1st May 1954

Stephenson Locomotive Society (N.W. Area) / Manchester Locomotive Society
North Lancashire Rail Tour

Loco Used 42316
Stock Used (1) Club Cars 823+822+816+809+815+818 + an open brake third

Route : W699 throughout

Loco Route
42316 Preston - Deepdale Jn - Grimsargh (2) - Longridge
42316 Longridge - Grimsargh - Preston - Whitehouse North Jn - Whitehouse South Jn - Todd Lane Junction - Lostock Hall Jn - Farington Curve Jn - Preston - Garstang & Catterall - Garstang Town - Pilling (3)
42316 Pilling - Garstang Town - Garstang & Catterall
42316 Garstang & Catterall - Lancaster Castle - Glasson Dock (4)
42316 Glasson Dock - Lancaster Castle
42316 Lancaster Castle - Carnforth - Arnside
42316 Arnside - Sandside - Hincaster Jn - Oxenholme
42316 Oxenholme - Carnforth - Castle - Lancaster No.1
42316 Lancaster No.1 - Lancaster Old (4)
42316 Lancaster Old - Lancaster No.1 - Preston

Notes :
(1) The Club Cars were respectively built by the LMS in 1939 (as part of the USA 'Coronation Scot' train of that year), LMS 1935 (from the pre-war Manchester-Blackpool service), LNWR 1913 (a 12-wheeler), MR 1910 (known by the 1950's as a 'Semi-Royal'), LNWR 1908 (8-wheeled) and LMS 1925. Car 815 had been substituted for a contemporary LNWR Car 814, as the latter was discovered to have a corridor gangway at one end only.
(2) About 100 tour participants joined the train at Grimsargh following a visit they had made to the Whittingham Railway, a two mile branch joining the Longridge branch with a local hospital. Loco 1 'James Fryars' (ex-LBSCR 357 'Riddlesdown' of 1886) was in use on the branch with its passenger train of former LNWR brake vans (with seats).
(3) At Pilling it was required to divide the train and a complex set of shunting moves was required to run the engine round, resulting in late running.
(4) As with Pilling, the train had to be divided as part of the run-round operation.
(4) Lancaster Greaves. Reported as the first passenger train to visit this location for 105 years.

Sources : Chris Harley (from contemporary sources), Peter Robinson & Ian Clark (SLS)

Photo Review


M823M & 42316 at Longridge (photo: the Bob Mitchell collection)


M809M & 42316 at Longridge (photo: the Bob Mitchell collection)


M815M, M809M, M822M & M823M at Longridge
(photo: the Bob Mitchell collection)


M822M at Glasson Dock (photo: the Bob Mitchell collection)


12-wheeler M816M at Glasson Dock (photo: the Bob Mitchell collection)


A final view at Glasson Dock of the train (photo: the Bob Mitchell collection)


From The John Debens Ticket Collection.


Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Ian Clark (SLS)/M.L.S. Library Collection)

Location Booked Actual
Preston N.U. 14.10d ?
Preston No.5 14/11 ?
Deepdale Jn 14/17 ?
Grimsargh 14.26 ~ 14.27 ?
Longridge 14.34 ~ 14.44 ?
Deepdale Jn 14/59 ?
Preston No.5 15/05 ?
Preston ELS 15/06 [P10] ?
Todd Lane Jn 15/10 ?
Lostock Hall Jn 15/12 ?
Farington Curve Jn 15/16 [SL] ?
Preston N.U. 15/20 [FL] ?
Oxheys 15/23 ?
Garstang & Catterall 15.32 ~ 15.33 ?
Pilling 16.18 ~ 16.40 ?
Garstang & Catterall 17.24 ~ 17.32 [Knot End Loop] ?
Lancaster Castle 17.48 ~ 17.49 ?
Glasson Dock 18.09 ~ 18.33 ?
Lancaster Castle 18.53 ~ 19.03 ?
Carnforth 19/13 ?
Arnside 19.23 ~ 19.33 ?
Hincaster Jn 19/48 ?
Oxenholme 19.58 ~ 20.08 ?
Carnforth 20/24 ?
Lancaster No.1 20.33 ~ 20.34 ?
Lancaster Old Station 20.38 ~ 20.44 ?
Lancaster No.1 20/47 ?
Garstang & Catterall 20/58 ?
Oxheys 21/07 ?
Preston N.U. 21.10a [P7] 23.15


Associated E.C.S. & Light Engine Moves

G - (class 4 2-6-4 P.B. Tank) : Preston to Lostock Hall

Location Booked
Preston 12.52d
Preston ELS 12/55
Todd Lane Jn 13/02
Lostock Hall 13.06a

C - (class 4 2-6-4 P.B. Tank & stock) : Lostock Hall to Preston N.U.

Location Booked
Lostock Hall 13.45d
Farington Curve Jn 13/51 [SL]
Preston N.U. 13.55a


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