14th March 1987

Hertfordshire Railtours / Southern Electric Group
The Olive Branch

Locos Used 08902, 45120 & 47413
Stock Used booked for load 10

Route : 1Z29 throughout

Loco Route
47413 London Kings Cross - (via ECML) - Retford - Worksop - Woodburn Jn - Sheffield
45120 Sheffield - Dore - Chinley - New Mills South Jn - Hazel Grove HL Jn (1) - Edgeley Jn - Stockport
45120 Stockport - Edgeley Jn - (1) Northenden Jn - Skelton Jn - Deansgate Jn - Northwich - Mouldsworth - West Cheshire Jn - Hooton
45120 Hooton -  Helsby - Frodsham Jn - Runcorn - Edge Hill
08902 Shunt manoeuvre at Edge Hill
45120 Edge Hill - Bootle Jn - Aintree (Sefton Arms)
45120 Aintree (Sefton Arms) - Bootle Jn - Edge Hill
45120 Edge Hill - St Helens Junction - Earlestown - Eccles - Manchester Piccadilly (2) - Heaton Norris Jn - Stockport - (reverse of outward route) - Sheffield 
47413 Sheffield - (reverse of outward route) - London Kings Cross

Notes :
(1) Was diverted into Stockport instead of taking booked direct route from Hazel Grove High Level Jn to Northenden Jn; because of a points failure.
(2) Owing to the train running 'several hours late' [Webmaster note: train was actually 1h 4mins late arriving at Manchester Piccadilly] many passengers abandoned the tour at Piccadilly and caught a service train home.


47413 waiting to leave Kings Cross (photo : Ray Pettit)

Sources : Richard Hughes (On the train throughout), Martin Pettit & Ian Clark (SLS)

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Greg Beecroft & Ian Clark (SLS))

M.C Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual M.C
0.00 Kings Cross 08.30d ?   22.44a ? 523.42
2.41 Finsbury Park 08/35 ?   22/39 ? 521.01
4.78 Alexandra Palace 08/38 ?   22/36 ? 518.44
12.57 Potters Bar 08.47a ~ 08.48d ?   22.26a ~ 22.27d ? 510.65
20.25 Welwyn Garden City 08/57 ?   ? ? 499.49
? Woolmer Green ? ?   22/27 ? ?
27.45 Stevenage 09.03a ~ 09.04d ?   22.10a ~ 22.12d ? 495.77
31.74 Hitchin 09/09 ?   22/05 ? 491.48
44.10 Sandy 09/24 ?   21/52 ? 479.32
58.70 Huntingdon 09/34 ?   21/42 ? 464.52
76.29 Peterborough 09.49a ~ 09.51d ??.?? ~ 10.01   21.25a ~ 21.27d 22.15 ~ ??.?? 447.13
84.64 Tallington 10/01 ?   21/17 ? 438.58
99.61 Stoke 10/18 ?   21/06 ? 423.61
105.38 Grantham 10.23a ~ 10.25d ??.?? ~ 10.27   20.55a ~ 20.57d 21.47 ~ 21.50 418.04
109.56 Barkston South Jn 10/20 ?   20/50 ? 416.66
120.08 Newark Northgate 10/38 ?   20/42 ? 403.34
138.49 Retford 10.53a ~ 10.55d ??.?? ~ 10.55   20.22a ~ 24d 21.14 ~ 21.18 384.73
146.20 Worksop 11/06 ?   20/11 ? 377.22
156.22 Woodhouse Jn 11/21 ?   19/56 ? 367.20
160.49 Woodburn Jn 11/27 ?   19/50 ? 362.73
161.46 Nunnery Main Line Jn 11/31 ?   19/46 ? 361.76
162.3 Sheffield 11L33a ~ 11L54d 11.29 ~ 11.54   19L25a ~ 19L44d 20.21 ~ 20.37 361.39
166.24 Dore 12/04 ?   19/17 ? 357.18
167.55 Totley Tunnel East 12/06 ?   19/15 ? 355.67
171.25 Grindleford 12/11 ?   19/11 ? 352.17
181.58 Edale 12/21 ?   19/02 19/58 341.64
187.45 Chinley 12/26 12/36   18/54 ? 335.77
190.08 New Mills South Jn 12/31 ?   18/50 ? 333.34
? Hazel Grove HL Jn ? ?   18/42 ? 237.43
? Edgeley No.1 Jn DIV ?   18/36 ? 325.23
? Stockport DIV 12.59 ~ 13.32   18*31 ~ 18*35 20/35 324.58

 

M.C Location Booked Actual
202.00 Northenden Jn 12/55 13/42
205.40 Skelton Jn 13/01 ?
205.73 Deansgate Jn 13/03 ?
206.48 Altrincham 13c05 ~ 13c07 13/53
219.47 Northwich 13/21 ?
230.03 Mouldsworth 13/36 14/27
233.74 West Cheshire Jn 13/48 14/37
238.42 Ellesmere Port 13/56 ?
242.22 Hooton 14.05 ~ 14.20 14.51 ~ 15.17
246.02 Ellesmere Port 14/31 ?
250.50 West Cheshire Jn 14/39 ?
251.19 Helsby 14/41 ?
254.70 Frodsham Jn 14/46 ?
256.44 Halton Jn 14/53 ?
260.23 Ditton 14/57 15/48
268.41 Wavertree Jn 15/10 ?
269.42 Edge Hill 15.13 ~ 15.28 16.10 ~ 16.33
270.46 Edge Lane Jn 15/33 ?
275.00 Bootle Jn 15/50 ?
276.19 Marsh Lane Jn 15/55 ?
278.23 Sefton Jn 16/05 17/12
278.70 Aintree Sefton Arms 16.14 ~ 16.30 17.17 ~ 17.35
279.37 Sefton Jn 16/38 ?
281.41 Marsh Lane Jn 16/47 ?
282.60 Bootle Jn 16/55 ?
287.14 Edge Lane Jn 17/09 ?
288.18 Edge Hill 17.15 ~ 17.30 18.29 ~ 18.43
298.50 St Helens Junction 17/45 ?
301.45 Earlestown 17/47 ?
314.46 Eccles 18/01 19/12
317.25 Ordsall Lane Jn 18/06 ?
317.66 Castlefield Jn 18/13 ?
318.25 Manchester Oxford Road 18/15 ?
318.68 Manchester Piccadilly 18c20 ~ 18c22 19.24 ~ ??.??
321.13 Slade Lane Jn 18/26 ?
324.03 Heaton Norris Jn 18/29 ?

Timings continue in first table.

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