18th - 19th April 1987

Pathfinder Tours
The Tamer-Forth Express

Locos Used 26032, 26043, 47258, 47609, 50030, 81004, 81006 & 81020
Stock Used ???

Route : 1Z26 throughout

Date(s) Loco(s) Route
18/04 50030 Plymouth - Totnes - Newton Abbot - Exeter St Davids - Taunton - Bridgwater - Uphill Jn - Worle Jn - Bristol Temple Meads - Stapleton Road - Filton Jn - Bristol Parkway - Westerleigh Jn - Yate - Standish Jn - Gloucester
18/04 50030 Gloucester - Cheltenham Spa - Ashchurch - Abbotswood Jn - Stoke Works Jn - Bromsgrove - Kings Norton - Church Road Jn - Birmingham New Street
18/04 81020 Birmingham New Street - Soho South Jn - Dudley Port - Wolverhampton - Stafford - (via WCML) - Carnforth (1)
18/04 47258 Carnforth - (via WCML) - Carlisle
18/04 81004 Carlisle - (via WCML) - Carstairs
18/04 26032 + 26043 Carstairs - Auchengray - Midcalder Jn - Slateford Jn - Haymarket - Edinburgh Waverley
18/04 26032 + 26043 Edinburgh Waverley - (reverse of outward route) - Carstairs
18/04 81006 Carstairs - (reverse of outward route) - Birmingham New Street
18/04-19/04 47609 Birmingham New Street - (reverse of outward route) - Stoke Works Jn - Droitwich Spa - Worcester Shrub Hill - Norton Jn - Abbotswood Jn - (reverse of outward route) - Gloucester
19/04 47609 Gloucester - (reverse of outward route) - Plymouth

Notes :
(1) 81020 failed.

Source : John Chalcroft

Timings (Booked Only)
(from John Chalcroft)

M.C Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn) M.C
0.00 Plymouth 03.25d 04.35a 221.17
6.65 Hemerdon 03/35 04/27 214.32
16.15 Brent 03/45 04/10 205.02
23.12 Totnes 03.53a ~ 03.55d 03.56a ~ 03.58d 198.05
31.69 Newton Abbot 04.09a ~ 04.11d 03.41a ~ 03.43d 189.28
41.41 Dawlish Warren 04/22 03/32 179.56
52.03 Exeter St Davids 04.33a ~ 04.35d 03.20a ~ 03.22d 169.14
68.47 Tiverton Parkway 04.51a ~ 04.53d 02.50a ~ 02.52d 152.50
82.63 Taunton 05.07a ~ 05.09d 02.31a ~ 02.33d 138.34
94.28 Bridgwater 05/19 02/22 126.69
107.71 Uphill Jn 05/29 02/12 113.26
110.64 Worle Jn 05/31 02/10 110.33
127.39 Bristol Temple Meads 05.48a ~ 05.55d 01.53a ~ 01.55d 93.58
132.09 Filton Jn 06/02 01/44 89.08
133.28 Bristol Parkway 06.04a ~ 06.06d 01.40a ~ 01.42d 87.69
137.78 Westerleigh Jn 06/12 01/34 83.19
146.11 Charfield 06/19 01/23 75.06
159.36 Standish Jn 06/28 01/13 61.61
165.46 Gloucester Yard Jn 06/33 01/07 55.51
166.47 Gloucester 06.35a ~ 06.45d 00.52a ~ 01.05d 54.50
173.07 Cheltenham Spa 06.56a ~ 06.58d 00.40a ~ 00.42d 48.10
180.18 Ashchurch 07/06 00/34 40.79
- Worcester Shrub Hill - 00.17a ~ 00.19d 26.18
- Droitwich Spa - 00/08 20.39
191.05 Abbotswood Jn 07/17 - -
202.23 Stoke Works Jn 07/26 23/59 16.24
204.36 Bromsgrove 07/28 23/55 14.11
207.09 Blackwell 07/32 23/53 11.38
207.79 Barnt Green 07/33 23/52 10.48
212.69 Kings Norton Jn 07/41 23/45 5.58
217.10 Church Road Jn 07/47 23/38 1.37
218.47
0.00
Birmingham New Street 07L55a ~ 08L11d 23L23a ~ 23L33d 0.00
267.33
2.01 Soho South Jn 08/16 23/18 265.32
3.59 Galton Jn 08/19 23/13 263.54
7.24 Dudley Port 08/26 23/09 260.09
12.64 Wolverhampton 08.36a ~ 08.38d 23.02a ~ 23.04d 254.49
14.38 Bushbury Jn 08/40 23/00 252.75
28.15 Stafford 08/54 22/44 239.18
33.44 Norton Bridge 08/59 22/39 233.69
44.46 Madeley 09/07 22/31 222.67
52.54 Crewe 09c19 ~ 09c21 22c21 ~ 22c23 214.59
69.13 Weaver Jn 09/34 22/04 198.20
76.77 Warrington Bank Quay 09/40 21/58 190.36
80.10 Winwick Jn 09/42 21/56 187.23
88.43 Wigan North Western 09/48 21/50 178.70
96.14 Balshaw Lane Jn 09/54 21/45 171.19
98.17 Euxton Jn 10/00 21/43 169.16
103.53 Preston 10/04 21/38 163.60
124.51 Lancaster 10/20 21/16 142.62
130.59 Carnforth 10/25 21/12 136.54
143.59 Oxenholme 10/34 21/03 123.54
156.28 Tebay 10/44 20.54 111.05
175.71 Penrith 10/59 20/39 91.42
193.60 Carlisle 11c18 ~ 11c20 20c21 ~ 20c23 73.53
202.37 Gretna Jn 11/28 20/13 64.76
219.46 Lockerbie 11/41 19/56 47.67
228.15 Wamphray 11/47 19/50 39.18
243.44 Beattock Summit 11/59 19/40 23.69
251.50 Abington 12/05 19/34 15.63
266.74 Carstairs South Jn 12/20 19/23 0.40
267.32
0.00
Carstairs 12L22 ~ 12L28 19L16 ~ 19L22 0.00
28.50
0.71 Carstairs East Jn 12/31 19/13 27.59
6.14 Auchengray 12/37 19/06 22.36
16.56 Midcalder Jn 12/50 18/54 11.74
26.05 Slateford Jn 13/07 18/39 2.45
27.31 Haymarket 13/11 18/36 1.19
28.50 Edinburgh Waverley 13.14a 18.33d 0.00


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