24th April 2010

Pathfinder Tours
The Tyne-Tees Tornado

Locos Used 66024 & steam: 60163 'Tornado'

Route :
1Z27 : Gloucester to Newcastle
1Z28 : Newcastle to Gloucester

Loco Route
66024 Gloucester - Barnwood Jn - Cheltenham Spa - Abbotswood Jn - Spetchley - Stoke Works Jn - Barnt Green - Kings Norton - Bordesley Jn - Landor Street Jn - Water Orton - Whitacre jn - Kingsbury Jn - Wichnor Jn - Burton-on-Trent - Stenson Jn - Derby - Ambergate Jn - Clay Cross South Jn - Chesterfield - Tapton Jn - Barrow Hill North Jn - Beighton Jn - Masborough Jn - Aldwarke Jn - Swinton - Mexborough - Doncaster - (via ECML) - York
60163 York - (via ECML) - Newcastle
60163 (1) Newcastle - Heaton South Jn - Benton Jn - Newsham North Jn - Bedlington Jn - Hepscott Jn - Morpeth - (via ECML) - Ferryhill South Jn - Norton West Jn - Norton South Jn - Stockton Cut Jn - Eaglescliffe - Dinsdale - Darlington - North Road
66024 North Road - Darlington - (reverse of outward route) - Doncaster - (?reverse of outward route?) - Gloucester

Notes :
(1) 66024 on rear.
(2) Route confirmation required - above is from booked timings.

Sources : Scott Spencer & Simon Robinson

Photo Review


60163 enters Newcastle with the stock ready for the return leg of the trip
(photo: Paul Braybrook)


66024 at Doncaster on the return leg (photo: Scott Spencer)


Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Scott Spencer & Peter Finan)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Gloucester 05.20d ?   22.30a ?
Horton Road Jn 05/23 ?   ? ?
Barnwood Jn 05/24 ?   ? ?
Cheltenham Spa 05.31a ~ 05.34d ?   ? ?
Ashchurch 05.43a ~ 05.45d ?   ? ?
Abbotswood Jn 05/54 ?   ? ?
Stoke Works Jn 06/03 ?   ? ?
Bromsgrove 06/05 ?   ? ?
Barnt Green 06.14a ~ 06.17d ??.?? ~ 06.17   ? 21.30 ~ ??.??
Longbridge 06/21 ?   ? 21/26
Kings Norton 06/25 ?   ? ?
Lifford East Jn 06/27 06/25   ? 21/18
Bordesley Jn 06/33 ?   ? ?
St Andrews Jn 06/34 06/41   ? ?
Landor Street Jn 06/42 ?   ? 21/10
Water Orton 06/50 06/50   ? ?
Coleshill Parkway 06.55a ~ 07.00d 06.54 ~ 07.00   ? 20.55 ~ 20.58
Whitacre Jn 07/03 ?   ? 20/52
Kingsbury Jn 07/20 07/17   ? ?
Tamworth HL 07/25 07/24   ? 20/42
Wichnor Jn 07/32 ?   ? ?
Burton-on-Trent 07.39a ~ 07.41d 07.35 ~ 07.41   ? 20.28 ~ 20.30
Clay Mills Jn 07/44 ?   ? ?
North Stafford Jn 07/47 ?   ? ?
Stenson Jn 07/48 07/48   ? ?
Derby 07.56a ~ 08.00d 07.56 ~ 08.00   ? 20.08 ~ 20.14
Ambergate Jn 08/12 08/12   ? 19/56
Clay Cross North Jn 08/20 ?   ? ?
Chesterfield South Jn 08/22 ?   ? ?
Chesterfield 08.24a ~ 08.26d 08.28 ~ 08.30   ? 19.38 ~ 19.40
Tapton Jn 08/28 ?   ? ?
Barrow Hill North Jn 08/31 ?   ? ?
Beighton Jn 08/37 08/40   ? 19/22
Masborough Jn 08/46 ?   ? ?
Aldwarke Jn 08/49 08/49   ? ?
Swinton 08/51 ?   ? 19/09
Mexborough 08/54 08/54   ? ?
Hexthorpe Jn 09/01 ?   18/15 ?
Doncaster 09/07 09/07   18/11 18/56
Shaftholme Jn 09/10 ?   18/05 ?
Temple Hirst Jn 09/18 09/20   17/56 ?
Hambleton North Jn 09/22 ?   17/49 ?
Colton Jn 09/31 09/33   17/42 18/29
York 09L38a ~ 09L59d 09.42 ~ 10.12   17.35a ~ 17.37d 18.19 ~ 18.21
Skelton Jn 10/02 ?   17/32 ?
Tollerton 10/12 10/28   17/25 ?
Thirsk 10/25 ?   17/14 17/54
Northallerton 10/33 10/54   17/06 17/46
Darlington 10/45 11/08   16.52 ~ 16.53 17.29 ~ 17.31
North Road   16L20 ~ 16L49 16.55 ~ 17.24
Darlington   16/17 16/49
Dinsdale   16/02 ?
Eaglescliffe   15/50 16/26
Stockton Cut Jn   15/48 ?
Hartburn Jn   15/47 ?
Norton South Jn   15/42 16/17
Norton West Jn   15/41 ?
Ferryhill South Jn 10/56 ?   15/22 15/51
Tursdale Jn 10/58 ?   15/12 ?
Durham 11/05 ?   15/04 15/40
Birtley 11/14 ?   14/56 ?
King Edward Bridge South Jn 11/17 ?   14/52 ?
Newcastle 11L20a ~ 13L31d 11.56 ~ 13.56   14.47 ~ 14.50 15.16 ~ 15.24
Heaton South Jn 13/36 ?   14/41 ?
Benton North Jn 13/39 14/04  
Newsham North Jn 14/01 ?  
Bedlington Jn 14/10 14/26  
Hepscott Jn 14/19 ?  
Morpeth 14/23 14/55  


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