4th August 2001
Green Express Railtours
The Edinburgh Express
| Locos Used | 31459 & 31601 |
| Stock Used | 99371+99127+99125+99121+99680+99311+99318+5032+5035+4994+4951+4984 |
Route:
1Z62 : Rochdale to Edinburgh Waverley
1Z63 : Edinburgh Waverley to Rochdale
| Locos | Route |
| 31601 + 31459 | Rochdale - Hall Royd Jn - Hebden Bridge - Milner Royd Jn - Brighouse - Wakefield Kirkgate - Normanton - Engine Shed Jn - Shipley - Hellifield - (via S&C) - Carlisle - (via WCML) - Carstairs South Jn - Midcalder Jn - Haymarket - Edinburgh Waverley |
| 31601 + 31459 | Edinburgh Waverley - (via ECML including Darlington station avoiding line) - York - Castleford - Wakefield Kirgate - (reverse of outward route) - Rochdale |
Sources : Mark Sutton & David Bellamy
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Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from David Bellamy)
| Location | Booked | Actual |
| Rochdale | 05.51d | 05.51 |
| Smithy Bridge | 05.55a ~ 05.57d | ? |
| Littleborough | 06.00a ~ 06.02d | 05.59 ~ 06.01 |
| Todmorden | 06.09a ~ 06.11d | ? |
| Hebden Bridge | 06.17a ~ 06.20d | ? |
| Sowerby Bridge | 06.26a ~ 06.29d | ? |
| Milner Royd Jn | 06/34 | ? |
| Brighouse | 06.45a ~ 06.48d | ? |
| Bradley Wood Jn | 06/53 | ? |
| Heaton Lodge East Jn | 06/55 | ? |
| Mirfield East Jn | 06/58 | ? |
| Horbury Jn | 07/04 | ? |
| Wakefield Kirkgate | 07/09 | ? |
| Altofts Jn | 07/13 | ? |
| Methley Jn | 07/16 | ? |
| Engine Shed Jn | 07/25 | ? |
| Armley Jn | 07/31 | ? |
| Shipley | 07/44 | ? |
| Keighley | 07/54 | ? |
| Skipton | 08/04 | ? |
| Hellifield | 08/14 | ? |
| Settle Jn | 08/19 | ? |
| Blea Moor | 08/40 | ? |
| Kirkby Stephen | 09/02 | ? |
| Appleby | 09/16 | ? |
| Culgaith | 09/28 | ? |
| Petteril Bridge Jn | 09/59 | ? |
| Carlisle | 10/05 | 10/04 |
| Gretna Jn | 10/15 | ? |
| Lockerbie | 10/31 | ? |
| Beattock Summit | 10/57 | ? |
| Carstairs South Jn | 11/18 | ? |
| Midcalder Jn | 11/38 | ? |
| Slateford Jn | 11/49 | ? |
| Haymarket | 11/58 | ? |
| Edinburgh Waverley | 12.01a ~ 16.19d | 12.11 ~ 16.22 |
| Monktonhall Jn | 16/27 | ? |
| Drem UPL | 16*39a ~ 16*55d | ? |
| Dunbar | 17/08 | ? |
| Grantshouse | 17/17 | ? |
| Reston UPL | 17*24a ~ 17*40d | ? |
| Berwick-upon-Tweed | 17/50 | ? |
| Alnmouth | 18/15 | ? |
| York | 19/23 | 19/27 |
| Brighouse | 20.21a ~ 20.23d | ? |
| Sowerby Bridge | 20.31a ~ 20.33d | ? |
| Hebden Bridge | 20.39a ~ 20.41d | 20.51 ~ 20.53 |
| Todmorden | 20.47a ~ 20.49d | ? |
| Littleborough | 20.56a ~ 20.58d | 21.11 ~ 21.14 |
| Smithy Bridge | 21.01a ~ 21.03d | ? |
| Rochdale | 21.08a | 21.22 |