3rd June 1990

Branch Line Society
Teeside Railtour

Loco Used BSC 268 'Kirkleathem' (GECT 6wDE W/No. 5465/1977)
stock Used 5x brake vans

Route :

Loco Route
268 BSC Main Gate & Heavy Engineering Stores - East curved headshunt (reverse) – Lackenby Grids – Tees Dock Sidings (reverse) – Lackenby Grids – Redcar Ore Terminal (reverse) – Ore Terminal Jn (A.Pullar nomenclature - reverse) – North link to BSC Redcar Blast Furnace (reverse) – South link – BSC Lackenby loco shed -  BSC Lackenby Slab Stocking Line adjacent Canteen
268 BSC Lackenby Slab Stocking Line adjacent Canteen – Basic Oxygen Plant – Torpedo Repair Shop – BSC Cleveland 4&5 Furnaces – Bessemer Yard High and low level lines – Holme Beck Subway – South Bank Wharf – stub of former coke works tracks (reverse) – South Bank Wharf – Holme Beck subway – Bessemer Yard (reverse) – Headshunt [opp. South Bank Coke Ovens] (reverse) – Bessemer Yard (reverse) – Holme Beck subway – Slag Pits line (reverse) – Holme Beck subway – Bessemer Yard – Medium Section Mill – Lackenby Grids - BSC Main Gate & Heavy Engineering Stores

Notes :
(1) Andy Pullar, from the 1990 BLS Annual Report, adds that the route was complicated and the day was split either side of a lunch in the works canteen. The buildings listed above in the route table were passed by rather than entered.
(2) Used the same brake vans as the BLS tour on 2nd June 1990.

Source : Andy Pullar

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