The Sulzer Salute Tour, Feb 91

The Sulzer Salute Railtour, Saturday Feb 16^th 1991

Organiser – Pathfinder

Headcode – 1Z38

Load – 10 x Mk I

Route o/w: New St – Derby – Sheffield – Edale – Guide Bridge – Ashton Moss – Manchester Victoria – Bolton – Darwin – Blackburn – Clitheroe – Hellifield.

Route r/t : Hellifield – Skipton – Shipley – Bradford FS – New Pudsey – Leeds – York – Sheffield – Derby – New St

Traction –

47829 – Swindon – New St – Sheffield

25322 – Sheffield – Edale – Manchester Vic – Bolton – Darwin – Blackburn – Hellifield

47829 – Hellifield – Skipton – Shipley – Bradford FS

25322 – Bradford FS – Leeds – York – Sheffield (250 rat miles)

47829 – Sheffield – New St – Swindon

Not unexpected,  as it was booked on the now ridiculous sectorised railway, 47829 strummed in with the Sulzer Salute Railtour en route from Swindon to Hellifield. In me and Steve’s booked coach there was no atmosphere, “perhaps it’ll pick up with the “rat” up front” i quiped, it didn’t!

At Sheffield 47829 was removed for 25322 “Tamworth Castle” to work forward. A bit of thrash could be heard as we climbed over Edale, a photo stop at a still unspoilt “real” Manchester Victoria allowed a welcome leg stretch.  Once past Bolton 25322 began to chatter nicely on the long climb to Blackburn with snow, quite thick on the ground. Past Clitheroe and into Hellifield where once again we had a lengthy photo stop in the snow with freedom to wander where you want. 47829 had followed the tour from Sheffield and was coupled to the rear of the stock at Hellifield.

47829 strummed South to Bradford FS from where now in darkness we took a long rather dull and overlong route back to Sheffield via Leeds and York with a 2020 arrival at Sheffield. From here it was farewell to “Tamworth Castle” and 47829 back to New St.

On my notes from the time i rated the tour as just 6 out of 10, not helped by that long, dark Bradford FS – Sheffield return run which was a bit of a drag, as was much of the tour… 

25322 at the long through platform at a still real Manchester Victoria with the tour

                

47339 and 31168 by Manchester Victoria’s West box as 25322 waits departure time with the tour

25322 during the photostop and reversal at Hellifield with the tour

Plenty Pennine snow at Hellifield as railtour participants wander all over the place!

The dull 47829 awaits departure time with the tour as the light fades at Hellifield

Booked timings, thanks to Six Bells Junction

M.C	Location	Booked (out)	Booked (rtn)	M.C
0.00	Swindon	06.15d	23.50a	207.48
5.64	Wootton Bassett Jn	06/22	?	?
16.53	Chippenham	06.30a ~ 06.32d	23.32a ~ 23.34d	190.75
27.32	Bathampton Jn	06/41	?	?
29.48	Bath Spa	06.44a ~ 06.46d	23.16a ~ 23.18d	178.00
40.27	North Somerset Jn	06/56	23/06	167.21
41.47	Stapleton Road	07/03	?	?
45.66	Bristol Parkway	07.17a ~ 07.19d	22.57a ~ 22.59d	161.62
50.36	Westerleigh Jn	07/25	22/51	157.12
58.49	Charfield	07/32	22/43	148.79
71.74	Standish Jn	07/41	22/33	135.54
78.04	Gloucester Yard Jn	07/48	22/28	129.44
84.34	Cheltenham Spa	07.54a ~ 07.56d	22.19a ~ 22.21d	123.14
102.32	Abbotswood Jn	08/11	22/06	105.16
113.49	Stoke Works Jn	08/20	21/58	93.79
115.62	Bromsgrove	08/22	21/57	91.66
119.25	Barnt Green	08/27	21/54	88.23
124.33	Kings Norton	08/31	21/49½	83.15
?	Camp Hill	08/39	–	–
129.48	Bordesley Jn	08/45	–	–
129.74	St Andrews Jn	08/47½	–	–
–	Selly Oak	–	21/46	81.01
131.45	Birmingham New Street	08.52a ~ 08.54d	21.40a ~ 21.42d	77.50
134.76	Selly Oak	09/00½	–	–
136.71	Lifford East Jn	09/06½	–	–
141.38	Bordesley Jn	09/11	–	–
142.22	Landor Street Jn	09/15	21/34	76.05
148.28	Water Orton	09/21	21/28	69.79
151.13	Whitacre Jn	09/25	–	–
153.43	Kingsbury Jn	09/27	21/22	66.04
159.24	Tamworth	09/33	21/16	60.23
166.52	Wichnor Jn	09/38	21/11	52.75
172.15	Burton-on-Trent	09/42	21/06½	47.32
178.32	Stenson Jn	09/48	21/00	41.15
183.16	Derby	09.55a ~ 09.57d	20.53a ~ 20.55d	36.31
193.09	Ambergate Jn	10/08½	20/39	26.38
203.17	Clay Cross South Jn	10/19	20/30½	16.30
207.27	Chesterfield	10.22a ~ 10.24d	20.25a ~ 20.27d	12.20

M.C	Location	Booked
216.55	Beighton Jn	10/36
218.09	Woodhouse Jn	10/38
222.36	Woodburn Jn	10/44
223.33	Nunnery Main Line Jn	10/47
223.70 0.00	Sheffield	10L49a ~ 11L04d
3.12	Wincobank Station Jn	11/09
5.03	Holmes Jn	11/11
10.16	Swinton	11/20
18.07	Moorthorpe	11/27
18.64	South Kirkby Jn	11/29
24.63	Hare Park Jn	11/37
26.12	Crofton West Jn	11/40
30.14	Horbury Jn	11/48
37.20	Mirfield East Jn	12/00
38.23	Heaton Lodge Jn	12/02
42.17	Huddersfield	12/08
49.23	Marsden Loop	12*23 ~ 12*33
53.18	Diggle	12/39
55.31	Greenfield	12/42
60.25	Stalybridge	12/48
62.36	Ashton Moss North Jn	12/52½
66.27	Philips Park No.1	12/57½
66.47	Miles Platting	12/58½
67.77	Manchester Victoria	13p02a ~ 13p29d
69.56	Salford Crescent	13/33½
71.29	Agecroft Jn	13/36½
72.54	Clifton Jn	13/38
78.47	Bolton	13/45
81.44	Bromley Cross	13/55
84.44	Entwhistle	14/01
88.24	Darwen	14/07
92.36	Blackburn	14p14a ~ 14p30d
93.03	Daisyfield Jn	14/32
103.34	Clitheroe	14/47½
116.62 0.00	Hellifield	15L07a ~ 15.27d
9.74	Skipton	15/38
19.09	Keighley	15/48
25.32	Shipley Bradford Jn	15/56
28.11 0.00	Bradford Forster Square	16L02a ~ 16L14d
3.10	Shipley Guiseley Jn	16/21
12.36	Wortley Jn	16/32
13.49	Leeds	16/37
18.05	Cross Gates	16/46
23.27	Micklefield	16/52
28.37	Church Fenton	16/57
33.54	Colton Jn	17/04
39.15	York	17p11a ~ 17p26d
40.65	Skelton Jn	17/30
42.09	Poppleton	17×32 ~ 17×42
47.76	Hammerton	17/50
49.35	Cattal	17/53
55.69	Knaresborough	18/01
59.53	Harrogate	18/09
66.15	Weeton	18/18
72.16	Horsforth	18/27
76.63	Wortley Jn	18/36
77.76	Leeds	18/40
82.32	Cross Gates	18/48
87.54	Micklefield	18/53
95.23	Hambleton South Jn	19/02
100.17	Temple Hirst Jn	19/08
109.17	Shaftholme Jn	19/15
113.36	Doncaster	19/20
115.37	Hexthorpe Jn	19/24
121.71	Swinton	19/32
128.75	Wincobank Station Jn	19/47
132.07 0.00	Sheffield	19L52a ~ 20L10d
3.70	Dore Station Jn	?

Pre/Post Tour moves

321448   0434 Euston – Northampton LB-NO

321430   0629 Northampton – Birmingham  NO-CO

310110   0740 Coventry – Birmingham CO-NS

..

86252 2148 Wolves – Euston  NS-RU

321414 2221 Birmingham – Euston RU-LB

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