Steve Bates & Glenn Ford
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Pathfinder Tours
The Bolsover Balladeer
| Locos Used | 20148, 20185, 37896, 37899 & 47581 |
Route : 1Z38 (throughout?)
| Loco(s) | Route |
| 47581 | 02.35 Worcester Shrub Hill - Bristol Temple Meads |
| 37896 + 37899 | Bristol Temple Meads - Bristol Parkway - Acton - Hendon (freight) - Trent High Level - Tapton Jn - Tinsley Yard - Swinton - Doncaster Decoy South - Firbeck West Jn |
| 20148 + 20185 (1) | Firbeck West Jn - Haworth Colliery |
| 37896 + 37899 (2) | Haworth Colliery - Worksop |
| 20148 + 20185 (2) | Worksop - Elmton and Creswell Jn |
| 37896 + 37899 (2) | Elmton and Creswell Jn - Seymour Jn |
| 20148 + 20185 (2) | Seymour Jn - Bolsover Colliery |
| 37896 + 37899 (2) | Bolsover Colliery - Seymour Jn |
| 37896 + 37899 | Seymour Jn - Barrow Hill North Jn - Toton Jn - Trent East -South Jns - Leicester - Nuneaton Flyover - Water Orton (3) |
| 37899 (3) | Water Orton - Landor St Jn - Kings Norton - Worcester Shrub Hill - Cheltenham Spa - Bristol Parkway - Bristol Temple Meads |
Notes :
(1) 37896 + 37899 on rear.
(2) 20148 + 20185 on rear.
(3) Steve Bates comments : On the return 37896 shut down in the Water Orton
area, but was left on the train with the Driver being happy to go with just
37899 working through to Temple Meads
Sources : Steve Cassidy
(joined at Bristol Parkway, left at Bristol Temple Meads)
Steve Bates & Glenn Ford
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