YORK-SHEFFIELD-MANCHESTER-LEEDS-YORK: Engine: Class V2 2-6-2 no 4771 Green Arrow Load: 12 coaches, 428 tons tare, 455 tons full. ----------------------------------------------------- miles sch m/sec mi/hr ----------------------------------------------------- 0.00 YORK 0:00 2.00 mp 2 (Challoners Whin) 5:00 42 3.75 mp 3.75 (Copmanthorpe) 7:08 55 5.50 mp 5.5 (Colton) 8:56 61 cross 45* 7.54 Bolton Percy 11:20 49 8.87 Ulleskelf 12:50 56 10.75 Church Fenton sigs 20* 12.81 Sherburn-in-Elmet 19:21 47 14.87 Milford Jc 22:42 33* 16.85 Burton Salmon Jc 25:24 45 19.24 Ferrybridge 28:21 53 21.24 Pontefract 31:01 44 p.w.s 20* 23.85 mp 7 (Ackworth) 35:49 52/54 26.35 mp 9.5 38:51 45 28.19 Moorthorpe p.w.s 20* 30.60 mp 13.75 46:24 41/40 31.90 Hickleton Colliery SB 48:01 55 33.54 Bolton on Dearne 49:34 64 34.13 Dearne Jc 50:07 63 35.79 Swinton (mp 167) 51:59 54 36.79 Kilnhurst (mp 166) 53:07 52 p.w.s 20* 38.29 Aldwarke Jc SB 56:27 25* 40.79 ROTHERHAM 60:33 45* 43.38 Brightside 63:30 58/60 45.33 Attercliffe 65:34 46 46.24 SHEFFIELD 68:26 ----- ----- 0.00 0:00 1.37 Heeley 4:55 20 2.75 Millhouses 8:29 27 3.57 Beauchief 10:20 26 4.26 Dore & Totley 12:05 25 5.65 Totley Tunnel E 15:32 23 9.25 Grindleford 26:28 15* 11.15 Hathersage 30:32 40 12.92 Bamford 32:56 57 14.72 Hope 35:19 Stop 36:05 15.65 Earles Sdg SB 40:53 Stop 43:36 17.65 mp 167.25 (Normans Bank) 49:27 29 19.57 EDALE 54:45 ----- ----- 0.00 0:00 1.28 Cowburn Tunnel E 3:58 26 3.38 Cowburn Tunnel W 7:15 4.83 Chinley N Jc 9:25 42/38 5.87 CHINLEY 10:37 50 6.87 mp 170.5 (Buxworth) 11:55 easy 8.58 New Mills S Jc 15:16 15* 9.57 New Mills Central 17:31 easy 10.96 Strines 19:53 40/46 12.64 Marple Tunnel E 22:19 30* 13.08 Marple 23:04 36 14.71 Romiley 26:30 20* 15.78 Bredbury sigs 25* 16.92 Brinnington 31:00 37 18.64 Reddish North 33:48 33/42 19.87 Belle Vue 35:42 40/43 20.97 Ashburys 38:05 15* 22.82 Philips Park No 2 Jc 45:22 10* 23.03 Philips Park No 1 Jc 47:27 15* 23.46 Miles Platting 49:21 10* 24.91 MANCHESTER VICTORIA 54:35 ----- ----- 0.00 0:00 1.47 Miles Platting 7:01 18 2.23 Park 8:51 33 3.27 mp 3.25 (Clayton Bridge) 10:12 40 4.52 mp 4.5 (Droylsden) 12:32 34 5.68 Ashton Moss N Jc sigs 0* 6.36 Ashton-under-Lyne 21:30 26 7.81 STALYBRIDGE 25:26 17* 10.47 Mossley 31:14 32 12.66 Greenfield 35:04 35 13.82 Saddleworth 36:54 39 14.72 Diggle Jc SB 38:26 29* 15.12 Standedge Tunnel W 39:15 29 18.16 Standedge Tunnel E 44:58 18.67 Marsden 46:00 34 21.27 Slaithwaite 49:14 59 23.98 mp 24 (Longwood) 52:18 48 25.74 HUDDERSFIELD 55:52 15* 28.47 Bradley Jc 59:59 57 29.89 Heaton Lodge New Jc 61:50 39* 30.68 Mirfield 63:08 32.20 Thornhill Jc 64:53 easy 33.23 mp 33.25 50 33.73 Dewsbury 66:56 33* 35.08 Batley 69:16 35 36.29 Morley Tunnel W 71:16 36 38.27 Morley 74:33 38 40.73 mp 40.75 (Farnley) 78:05 48 sigs 0* 42.33 Whitehall Jc 83:27 slack sigs 0* 42.88 LEEDS 92:18 ----- ----- 0.00 0:00 1.66 Neville Hill W Jc 4:44 easy 2.83 mp 17.75 (Osmondthorpe) 6:39 37 4.43 Cross Gates 9:10 38 7.33 Garforth 13:06 52 9.72 Micklefield 15:43 60/57 11.58 mp 14 17:26 66 13.58 mp 12 19:24 60 14.83 CHURCH FENTON 20:37 60 16.71 Ulleskelf 22:28 63 18.04 Bolton Percy 23:44 64 20.08 mp 5.5 (Colton) 25:35 66 21.83 mp 3.75 (Copmanthorpe) 27:13 60 23.58 mp 2 (Chaloners Whin) 29:10 51 sigs 25.58 YORK 33:36 ----- ----- Date: Saturday 26th April 1986: dep: York 10.54am arr: Manchester Victoria 2.21pm dep: Manchester Victoria 3.30pm arr: York 6.06pm No schedules available Note: The Leeds to York section of the above relates to an earlier journey with the same locomotive on 9th November 1985 with a 436/455 ton load ----------------------------------------------------- Back to Review: LNER Steam Page