31st May 2008

Kingfisher Railtours
The
Welsh Mountaineer

Locos Used 37401 & 37417 'Richard Trevithick'
Stock Used ???

Route:
1Z37 : Peterborough to Blaenau Ffestiniog
1Z74 : Blaenau Ffestiniog to Grantham

Locos Route
37401 + 37417

Peterborough – Grantham – Bottesford – Nottingham – Beeston – Sheet Stores Jn – Stenson Jn – Burton-on-Trent – Tamworth HL – Water Orton – Park Lane Jn – Walsall – Darlaston Jn – Bushbury Jn – Stafford – Crewe – Chester – Rhyl – Llandudno Junction

37417 + 37401 Llandudno Junction – Betws-y-Coed -  Blaenau Ffestiniog
37401 + 37417 Blaenau Ffestiniog – Betws-y-Coed - Llandudno Junction
37417 + 37401

Llandudno Junction – Rhyl – Chester – Crewe – Stafford - Bushbury Jn - Darlaston Jn – Walsall - Park Lane Jn – Water Orton - Tamworth High Level - Burton-on-Trent - Stenson Jn - Sheet Stores Jn – Beeston – Nottingham – Bottesford - Grantham (2)

Notes :
(1) Two off-train options were:
(i) Visit to the Welsh Highland Railway. Reserved carriage on the scheduled 13:55 departure from Caernarvon to Rhyd Ddu, returning to Caernarvon at 15:25
(ii) Visit to the Ffestiniog Railway. Reserved carriages on the 13:40 departure from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Minffordd (the full journey to Porthmadog couldn’t be offered due to pathing constraints on the Conway Valley line).  The return train was specially chartered, Departing Minffordd at 15:50
(2) Tour terminated at Grantham on the return journey due to the ECML being closed for engineering work.

Source : Steve Atkinson (Joined at Burton-on-Trent, left at Stafford)

Timings (Booked Only)
(from Steve Atkinson)

Location

Booked (out)

Booked (rtn)

Peterborough

05.50d [P5] [FL]

 

Tallington Jn

06/05

Stoke Jn

06/17

Grantham

06.26a ~ 06.32d [P4]

22.38a [P4]

Nottingham Branch Jn

06/34

22/36

Allington Jn

06/39

22/31

Bottesford

06.45a ~ 06.47d

22.20a ~ 22.22d

Bottesford West Jn

06/51

22/16

Bingham

06/57

22/10

Netherfield Jn

07/06

22/01

Nottingham

07.12a ~ 07.16d [P6] [SL]

21.53a ~ 21.56d [P3]

Mansfield Jn

07/19

21/47½ [FL]

Beeston

07.22a ~ 07.24d

21.37a ~ 21.40d

Trent

07/25

21/33

Sheet Stores Jn

07/30½

21/28

Stenson Jn

07/49½

21/09

North Stafford Jn

07/50

21/08

Clay Mills Jn

07/53 [ML]

21/02

Burton-on-Trent

07.56a ~ 07.58d

20.52a ~ 20.55 [ML]

Wichnor Jn

08/05

20/47

Tamworth High Level

08/10½

20/38

Kingsbury Jn

08/17

20/33

Water Orton

08/21 [UDF]

20/26

Water Orton West Jn

08/22

20/24

Park Lane Jn

08/35

20/21

Ryecroft Jn

08/56

20/03

Walsall

08/58 [P2] [SL]

20/01 [P1]

Pleck Jn

09/00

19/59 [SL]

Darlaston Jn

09/11

19/57

Portobello Jn

09/18

19/54

Bushbury Jn

09/27½

19/50

Stafford No.4

09/40 [SL]

19/37

Stafford

09.41a ~ 09.43 [P5]

19.30a ~ 19.36d [P6]

Norton Bridge

09/49

19/24½

Madeley

09/59

19/14½

Crewe Basford Hall Jn

10/08

19/09½

Crewe

10c13a ~ 10c21d [P12]

19c01½a ~ 19c04d [P12] [SL]

Crewe Steel Works

10/24

18/57½

Beeston Castle & T. SB

10/33

18/50

Chester

[UDM] 10/45 [DML]

18*32 ~ 18*38 [P3]

Chester South Jn

10/46

18/29½ [UFL]

Saltney Jn

10/48

18/26½

Rockcliffe Hall

10/59

18/17

Holywell Jn

11/06

18/11

Rhyl

11/18

18/00

Colwyn Bay

11/28

17/52

Llandudno Junction

11.34a ~ 12.03d [P3]

17.13a ~ 17.46d

Tal-y-Cafn

12*12 ~ 12*13

??*?? ~ 17*04

North Llanrwst

12tx23 ~ 12tx28

16tx48 ~ 16tx54

Blaenau Ffestiniog

13.03a

16.15d


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