2nd & 3rd April 2018

Pathfinder Tours
The Easter Chieftain (Day 4 of 4)

Locos Used 37259 & 37605
Stock Used 4946+1813+3110+1671+3149+3119+3120+3147+1657+3097+3098+35469

Route :
1Z67 : Inverness to Cardiff Central
1Z68 : Cardiff Central to Eastleigh

Date Loco(s) Route
02/04 37605 + 37259 Inverness - Slochd - Aviemore - Kingussie - Dalwhinnie - Pitlochry - Perth - Dunblane - Stirling - Larbert Jn - Carmuirs East Jn - Falkirk Grahamston - Polmont - Haymarket - Edinburgh Waverley - (via ECML) - York - Church Fenton - Milford Jn - Ferrybridge North Jn - Pontefract Baghill - Moorthorpe - Swinton - Masborough Jn - Beighton Jn - Barrow Hill North Jn - Tapton Jn - Chesterfield - Ambergate Jn - Derby - Stenson Jn - Burton-on-Trent - Tamworth HL - Kingsbury Jn - Water Orton - Proof House Jn - Birmingham New Street - Soho South Jn - Galton Jn - Smethwick Jn - Rowley Regis - Stourbridge Junction - Kidderminster - Droitwich Spa - Worcester Shrub Hill - Norton Jn - Abbotswood Jn - Cheltenham Spa - Barnwood Jn - Gloucester Yard Jn - Standish Jn - Cam & Dursley - Yate - Westerleigh Jn - Bristol Parkway - Patchway - Severn Tunnel Junction - Newport - Cardiff Central
03/04 37259 + 37605 Cardiff Central - Newport - Severn Tunnel Junction - Patchway - Bristol Parkway - Westerleigh Jn - Swindon - Didcot Parkway - Goring & Streatley - Reading West Jn - Oxford Road Jn - Southcote Jn - Bramley - Basingstoke - Worting Jn - Winchester - Eastleigh

Notes :
(1) The tour E.C.S. from Cardiff Central to Eastleigh was made available to passengers as 1Z68.

Source : Keith Gardiner (on the tour throughout)

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Keith Gardiner & Realtime Trains)

M.C Location Booked Actual
0.00 Inverness 08.17d [P2] 08.17
? Milburn Jn 08/19 [UH] ?
? Cradlehall 08/21 ?
? Culloden 08/31 ?
? Moy 08/47 ?
? Tomatin 08/51½ ?
22.52 Slochd 08/57½ ?
? Carrbridge 09/03 [P1] ?
34.52 Aviemore 09/09 [P1] 09/09
40.44 Kincraig 09*18 ~ 09*45 ?
46.40 Kingussie 09/54 [P2] 09/59
? Newtonmore 09/57½ ?
59.36 Dalwhinnie 10/10 [P1] 10/15
? Dalnaspidal 10/21 ?
? Dalnacardoch 10/26 ?
82.74 Blair Athol 10/34 10/38
89.62 Pitlochry 10*44 ~ 10*53 [P1] 10/48?
102.52 Dunkeld & Birnam 11/06 [P1] 11/03
? Stanley 11/16 11/12
118.14 Perth 11*27 ~ 11*41 [P7] 11.24 ~ 11.41
? Hilton Jn 11/46½ ?
? Blackford 12/07 12/02
146.20 Dunblane 12/19 [P1] 12/19
151.15 Stirling 12/29 [P3] 12/25
159.68 Larbert Jn 12/39 12/35
? Carmuirs East Jn 12/40 12/36
? Falkirk Grahamston 12/44 [P1] 12/38
? Grangemouth Jn 12/47 ?
165.30 Polmont 12/51½ [P1] 12/42
? Linlithgow 12/55½ [P1] 12/49
170.15 Linlithgow Loop 12*57 ~ 13*03 [UPL] ? ~ 13.01
175.04 Winchburgh Jn 13/09 13/07
? Newbridge Jn 13/12 13/10
? Haymarket West Jn 13/18½ [US] 13/16
186.36 Haymarket 13/20 [P3] 13/20
? Princes Street Gardens 13/22 [Z] 13/22
187.51 Edinburgh Waverley 13.24a ~ 13.37d [P1] 13.24 ~ 13.36
? Abbeyhill Jn 13/39 13/38
? Craigentinny Jn 13/41 13/40
191.01 Portobello Jn 13/43 13/41
? Monktonhall Jn 13/45½ 13/44
197.11 Prestonpans 13/50 13/46
205.31 Drem 13/56 13/53
216.56 Dunbar 14/05 14/00
? Oxwellmains 14/07 14/02
228.65 Grantshouse 14/18 14/10
? Reston 14/23 14/16
245.08 Berwick-upon-Tweed 14/32 [P1] 14/24
260.02 Crag Mill Loop 14*46 ~ 15*00 ?
? Belford LC 15/03 15/01
277.19 Alnmouth for Alnwick 15/16½ [P1] 15/17
295.38 Morpeth 15/29½ [P1] 15/31
? Heaton South Jn 15/44 15/43
312.08 Newcastle 15C49a ~ 15C51d [P4] 15.49 ~ 15.52
? King Edward Bridge South Jn 15/53 15/54
? Birtley Jn 15/57 15/58
326.03 Durham 16/05 [P1] 16/06
? Tursdale Jn 16/11 16/13
335.79 Ferryhill South Jn 16*16 ~ 16*22 [US] ? ~ 16.26
348.06 Darlington 16/34 [UM] 16/38
362.20 Northallerton 16/44½ [US] 16/51
370.00 Thirsk 16/53½ [US] 16/58
? Tollerton Jn 17/06 [US] 17/09
? Skelton Bridge Jn 17/12 [US] 17/15
? Skelton Jn 17/16 17/18
392.16 York 17.19a ~ 18.09d [P10] 17.21 ~ 18.08 [P10]
? Colton Jn 18/16 [NNL] 18/14
402.74 Church Fenton 18/22½ [P1] 18/19
407.07 Milford Jn 18/28½ 18/24
411.32 Ferrybridge North Jn 18/36 18/31
? Pontefract Baghill 18/38½ 18/34
420.34 Moorthorpe 18/48 [P1] 18/41
428.10 Swinton 18/56 18/51
? Aldwarke Jn 18/57½ 18/54
432.60 Masborough Jn 19/01½ 18/57
? Treeton Jn 19/05½ 19/01
439.36 Beighton Jn 19/09½ 19/04
? Barrow Hill North Jn 19/17½ 19/10
? Tapton Jn 19/21 [DBH] 19/14
448.64 Chesterfield 19.22a ~ 19.25d [P3] 19.16 ~ 19.18 [P3]
? Chesterfield South Jn 19/27½ [EL] 19/26
? Clay Cross North Jn 19/29½ 19/30
463.02 Ambergate Jn 19/39 19/39
472.75 Derby 19.48a ~ 19.57d [P6] 19.49 ~ 19.57
? Stenson Jn 20/04 20/03
? North Stafford Jn 20/04½ 20/04
? Clay Mills Jn 20/07½ 20/06
483.76 Burton-on-Trent 20/09 [P2] 20/08
? Wichnor Jn 20/14½ 20/13
496.67 Tamworth HL 20.21 ~ 20.23 [P4] 20/19?
? Kingsbury Jn 20/30½ 20/24
506.42 Water Orton 20/37 20/36
512.50 Landor Street Jn 20/43 20/42
? Proof House Jn 20/49 [WL] 20/54
514.13 Birmingham New Street 20.53a ~ 21.01d [P2] 21.00 ~ 21.03
516.10 Soho South Jn 21/06 21/07
517.72 Galton Jn 21/08 21/10
? Smethwick Jn 21/10 21/12
? Rowley Regis 21/18 21/17
526.25 Stourbridge Junction 21/38 [P3] 21/30
? Blakedown 21/45 21/37
532.75 Kidderminster 21.50a ~ 21.54d [P2] 21.42 ~ 21.43
? Hartlebury 22/02 21/49
542.31 Droitwich Spa 22/10 21/57
? Tunnel Jn 22/18 ?
547.79 Worcester Shrub Hill 22.31a ~ 22.34d [P2] 22.32 ~ 22.34
551.15 Norton Jn 22/43 22/43
551.77 Abbotswood Jn 22/48 22/53
562.53 Ashchurch for Tewkesbury 22/55½ [P2] 23/04
569.75 Cheltenham Spa 23.10a ~ 23.12d [P1] 23.11 ~ 23.15
? Barnwood Jn 23/18 23/20
? Gloucester Yard Jn 23/19 23/21
? Standish Jn 23/25 23/26
587.77 Cam & Dursley 23.30a ~ 23.32d [P2] 23.31 ~ 23.35
? Charfield 23/39½ 23/41
? Yate 23/45 23/48
? Westerleigh Jn 23/47 23/50
608.43 Bristol Parkway 23.52a ~ 23.54d [P2] 00.03 ~ 00.07
? Patchway 23/56 [P2] 00/09
? Pilning 23/59 [P2] 00/13
? Severn Tunnel East 00/01 00/14
? Severn Tunnel West 00/06 00/18
? Severn Tunnel Junction 00/07 [P3] [DM] 00/20
? Llanwern West Jn 00/12½ [DM] 00/27
? Maindee West Jn 00/15½ [DM] 00/29
630.17 Newport 00.18a ~ 00.21d [P3] 00.30 ~ 00.32
? Ebbw Jn 00/24 [DM] 00/35
? Marshfield 00/29 [DM] 00/38
? Long Dyke Jn 00/37 [B] 00/43
641.77
0.00		 Cardiff Central 00.42a ~ 01.12d [P1] 01.07 ~ ?
? Long Dyke Jn 01/15½ [UM] ?
? Marshfield 01/21 [UM]  ?
? Ebbw Jn 01/24 [UM] ?
? Newport 01/26½ [P3] [UM] ?
? Maindee West Jn 01/28 [UM] ?
? Llanwern West Jn 01/31 [UM] ?
? Severn Tunnel Junction 01/40 [P4] ?
? Severn Tunnel West 01/46 ?
? Severn Tunnel East 01/50½ ?
? Pilning 01/52 [P1] ?
? Patchway 01/57½ [P1] ?
? Bristol Parkway 01/59 [P3] ?
? Westerleigh Jn 02/04 ?
? Hullavington 02/14 ?
? Wootton Bassett Jn 02/23½ ?
? Swindon 02/30 [P3] ?
? Uffington 02/40 ?
? Challow 02/42 ?
? Wantage Road 02/45 ?
? Didcot Parkway 02/52 [P2] [UM] ?
? Goring & Streatley 02/59½ [P2] [UM] ?
? Tilehurst East Jn 03/09 [UM-UR] ?
? Reading West Jn 03/12 ?
? Oxford Road Jn 03/13 ?
? Southcote Jn 03/15½ ?
? Bramley 03/24½ ?
? Basingstoke 03/32 [P2] [DF] ?
? Worting Jn 03/36½ ?
? Wallers Ash Loop 03/48½ ?
? Winchester 03/53 [P2] ?
? Shawford Jn 03/56 [DF] ?
? Eastleigh 04.03a [P2] ?


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