30th September 1995
Days Out Ltd
(Shap Time Trial)
Locos Used | at least steam: 60007 'Sir Nigel Gresley' |
Route :
Loco | Route |
????? | 06.00 London Euston - Crewe |
60007 | Crewe - (via WCML) - Carlisle |
60007 | ?Carlisle - Petteril Bridge Jn - (via S&C) - Settle Jn - Hellifield - Clitheroe - Blackburn? |
class 47? | ?Blackburn - Lostock Hall Jn - Farington Jn - (via WCML) - Crewe? |
????? | Crewe - London Euston |
Notes :
(1) This was the first of a series of three 'Shap time trials'.
(2) Incorrectly reported initially as being hauled by 60009 'Union
of South Africa'. Route on the steam leg believed to have been the
same as on the 2nd October run.
Sources : Derek Thompson & Ian Bowskill
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