17th April 2023

Pathfinder Railtours
The Spring Highlander (Day 4 of 4)

Locos Used 67007 & 67021
Stock Used 1200+3314+1651+3397+3390+3345+3386+1657+3364+3325+17105

Route :
1Z87 : Dumbarton Central to Dorridge
1Z88 : Dorridge to Swindon

Loco Route
67007 Dumbarton Central - Dalmuir - Westerton - Maryhill - Cowlairs North Jn - Cowlairs East Jn - Lenzie - Greenhill Upper Jn - Falkirk High - Polmont - Linlithgow - Winchburgh Jn - Haymarket - Edinburgh Waverley - (via ECML) - York  -  Church Fenton - Milford Jn - Ferrybridge North Jn - Pontefract Baghill - Moorthorpe - Swinton - Aldwarke Jn - Masborough Jn - Treeton Jn - Beighton Jn - Barrow Hill North Jn - Chesterfield
67021 Chesterfield - Ambergate Jn - Derby - Stenson Jn - Burton-on-Trent - Tamworth HL - Water Orton - Landor Street Jn - St Andrews Jn - Bordesley Jn - Small Heath South Jn - Tyseley - Solihull - Dorridge
67021 Dorridge - Solihull - Tyseley - Small Heath South Jn - Bordesley Jn - St Andrews Jn - Proof House Jn - Birmingham New Street - Selly Oak - Kings Norton - Barnt Green - Bromsgrove - Stoke Works Jn - Abbotswood Jn - Ashchurch for Tewkesbury - Cheltenham Spa - Barnwood Jn - Gloucester Yard Jn - Standish Jn - Stroud - Kemble - Swindon

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

Source : Richard Szwejkowski (on the tour to Cheltenham Spa)

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

M.C Location Booked Actual
0.00 Dumbarton Central 09.58d [P1] 09.56
6.36 Dalmuir 10/08 [P2] 10/05
10.21 Westerton 10/17 [P2] 10/14
? Maryhill 10/19½ [P1] 10/18
? Cowlairs North Jn 10/23 10/21
14.46 Cowlairs East Jn 10/25 10/22
? Bishopbriggs 10/27 [P1] 10/26
18.57 Lenzie 10/31 [P1] 10/30
23.77 Croy 10/36 [P1] 10/35
29.66 Greenhill Upper Jn 10/41 10/41
34.20 Falkirk High 10/44½ [P1] 10/45
37.37 Polmont 10/47 [P1] 10/48
42.13 Linlithgow 10/51 [P1] 10/51
47.11 Winchburgh Jn 10/55 10/54
? Newbridge Jn 10/58 10/57
? Haymarket West Jn 11/03½ [US] 11/04
58.43 Haymarket 11/05 [P3] 11/06
59.26 Princes St Gardens 11*07 ~ 11*09 [W] 11/08
59.58 Edinburgh Waverley 11c12 ~ 11c22 [P7] 11.11 ~ 11.21
? Abbeyhill Jn 11/23½ 11/23
? Craigentinny Jn 11/25 11/25
63.08 Portobello Jn 11/26½ 11/26
? Monktonhall Jn 11/28½ 11/28
69.18 Prestonpans 11/31 [P1] 11/30
? Drem 11/38 [P1] 11/38
77.70 Drem Up Loop 11*40 ~ 11*52 [UPL] 11.40 ~ 11.47
88.63 Dunbar 12/04 12/03
? Oxwellmains 12/07 12/06
100.72 Grantshouse 12*17 ~ 12*34 [UPL] ? ~ 12.34
106.72 Reston 12/40 12/39
117.15 Berwick-upon-Tweed 12/50 [P1] 12/50
132.54 Belford LC 13/00 13/01
149.26 Alnmouth 13/12 [P1] 13/12
? Morpeth North Jn 13/30 13/25
167.00 Morpeth Loop 13*32 ~ 13*45 [UPL] DIV?
? Morpeth 13/47 [P1] 13/26
? Heaton South Jn 14/03 13/40
184.15 Newcastle 14.07a ~ 14.18d [P3] 13.57 ~ 14.16
? King Edward Bridge South Jn 14/20 14/19
189.02 Birtley Jn 14/24½ 14/23
198.10 Durham 14/32½ [P1] 14/30
205.32 Tursdale Jn 14/40 14/37
208.06 Ferryhill South Jn 14w45 ~ 15w28 [UGL] ? ~ 15.26
220.13 Darlington 15/40 [UM] 15/38
234.27 Northallerton 15/55 15/48
? Longlands Jn 15/56 [UF] 15/49
242.07 Thirsk 16/03 [UF] 15/53
254.54 Tollerton Jn 16/15 [UF] 16/01
? Skelton Jn 16/24 16/34
264.23 York 16c27 ~ 16c29 [P5] [LSL] 16.39 ~ 16.46
269.64 Colton Jn 16/35 [LSL] 16/53
? Colton South Jn 16/36 [NNL] 16/54
275.01 Church Fenton 16/40 [P1] 16/58
279.14 Milford Jn 16/47 17/03
283.39 Ferrybridge North Jn 16/56½ 17/09
? Pontefract Baghill 16/59 17/13
292.41 Moorthorpe 17/07½ [P1] 17/19
300.17 Swinton 17/16½ [P2] 17/25
302.33 Aldwarke Jn 17/18 17/27
304.67 Masborough Jn 17/21 17/29
? Treeton Jn 17/25 17/33
311.43 Beighton Jn 17/31 17/35
? Barrow Hill North Jn 17/39 17/41
? Tapton Jn 17/43½ 17/45
320.71
0.00		 Chesterfield 17L45 ~ 18L14 [P3] 17.47 ~ 18.20
? Chesterfield South Jn 18/16 [EL] 18/22
3.69 Clay Cross North Jn 18/20½ 18/25
14.18 Ambergate Jn 18/37 18/33
? St Mary's South Jn 18/49 [B] 18/41
24.11 Derby 18.52a ~ 18.55d [P2] 18.43 ~ 18.47
? L.N.W. Jn 18/57 [DTF] 18/55
28.75 Stenson Jn 19/02 19/01
? North Stafford Jn 19/03 19/02
? Clay Mills Jn 19/07 19/04
35.12 Burton-on-Trent 19/10 [P2] 19/07
40.47 Wichnor Jn 19/19 19/12
48.03 Tamworth HL 19/30 [P4] 19/18
? Kingsbury Jn 19/35½ 19/26
57.58 Water Orton 19/38½ [ML] 19/33
? Castle Bromwich Jn 19/39½ [ML] 19/34
63.66 Landor Street Jn 19c44 ~ 19c46 19.37 ~ 19.39
? St Andrews Jn 19/49½ 19/41
64.48 Bordesley Jn 19/51 [ML] 19/42
? Small Heath South Jn 19/54 [FL] 19/48
66.54 Tyseley 19/55½ [P1] 19/51
70.34 Solihull 20.00a ~ 20.07d 20.00 ~ 20.06
? Bentley Heath LC 20/11 20/12
73.64
0.00		 Dorridge 20.13 ~ 21.04 [UDG] 20.16 ~ 21.02
? Bentley Heath LC 21/07 21/03
? Solihull 21/09 21/07
? Tyseley 21/12 [P2] [FL] 21/11
? Small Heath South Jn 21/13 21/12
9.16 Bordesley Jn 21/17 21/14
? St Andrews Jn 21/18 21/16
? Proof House Jn 21/21½ [DEL] 21/21
11.15 Birmingham New Street 21c24 ~ 21c33 [P9] 21.26 ~ 21.31
? Five Ways 21/37 21/35
14.41 Selly Oak 21/42½ 21/38
16.55 Kings Norton 21/45 [FL] 21/41
? Longbridge 21/50 21/49
21.63 Barnt Green 21/54½ 21/52
25.41 Bromsgrove 22/00 21/57
27.39 Stoke Works Jn 22/02 21/58
38.56 Abbotswood Jn 22/10 22/06
49.32 Ashchurch for Tewkesbury 22/17½ [P2] 22/13
56.54 Cheltenham Spa 22.25a ~ 22.28d [P1] 22.20 ~ 22.25
62.17 Barnwood Jn 22/35 22/31
? Gloucester Yard Jn 22/36 22/33
69.15 Standish Jn 22/42 22/41
73.76 Stroud 22.50a ~ 22.53d [P1] 22.54 ~ 22.56
? St Mary's LC 22/59½ 23/01
85.10 Kemble 23.10a ~ 23.13d [P1] 23.10 ~ ?
? Rodbourne Jn 23/26½ 23/23
98.66 Swindon 23.34a [P3] 23.43

Mileages taken from tour brochure.

Associated E.C.S. Workings

5Z87 : (67007 + tour stock) : Mossend Down Yard to Dumbarton Central

Location Booked
Mossend Down Yard 07.08d
Mossend North Exit 07/18
Whifflet South Jn 07/20
Whifflet 07.21 ~ 07.24
Coatbridge Central 07/26
Gartsherrie South Jn 07/29
Gartcosh Jn 07/32
Springburn 07/42
Cowlairs West Jn 07*46 ~ 07*49
Cowlairs North Jn 07/50
Maryhill 07/58
Westerton 08/02
Dalmuir 08.13 ~ 08.16
Dumbarton Central 08/26
Dalreoch 08/27
Craigendoran WHL 08.37 ~ 09.40
Dalreoch 09/50
Dumbarton Central 09.52a [P1]

5Z88 : (67021 + tour stock) : Swindon to Burton Wetmore Sidings

Location Booked
Swindon 23.54d [P3]
Rodbourne Jn 23/56
Kemble 00/07
St Mary's LC 00/17
Stroud 00.22 ~ 00.25
Standish Jn 00/36
Haresfield Loop 00*41 ~ 00*50
Gloucester Yard Jn 00/58
Barnwood Jn 01/00
Cheltenham Spa 01.06 ~ 01.09
Ashchurch for Tewkesbury 01/17
Abbotswood Jn 01/25
Worcestershire Parkway 01.28 ~ 01.30
Stoke Works Jn 01/40
Bromsgrove 01/42
Barnt Green 01/51
Longbridge 01/53
Kings Norton 02/07
Lifford East Jn 02/09
Bordesley Jn 02/15
St Andrews Jn 02/20
Landor Street Jn 02c23 ~ 02c25
Castle Bromwich Jn 02/37
Water Orton 02/38
Kingsbury Jn 02/41
Tamworth HL 02/46
Wichnor Jn 02/51
Burton Leicester Jn 02/57
Burton-on-Trent 02/59
Wetmore Jn 03.05 ~ 03.09
Burton Wetmore Sidings 03.14a


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