26th June 2010

Pathfinder Tours
The Cornishman

Locos Used 56311 & 56312
Stock Used 21245+3141+3146+80041+3144+3098+3107+3121+1863+4902+5276+5292

Route :
1Z80 : Tame Bridge Parkway to Penzance
1Z81 : Penzance to Tame Bridge Parkway

Loco(s) Route
????? (1) Tame Bridge Parkway - Perry Barr North Jn - Aston - Proof House Jn - Birmingham New Street - Selly Oak - Kings Norton - Barnt Green - Bromsgrove - Stoke Works Jn - Spetchley - Abbotswood Jn - Cheltenham Spa - Barnwood Jn - Gloucester Yard Jn - Standish Jn - Yate - Westerleigh Jn - Bristol Parkway - Filton Abbey Wood - Stapleton Road - Bristol Temple Meads - Worle Jn - Uphill Jn - Taunton - Exeter St Davids - Newton Abbot - Totnes - Plymouth - Liskeard - Par - Truro - St Erth - Penzance
56312 (2) Penzance - (reverse of outward route) - Tame Bridge Parkway

Notes :
(1) ?56311 plus 56312 dead-in-tow?
(2) Plus 56311 'dead-in-tow'.
(3) Return journey was delayed by a gorse fire on land close to the railway at Newbridge, west of Penwithers Jn.

Source : Mike Hunt

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Mike Hunt)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Tame Bridge Parkway 05.47d 05.47   22.54a 00.54a
Perry Barr North Jn 05/51 ?   22/50 00/50
Aston 05/54 ?   22/46 00/47
Proof House Jn 05/58 ?   22/41 00/44
Birmingham New Street 06.01a ~ 06.11d 06.03 ~ 06.11   22.36a ~ 22.39d 00.38 ~ 00.41
Selly Oak 06/18 ?   22/27 00/31
Kings Norton 06/20 ?   22/22 00/28
Longbridge 06/23 ?   22/18 00/25
Barnt Green 06.26a ~ 06.29d 06.27 ~ 06.27   22.08a ~ 22.12d 00.18 ~ 00.23
Bromsgrove 06/34 ?   22/01 00/10
Stoke Works Jn 06/36 ?   21/57 00/07
Abbotswood Jn 06/44 ?   21/48 23/34
Ashchurch 06/51 ?   21/40 23/25
Cheltenham Spa 06.58a ~ 07.02d 07.00 ~ 07.04   21.29a ~ 21.32d 23.14 ~ 23.17
Barnwood Jn 07/08 ?   21/22 23/07
Gloucester Yard Jn 07/09 ?   21/04 ?
Standish Jn 07/15 ?   20/59 23/00
Cam & Dursley 07.20a ~ 07.23d 07.22 ~ 07.25   20.53a ~ 20.55d 22.50 ~ 22.53
Charfield 07/29 ?   20/46 22/43
Yate 07/34 ?   20/40 22/37
Westerleigh Jn 07/38 ?   20/36 22/34
Bristol Parkway 07.44a ~ 07.47d 07.45 ~ 07.48   20.27a ~ 20.30d 22.25 ~ 22.28
Filton Abbey Wood 07/49 ?   20/24 22/23
Narroways Hill Jn 07/53 ?   20/21 22/18
Dr Days Jn 07/55 ?   20/19 22/15
Bristol East Jn 07/57 ?   20/19 ?
Bristol Temple Meads 07.59a ~ 08.15d 07.58 ~ 08.15   20.14a ~ 20.17d 22.09 ~ 22.12
Bristol West Jn 08/16 ?   20/12 ?
Parson Street ? ?   20/10 21/59
Nailsea 08/26 08/25   ? ?
Yatton 08/29 08/30   ? ?
Worle Jn 08/32 ?   19/56 21/47
Uphill Jn 08/34 ?   19/54 21/45
Bridgwater 08/46 ?   19/44 21/34
Cogload Jn 08/53 ?   19/38 21/29
Taunton 08/57 ?   19/35 21/25
Norton Fitzwarren 08/58 ?   19/32 21/24
Whiteball 09/05 ?   19/25 21/18
Tiverton Parkway 09/07 ?   19/22 21/13
Tiverton Loop 09/09 ?   19/20 21/12
Cowley Bridge Jn 09/20 ?   19/07 21/00
Exeter St Davids 09/22 ?   19/05 20/57
Dawlish Warren 09.32 ~ 10.09 09.44 ~ 10.07   18/55 20/46
Dawlish 10/11 ?   18/54 20/44
Teignmouth 10/14 ?   18/51 20/41
Newton Abbot 10/19 ?   18/45 20/36
Newton Abbot West Jn 10/19 ?   18/45 ?
Dainton Tunnel 10/25 ?   18/41 20/32
Totnes 10/36 ?   18/35 20/25
Aish Emergency Crossover 10/46 ?   18/27 20/17
Ivybridge 10/51 ?   18/22 20/13
Hemerdon 10/55 ?   18/18 20/07
Laira Jn 11/00 ?   ? ?
Lipson Jn 11/01 ?   18/10 19/59
Plymouth 11.03a ~ 11.08d 11.02 ~ 11.08   18.02a ~ 18.07d 19.53 ~ 19.56
St Budeaux Jn 11/16 ?   17/57 ?
Saltash 11/20 ?   17/53 19/44
St Germans 11/26 ?   17/45 19/39
Liskeard 11/36 ?   17/36 19/29
St Pinnock Viaduct East 11/41 ?   17/27 ?
Largin 11/42 ?   17/26 ?
Lostwithiel 11/50 ?   17/18 19/10
Par 11/56 ?   17/12 19/03
St Austell 12.01a ~ 12.04 12.00 ~ 12.04   17.05a ~ 17.08d ?
Burngullow Jn 12/06 ?   17/03 ?
Probus 12/13 ?   16/55 ?
Truro 12.23a ~ 12.26d 12.25 ~ 12.26   16.44a ~ 16.47d 18.37 ~ 18.40
Penwithers Jn 12/28 ?   ? ?
Baldhu 12/31 ?   ? ?
Camborne 12/42 ?   16/30 18/21
St Erth 12/50 ?   16/20 16/26
Long Rock 12/55 ?   16/16 ?
Penzance 12.59a 13.12   16.13d 16.13


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