6th September 1992

Pathfinder Tours
The Leicester Looper Shuttles

Locos Used 37213, 37422, 37687, 56003, 56105, 58034, 58050, 60011 & 60093
Stock Used 13317+18729+18955+4912+3766+1882+21256+121+127+13320+13323

Route :
"The Leicester Looper"
1T05 : Manchester to Leicester
1T05 : Leicester to Manchester

"Leicester-Derby-Nottingham Triangle"
1T06 : 10.45 Leicester to Leicester
1T08 : 16.00 Leicester to Leicester

"Corby Circular"
1T07 throughout

Train Loco(s) Route
1T05 37687 + 37422 08.00 Manchester Piccadilly - Stockport - Stoke on Trent - Stafford - Nuneaton - Leicester
1T06 60093 10.45 Leicester - Loughborough - Nottingham
1T06 37213 11.51 Nottingham - Long Eaton - Derby
1T06 56003 12.26 Derby - Leicester
1T07 56003 (1) 13.30 Leicester - Kettering North Jn (2)
1T07 56105 (3) (1) Kettering North Jn - Corby - Manton Jn - Melton Mowbray - Syston - Leicester
1T08 58034 + 58050 16.00 Leicester - Loughborough - Derby
1T08 37213 17.05 Derby - Long Eaton - Nottingham
1T08 60011 17.45 Nottingham - Loughborough - Leicester
1T05 37422 + 37687 18.45 Leicester - Nuneaton - Stafford - Stoke on Trent - Stockport - Manchester Piccadilly

Notes :
(1) 56105 on rear.
(2) Booked reversal point was Kettering station, but to save time the train reversed at Kettering North Jn.
(3) 56003 on rear.


56003 at Derby on the 12.26 to Leicester (photo: Richard Rooker)


60093 at Leicester with the 10.45 to Nottingham (photo: Richard Rooker)


56105 on arrival back at Leicester with the 13.30 working (photo: Richard Rooker)


58034 + 58050 after arrival at Derby with the 16.00 ex Leicester (photo: Richard Rooker)


37213 at Derby on the 17.05 to Nottingham (photo: Richard Rooker)


60011 at Nottingham heading the 17.45 to Leicester (photo: Richard Rooker)

Sources : Simon Bennett & Alan Sheppard
(56003 run details from Ian Saunders, on at Nuneaton and off Leicester)

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Alan Sheppard)

M.C Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn) M.C
0.00 Manchester Piccadilly 08.00d 20.53a 109.16
2.25 Slade Lane Jn 08/04 20/49 106.71
5.15 Heaton Norris Jn 08/07 20/46 104.01
5.70 Stockport 08.09a ~ 08.11d 20.44a ~ 20.45d 103.26
6.12 Edgeley Jn 08/12 20/42 103.04
8.11 Cheadle Hulme 08/15 20/40 101.05
17.67 Macclesfield 08.24a ~ 08.26d 20.28a ~ 20.30d 91.29
31.33 Kidsgrove 08/40 20/13 77.63
37.64 Stoke-on-Trent 08.48a ~ 08.50d 20.04a ~ 20.06d 71.32
38.17 Stoke Jn 08/52 20/02 70.79
44.72 Stone 09/00 19/54 64.24
48.48 Norton Bridge 09/06 19/48 60.48
53.77 Stafford 09.13a ~ 09.15d 19.40a ~ 19.42d 55.19
60.32 Colwich Jn 09/21 19/34 48.64
66.09 Armitage Jn 09/27 19/30 43.07
71.17 Lichfield Trent Valley 09/31 19/27 37.79
77.28 Tamworth LL 09/36 19/22 31.68
90.30 Nuneaton 09.48a ~ 09.50d 19.12a ~ 19.14d 18.66
91.27 Midland Jn 09/52 19/10 17.69
94.49 Hinckley 09/56 19/02 14.47
106.00 Wigston North Jn 10/12 18/51 3.16
109.16 Leicester 10.25a 18.45d 0.00

 

M.C Location 1T06 Booked 1T08 Booked M.C
0.00 Leicester 10.45d 18.17a (18.25 actual) 27.40
4.71 Syston South Jn 10/53 ? ?
? Syston North Jn ? 18/11 22.22
12.39 Loughborough 11/02 18/04 15.01
? Trent Jn ? 17/56 7.31
20.00 Trent 11/19 17/55 6.60
26.57 Mansfield Jn 11/28 17/48 0.63
27.40
0.00		 Nottingham 11L31a ~ 11L51d 17L29a ~ 17L45d 0.00
16.00
0.63 Mansfield 11/54 17/26 15.17
6.60 Trent 12/01 17/18 9.20
7.21 Sheet Stores Jn 12/03 17/16 8.59
13.30 Spondon 12/10 17/10 2.50
16.00
0.00		 Derby 12L16a ~ 12L26d 16L40a ~ 17L05d 0.00
29.30
2.50 Spondon 12/31 16/33 26.60
8.59 Sheet Stores Jn 12/38 16/26 20.51
9.21 Trent Jn 12/39 16/23 20.09
16.71 Loughborough 12/46 16/17 12.39
24.39 Syston South Jn 12/52 16/08 4.71
29.30 Leicester 13.08a 16.00d 0.00

 

M.C Location Booked Actual
0.00 Leicester 13.30d 13.41
3.16 Wigston North Jn 13/36 ?
16.13 Market Harborough 13/48 ?
25.15 Kettering North Jn 13/59 14.12a
27.06
0.00		 Kettering 14.03a ~ 14.08d DIV
1.71 Kettering North Jn 14/11 14.20d
7.24 Corby North Jn 14/28 14/35
18.17 Manton Jn 14/59 14/48
33.16 Melton Mowbray 15/11 15/03
42.78 Syston East Jn 15/22 15/12
43.22 Syston South Jn 15/23 15/13
48.13 Leicester 15.38a 15.24


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