Ian McDonald's ticket.
Note incorrect tour name!
9th March 1985
A4 Locomotive Society
The Thames-Lune Express
| Loco(s) Used | ????? & steam: 4498 'Sir Nigel Gresley' |
| Stock Used | [1] : booked for load 9 [2] : booked for load 10 |
Route : 1Z38 throughout
| Loco(s) | Stock | Route |
| ????? | [1] | London Euston - (via WCML, Weedon) - Rugby - Nuneaton |
| ????? | [1] | Nuneaton - Hinckley - Leicester - Loughborough - Trent - Toton |
| 4498 | [2] | Toton - Trowell Jn - Pye Bridge Jn - Clay Cross South Jn - Chesterfield - Totley Tunnel East - Grindleford - Edale - Chinley - New Mills South Jn - Romiley - Ashbury's - Miles Platting - Manchester Victoria - Windsor Bridge Jn - Bolton - Darwen - Blackburn - Clitheroe - Hellifield - Settle Jn - Wennington - Carnforth |
| ????? | [1] | Carnforth - (via WCML, Trent Valley & Weedon) - London Euston |
Notes :
(1) Route confirmation required - above is from booked timings. Timing sheet and
tour itinerary both confirmed the tour name as 'The Thames-Lune Express' despite
the tour ticket saying different!
Ian McDonald's ticket.
Note incorrect tour name!
Source : Ian McDonald
Timings (Booked Only)
(from
Ian McDonald)
| Miles | Location | Booked (out) | Booked (rtn) | Miles |
| 0.0 | Euston | 07.50d | 20.15a | 519.8 |
| 5.4 | Willesden Junction | 08/03 | 20/07½ | 514.4 |
| 17.4 | Watford Junction | 08.11a ~ 08.12d | 19.51½a ~ 19.52½d | 502.4 |
| 46.7 | Bletchley | 08/32 | 19/27 | 473.1 |
| 56.5 | Hanslope Jn | 08/38½ | ? | ? |
| 82.6 | Rugby | 08/59 | 18/59 | 437.2 |
| 97.0 | Nuneaton | 09L10 ~ 09L20 | ? | ? |
| Miles | Location | Booked |
| 112.8 | Wigston North Jn | 09/41 |
| 115.8 | Leicester | 09.46a ~ 09.48d |
| 119.4 | Syston South Jn | 09/55½ |
| 127.2 | Loughborough | 10/01½ |
| 134.8 | Trent | 10/11 |
| 137.3 | Toton | 10L21 ~ 10L36 |
| 141.2 | Trowell Jn | 10/43 |
| 149.4 | Pye Bridge Jn | 10/53 |
| 151.4 | Alfreton & Mansfield Parkway | 10/57 |
| 158.0 | Clay Cross South Jn | 11/11 |
| 162.0 | Chesterfield | 11/17 |
| 173.1 | Totley Tunnel East | 11/31 |
| 175.4 | Grindleford | 11w38a ~ 11w58d |
| 185.6 | Edale | 12/15 |
| 191.4 | Chinley | 12/25½ |
| 194.8 | New Mills South Jn | 12/29 |
| 200.3 | Romiley | 12/45½ |
| 209.2 | Ashbury's | 12/55 |
| 211.9 | Miles Platting | 13/02½ |
| 213.1 | Manchester Victoria | 13w07a ~ 13w33d |
| 214.9 | Windsor Bridge Jn | 13/37½ |
| 223.6 | Bolton | 13/51 |
| 226.7 | Bromley Cross | 13/58 |
| 233.4 | Darwen | 14*14 ~ 14*16 |
| 237.6 | Blackburn | 14c25 ~ 14c27 |
| 248.2 | Clitheroe | 14/50 |
| 261.7 | Hellifield | 15/15 |
| 262.9 | Long Preston | 15w19a ~ 15w34d |
| 265.4 | Settle Jn | 15/39 |
| 279.8 | Wennington | 16/04 |
| 289.0 | Carnforth East Jn | 16/17 |
| 289.8 | Carnforth | 16L20 ~ 16L40 |
| 310.8 | Preston | 17.09a ~ 17.12d |
| 325.9 | Wigan North Western | 17/27½ |
| 337.6 | Warrington Bank Quay | 17/36 |
| 345.4 | Weaver Jn | 17/45½ |
| 361.7 | Crewe | 18.02½a ~ 18.04½d |
| 386.3 | Stafford | 18/24 |
| 403.5 | Lichfield TV | 18/36 |
Timings continued in first table.
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