4th August 1968

Stephenson Locomotive Society (Midland Area)
Farewell to Steam No.2

Locos Used D294, 44874 & 45017 & electric(s)

Route: Train 'B' (lavender coloured tickets) : 1Z79 throughout

Loco(s) Route
electric Birmingham New Street - Stafford - Stockport
D294 Stockport – Droylesden – Manchester Victoria
44874 + 45017 Manchester Victoria – Diggle – Huddersfield – Sowerby Bridge – Copy Pit – Blackburn – (via Bolton avoiding line) – Wigan Wallgate – Kirkby – Bootle – Stanley – Rainhill – Barton Moss – Manchester Victoria – Droylesden – Stockport
electric Stockport – Stafford – Birmingham New Street

Notes :
(1) This was a duplicate of the SLS Farewell to Steam No.1 of the same day, such was the demand. Arrival back at Manchester was about 40mins late. This was a similar degree of lateness to the SLS tour No. 1 on that day and was probably not too bad when compared to the unfortunate LCGB and RCTS tours! The timing sheet showed Wolverhampton passengers changing onto/off the tour at Stafford - presumably service trains being used for these legs?

Sources : Gary Thornton, Leonard Rogers, Bob Bishop & Rob Wells

Photo Review


From The John Debens Ticket Collection.


Bob Bishop provided this capture from cine film - he believes it is of this
tour at Manchester Victoria (from cine film taken by: John Simons)


Timings (Booked Only)
(from Alisdair Macdonald)

Location Booked
Birmingham New Street 09.05d
[Wolverhampton HL] [09.02d]
Stafford 09.45a ~ 09.47d
Stoke-on-Trent 10/09
Stockport Edgeley 10L46a ~ 11L06d
Manchester Victoria 11L28a ~ 11L48d
Stalybridge 12/09
Huddersfield 12/39
Hebden Bridge 13/06
Copy Pit 13/21
Burnley Rose Grove 13.32a ~ 14.02d
Blackburn 14.22a ~ 14.38d
Bolton (avoiding line) 15/03
Wigan Wallgate 15.24a ~ 15.39d
Sefton Jn 16/04
Olive Mount Jn 16/28
Rainhill 16.40a ~ 16.55d
Manchester Victoria 17.31a ~ 17.51d
Stockport 18.14a ~ 18.34d
Crewe 19.07a ~ 19.09d
Stafford 19.31a ~ 19.38d
[Wolverhampton] [19.56a]
Birmingham New Street 20.10a


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