30th October 2021

Railway Touring Company
The Stratford Flyer

Locos Used 57601 'Windsor Castle' & steam: 60103 'Flying Scotsman'
Stock Used 35486+99304+4984+1861+99122+99127+99350+1961+3136+3093

Route :
1Z60 : Manchester Piccadilly to Stratford-upon-Avon
1Z62 : Stratford-upon-Avon to Manchester Piccadilly

Loco(s) Route
60103 (1) Manchester Piccadilly - Stockport - Wilmslow - Sandbach - Crewe - Madeley - Stafford - Penkridge - Bushbury Jn - Wolverhampton - Dudley Port - Soho South Jn - Birmingham New Street - Proof House Jn - St Andrews Jn - Bordesley Jn - Small Heath South Jn - Tyseley - Solihull - Dorridge - Hatton North Jn - Hatton West Jn - Bearley Jn - Stratford-upon-Avon
60103 (1) Stratford-upon-Avon - Bearley Jn - Henley-in-Arden - Shirley - Tyseley - Small Heath South Jn - Bordesley Jn - St Andrews Jn - Landor Street Jn - Park Lane Jn - Sutton Park - Ryecroft Jn - Walsall - Pleck Jn - Darlaston Jn - Portobello Jn - Bushbury Jn - (reverse of outward route) - Manchester Piccadilly

Notes :
(1) 57601 on rear.
(2) Tour postponed from 10/04/21.

Source : Nick Bartlett

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Realtime Trains)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Manchester Piccadilly 08.33d [P8] [UF] 08.34   21.16a [P5] 21.24
Ardwick Jn 08/36 08/37   21/11 21/21
Slade Lane Jn 08/39 08/39   21/08½ [DF] 21/17
Heaton Norris Jn 08/43 08/42 [UF]   21/05 21/11
Stockport 08.46a ~ 08.48d [P1] [US] 08.44 ~ 08.47 [P2] [UF]   21.00a ~ 21.02d [P4] 21.06 ~ 21.09
Edgeley Jn No.2 08/50 [US-UF] 08/49   20/57½ 21/05
Edgeley Jn No.1 08/50½ 08/50   20/56½ 21/04
Adswood Road Jn 08/52½ 08/51   20/54 [DS] 21/02
Cheadle Hulme 08/53½ [P2] 08/52   20/52 [P1] 21/01
Wilmslow 08.58a ~ 09.00d [P4] 08.56 ~ 09.02   20.43a ~ 20.45d [P3] 20.50 ~ 20.54
Alderley Edge 09/03 [P2] 09/05   20/40 [P1] 20/48
Sandbach 09/16 [P1] [UF] 09/16   20/27½ [P2] 20/35
Crewe Sydney Bridge 09/22 09/22   20/22 [SL] 20/31
Crewe [Up Manchester Loop] 09*23 ~ 09*32 [UML] 09.22 ~ 09.30   - -
Crewe 09.36a ~ 09.43d [P5] [US] 09.31 ~ 09.42   20.13a ~ 20.18d [P6] 20.19 ~ 20.28
Basford Hall Jn 09/49 [US] 09/47   20/05 [DS] 20/00
Madeley 09/58 [US] 09/53   19/54 [DS] 19/55
Searchlight Lane Jn - -   19/43 [DS] 19/44
Little Bridgeford Jn 10/12½ [US] 10/04   19/41½ [DS] 19/43
Stafford 10w19 ~ 10w58 [UDG] 10.18 ~ 10.56   19w05 ~ 19w35 [UDG] 19.04 ~ 19.37
Trent Valley Jn 11/00 10/59   19/03 [DS] ?
Penkridge 11/05 11/06   18/57 18/54
Bushbury Jn 11/13 11/14   18/48 ? ~ 18.45
Wolverhampton North Jn 11/16 11/17   - -
Wolverhampton 11/18 [P3] 11/19   - -
Dudley Port 11/28½ 11/27   - -
Galton Jn 11/35 11/33   - -
Soho South Jn 11/37 11/35   - -
Birmingham New Street 11/44 [P1] [WL] 11/41   - -
Proof House Jn 11/49 11/44   - -
Portobello Jn - -   18/44 18/20
Darlaston Jn - -   18/39 18/15
Pleck Jn - -   18/37 18/13
Walsall - -   18/34 [P2] [SL] 18/09
Ryecroft Jn - -   18/31 18/06
Sutton Park - -   18/16 ?
Park Lane Jn - -   18/08 17/48
Castle Bromwich Jn - -   18/06 17/45
Landor Street Jn - -   17/58 [ML] 17/36
St Andrews Jn 11/53 11/48   17/53 17/35
Bordesley Jn 11/54 [UM] 11/50   17/52 17/34
Small Heath South Jn 11/58 [SL] 11/54   17/47 17/29
Tyseley 12*02 ~ 12*08 [P3] 11/55?   17c31 ~ 17c44 [P4] [SL] 17/27?
Solihull 12/17½ 12/00   - -
Bentley Heath LC 12/24 12/05   - -
Dorridge 12/27 [P1] 12/23   - -
Hatton North Jn 12/35 12/33   - -
Hatton West Jn 12/37 12/35   - -
Shirley - -   17/23 17/16
Whitlocks End - -   17/21 17/15
Wood End - -   17/15 17/10
Henley-in-Arden - -   17/08 17/02
Bearley Jn 12/45 12/44   16/59 16/58
Stratford-upon-Avon 13.06a [P1] 12.51   16.50d [P1] 16.50


Associated E.C.S. Workings

5Z61 : (57601 with 60103 on rear) : Stratford-upon-Avon to Hatton
5Z61 : (60103 with 57601 on rear) : Hatton to Dorridge

Location Booked
Stratford-upon-Avon 13.50d [P1]
Bearley Jn 13/59
Hatton West Jn 14/08
Hatton 14.13 ~ 14.23
Dorridge 14.35a [UDG]

5Z62 : (57601 with 60103 on rear) : Dorridge to Stratford-upon-Avon

Location Booked
Dorridge 15.40d [UDG]
Hatton North Jn 15/52
Hatton west Jn 15*54 ~ 15*59
Bearley Jn 16/07
Stratford-upon-Avon 16.13a [P1]


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