6th March 1982
Lea Valley Railway Club
The Peak Forest Peak
| Locos Used | 25056, 25086 & 45122 |
Route : 1Z70 throughout
| Loco(s) | Route |
| 45122 | London St Pancras - (via MML) - Trent - Lenton SOuth Jn - Lenton North Jn - Radford Jn - Trowell Jn- Chesterfield - Edale - Chinley East Jn - Chinley South Jn - Peak Forest South - Buxton S/L Access |
| 45122 | Buxton S/L Access - Peak Forest South - Chinley South Jn - Chinley North Jn - Cheadle Jn - Skelton Jn - Glazebrook - Hunts Cross - Liverpool lime Street |
| 25056 + 25086 | Liverpool Lime Street - Huyton - Earlestown - Golborne Jn - Bamfurlong Jn - Ince Moss Jn - St Helens Shaw Street - Sutton Oak Jn - St Helens Junction - Earlestown South Jn - Warrington Bank Quay - Acton Grange Jn - Frodsham Jn - Mickle Trafford Jn - Dee Marsh Jn |
| 45122 | Dee Marsh Jn - Penyfford - Wrexham General - Gobowen - Shrewsbury - Wellington - Wolverhampton - (1) Dudley Port (1) - Birmingham New Street - Landor Street Jn - Water Orton - Abbey Jn - Midland Jn - Leicester - Wigston South Jn - (via MML) - London St Pancras |
Notes :
(1) Was booked via Bescot, Perry Barr North Jn & Soho South Jn.

45122 sits along side 45128 at Liverpool Lime Street (photo: Carl Nattress)
Sources : Nick Perring & Harry Shipley
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Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Harry Shipley & Alan Osborn)
| Location | Booked | Actual | Booked | Actual | |
| St Pancras | 07.36d | 07.37 | 21.50a | 22.42 | |
| Finchley Road | 07/43 | ? | 21/43½ | ? | |
| Hendon | 07/46 | 07/47 | 21/35½ | ? | |
| St Albans City | 07/56½ | ? | 21/24½ | ? | |
| Luton | 08.05a ~ 08.07d | 08.05 ~ 08.07 | 21.13½a ~ 21.14½d | 22.08 ~ 22.09 | |
| Bedford North | 08/27½ | 08/24 | 20/57 | 21/51 | |
| Sharnbrook | 08/32½ | 08/31 | 20/50 | ? | |
| Wellingborough | 08/39½ | 08/34 | 20/40 | ? | |
| Kettering | 08.46a ~ 08.48d | 08.40 ~ 08.48 | 20.31a ~ 20.33d | 21.28 ~ 21.30 | |
| Desborough North | 08/56½ | 08/56 | 20/25 | ? | |
| Market Harborough | 09/00 | 09/00 | 20/20 | 21/17 | |
| Kibworth | 09/05½ | 09/05 | 20/15 | ? |
| Location | Booked | Actual |
| Wigston North | 09/15 | 09/10 |
| Leicester | 09.19a ~ 09.21d | 09.14 ~ 09.20 |
| Syston South | 09/27½ | ? |
| Loughborough | 09/33 | 09/32 |
| Trent Jn | 09/38 | 09/38 |
| Trent | 09/39 | ? |
| Lenton South Jn | 09/48 | 09/45 |
| Lenton North Jn | 09/49 | ? |
| Radford Jn | 09/52 | 09/49 |
| Trowell Jn | 09/59½ | 09/56 |
| Pye Bridge Jn | 10/09½ | 10/06 |
| Morton | 10/14½ | ? |
| Clay Cross South Jn | 10/19 | 10/13 |
| Chesterfield | 10/20½ | 10/17 |
| Tapton Jn | 10/21½ | 10/18 |
| Dore South Jn | 10/30 | 10/28 |
| Dore West Jn | 10/31½ | 10/29 |
| Totley Tunnel East | 10/33 | 10/31 |
| Hathersage | 10/38 | 10/41 |
| Edale | 10/49 | 10/51 |
| Chinley East Jn | 10/57 | 11/00 |
| Chinley South Jn | 10/59 | ? |
| Peak Forest South | 11/18 | 11/14 |
| Great Rocks Jn | 11/20 | 11/19 |
| Buxton S/L Access | 11.40a ~ 11.55d | 11.31 ~ 12.08 |
| Great Rocks Jn | 12/13 | 12/21 |
| Peak Forest South | 12/17 | 12/24 |
| Chinley South Jn | 12/33 | 12/28 |
| Chinley North Jn | 12/37 | 12/30 |
| Chinley | 12/39 | 12/33 |
| New Mills South Jn | 12/43 | 12/36 |
| Cheadle Jn | 12/59½ | 12/50 |
| Northenden Jn | 13/06 | 12/53 |
| Skelton Jn | 13/14 | 13/02 |
| Partington Jn | 13/21 | 13/09 |
| Glazebrook East Jn | 13/27 | 13/15 |
| Warrington Central | 13/37 | 13/24 |
| Widnes | 13/45 | 13/30 |
| Hunts Cross East Jn | 13/51 | 13/39 |
| Allerton Jn | 13/52 | 13/44 |
| Wavertree Jn | 13/57 | 13/49 |
| Edge Hill | 13/59 | 13/51 |
| Liverpool Lime Street | 14.04a ~ 14.35d | 13.55 ~ 15.18 |
| Edge Hill | 14/40½ | 15/22 |
| Bootle Branch Jn | 14/42 | ? |
| Huyton | 14/47 | 15/29 |
| St Helens Junction | 14/54 | 15/40 |
| Earlestown | 14/56½ | 15/45 |
| Newton le Willows | 14/57½ | 15/48 |
| Lowton Jn | 14/59½ | 15/51 |
| Golborne Jn | 15/04 | 15/52 |
| Bamfurlong Jn | 15/08 | 15/59 |
| Ince Moss Jn | 15/12 | 16/03 |
| St Helens Shaw Street | 15/29 | 16/21 |
| Sutton Oak Jn | 15/38 | 16/25 |
| St Helens Junction | 15/41 | 16/27 |
| Earlestown West Jn | 15/46 | 16/33 |
| Earlestown South Jn | 15/50 | 16/33 |
| Winwick Jn | 15/53 | 16/37 |
| Warrington Bank Quay | 15/58 | 16/41 |
| Acton Grange Jn | 16/01 | 16/44 |
| Frodsham Jn | 16/08 | 16/49 |
| Helsby | 16/13 | 16/54 |
| Mickle Trafford Jn | 16/24 | 17/01 |
| Dee Marsh Jn | 16.48a ~ 17.03d | 17.27 ~ 17.48 |
| Penyfford | 17/21 | 18/08 |
| Wrexham Exchange | 17/33 | 18/24 |
| Wrexham North | 17/35 | ? |
| Wrexham General | 17/38 | 18/26 |
| Chirk | 17/48 | 18/41 |
| Gobowen | 17/53 | 18/45 |
| Shrewsbury | 18.10a ~ 18.12d | 19.07 ~ 19.09 |
| Wellington | 18/24 | 19/21 |
| Cosford | 18/35 | 19/31 |
| Wolverhampton | 18.47½a ~ 18.49½d | 19.42 ~ 19.44 |
| Portobello Jn | 18/54 | DIV |
| Bescot | 18/58 | DIV |
| Perry Barr North Jn | 19/02½ | DIV |
| Soho East Jn | 19/07½ | DIV |
| Soho South Jn | 19/09 | ? |
| Birmingham New Street | 19.14a ~ 19.16d | 20.02a ~ 20.08d |
| Landor Street Jn | 19/21 | 20/12 |
| Water Orton East Jn | 19/27 | 20/19 |
| Whitacre Jn | 19/30 | 20/23 |
| Abbey Jn | 19/46 | 20/39 |
| Midland Jn | 19/49 | 20/42 |
| Wigston South Jn | 20/08 | 21/03 |
Timings continue in first table.
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