40145-The Christmas Cracker.

[DarthMunch]

Hey all,
As i type, 40145 is on the Christmas Cracker Railtour. Ill be catching her with ECS on Sunday at Stockport.
If anyones interested, her are timetables and movements:

Friday 24th November.

0Z40 40 145 Light Engine Bury ELR to Crewe C.S.

Bury ELR Dep. 10.40
Castleton Dep. 11.17
Manchester Victoria Platform 5 Pass. 11.36
Warrington Bank Quay Platform 1 Arr. 12.15 Dep. 12.25
Crewe Platform 5 Pass 13.06

Saturday 25th November.

5Z40 40 145 + ECS Crewe to Manchester Piccadilly.

Crewe C.S. Dep. 04.30
Warrington Bank Quay Platform 4 Pass 05.12
Newton-Le-Willows Pass 05.25
Manchester Piccadilly Platform 13 Arr. 05.45

1Z40 40 145 'The Christmas Cracker' Manchester Piccadilly to
Salisbury.

Manchester Piccadilly Platform 13 Dep. 05.54
Stockport Platform 1 Arr. 06.06, Dep. 06.08
Crewe Platform 1 Arr. 06.40 Dep. 06.42
Stafford Platform 4 Arr. 07.09, Dep. 07.12
Bescot Stadium Pass 07.50
Birmingham International Platform 5 Arr. 08.13 Dep. 08.22
Coventry Arr. 08.37, Dep. 08.39.
Banbury Platform 3 Arr. 09.24 Dep. 09.26
Oxford Pass 09.48
Foxhall Junction Arr. 10.04 Dep. 10.06
Swindon Platform 4 Pass 10.37
Westbury Platform 1 Arr 11.17, Dep. 11.19
Salisbury Platform 2 Arr. 11.45

5Z41 40 145 + ECS Salisbury to Eastleigh East Yard.

Salisbury Dep. 11.55
Romsey Pass 12.19
Eastleigh Arr. 12.33 Dep. 12.53

5Z45 40 145 + ECS Eastleigh East Yard to Salisbury.

Eastleigh East Yard Dep. 14.03
Eastleigh Arr. 14.06 Dep. 14.26
Romsey Pass 14.40
Salisbury Platform 4 Arr. 15.11

1Z45 40 145 Return 'Christmas Cracker' Salisbury to Manchester
Piccadilly.

Salisbury Dep. 15.33
Southampton Central Platform 1 Pass 16.06
Fareham Platform 3 16.31
Petersfield Platform 1 Pass 17.02
Guildford Platform 5 17.39
Woking Platform 1 Arr. 17.46, Dep. 17.48
Staines Platform 1 Pass 18.14
Hounslow Platform 1 Pass 18.25
Acton Wells Junction Pass 18.44
Wembley Stadium Pass 19.06
High Wycombe Platform 2 Pass 19.35
Bicester North Pass 20.09
Banbury Platform 2 Arr. 20.25 dep. 20.27
Coventry Platform 3 Arr. 20.58 Dep. 21.04
Birmingham International Platform 2 Arr. 21.20 Dep. 21.22
Bescot Stadium Pass 21.47
Stafford Platform 5 Arr. 22.05 Dep. 22.07
Crewe Platform 6 Arr. 22.32 Dep. 22.34
Stockport Platform 4 Arr. 23.09, Dep. 23.15
Manchester Piccadilly Platform 14 Arr. 23.32

5Z46 40 145 + ECS Manchester Piccadilly to Preston.

Manchester Piccadilly Dep. 23.36
Bolton Platform 4 Pass 23.53
Preston Arr. 00.19

Sunday 26th November

40 145 + ECS Preston to Crewe C.S.

Preston Dep. 13.10
Bolton Platform 3 Pass 13.32
Manchester Piccadilly Platform 13 Pass 14.02
Stockport Platform 2 Pass 14.15
Crewe Platform 1 Arr. 14.48, Dep. 14.58

Monday 27th November

40 145 Light Engine Crewe C.S. to Bury ELR.

Crewe CS Dep. 09.45
Winsford Loop Arr. 10.14, Dep. 10.22
Warringtom Bank Quay Platform 3 Pass 10.42
Manchester Victoria Platform 4 Pass 11.11
Castleton Arr. 11.25 Dep. 12.01
Bury ELR Arr. 12.36

Anybody on here lucky enough to go on the railtour?

Chris

[alisterbetts]

Was going to go and phot it, but the light was shocking so I didn't bother - 145 ton snail!

[jbilton]

- 145 ton snail!

Watch it ..... ............"oh no I'm caught in the back draft"......

[rwaceyw]

A Peak doesn't weigh that much less Mr Betts!

David

[alisterbetts]

A Peak doesn't weigh that much less Mr Betts!

David

Hey, I was only quoting Zontar!

[rwaceyw]

Thats alright then

David

[salopiangrowler]

never forget the moment 97408 conked out by the fire station at shrewsbury only for a gronk to pull it through the station and dump it behind the wall with an empty ballast train. or the time i cabbed 45115 or 7 cant remember much i was only a toddler, on a saturday night shrewsbury - euston.

[alisterbetts]

If it was 45115, I might have been in the front coach!!!

[salopiangrowler]

ill see if i can find out sometime this week which peak it was she was steaming and on a rake of mk1's which at the time was rare as the Shrewsbury eustons had all gone over to Mk2d stock with mk1 buffet's.

I i recall correctly, the loco was swapped at new street instead of wolverhampton to get the peak back to Toton.

[rwaceyw]

Doubt it was 115 if it was steaming then

David

[salopiangrowler]

mmmm possibly could have been 015 if that was ever a boiler fitted one. like i say ill know later all i can say is that it was deffo a 45 and on the euston and 45/1 subclass keep's coming to me, were there any steam generator van's back then.

[alisterbetts]

Hmmm, the last SH Peak on the network was 45001, Christmas 1985 (AFAIK) between New St and Derby on the FO Pompey-Leeds, got ripped as the front coach had its steam pipe missing and the rest of the train was a tad cold... 45069 should have gone to PZ in Jan 1986 but derailed coming off BR (I stood there watching it do so.... )

As for steam genny vans, no.

97408 was in service as such between 20/5/85 and 4/9/85 then 18/11/85 to 26/2/86. Unlikely that a boiler would have been in use in the former period, so can assume that the working in question was in Nov/Dec '85 - will see if I can try and identify what it was!

[salopiangrowler]

thats ok, 97408 (40118?) was during the crewe remod it was after then. incidently the peak was the only peak i ever cabbed in service.

[daandmda]

CHRIS YOU COULD AV TOLD ME IT WAS GOIN THROUGH CASSY! LOL!

Oh well...

[rwaceyw]

Considering every mainline movement off the ELR HAS to go via Castleton.....

David