6th June 1982
Yorkshire Dales Railway
Museum Trust
The Dalesrailwayman
Originally uploaded as being completely postponed to 08/08/82 due to flash flooding in area, later information received however confirms that the first shuttle run did actually take place, the subsequent two shuttles being cancelled.
DMU Used | 3-car class 111 set |
Route : 1L13 throughout
DMU | Route |
as listed | Skipton - Skipton North Jn |
as listed | Skipton North Jn - Swinden Spencers Quarry (2) |
as listed | Swinden Spencers Quarry - Skipton North Jn |
as listed | Skipton North Jn - Skipton |
Notes:
(1) Three return trips were scheduled to run during the
day however the second and third shuttles had to be abandoned after a flash flood hit the area swamping Skipton, turning Embsay village into an island and causing a mudslide blocking
the line in the cutting before Embsay Jn. On the rescheduled day (08/08/1982)
trains ran to Embsay rather than Swinden Spencers Quarry. Ian Umpleby comments: I was on the Invicta Invader the
previous afternoon but, fortunately, decided to plump for the first shuttle of
the day. The trips to Swinden Quarry (or Swindon as the Special Trains Notice
had it) were the first by a passenger train since 1969. I joined the 09.00 Leeds
to Morecambe via Bradford Forster Square train under heavy cloud but it was
sunny by Skipton. The itinerary stated that the train was starting from Platform
5, the last rail served platform on the Grassington line, but this was not ready
so departure was from Platform 3. This was a bonus of course, as it meant that
with a reversal at Skipton Station North Junction the whole branch was done. We
made a prompt departure and passed over the "newly installed point" (as given in
the itinerary) at Embsay Jn which was to be used by a Skipton to Embsay shuttle
in August. A stop was made in both directions at the Trainman Operated Level
Crossing at Rylstone to operate the gates. The train stopped to reverse just
short of the overbridge at the south end of Swinden Quarry Sidings. The return
to Skipton was without incident but heavy thunderstorms broke out near the end.
I returned to Leeds on the 12.50 train so it was only later that I learnt that
the other two trains had been cancelled due to the weather. The £2 fare included
admission and steam train rides at Embsay on the day.
(2) To just south of road overbridge.
From The John Debens Ticket Collection.
Sources : Andy Pullar & Ian Umpleby
Times (Booked Only)
(from Ian Umpleby)
Location | Booked | Actual | Booked | Actual | Booked | Actual | ||
Skipton | 11.00d | 11.00 [P3] | 13.30d | CANC | 15.30d | CANC | ||
Skipton North Jn | ? | ? | ? | CANC | ? | CANC | ||
Swinden Spencers Quarry | 11.45a ~ 12.00d | 11.39 ~ 11.46 | 14.15a ~ 14.30d | CANC | 16.15a ~ 16.30d | CANC | ||
Skipton North Jn | ? | ? | ? | CANC | ? | CANC | ||
Skipton | 12.45a | 12.30 | 15.15a | CANC | 17.15a | CANC |