Back to "The Railtour Files"12th March 1994
Cheshire Railtours
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| Locos Used | 47636 & 47814 |
| Stock Used | Pilkington 'K' set |
Route : 1Z28 throughout
| Loco | Route |
| 47814 | Derby - Stenson Jn - Uttoxeter - Stoke-on-Trent - Kidsgrove - Macclesfield - Stockport - Manchester Piccadilly - Deansgate - Salford Crescent - Walkden - Crow Nest Jn - Wigan North Western - (via WCML) - Carlisle |
| 47814 | Carlisle - Petterill Bridge Jn - (via S&C) (1) - Settle Jn - Hellifield - Clitheroe - Blackburn - Farington Jn - (reverse of outward route) - Stockport (2) |
| 47814 | Stockport - Wilmslow - Sandbach - Crewe - Stoke-on-Trent (3) |
| 47814 | Stoke-on-Trent - Norton Bridge - Stafford - Wolverhampton - ?Dudley Port? - Birmingham New Street (4) |
| 47636 | Birmingham New Street - Proof House Jn - Landor Street Jn - Water Orton - (5) - Nuneaton - Wigston North Jn - Leicester - (via MML) - Trent - Long Eaton - Derby |
Notes :
(1) Due to a steam loco (thought to have been 'Nunney Castle') slipping to a
stand at Ais Gill on another railtour, this tour was running two hours late by
Kirkby Stephen.
(2) Booked route was reverse of outward however at Stockport the rostered guard
had gone home and no alternative guard was available who knew the route via
Macclesfield. The train was thus diverted to run to Derby via Crewe. Passengers
for Macclesfield used a service train to get home.
(3) By arrival at Stoke-on-Trent (2½ hours late)
the line to Derby had been closed for the
night. As a result the train was then diverted via Birmingham (passengers for
stations along the line to Derby were taken back to their stations by road
transport). Due to lack of traincrew however it was decided to run the train as
the 21.xx stopping service to Birmingham New Street using the booked EMU crew
(the driver acting as pilotman).
(4) 47814 ran out of fuel.
(5) Direct route via Tamworth was closed thus forcing another diversion! Train
was due back into Derby at 10pm but was some 5 hours late when it finally
arrived.