Six Bells Junction

Loco	Route
47833	Swindon - Bath - Cheltenham - Kidderminster - Bescot - Stafford - Crewe - Stockport - Stalybridge - Marsden - Wakefield Kirkgate - Wortley Jn - Bradford Forster Square
46229	Bradford Forster Square - Skipton - Hellifield
47833	Hellifield - Ribblehead - Appleby - Carlisle (rev) - Penrith - Wigan - Crewe
47578	Crewe - (reverse of outward route) - Swindon

Notes :
(1) Duncan Jennings comments: According to the tour booklet we were booked an engine change at Crewe but I can't see any reason why, either way on the day it didn't happen.
(2) Duncan Jennings comments: 46229 was supposed to do the full S&C northbound run but failed at milepost 228, around 3 miles from Hellifield. If memory serves the reason given at the time was a failure of the white metal bearings but what that actually means I couldn't say. 47833 was dispatched to rescue us, taking us into Hellifiled where 46229 was dumped, and then continuing with the booked itinerary. On the return 47833 had used more fuel than predicted when diagrammed (light engine Crewe - Carlisle v. light engine to Hellifield then loaded train to Carlisle) and 47578 was substituted at Crewe so we didn't run out of fuel.

46229 waiting to take over at Bradford Forster Square (photo: Duncan Jennings)

M.C	Location	Booked (out)	Booked (rtn)
0.00	Swindon	06.03d	00.21a
5.64	Wootton Basset Jct	06/10	00/15
16.53	Chippenham	06.18a ~ 06.20d	00.03a ~ 00.05d
27.32	Bathampton Jct	06/29	23/52
29.48	Bath Spa	06.32a ~ 06.34d	23.46a ~ 23.48d
40.23	North Somerset Jct	06/44	23/35
40.46	Dr. Days Jct	06/46	23/33
44.43	Filton Jct	06/51	23/29
45.62	Bristol Parkway	06.53a ~ 06.55d	23.25a ~ 23.27d
50.32	Westerleigh Jct	07/00	23/19
58.45	Charfield	07/08	23/12
71.70	Standish Jct	07/17	23/02
78.00	Gloucester Yard Jct	07/22	22/57
84.30	Cheltenham Spa	07.29a ~ 07.31d	22.48a ~ 22.50d
91.41	Ashchurch	07/38	22/42
102.28	Abbotswood Jct	07/55	22/35
106.15	Worcester Shrub Hill	08.01a ~ 08.03d	22.27a ~ 22.29d
111.74	Droitwich Spa	08/11	22/18
117.56	Hartlebury	08/17	22/11
121.30	Kidderminster	08.23½a ~ 08.25½d	22.02a ~ 22.04d
128.09	Stourbridge Junction	08/34½	21/48
136.33	Galton Jct	08/49	21/28
138.11	Soho South Jct	08/51	21/26
140.12	Birmingham New Street	08.55a ~ 08.57d	21.17a ~ 21.21d
140.68	Proof House Jct	08/59½	21/15
142.68	Aston	09/04½	21/10
145.10	Perry Barr North Jct	09/10½	21/05
149.47	Bescot Stadium	09/18½	20/59½
153.34	Portobello Jct	09/26	20/54½
156.02	Bushbury Jct	09/37	20/49½
169.59	Stafford	09/49½	20/33½
175.08	Norton Bridge	09/56½	20/30
186.10	Madely Jct	10/05½	20/20½
194.16	Crewe	10L16 ~ 10L31	20.07a ~ 20.09d

M.C	Location	Booked
0.00	Crewe	10.31d
4.50	Sandbach	10/41
18.65	Wilmslow	10/57
22.60	Cheadle Hulme	11/01½
25.01	Stockport	11c05 ~ 11c11
29.66	Denton Jct	11/20½
30.53	Guide Bridge	11/24½
32.76	Stalybridge	11/32
40.03	Diggle Jct	11/42
43.78	Marsden	11/46
51.04	Huddersfield	11/53
54.22	Heaton Lodge Jct	11/58½
56.75	Mirfield East Jct	12/00
57.41	Thornhill L.N.W. Jct	12/01
63.04	Horbury Jct	12/11
65.31	Wakefield Kirkgate	12/19
69.24	Altofts Jct	12/27
70.61	Methley Jct	12/32
78.44	Engine Shed Junction	12c42 ~ 12c52
78.76	Whitehall Jct	12/56
79.41	Wortley Jct	12/58
85.21	Apperley Jct	13/05
88.67	Guiseley Jct	13/08½
92.00 0.00	Bradford Forster Square	13L15 ~ 13L45
2.65	Shipley	13/53
9.00	Keighley	14/05
18.15	Skipton	14c23 ~ 14c24
28.09	Hellifield	14/41
31.34	Settle Jct	14/46
44.14	Ribblehead	15/01
46.19	Blea Moor Tunnel South	15/04
53.49	Garsdale	15w16 ~ 15w31
63.34	Kirkby Stephen	15/48
74.16	Appleby	16w03 ~ 16w33
85.17	Langwathby	16/47
89.44	Lazonby & Kirkoswald	16/53
95.10	Armathwaite	17/01
104.06	Petteril Bridge Jct	17/20
104.78 0.00	Carlisle	17L31 ~ 17L54
17.69	Penrith	18/12½
36.68	Tebay	18/28½
50.01	Oxenholme	18/38
63.01	Carnforth North Jct	18/46½
68.09	Lancaster	18/51½
90.07	Preston	19/13½
95.43	Euxton Jct	19/20½
105.17	Wigan North Western	19.30a ~ 19.32d
106.46	Springs Branch Jct	19/35
113.41	Winwick Jct	19/40½
116.77	Warrington Bank Quay	19/43½
118.64	Acton Grange Jct	19/45
123.68	Weaver Jct	19/50½
133.47	Winsford	19/57
140.08	Crewe	20.07a