The Railtour Files

DMU	Route (1)
as listed	08.37 Liverpool Exchange - Wigan Wallgate - Manchester Victoria - Castleton - Oldham - Manchester Victoria
as listed	shunt manoeuvre to gain access to one of the platforms of the Bury line
as listed	Manchester Victoria - Bury Bolton Street
as listed	Bury Bolton Street - Manchester Victoria
as listed	Manchester Victoria - Miles Platting - Stalybridge
as listed	Stalybridge - (2) OA&GB Jn - Ashton Moss South Jn - Crowthorne Jn - Denton Jn (2) - Stockport - Alderley Edge
as listed	Alderley Edge - Manchester Picadilly - (via former GC route) - Dinting (3)
as listed	Dinting - Glossop
as listed	Glossop - Hadfield
as listed	Hadfield - Guide Bridge
as listed	Guide Bridge - Hyde Central - Marple Wharf Jn - Rose Hill Marple
as listed	Rose Hill Marple - Bredbury - Manchester Piccadilly
as listed	Manchester Piccadilly - Stockport - Edgeley Jn - Northenden Jn - Skelton Jn - Altrincham
as listed	Altrincham - (via MSJ&A line) - Manchester Oxford Road
as listed	Manchester Oxford Road - Ordsall Lane Jn - Earlestown - Liverpool Lime Street

Notes :
(1) Route confirmation required.
(2) The route taken (avoiding Guide Bridge) was not expected by the LUPTS committee or the relief guard who was waiting on the platform. He finally caught up with the train at Manchester Piccadilly.
(3) Visit made to the Dinting Railway Centre which had steamed a small industrial tank engine especially for the occasion, admission being included in the tour fare.