30th August 1997

Lancaster Railtours
The Red Dragon

Locos Used 47624 & 90020

Route : 1Z67 throughout

Loco Route
90020 Carlisle - (via WCML) - Crewe
47624 Crewe - Nantwich - Shrewsbury - Hereford - Abergavenny - Cwmbran - Newport - Cardiff Central
47624 Cardiff Central - (reverse of outward route) - Crewe
90020 Crewe - (via WCML) - Carlisle

Source : Alex Cunningham

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Derek Thompson)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Carlisle 07.17d 07.16   23.22a 23.48
Penrith 07.32½a ~ 07.34½d 07.30 ~ 07.34   23.01½a ~ 23.03½d 23.28 ~ 23.32
Tebay 07/49 07/48   22/47½ 23/13
Oxenholme 07.59a ~ 08.01d 07.58 ~ 08.01   22.34½a ~ 22.36½d 22.58 ~ 23.02
Carnforth North Jn 08/25 08/10   22/23½ 22/46
Lancaster 08.30a ~ 08.32d 08.15 ~ 08.33   22.18a ~ 22.20d 22.38 ~ 22.41
Preston 08.56a ~ 08.59d 08.56 ~ 09.00   21.58a ~ 22.01d 21.58 ~ 22.19
Euxton Jn 09/07 09/05   21/51 21/52
Wigan North Western 09.18a ~ 09.20d 09.17 ~ 09.19   21.41a ~ 21.43d 21.42 ~ 21.43
Winwick Jn 09/26½ 09/26   21/34½ 21/34
Warrington Bank Quay 09.30a ~ 09.32d 09.30 ~ 09.32   21.29a ~ 21.31d 21.28 ~ 21.30
Acton Bridge Jn 09/35 09/34   21/27 21/26
Weaver Jn 09/39½ 09/38   21/23½ 21/23
Crewe 09L53a ~ 10L21d 10.00 ~ 10.20   20L56a ~ 21L11d 20.53 ~ 21.10
Nantwich 10/27 10/27   20/46 20/46
Wem ? ?   20/27 20/25
Shrewsbury ? ?   20/06 20/06
Sutton Bridge Jn 11/10 ?   20/03 ?
Dorrington 11/16 ?   19/55 ?
Craven Arms 11.32 ~ 11.34 11.28 ~ 11.30   19.38 ~ 19.40 19.38 ~ 19.40
Woofferton 11/49 11/46   19/23 19/26
Shelwick Jn 12/06 ?   19/08 ?
Hereford 12.09 ~ 12.11 12.04 ~ 12.09   19.03 ~ 19.05 19.03 ~ 19.05
Abergavenny 12/39 12/31   18/38 18/39
Pontypool 12/48 ?   18/26 ?
Cwmbran 12/51 12/39   18/23 18/23
Newport 13.02a ~ 13.04d 12.50 ~ 12.56   18.11a ~ 18.13d 18.12 ~ 18.13
Marshfield 13/10 13/03   18/05 18/06
Cardiff Central 13.20a 13.21   17.57d 17.58


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