4th December 1965

R.C.T.S. (Lancs & N.W. Branch)
Jubilee Commemorative Rail Tour

Locos Used 45596 'Bahamas' & 45654 'Hood'

Route :
1X36 : Liverpool to York (throughout)
1Z35 : Crewe to Manchester (& return)

Portion Loco(s) Route
1 45596 Crewe - Weaver Jn - Acton Grange Jn - Warrington Bank Quay - Winwick Jn - Earlestown - Eccles - Manchester Exchange
2 (main) 45654 Liverpool Lime Street - Edge Hill - Huyton - St Helens Junction - Earlestown - Eccles - Manchester Exchange
combined 45654 & 45596 Manchester Exchange - Miles Platting - OA & GB Jn - Stalybridge - Standedge - Huddersfield - Thornhill LNW Jn - Morley Low - Leeds City - Micklefield - Church Fenton - York
combined 45596 & 45654 York - Church Fenton - Castleford - Normanton - Wakefield Kirkgate - Mirfield - Brighouse - Sowerby Bridge - Rochdale - Castleton East Jn - Newton Heath - Cheetham Hill Jn - Manchester Victoria
2 (main) 45654 Manchester Victoria - Westwood Park - Atherton - Pemberton - Rainford - Liverpool Exchange
1 45596 Manchester Victoria - Manchester Exchange - (reverse of outward route) - Warrington - Crewe

Notes :
(1) Two sections made up this tour, eight coaches from Crewe, four from Liverpool, combining at Manchester. The joining of the train was not without incident due to one of the coaches not being equipped with a gangway adaptor. This prevented one half of the train reaching the buffet car on the outward run. The tour also include a visit to York Depot where a third Jubilee, 45694 'Bellerphon' was being serviced.


From The John Debens Ticket Collection.

Sources : David Hills (from contemporary reports) & The Bluebell Railway Museum

Timings (Booked Only)
(from Ian Umpleby & The Bluebell Railway Museum)

M.C Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn) M.C
0.00 Crewe 09.15d 19.20a 46.09
3.14 Coppenhall Jn 09/20 ? 42.75
8.63 Winsford 09/26 19/05 37.26
16.21 Weaver Jn 09/33 18/58 29.68
22.09 Acton Grange Jn 09/40 18/51 24.00
24.10 Warrington Bank Quay 0942 18/49 21.79
27.49 Winwick Jn 09/47 18/45 18.40
29.14 Earlestown 09/50 18/42 16.75
33.23 Kenyon Jn 09/57 18/36 12.66
40.05 Barton Moss Jn 10/04 18/30 6.04
42.00 Eccles 10/06 18/28 4.09
45.68 Manchester Exchange 10.13a 18/21 0.21
- Manchester Victoria - 18.20d 0.00

 

M.C Location Booked
0.00 Liverpool Lime Street 09.30d
1.31 Edge Hill 09/35
5.54 Huyton 09/41
11.70 St Helens Junction 09/51
14.60 Earlestown 09/55
18.69 Kenyon Jn 10/01
25.51 Barton Moss Jn 10/08
27.46 Eccles 10/10
31.34
0.00		 Manchester Exchange 10.17a ~ 10.35d
0.21 Manchester Victoria 10/36
1.59 Miles Platting 10/40
6.25 OA & GB Jn 10/47
8.15 Stalybridge 10/51
14.64 Diggle Jn 11/04
18.56 Marsden 11/12
25.64 Huddersfield 11w21a ~ 11w33d
29.42 Heaton Lodge Jn 11/40
32.22 Thornhill LNW Jn 11/45
38.26 Morley Low 11/57
41.01 Farnley & Wortley 12/00
42.76 Leeds City 12.05a ~ 12.07d
52.52 Micklefield 12/22
57.61 Church Fenton 12/28
68.40
0.00		 York 12.43a ~ 15.45d
10.59 Church Fenton 16/00
16.54 Burton Salmon 16/10
20.75 Castleford 16/20
24.39 Normanton 16/30
27.46 Wakefield Kirkgate 16.36a ~ 16.37d
29.69 Horbury Jn 16/42
33.34 Midland Jn 16/48
36.75 Mirfield 16/54
41.01 Brighouse 17/00
46.56 Sowerby Bridge 17w09a ~ 17w15d
51.56 Hebden Bridge 17/23
55.55 Hall Royd Jn 17/28
64.63 Rochdale 17/42
66.47 Castleton East Jn 17/46
70.01 Middleton Jn 17/53
72.47 Newton Heath 17/59
74.30 Cheetham Hill Jn 18/02
75.23
0.00		 Manchester Victoria 18.05a ~ 18.12d
1.09 Windsor Bridge Jn 18/16
2.21 Pendleton Broad Street 18/18
13.44 Dobbs Brow Jn 18/34
14.57 Crow Nest Jn 18/36
16.15 Hindley No.3 18/38
19.66 Pemberton 18/45
24.72 Rainford Jn 18/52
33.43 Walton Jn 19/03
37.03 Liverpool Exchange 19.10a


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