21st May 1955
Gloucester Railway
Society
Cromford and High Peak Tour
Locos Used | at least 40416, 43618, 58850 & 58856 |
Stock Used | [1] : 4x corridor coaches [2] : ??? |
Route :
Loco(s) | Route |
????? | 09.00d Gloucester - Cheltenham Lansdown - Evesham - Camp Hill - Saltley (10.20d) - Derby - (via Wirksworth, Cromford & High Peak) - Buxton |
????? | Buxton - Ashbourne - Uttoxeter - Tutbury - Burton-on-Trent - Saltley (20.30a) - (?reverse of outward route?) - Gloucester (21.55a) |
Notes :
(1) Route & loco confirmation required - above is from pre-tour
advertising. 58850 + 58856 known to have traversed the Cromford & High Peak line.
SLS members were invited to travel on this train.
(2) Photographic evidence confirms 40416 (tender-first) at East Wirksworth on 4x
corridor coaches and 43618 on same stock at Middleton Top (but more likely to
have been Friden).
Sources : John Clifford, Ian Clark (SLS), Andrew Fairholm &
John Debens
Photo Review
From The John Debens Ticket Collection. |