12th March 2016
Railway Touring Company
The Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express
Tour cancelled, due to a Prohibition Notice served on train operator West Coast Railways by the Office of Rail and Road on 17/02/16.
Route :
1Z86 : London Euston to Carlisle
1Z87 : Carlisle to London Euston
Advertised Loco(s) | Advertised Route |
86259 'Les Ross / Peter Pan' | London Euston - (via WCML, Weedon & Trent Valley) - Crewe - Preston - Carnforth U&DGL |
steam: 46100 'Royal Scot' or 46115 'Scots Guardsman' or 46233 'Duchess of Sutherland' |
Carnforth U&DGL - (via WCML) - Carlisle |
steam: 46100 'Royal Scot' or 46115 'Scots Guardsman' or 46233 'Duchess of Sutherland' |
Carlisle - Petteril Bridge Jn - (via S&C) - Settle Jn - Hellifield - Clitheroe - Blackburn - Farington Jn |
86259 'Les Ross / Peter Pan' | Farington Jn - Crewe - (via WCML, Trent Valley & Weedon) - London Euston |
Notes :
(1) The return leg would have been diverted via the Cumbrian Coast, due to a
landslide on the Settle & Carlisle line at Eden
Brows near Armathwaite.
Source : Nick Bartlett
Timings (Advertised Only)
(from RTC brochure)
Location | Advertised (out) | Advertised (rtn) |
London Euston | 07.10d | 22.05a |
Watford Junction | - | 21.50a |
Milton Keynes Central | 08.00d | 21.15a |
Rugby | 08.25d | 20.38a |
Nuneaton | 08.45d | 20.20a |
Crewe | 09.45d | 19.15a |
Preston | 10.30d | - |
Blackburn | - | 18.20a |
Carlisle | 12.40a | 14.40d |