17th April 2010
Statesman Rail
Cumbrian Mountain & Coast Statesman
| Loco Used | 67003 | 
| Stock Used | 17080+3231+3188+1659+3340+3314+3345+3386+3344+1203+6054+5987 | 
Route :
1Z67 : Leicester to Carlisle
1Z68 : Carlisle to Leicester
| Loco | Route | 
| 67003 | Leicester - (via MML) - Trent South Jn - Trent East Jn - Toton Jn - Trowell Jn - Pye Bridge Jn - Clay Cross South Jn - Chesterfield - Dore Station Jn - Sheffield - Wincobank Jn - Masborough Jn - Aldwarke Jn - Swinton - Moorthorpe - South Kirkby Jn - Hare Park Jn - Turners Lane Jn - Altofts Jn - Engine Shed Jn - Whitehall Jn - Shipley - Keighley - Hellifield - Settle Jn - (via S&C) - Petteril Bridge Jn - Carlisle | 
| 67003 | Carlisle - Currock Jn - Marypoort - Workington - Ravenglass - Park South Jn - Barrow-in-Furness - Dalton Jn - Grange-over-Sands - Carnforth - (via WCML) - Euxton Jn - Chorley - Bolton - Salford Crescent - Deansgate - Manchester Piccadilly - Slade Lane Jn - Stockport - Edgeley Jn - Hazel Grove - New Mills South Jn - Edale - Dore Station Jn - Sheffield | 
| 67003 | Sheffield - (reverse of outward route) - Leicester | 
Notes :
(1) Howard Parker comments: The Northern Belle was seen heading south at 
Leicester in the morning.
Source : Howard Parker (on the train throughout)

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Howard Parker)
| Location | Booked | Actual | Booked | Actual | |
| Leicester | 07.00d | 07.00 [P2] | 23.43a | 23.54 [P3] | |
| Syston South Jn | 07/06 | ? | 23/37 | ? | |
| Sileby Jn | 07/09 | ? | 23/26 | ? | |
| Loughborough | 07.14a ~ 07.16d | 07.11 ~ 07.16 | 23.19a ~ 23.21d | 12.37 ~ 23.39 | |
| East Midlands Parkway | 07.23a ~ 07.25d | 07.23 ~ 07.28 | 23.09a ~ 23.11d | 23.25 ~ 23.27 | |
| Trent South Jn | 07/27 | ? | 23/07 | 23/22 | |
| Trent | 07/28 | 07/35 | 23/06 | 23/20 | |
| Toton Jn | 07/30 | ? | 23/04 | ? | |
| Toton Centre | 07/31 | ? | 23/03 | 23/15 | |
| Trowell Jn | 07/35 | ? | 22/59 | ? | |
| Langley Mill | 07.41a ~ 07.43d | 07.42 ~ 07.44 | 22.50a ~ 22.52d | 22.51 ~ 22.53 | |
| Ironville Jn | 07/47 | ? | 22/46 | ? | |
| Alfreton | 07.51a ~ 07.53d | 07.52 ~ 07.56 | 22.40a ~ 22.42d | 22.51 ~ 22.53 | |
| Clay CrossNorth Jn | 08/06 | ? | 22/32 | ? | |
| Chesterfield South Jn | 08/08 | 08/09 [DM] | 22/29 | 22/36 | |
| Chesterfield | 08.10a ~ 08.12d | 08.11 ~ 08.13 | 22.25a ~ 22.27d | 22.31 ~ 22.33 [P2] | |
| Tapton Jn | 08/14 | ? | 22/24 | ? | |
| Dore Station Jn | 08/24 | 08/23 | 22/15 | ? | |
| Sheffield | 08.30a ~ 08.32d | 08.30 ~ 08.33 [P2] | 21.48a ~ 22.08d | 21.29 ~ 22.10 [P8] | 
| Location | Booked | Actual | 
| Nunnery Main Line Jn | 08/34 | ? | 
| Wincobank Jn | 08/36 | ? | 
| Holmes Jn | 08/38 | 08/39 | 
| Masborough Jn | 08/39 | ? | 
| Aldwarke Jn | 08/46 | 08/46 | 
| Swinton | 08/51 | 08/51 | 
| Moorthorpe | 08.58 ~ 09.00 | 08.58 ~ 09.00 | 
| South Kirkby Jn | 09/02 | 09/02 | 
| Hare Park Jn | 09/07 | 09/10 | 
| Crofton West Jn | 09/15 | 09/13 | 
| Calder Bridge Jn | 09/17 | 09/16 | 
| Turners Lane Jn | 09/22 | 09/22 | 
| Altofts Jn | 09/26 | 09/28 | 
| Methley Jn | 09/29 | 09/29 | 
| Engine Shed Jn | 09/38 | 09/37 | 
| Whitehall Jn | 09/43 | 09/44 | 
| Armley Jn | 09/44 | 09/45 | 
| Kirkstall Down Loop | 09*46 ~ 10*02 | 09.47 ~ 10.03 | 
| Apperley Jn | 10/06 | 10/08 | 
| Dockfield Jn | 10/10 | 10/12 | 
| Shipley | 10/11 | 10/13 | 
| Keighley | 10/26 | 10/25 | 
| Skipton | 10/40 | 10/38 | 
| Hellifield | 10/51 | 10/49 | 
| Settle Jn | 10/51 | 10/49 | 
| Horton-in-Ribblesdale | 11/04 | 11/04 | 
| Ribblehead | 11/11 | 11/12 | 
| Blea Moor | 11/13 | 11/14 | 
| Garsdale | 11/26 | 11/26 | 
| Kirkby Stephen | 11/38 | 11/38 | 
| Appleby | 11/49 | 11/49 | 
| Kirkby Thore S.B. | 11/55 | 11/54 | 
| Culgaith LC | 11/58 | 11/56 | 
| Lazonby & Kirkoswald | 12/06 | ? | 
| Low House Crossing | 12/13 | 12/11 | 
| How & Co. Sidings | 12/16 | 12/16 | 
| Petteril Bridge Jn | 12/25 | 12/21 | 
| London Road Jn | 12/26 | ? | 
| Carlisle | 12.29a ~ 15.56d | 12.24 ~ 15.57 [P3] | 
| Currock Jn | 16/02 | ? | 
| Wigton | 16/14 | 16/14 | 
| Maryport | 16/34 | 16/38 | 
| Workington | 16*43 ~ 16/45 | 16/47 | 
| Parton North Jn | 16/54 | ? | 
| Parton | 16/58 | 17/00 | 
| Whitehaven | 17*02 ~ 17*06 | 17.04 ~ 17.05 | 
| St Bees | 17*14 ~ 17*16 | 17/13 | 
| Sellafield | 17*29 ~ 17*31 | 17.25 ~ 17.25 | 
| Drigg | 17*36 ~ 17*38 | ? | 
| Bootle | 17/47 | 17/39 | 
| Millom | 17/57 | 17/49 | 
| Foxfield | 18/04 | 17/58 | 
| Askam | 18/12 | 18/04 | 
| Park South Jn | 18/18 | 18/17 | 
| Barrow-in-Furness | 18/27 | 18/27 | 
| Dalton Jn | 18/35 | ? | 
| Ulverston | 18/43 | 18/45 | 
| Grange-over-Sands | 18/55 | 18/56 | 
| Arnside | 18/59 | 19/00 | 
| Carnforth | 19/08 | 19/09 | 
| Morecambe South Jn | 19/12 | ? | 
| Lancaster | 19c14 ~ 19c16 | 19.18 ~ 19.23 [P4] | 
| Preston | 19/41 | 19/41 | 
| Euxton Jn | 19/47 | 19/47 | 
| Chorley | 19/51 | 19/50 | 
| Lostock Jn | 19/56 | ? | 
| Bolton | 20/01 | 20/02 | 
| Salford Crescent | 20/12 | 20/11 | 
| Ordsall Lane Jn | 20/15 | ? | 
| Castlefield Jn | 20/16 | ? | 
| Deansgate | 20/17 | ? | 
| Manchester Oxford Road | 20*19 ~ 20*20 | 20/15 [P3] | 
| Manchester Piccadilly | 20/22 | 20/19 [P13] | 
| Ardwick Jn | 20/24 | ? | 
| Slade Lane Jn | 20/29 | 20.25 ~ 20.28 [US] | 
| Heaton Norris Jn | 20/32 | ? | 
| Stockport | 20/34 | 20/35 [P0] | 
| Edgeley No.1 | 20/35 | ? | 
| Hazel Grove | 20/42 | 20/40 | 
| New Mills South Jn | 20/50 | ? | 
| Chinley North Jn | 20/56 | ? | 
| Chinley East Jn | 20/57 | ? | 
| Edale | 21/03 | 20/59 | 
| Earles Siding | 21/06 | 21/04 | 
| Bamford | 21/09 | 21/06 | 
| Grindleford | 21/12 | 21/10 | 
| Totley Tunnel East | 21/18 | 21/13 | 
| Dore West Jn | 21/21 | ? | 
| Dore Station Jn | 21/23 | 21/16 | 
| Sheffield Down Loop | 21.28 ~ 21.43 | 21.23 ~ 21.27 | 
Timings continue in first table

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