7th July 2000
Pathfinder Tours
"ECS" for The Skirling Postie
| Loco Used | 66200 | 
Route :
| Crewe - Kidsgrove - Stoke-on-Trent - Uttoxeter - North Staffordshire Jn - Derby - Duffield - Clay Cross South Jn - Chesterfield - Beighton Jn - Nunnery Main Line Jn - Sheffield | 
Timings (actual only) :
| Location | Actual | 
| Crewe | 20.28d (booked as 20.05 d) | 
| Kidsgrove | 20/42½ | 
| Stoke-on-Trent | 20/52 | 
| Uttoxeter | 21/13 | 
| North Stafford Jn | 21/28 | 
| Stenson Jn | 21/28½ | 
| Derby | 21.36 a : 21.38 d | 
| Duffield | 21/44½ | 
| Ambergate South Jn | 21/48½ | 
| Clay Cross South Jn | 21/57½ | 
| Chesterfield | 22/02 | 
| Tapton Jn | 22/04½ | 
| Beighton Jn | 22/14½ | 
| Woodhouse Jn | 22/19 | 
| Nunnery Main Line Jn | 22/32½ | 
| Sheffield | 22.36½ a | 
Notes :
This stock move was made available to fare paying passengers at £5
a head. Once in Sheffield the train became "The
Skirling Postie".
Source : Phil Pearson
(on the train throughout)

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