20th April 1996

Pathfinder Tours
The Southern Coasterman

Locos Used 09025, 33026, 33057 & E5001
Stock Used 3148+4949+4939+4925+21246+5037+5027+5005+5023

Route : 1Z33 throughout

Loco(s) Route
33026 + 33057 Bristol Temple Meads - Stapleton Road - Filton Jn - Bristol Parkway - Westerleigh Jn - Charfield - Standish Jn - Barnwood Jn - Cheltenham Spa - Abbotwsood Jn - Norton Jn - Worcester Shrub Hill - Droitwich Spa - Stoke Works Jn - Bromsgrove - Kings Norton - Selly Oak - Birmingham New Street - Proof House Jn - Stechford - Birmingham International - Coventry - Kenilworth - Leamington Spa - Banbury - Oxford - Didcot Parkway - Reading West Jn - Oxford Road Jn - Southcote Jn - Basingstoke
E5001 Basingstoke - Worting Jn - Winchester - Eastleigh - Botley - Fareham - Cosham - Chichester - Worthing - Hove - Preston Park
09025 (1) Preston Park - Brighton
E5001 Brighton - Falmer - Lewes - Polegate - Eastbourne
33026 + 33057 Eastbourne - Polegate - Lewes - Plumpton - Keymer Jn - Haywards Heath - Three Bridges - Gatwick Airport - Earlswood - Redhill - Stoats Nest Jn - East Croydon - Selhurst - Streatham Common - Balham - Clapham Junction - Kensington Olympia - Mitre Bridge Jn (via Down Low Level Goods) - Willesden - (WCML via Northampton) - Rugby - Coventry - (reverse of outward route) - Bristol Temple Meads

Notes :
(1) E5001 on rear.

Sources : Richard Hughes, Jonathan Wilcox & Kevin Stroud

Photo Review
 (all photos: Pete Drury)


E5001 pauses at Basingstoke.


09025 at the buffers of Brighton station.


E5001 at Eastbourne.


Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Nigel Rollings & Pete Drury)

M.C Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual M.C
0.00 Bristol Temple Meads 05.35d ?   22.05a ? 271.68
0.46 Dr Days Jn 05/38 ?   22/02 ? 271.22
4.43 Filton Jn 05/45 ?   21/56 ? 267.25
5.62 Bristol Parkway 05.48a ~ 05.50d ?   21.52a ~ 21.54d ? 266.06
10.32 Westerleigh Jn 05/56 ?   21/45 ? 261.36
18.45 Charfield 06/06 ?   21/35 ? 253.13
31.70 Standish Jn 06/20 ?   21/21 ? 239.68
38.00 Gloucester Yard Jn 06/28 ?   21/14 ? 233.58
38.67 Barnwood Jn 06/29 ?   21/13 ? 232.71
44.30 Cheltenham Spa 06.37a ~ 06.40d ?   21.02a ~ 21.05d ? 227.28
51.41 Ashchurch 06/49 ?   20/52 ? 220.17
62.28 Abbotswood Jn 06/59 ?   20*35a ~ 20*40d ? 209.30
66.15 Worcester Shrub Hill 07.06a ~ 07.08d 07.05 ~ 07.08   20.25a ~ 20.27d 20.52 ~ ??.?? 205.43
71.74 Droitwich Spa 07/19 07/16   20/17 20/44 199.64
76.09 Stoke Works Jn 07/25 07/22   20/09 20/39 195.49
78.22 Bromsgrove 07/28 07/24   20/05 20/35 193.36
81.65 Barnt Green 07/33 07/29   20/01 20/31 189.73
86.73 Kings Norton 07/38 07/34   19/56 20/25 184.65
89.07 Selly Oak 07/43 07/36   19/52 20/22 182.51
92.38 Birmingham New Street 07.52a ~ 07.55d 07.44 ~ 07.55   19.29a ~ 19.42d 20.13 ~ 20.16 179.20
96.23 Stechford 08/02 08/01   19/23 20/03 175.35
100.56 Birmingham International 08/10 08/07   19/15 19/55 171.02
111.32 Coventry 08.23a ~ 08.25d 08.24 ~ 08.27   18.54a ~ 19.02d 19.36 ~ 19.38 160.26

 

M.C Location Booked Actual
115.38 Kenilworth 08/32 08.35 ~ 08.43
120.66 Leamington Spa 08*41a ~ 08*50d 08/51
132.15 Fenny Compton 09/04 09/04
140.75 Banbury 09/13 09/14
145.79 Aynho Jn 09/18 09/18
151.70 Heyford 09/24 09/23
160.59 Wolvercot Jn 09/33 09/30
163.50 Oxford 09/36 09/33
174.01 Didcot Parkway 09.48a ~ 09.50d 09.44 ~ 09.50
190.15 Reading West Jn 10/09 10/08
190.56 Oxford Road Jn 10*11 ~ 10*15 10.11 ~ 10.13
192.01 Southcote Jn 10/17 10/16
205.58
0.00		 Basingstoke 10L40a ~ 10L51d 10.42 ~ 10.52
2.40 Worting Jn 10/55 10/56
20.58 Winchester 11/10 11/10
27.54 Eastleigh 11/23 11/28
33.11 Botley 11/35 11/36
38.40 Fareham 11/51 11/48
44.25 Cosham 11/58 11/57
48.25 Havant 12/04 12/03
57.15 Chichester 12/15 12/14
63.37 Barnham 12/24 12/26
66.65 Arundel Jn 12/32 12/31
75.20 Worthing 12c45a ~ 12c58d 12.47 ~ 12.58
84.31 Hove 13/11 13/12
85.66
0.00		 Preston Park 13L14 ~ 13L25 13.18 ~ 13.27
1.28
0.00		 Brighton 13L29a ~ 14L10d 13.38 ~ 14.15
7.77 Lewes 14/22 14/27
9.14 Southerham Jn 14/25 14/31
19.42 Polegate 14/36 14/52
23.73
0.00		 Eastbourne 14L43a ~ 15L06d 15.04 ~ 15.31
4.31 Polegate 15/12 15.41 ~ 15.45
14.59 Southerham Jn 15/23 15/56
15.76 Lewes 15/26 15/59
25.01 Keymer Jn 15/36 16/10
28.11 Haywards Heath 15/41 16/14
34.42 Balcombe Tunnel Jn 15/49 ?
39.23 Gatwick Airport 15/56 16/26
44.20 Earlswood 16/01 16/45
45.09 Redhill 16/03 16/47
51.45 Stoats Nest Jn 16/13 16/54
55.37 East Croydon 16/19 17/00
59.29 Streatham Common 16/30 17/05
61.25 Balham 16/33 ?
63.20 Clapham Junction 16.40a ~ 16.44d 17.12 ~ 17.18
63.66 Latchmere Jn 16/47 17/20
66.49 Kensington Olympia 16/51 17/25
68.74 Mitre Bridge Jn 16/59 17/29
69.23 Willesden West London Jn 17/04 17/31
75.30 Harrow & Wealdstone 17/11 17/50
81.35 Watford Junction 17/17 17/59
95.53 Tring 17/32 18/14
102.16 Ledburn Jn 17/40 18/21
110.46 Bletchley 17/48 18/32
113.65 Milton Keynes Central 17/52 18/36
120.47 Hanslope Jn 17/59 19/44
129.68 Northampton 18/18 18/55
139.37 Long Buckby 18/29 19/06
148.67 Rugby 18*38 ~ 18*41 19/17

Timings continue in first table.

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