18th October 1997

Chester Model Railway Club/Ffestiniog Dee & Mersey Group
Edinburgh Flyer

Locos Used 47767, 47785 & 86417

Route :
1Z70 : Hooton to Edinburgh Waverley
1Z?? : Edinburgh Waverley to Hooton

Loco Route
47767 Hooton - Bache - Chester - Crewe
86417 Crewe - (via WCML) - Carstairs South Jn - Midcalder Jn - Haymarket -Edinburgh Waverley - (via ECML) - York
47785 York - Micklefield - Leeds - Morley - Huddersfield - Stalybridge - Manchester Victoria - Ordsall Lane - Earlestown - Warrington Bank Quay - Walton Old Jn - Acton Grange Jn - Helsby - Chester - Bache - Hooton


86417 on arrival into Edinburgh Waverley (photo: David Miller)

Source : John Cowlishaw

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from John Cowlishaw)

Location

Booked

Actual

Hooton

07.41d

07.52

Capenhurst

07/46

?

Bache

07.51a ~ 07.53d

??.?? ~ 08.06

Chester North Jn

07/55

?

Chester

07.57a ~ 07.59d

08.10 ~ 08.15 [P7]

Beeston Castle & Tarporley

08/11

08/26

Crewe Steelworks

08/18

08/33

Crewe

08L22a ~ 08L40d

08.37 ~ 08.53 [P12]

Winsford SB

08/48

08/59

Weaver Jn

08/52

09/12

Acton Grange Jn

08/56

?

Warrington Bank Quay

08.58a ~ 09.00d

09.13 ~ 09.15

Dallam Branch Jn

09/02

?

Winwick Jn

09/03

?

Springs Branch

09/10

?

Wigan South Jn

09/11

?

Wigan North Western

09.13a ~ 09.15d

09.27 ~ 09.28

Balshaw Lane Jn

09/22

?

Euxton Jn

09/23

?

Preston

09/33

09/44

Lancaster

09/47

10/02

Morecambe South Jn

09/48

?

Carnforth North Jn

09/51

10/08

Oxenholme

10/02

10/19

Tebay

10/13

10/29

Penrith

10/26

10/43

Carlisle

10.43a ~ 10.46d

10.56 ~ 10.58

Gretna Jn

10/53

11/06

Quintinshill

10/54

?

Signal MC863

10/56

?

Lockerbie

11/04

?

Beattock

11/12

11/26

Beattock Summit

11/18

11/34

Abington

11/24

?

Carstairs South Jn

11/41

11/51

Carstairs East Jn

11/44

?

Midcalder Jn

11/57

12/07

Slateford Jn

12/05

?

Haymarket

12/07

12/18

Edinburgh Waverley

12.10a ~ 17.25d

12.23 ~ 17.37 [P20]

Portobello Jn

17/29

?

Monktonhall Jn

17/31

?

Drem

17/38

17/53

Dunbar

17/45

17/59

Grantshouse

17/53

?

Reston

17/57

?

Marshall Meadows

18/02

?

Berwick-upon-Tweed

18/05

18/23

Belford

18/15

?

Alnmouth

18/25

18/45

Morpeth

18/37

18/57

Heaton South Jn

18/48

?

Newcastle

18.52a ~ 18.54d

19.13 ~ 19.16

King Edward Bridge Jn

18/56

?

Birtley

18/59

?

Durham

19/05

19/28

Tursdale Jn

19/10

?

Ferryhill South Jn

19/12

?

Darlington

19/19

19/44

Northallerton

19/28

19/53

Thirsk

19/32

?

Tollerton

19/40

?

Skelton Jn.

19/49

?

York

19L52a ~ 20L12d

20.14 ~ 20.36

Colton Jn

20/18

?

Church Fenton

20/22

?

Micklefield

20/26

?

Cross Gates

20/31

?

Leeds

20/43

21/03

Holbeck East Jn

20/46

?

Morley

20/49

?

Mirfield East Jn

20/57

21/21

Heaton Lodge Jn

20/58

?

Huddersfield

21/02

21/26

Marsden

21/12

21/37

Diggle Jn

21/17

?

Greenfield

21/19

21/59

Stalybridge

21/25

22/03

Ashton Moss North Jn

21/29

?

Philips Park No 1

21/36

22/11

Miles Platting

21/37

?

Manchester Victoria

21.41a ~ 21.43d

22.15 ~ 22.18

Deal Street

21/44

?

Ordsall Lane Jn

21/46

?

Eccles

21/50

22/27

Astley

21/57

?

Newton-le-Willows

22/05

22/39

Earlestown

22/07

22/41

Winwick Jn

22/12

?

Dallam Branch Jn

22/14

?

Warrington Bank Quay

22.15a ~ 22.17

22.48 ~ 22.53

Walton Old Jn

22/19

DIV?

Acton Grange Jn

22/21

22/54

Frodsham Jn

22/29

22/59

Helsby

22/33

23/03

Mickle Trafford

22/41

23/07

Chester

22.48a ~ 22.56d

23.12 ~ ??.??

Chester North Jn

22/59

?

Bache

23.01a ~ 23.03d

??.?? ~ ??.??

Capenhurst

23/08

?

Hooton

23.12

??.??


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