15th December 1984

Class 40 Preservation Society
The Christmas Cracker III

Locos Used 37177 & 40118

Route :
1Z25 throughout

Loco Route (1)
40118 Bolton - Farnworth - Agecroft Jn - (via Bolton line) - Salford - Manchester Victoria - Cheetham Hill Jn - Vitriol Works Jn - Rochdale - Todmorden - Sowerby Bridge - Greetland jn - Bradley Jn - Huddersfield - Honley - Penistone - Dodworth - Barnsley - Elsecar - Brightside - Sheffield - Dore - Chesterfield - Ambergate Jn - Derby - Burton-upon-Trent - Kingsbury Jn - Water Orton - Park Lane Jn - Ryecroft Jn - Walsall - (1) Bescot - Perry Barr North Jn - Soho North Jn - Galton Jn - (1) Stourbridge Junction - Kidderminster - Droitwich Spa - Worcester Shrub Hill - Abbotswood jn -CheltenhamSpa - Standish Jn - Stroud - Swindon
40118 Swindon - Chippenham - Bradford North Jn - Bradford West Jn - Bath Spa - North Somerset Jn - Bristol Temple Meads
37177 Bristol Temple Meads - Dr Days Jn - Clifton Down - Avonmouth - St Andrews Road - North Filton Platform - Filton Jn - Dr Days Jn - Bristol Temple Meads
40118 Bristol Temple Meads - Dr Days Jn - Filton - Bristol Parkway - Westerleigh Jn - Standish Jn - (reverse of outward route) Stourbridge Junction - Galton Jn - Soho North Jn - Soho South Jn - Birmingham New Street - Proof House Jn - Landor St Jn - Water Orton - (reverse of outward route) - Brightside - Rotherham Masborough - Bolton-on-Dearne - South Kirkby Jn - hare Park Jn - Oakenshaw Jn - Wakefield Kirkgate - Horbury Jn - Mirfield - Huddersfield - Diggle Jn - Stalybridge - Ashton - Miles Platting - Manchester Victoria - Salford - (via Bolton line) - Agecroft Jn - Farnworth - Bolton

Notes :
(1) Booked route was Walsall - Bescot Curve Jn - Wednesbury Town Jn - Kingswinford Jn - Stourbridge Junction but was diverted on the day due to there being no signalman booked on duty.

Sources : Ian Dobson, Andy Cooke & Jeff Booth

Timings (Booked Only)
(provided by Ian Dobson)

M C Location Booked
0 00 Bolton 07.25d
- - Agecroft Jn 07/35
- - Windsor Bridge 07/37
10 50 Manchester Victoria 07.45a ~ 07.47d
- - Cheetham Hill Jn 07/50
13 05 Thorpes Bridge Jn 07/52
- - Castleton East Jn 07/59
- - Rochdale 08/02
- - Littleborough 08/05
- - Todmorden 08/09
- - Hebden Bridge 08/15
- - Sowerby Bridge 08/20
46 43 Bradley Wood Jn 08/28
47 60 Bradley Jn 08/30
50 39 Huddersfield 08.35a ~ 08.36d
- - Shepley 08/49
- - Penistone 09/00
71 31 Barnsley 09.10a ~ 09.11d
72 24 Quarry Jn 09/13
- - Ecclesfield West 09/24
- - Wincobank Station Jn 09/28
87 32 Sheffield 09.35a ~ 09.40d
- - Dore 09/48
- - Dronfield 09/52
99 52 Chesterfield 09.58a ~ 09.59d
103 62 Clay Cross South Jn 10/10
- - Ambergate Jn 10/19
123 63 Derby 10.32a ~ 10.34d
- - Stenson Jn 10/42
- - Burton-upon-Trent 10/47
- - Wichnor Jn 10/53
- - Tamworth 11/00
- - Kingsbury Jn 11/05
- - Water Orton 11/14
- - Water Orton West Jn 11/16
- - Park Lane Jn 11/18
170 27 Ryecroft Jn 11/36
- - Walsall 11c38a ~ 11c39d
- - Pleck Jn 11/41
- - Bescot Curve Jn 11/44
177 18 Dudley 11/54
- - Stourbridge Jn 12/05
- - Kidderminster 12/13
- - Hartlebury 12/20
- - Droitwich Spa 12/25
- - Tunnel Jn 12/31
- - Worcester Shrub Hill 12/32
208 12 Norton Jn 12/36
209 01 Abbotswood Jn 12/37
- - Ashchurch 12/44
- - Cheltenham Spa 12/50
232 42 Barnwood Jn 12/56
- - Gloucester Yard Jn 12c57a ~ 12c58d
- - Standish Jn 13/04
- - Stroud 13/10
- - Kemble 13/23
- - Swindon Loco Yard 13/35
269 09 Swindon 13.37a ~ 13.47d
- - Wootton Bassett Jn 13/55
- - Chippenham 14c03a ~ 14c04d
- - Thingley Jn 14/09
- - Bradford Jn's S.B. 14c21a ~ 14c22d
305 06 Bathampton Jn 14/34
- - Bath Spa 14/40
- - North Somerset Jn 14/56
318
0		 72
00		 Bristol Temple Meads 14.58a ~ 15.15d
0 29 Bristol East Jn 15/16
- - Dr Days Jn 15/17
- - Stapleton Road 15/19
- - Bristol Narroways Hill Jn 15/20
- - Clifton Down 15/24
- - Avonmouth Dock Jn 15/34
9 30 St Andrews Jn 15/37
10 69 Hallen Marsh 15/42
16 33 Filton West Jn 15/52
- - Filton Jn 15/56
- - Stapleton Road 16/04
- - Dr Days Jn 16/06
21
0		 72
00		 Bristol Temple Meads 16.08a ~ 16.30d
0 29 Bristol East Jn 16/31
- - Dr Days Jn 16/32
- - Stapleton Road 16/33
4 48 Filton 16/38
- - Bristol Parkway 16/40
10 37 Westerleigh Jn 16/45
- - Charfield 16/52
31 75 Standish Jn 17/01
- - Gloucester Yard Jn 17c08a ~ 17c10d
38 71 Barnwood Jn 17/11
- - Cheltenham Spa 17/16
- - Ashchurch 17/23
62 32 Abbotswood Jn 17/30
63 21 Norton Jn 17/32
- - Worcester Shrub Hill 17/40
- - Tunnel Jn 17/42
- - Droitwich Spa 17/48
- - Kidderminster 18/03
88 20 Stourbridge Junction 18/08
- - Galton Jn 18/32
- - Soho South Jn 18/36
10 23 Birmingham New Street 18c41a ~ 18c43d
101 11 Proof House Jn 18/46
- - Landor Street Jn 18/48
- - Water Orton 18/54
- - Kingsbury Jn 18/58
- - Tamworth 19/02
- - Wichnor Jn 19/08
- - Burton-on-Trent 19/12
- - Stenson Jn 19/22
141 42 Derby 19.32a ~ 19.48d
- - Ambergate Jn 20/01
161 43 Clay Cross South Jn 20/16
165 53 Chesterfield 20.20a ~ 20.22d
- - Dronfield 20/29
- - Dore 20/32
177 73 Sheffield 20.40a ~ 20.44d
- - Wincobank Station Jn 20/49
- - Rotherham (Masborough) 20/52
- - Aldwarke Jn 20/56
- - Dearne Jn 21/01
- - Moorthorpe 21/09
196 04 Moorthorpe Station Jn 21/11
- - Hare Park Jn 21/17
204 04 Crofton West Jn 21/20
- - Wakefield Kirkgate 21.24a ~ 21.26d
- - Horbury Jn 21/30
- - Midland Jn 21/34
215 75 Heaton Lodge East Jn 21/39
220 09 Huddersfield 21.45a ~ 21.46d
- - Marsden 21/58
- - Diggle Jn 22/03
- - Greenfield 22/05
238 17 Stalybridge 22.10a ~ 22.11d
- - Ashton Moss North Jn 22/16
- - Miles Platting 22/28
245 69 Manchester Victoria 22.31a ~ 22.36d
- - Windsor Bridge 22/40
- - Agecroft Jn 22/45
256 39 Bolton 22.55a

All distances, in miles and chains (M & C), are taken from the timing sheet given out on the train. No attempt has been made to verify the mileages given.

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