Observation notes at Hellifield
I spent many happy hours in the Hellifield area during my youth and early adulthood. Below are a selection of what I saw identified where known. The tables are arranged in reverse date order starting with summer 1968.
| Fri 21.6.68 | ||||||||
| Time | Seen at | |||||||
| Recorded | ||||||||
| Keighley | 1513 | Up tankers | 41A | 6Exx | Heysham | Ecclesfield | ||
| 10:20 | Bell Busk | 5171+5168 | 7N58 | Up coal empties | 7N58 | 08:05 Heysham Moss | Carlton empties | |
| 10:30 | Hellifield | 7555 | 3N41 | Up Parcels | 3N41 | 08:15 Heysham | Leeds | |
| 3c DMU | 2M71 | Leeds | Morecambe | |||||
| 389 | Dn Fr | to/from Blackburn line | ||||||
| 342 | Up FF | to/from Blackburn line | ||||||
| 99 | 5M84 | Up | ML | 5M84 | 07:34 Carlisle | Chaddesden | ||
| 5282+5187 | 7M31 | Down | ML+ML | 4M31 | 07:55 Hunslet | Carlisle | ||
| 2c DMU | Carlisle-Skipton | Carlisle | Skipton | |||||
| 3c DMU | Up | 2N71 | 10:20 Morecambe | Leeds | ||||
| 167 | 1S49 | Leeds-Glasgow | 1S49 | 10:25 Leeds | Glasgow | |||
| 1514 | 7E10 | Up Fr | 41A | 7E10 | 05:30 Carlisle | Tinsley | ||
| 11:30 | 326 | Dn Fr | to/from Blackburn line | |||||
| 1624 | Up FF | WL | to/from Blackburn line | |||||
| 7c DMU | Leeds-Morecambe | 2M71 | 10:51 Leeds | Morecambe | ||||
| 2c DMU | Skipton-Carlisle | Skipton | Carlisle | |||||
| 12:30 | 5174 | Up tankers (ICI traffic?) | Heysham | Haverton Hill ICI?? | ||||
| 207 | Dn Fr | to/from Blackburn line | ||||||
| 333 | Up Fr | WL | to/from Blackburn line | |||||
| 7573 | Up FF | probably to Leeds | no ID noted | |||||
| 5099 | Dn Mineral | probably to Horton | ||||||
| 3c DMU | Morecambe -Leeds | 2N71 | 12:20 Morecambe | Leeds | ||||
| 13:30 | 1802 | DN FF | WL | to/from Blackburn line | ||||
| 156 | 1M86 | Up Thames Clyde | ML | 1M86 | 09:35 Glasgow | St Pancras | ||
| 201 | Dn Anhydrite | Widnes | Long Meg | |||||
| 7624+48062 | 6N07 (6N28) | Heysham-Neville Hill tankers | 4N28 | 12:06 Heysham | Neville Hill | |||
| 30 | 1S64 | Down Waverley | St Pancras | Edinburgh | ||||
| 14:30 | 216 | Up FF | WL | to/from Blackburn line | ||||
| 44963 | Up Mineral lime pick up | Carnforth-Skipton pick up? | Giggleswick Quarry traffic | |||||
| 2c DMU | Leeds-Morecambe | 2M71 | Leeds | Morecambe | ||||
| Long Preston | 1813 | Up FF | WL | to/from Blackburn line | ||||
| 5c DMU | Morecambe-Leeds | |||||||
| 5099 | Up Limestone | from Horton? | ||||||
| 15:30 | 27 | 1S68 | Down Thames Clyde | 09:50 St Pancras | Glasgow | |||
| 390 | Up freight | to/from Blackburn line | ||||||
| 1574 | 1M91 | Up Waverley | Edinburgh | St Pancras | ||||
| 7596+5097 | 7N07 | Up Fr | 4N07 | 14:50 Heysham | Stourton UP | |||
| 244 | Dn Fr | to/from Blackburn line | ||||||
| 7637 | Up Fr | NW | to/from Blackburn line | |||||
| 16:30 | 44963 | Dn Limestone | Skipton-Carnforth pick up/ | |||||
| 7626 | 3M00 | Leeds-Heysham parcels | 3M00 | 14:10 Leeds | Heysham | |||
| 4c DMU | Leeds-Morecambe | 2M71 | 15:33 Leeds | Morecambe | ||||
| 2c DMU | Skipton-Carlisle | |||||||
| 1735 | Up Fr | WL | to/from Blackburn line | |||||
| 215 | Dn Fr | NW | to/from Blackburn line | |||||
| 1546 | 7M63 | Dn Fr | 41A | 8M63 | Hunslet | Carlisle | ||
| 17:30 | 388 | Dn Fr | NW | |||||
| 2c DMU | Up | 2N71 | 16:48 Morecambe | Leeds | ||||
| 7612 | 7N30 | Up Fr | 7N30 | Carlisle | Stourton | |||
| 7c DMU | Leeds-Morecambe | 2M71 | Leeds | Morecambe | ||||
| 1742 | Up Fr | to/from Blackburn line | ||||||
| 18:30 | 214 | Dn FF | to/from Blackburn line | |||||
| 2c DMU | Up | 2N71 | Morecambe | Leeds | ||||
| 7625 | 7M92 | Dn Fr | 8M92 | 1620 Hunslet | Carnforth | |||
| 19:20 | 2cDMU | Up | Carlisle | Skipton | ||||
| Notes: | ||||||||
| Leeds-Morecambe almost certainly Class 101 and 108. The Carlisle to Skiptons would be Cravens Class 112 with large headcode panels having replace the 79xxx series DMUS in 1966 | ||||||||
| Locomotive allocations - 41A Tinsley, WL Western Lines , ML Midland Lines, NW North Western Lines | ||||||||
| Note how almost all the Blackburn line trains were paired Up and Down workings due to crew changes at Hellifield. | ||||||||
| Estimated | Fri 30.8.68 | |||||||
| Times | ||||||||
| 09:30 | Keighley-Giggleswick | 3c DMU | Leeds-Morecambe | 2M71 | Leeds | Morecambe | ||
| 09:30 | Utley | D1513 | Up Fr | 41A | 7E10 | 05:30 Carlisle | Tinsley | |
| 09:45 | Skipton | D5147 | Up coal empties | 7N58 | 08:05 Heysham Moss | Carlton empties | ||
| 10:10 | Hellifield | D5096+D5167 | Up tankers | Heysham | Ecclesfield | |||
| Long Preston | D296 | Up Fr | WL | to/from Blackburn line | ||||
| Settle Jct | D210 | Up Anhydrite | to/from Blackburn line | Long Meg | Widnes | |||
| D5289 | Up Parcels | 3N41 | 08:15 Heysham | Leeds | ||||
| D166 | Leeds-Glasgow | 1S49 | 10:25 Leeds | Glasgow | ||||
| 11:30 | D1815 | Up Fr | WL | to/from Blackburn line | ||||
| D225 | Up Fr | WL | to/from Blackburn line | |||||
| D5101 | Up empty coal | Carlisle? | Carlton? | |||||
| 7c DMU | Leeds-Morecambe | 2M71 | 10:51 Leeds | Morecambe | ||||
| 2c DMU | Skipton-Carlisle | Skipton | Carlisle | |||||
| 12:30 | D108 | Dn Fr | ML | 07:55 Hunslet | Carlisle | |||
| 6c DMU | Morecambe -Leeds | 2N71 | 12:20 Morecambe | Leeds | ||||
| 13:30 | D5099 | Dn Mineral | to Horton?? | |||||
| D34+D148 | Up Thames Clyde | ML | 1M86 | 09:35 Glasgow | St Pancras | |||
| D269+D7511 | Heysham-Neville Hill tankers | WL+ML | 4N28 | 12:06 Heysham | Neville Hill | |||
| D176 | Down Waverley | St Pancras | Edinburgh | |||||
| 14:30 | D2xx | Up Fr | to/from Blackburn line | |||||
| Long Preston | 4c DMU | Leeds-Morecambe | 2M71 | Leeds | Morecambe | |||
| D312 | Dn Anhydrite | WL | to/from Blackburn line | Widnes | Long Meg | |||
| D5099 | Up Fr | from Horton? | ||||||
| 5c DMU | Morecambe-Leeds | 2N71 | 12:20 Morecambe | Leeds | ||||
| D222 | Up Anhydrite | NW | to/from Blackburn line | Long Meg | Widnes | |||
| D53 | Down Thames Clyde | 09:50 St Pancras | Glasgow | |||||
| 15:30 | D5266 | Dn Fr | WL | to/from Blackburn line? | ||||
| D1574 | Up Waverley | Edinburgh | St Pancras | |||||
| D236 | Up Fr | WL | to/from Blackburn line | |||||
| D341 | Dn Fr | WL | to/from Blackburn line | |||||
| D5205 | Up Fr | WL | to/from Blackburn line | |||||
| 16:30 | D5181 | Leeds-Heysham parcels | 3M00 | 14:10 Leeds | Heysham | |||
| D224 | Up Fr | WL | to/from Blackburn line | |||||
| 5c DMU | Leeds-Morecambe | 2M71 | 15:33 Leeds | Morecambe | ||||
| 2c DMU | Skipton-Carlisle | Skipton | Carlisle | |||||
| D105 | Dn Fr | ML | 8M63 | Hunslet | Carlisle | |||
| 17:30 | 4c DMU | Up | 2N71 | 16:48 Morecambe | Leeds | |||
| D245 | Dn Fr | NW | to/from Blackburn line | |||||
| D7512 | Up Fr | 7N30 | Carlisle | Stourton | ||||
| 9c DMU | Leeds-Morecambe | 2M71 | Leeds | Morecambe | ||||
| D323 | Up Fr | WL | to/f | |||||
| D7568 | Dn Fr | 8M92 | 1620 Hunslet | Carnforth | ||||
| 18:30 app | 3c DMU | Up | 2N71 | Morecambe | Leeds | |||
The notes below show what was seen on a railway and hiking trip to Garsdale and Ais Gill on Tues 9th April 1963.
The information with regard to train workings is based on the 1963 freight working timetable, and information for passenger trains found in the 1961 passenger WTT for local trains and departures from hellifield in the 1962 WTT for the expresses.
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D27 |
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Leeds to Glasgow
(Hellifield 11.35/40). Travelled on train to Hellifield |
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Gargrave |
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44660 |
21A |
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Probably 4M48 Carlisle to Washwood Heath fitted freight |
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Hellifield |
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D173 |
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Northbound new cars
- Harpenden to Greenhill |
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44926 |
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44007 |
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45592 |
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44149 |
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72006 |
12A |
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Nbd freight 8M63 9:15 Hunslet to Carlisle London Rd Yd Train was looped at Delaney’s sidings for Leeds-
Glasgow express |
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42484 |
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44758 |
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48472 |
12A |
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45482 |
65F! |
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11.55 Hellifield
to Carlisle.
Travelled on train to Dent |
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Settle |
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48472 |
12A |
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9.00 Long Meg to Walton Anhydrite |
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Ribblehead
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Scheduled time at Ribblehead 12.33 but I believe tour
train was late. |
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43023 |
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Up freight
9L42 Carlisle to Skipton pick-up possibly in quarry siding. |
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Dxx “Peak” |
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Up Thames-Clyde (Hellifield 13.30) |
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Dent
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Scheduled arrival time at Dent 12.45 |
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44926 |
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Down freight 5M05 Willesden to Carlisle Viaduct yard (via
Leeds) |
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Walked over moor to Garsdale and Ais Gill |
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Garsdale
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46150 |
9E |
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Working not known but possibly a freight to/ from
Manchester area. |
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45568 |
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Up Parcels
4M88 13:05 Carlisle to Kings Norton (14:41 Ais Gill) |
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45363 |
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Down freight (stone wagons)
7L77 Widnes –Langwathby- Long Meg (Ais Gill16:37) |
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Lunds |
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D24 |
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Down Waverley (Hellifield 14:40) |
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Shotlock Hill |
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D12 |
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Down Thames-Clyde
( Hellifield 15:42) |
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White Birks |
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42860 |
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8L63 Carlisle Durran Hill-Skipton (Ais Gill
15:45) |
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Ais Gill |
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45675 |
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Up Fitted Freight
4N25 16:03 Carlisle-Stourton (Ais Gill 16:47) |
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White Birks |
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48536 |
12A |
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8L64 Carlisle-Hellifield (Ais Gill 16:10) |
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43023 |
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Nbd Light Engine |
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Lunds |
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45438 |
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Down freight 8L41 Brindle Heath- Carlisle |
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Moorcock
viaduct |
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45097 |
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Bradford
to Carlisle passenger
(Garsdale 18:03) |
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45742 |
12A |
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Carlisle
to Bradford passenger (Garsdale 18:21)Travelled on train to Skipton |
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44727 |
12A |
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Down fitted freight
4S52 Cotton Hill-Law Junction (17:22 Ais Gill) |
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Hellifield
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44468 |
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44676 |
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Skipton
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Arrive 19:31 dep approx 21:00 |
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45114 |
21D |
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Down freight
4S67 Water Orton-Glasgow College (Skipton 21:01) |
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45466 |
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Down freight
5M35 Bradford-Carlisle (Skipton
20:41) |
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D19 |
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Glasgow
to Leeds. Travelled
on train to Leeds |
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The notes below are from Thursday 21st August 1958
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Time at Hellifield |
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44928 |
27A |
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Blackburn |
Hellifield |
All below at Hellifield |
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44276 |
(24H) |
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42491 |
(24H) |
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43756 |
(24H) |
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44900 |
12A |
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Hellifield |
Carlisle |
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73057 |
66A |
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44460 |
(24D) |
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43890 |
(24J) |
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42558 |
(24D) |
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42793 |
(12A) |
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40685 |
(24H) |
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48758 |
(12A) |
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45230 |
24L |
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46108 |
55A |
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Leeds |
Glasgow |
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42051 |
(24H) |
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92103 |
15C |
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47666 |
(12B) |
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Suspect on shed why? |
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41157 |
? |
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Up Pass |
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All below at Long Preston/Settle Junction |
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42860 |
26B |
(It is likely we may have missed some trains as we walked through village and later as we walked through fields from Long Preston to Hellifield) |
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45329 |
12B |
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45013 |
12A |
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46103 |
(14B) |
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Up Thames-Clyde |
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More likely 46113? |
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41173 |
2F |
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Note shed code recorded |
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42132 |
24H |
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Bradford |
Hawes ? |
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48078 |
55D |
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48622 |
55B |
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43973 |
24G |
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46109 |
(55A) |
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Down Waverley |
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45697 |
(12A) |
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Up Waverley |
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90170 |
(12A) |
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Southbound Anhydrite? |
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45230 |
(24L) |
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41157 |
? |
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Down Pass |
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44149 |
(24H) |
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All below at Hellifield |
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43585 |
(24H) |
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90107 |
(27B) |
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Northbound Anhydrite? |
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44675 |
12A |
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43968 |
55A |
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44920 |
21A |
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44727 |
12A |
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46113 |
(55A) |
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Down Thames Clyde |
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45466 |
12A |
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42147 |
(24D) |
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Hellifield |
Manchester |
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The following table shows the locomotives observed by my father and I on Saturday 24th August 1957 at Hellifield station and at the level crossing just south of the station. The notes show the shed allocation as recorded unless inside brackets which have been added subsequently. Train details in white are those recorded at the time. Those in yellow are suggestions as to what trains were being worked.
Hellifield Saturday 24.8.57
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Time scheduled at Hellifield |
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42558 |
24D |
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Blackburn |
Hellifield |
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44149 (LL yard) |
24H |
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44398 (LL yard) |
24D |
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Hellifield |
Hollins? |
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45657 |
68A |
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44669 |
68A |
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42484 |
24H |
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44238 |
55B |
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43585 |
24H |
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44877 |
68A |
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90385 |
56A |
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44282 |
24H |
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42771 |
55A |
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44754 |
55A |
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44690/45635 |
27A/26A |
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Manchester |
Glasgow |
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75063 |
16A |
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46108 |
55A |
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Leeds |
Glasgow |
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45621 |
67A |
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Derby |
Glasgow |
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45014 |
11A |
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42810 |
24J |
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43893 |
24G |
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42793 |
68A |
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41060 |
24J |
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43016 |
55F |
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44958 |
68A |
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44847 |
19B |
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40937 |
24J |
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42875 |
68A |
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44468 |
24G |
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43896 |
68A |
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48466 |
55D |
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41152 |
24J |
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45138 |
68A |
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Ayr |
Manchester |
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42132 |
24H |
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44790 |
68A |
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Carlisle |
Leeds |
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42278 |
24H |
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44895 |
26A |
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45707 |
67A |
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Glasgow |
Leeds |
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43039 |
55A |
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43886 |
18D |
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40685/46109 |
24H/55A |
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Up Thames -Clyde |
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41196 |
24J |
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44579 |
24H |
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45728 |
68A |
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Edinburgh |
Sheffield |
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45273 |
55A |
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Up Waverley |
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45126/45659 |
68A/55A |
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Down Waverley |
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42762 |
55F |
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44007 |
24G |
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90464 |
68A |
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45334 |
68A |
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44276 |
24H |
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46103 |
55A |
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Down Thames-Clyde |
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48286 |
24J |
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45693 |
67A |
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London |
Glasgow |
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45481 |
68A |
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40491 |
55A |
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Believed may have piloted up Waverley to Hellifield |
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44664 |
21A |
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44282 |
24H |
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42755 |
26B |
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Hellifield |
Manchester |
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11A Barrow |
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16A Nottingham |
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18D Barrow Hill |
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19B Sheffield Millhouses |
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21A Saltley |
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24D Lower Darwen |
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24G Skipton |
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24H Hellifield |
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24J Lancaster Green ayre |
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26A Newton Heath |
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26B Agecroft |
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27A Bank Hall |
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55A Holbeck |
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55B Stourton |
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55D Royston |
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55F Manningham |
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56A Wakefield |
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67A Corkerhill |
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68A Kingmoor |