10/00   21/32 [P2] [DS] 21/15
Attleborough South Jn 10/18½ [US] 10/01   21/29 [DS] 21/13
Brinklow 10/25½ [US] 10/07   21/22 [DF] 21/07
Trent Valley Jn 10/30 [US] 10/21   21/16½ [DS] 21/03
Rugby 10c37 ~ 10c40 [P6] [UN] 10.23 ~ 10.40   21c04 ~ 21c13 [P2] [DS] 20.54 ~ 21.02
Hillmorton Jn 10/42 10/42   21/02½ 20/52
Daventry North Jn 10/44 10/45   - -
Long Buckby 10/51 10/50   - -
Northampton 10/59½ [UM] 11/00 [UM]   - -
Weedon - -   20/55 20/43
Hanslope Jn 11/11½ [US] 11/10   20/47 [DF] 20/34
Milton Keynes Central 11/16½ [P4] [US] 11/16   20/36 [P3] [DS] 20/27
Bletchley 11/25 [P4] [US] 11/19   20/29 [P3] [DS] 20/21
Ledburn Jn 11/34 [US] 11/25   20/18½ [DS] 20/14
Tring 11/49 [P5] [US] 11/40   20/12 [P3] [DS] 20/10
Bourne End Jn 11/56½ [US] 11/56   20/07 [DS] 20/04
Watford Junction 12/06 [P9] [US] 12/06 [P9]   19/51 [P8] [DS] 19/55
Harrow & Wealdstone 12/11½ [P6] [US] 12/13   19/46 [P5] [DS] 19/51
Wembley Central 12.16a [P6] 12.17   19.42d [P5] [DS] 19.46


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