Six Bells Junction

Loco	Route
electric	London Euston - (via WCML, Northampton, Trent Valley) - Carlisle
60532	Carlisle - (via S&C) - Settle Jn - Hellifield (1) - Keighley - Shipley - Bradford Forster Square
47715	Bradford Forster Square - New Pudsey - Whitehall Jn - Engine Shed Jn - Woodlesford - Altofts - Wakefield Kirkgate - Healey Mills - Huddersfield - Stalybridge - Stockport - (1) Crewe
electric	Crewe - (reverse of outward route) - London Euston

Notes :
(1) Gordon Jakes comments: The return routing and timings were complicated because the route of the train was altered after the printing of the timetable included in the Souvenir Information Wallet. The route from Hellifield to Blackburn was closed to loco-hauled trains due to underbridge problems at Horrocksford. Consequently the CME was diverted to Blackburn Foster Square where 60532 was detached and 47715 took over. The information given to passengers stated the outward times were not altered....but they were different between the timing sheet and the explanation letter (hence both sets are included for reference). No scheduled timings were provided for the section of route from Bradford to Crewe. Passengers who joined at Wigan North Western had to leave the train at Crewe and return home to Wigan on the 19.53 departure from Crewe (18.55 Birmingham New Street to Glasgow Central), arriving 20.23 at Wigan North Western, tour tickets being valid for this journey.
(2) Alex Cunningham comments: An unspectacular but competent ascent to Ais Gill; passed 4498 'Sir Nigel Gresley' coming downhill with the Pilkington rake in the Mallerstang Valley - when last did two LNER Pacifics pass one another at speed on long express trains? Was anyone in the right place at the right time to photograph these two giants of steam in full flight simultaneously? 47715 'Haymarket' took over at Bradford, now in NSE colours, but still bringing back memories of Edinburgh-Glasgow push-pulls. Looped just below Standedge Tunnel for a 158 bound for Manchester Airport to pass. Arrived Crewe 19:40, and darkness was falling as the Cumbrian Mountain Express headed south while I waited a service train north.

Sources : Alex Cunningham (joined at Carlisle, left at Crewe) & Gordon Jakes (joined/left at Crewe)

Photo Review
(all photos: Gordon Jakes)

M.C	Location	Original Booked (out)	Revised Booked (out)	Revised Booked (rtn)
0.00	Euston	07.06d	08.10d	22.12a
5.65	Willesden WL Jn	07/13	?	?
17.35	Watford Junction	07.21a ~ 07.22d	??.??a ~ 08.32d	21.49a ~ ??.??d
31.53	Tring	07/33	?	?
46.46	Bletchley	07/42	?	?
49.65	Milton Keynes	07.46a ~ 07.47d	?	?
56.47	Hanslope Jn	07/53	?	?
65.68	Northampton	08.05a ~ 08.07d	?	?
84.67	Rugby	08/24	?	?
99.37	Nuneaton	08.35a ~ 08.37d	??.??a ~ 09.41d	20.40a ~ ??.??d
112.39	Tamworth LL	08/47	?	?
118.50	Lichfield TV	08.52a ~ 08.53d	?	?
129.35	Colwich Jn	09/01	?	?
135.70	Stafford	09/06	?	?
141.19	Norton Bridge	09/09	?	?
152.21	Madeley Jn	09/18	?	?
160.27	Crewe	09.27a ~ 09.30d	??.??a ~ 10.32d	19.39a ~ ??.??d
167.68	Winsford	09/38	?	(see below for steam-hauled section Carlisle to Bradford Forster Square)
184.38	Warrington Bank Quay	09/52	?
196.18	Wigan North Western	10/05	?
205.72	Euxton Jn	10/16	?
211.28	Preston	10/23	?
232.26	Lancaster	10/42	?
251.84	Oxenholme	10/54	?
264.47	Tebay	11/04	?
283.46	Penrith	11/17	?

301.35	Carlisle	11L34a	12L22a	12L56d

M.C	Location	Revised Booked
0.00	Carlisle	12L56d
0.72	Petteril Bridge Jn	12/59
9.68	Armathwaite	13/11
15.34	Lazonby	13/20
19.61	Langwathby	13/27
30.62	Appleby	13w46a ~ 14w23d
41.44	Kirkby Stephen	14/37
48.27	Ais Gill	14/44
51.29	Garsdale	14w49a ~ 15w04d
58.59	Blea Moor	15/14
73.44	Settle Jn	15/29
76.69	Hellifield	15/37
83.05	Gargrave	15/44
86.63	Skipton	15c49 ~ 15c51
95.78	Keighley	16/02
102.13	Shipley	16/12
104.78	Bradford Forster Square	16L19a ~ ??L??d

Locos Used	47715 & steam: 60532 'Blue Peter'
Stock Used	load 11