61264 at Derby (photo: Ralf Edge)
9th April 2005
The Railway Touring Company
The Buxton Spa Express
| Locos Used | 31454 & Steam 61264 |
| Stock Used | 6312+99318+4994+4951+99311+99125+99371+99127+99304 |
Route:
1Z64 : Kettering to Buxton
1Z65 : Buxton to Kettering
| Loco(s) | Route |
| 31454 | Kettering - Leicester - Loughborough - Spondon - Derby |
| 61264 | Derby - Ambergate Jn - Chesterfield - Dore South Jn - Dore West Jn - Grindleford - Edale - Chinley South Jn - Tunstead Sidings - Buxton URS |
| 61264 (1) | Buxton URS - Buxton |
| 61264 | Buxton - Hazel Grove - Stockport - Ash Bridge Jn - Guide Bridge - Romiley - New Mills Central - Edale - (reverse of outward route) - Derby |
| 31454 | Derby - Spondon - Loughborough - Leicester - Kettering |
Notes :
(1) Tender first.
61264 at Derby (photo: Ralf Edge)
31454 at Derby (photo: Ralf Edge)
Sources :
Richard Rooker, Mark Baines & Rob Wells
Timings (Booked & Actual)
| Location | Booked | Actual | Booked | Actual | |
| Kettering | 08.45d | 08.45 | 21.10a | 21.31 | |
| Kettering North Jn | 08/48 | 08/51 | 21/07 | 21/27 | |
| Market Harborough | 09.00a ~ 09.02d | 09.03a ~ 09.06d | 20.52a ~ 20.55d | 21.10 ~ 21.12 | |
| Wigston North Jn | 09/14 | 09/20 | 20/40 | 20/55 | |
| Leicester | 09.18a ~ 09.20d | 09.24a ~ 09.26d | 20.33a ~ 20.35d | 20.48 ~ 20.50 | |
| Syston South Jn | 09/25 | 09/33 | 20/25 | 20/41 | |
| Sileby Jn | 09/27 | 09/36 | 20/23 | 20/37 | |
| Loughborough | 09.31a ~ 09.33d | 09.41a ~ 09.44d | 20.16a ~ 20.18d | 20.28 ~ 20.31 | |
| Trent South Jn | 09/40 | 09/54 | 20/04 | 20/20 | |
| Sheet Stores Jn | 09/41 | 09/55 | 20/03 | 20/19 | |
| Spondon | 09/46 | 10/04 | 19/57 | 20/13 | |
| Derby | 09.52a ~ 10.20d | 10.08 ~ 10.44 | 19.17a ~ 19.52d | 19.35 ~ 20.08 | |
| Ambergate Jn | 10/35 | 10/58 | 19/04 | 19/21 | |
| Clay Cross South Jn | 10/46 | 11/09 | 18/54 | 19/11 | |
| Chesterfield | 10/50 | 11/13 | 18/49 | 19/05 | |
| Dore South Jn | 11/00 | ? | 19/40 | ? | |
| Dore West Jn | 11/05 | ? | 18/39 | ? | |
| Totley Tunnel East | 11/06 | 11/28 | 18/38 | 18/48 | |
| Grindleford | 11/11 | ? | 18/34 | ? | |
| Earles Sidings SB | 11/18 | 11/54 | 18/27 | 18/30 | |
| Edale | 11/23 | ? | 18/23 | ? | |
| Chinley East Jn | 11/28 | ? | 18/17 | 18/16½ |
| Location | Booked | Actual |
| Chinley South Jn | 11/35 | 12/16 |
| Peak Forest South SS | 11/43 | ? |
| Tunstead Sidings | 11*47 ~ 11*49 | ? |
| Topley Pike Bardon AGG | 11/58 | ? |
| Buxton SB | 12*05 ~ 12*07 | ? |
| Buxton URS | 12*09 ~ 12*42 | 12*50 ~ ??*?? |
| Buxton SB | 12/44 | ? |
| Buxton | 12.47a ~ 15.55d | 13.28 ~ 15.55 |
| Chapel-En-Le-Frith | 16/11 | ? |
| Furness Vale | 16/23 | ? |
| Hazel Grove | 16/38 | 16/32 |
| Edgeley Jn No.1 | 16/43 | 16/37 |
| Stockport | 16/44 | 16/39 |
| Heaton Norris Jn | 16/46 | 16/41 |
| Ash Bridge Jn | 16/47 | 16/43 |
| Denton Jn | 16/53 | ? |
| Guide Bridge | 17/06 | 17/04 |
| Hyde Jn | 17/08 | 17/09 |
| Woodley | 17.16a ~ 17.46d | ? |
| Romiley | 17/50 | 17/47 |
| Marple Wharf Jn | 17/52 | ? |
| New Mills Central | 17/59 | 17/57 |
| New Mills South Jn | 18/09 | ? |
| Chinley North Jn | 18/16 | 18/16 |
Timings continued in first table
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