11th August 1990

Midland Railtours
The Yorkshire Explorer

Locos Used 20031 & 20069
Stock Used Pilkington 'K' set

Route : 1Z09 throughout

Locos Route
20031 + 20069 Birmingham New Street - Landor Street Jn - Water Orton - Tamworth HL - Burton-on-Trent - Stenson Jn - Derby
20031 + 20069 Derby - Long Eaton - Trent - Toton - Trowell Jn - Clay Cross South Jn - Chesterfield - Tapton Jn - Beighton Jn - Treeton Jn - Tinsley - Shepcote Lane East Jn - Broughton Jn - Woodburn Jn - Sheffield
20031 + 20069 Sheffield - Meadowhall - Barnsley - Penistone - Huddersfield - Whitehall Jn - Engine Shed Jn - Altofts Jn - Turners Lane Jn - Calder Bridge Jn - Crofton West Jn - Pontefract Monkhill - Knottingley West Jn - Shaftholme Jn - Doncaster - Decoy Down Yard - Decoy South Jn - St Catherine's Jn - Firbeck West Jn - Shireoaks - Shirebrook - Pye Bridge Jn - Trowell Jn - Lenton North Jn - Lenton South Jn - Beeston - Long Eaton - Derby
20031 + 20069 Derby - (reverse of outward route) - Birmingham New Street

Source : Lee Nash (on the train throughout) & Martin Birchall

Timings (Booked Only)
(from Simon Cresswell)

Miles Location Booked
0 Birmingham New Street 09.30d
2 Saltley TMD ?
8 Water Orton ?
17½ Tamworth HL 09/53
30½ Burton-on-Trent 10/09
41½ Derby 10.34a ~ 10.52d
50½ Trent Jn's 10/58
54 Toton TMD 11/11
57 Trowell Jn ?
66½ Pye Bridge Jn ?
74½ Clay Cross South Jn ?
78½ Chesterfield 11/44
82¼ Barrow Hill TMD ?
88¼ Beighton Jn ?
92¾ Tinsley TMD ?
96 Attercliffe Jn ?
98¼ Sheffield 12.23 ~ 12.59
101½ Wincobank Jn ?
109 Elsecar ?
114¾ Barnsley ?
122 Penistone ?
126½ Denby Dale ?
135¼ Huddersfield ?
138 Bradley Wood Jn ?
144 Healey Mills ?
149 Wakefield Kirkgate 14/30
152 Normanton ?
162 Engine Shed Jn ?
174 Wakefield Kirkgate 15.19 ~ 15.28
177½ Crofton East Jn ?
183¾ Pontefract Minkhill ?
185¾ Knottingley TMD ?
193¼ Norton Jn ?
197 Shaftholme Jn ?
201 Doncaster TMD ?
204 Decoy South Jn ?
208¾ Firbeck Jn ?
216½ Dinnington Jn ?
221 Shireoaks ?
226 Elmton & Cresswell Jn ?
230¼ Shirebrook TMD 17/32
235¾ Kirkby Summit Jn ?
240¾ Pye Bridge Jn ?
250 Trowell Jn ?
255¼ Lenton North Jn ?
261½ Trent Jn's ?
271 Derby 18.53 (?a or d?)
282 Burton-on-Trent 19/27
295 Tamworth HL 19/43
304½ Water Orton ?
310½ Saltley TMD ?
312½ Birmingham New Street 20.12a


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