30th September 1961

Stephenson Locomotive Society / Manchester Locomotive Society
High Peak Railtour

Locos Used 42379, 43822, 47007, 68006, 68013 & 68030
Stock [1]: Booked for load 5: (BSO+SO+SO+SO+BSO)
[2]: Booked for: Goods Brake + 4x non-fitted wagons + 2x Goods Brakes (2)
[3]: Booked for: 5x non-fitted wagons
[4]: Booked for: 5x non-fitted wagons (different ones to [3]?)

Route :

Headcode Loco(s) Stock Route
'B' Special 2T87 42379 [1] 11.10d Chinley - Chinley North Jn - Chinley East Jn - Edale
'B' Special 2T87 42379 [1] Edale - Chinley East Jn - Chinley South Jn - Peak Forest - Buxton No. 1
'B' Special 2T87 42379 [1] Buxton No. 1 - Hindlow
'B' Special 2T87 43822 & 42379 (3) [1] Hindlow - Harpur Hill Mines Research Centre
'B' Special 2T87 42379 [1] Harpur Hill Mines Research Centre - Hindlow
'B' Special 2T87 42379 [1] Hindlow - Parsley Hay
Signalled Class 'B' 68006 (3) [2] Parsley Hay - Friden - Hopton Top
Signalled Class 'B' 68013 + 68006 [2] Hopton Top - Middleton Top
- [walk] - down Middleton incline
- 47007 [3] Middleton Bottom - Sheep Pasture Top
- [walk] - down Sheep Pasture incline
- 68030 [4] Cromford Wharf - High Peak Jn
- 68030 [4] High Peak Jn - Cromford Wharf
- [Bus] [Bus] Cromford Wharf to Matlock (for return to destinations by service trains)

Notes :
(1) Connections were available from Manchester Central (10.25d), Sheffield Midland (09.39d) and Derby Midland (09.40d) to Chinley. Upon termination of the days proceedings members were taken by bus from Cromford Wharf to Matlock to catch either the 7.31pm 'A' to Manchester Central and 6.33pm 'B' or 7.07pm 'A' service trains to Derby.
(2) Photographic evidence suggests the stock for this part of the tour was actually formed as: 2x Goods Brakes + 7x non-fitted wagons + 2x Goods Brakes.
(3) Train given as 'assisted from Hindlow to Harpur Hill Mines Research Centre' by 43822 - was this double-headed?

Sources : Bevan Price, Trevor Machell, John Debens & Ian Clark (SLS)

Photo Review


68013 leading 68006 at Middleton Top (photo: © A C Gilbert/The John Debens Collection)

Adult & Child tickets for the tour, from The John Debens Ticket Collection


Timings (Booked Only)
(from Ian Clark (SLS)/Manchester Locomotive Society Library Collection)

Location Booked
Chinley 11.10d [SL]
Chinley North Jn 11/13
Cowburn West 11/16
Edale 11.25a ~ 11.50d
Cowburn West 11/57
Chinley East Jn 11/59
Chinley South Jn 12/02
Peak Forest 12/12
Peak Forest Jn 12/17
Buxton Jn 12/20
Buxton East Jn 12/26
Buxton No.1 12L28 ~ 12L37
Hindlow 12L48a ~ 13L04d
Harpur Hill 13.09a ~ 13.30d
Hindlow 13L35 ~ 13L40
Briggs Sidings 13/43
Parsley Hay 13.56a
Passengers transfer trains
Parsley Hay 14.40d
Friden 14/30
Longcliffe 14w57 ~ 15w02
Hopton Top 15L10 ~ 15L13
Middleton Top 15.25a
Passengers walk down Middleton incline
Middleton Bottom 16.40d
Sheep Pasture Top 16.50a
Passengers walk down Sheep Pasture incline
Cromford Wharf 17.25d
High Peak Jn 17.35a ~ 17.45d
Cromford Wharf 17.55a


Associated E.C.S. Move

Location Booked
Buxton 10.00d
Buxton Jn 10/07
Peak Forest Jn 10/11
Peak Forest 10/22
Chinley 10.35a [FL]


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