15th December 2007

Pathfinder Tours
The Moor and More

Locos Used 66158, 66170, 66703 'Doncaster PSB 1981-2002', 73205 'Jeanette', 73209 'Alison', 90016 & 92029 'Dante'
Stock Used 5350+4927+5009+5322+1863+3098+3140+3112+21272+6310

Route:
1Z11 : Gloucester to Wembley EFOC
1Z12 : Wembley EFOC to London Euston
1Z13 : London Euston to Gloucester

Loco(s) Route
66170 (1) Gloucester - Cheltenham Spa - Abbotswood Jn - Stoke Works Jn - Bromsgrove - Barnt Green - Kings Norton - Selly Oak - Birmingham New Street - Stechford - Birmingham International
66703 Birmingham International - Coventry - Leamington Spa - Banbury Up Goods Loop - Aynho Jn - Bicester North - Princes Risborough - High Wycombe - West Ruislip - Greenford West Jn - Greenford South Jn - West Ealing - Ealing Broadway - Acton Wells Jn - Acton Canal Wharf - Willesden No.7 Jn - (via Down Willesden Relief & South Arrival) - Wembley EFOC (Reception Road No.1)
92029 Wembley EFOC - Willesden No.7 Jn - Willesden West London Jn - Mitre Bridge Jn - Kensington Olympia - Latchmere Jn - Longhedge Jn - Factory Jn - Voltaire Road Jn - Canterbury Road Jn - Cambria Jn - Denmark Hill - Nunhead - Catford - Shortlands Jn - Bromley South - St Mary Cray Jn - Swanley - Otford Jn - Maidstone East - Charing - Ashford International - Saltwood Jn - Dollands Moor Sidings (Through Passenger)
73209 + 73205 Dollands Moor Sidings - Saltwood Jn - Ashford International - Headcorn - Paddock Wood - Tonbridge - Godstone - Redhill - East Croydon - Norwood Junction - Crystal Palace - Tulse Hill - Brixton - Factory Jn - Longhedge Jn - Clapham Junction - Barnes - New Kew Jn - Kew East Jn - Acton Wells Jn - Willesden SW Sidings - West London Jn - London Euston
90016 London Euston - Watford Junction - Bletchley - Milton Keynes Central - Northampton - Long Buckby - Rugby - Coventry - Birmingham International - Stechford - Proof House Jn - Birmingham New Street
66158 Birmingham New Street - Proof House Jn - St Andrews Jn - Bordesley Jn - Camp Hill - Kings Norton - (reverse of outward route) - Gloucester

Notes :
(1) Plus 66703 dead-in-tow.

Sources : Pathfinder Tours, PRAR, Rod Miebs, Steve Kemp & Nick Bartlett (on the tour from/to Cheltenham Spa)

Photo Review
(all photos: Steve Kemp)


66703 at Birmingham International.


73209 & 73205 in London Euston.


90016 & 66158 at opposite ends of Birmingham New Street.


Timings (Booked Only)
(from Pathfinder Tours & Nick Bartlett)

M.C

Location

Booked (out)

Actual

  

Booked (rtn)

Actual
M.C
0.00 Gloucester
06.28d
  
 
22.56a
  
53.51
0.77 Barnwood Jn
06/31
  
 
22/51
  
52.54
6.40 Cheltenham Spa
06.38a ~ 06.40d
 [P2]
 
22.41a ~ 22.43d
 [P1]
47.11
13.51 Ashchurch
06/48
  
 
22/33
  
40.00
24.38 Abbotswood Jn
06/57
  
 
22/24
  
29.13
35.55 Stoke Works Jn
07/06
  
 
22/14
  
17.76
37.68 Bromsgrove
07/08
  
 
22/11
  
15.63
41.31 Barnt Green
07.13a ~ 07.15d
  
 
22.04a ~ 22.05d
  
12.20
44.06 Longbridge
07/19
  
 
21/59
  
9.45
46.39 Kings Norton
07/23
  
 
21/56
 [P4] [DF]
7.12
48.53 Selly Oak
07/28
 [P1]
 

-

   - 
- Lifford East Jn
 -
    
21/54
  
6.44
- Bordesley Jn
 -
    
21/49
  
1.77
- St Andrew's Jn
 -
    
21/48
  
1.51
- Proof House Jn
 -
    
21/45
 [H-F]
0.54
52.04 Birmingham New Street
07.38a ~ 07.41d
 [P9] [Up Stour]
 
21L23a ~ 21L43d
 [Dn Stour] [P9] [Up Stour]
0.00
115.20
52.58 Proof House Jn
07/44
  
 
21/20
  
114.46
55.69 Stechford
07/54
  
 
21/10
  
111.35
60.22
0.00		 Birmingham International
08L01a ~ 08L23d
 [P5]
 
21.00a ~ 21.03d
 [P1]
107.02
10.56 Coventry
08/39
 [P2]
 
20/47
 [P3]
96.26

 

M.C

Location

Booked

Actual
15.36 Kenilworth
08/58
  
19.01 Milverton Jn
09/09
  
20.10 Leamington Spa
09/14
 [UM]
31.39 Fenny Compton
09/27
  
40.19 Banbury
09*38 ~ 10*02
 [UGL]
45.23 Aynho Jn
10/08
  
54.25 Bicester North
10/19
  
72.71 Princes Risborough
10/38
 [P2]
76.14 Saunderton
10/43
  
81.12 High Wycombe
10/49
 [P3]
90.23 Gerrards Cross
11/01
  
95.53 West Ruislip
11/07
 [UM]
97.34 South Ruislip
11/10
 [P4]
100.06 Greenford West Jn
11/14
  
100.37 Greenford South Jn
11/15
  
101.75 Drayton Green
11/21
  
102.46 West Ealing
11/23
  
103.31 Ealing Broadway
11.25a ~ 11.27d
 [P4]
104.66 Acton Main Line
11/30
  
105.38 Acton Wells Jn
11/33
  
105.78 Acton Canal Wharf
11/35
  
106.33 Willesden No.7 Jn
11/43
  
107.09 Wembley Yard South Jn
11/51
 [DWR] [South Arr]
107.49
0.00		 Wembley EFOC
11L58 ~ 12L38
 [Recp 1]
0.40 Wembley Yard South Jn
12/45
 [South Arr] [UWR]
1.16 Willesden No.7 Jn
12/48
  
2.12 Willesden West London Jn
12/51
  
2.45 Mitre Bridge Jn
12/53
  
3.02 North Pole Jn
12/54
  
4.70 Kensington Olympia
12/57
 [P3]
7.53 Latchmere Jn
13/02
  
8.38 Longhedge Jn
13/04
  
8.77 Factory Jn
13/14
 [Chatham Rev]
9.22 Voltaire Road Jn
13/15
  
? Canterbury Road Jn ?  
? Cambria Jn ?  
11.32 Denmark Hill
13/20
 [P4]
11.77 Crofton Road Jn
13/21
  
13.07 Nunhead
13/23
  
? Catford ?  
17.76 Shortlands Jn
13/34
  
? Bromley South ? [P2]
20.57 Bickley Jn
13/40
  
21.36 St Mary Cray Jn
13/42
  
25.50 Swanley
13/48
  
32.72 Otford Jn
13/58
  
48.15 Maidstone East
14/21
  
61.30 Charing
14/44
  
67.36 Ashford International
14/52
 [Maid Rlf] [P6] [DS]
77.58 Saltwood Jn
15/04
  
78.18
0.00		 Dollands Moor Sidings
15L06 ~ 15L31
 [Thro Passenger]
0.40 Saltwood Jn
15/33
  
10.62 Ashford International
15/42
 [UF]
21.51 Headcorn
15/52
  
32.06 Paddock Wood
16/03
  
37.29 Tonbridge
16/12
 [UF]
51.32 Godstone
16/35
  
57.05 Redhill
16/51
 [UM]
63.41 Stoats Nest Jn
17/00
  
64.32 Purley
17/04
 [P3]
66.40 South Croydon
17/08
  
67.33 East Croydon
17/10
 [P4]
68.28 Norwood Fork Jn
17/12
  [ULBS]
69.06 Norwood Junction
17/14
 [P1]
69.59 Bromley Jn
17/16
  
70.45 Crystal Palace
17/18
 [P1]
72.19 West Norwood
17/23
  
72.77 Tulse Hill
17/26
  
74.03 Herne Hill
17/30
 [P2]
74.65 Brixton
17/31
  
75.73 Voltaire Road Jn
17/33
  
76.18 Factory Jn
17/34
  
76.57 Longhedge Jn
17/36
  
77.65 Clapham Junction
17c42 ~ 17c44
 [P5] [DWF]
80.78 Barnes
17/54
  
83.25 New Kew Jn
18/01
  
83.64 Kew East Jn
18/05
  
84.44 South Acton Jn
18/09
  
86.30 Acton Wells Jn
18/17
  
? Willesden SW Sidings

?

 [Up SWS]
87.15 Willesden West London Jn
18/23
 [UF]
90.67 Camden Jn
18/29
 [UF]
92.38
0.00		 London Euston
18L36a ~ 19L10d
 [D] [P16] [E]
1.51 Camden Jn
19/14
 [DF]
5.23 Willesden West London Jn
19/17
  
8.04 Wembley Central
19/19
  
11.30 Harrow & Wealdstone
19/21
  
17.35 Watford Junction
19.25a ~ 19.27d
 [P6] [DF]
25.41 Bourne End Jn
19/33
 [DF-DS]
31.53 Tring
19/39
  
37.38 Ledburn Jn
19/47
 [DS-DF]
46.54 Bletchley
19/54
  
49.65 Milton Keynes Central
20/00
  
56.47 Hanslope Jn
20/06
 [DF-DS]
65.68 Northampton
20/16
 [P2]
75.37 Long Buckby
20/26
  
84.67 Rugby
20/37
 [P1]

Timings continue in first table.

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