This article has appeared on the Oldham Chronicle website. Hopefully it will encourage some local interest and perhaps a few local bookings for the June 14th tour:
Cotton Mill Express timings - 14th June 2008
Timings are now available for the the Cotton Mill Express featuring 40145 as follows:
Saturday 14 June 2008
1Z07 Manchester Victoria-Blackburn
Manchester Victoria dep 1648
Miles Platting Junction 1651
Baguley Fold Junction 1653
Ashton Moss N Junction 1657
Stalybridge 1701
Greenfield 1707
Diggle Junction 1709
Marsden 1713
Huddersfield 1721
Bradley Junction 1727
Bradley Wood Junction 1732
Greetland Junction 1738
Milner Royd Junction 1741
Hebden Bridge 1748
Hall Royd Junction 1752
Copy Pit 1759
Gannow Junction 1806
Accrington 1813
Daisyfield Junction 1819
Blackburn arr 1821
1Z08 Blackburn-Manchester Victoria
Blackburn dep 1905
Lostock Hall Junction 1917
Farlington Junction 1926
Euxton Junction 1930
Chorley 1934
Lostock Junction 1942
Bolton 1946
Salford Crescent 1957
Salford Central 1959
Deal St Junction 2000
Manchester Victoria 2002
Miles Platting Junction 2005
Thorpes Bridge Junction 2006
Oldham Mumps 2015
Shaw & Crompton 2021
Rochdale 2030
Castleton Junction 2032
Vitriol S.B 2036
Manchester Victoria arr 2043
Ta Mr S (40195)
D335/40145 on RHTT on the ELR
D335 will be working most / all the RHTT trials at the ELR,
dispensation is in place to run at upto 60mph and it presents a rare
opportunity for members to get photo’s of this great loco hauling other
than LHCS.
40145 will work the train one day, possibly today (13th May), as the RHTT
needs turning on the triangle at Castleton as it apparently arrived the
wrong way round.
Pictured above 40145 at Heywood on the RHTT train on Monday 12th May 2008 (Photo: James Valentine)
40145 on RHTT
On Friday 9th May 2008 40145 ran light engine from Warrington Arpley to York to collect some RHTT (Rail Head Treatment Train) wagons and took them across the Pennines to the East Lancashire Railway for testing. Some pictures now on the photo gallery page here
Times for 40145 RHTT (Water Cannon) move
Times are now available for 40145s move from York to the ELR on Friday:
Friday 9th May 2008
40145 Light engine:
35550 WARRTNARP 09:53 ORIGINATING PT
35531 WARRTN BQ PASS 09:58 2 1 PASSING POINT
35505 WINWICK J PASS 10:03 2 4 PASSING POINT
35325 EARLESTWN PASS 10:06 2 6 PASSING POINT
35321 NEWTONLEW PASS 10:07 2 8 PASSING POINT
31747 ASTLEY PASS 10:14 2 14 PASSING POINT
31739 ECCLES PASS 10:19 2 19 2 PASSING POINT
31713 ORDSALLJN PASS 10:25 2 22 PASSING POINT
31515 DEAL ST J PASS 10:28 2 23 PASSING POINT
31510 MANCR VIC PASS 10:30 2 24 PASSING POINT
31339 MILESPLTJ PASS 10:33 2 25 PASSING POINT
32121 PHILPKWJN PASS 10:34 2 26 PASSING POINT
32123 BAGY FOLD PASS 10:35 2 27 PASSING POINT
32117 ASHTNMNJN PASS 10:39 2 30 5 PASSING POINT
32111 STALYBDGE PASS 10:48 2 32 1 PASSING POINT
32107 GREENFLD PASS 10:55 2 37 PASSING POINT
32105 DIGGLE JN 10:59 11:04 0 39 CALLING POINT
18479 MARSDEN PASS 11:10 2 43 3 PASSING POINT
18474 HUDDFIELD PASS 11:21 2 50 PASSING POINT
18444 HEATNLEJN PASS 11:26 2 54 PASSING POINT
18442 MIRFLDEJN PASS 11:28 2 56 PASSING POINT
18440 THORNH JN PASS 11:29 2 57 2 PASSING POINT
18414 HORBURYJN PASS 11:36 2 63 PASSING POINT
18058 WAKEFLD K PASS 11:38 2 65 PASSING POINT
17196 ALTOFTSJN PASS 11:43 2 69 PASSING POINT
16912 CASTLFORD PASS 11:46 2 72 PASSING POINT
16503 MILFORDSB PASS 11:52 2 78 PASSING POINT
16495 CHURCHFEN PASS 11:57 2 82 PASSING POINT
16491 COLTON SJ PASS 12:02 2 86 PASSING POINT
16460 COLTONJN PASS 12:03 2 86 PASSING POINT
16444 YORKYDSJN PASS 12:09 2 91 PASSING POINT
16422 YORKYDNTH 12:15 12:19 0 92 CALLING POINT
16429 YORK WKS 12:24 7 93 TERMINATING PT
6Z40 (40145 + RHTT)
YORK WKS 14:00
YORKYDNTH 14:05 14:10
YORKYDSJN PASS 14:22
COLTONJN PASS 14:29
COLTON SJ PASS 14:30
CHURCHFEN PASS 14:35
MILFORDSB PASS 14:40
CASTLFORD PASS 14:48
ALTOFTSJN PASS 14:52
WAKEFLD K PASS 14:57
HORBURYJN PASS 15:11
MIRFLDEJN PASS 15:24
HEATNLJN PASS 15:27
HUDDFIELD PASS 15:36
MARSDEN 15:52 15:58
DIGGLE JN PASS 16:06
GREENFLD PASS 16:09
STALYBDGE PASS 16:15
ASHTNMNJN PASS 16:19
BAGY FOLD PASS 16:22
PHILPKWJN PASS 16:23
BREWRY JN PASS 16:40
THORPESBJ PASS 16:42
VITRIOLSB PASS 16:50
CSTLTNEJN 16:57 17:07
CASTLETON 17:11 17:14
CSTLTNNJN 17:18 17:18
HEYWOODGF 17:21 17:21
HEYWOOD 17:51
40145 back at Warrington and to work RHTT trial train.
40145 should now be safely stabled at Warrington Arpley after another successful day out yesterday to Aberystwyth, many thanks to all those that took part. The plan for 40145 now is that it will sit at Arpley until Friday morning when it will travel light engine to York to collect a Rail Head Treatment Train set and take it back to the East Lancashire Railway, the RHTT set will be used for trials at the ELR. Timings for this move will be announced once we have them.
Steve Jones,
Publicity Officer,
Class Forty Preservation Society.
D335 out this weekend.
D335 should be in use at the East Lancashire Railway’s Days Out With Thomas Event this Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
More details can be found at:
New Provisional tour announced - 20th September 2008
Another date for your diaries!!! Pathfinder tours have added a provisional date for a tour with 40145 from Tame Bridge Parkway to Kingswear on September 20th 2008. A booking form and further details will be available in due course.
40145 light engine move - 1st May 2008
Tomorrow (Thursday 1st May) 40145 will run light engine from Bury to Crewe and then back to Warrington.
40145 will then run light to Crewe on Sunday for the stock for the Barrow to Aberystwyth tour (timed to leave Crewe at 1814 and running directly up the WCML to Carnforth and Barrow)
New Tour - The Whistling Fellsman, August 2nd 2008
The CFPS is pleased to announce a new tour on August 2nd from Stafford to Carlisle using 40145. This tour will be run by Compass Railtours. Details and a booking form are available here: Whistling Fellsman Railtour.
Please note that CFPS members booking for this tour should send their bookings direct to Compass and not to the CFPS booking service.
Also note this tour replaces the provisional tour from Blackburn to Southend announced previously.
