28th May 1994
Pathfinder Tours
The Leeky Pot
| Locos Used | 31110, 31145, 31185 & 31302 | 
| Stock Used | 5023+4959+4915+4998+17151+17165+5007+4939+4938+4977 | 
Route : 1Z18 throughout
| Locos | Route | 
| 31145 + 31302 | Bristol Temple Meads - Filton Jn - Bristol Parkway - Westerleigh Jn - Standish Jn - Cheltenham Spa - Abbotswood Jn - Worcester Shrub Hill - Droitwich Spa - Kidderminster - Stourbridge Junction - Galton Jn - Birmingham New Street - Aston - Bescot Stadium - Walsall - - Hednesford - Rugeley - Colwich - Stone Jn - Stoke-on-Trent | 
| 31185 + 31110 (1) | Stoke-on-Trent - Leek Brook Jn - Caldon Low | 
| 31145 + 31302 (2) | Caldon Low - Leek Brook Jn - Stoke-on-Trent | 
| 31110 + 31185 (1) | Stoke-on-Trent - Norton Bridge - Stafford - (via Oxley Chord) - Ironbridge | 
| 31145 + 31302 (2) | Ironbridge - Wolverhampton - Dudley Port - Birmingham New Street | 
| 31145 + 31302 | Birmingham New Street - Aston - Perry Barr South Jn - Soho North Jn - Galton Jn - (reverse of outward route) - Bristol Temple Meads | 
Notes :
(1) 31145 + 31302 on rear.
(2) 31110 + 31185 on rear.
(3) Steve Clarks comments : "my notes indicate that the rear 31s assisted
up from Leekbrook Jn to Caldon and also in places between Stafford and Madeley
Jn."
Sources : Jonathan Wilcox
(joined/left train at Kidderminster), Steve Clark
& Alan Sheppard (joined Birmingham New Street, left Bristol Temple Meads)
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Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Alan Sheppard & Alan Vickers)
| M.C | Location | Booked | Actual | Booked | Actual | M.C | |
| 0.00 | Bristol Temple Meads | 07.58d | ? | 21.53a | 22.49a | 138.03 | |
| 0.46 | Dr Days Jn | 08/01 | ? | 21/46 | ? | 137.37 | |
| 4.43 | Filton Jn | 08/07 | ? | 21/38 | ? | 133.40 | |
| 5.62 | Bristol Parkway | 08.10a ~ 08.12d | ??.?? ~ 08.12 | 21.34a ~ 21.36d | 22.38 ~ 22.40 | 132.21 | |
| 10.32 | Westerleigh Jn | 08/18 | ? | 21/28 | ? | 127.51 | |
| 11.55 | Yate | 08/20 | ? | 21/26 | 22/27 | 126.28 | |
| 18.45 | Charfield | 08/27 | ? | 21/16 | ? | 119.38 | |
| 31.70 | Standish Jn | 08/40 | ? | 21/03 | ? | 106.13 | |
| 38.00 | Gloucester Yard Jn | 08/49 | ? | 20/57 | ? | 100.03 | |
| 38.67 | Barnwood Jn | 08/54 | ? | 20/56 | ? | 99.16 | |
| 44.30 | Cheltenham Spa | 09.01a ~ 09.03d | 08.57 ~ 09.03 | 20.45a ~ 20.47d | 21.52 ~ 21.54 | 93.53 | |
| 51.41 | Ashchurch | 09/12 | ? | 20/35 | ? | 86.42 | |
| 62.28 | Abbotswood Jn | 09/23 | ? | 20/25 | 21/36 | 75.55 | |
| 63.10 | Norton Jn | 09/33 | ? | 20/24 | ? | 74.73 | |
| 66.15 | Worcester Shrub Hill | 09.44a ~ 09.48d | 09.31 ~ 09.49 | 20.17a ~ 20.19d | 21.27 ~ 21.29 | 71.68 | |
| 66.55 | Tunnel Jn | 09/54 | ? | 20/16 | ? | 71.28 | |
| 71.74 | Droitwich Spa | 10/00 | ? | 20/10 | 21/20 | 66.09 | |
| 77.56 | Hartlebury | 10/06 | ? | 20/05 | ? | 60.27 | |
| 81.30 | Kidderminster | 10.11a ~ 10.15d | 10.14 ~ 10.15 | 19.59a ~ 20.01d | 21.06 ~ 21.08 | 56.53 | |
| 88.09 | Stourbridge Junction | 10/24 | ? | 19/51 | ? | 49.74 | |
| 96.33 | Galton Jn | 10/47 | ? | 19/39 | 20/44 | 41.50 | 
| M.C | Location | Booked | Actual | 
| 98.11 | Soho South Jn | 10/49 | ? | 
| 100.12 | Birmingham New Street | 10.54a ~ 10.57d | 10.54 ~ 10.57 | 
| 100.68 | Proof House Jn | 10/59 | ? | 
| 102.68 | Aston | 11/04 | 11/04 | 
| 105.10 | Perry Barr North Jn | 11/09 | 11/07 | 
| 109.47 | Bescot Stadium | 11/14 | 11/15 | 
| 110.34 | Pleck Jn | 11/16 | 11/18 | 
| 111.21 | Walsall | 11/18 | 11/21 | 
| 111.71 | Rycroft Jn | 11/20 | 11/24 | 
| 121.03 | Hednesford | 11/41 | 11/48 | 
| 126.60 | Rugeley North Jn | 12/00 | 12/02 | 
| 129.29 | Colwich | 12/03 | 12/05 | 
| 141.10 | Stone Jn | 12/15 | 12/17 | 
| 147.54 | Stoke Jn | 12/23 | 12/25 | 
| 148.10 0.00  | 
      Stoke-on-Trent | 12L24a ~ 12L44d | 12.26 ~ 12.44 | 
| 0.10 | Glebe Jn | 12/45 | 12/44 | 
| 10.69 | Leek Brook Jn | 13/51 | 13/31 | 
| 18.77 0.00  | 
      Caldon Low | 14.39a ~ 14.56d | 14.26 ~ 14.30 | 
| 8.08 | Leek Brook Jn | 15/44 | 15p05a ~ 15p39d | 
| 18.67 | Glebe Jn | 16/50 | 16.22a ~ 16.28d | 
| 18.77 0.00  | 
      Stoke-on-Trent | 16.59a ~ 17.04d | 16.33 ~ 16.40 | 
| 0.36 | Stoke Jn | 17/06 | 16.42a ~ 16.44d | 
| 7.00 | Stone Jn | 17/13 | 16/52 | 
| 10.64 | Norton Bridge | 17/19 | 16/58 | 
| 16.13 | Stafford | 17/24 | 17/05 | 
| 29.70 | Bushbury Jn | 17/37 | 17/22 | 
| 31.01 | Stafford Road Jn (Oxley Jn) | 17/39 | 17.27a ~ 17.33d | 
| 38.68 | Cosford | 17/48 | 17/52 | 
| 44.25 | Madeley Jn | 17/53 | 18/01 | 
| 50.34 0.00  | 
      Ironbridge | 18.03a ~ 18.08d | 18.33 ~ 18.35 | 
| 6.09 | Madeley Jn | 18/18 | 19/04 | 
| 11.46 | Cosford | 18/23 | 19/10 | 
| 20.06 | Wolverhampton North Jn | 18/36 | 19.20a ~ 19.26d | 
| 20.49 | Wolverhampton | 18.39a ~ 18.41d | 19.29 ~ 19.31 | 
| 26.09 | Dudley Port | 18/53 | 19/38 | 
| 29.54 | Galton Jn | 19/01 | 19/42 | 
| 31.32 | Soho South Jn | 19/03 | 19/43 | 
| 33.33 | Birmingham New Street | 19L08a ~ 19L18d | 19.53 ~ 20.18 | 
| 34.09 | Proof House Jn | 19/20 | 20/20 | 
| 36.09 | Aston | 19/25 | 20/25 | 
| 37.65 | Perry Barr South Jn | 19/29 | 20/29 | 
| 38.03 | Perry Barr West Jn | 19/30 | 20/30 | 
| 40.02 | Soho East Jn | 19/34 | 20/34 | 
| 40.24 | Soho North Jn | 19/35 | ? | 
Timings continue in first table.
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