24th October 1987

Branch Line Society
The Lincolnshire Poacher

DMU Used ?????

Route :

DMU Route
as listed Sheffield – Chesterfield – Clay Cross – Pye Bridge Jn -  Trowell Jn – Radford Jn – Nottingham – Rectory Jn – Cotgrave Colliery (1)
as listed Cotgrave Colliery – Rectory Jn – Bottesford – Allington Jn – Sleaford – Sleaford South Jn
as listed Sleaford South Jn – (via Sleaford avoiding line) – Lincoln Central
as listed Lincoln Central – Market Rasen – Barnetby – Brocklesby – Habrough – Marsh Jn West to North Points
as listed Marsh Jn North to East Points – Grimsby Town - Cleethorpes
as listed Cleethorpes – Grimsby Town - Marsh Jn East to North Points – Immingham Loop – Ulceby – Brocklesby – Barnetby – Gainsborough Central – Finningley – Flyover East to West – Decoy South Jn - Doncaster
as listed Doncaster – Shaftholme Jn – Askern – Knottingley South Jn - Knottingley East Jn
as listed Knottingley East Jn – Knottingley - Castleford
as listed Castleford – Normanton – Turners’s Lane Jn – Calder Bridge Jn – Hare Pak Jn – Doncaster – Black Carr Jn – Finningley – Gainsborough Lea Road – Pyewipe Jn – Boultham Jn – Newark Castle – Nottingham  - Radford Jn - Trowell Jn - Pye Bridge Jn - Clay Cross – Chesterfield - Sheffield

Notes :
(1) Through bunker to very end of line.

Sources : Andy Pullar & Phil Edis-Blewitt

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