9th May 1998

Mid Cheshire Rail Users Association
The Scarborough Flyer

Locos Used 47776 'Respected'
Stock Used Rail Charter Services Southern green stock

Route :

Loco Route
47776 Chester - Mouldsworth - Northwich - Knutsford - Altrincham - Skelton Jn - Northenden Jn - Edgeley Jn - Stockport - Heaton Norris Jn - Denton Jn - ?Guide Bridge? - Stalybridge - Marsden - Huddersfield - Mirfield - Thornhill LNW Jn - Horbury Jn - Wakefield Kirkgate - Altofts Jn - Castleford - Milford Jn - Church Fenton - York - Malton - Scarborough
47776 Scarborough - (reverse of outward route) - York - Church Fenton - Micklefield - Leeds - Dewsbury - Thornhill LNW Jn - (reverse of outward route) - Chester

Notes :
(1) David Miller comments: this trip did not go according to plan. The crew needed a pilot man to take the train from Stockport to Stalybridge and he did not materialise. We had to wait at Stockport for an hour until someone turned up. There was an optional extra of a coach from Malton to Pickering and a trip on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. Luckily, one of our organisers had a mobile phone with him (not so common in those days) and was able to warn the NYMR that we would be late. There was relief at their end because a lineside fire had disrupted their services and everything was running late too. On the return run, our driver, a York man, was due to be relieved at Stalybridge but his relief had been sent to Guide Bridge in error. An NWT driver had been sent to Stalybridge but he did not know class 47s. Eventually the York man was persuaded to continue to Guide Bridge to solve the problem.


47776 arriving at Malton on the return leg (photo: David Miller)

Source : David Miller (joined/left the train at Cuddington/Malton [both ways])

Timings (Booked and Actual)
(From David Miller)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Chester ??.??a ~ 07.37d ?   23.23a ?
Mouldsworth ??.??a ~ 07.51d ?   23.08a ~ ??.??d ?
Cuddington ??.??a ~ 08.02d ??.?? ~ 08.03   22.53a ~ ??.??d 23.15 ~ ??.??
Greenbank ??.??a ~ 08.08d 08.08 ~ 08.11   22.41a ~ ??.??d ?
Northwich ??.??a ~ 08.15d 08.16 ~ 08.18   22.34a ~ ??.??d ?
Plumley ??.??a ~ 08.23d 08.24 ~ 08.25   22.26a ~ ??.??d ?
Knutsford ??.??a ~ 08.31d 08.30 ~ 08.32   22.18a ~ ??.??d ?
Mobberley ??.??a ~ 08.38d 08.36 ~ 08.37   22.10a ~ ??.??d ?
Hale ??.??a ~ 08.45d 08.43 ~ 08.44   22.01a ~ ??.??d ?
Altrincham ??.??a ~ 08.52d 08.47 ~ 08.51   21.56a ~ ??.??d ?
Stockport ??.??a ~ 09.09d 09.08 ~ 10.05   21.31a ~ ??.??d 21.43 ~ 21.45
Stalybridge ??.??a ~ 09.37d 10.46 ~ 10.48   20.57a ~ ??.??d 20.55 ~ 21.19
Marsden ? 11/04   ? ?
Slaithwaite ? 11/06   ? ?
Huddersfield ? 11/11   ? ?
Bradley Jn ? ?   ? 20/03
Wakefield Kirkgate ? 11.33 ~ 11.34  
Castleford ? 11/44  
York 10.54a ~ ??.??d 12.11 ~ 12.15   ??.??a ~ 19.11d 19.13 ~ 19.16
Malton 11.19a ~ ??.??d 12.42 ~ ??.??   ??.??a ~ 18.47d ??.?? ~ 18.47
Scarborough 11.43a ?   18.15d ?


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