The Railtour Files

Railway Correspondence and Travel Society (West Riding Branch)
The Lakes Express Scenic Tour/Cruise

Loco	Route
1111	Leeds City - Skipton - Carnforth - Oxenholme - Windermere Town
1111	Windermere Town - Oxenholme
1111	Oxenholme - (via WCML) - (2) Upperby Bridge Jn - London Road Jn - (2) Petteril Bridge Jn - (via S&C) - Settle Jn - Hellifield - Skipton - Shipley - Leeds City

Notes :
(1) Participants visited Steamtown, housed in the former Carnforth steam shed, and took a charter cruise on Lake Windermere, utilising the MV 'Tern', a vintage 1891 vessel built for the Furness Railway (starting & finishing at Bowness-on-Windermere).
(2) Booked timings show a reversal at Carlisle station; confirmation would be appreciated if someone is able confirm that the train definitely used the curve, as suggested above rather than reversing at Carlisle station.

Sources : David Hills, Peter Robinson, John Debens & Martin Rigby

Timings (Booked Only)
(from Martin Rigby)

M.C	Location	Booked (out)	Booked (rtn)	M.C
0.00	Leeds City	09.05d	22.04a	260.38
0.75	Wortley Jn	09/08	22/01	259.43
10.56	Shipley Leeds Jn	09/20	21/49	249.62
16.79	Keighley	09/29	21/40	243.39
26.14	Skipton	09.41a ~ 09.43d	21.25a ~ 21.27d	234.24
36.15	Hellifield	09/55	21/13	224.23
39.35	Settle Jn	09/58	21/09	221.03
-	Blea Moor	-	20/54	207.03
-	Ais Gill	-	20/42	195.68
-	Appleby	-	20/20	178.23
-	Petteril Bridge Jn	-	19/47½	148.30
-	Carlisle	-	19.30a ~ 19.45d	147.38
-	Plumpton	-	19/15½	134.40
-	Penrith	-	19/11½	129.49
-	Shap Summit	-	19/00	115.74
-	Tebay	-	18/53	111.38
46.73	Clapham	10/07	-	-
54.31	Wennington	10/15	-	-
63.55	Carnforth East Jn	10/26	-	-
63.79	Carnforth	10.28a ~ 11.43d	-	-
76.67	Oxenholme	12/11	18.21a ~ 18.36d	97.37
78.78	Kendal	12/16	18/15	95.26
87.12	Windermere	12.30a	18.00d	87.12
-	Bowness Pier	13.30d	16.30a	-

Loco Used	1111
Stock Used	7 coaches