26th July 1997

Pathfinder Tours
The Settle Excursioner

Locos Used 37198, 37376 & 47792

Route : 1Z27 throughout

Loco(s) Route
37198 + 37376 Exeter St Davids - Tiverton Parkway - Cogload Jn - Bridgwater - Weston-super-Mare - Bristol Temple Meads - Stapleton Road - Bristol Parkway - Cheltenham Spa - Ashchurch - Abbotswood Jn - Stoke Works Jn - Barnt Green - Kings Norton - Bordesley Jn - St Andrews Jn - Proof House Jn - Birmingham New Street
37376 + 37198 Birmingham New Street - Proof House Jn - Aston - Perry Barr North Jn - Bescot Stadium - Bushbury Jn - Stafford - Crewe - (via WCML) - Carlisle
37198 + 37376 Carlisle - (via S&C)  - Settle Jn - Hellifield - Clitheroe - Blackburn - Darwen - Bolton - Salford Crescent - Manchester Piccadilly - Slade Lane Jn - Stockport - Cheadle Hulme - Kidsgrove - Stoke-on-Trent - Stone - Norton Bridge - Stafford - Bushbury Jn - Portobello Jn - Bescot Stadium - Perry Barr North Jn - Aston - Proof House Jn - Birmingham New Street - Selly Oak - Kings Norton (1) - (reverse of outward route) - Bristol Temple Meads
47792 Bristol Temple Meads - (reverse of outward route) - Exeter St Davids

Notes :
(1) Train met with delay at Kings Norton as 37198 was low on power.

Sources : Andrew Wilson (joined Carlisle, left at Ribblehead),
Steve Marshall (Globe Video) & The Creech Crusader (joined/left at Taunton)

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from The Creech Crusader)

M.C Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual M.C
0.00 Exeter St Davids 05.00d ?   23.28a ? 738.39
1.20 Cowley Bridge Jn 05/03 ?   23/25 ? 737.19
16.46 Tiverton Parkway 05.17a ~ 05.19d ?   23.07a ~ 23.09d ? 721.73
30.60 Taunton 05.33a ~ 05.35d ??.?? ~ 05.37   22.50a ~ 22.52d 23.56 ~ 23.58 707.59
35.63 Cogload Jn 05/40 05/42   22/45 ? 702.56
42.25 Bridgwater 05.46a ~ 05.48d 05.50 ~ 05.52   22.37a ~ 22.39d 23.43 ~ 23.45 696.14
48.47 Highbridge & Burnham 05.55a ~ 05.56d 05.58 ~ 05.59   22.27a ~ 22.29d 23.33 ~ 23.35 689.72
55.68 Uphill Jn 06/05 06/07   22/19 ? 682.51
57.40 Weston-super-Mare 06.08a ~ 06.10d 06.10 ~ 06.12   22.06a ~ 22.16d 23.12 ~ 23.14 680.79
59.62 Worle Jn 06/14 06/16   22/02 ? 678.57
76.47 Bristol Temple Meads 06.32a ~ 06.35d 06.33 ~ 06.36   21.40a ~ 21.43d ? 661.72
78.10 Stapleton Road 06/39 06/40   21/34 ? 660.29
82.29 Bristol Parkway 06.45a ~ 06.47d 06.46 ~ 06.50   21.23a ~ 21.25d ? 656.10
86.79 Westerleigh Jn 06/53 06/56   21/16 ? 651.40
95.12 Charfield 07/03 07/05   21/07 ? 643.27
108.37 Standish Jn 07/14 07/14   20/56 ? 630.02
114.47 Gloucester Yard Jn 07/20 07/19   20/50 ? 623.72
120.77 Cheltenham Spa 07.27a ~ 07.30d 07.28 ~ 07.31   20.40a ~ 20.43 ? 617.42
128.08 Ashchurch 07/38 07/38   20/32 ? 610.31
138.75 Abbotswood Jn 07/47 07/45   20/23 ? 599.44
150.12 Stoke Works Jn 07/56 07/53   20/14 ? 588.27
152.25 Bromsgrove 07/58 07/55   20/12 ? 586.14
155.68 Barnt Green 08/03 08/00   20/09 ? 582.51
160.76 Kings Norton 08/11 08/06   19/57 ? 577.43

 

M.C Location Booked Actual
166.11 Bordesley Jn 08/19 08/15
166.37 St Andrews Jn 08/19 08/16
168.08 Birmingham New Street 08.26a ~ 08.51d 08.27 ~ 09.01
170.64 Aston 08/57 ?
173.06 Perry Barr North Jn 09/00 09/07
177.43 Bescot Stadium 09/08 09/15
181.60 Portobello Jn 09/14 09/19
184.28 Bushbury Jn 09/22 09/22
198.05 Stafford 09.33a ~ 09.35d 09.36 ~ 09.38
203.34 Norton Bridge 09/41 09/44
214.36 Madeley 09/50 09/53
222.42 Crewe 10c03a ~ 10c06d 10.06
230.03 Winsford SB 10/18 10/18
239.62 Weaver Jn 10/23 ?
246.53 Warrington Bank Quay 10/28 10/32
250.09 Winwick Jn 10/32 ?
253.33 Wigan North Western 10/41 10/48
268.07 Euxton Jn 10/55 10/57
273.43 Preston 11/02 11/05
294.41 Lancaster 11/23 11/26
296.33 Morecambe South Jn 11/25 11/30
300.49 Carnforth North Jn 11/28 11/34
313.49 Oxenholme 11/38 11/43
326.18 Tebay 11/50 11/56
345.61 Penrith 12/08 12/13
263.50 Carlisle 12.26a ~ 13.30d 12.27 ~ 13.38
364.42 Petteril bridge Jn 13/33 ?
373.38 Armathwaite 13/45 ?
379.04 Lazonby & Kirkoswald 13/51 13/55
383.31 Langwathby 13/56 14/00
394.32 Appleby 14/09 14/17
405.14 Kirkby Stephen 14/23 14/28
422.29 Blea Moor 14/43 14/48
424.34 Ribblehead 14p45a ~ 15p15d 14.52 ~ 15.15
435.24 Settle Jn 15/31 15/29
438.49 Hellifield 15p35a ~ 16p05d 15.31 ~ 16.19
451.77 Clitheroe 16/26 16/52
462.28 Daisyfield Jn 16/46 17/26
462.75 Blackburn 16c48a ~ 17c06d 17.28 ~ 17.31
467.07 Darwen 17/13 17/41
473.67 Bromley Cross 17/25 18/12
476.64 Bolton 17/31 18/16
485.55 Salford Crescent 17/55 18/26
486.51 Ordsall Lane Jn 17/46 ?
488.04 Manchester Piccadilly 17/53 ?
490.29 Slade Lane Jn 17/57 ?
493.74 Stockport 18c02a ~ 18c04d ?
496.15 Cheadle Hulme 18/08 19/05
505.71 Macclesfield 18/18 ?
513.63 Congleton 18/26 ?
519.37 Kidsgrove 18/30 19/16
525.68 Stoke-on-Trent 18/37 ?
532.76 Stone 18/45 ?
536.52 Norton bridge 18/53 ?
542.01 Stafford 18.58a ~ 18.59d 19.53
555.58 Bushbury Jn 19/14 ?
558.26 Portobello Jn 19/18 ?
562.43 Bescot Stadium 19/22 ?
567.00 Perry Barr North Jn 19/29 ?
569.22 Aston 19/32 ?
571.78 Birmingham New Street 19.39a ~ 19.43d ?
575.29 Selly Oak 19/52 ?

Timings continue in first table.

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