The Railtour Files

Loco	Route
1754	Cleethorpes - Grimsby Town - Barnetby - Market Rasen - Lincoln St Marks - Newark Castle - Nottingham - Trent - Sheet Stores Jn - Castle Donnington - Stenson Jn - Uttoxeter - Stoke-on-Trent - Kidsgrove - Crewe - Chester - Rhyl - Llandudno Junction - Llandudno
1754	Llandudno - (reverse of outward route) - Cleethorpes

Notes:
(1) The return departure time from Llandudno had been incorrectly advertised to passengers as 18.18 - control was 'not amused' at having to hold the train, or the chaos that ensued at Colwyn Bay & Rhyl with having to get the passengers into the correct section of the train (due to short platforms at Newark Castle etc).

Source : Gordon Lacy (on train Newark Castle to Rhyl & Llandudno to Newark Castle)

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Gordon Lacy)

Location	Booked	Actual	Booked	Actual
Cleethorpes	?	?	?	?
Grimsby Town	??.??a ~ ??.??d	?	??.??a ~ ??.??d	?
Barnetby	??.??a ~ ??.??d	?	??.??a ~ ??.??d	?
Market Rasen	??.??a ~ ??.??d	?	??.??a ~ ??.??d	?
Lincoln St Marks	??.??a ~ ??.??d	?	??.??a ~ ??.??d	?
Newark Castle	08.33a ~ 08.35d	??.?? ~ 08.44	22.16a ~ 22.18d	22.11 ~ ??.??
Nottingham	??c?? ~ ??c??	09.08 ~ 09.10	??c?? ~ ??c??	21.46 ~ 21.48
Stenson Jn	?	09/49½	?	21/05
North Stafford Jn	09/45	09/51	21/07½	21/03½
Tutbury	10/00	10/00	21/00½	?
Uttoxeter	10/11	10/09	20/52½	20/44½
Creswell	10/26	10/22	20/44	20/33½
Stoke Jn	10/40	10/35	20/22	20/22
Stoke-on-Trent	10/42	10/36	20/20	20/21
Etruria	10/44½	10/38½	20/18½	20/18½
Kidsgrove	10/53	10/47	20/10	20/09½
Crewe	11c12 ~ 11c14	110.6 ~ 11.10	19c53 ~ 19c55	19.53 ~ 19.55
Tattenhall Road	11/32	11/25	?	19/34½
Chester	11/39	11/32½	?	19/26
Connah's Quay	11/50	11/43	?	?
Holywell Jn	11/59	11/50	?	19/05
Rhyl	12.10a ~ 12.12d	12.05½ ~ ??.??	18.43a ~ 18.45d	18.48 ~ 18.52
Colwyn Bay	12.25a ~ 12.27d	?	18.26a ~ 18.28d	18.31½ ~ 18.36
Llandudno	12.45a	?	18.10d	18.18

Loco Used	1754
Stock Used	11 mark 1 coaches vb90mph