31st March 1990

Pathfinder Tours
The Mendip Quarryman

Locos Used 33101, 47817, 56041 & steam: 69023

Route: 1Z37 throughout

Loco(s) Route
47817 (4) Manchester Piccadilly - Slade Lane Jn - Heaton Norris Jn - Stockport - Cheadle Hulme - Wilmslow - Sandbach - Crewe  -(via WCML) - Stafford -  Bushbury Jn - Wolverhampton - Portobello Jn - Darlaston Jn - Bescot - Perry Barr North Jn - Perry Barr West Jn - Soho East Jn - Soho South Jn - Birmingham New Street - Proof House Jn - St Andrews Jn - Bordesley Jn - Kings Norton - Stoke Works Jn - Droitwich Spa - Tunnel Jn - Worcester Shrub Hill - Norton Jn - Evesham - Wolvercot Jn - Oxford - Didcot North Jn - (via Didcot Avoiding line) - Didcot East Jn - Reading West Jn - Southcote Jn - Mortimer - Basingstoke - Andover
47817 (1) Andover - Ludgershall
33101 (2) Ludgershall - Andover
47817 Andover - Salisbury - Westbury
56041 Westbury - Fairwood Jn - Clink Road Jn - (via Frome avoiding line) - Blatchbridge Jn - Witham East Somerset Jn - Merehead Quarry Jn - Cranmore (3)
56041 Cranmore - (reverse of outward route) - Westbury
47817 Westbury - Fairwood Jn - Clink Road Jn - Frome North Jn - Whatley Quarry
47817 Whatley Quarry - (reverse of outward route) - Westbury - Trowbridge - Bradford South Jn - Bathampton Jn - Bath Spa - North Somerset Jn - Dr Days Jn - Stapleton Road - Filton Jn - Bristol Parkway - Westerleigh Jn - Yate - Standish Jn - Gloucester Yard Jn - Barnwood Jn - Cheltenham Spa - Abbotswood Jn - (via Spetchley) - Stoke Works Jn - (reverse of outward route) - Kings Norton - Selly Oak - Birmingham New Street - Proof House Jn - Aston - Perry Barr South Jn - Perry Barr West Jn - Soho East Jn - Soho North Jn - Dudley Port - Wolverhampton - (reverse of outward route) - Manchester Piccadilly

Notes:
(1) 33101 on rear.
(2) 47817 on rear.
(3) On arrival at Cranmore the tour stock was shunted out of the way and two runs took place on the East Somerset Railway from Cranmore to Mendip Vale and back using ex LNER 0-6-0T 69023.
(4) Other internet sources report the train arriving into Worcester Shrub Hill hauled by 47827 but this is an error (a published photo of the train arriving into Shrub Hill appears, from it's dirty condition, to show 47817, although it is captioned as 47827). Confirmation is however required that 47817 worked throughout from Manchester Piccadilly to Worcester (and back in the evening from Bristol Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly)...and also the routing (above to Worcester in the morning and the return from Bristol is as booked).

Sources : various including Kevin Gaylard (joined/left the train at Westbury),
Lydney Jeff & John Cassey (both joined the train at Worcester Shrub Hill/left at Bristol Parkway)

Photo Review


47817 arriving into Worcester Shrub Hill (photo: John Cassey)


33101 at Andover (photo: John Cassey)


56041 at Cranmore (photo: John Cassey)


69023 at Cranmore (photo: John Cassey)


Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from John Cassey)

M.C Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual M.C
0.00 Manchester Piccadilly 06.21d ?   22.58a ? 223.10
2.25 Slade Lane Jn 06/26 ?   22/55 ? 220.65
5.15 Heaton Norris Jn 06/29 ?   22/52 ? 217.75
5.70 Stockport 06.31a ~ 06.32d ?   22.45a ~ 22.50d ? 217.20
6.12 Edgeley Jn 06/33 ?   22/43 ? 216.78
8.11 Cheadle Hulme 06/36 ?   22/41½ ? 214.79
12.06 Wilmslow 06/39 ?   22/38½ ? 211.04
13.50 Alderley Edge 06/41 ?   22/37 ? 209.40
26.21 Sandbach 06/50½ ?   22/27 ? 196.69
30.71 Crewe 07.00a ~ 07.02d ?   22.14a ~ 22.19d ? 192.19
38.77 Madeley 07/13 ?   22/03 ? 184.13
49.79 Norton Bridge 07/23 ?   21/53 ? 173.11
55.28 Stafford 07.28a ~ 07.31d ?   21.45a ~ 21.47d ? 167.62
69.05 Bushbury Jn 07/48½ ?   21/33 ? 154.05
70.59 Wolverhampton 07.52a ~ 07.54d ?   21.28a ~ 21.30d ? 152.31
- Dudley Port   21/21½ ? 146.71
- Galton Jn   21/18 ? 143.26
- Soho North Jn   21/15 ? 142.00
72.43 Portobello Jn 07/59 ?  
75.42 Darlaston Jn 08/03 ?  
76.60 Bescot 08/04 ?  
81.17 Perry Barr North Jn 08/08 ?  
81.56 Perry Barr West Jn 08/09 ?  
83.55 Soho East Jn 08/13 ?   21/14   141.58
- Perry Barr West Jn   21/10 ? 139.59
84.08 Soho South Jn 08/14 ?  
- Perry Barr   21/08 ? 139.19
- Aston   21/05½ ? 137.54
- Proof House Jn   21/02½ ? 135.54
85.56 Birmingham New Street 08.19a ~ 08.21d ?   20.57a ~ 21.00d ? 134.78
86.30 Proof House Jn 08/28½ ?  
87.27 St Andrews Jn 08/31½ ?  
87.53 Bordesley Jn 08/32½ ?  
? Camp Hill 08/33½ ?  
- Selly Oak   20/50 ? 131.47
92.68 Kings Norton 08/42 ?   20/47½ ? 129.33
97.76 Barnt Green 08/48 ?   20/43 ? 124.25
101.39 Bromsgrove 08/51 ?   20/38 ? 120.62
103.52 Stoke Works Jn 08/53 ?   20/36 ? 118.49

 

M.C Location Booked Actual
107.67 Droitwich Spa 08/59 ?
112.79 Tunnel Jn 09/05 ?
113.46 Worcester Shrub Hill 09.06a ~ 09.20d 09.10 ~ 09.21
116.51 Norton Jn 09/24 09/25
? Evesham S.B. 09t33 ~ 09t34 09.34 ~ 09.34
127.26 Evesham 09x35 ~ 09x41 09.36 ~ 09.50
142.25 Moreton-in-Marsh 09t58 ~ 09t59 10.06 ~ 10.08
153.45 Ascott-under-Wychwood 10/09 10/18
167.49 Wolvercot Jn 10*21 ~ 10*25 10.30 ~ 10.31
170.40 Oxford 10.31a ~ 10.33d 10.36 ~ 10.38
180.07 Didcot North Jn 10/42 10/48
181.14 Didcot East Jn 10/43 10/49
197.55 Reading West Jn 10/58 11/03
198.16 Oxford Road Jn 10/59 11/04
199.00 Southcote Jn 11/01 11/06
212.57 Basingstoke 11c15 ~ 11c16 11.21 ~ 11.22
231.15 Andover 11L36a ~ 11L46d 11.39 ~ 11.55
238.41 Ludgershall Loop 12.06 ~ 12.26 12.32 ~ 12.35
245.67 Andover 12L46a ~ 13L06d 13.07 ~ 13.15
262.67 Tunnel Jn 13/27 13/31
263.11 Salisbury 13c30 ~ 13c31 13.35 ~ 13.35
264.05 Wilton Jn 13/36 13/39
282.01 Warminster 13/58 13/58
286.54
0.00		 Westbury 14L04a ~ 14L19d 14.05 ~ 14.19
1.34 Fairwood Jn 14/21 14/22
4.56 Clink Road Jn 14/25 14/25
6.58 Blatchbridge Jn 14/27 14/27
10.68 East Somerset Jn 14/32 14/33
14.34 Merehead Quarry Jn 14/42 14/43
15.41 Merehead West 14.45 ~ 14.50 14/47
- Cranmore East G.F. 14.53 ~ 14.38 14/52
16.41 Cranmore 15.00a ~ 16.30d 14.54 ~ 17.00
- Cranmore East G.F. 16.32 ~ 16.37 17/01
17.41 Merehead West 16.0 ~ 16.45 17/03
18.48 Merehead Quarry Jn 16/48 17/05
22.14 East Somerset Jn 16*58 ~ 17*01  
26.24 Blatchbridge Jn 17/07 17/18
28.26 Clink Road Jn 17/09 17/20
31.48 Fairwood Jn 17/12 17/23
33.02
0.00		 Westbury 17L15a ~ 17L30d 17.27 ~ 17.38
1.34 Fairwood Jn 17/32 17/40
4.56 Clink Road Jn 17/36 17/45
5.33 Frome North Jn 17/38 17/47
9.33 Whatley Quarry 17.58 ~ 18.13 18.01 ~ 18.21
13.33 Frome North Jn 18/38 18/39
14.10 Clink Road Jn 18/40 18/41
17.32 Fairwood Jn 18/43 18/45
18.66 Westbury 18c46 ~ 18c48 18.48 ~ 18.52
24.10 Bradford Jn 18/57 18/59
33.32 Bathampton Jn 19/08 19/10
45.27 North Somerset Jn 19/22 19/25
45.50 Dr Days Jn 19/24 19/27
46.47 Stapleton Road 19/27 19/29
49.47 Filton Jn 19/31 19/33
50.66 Bristol Parkway 19.33a ~ 19.35d 19.35 ~ ??.??
55.36 Westerleigh Jn 19/41 ?
63.49 Charfield 19/49 ?
76.74 Standish Jn 19/58 ?
83.04 Gloucester Yard Jn 20/03 ?
83.71 Barnwood Jn 20/04 ?
89.34 Cheltenham Spa 20.09a ~ 20.11d ?
96.45 Ashchurch 20/19 ?
107.32 Abbotswood Jn 20/27 ?

Timings continue in first table.

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