29th August 1998

Past Time Rail
The Sum Toton

Locos Used 37058, 47744 & 47847

Route :

Loco(s) Route
47744 Carlisle - (via WCML) - Preston – Chorley - Bolton – Salford Crescent – Deansgate - Manchester Piccadilly – Slade Lane Jn - Stockport – Cheadle Hulme - Macclesfield – Stoke-on-Trent - Uttoxeter – Stenson Jn – Sheet Stores Jn – Trent East Jn - Toton Centre
47744 Toton Centre - (reverse of outward route) - Moses Gate (1)
47847 (2) propel into loop at Moses Gate
37058 (3) loop (Moses Gate) - (reverse of outward route) - Carlisle

Notes:
(1) 47744 failed.
(2) 47847 was on Virgin XC service.
(3) plus 47744 dead-in-tow - reported as leaving Moses Gate loop at 23.15 (against a booked time at Bolton of 20.20 to 20.22).

Sources : Jim Ramsay & Alan Rintoul

Timings (Booked Only)
(from Alan Rintoul)

Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn) (actual)
Carlisle 08.12d 22.18a (01.20)
Penrith 08/34 22/01
Tebay 08/48 21/41
Oxenholme 08/58 21/29
Carnforth North Jn 09/22 21/19
Morecambe South Jn 09/25 21/16
Lancaster 09.27a ~ 09.40d 21.11a ~ 21.13d
Preston 10.04a ~ 10.13d 20.47a ~ 20.50d
Euxton Jn 10/20 20/39
Chorley 10/26 20/35
Lostock Jn 10/35 20/27
Bolton 10.39a ~ 10.41d 20.20a ~ 20.22d
Moses Gate (loop) ??/?? ??.?? ~ 23.15
Salford Crescent 10/53 20/08
Ordsall Lane Jn 10/54 20/01
Deansgate 10/56 19/59
Manchester Oxford Road 10/57 19/57
Manchester Piccadilly 11.01a ~ 11.03d 19.53a ~ 19.56d
Ardwick Jn 11/06 19/51
Slade Lane Jn 11/08 19/49
Heaton Norris Jn 11/10 19/45
Stockport 11.12a ~ 11.15d 19.42a ~ 19.44d
Edgeley Jn 11/16 19/40
Cheadle Hulme 11/19 19/35
Macclesfield 11/32 19/26
Congleton 11/40 19/18
Kidsgrove 11/44 19/13
Stoke-on-Trent 11.51a ~ 11.53d 19.02a ~ 19.04d
Stoke Jn 11/55 19/00
Longton 11/58 18/57
Uttoxeter 12/16 18/37
Tutbury and Hatton 12/26 18/26
North Stafford Jn 12/35 18/19
Stenson Jn 12/36 18/16
Sheet Stores Jn 12/56 17/45
Trent 12/58 17/43
Toton Jn 13/00 17/36
Toton Centre 13.03a 17.35d


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