13th March 2020

Branch Line Society
The Little North Western Grid

Locos Used 37706 & 47832
Stock Used 4940+4905+99311+4984+4973+99723+99125+99316+99122

Route : 1Z56 throughout

Loco(s) Route
37706 (1) Carnforth - Giggleswick - Settle Jn - Hellifield [Up Goods Loop] - Skipton - Skipton South Jn
47832 (2) Skipton South Jn - Skipton - Skipton Middle Jn (Dn Shipley Slow)
37706 (1) Skipton Middle Jn (Dn Shipley Slow) - Rylstone Tarmac (No 1 bunker road) - Rylstone Headshunt
47832 (2) Rylstone Headshunt - Rylstone Tarmac (No 1 bunker road) - Skipton Middle Jn (Dn Shipley Slow)
37706 (1) Skipton Middle Jn (Dn Shipley Slow) - Skipton - Skipton Down Stabling Siding
47832 (2) Skipton Down Stabling Siding - Skipton
37706 (1) Skipton - Keighley - Shipley - Apperley Jn - Whitehall Jn - Engine Shed Jn - Methley Jn - Altofts Jn - Turners Lane Jn - Calder Bridge Jn - Crofton West Jn - Crofton East Jn - Pontefract Monkhill - Pontefract East Jn - Ferrybridge North Jn - Milford Jn - Gascoigne Wood Jn - Hambleton West Jn - Hambleton South Jn - Temple Hirst Jn - Joan Croft Jn - Applehurst Jn - Thorpe Marsh Jn - Hatfield & Stainforth (4)
47832 (2) Hatfield & Stainforth - Bentley Jn - Marshgate Jn - Doncaster - Doncaster Down Decoy (5)
37706 (1) Doncaster Down Decoy - Doncaster (5)

Notes: 
(1) 47832 on rear.
(2) 37706 on rear.
(3) Day 1 of 3 of 'The Aire Freshener' raising funds for Martin House.
(4) Diverted via Hatfield & Stainforth in order to turn stock around, so that 37 would lead most of the following days tour.
Had the original loco allocation happened, the following days trip would be lead by a Class 70 which would have been on the Class 47 end.
(5) Extra trip from Doncaster to Decoy Down Yard & back added as a bonus.
(6) This tour was originally booked to be hauled by a Colas Class 56.

Source : Alan Sheppard (on the train from Giggleswick to Doncaster)

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Alan Sheppard)

M.C Location Booked Actual
0.00
Carnforth 09.05d [P2] ?
17.30
Clapham (Nth Yorks.) 09/27 ?
23.03
Giggleswick 09.35a ~ 09.45d 09.45½a ~ 09.46½d [P1]
24.66
Settle Jn 09/50 09/51
27.60
Hellifield Goods Loops 09*58 ~ 10*18 [UGL] 09.58 ~ 10.30½ [UGL]
28.16
Hellifield S.B. 10/20 10/32
34.31
Gargrave 10/27 [P1] 10/40½ [P1]
38.09
Skipton 10.36a ~ 10.38d [P2] [USM] 10.46a ~ 10.51d [P2]
38.30
Skipton South Jn Sig.L4549 10.40 ~ 10.43 [DSM] 10.53½ ~ 10.54½
38.51
Skipton 10/45 [P4] 10/56 [P4]
38.76
Skipton (Down Shipley Slow) 10.48 ~ 10.58 10.58 ~ 11.02
41.13
Embsay Jn ? 11/09
48.13
Rylstone Tilcon 11.38 ~ 12.20 Bunker No.1 Line 11.50 ~ 11.55
Headshunt 11.56 ~ 12.06
55.13
Embsay Jn ? 12/49
57.30
Skipton (Down Shipley Slow) 13.00 ~ 13.10 12.56 ~ 12.59
?
Skipton 13.12a ~ 13.23d [P4] 13.00 ~ 13.06½
add
Skipton Down Siding DIV 13.10½ ~ 13.13 [Dn Sdg]
add
Skipton 13.12a ~ 13.23d [P4] 13.16a ~ 13.23½d
67.54
Keighley 13/38 [P1] 13/35½ [P1]
73.68
Shipley 13/49 [P1] 13/51 [P1]
74.13
Dockfield Jn 13/50 13/51
77.57
Apperley Jn 13/54 13/55½
83.34
Armley Jn 14/01 [US] 14/01
94.38
Whitehall Jn 14*04 ~ 14*04 [UWC] 14.04 ~ 14.04½
94.70
Engine Shed Jn 14*07 ~ 14*15 14.07½ ~ 14.12½
97.48
Stourton Jn 14/20 14/18
102.53
Methley Jn 14/25 14/23
104.10
Altofts Jn 14/27 14/24½
107.32
Turners Lane Jn 14/33 14/31
108.02
Calder Bridge Jn 14/36 14/34
109.14
Crofton West Jn 14/39 14/37
109.77
Crofton East Jn 14/41 14/38
116.14
Pontefract Monkhill 14/49 [P2] 14/47 [P2]
116.36
Pontefract East Jn 14/52 14/50
117.76
Ferrybridge North Jn 14/55 14/52
122.08
Milford Jn 15/02 14/59
123.30
Gascoigne Wood Jn 15/05 15/04
125.14
Hambleton West Jn 15/08 15/07½
126.37
Hambleton South Jn 15*10 ~ 15*10 15/10
131.13
Temple Hirst Jn 15/16 15/16
140.55
Joan Croft Jn 15/23½ 15/26
141.07
Shaftholme Jn 15/24 DIV
add
Applehurst Jn DIV 15/27½
add
Thorpe Marsh Jn DIV 15/29
add
Hatfield & Stainforth DIV 15.38 ~ 15.48
add
Bentley Jn DIV 15/55
144.77
Marshgate Jn 15/29 15.58 ~ 16.06½
145.26
Doncaster 15.30a [P1] 16.09a ~ 16.30d [P8]
add
Bridge Jn Additional 16/33 [D&UWS1]
add
Decoy North Jn Additional 16/36
add
Doncaster Dn Decoy Additional 16.40 ~ 16.53 [Rec 5]
add
Decoy North Jn Additional 16/56 [DWS2-DnRecp]
add
Bridge Jn Additional 17/00
add
Doncaster Additional 17.04a [P8]

Mileages taken from Tour Brochure.


Associated E.C.S. Workings

5Z55 : (47832 with 37706 on rear) : Carnforth DFG to Carnforth Up & Dn Goods
5Z55 : (37706 with 47832 on rear) : Carnforth Up & Dn Goods to Carnforth

Location Booked
Carnforth Steamtown 07+00
Carnforth Headshunt 07+10 ~ 07+20
Carnforth 07+25 ~ 08+35 [DFG]
Carnforth North Jn 08/36
Carnforth Dn & Up Goods Loop 08+38 ~ 08+52
Carnforth North Jn 08/54
Carnforth 08+55 [P2]

5Z57 : (47832 with 37706 on rear) : Doncaster to Potteric Carr St.Catherines
5Z57 : (37706 with 47832 on rear) : St Catherines Potteric Carr to Doncaster Wood Yard

Location Booked Actual
Doncaster 15+40 [P1] 17+11 [P8]
Bridge Jn DIV 17+14 [D/UWS1]
Doncaster Up Decoy 15*46 ~ 16*00 DIV
Decoy North Jn DIV 17/18 [UpFly]
Decoy South Jn DIV 17/19½
St Catherines Jn DIV 17/21½
St Catherines DIV 17+22 ~ 17+42 [DnLoop]
Low Ellers Curve Jn DIV 17+44
Potteric Carr Jn 16+06 ~ 16+11 17/51
Decoy Up Side ? 17/54 [8 Key Road]
Doncaster New Lead ? 17+57 ~ 17+58 [NL2]
Doncaster Wood Yard 16+15 18+03 ~ 18+06 [Sdg12]
Donacster New Lead ? 18+10 [NL1]

 

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