1st October 2016

Class Forty Preservation Society
The East Lancs Firebrand

Locos Used 345 & 57313
Stock Used (4) 4831+5028+4856+4832+1859+35185+1730+3115+3150+13230

Route :
1Z49 : Bury Bolton Street to Stratford-upon-Avon
1Z50 : Stratford-upon-Avon to Bury Bolton Street

Loco(s) Route
345 (1) Bury Bolton Street - Heywood - Hopwood GF - Castleton South Jn -  Miles Platting - Manchester Victoria - Ordsall Lane Jn - Eccles - Parkside Jn - Lowton Jn - Golborne Jn - Wigan North Western - Euxton Jn - Farington Jn - Blackburn - Accrington - Gannow Jn - Copy Pit - Hall Royd Jn - Hebden Bridge - Greetland Jn - Brighouse - Heaton Lodge East Jn - Mirfield East Jn - Wakefield Kirkgate - Calder Bridge Jn - Crofton West Jn - Hare Park Jn - South Kirkby Jn - Moorthorpe - Swinton - Aldwarke Jn - Masborough Jn - Treeton Jn - Beighton Jn - Barrow Hill North Jn - Tapton Jn - Chesterfield - Clay Cross North Jn - Alfreton - Langley Mill - Trowell Jn - Toton Centre - Trent East Jn - Sheet Stores Jn - Castle Donington - Stenson Jn - Burton-on-Trent - Tamworth HL - Kingsbury Jn - Water Orton - Landor Street Jn - St Andrews Jn - Bordesley Jn - Tyseley - Shirley - Henley-in-Arden - Bearley Jn - Stratford-upon-Avon
57313 (2) Stratford-upon-Avon - Bearley Jn - Hatton - Warwick
345 (1) Warwick - Hatton - Dorridge - Tyseley - Bordesley Jn - St Andrews Jn - Landor Street Jn - Water Orton - Kingsbury Jn - Tamworth HL - Burton-on-Trent - Stenson Jn - Derby - Ambergate Jn - Clay Cross North Jn - (reverse of outward route) - Blackburn - Darwen - Bolton - Salford Crescent - Manchester Victoria - Miles Platting - Castleton
57313 (2) Castleton - Hopwood GF - Heywood - Bury Bolton Street? (3)

Notes : 
(1) 57313 on rear.
(2) 345 on rear.
(3) Confirmation required - did the train actually return to Bury Bolton Street? Shown as cancelled from Castleton [DGL] on Realtime Trains.
(4) Derek Hoskins offered the stock consist on the previous day's positioning tour as follows; 13320+3150+3115+1730+35185+1859+5028+4831+4832+4856 - which order is correct and what is the correct identity of the FK - 13230 or 13320?

Source : Nick Bartlett

Timings (Booked & actual)
(from Realtime Trains)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Bury Bolton Street ?d ?   ?a CAN?
Heywood ? ?   ? CAN?
Hopwood GF ? ~ 06.30 ?   23.50 ~ ? CAN?
Castleton North Jn 06.35 ~ 06.40 ?   23.41 ~ 23.46 CAN?
Castleton East Jn - -   23/30½ CAN?
Castleton - -   23.22 ~ 23.27 CAN?
Castleton [DGL] - -   23.01 ~ 23.20 23.08 ~ ?
Castleton South Jn 06.44 ~ 06.59 06.51 ~ 07.06   ? ?
Vitriol Works 07/07 07/14   22/54 23/01
Thorpes Bridge Jn 07/12 07/18   22/50 22/57
Miles Platting 07/13 07/19   22/48 22/55
Manchester Victoria 07.16a ~ 07.19d [P4] 07.22 ~ 07.24 [P4]   22.41a ~ 22.44d [P6] 22.45 ~ 22.51
Deal Street Jn 07/21 07/26   22/39 22/43
Ordsall Lane Jn 07/30 07/31   - -
Eccles 07/34 07/37   - -
Astley 07/39 07/41   - -
Parkside Jn 07/46 07/49   - -
Lowton Jn 07/47½ ?   - -
Golborne Jn 07/49 07/51   - -
Bamfurlong Jn 07/55 ?   - -
Springs Branch Jn 07/57 07/58   - -
Wigan South Jn 07/57½ ?   - -
Wigan North Western 07/58 [P5] 08/00   - -
Balshaw Lane 08/05 08/08   - -
Euxton Jn 08/08 08/09   - -
Farington Jn 08/15 08/15   - -
Lostock Hall Jn 08/25 08/24   - -
Salford Central - -   22/38 22/43
Salford Crescent - -   22/35 [UB] 22/41
Bolton - -   22.21a ~ 22.24d [P3] 22.28 ~ 22.30
Darwen - -   22/02 22/10
Blackburn 08.39a ~ 08.41d [P2] 08.39 ~ 08.42   21.51a ~ 21.53d [P4] 21.58 ~ 22.00
Daisyfield Jn 08/43 08/44   21/49 21/56
Accrington 08/49 [P1] 08/52   21/42 [P2] 21/49
Gannow Jn 09/00 09/03   21/35 21/39
Copy Pit 09/09 09/12   21/27 21/32
Hall Royd Jn 09/19 09/23   21/19 21/20
Hebden Bridge 09.24a ~ 09.26d [P2] 09.30 ~ 09.32   21.11a ~ 21.13d [P1] 21.11 ~ 21.13
Milner Royd Jn 09/35 09/40   21/03 21/04
Greetland Jn 09/37 09/42   21/00 21/01
Brighouse 09/40½ 09/46   20/55 20/58
Bradley Wood Jn 09/42 09/47   20/53 20/56
Heaton Lodge East Jn 09/53 09/51   20/49 ?
Mirfield 09.55a ~ 09.57d [P1] 09.56 ~ 09.57   20.42a ~ 20.46d [P3] 20.49 ~ 20.51
Horbury Jn 10/14 10/09   20/30 20/41
Wakefield Kirkgate 10.35a ~ 10.37d [P3] 10.33 ~ 10.36   20.24a ~ 20.26d [P3] 20.36 ~ 20.37
Calder Bridge Jn 10/39 10/38   20/22 20/28
Crofton West Jn 10/42 10/41   20/20 20/25
Hare Park Jn 10/51 10/53   20/17 20/23
South Kirkby Jn 11/02 10/59   20/10 20/11
Moorthorpe 11/03 [P1] 11/00   20/06 [P2] 20/10
Swinton 11/12 11/11   19/53 19/53
Aldwarke Jn 11/17 11/17   19/51 19/48
Masborough Jn 11/21 ?   19/47 ?
Treeton Jn 11/26 ?   19/42 ?
Beighton Jn 11/31 11/28   19/37 19/33
Barrow Hill North Jn 11/39 ?   19/31 ?
Tapton Jn 11/42 11/38   19/28 19/24
Chesterfield 11.43a ~ 11.46d [P3] 11.39 ~ 11.46   19.12a ~ 19.26d [P3] 19.19 ~ 19.23
Chesterfield South Jn 11/48 11/48   19/10 19/17
Clay Cross North Jn 11/50 11/52   19/08 19/15
Alfreton 11/56 [P2] 12/00   - -
Ironville Jn 11/59 12/03   - -
Langley Mill 12/02 12/06   - -
Trowell Jn 12/07 12/10   - -
Toton Centre 12/11 12/13   - -
Trent East Jn 12/24 12/22   - -
Sheet Stores Jn 12/29 12/25   - -
Castle Donington 12/35 12/31   - -
Ambergate Jn - -   18/58 19/03
Belper - -   18/56 19/00
Duffield - -   18/53½ 18/56
Derby - -   18/48 [P1] 18/48
Stenson Jn 13/01 13/02   18/42 18/41
North Stafford Jn 13/02 13/04   18/41½ 18/40
Clay Mills Jn 13/06 13/08   18/38 18/37
Burton-on-Trent 13/08 [P2] 13/10   18/36 [P1] 18/35
Wichnor Jn 13/13 13/16   18/32 18/30
Tamworth HL 13/19 [P4] 13/22   18/27 [P3] 18/25
Kingsbury Jn 13/27 13/27   18/22 18/21
Water Orton 13/36 13/31   18/18 18/18
Landor Street Jn 13/42 13/38   18*08 ~ 18*10 18.00 ~ 18.10
St Andrews Jn 13/44 13/42   18/05 17/58
Bordesley Jn 13/45 13/43   18/04 17/57
Small Heath South Jn 13/49 13/49   18/00 17/54
Tyseley 13/51 [P3] 13/50   17/52 [P2] 17/53
Shirley 13/58 13/58   - -
Whitlock's End 14/00 13/59   - -
Wood End 14/08 14/08   - -
Henley-in-Arden 14/15 14/14   - -
Bentley Heath LC       17/45½ 17/47½
Dorridge - -   17/45 [P2] 17/47
Hatton North Jn - -   17/39½ ?
Hatton - -   17/39 17/40
Warwick - -   17.22a ~ 17.31d [P2] 17.18 ~ 17.32 [P2]
Hatton - -   17/14 17/11
Hatton West Jn - -   17/11 17/09
Bearley Jn 14/20 14/20   17/03 17/02
Stratford-upon-Avon 14.30a [P2] 14.30   16.55d [P2] 16.55


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