The Railtour Files

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).

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)

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

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

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

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