35018 British India Line will pass through Preston and Ribblehead this Tuesday, 2nd August 2022.
The locomotive is on a special railtour tomorrow, hauling The Pendle Dalesman to Carlisle.
The railtour departs Lancaster behind the steam locomotive at 08:09 and will then pass through Preston (08:42), Blackburn (09:12), Langho (09:27), Clitheroe (09:40), Hellifield (10:20), Ribblehead (11:23), Appleby (12:01), Langwathby (12:13) and arriving into Carlisle at 12:52.
After around two and half hours in Carlisle, the steam locomotive will depart Carlisle at 15:25 bound for Lancaster. It will pass through Lazonby & Kirkoswald (15:53) and will stop for water at Appleby (16:12).
Continuing down the Settle and Carlisle line, the locomotive will pass over the Ribblehead Viaduct at approx 17:17, continuing to Settle, and through Settle Junction (17:32) where it heads for Hellifield, for a water stop, at 17:37. After the water stop, the locomotive will continue towards Lancaster, heading through Clitheroe (19:20), Blackburn (19:50), Preston (20:18) and Lancaster at 21:33.
These above timings in brackets are approximate timings. If you want up-to-date timings, please click here for tracking links.
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