14th April 2023

Pathfinder Railtours
The Spring Highlander (Day 1 of 4)

Loco Used 67007
Stock Used 17105+3325+3364+1657+3386+3345+3390+3397+1651+3314+1200

Route :
1Z74 : Swindon to Dorridge
1Z75 : Dorridge to Newcastle
1Z77 : Newcastle to Dumbarton Central

Loco Route
67007 Swindon - Kemble - Stroud - Standish Jn - Gloucester Yard Jn - Barnwood Jn - Cheltenham Spa - Ashchurch for Tewkesbury - Abbotswood Jn - Stoke Works Jn - Bromsgrove - Barnt Green - Kings Norton - Selly Oak - Birmingham New Street - Proof House Jn - St Andrews Jn - Bordesley Jn - Small Heath South Jn - Tyseley - Solihull - Dorridge
67007 Dorridge - Solihull - Tyseley - Small Heath South Jn - Bordesley Jn - St Andrews Jn - Landor Street Jn - Water Orton - Tamworth HL - Burton-on-Trent - Stenson Jn - Derby - Ambergate Jn - Chesterfield - Barrow Hill North Jn - Beighton Jn - Treeton Jn - Masborough Jn - Aldwarke Jn - Swinton - Moorthorpe - Pontefract Baghill - Ferrybridge North Jn - Milford Jn - Church Fenton - York Yard South Jn - Skelton Jn - (via ECML) - Edinburgh Waverley - Haymarket - Winchburgh Jn - Linlithgow - Polmont - Falkirk High - Greenhill Upper Jn - Lenzie - Cowlairs East Jn - Cowlairs North Jn - Maryhill - Westerton - Dalmuir - Dumbarton Central

Notes :
(1) This leg of the tour was originally advertised to start from Cheltenham Spa, then routed via Stroud - Kemble - Swindon - Foxhall Jn - Didcot North Jn - Oxford - Banbury - Leamington Spa - Coventry - Birmingham International - Derby. However this was revised to run as shown, due to the collapse of Nuneham Viaduct.

Source : Richard Szwejkowski (on the tour from Swindon)

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Richard Szwejkowski & Realtime Trains)

M.C Location Booked Actual
0.00 Swindon 07.00d [P3] 07.03
? Rodbourne Jn 07/02½ 07/05
13.56 Kemble 07.15a ~ 07.18d [P2] 07.16 ~ 07.19
? St Mary's LC 07/30½ 07/28
24.70 Stroud 07.35a ~ 07.38d [P2] 07.32 ~ ?
29.51 Standish Jn 07/44½ 07/43
? Gloucester Yard Jn 07/53 07/53
36.49 Barnwood Jn 07/56 07/55
42.12 Cheltenham Spa 08.02a ~ 08.05d [P2] 08.03 ~ 08.08
49.34 Ashchurch for Tewkesbury 08/12½ [P1] 08/15
60.10 Abbotswood Jn 08/20½ 08/23
62.28 Spetchley Loop 08*24 ~ 08*31 [UGL] 08.27 ~ 08.33
71.27 Stoke Works Jn 08/42½ 08/41
73.25 Bromsgrove 08/46½ [P2] 08/45
77.03 Barnt Green 08/53½ [P1] [UF] 08/51
? Longbridge 08/56 08/54
82.11 Kings Norton 09/02 [P1] 09/00
84.25 Selly Oak 09/06½ 09/07
? Five Ways 09/12 [P1] 09/12
87.51 Birmingham New Street 09c20 ~ 09c25 [P9] [DEL] 09.19 ~ 09.24
? Proof House Jn 09/27½ 09/27
? St Andrews Jn 09/30½ 09/30
89.50 Bordesley Jn 09/31½ [ML] 09/31
? Small Heath South Jn 09/34½ [FL] 09/34
? Tyseley 09/35½ [P1] 09/35
? Solihull 09/41 09/43
? Bentley Heath LC 09/45½ 09/50
98.66
0.00		 Dorridge 09.47 ~ 10.17 [UDG] 09.55 ~ 10.29 [UDG]
? Bentley Heath LC 10/19 10/30
3.30 Solihull 10.23a ~ 10.29d 10.37 ~ 10.41
? Tyseley 10/35 [P2] [FL] 10/46
? Small Heath South Jn 10/36 10/47
9.16 Bordesley Jn 10/40 10/52
? St Andrews Jn 10/41½ 10/53
10.00 Landor Street Jn 10/44 [ML] ? ~ 11.02
? Castle Bromwich Jn 10/52 [ML] 11/16
16.06 Water Orton 10/53 [P2] 11/17
? Kingsbury Jn 10/56½ 11/19
25.61 Tamworth HL 11/01 [P3] 11/24
33.17 Wichnor Jn 11/06 11/29
? Burton Leicester Jn 11/12 [UTG] 11/34
38.52 Burton-on-Trent 11/14 [UTG] 11/35
40.65 Clay Mills Jn 11*24 ~ 11*31 11/37
? North Stafford Jn 11/35½ 11/39
44.63 Stenson Jn 11/36 11/40
? L.N.W. Jn 11/39 [DTF] 11/45
49.53 Derby 11.42a ~ 11.52d [P2] [B] 11.47 ~ 11.52
? St Mary's South Jn 11/54 [DF] 11/54
59.26 Ambergate Jn 12/03 12/01
? Clay Cross North Jn 12/12 [ML] 12/10
? Chesterfield South Jn 12/15 [ML] 12/11
73.64 Chesterfield 12/16 [P1] 12/13
? Tapton Jn 12/17 12/14
? Barrow Hill North Jn 12/22 12/18
83.17 Beighton Jn 12/31 12/24
? Treeton Jn 12/35 12/26
88.30 Masborough Sorting Sdgs Jn 12c39 ~ 12c41 ?
89.73 Masborough Jn 12/47 12/35
92.33 Aldwarke Jn 12/50 12/38
94.43 Swinton 12/52 [P1] 12/41
102.19 Moorthorpe 13/06 [P2] 12/58
? Pontefract Baghill 13/13½ 13/10
111.21 Ferrybridge North Jn 13/16 13/12
115.46 Milford Jn 13/25 13/18
119.59 Church Fenton 13/30 [P2] [NNL] 13/25
? Colton South Jn 13/35 [LSL] 13/31
124.76 Colton Jn 13/36 [LSL] 13/32
130.25 York Yard South Jn 13/42 13/38
131.62 Skelton Jn 13*46 ~ 13*54 [DS] ? ~ 13.51
139.61 Tollerton Jn 14/06 [DF] 14/04
152.28 Thirsk 14/16 [DF] 14/15
160.08 Northallerton 14/21 14/23
174.22 Darlington 14/33 [DM] 14/35
186.29 Ferryhill South Jn 14/43 14/44
? Tursdale Jn 14/45 14/46
196.25 Durham 14/51 [DM] 14/51 [DM]
205.41 Birtley Jn 15/02 14/58
? King Edward Bridge South Jn 15/05 15/02
210.28
0.00		 Newcastle 15.08a [P4] ~ 17.06d [P2] 15.05 [P4] ~ 17.07 [P2]
? Heaton South Jn 17/10 17/11
16.50 Morpeth 17/21 [P2] 17/22
34.69 Alnmouth 17/38 [P2] 17/37
51.41 Belford LC 17/52 17/48
67.00 Berwick-upon-Tweed 18/06 [P2] 17/58
77.23 Reston 18/15 18/07
83.23 Grantshouse 18/21 18/12
? Oxwellmains 18/32 18/19
95.32 Dunbar 18/34 [P2] 18/21
106.57 Drem 18/42 [P2] 18/29
114.77 Prestonpans 18/50 [P2] 18/35
? Monktonhall Jn 18/54 18/37
121.07 Portobello Jn 18/56 18/39
? Craigentinny Jn 18/57½ 18/40
? Abbeyhill Jn 18/58½ 18/42
124.37 Edinburgh Waverley 19c00 ~ 19c08 [P9] 18.44 ~ 19.06
? Princes St Gardens 19/09 [W] 19/08
125.56 Haymarket 19/11½ [P4] 19/12
? Haymarket West Jn 19/13½ 19/13
? Newbridge Jn 19/20½ 19/29
133.35 Newbridge Jn Down Loop 19*23 ~ 19*31 [DPL] ?
137.04 Winchburgh Jn 19/38 19/34
142.02 Linlithgow 19/42 [P2] 19/39
146.58 Polmont 19/47 [P2] 19/47
149.75 Falkirk High 19/51 [P2] 19/52
154.29 Greenhill Upper Jn 19/54½ 19/56
160.18 Croy 19/59 [P2] 20/00
165.38 Lenzie 20/03 [P2] 20/05
? Bishopbriggs 20/05½ [P2] 20/08
169.49 Cowlairs East Jn 20/08 20/10
? Cowlairs North Jn 20/09 20/12
? Maryhill 20/13 [P2] 20/17
173.74 Westerton 20/18 [P2] 20/19
177.59 Dalmuir 20/28 [P1] 20/26
184.15 Dumbarton Central 20.36a [P2] 20.35

Mileages taken from tour brochure.

Associated E.C.S. Workings

5Z74 : (67007 + tour stock) : Burton Wetmore Sidings to Swindon

Location Booked
Burton Wetmore Sidings 01.10d
Wetmore Jn 01/14
Clay Mills Jn 01/18
North Stafford Jn 01/20
Stenson Jn 01/22
Castle Donington 01/34
Sheet Stores Jn 01/42
Trent East Jn 01/44
Long Eaton Town LC 01/46
Toton North Yard 01.51 ~ 02.11
Long Eaton Town LC 02/17
Trent East Jn 02/20
Trent South Jn 02/22
Loughborough 02/29
Sileby Jn 02/33
Syston South Jn 02/35
Leicester 02c41 ~ 02c43 [P3]
Wigston North Jn 02/47
Croft 02/53
Hinckley 02/58
Nuneaton 03/03
Abbey Jn 03/06
Whitacre Jn 03/17
Coleshill Parkway 03/20
Water Orton 03/22
Castle Bromwich Jn 03/23
Landor Street Jn 03c28 ~ 03c30
St Andrews Jn 03/33
Bordesley Jn 03/34
Lifford East Jn 03/39
Kings Norton 03/47
Longbridge 03/50
Barnt Green 03/52
Bromsgrove 03/55
Stoke Works Jn 03/57
Worcestershire Parkway 04.06 ~ 04.08 [P2]
Abbotswood Jn 04/11
Ashchurch for Tewkesbury 04*21 ~ 04*36 [DGL]
Cheltenham Spa 04.45 ~ 04.47 [P1]
Barnwood Jn 04/53
Gloucester Yard Jn 04/54
Standish Jn 05/10
Stroud 05.16 ~ 05.19 [P1]
St Mary's LC 05/24
Kemble 05/34
Rodbourne Jn 05/45
Swindon 05/47 [P3]
Swindon East Loop 05.52 ~ 06.36 [UGL]
Swindon 06.41a [P3]

5Z76 : (67007 + tour stock) : Newcastle to Tyne Yard

Location Booked
Newcastle 15.23d [P4]
High Level Bridge Jn 15/24
Greensfield Jn 15/26
King Edward Bridge East Jn 15/27
King Edward Bridge South Jn 15/28
Low Fell Jn 15/31
Tyne S.S. 15.36a

5Z77 : (67007 + tour stock) : Tyne Yard to Newcastle

Location Booked
Tyne S.S. 16.45d
Low Fell Jn 16/50
King Edward Bridge South Jn 16/56
Newcastle 17.01a [P2]

5Z78 : (67007 + tour stock) : Dumbarton Central to Mossend Down Yard

Location Booked
Dumbarton Central 20.46d [P2]
Dalreoch 20/48
Craigendoran WHL 20.58 ~ 21.23
Dalreoch 21/33
Dumbarton Central 21/34
Dalmuir 21/44
Westerton 21/50
Maryhill 21/53
Cowlairs North Jn 21*58 ~ 22*09
Cowlairs West Jn 22/11
Springburn 22/14
Gartcosh Jn 22/29
Gartsherrie South Jn 22/33
Coatbridge Central 22/35
Whifflet 22.38 ~ 22.41
Whifflet South Jn 22/42
Mossend North Exit 22/44
Mossend Down Yard 22.46a


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