Steam locomotive 45690 Leander will be back in steam on the mainline and will be in Horton-in-Ribblesdale and Garsdale on Saturday 17th July 2019.
The Jubilee locomotive is on a special railtour. 45690 Leander is hauling the Hadrian on Saturday.
The railtour departs Leicester behind a diesel locomotive at approximately 06:02am.
The railtour will then leave Leicester, bound for Carlisle, where it will make stops at Loughborough (06:20), East Midlands Parkway (06:33), Ilkeston (06:58), Alfreton (07:13), Chesterfield (07:30), Moorthorpe (08:05), Shipley (09:01), Skipton (09:26) and Hellifield at 10:22.
Here, the 45690 Leander will be added to the front of the train. The train will depart with the locomotive at 11:00, it will pass through Ribblehead (11:22), Langwaithby (12:10) and Carlisle at 12:53.
After around 2 and a half hours in Carlisle, 45690 will depart Carlisle at 11:38 bound for Leicester. It will pass through Haltwhistle (16:10), Hexham (16:28), Durham (17:26), Northallerton (18:57), Thirsk (18:57) and York at 19:48.
Diesels take over from Leander at York, and will pass through Moorthorpe (21:05), Chesterfield (21:40), Alfreton (21:55), Ilkeston (22:09), East Midlands Parkway (22:31) and Loughborough (22:49).
The railtour will arrive back at its final destination of Leicester at 23:05.
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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