A steam locomotive from the Carnforth pool will be back in steam on the mainline and will be in and around Carlisle on Tuesday 6th August 2019.
The locomotive is on a railtour on Tuesday, 6th August 2019. It is hauling The Dalesman. The tour sees the steam locomotive steam through Penrith on its way to Carlisle.
The train, hauled by a diesel locomotive, will depart Chester at approximately 07:48 am.
The tour will stop at Frodsham around 08:05 for a 5-minute break, departing at 08:10. The diesel locomotive will then make stops at Warrington Bank Quay (08:30), Wigan North Western (09:11) and Leyland (09:27) and Preston (09:35) to pick up passengers.
Upon arrival at Carnforth DUGL (10:36), the steam locomotive will be added train for the run up to Carlisle. Departing Hellifield at Carnforth at 11:24, the locomotive will steam through Oxenholme Lake District (11:38) and Penrith (12:16) before arriving into Carlisle at 12:36.
On the return trip, the steam locomotive will depart Carlisle at 15:15 before heading via Ribblehead (16:32) and Hellifield, where the train will arrive at 16:52. Here, the steam locomotive is detached from the train and is replaced by a diesel for the remainder of the journey.
Departing at 17:10, the diesel locomotive will make the same stops as the outbound train. This is Blackburn (additional stop at 18:05), Preston (18:33), Leyland (19:07), Wigan North Western (19:37), Warrington Bank Quay (20:03) and Frodsham (20:19).
The train will arrive back into Chester (20:42).
These above timings in brackets are approximate timings. Please click the links below, which tracks the train throughout the day to keep you up to date on when it will pass through your local station.
Timings
For timings on these movements, please click the links below:
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