For the first time in a number of years, LMS Duchess No. 6233 Duchess of Sutherland will be visiting Carlisle as part of a Vintage Trains tour.
Departing Tyseley Locomotive Works at 07:00, the tour, hauled by a diesel locomotive, will pass through Walsall (07:37), Wolverhampton (07:56), Penkridge (08:10), Stafford (08:20), Crewe (08:52), Warrington Bank Quay (09:39), Wigan North Western (09:51), Blackburn (10:27), Clitheroe (10:47) and Hellifield at 11:18.
With the diesel detached and 6233 Duchess of Sutherland at the helm of the train, it will depart Hellifield at 11:54 and will pass through Ribblehead (12;20), Appleby (13:00) and Carlisle at 13:47.
After time in Carlisle, 6233 Duchess of Sutherland will depart at 16:40 and will pass through Appleby (17:26), Kirkby Stephen (18:01), Garsdale (18:13), Settle Junction (18:42), Hellifield (18:45), Whalley (19:32), Blackburn (19:51), Wigan North Western (20:57), Warrington Bank Quay (21:11), and Crewe at 21:40.
Here a diesel locomotive will replace 6233 and will return to Tyseley via Stafford (22:31), Wolverhampton (23:04), Walsall (23:23) and Tyseley Steam Trust at 00:11.
Timings
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