2nd November 1996

A1A Charters
The Merry Men

Locos Used 31405, 31420, 31462 & 37047

Route : 1Z63 throughout

Locos Route
31405 + 31420 Preston - Bolton - Manchester Piccadilly - Stoke-on-Trent - Stafford - Lichfield Trent Valley Jn - Wichnor Jn - Burton-on-Trent - Stenson Jn - Sheet Stores Jn - Trent Jn - Nottingham
37047 + 31462 Nottingham - Radford Jn - Kirkby Lane End Jn - Shirebrook - Shireoaks East Jn - Worksop - Retford High Level
31462 + 37047 Retford High Level - (via ECML) - York
37047 + 31462 York - Church Fenton - Castleford - Wakefield Kirkgate - Healey Mills - Huddesfield - Penistone - Barnsley - Sheffield - Chesterfield - Derby
31405 + 31420 Derby - Burton-on-Trent - (reverse of outward route) - Preston


37047 & 31462 prepare to leave York for Derby (photo: Chris Boon)

Sources : Richard Hughes & David Bellamy

Timings (Booked Only)
(From David Bellamy)

Location

 Booked (out)   Booked (rtn)
Preston 07.06d   22.44a
Euxton Jn 07/13   22/38
Chorley 07/18   22/28
Lostock Jn 07/26   22/20
Bolton 07/30   22/15
Salford Crescent 07/42   22/04
Ordsall Lane Jn 07/43   22/03
Deansgate 07/48   21/58
Manchester Oxford Road 07/52   21/56
Manchester Piccadilly 07/54   21/52
Ardwick Jn 07/56   21/50
Slade Lane Jn 07/58   21/48
Heaton Norris Jn 08/03   21/44
Stockport 08.04a ~ 08.06d   21.41a ~ 21.42d
Cheadle Hulme 08/11   21/35
Macclesfield 08*28 ~ 08*55   21/27
Congleton 09/04   21/20
Kidsgrove 09/11   21/15
Stoke-on-Trent 09.19a ~ 09.21d   21.03a ~ 21.05d
Stone 09/31   20/51
Norton Bridge 09/44   20/43
Stafford 09.50a ~ 09.52d   20.18a ~ 20.29d
Colwich 10/01   20/10
Armitage 10/07   20/05
Lichfield High Level Goods Jn 10/12   20/01
Lichfield Trent Valley Jn 10/14   19/56
Wichnor Jn 10/25   19/45
Burton-on-Trent 10/31   19/38
North Stafford Jn 10/37   19/33
Stenson Jn 10/37   19/31

 

Location

 Booked
Sheet Stores Jn 10/57
Trent 10/59
Mansfield Jn 11/06
Nottingham 11L08a ~ 11L30d
Mansfield Jn 11/32
Radford Jn
11/34
Basford
11/37
Bulwell
11/38
Bestwood Park Jn
11/42
Hucknall
11/45
Newstead
11/50
Kirkby Lane End Jn 11/54
Mansfield Woodhouse 12/03
Shirebrook Station S.B. 12/10
Shireoaks East Jn 12/33
Worksop 12/38
Retford High Level 12.46a ~ 13.26d
Loversall Carr Jn 13/40
Doncaster 13/43
Temple Hirst Jn 14/02
Hambleton North Jn 14/11
Colton Jn
14/23
York
14.29a ~ 15.25d
Colton Jn
15/38
Church Fenton
15/42
Castleford
15/59
Altofts Jn
16/07
Normanton
16/13
Wakefield Kirkgate
16/20
Horbury Jn
16/27
Mirfield East Jn
16/48
Heaton Lodge Jn
16/52
Huddersfield
17*00 ~ 17*08
Stocksmoor
17/26
Clayton West Jn
17/28
Penistone
17*35 ~ 17*37
Barnsley
17/46
Ecclesfield West S.B.
17/57
Wincobank Jn
18/05
Sheffield
18.12a ~ 18.17d
Dore Station Jn
18/23
Chesterfield
18/34
Clay Cross South Jn
18/39
Ambergate Jn
18/49
Derby
18L58a ~ 19L23d

Timings continue in first table.

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