Timings (Actual Only)
(from Roger Geach/Bernard Mills)
24th - 27th May 1974
Wirral Railway Circle
Great Briton Limited
| Locos Used | 1010, 24124, 24128, 24129, 25071, 25125, 47016, 47141, 47153, 47191, 47347, 86029 & 86224 |
| Stock Used | out of Crewe : load 15 including 3 sleeper cars increased to load 17 (TSO + restaurant car) at Perth reduced to load 11 for the Far North Line |
Route : 1Z88 throughout
| Date | Loco(s) | Route (1) |
| 24/05 | 86029 | Crewe - (via WCML) - Carlisle |
| 25/05 | 86029 | Carlisle - (via WCML) - Motherwell - Mossend Yard |
| 25/05 | 47141 | Mossend - Perth - Pitlochry - Aviemore - Welsh's Bridge Jn - Rose Street Jn |
| 25/05 | 47141 (2) | Rose Street Jn - Inverness |
| 25/05 | 24124 + 24129 | Inverness - Rose Street Jn - Dingwall - Brora - Georgemas Junction |
| Train split at Georgemas Junction; the rear portion going to Thurso and back behind 24128, the front portion with 24124+24129 continued to Wick and back | ||
| 25/05 | 24128 | Georgemas Junction - Thurso |
| 25/05 | 24124 + 24129 | Georgemas Junction - Wick |
| 25/05 | 24128 | Thurso - Georgemas Junction |
| 25/05 | 24124 + 24129 | Wick - Georgemas Junction |
| Train re-combined at Georgemas Junction | ||
| 25/05 | 24124 + 24129 | Georgemas Junction - (reverse of outward route) - Rose Street Jn - Welsh's Bridge Jn |
| 25/05 | 24124 + 24129 (2) | Welsh's Bridge Jn - Inverness |
| 26/05 | 47191 | Inverness - Aviemore - Pitlochry - Perth - Stirling - Larbert - Falkirk Grahamston - Haymarket - Edinburgh Waverley |
| 26/05 | 47016 | Edinburgh Waverley - (via ECML) - York - Church Fenton - Castleford - Normanton - Cudworth - Rotherham Masborough - Sheffield |
| 26/05 | 47153 | Sheffield - Dore - Chesterfield - Derby - Water Orton - Landor Street Jn - Small Heath South Jn - Hatton - Leamington Spa - Banbury - Oxford - Didcot - Reading - Slough - London Paddington |
| 27/05 | 1010 | London Paddington - Slough - Reading - Newbury - Taunton - Plymouth - Penzance |
| 27/05 | 1010 | Penzance - Bristol Tempel Meads - Severn Tunnel - Hereford |
| 27/05 | 47347 | Hereford - Worcester Foregate Street - Droitwich Spa - Stoke Works Jn - Bromsgrove - (3) Barnt Green - Birmingham |
| 27/05 | 86224 | Birmingham - Wolverhampton - Stafford - Crewe |
Notes :
(1) Coach tours were made to John O'Groats, Dunnet Head &
Lands End.
(2) Loco propelling.
(3) Banked up the Lickey by 25071+25125.
(4) Route confirmation required.
(5) Andrew Laing has worked out the mileage on this tour as
2088 miles 54 chains.
Sources : Andrew Laing (from contemporary sources), Roger Geach/Bernard Mills
& Andrew King
Timings (Actual Only)
(from Roger Geach/Bernard Mills)
24/05 - 25/05
| Location | Actual |
| Crewe | 21.46d |
| Warrington Bank Quay | 22/05 |
| Wigan North Western | 22/15 |
| Preston | 22.36a ~ 22.38d |
| Lancaster | 22/56 |
| Carnforth | 23/01 |
| Oxenholme | 23/10 |
| Shap | 23/30 |
| Penrith | 23/38 |
| Carlisle | 23.59a ~ 00.07d |
| Mossend Yard | ??L?? ~ ??L?? |
| Perth | 02.58a ~ 03.21d |
| Dunkeld | 03/45 |
| Pitlochry | 03/58 |
| Blair Atholl | 04/11 |
| Dalnaspidal | 04/41 |
| Dalwhinnie | 04.53 ~ 05.04 |
| Newtonmore | 05/16 |
| Kingussie | 05/21 |
| Aviemore | 05/34 |
| Carr Bridge | 05/45 |
| Tomatin | 06/04 |
| Inverness arrival line | 06.30 ~ 07.11 |
| Rose Street Jn | 07.12 ~ 07.13 |
| Inverness | 07L16a ~ 07L56d |
| Clachnaharry | 08/00 |
| Dingwall | 08.25 ~ 08.26 |
| Invergordon | 08.41 ~ 08.45 |
| Tain | 09.04 ~ 09.07 |
| Lairg | 09/39 |
| Dunrobin | 10.08 ~ 10.16 |
| Helmsdale | 10/37 |
| Forsinard | 11.08 ~ 11.17 |
| Scotscalder | 11/38 |
| Georgemas Junction | 11.45a ~ ??.??d |
| Route confirmation required... | |
| Wick | 16.15d |
| Georgemas Junction | 16.34a ~ 16.47d |
| Altnabreac | 17.08 ~ 17.17 |
| Helmsdale | 18.00 ~ 18.08 |
| Dunrobin | 18/30 |
| Rogart | 18/42 |
| Lairg | 19.00 ~ 19.06 |
| Tain | 19/37 |
| Invergordon | 19/57 |
| Dingwall | 20/11 |
| Welsh's Bridge Jn | ??.?? ~ ??.?? |
| Inverness | 20.45a |
26/05
| Location | Actual |
| Inverness | 08.34d |
| Culloden Moor | 08.57 ~ 09.05 |
| Carr Bridge | 09.46 ~ 09.57 |
| Aviemore | 10/05 |
| Newtonmore | 10/21 |
| Dalnaspidal | 10/50 |
| Dalnacardoch | 10.59 ~ 11.02 |
| Blair Atholl | 11/16 |
| Pitlochry | 11/29 |
| Dunkeld | 11/50 |
| Perth | 12.15a ~ 12.50d |
| Gleneagles | 13/17 |
| Stirling | 13/40 |
| Larbert | 13/51 |
| Falkirk Grahamston | 13/56 |
| Edinburgh Waverley | 14L24a ~ 14L40d |
| Prestonpans | 15/00 |
| Dunbar | 15/20 |
| Grantshouse | 15.33 ~ 16.08 |
| Berwick-upon-Tweed | 16/29 |
| Chatshill | 16/47 |
| Widdrington | 17/07 |
| Morpeth | 17/23 |
| Newcastle | 17.45 ~ 17.51 |
| Durham | 18/08 |
| Darlington | 18/29 |
| Thirsk | 18/44 |
| York | 19.04 ~ 19.09 |
| Church Fenton | 19/21 |
| Castleford | 19/32 |
| Whitwood Jn | 19/33 |
| Normanton | 19/36 |
| Cudworth | 19/59 |
| Wath North Jn | 20/04 |
| Rotherham Masborough | 20/14 |
| Sheffield | 20L27 ~ 20L37 |
| Dore | 20/45 |
| Chesterfield | 20/58 |
| Derby | 21/22 |
| Water Orton | 21/53 |
| Landor Street Jn | 22.05 ~ 22.06 |
| Small Heath SOuth Jn | 22.13 ~ 22.28 |
| Hatton | 22/36 |
| Banbury | 23/05 |
| Oxford | 23/27 |
| Didcot | 23/37 |
| Reading | 00.01 ~ 00.03 |
| Slough | 00.23 ~ 00.25 |
| Acton | 00/45 |
| Paddington | 00.55a |
27/05
| Location | (booked) Actual |
| Paddington | (01.15d) 01.32 |
| Slough | 01/50 |
| Reading | 02/07 |
| Newbury | 02/24 |
| Taunton | 03.36a ~ 03.43d |
| Plymouth | 05.18a ~ 05.23d |
| Saltash | 05/32 |
| Liskeard | 05/48 |
| Par | 06/08 |
| St Austell | 06/14 |
| Truro | 06/31 |
| Redruth | 06/44 |
| Camborne | 06.51 ~ 06.54 |
| St Erth | 07/03 |
| Penzance | 07.11a ~ 11.10d |
| St Erth | 11/18 |
| Redruth | 11/35 |
| Truro | 11/49 |
| St Austell | 12/09 |
| Par | 12/18 |
| Bodmin Road | 12/28 |
| Liskeard | 12/41 |
| Saltash | 12.41 ~ ??.?? |
Andrew Laing has worked out the mileage on this tour as
2088 miles 54 chains.
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