19th March 1967

R.C.T.S.
The Lancastrian Rail Tour

Loco Used 70015 'Apollo'
Stock Used load 7

Route : 1T55 throughout

Loco Route
70015 Manchester Victoria - Salford - Windsor Bridge No 3 - Brindle Heath - Agecroft Jn - Burnden Jn - Rose Hill Jn - Bury Knowsley Street - Castleton - Rochdale - Todmorden - Stansfield Hall - Copy Pit - Burnley Manchester Road - Rose Grove - Padiham
70015 Padiham - Rose Grove - Oswaldtwistle - Blackburn - Cherry Tree - Feniscowles
70015 Feniscowles - Blackburn
70015 Blackburn - Entwistle - Bolton Lane Jn - Walton's Siding - Lostock Jn - Hindley North - De Trafford Jn - Standish Jn - Farington Jn - Lostock Hall Jn - Croston - Burscough North Jn - Meols Cop - St Lukes - Southport South
70015 Southport South - Formby - Bootle - Hall Road - Walton - Stanley - Edge Lane Jn - Pighue Lane Jn - Olive Mount Jn - Huyton Jn - Lea Green - Earlestown - Astley - Ordsall Lane - Castlefield Jn - Deansgate - Oxford Road - Manchester Piccadilly

Notes :
(1) Seven coaches were provided for this tour, with a freshly painted 70015 enthusiastically worked by crews from Newton Heath and Lostock Hall. Despite the torturous route and the lack of fast running from Liverpool, the tour reached its destination only ten minute late.

Source : David Hills (compiled from contemporary reports)

Photo Review


70015 runs round its train at Blackburn (photo: The John Debens Collection)

 
From The John Debens Ticket Collection.


Timings (Booked Only)
(from Terry Jackson)

M.C Location Booked
0.00 Manchester Victoria 10.00d
2.79 Brindle Heath Jn 10/06
4.57 Clifton Jn 10/09
10.03 Burnden Jn 10/20
10.26 Rose Hill Jn 10/22
15.53 Bury Knowsley Street 10/32
20.62 Castleton East Jn 10/44
22.47 Rochdale 10/48
31.16 Todmorden 11/00
31.56 Stansfield Hall 11/02
35.66 Copy Pit 11/12
41.08 Gannow Jn 11.22a ~ 11.27d
41.74 Rose Grove West 11/29
43.47 Padiham 11.39a ~ 12.05d
45.20 Rose Grove West 12.12a ~ 12.26d
49.47 Accrington 12/36
54.66 Blackburn 12/48
57.77 Cherry Tree 12/52
59.11 Feniscowles 13.01a ~ 13.16d
60.25 Cherry Tree 13/23
63.36 Blackburn 13.27a ~ 13.42
67.49 Darwen 13/50
74.31 Bromley Cross 14/02
77.01 Bolton West Jn 14/08
79.66 Lostock Jn 14/13
83.19 Crow Nest Jn 14/19
84.09 Hindley North No.2 14/21
84.29 Dee Trafford Jn 14/24
87.75 Whelley Jn 14/31
89.33 Standish Jn 14/35
95.59 Euxton Jn 14/50
98.47 Farington Jn 14.55a ~ 15.01d
99.32 Lostock Hall Jn 15.07a ~ 15.27d
100.60 Moss Lane Jn 15/29
109.78 Burscough North Jn 15/43
114.27 Pool Hey Jn 15/53
115.62 Meols Cop 15/56
116.37 St Lukes 15/58
117.03 Southport South 16.00a ~ 16.05d
117.72 Birkdale 16/08
127.79 Hall Road 16/30
131.41 Marsh Lane Jn 16/37
132.61 Bootle Jn 16/40
136.72 Edge Lane Jn 16/50
137.46 Olive Mount Jn 16/53
138.43 Broad Green 16/55
140.51 Huyton 16/59
146.67 St Helens Jn 17/09
149.57 Earlestown 17/13
153.66 Kenyon Jn 17/18
159.48 Barton Moss Jn 17/25
162.43 Eccles 17/27
165.30 Ordsall Lane Jn 17/33
165.72 Castlefield Jn 17/38
166.31 Oxford Road 17/41
167.09 Manchester Piccadilly 17.44a


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