8th October 1966

Locomotive Club of Great Britain
Crab Commemorative Rail Tour

Locos Used 42942, 45336 & 90076
Stock Used 9 coaches (BSK, 3 SO, RB 3 SO, BSK)

Route : 1X50 throughout

Loco(s) Route
42942

Liverpool Exchange - Sandhills - Bootle Oriel Road - Marsh Lane Jn - North Mersey Branch Jn - Fazackerley Jn - Pemberton - (via Wigan avoiding line) - Hindley - Swinton - Manchester Victoria
45336 + 42942

Manchester Victoria - Cheetham Hill Jn - Crumpsall - Besses O'The Barn - Radcliffe - Bury Bolton Street - Accrington - Rose Grove - Stansfield Hall
42942

Stansfield Hall - Hebden Bridge - Halifax - Low Moor Jn - Cleckheaton - Wakefield Kirkgate
90076 Wakefield Kirkgate - Hare Park Jn - Adwick Jn - Stainforth - Thorne - Goole
42942

Goole - (1) - Snaith - Knottingley - Pontefract Monkhill - Monkhill - Crofton - Crofton East Jn - Crofton West Jn - Wakefield Kirkgate - Todmorden - Rochdale - Red Bank - Manchester Victoria
42942 Manchester Victoria - (2) Bolton - Liverpool Exchange

Notes :
(1) Kevin Driscoll comments: On the way back from Goole we took the then rare (but now normal) route to the Knottingley line via Potters Grange Jn and Engine Shed Jn. The train stopped opposite Goole shed (near Engine Shed Jn) where passengers were able to get off for unofficial shed bash.
(2) Terry Jackson comments : I left the train at Manchester Victoria on the return journey. Whilst I know that 42942 worked through to Liverpool as scheduled, I have seen a report that says that the train went via Bolton. This diversion is confirmed by Kevin Driscoll from the ticket letter (adding 5 minutes on to the booked timings).
(3) John Thickitt comments: It was a very clean Austerity. The Crab was very late (an hour?) arriving at Goole station. After being held for signals outside the shed, there followed a brisk run over the flatland to Kirkgate station, where I left the train.

Sources : Terry Jackson & Kevin Driscoll

Photo Review


45336 leads 42942 towards Burnley (photo: The John Debens Collection)


From The John Debens Ticket Collection.


Timings (Booked Only)
(from Terry Jackson & Kevin Driscoll)

M.C Location Booked (Actual)
0.00 Liverpool Exchange 09.35d
3.51 Marsh Lane Jn 09/45
7.29 Fazackerley Jn 09/56
13.42 Rainford Jn 10/04
18.67 Pemberton Jn 10/12
(Westwood Park Line)
23.27 Crow Nest Jn 10/20
24.50 Dobbs Brow Jn 10/22
37.05 Windsor Bridge No.1 10/39
38.14 Manchester Victoria 10L42a ~ 10L47d (11.20d)
47.69 Bury Bolton Street 11/09
60.62 Accrington 11/37
66.02 Gannow Jn 11L49a ~ 11L57d
79.58 Hebden Bridge 12/24
84.58 Sowerby Bridge 12/30
93.45 Low Moor No.5 12/43
100.64 Thornhill 12/56
104.52 Horbury Jn 13/04
108.22 Wakefield Kirkgate 13L08a ~ 13L18d
110.05 Crofton West Jn 13/22
111.36 Hare Park Jn 13/25
122.51 Adwick Jn 13/46
125.16 Applehirst Jn 13/49
131.36 Thorne Jn 14/09
140.16 Goole 14L25a ~ 15L35d
156.56 Knottingley 16/10
165.45 Crofton West Jn 16/22
167.28 Wakefield Kirkgate 16*26a ~ 16-30d
170.68 Horbury Jn 16/35
173.60 Thornhill Middle Jn 16/41
177.21 Mirfield 16/48
181.27 Brighouse 16/54
187.02 Sowerby Bridge 17w03a ~ 17w14d
192.02 Hebden Bridge 17/21
196.40 Todmorden 17/27
205.09 Rochdale 17/38
212.73 Newton Heath 17/49
215.49 Manchester Victoria 17.54a ~ 18.07d (18.45a)
216.58 Windsor bridge No.1 18/10
229.13 Dobbs Brow Jn 18/27
230.26 Crow Nest Jn 18/29
(Westwood Park Line)
234.66 Pemberton Jn 18/36
240.11 Rainford Jn 18/42
248.62 Walton Jn 18/51
252.22 Liverpool Exchange 18.57a


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