29th May 2022

Retro Railtours
(Football Special)

Loco Used 67006 'Royal Sovereign'
Stock Used 9526+6158+5961+6051+6054+6067+1212+3278+3340+3314+3333

Route : 
1Z68? : Huddersfield to Wembley Central
1Z?? : Wembley Central to Huddersfield

Loco Route
67006 Huddersfield - Marsden - Greenfield - Stalybridge - Guide Bridge - Denton - Reddish South - Heaton Norris Jn - Stockport - Cheadle Hulme - Macclesfield - Kidsgrove - Stoke-on-Trent - Stone - Colwich - (via WCML, Trent Valley & Northampton) - Wembley Central
67006 Wembley Central - (via WCML, Weedon & Trent Valley) - Crewe - Sandbach - Wilmslow - Cheadle Hulme - (reverse of outward route) - Huddersfield

Notes :
(1) This was a football special  for the Championship play-off final at Wembley between Huddersfield Town and Nottingham Forest. Final score was 0:1

Source : Nick Bartlett

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Realtime Trains)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Huddersfield 09.22d [P1] 09.22   23.50a [P4] 00.19
Marsden 09.33a ~ 09.38d [P2] 09.33 ~ 09.38   23.37a ~ 23.40d [P1] 00.06 ~ 00.08
Diggle Jn 09/43 09/43   23/31½ 23/57
Greenfield 09/45 09/45   23/29 23/52
Stalybridge 09.50a ~ 09.55d [P1] 09.50 ~ 09.55 [P1]   23c18 ~ 23c21 [P4] 23.38 ~ 23.40
Guide Bridge 10/01 [P1] 10/00   23/12½ 23/31
Denton Jn 10/03 10/03   23/10½ 23/27
Denton Station Jn 10/04½ 10/05   23/09 23/17
Reddish South 10/06½ 10/08   23/06½ 23/13
Ash Bridge Jn 10/08 10/09   23/05 23/11
Heaton Norris Jn 10/09½ [US] 10/12   23/04 23/09
Stockport 10c12 ~ 10c14 [P1] 10.13 ~ 10.16   22c58 ~ 23c01 [P3] 23.03 ~ 23.07
Edgeley Jn No.2 10/14½ 10/18   22/57 23/01
Edgeley Jn No.1 10/15 10/19   22/56½ 22/59
Adswood Road Jn 10/16 10/20   22/55 [DF] 22/57
Cheadle Hulme 10/18 [P4] 10/21   22/54 [P1] 22/56
Macclesfield 10/28½ [P2] 10/30   - -
Congleton 10/36 10/37   - -
Kidsgrove 10/40½ [P1] 10/41   - -
Stoke-on-Trent 10c49 ~ 10c51 [P1] 10/46   - -
Stoke Jn 10/53 10/47   - -
Stone 11/00½ 10/52   - -
Wilmslow - -   22/50½ [P3] 22/54
Alderley Edge - -   22/49 [P1] 22/53
Sandbach - -   22/38½ [P2] 22/43
Crewe Sydney Bridge - -   22/34 [FL] 22/34
Crewe - -   22c29 ~ 22c31 [P6] 22.20 ~ 22.31
Basford Hall Jn - -   22/26 [DF] 22/10
Madeley - -   22/22 [DF] 22/06
Norton Bridge - -   22/13 [DF] 21/59
Stafford - -   22/08½ [DF] 21/55
Colwich 11/09½ [US] 11/02   22/03½ 21/50
Rugeley North Jn 11/12½ [US] 11/04   21/58½ [DS] 21/48
Lichfield North Jn 11/18½ [US] 11/10   21/52½ [DS] 21/43
Amington Jn 11/24 [US] 11/15   21/46½ [DS] 21/38
Nuneaton 11/35 [P5] [US] 11/25   21/36½ [P2] [DS] 21/28
Attleborough South Jn 11/36½ [US] 11/26   21/34½ [DS] 21/26
Brinklow 11/42½ [US] 11/33   21/29½ [DF] 21/21
Trent Valley Jn 11/46 [US] 11/42   21/25 [DF] 21/20
Rugby 11/48 [P5] [UN] 11/43   21/23½ [DF] 21/19
Hillmorton Jn 11/50 11/45   21/21½ 21/18
Daventry North Jn 11/53 11/48   - -
Long Buckby 11/58 11/54   - -
Northampton 12/08½ [UM] 12/06   - -
Weedon - -   21/13 21/10
Hanslope Jn 12/17½ [US] 12/15   21/02½ [DF] 21/00
Milton Keynes Central 12/24 [P1] [US] 12/20   20/55 [P3] [DS] 20/53
Bletchley 12/27 [P4] [US] 12/23   20/49½ [P3] [DS] 20/48
Ledburn Jn 12/34 [US] 12/29   20/39 [DS] 20/37
Tring 12/42 [P5] [US] 12/39   20/32½ [P3] [DS] 20/31
Bourne End Jn 12/47 [US] 12/47   20/23½ [DS] 20/26
Watford Junction 12/59½ [P9] [US] 13/02   20/16 [P8] [DS] 20/20
Harrow & Wealdstone 13/09 [P6] [US] 13/12   20/11 [P5] [DS] 20/16
Wembley Central 13.13a [P6] 13.16   20.06d [P5] [DS] 20.11


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