BLS S&C Desiro Tour 19/4/2015

[STANDISH]

Branch Line Society are running 185 Tour on Sunday the 19th April from Manchester to Beattock raising money for charity. Beside the unusual bits on the outward journey. The unit returns via Carlisle/ Settle/ Blackburn, not sure how often these units have been on this route?

Full details on the Tour can be found on www.branchline.org.uk and click the events button.

Our ROUTE, validated by TPE, is as follows:
Manchester Piccadilly (main station) (09:30 PU) – surprise reversal point – Manchester Piccadilly P13 – Manchester Oxford Road (09:55 PU) – Bamfurlong Jn – Wigan North Western P1 (10:20 PU) – Preston Dn Goods – Preston Carriage Sidings and Shunting Line (2 roads requested) – Carnforth D&UGL No 1 – Oxenholme DGL – Grayrigg DPL – Tebay DGL – Shap Summit (crossover to Up) – Hardendale (crossover to Dn) –Harrisons Sidings DGL – Penrith P3 – Upperby Bridge Jn – Dn Goods Loop – Carlisle P1 – High Wapping Siding – Wall Siding No 1 – Quintinshill DPL – Lockerbie Dn Loop – Beattock (REVERSE) – Lockerbie UPL – Quintinshill UPL – Caldew Jn (cross to Dn line) – Carlisle P1 (leg stretch) – Howe & Co Siding Loop – Kirkby Stephen (photo stop) – Kirkby Stephen URS – Garsdale URS – Blea Moor UGL – Hellifield UGL – Blackburn P1 – Wigan North Western P6 (19:06 SD) – Manchester Oxford Road P1 (19:35 SD) – Manchester Piccadilly P13 (19:46 SD)
Please note all timings are provisional.

 

[Crossover]

I saw this advertised and it sounds like a very interesting trip!

 

[Robert Taggart]

Howe and Company siding / loop has now been deleted.
Ergo...
A 'Tracker' becomes even more of a 'Trekker' !

 

[STANDISH]

Good afternoon Robert,

I believe another stub or piece of track has replaced,that which has been deleted.

Again this tour is raising money for Charity,which should most people happy.

Standish

 

[Robert Taggart]

I believe another stub or piece of track has replaced,that which has been deleted.

Please enlighten us as to which.

 

[STANDISH]

Good morning Robert,

Will up date when known. Perhaps most rail tours should have the phrase cavaet viator,somewhere in the literature of the tour.

Standish

 

[Robert Taggart]

Perhaps most rail tours should have the phrase cavaet viator,somewhere in the literature of the tour.

Concerning Branch, Twig and Stub Line Society Tours...
Better still - Requiritur autem peregrinus patientia ?
Moi ? - Impatientem non patientia, non ad hoc tempus !

 

[alexl92]

Branch Line Society are running 185 Tour on Sunday the 19th April from Manchester to Beattock raising money for charity. Beside the unusual bits on the outward journey. The unit returns via Carlisle/ Settle/ Blackburn, not sure how often these units have been on this route?

The 185s have never travelled over the Settle-Carlisle route unless when they were delivered there was some reason for them to go up to Scotland for anything?

 

[STANDISH]

185120/185151 completed the Tour yesterday. According to TPE Staff two 185's have run northbound on this route ,when the wires have been down. This was the first southbound run of a 185 on this route, unless anybody knows different.

Many thanks TPE and its staff for running this train and raising money for the Railway Children Charity

 

[Robert Taggart]

...This was the first southbound run of a 185 on this route...

This Route = the S&C presumably ?

Either way - it be not only that route that was a 'long drag' - try a whole day mopping-up 'twigs' and 'stubs' onboard a DMU :cry: !

 

[87019Chris]

This Route = the S&C presumably ?

Either way - it be not only that route that was a 'long drag' - try a whole day mopping-up 'twigs' and 'stubs' onboard a DMU :cry: !

Lighten Up, everyone has different ideas on what is good and what isn't. Sometimes the company you travel with can make a good day out.

 

[STANDISH]

Good afternoon Robert,

A nice day out ,weather was good and lots of money was raised for the Railway Children Charity, and it made everybody happy. No further comment necessary.

Standish

 

[Robert Taggart]

A nice day out... made everybody happy.

Indeed - if 'Anorak Aerarians' be satisfied...

 

[scotsman]

Indeed - if 'Anorak Aerarians' be satisfied...

A lot of the pax were TPE/contractor staff