8th May 1955

R.C.T.S. (East Midlands Branch)
The East Midlander Rail Tour (No.1)

Locos Used 61554 & 45094
Stock Used M9892M+????

Route : Reporting Code M960 (throughout?)

Loco Route
61554 Nottingham Midland - Mansfield Jn - Lenton South Jn - Beeston - Attenborough - Attenborough Jn - Meadow Lane Jn - Toton East Jn - Stapleford & Sandiacre - Trowell - Langley Mill - Pye Bridge Jn - Clay Cross South Jn - Chesterfield Midland - Dronfield - Dore & Totley South Jn - Dore & Totley West Jn - Edale - Chinley - New Mills South Jn - Cheadle Jn - Northenden Jn - Skelton Jn - Altrincham - Knutsford - Northwich - Middlewich - Sandbach - Sydney Bridge Jn - Sorting Sidings North - (via Up Slow Independent) - Basford Hall Sorting Sidings South
45094? (1)? Basford Hall Sorting Sidings South - North Staffs Down Sidings
61554 (2)? North Staffs Down Sidings - Crewe
45094? (1)? Crewe - Crewe South Jn
61554 Crewe South Jn - Crewe Works Stone Yard Bank
61554? Crewe Works Stone Yard Bank - Crewe
61554 Crewe - Alsager - Kidsgrove Central - Longport - Etruria - Stoke-on-Trent - Blyth Bridge - Uttoxeter - Stenson Jn - Derby - Derby South Jn - Chaddesden South Jn - Spondon Jn - Sheet Stores Jn - Trent - Attenborough - Beeston - Nottingham Midland

Notes :
(1) 61554 on rear.
(2) 45094 on rear?
(3) Route confirmation required - above is from booked timings. Also where 45094 was used (originally thought to have been from Crewe works to the station, a photo of 45094 at basford Hall suggests it was in fact used prior to the works visit).

Sources : David Davis, Ken Brockway & John Debens

Photo Review


61554 pauses at Cheadle Heath in the Manchester suburbs. Note the
carriage destination board which read: 'R.C.T.S. Nottingham - Crewe Works'
(photo: J.B.C.McCann/The John Debens Collection)


45094 at Basford Hall (photo: J.B.C.McCann/The John Debens Collection)


The passengers pass 61554 after arrival at Crewe Stone Yard Bank.
(photo: D.B.Watkins/The John Debens Collection)


Crewe Works, seminar...1950's style! (photo: The John Debens Collection)


Watering stop for 61554 at Uttoxeter on the return journey to Nottingham.
(photo: The John Debens Collection)


From The John Debens Ticket Collection


Timings (Booked Only)
(from John Debens)

M.C Location Booked
0.00 Nottingham Midland 09.15d
3.21 Beeston ?
4.58 Attenborough ?
5.49 Attenborough Jn 09/25
6.33 Meadow Lane Jn 09/28
6.71 Toton East Jn 09/30
7.22 Toton Jn 09/35
8.24 Stapleford & Sandiacre ?
9.46 Stanton Gate ?
10.72 Trowell 09/42
12.32 Ilkeston Jn & Cossall Station ?
15.63 Langley Mill ?
19.57 Pye Bridge 09/55
21.74 Alfreton & South Normanton ?
23.03 Westhouses & Blackwell ?
24.35 Doe Hill ?
24.73 Morton Sidings 10/09
27.70 Clay Cross 10/13
32.14 Chesterfield Midland 10w20 ~ 10w30
32.57 Tapton Jn ?
37.20 Dronfield 10/40
39.29 Dore & Totley South Jn 10/45
39.52 Dore & Totley West Jn 10/47
44.75 Grindleford ?
46.59 Hathersage 10/59
48.44 Bamford ?
50.23 Hope ?
55.33 Edale 11/14
59.01 Cowburn West Jn 11/20
60.22 Chinley North Jn 11/23
61.21 Chinley 11/25
62.60 Buxworth ?
63.78 New Mills South Jn 11/28
73.43 Cheadle Heath 11w38 ~ 11w48
74.00 Cheadle Jn 11/51
74.64 Cheadle ?
76.14 Northenden ?
78.41 Baguley ?
79.51 Skelton Jn 12/01
79.78 Deansgate Jn ?
80.71 Altrincham & Bowden 12/06
81.39 Hale ?
83.01 Ashley ?
84.78 Mobberley ?
87.67 Knutsford ?
90.17 Plumbley ?
92.29 Lostock Gralam ?
93.35 Northwich 12.36 ~ 12.38
98.72 Middlewich 12p47 ~ 13p02
102.55 Sandbach 13/10
106.26 Sydney Bridge Jn 13/15
107.35 Salop Goods Jn 13/18
108.64 Basford Hall Sorting Sidings South 13.25 ~ 13.30
109.15 North Stafford Sidings 13.38 ~ 13.42
109.60 Crewe 13.47 ~ 13.50 [P3]
? Crewe South Jn 13.54 ~ 13.56
? Liverpool Line Entrance Works Sidings C 14/01
? Crewe Works Stone Yard Bank 14.15a ~ 16.45d
109.60 Crewe ?
117.02 Lawton Jn ?
118.34 Kidsgrove Central 17/10
123.34 Etruria ?
124.09 Newcastle Jn ?
124.48 Stoke-on-Trent 17/20
125.07 Stoke Jn ?
132.05 Cresswell ?
141.34 Uttoxeter 17p44 ~ 17p51
149.14 Tutbury 18/10
150.56 Marston Jn ?
151.75 Eggington Jn ?
155.60 Stenson Jn 18/18
160.44 Derby 18.27a ~ 18.36d
162.53 Chaddesden South Jn 18/41
163.25 Spondon Jn 18/44
169.36 Sheet Stores Jn 18/54
169.72 Trent 18/56
176.56 Nottingham Midland 19.07a


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