6th September 1953

S.L.S. (N.W. Area) / Manchester Locomotive Society
West Riding Rail Tour

Loco Used 69430
Stock Used Booked for load 4 (formed BTO+TO+TO+BTO)

Route : M939 throughout

Loco Route
69430 Leeds City (Midland Section) - Wortley Jn - Apperley Jn - Guisley
69430 Guisley - Rawdon Jn - Yeadon
69430 Yeadon - Rawdon Jn - Guisley
69430 Guisley - Apperley Jn - Guisley Jn - Shipley (Midland)
69430 Shipley (Midland) - ??? Jn
69430 ??? Jn - Shipley Windhill (GN)
69430 Shipley Windhill (GN) - Eccleshill - Laisterdyke East Jn - Queensbury - Halifax St Pauls
69430 Halifax St Pauls - Queensbury - Laisterdyke East Jn - Cutler Heights Jn - Pudsey Greenside - Bramley - Wortley South Jn - Beeston Jn - Tingley - Woodkirk - Batley (GN) - Chickenley Heath - Flushdyke - Wrenthorpe West Jn - Wrenthorpe North Jn - Lofthouse - Rothwell - Stourton Jn - Hunslet - Whitehall Jn - Morley -  Birstal Jn
69430 Birstal Jn - Birstal
69430 Birstal - Batley (LNW)
69430 Batley (LNW) - Morley - Farnley & Worley - Leeds City

Sources : John Clifford & Robert Mullins (from contemporary sources)
Barry Handford (courtesy of Martyn Brailsford) & Ian Clark (SLS)

Photo Review


69430 at Shipley Windhill (photo: The John Debens Collection)


From The John Debens Ticket Collection


Timings (Booked Only)
(from Stephen Bragg courtesy of Ian Clark (SLS))

Location Booked
Leeds City North 11.50d
Apperley Jn 12/03
Guiseley 12.11 ~ 12.23
Rawdon Jn 12.26 ~ 12.27
Yeadon 12.31 ~ 12.52
Rawdon Jn 12.56 ~ 12.57
Guiseley 13.00 ~ 13.12
Shipley (Mid.) 13c20 ~ 13c30
Shipley (Windhill) 13.35 ~ 13.45
Quarry Cap. ??.?? ~ 14.11
Laisterdyke 14/13
St Dunstans West Jn 14/17
Clayton 14w25 ~ 14w31
Queensbury 14/35
Holmfield ??.?? ~ 14.40
St Pauls 15.00 ~ 15.15
Holmfield ??.?? ~ 15.35
Queensbury 15/43
St Dunstans East Jn 15/52
Laisterdyke 15w57 ~ 16w03
Cutlers Jn 16/05
Bramley 16/21
Wortley West Jn 16/28
Wortley South Jn 16.29 ~ 16.38
Beeston Jn 16/44
Tingley 16/54
Batley 17.02 ~ 17.16 [Branch Platform]
Chickenley Heath 17.25 ~ 17.35
Rutlings Lane Jn 17/44
Ossett 17/46
Wrenthorpe West Jn 17/55
Wrenthorpe North Jn 17/57
Lofthouse North Jn 18.02 ~ 18.10
Robin Hood 18.25 ~ 18.35
Stourton Jn 18c53 ~ 18c55 [GL]
Hunslet South Jn 19/00
Hunslet Station 19.02 ~ 19.04
Leeds E.S. Jn 19/08
Whitehall Jn 19c10 ~ 19c12
Farnley Jn 19/17
Morley 19/22
Birstall Jn 19.28 ~ 19.33
Birstall Station 19.43 ~ 19.58
Batley Station 20.06a ~ 20.15d
Morley 20/23
Farnley Jn 20/28
Leeds City 20.33a


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