27th October 1990

Pathfinder Tours
The Rylstone Cowboy

Locos Used 25322, 31294, 31327, 47478, 47826 & 47840

Route : 1Z38 throughout

Loco(s) Route
47826 Swindon - Wootton Basset Jn - Chipenham - Thingley Jn - Bathampton Jn - Bath - Bristol Temple Meads
47826 Bristol Temple Meads - Stapleton Road - Filton Jn - Bristol Parkway - Westerleigh Jn - Yate - Standish Jn - Gloucester Yard Jn - Barnwood Jn - Cheltenham Spa - Abbotswood Jn - Norton Jn - Worcester Shrub Hill - Droitwich Spa - Kidderminster - Stourbridge Junction - Kingswinford Jn - Wednesbury - Pleck Jn - Walsall - Ryecroft Jn - Hednesford - Rugeley - Stafford - Stoke-on-Trent - Macclesfield - Cheadle Hulme - Stockport
25322 Stockport - Heaton Norris Jn - Denton Jn - Guide Bridge - Stalybridge - Huddersfield - Mirfield - Wakefield Kirkgate - Whitehall Jn - Shipley - Skipton (avoiding line)
31294 + 31327 (1) Skipton (avoiding line) - Rylstone
25322 (2) Rylstone - Skipton
25322 Skipton - Hellifield - Settle Jn - Carnforth - Hest Bank - Morecambe
47478 (1) Morecambe - Heysham
25322 (3) Heysham - Morecambe
47478 Morecambe - Morecambe South Jn - Lancaster - Preston
47840 (6) Preston - (via WCML) - Stafford - Bushbury Jn - Wolverhampton - Dudley Port - Soho South Jn - Birmingham New Street - Proof House Jn - St Andrews Jn - Bordesley Jn - Kings Norton - Bromsgrove - Stoke Works Jn - Droitwich Spa - (reverse of outward route) - Barnwood Jn - Gloucester
47840 (6) Gloucester - Gloucester Yard Jn - (reverse of outward route) - Bristol Temple Meads
47840 (6) Bristol Temple Meads - (reverse of outward route) - Swindon

Notes :
(1) 25322 on rear.
(2) 31294 + 31327 on rear.
(3) 47478 on rear.
 (4) Nick Ross comments: Joining the train at the booked pick up stop of Stockport was a total farce. The train was routed onto the rare through tracks on the far side of the station presumably to stop a mass bail to phot Tamworth Castle as she replaced 47826 here. So after much flapping about an authorised ballast leap was allowed for 50 or so of us and our first main line rat mileage for some time followed.                 Tight timings, the Stockport farce, greasy rail and a titanic struggle to restart the train from the slimy depths of Rylstone works saw us approaching 3 hours down. This enforced a Morecambe bail for us London lads but that Sulzer sound at proper speeds on a proper railway was 'hell'.
 (5) Paul Grenfell comments: The train made an unscheduled stop at Lancaster to collect Pathfinder staff who had been left behind at Heysham!
(6) Uploaded originally as 47840 throughout from Preston to Swindon, John Cassey recorded 47826 as the return loco from Preston to at least where he got off the train (Cheltenham Spa).

Sources : Nick Ross (joined train at Stockport, left at Morecambe), Melvin Teale,
John Cassey (joined/left the train at Cheltenham Spa) & Paul Grenfell

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from John Cassey)

M.C Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual M.C
0.00 Swindon 06.25d ?   00.21a ? 41.03
5.64 Wootton Bassett Jn 06/32 ?   00/14 ? 35.19
16.53 Chippenham 06.41a ~ 06.43d ?   ? ? 24.30
18.67 Thingley Jn 06/48 ?   ? ? ?
27.32 Bathampton Jn 06/53 ?   23/52 ? 13.51
29.48 Bath Spa 06.57a ~ 06.59d ?   23.46a ~ 23.48d ? 11.35
40.23 North Somerset Jn 07/10 ?   ? ? ?
41.03
0.00		 Bristol Temple Meads 07.13a ~ 07.28d ?   23.19a ~ 23.34d ? 0.00
226.09
1.43 Stapleton Road 07/31 ?   23/15 ? 224.46
4.43 Filton Jn 07/35 ?   23/12 ? 221.46
5.62 Bristol Parkway 07.38a ~ 07.40d ?   23.08a ~ 23.10d ? 220.27
10.32 Westerleigh Jn 07/47 ?   23/02 ? 215.57
18.45 Charfield 07/54 ?   22/54 ? 207.44
31.70 Standish Jn 08/06 ?   22/44 ? 194.19
38.00 Gloucester Yard Jn 08/12 ?   22/39 ? 188.09
- Gloucester       22.24a ~ 22.37d ? 187.08
? Barnwood Jn ? ?   22/22 ? 186.11
44.30 Cheltenham Spa 08.18a ~ 08.20d ??.?? ~ 08.24   22.14a ~ 22.16d 00.01 ~ ??.?? 180.48
62.28 Abbotswood Jn 08/35 08/38   21/58 ? 162.50
66.15 Worcester Shrub Hill 08.42a ~ 08.44d 08.45 ~ 08.48   21.49a ~ 21.51d ? 158.63
66.62 Tunnel Jn 08*47 ~ 08*53 08.52 ~ 08.55   21/47 ? 158.16
71.74 Droitwich Spa 09/00 09/02   21/41 ? 153.04

 

M.C Location Booked Actual
77.56 Hartlebury 09/06 09/10
81.30 Kidderminster 09/09 09/15
88.09 Stourbridge Junction 09.21a ~ 09.23d 08.26 ~ 09.28
? Eagle Crossing 09/39 09/54
97.30 Wednesbury 09/42 09/56
98.77 Bescot Curve Jn 09/45 09/59
100.33 Walsall 09.48a ~ 09.50d 10.02 ~ 10.03
101.03 Ryecroft Jn 09/52 10/06
110.15 Hednesford 10/09 10/24
115.55 Rugeley 10/17 10/37
118.41 Colwich 10/20 10/41
124.76 Stafford 10/25 10.50 ~ 10.54
130.25 Norton Bridge 10/30 11/02
134.01 Stone 10/36 11/08
141.09 Stoke-on-Trent 10/44 11/16
142.25 Etruria 10/46 11/19
147.40 Kidsgrove 10/53 11/23
161.06 Macclesfield 11/04 11/33
170.62 Cheadle Hulme 11/14 11/41
173.03
0.00		 Stockport 11L18a ~ 11L35d [DGL] 11.47 ~ 12.10
0.55 Heaton Norris Jn 11/37 12/12
4.65 Denton Jn 11*44 ~ 12*05 12/21
5.52 Guide Bridge 12/07 12/23
7.75 Stalybridge 12/14 12/29
12.69 Greenfield 12/22 12/38
15.02 Diggle 12/27 12/42
18.77 Marsden 12/31 12/47
26.03 Huddersfield 12/38 12/55
30.17 Heaton Lodge Jn 12/43 13/01
31.00 Mirfield East Jn 12/45 13/04
32.43 Thornhill LNW Jn 12/47 13/06
38.06 Horbury Jn 12/57 13/17
40.30 Wakefield Kirkgate 13c01 ~ 13c03 13.20 ~ 13.21
44.23 Altofts Jn 13/09 13/27
53.75 Whitehall Jn 13c30 ~ 13c48 13.44 ~ 13.50
54.40 Wortley Jn 13/50 13/52
60.20 Apperley Jn 13/58 14/00
64.12 Shipley 14/03 14/05
70.27 Keighley 14/11 14/13
79.42
0.00		 Skipton 14L23 ~ 14L32 14.30 ~ 14.51
9.28
0.00		 Rylstone (Swinden Quarry) 15.07 ~ 15.22 15.41 ~ 15.55
9.28 Skipton 15L57 ~ 16L02 16.41 ~ 16.50
19.22 Hellifield 16/14 17/17
22.47 Settle |Jn 16/17 17/24
46.65 Carnforth East Jn 16/43 18/15
47.13 Carnforth 16c45 ~ 16c47 18.18 ~ 18.20
50.23 Hest Bank 16/52 18/29
51.66 Bare Lane 16/57 18/35
53.56
0.00		 Morecambe 16L59a ~ 17L10d 18.44 ~ 18.56
4.38
0.00		 Heysham Harbour 17p25a ~ 17p56d 19.14 ~ 19.23
4.38
0.00		 Morecambe 18L11a ~ 18L41d 19.49 ~ 20.06
1.50 Bare Lane 18/45 20/10
2.27 Morecambe South Jn 18/47 20/12
4.19 Lancaster 18/51 20.17 ~ 20.24
25.17 Preston 19c13 ~ 19c14 20L45 ~ 20L56
32.56 Euxton Jn 19/19 21/02
34.59 Balshaw Lane Jn 19/21 21/05
42.30 Wigan North Western 19/26 21/11
50.54 Winwick Jn 19/32 21/17
54.10 Warrington Bank Quay 19/35 21/21
55.77 Acton Grange Jn 19/37 21/25
61.79 Weaver Jn 19/42 21/30
70.60 Winsford 19/47 21/35
78.21 Crewe 19.58a ~ 20.00d 21.47 ~ 21.50
86.27 Madeley Jn 20/10 22/00
97.29 Norton Bridge 20/20 22/10
102.58 Stafford 20.25a ~ 20.30d 22.15 ~ 22.16
116.35 Bushbury Jn 20/47 22/29
118.09 Wolverhampton 20.55a ~ 20.57d 22.33 ~ 22.35
123.49 Dudley Port 21/05 22/42
128.72 Soho South Jn 21/10 22/47
130.73 Birmingham New Street 21.15a ~ 21.18d 22.55 ~ 23.08
132.44 St Andrews Jn 21/23 23/12
? Camp Hill 21/26 23/15
138.05 Kings Norton 21/32 23/21
143.13 Barnt Green LMR time: 21/40
WR time: 21/30		 23/27
146.56 Bromsgrove 21/33 23/30
148.69 Stoke Works Jn 21/35 23/32

Timings continue in first table.

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