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Cheshire Rambler Railtour
This was a rail enthusiast railtour organised by the Railway Correspondence and Travel Society which ran on 27th April 1963.
It covered a number of lines no longer used by passenger services, or in some cases always freight only. The route was as follows:
Warrington Central - Glazebrook - Northenden (<>) - Lymm - Warrington Bank Quay Low Level - Ditton Jn(<>) - Runcorn(<>) - Folly Lane(<>) - Halton Jn - Frodsham Jn - Chester General(<>) - Malpas - Whitchurch(<>) - Crewe(<>) - Kidsgrove Central(<>) - Lawton Jn - Sandbach - Middlewich -Northwich(<>) - Hartford & Greenbank - Hartford CLC Jn - Hartford LNW Jn - Warrington Arpley(<>) - Warrington Bank Quay Low Level
(<>) indicates places where the train reversed direction.
The motive power was former LNER B1 class 4-6-0 61039 'Steinbok' from Warrington to Crewe, with ex-LMS 4F class 0-6-0 44548 for the second half.
The modern generation will probably be astounded by the extent to which participants were allowed to leave the train to take photographs at a variety of locations, even where there were no platforms available, including wandering across tracks without any particular restraint. This seemed to be entirely accepted by the rail authorities.
It covered a number of lines no longer used by passenger services, or in some cases always freight only. The route was as follows:
Warrington Central - Glazebrook - Northenden (<>) - Lymm - Warrington Bank Quay Low Level - Ditton Jn(<>) - Runcorn(<>) - Folly Lane(<>) - Halton Jn - Frodsham Jn - Chester General(<>) - Malpas - Whitchurch(<>) - Crewe(<>) - Kidsgrove Central(<>) - Lawton Jn - Sandbach - Middlewich -Northwich(<>) - Hartford & Greenbank - Hartford CLC Jn - Hartford LNW Jn - Warrington Arpley(<>) - Warrington Bank Quay Low Level
(<>) indicates places where the train reversed direction.
The motive power was former LNER B1 class 4-6-0 61039 'Steinbok' from Warrington to Crewe, with ex-LMS 4F class 0-6-0 44548 for the second half.
The modern generation will probably be astounded by the extent to which participants were allowed to leave the train to take photographs at a variety of locations, even where there were no platforms available, including wandering across tracks without any particular restraint. This seemed to be entirely accepted by the rail authorities.
Created: Mon, 11 May 2020, Updated: Tue, 12 May 2020
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