12th March 2009

Pathfinder Tours
The Tyne Tornado

Locos Used 67001, 67006 & steam: 60163 'Tornado'
Stock Used (1) 17007+35469+3098+3122+80041+3112+3140+3107+3110+1863+5009+4927+5350

Route:
1Z33 : Cardiff Central to Newcastle
1Z36 : Newcastle to Cardiff Central

Loco(s) Route
67001 + 67006 Cardiff Central - Newport - Severn Tunnel Junction - Chepwtow - Gloucester - Cheltenham Spa - Abbotswood Jn - Stoke Works Jn - Barnt Green - King's Norton - Lifford East Jn - Bordesley Jn - St Andrews Jn - Landor Streeet Jn - Water Orton - Coleshill Parkway - Whitacre Jn - Tamworth - Wichnor Jn - Burton-on-Trent - Stenson Jn - Derby - Ambergate Jn - Clay Cross South Jn - Chesterfield - Tapton Jn - Barrow Hill North Jn - Beighton Jn - Rotherham Masborough - Aldwarke Jn - Swinton - Moorthorpe - Pontefract Baghill - Milford Jn - Church Fenton - York
60163 York - (via ECML) - Newcastle
60163 Newcastle - (via ECML) - York
67001 + 67006 York - (reverse of outward route) - Landor Street Jn - Grand Jn - Birmingham New Street - Selly Oak - King's Norton - (reverse of outward route) - Cardiff Central

Notes :
(1) 17007 only in consist when 60163 was on the train.
(2) Howard Parker comments: The route between Cardiff and Coleshill is as shown in the tour booklet and therefore assumed to be correct. Similarly, the locos for that part of the route are assumed. On the outward journey, the tour was booked to cross to the down slow line at Ferryhill South junction to be overtaken by service trains, but remained on the down fast and then waited in the down slow loop north of Durham station for a Cross Country train and an East Coast train to pass. On the return, the tour was booked to wait in Broadholme up loop (north of Belper) for an up Cross Country train to overtake but this was running late so the tour continued on the up main to Derby and the service train overtook there, resulting in the slight delay to the departure of the tour.

Sources : Howard Parker (joined/left the train at Coleshill Parkway) & Paul Braybrook

Photo Review


67001 leads 67006 into York (photo: Paul Braybrook)


60163 runs through Northallerton en-route to Newcastle (photo: Paul Braybrook)


Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Paul Braybrook & Howard Parker)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Cardiff Central 06.16d ?   01.54a ?
Marshfield 06/37 ?   01/44 ?
Newport 06.45a ~ 06.47d ??.?? ~ ??.??   01.29a ~ 01.32d ??.?? ~ ??.??
Severn Tunnel Junction 06/59 ?   01/12 ?
Chepstow 07/07 ?   00/50 ?
Lydney 07/18 ?   00/38 ?
Awre 07/23 ?   00/29 ?
Gloucester 07.37a ~ 07.39d ??.?? ~ ??.??   00.12a ~ 00.14d ??.?? ~ ??.??
Barnwood Jn 07/42 ?   00/09 ?
Cheltenham Spa 07.48a ~ 07.50d ??.?? ~ ??.??   00.00a ~ 00.02d ??.?? ~ ??.??
Ashchurch 07/58 ?   23/52 ?
Abbotswood Jn 08/06 ?   23/45 ?
Stoke Works Jn 08/15 ?   23/37 ?
Bromsgrove 08/17 ?   23/35 ?
Barnt Green 08/23 ?   23.28a ~ 23.30d ?
Longbridge 08/26 ?   23/24 ?
King's Norton 08/30 ?   23/21 ?
Bordesley Jn 08/38 ?  
St Andrews Jn 08/39 ?  
Selly Oak   23/18 ?
Birmingham New Street   23.00a ~ 23.08d ?
Landor Street Jn 08/41 ?   22/54 ?
Water Orton 08/54 ?   22/45 ?
Coleshill Parkway 08.59a ~ 09.01d 08.51 ~ 09.01   22.39a ~ 22.41d 22.28 ~ ??.??
Whitacre Jn 09/06 09/04   22/34 22/23
Kingsbury Jn 09/17 09.08 ~ 09.18   22/24 22/17
Tamworth 09/26 09/24   22/12 22/08
Wichnor Jn 09/32 09/29   22/02 ?
Burton-on-Trent 09.38a ~ 09.41d 09.36 ~ 09.41   21.49a ~ 21.51d 21.51 ~ 21.53
Stenson Jn 09/49 09/46   21/42 ?
Derby 09.55a ~ 09.57d 09.58 ~ 10.15   21.22a ~ 21.34d 21.18 ~ 21.38 [P1]
Broadholme Loop ? ?   21*01 ~ 21*09 ??/??
Ambergate Jn 10/12 10/26   20/58 21/06
Clay Cross North Jn 10/21 10/33 [Dn Erewash]   20/46 20/47 [Up Derby]
Chesterfield 10/24 10/37   20/43 20/43
Tapton Jn 10/27 10/39   20/40 20/42 [Up Erewash]
Beighton Jn 10/35 10/46   20/29 ?
Treeton Jn 10/40 ?   20/23 ?
Masborough Station Jn 10/46 10/53   20/20 20/25
Aldwarke Jn 10/49 10/56   20/16 20/22
Swinton 10/50 10/57   20/14 20/19
Moorthorpe 10/56 11/04   20/06 20/10
Ferrybridge North Jn 11/06 11/16   19/48 ?
Milford Jn 11/25 11/23   19/39 19/47
Church Fenton 11/31 11/33 [Dn Leeds]   19/33 19/40
Colton South Jn 11/36 11/38   19/25 19/35 [Up Normanton]
York 11L42a ~ 12L04d 11.45 ~ 12.12 [P10]   18L48a ~ 19L17d 18.48 ~ 19.27 [P10]
Skelton Jn 12/08 12/16   18/43 18/44
Tollerton Jn 12/18 ?   18/28 18/30
Thirsk 12/29 12/34   18/14 18/17
Northallerton 12/36 12/41   18/06 18/08
Darlington 12/48 12/52   17/55 17/55
Ferryhill South Jn 12/58 13/02 [DF]   17/46 17/44
Turdale Jn 13*03 ~ 13*15 ?   17/44 17/42
Dutham 13/36 13/11   17/37 17/36
Durham Down Loop - 13.12 ~ 13.25  
Birtley Jn 13/36 13/35   17/28 17/28
King Edward Bridge Jn 13/40 13.41 ~ 13.42   17/23 17/23
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 13.43a 13.44 [P2]   17.20d 17.20 [P2]


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