28th January 1995

Pathfinder Tours
The Gladstone Bag

Locos Used 33025, 33116, 56036 & 47777
Stock Used 5007+4959+4999+1853+21266+13318+4998+5023+4986+5005+4915

Route : 1Z27 throughout

Loco(s) Route
47777 Swindon - Bath Spa - Bristol Temple Meads
33025 + 33116 Bristol Temple Meads - Cheltenham Spa - Worcester Shrub Hill - Droitwich Spa - Bromsgrove - Selly Oak - Birmingham New Street - Aston - Lichfield - Wichnor Jn - Derby [P4] - Dore West Jn - Chinley - Hazel Grove North Jn - Northenden Jn - Altrincham - Chester
33025 + 33116 (1) Chester - Chester South Jn
56036 (2) Chester South Jn - Hooton
33025 + 33116 (1) Hooton - Helsby - Frodsham Jn - Halton Jn - Runcorn - Ditton Slow Line - Garston Church Road
56036 (2) Garston Church Road - Allerton - Edge Hill Down Wapping
33025 + 33116 (1) Edge Hill Down Wapping - Anfield - Gladstone Dock
56036 (2) Gladstone Dock - Anfield - Edge Hill - Liverpool Lime Street [P9]
33025 + 33116 Liverpool Lime Street - Runcorn - Weaver Jn - (via WCML) - Stafford [P1] - Bushbury Jn - Bescot - Hamstead - Soho - Birmingham New Street [P1] - Proof House Jn - (via Camp Hill) - Barnt Green - Droitwich Spa - Worcester Shrub Hill - Cheltenham Spa - Kemble - Swindon
33116 + 33025 Swindon - Bath Spa - Bristol Temple Meads

Notes :
(1) 56036 on rear.
(2) 33025 + 33116 on rear.

Tour originally booked for 73x2 assist locos in Liverpool area, but MerseyRail had decreed that they were no longer fit for passenger use.

Sources : Jonathan Wilcox (joined/left the train at Worcester Shrub Hill),
Andy Hoskins (joined/left the train at Swindon), Craig Sullivan (Joined/left at Bristol Parkway/Temple Meads)
& Alan Sheppard (joined/left the train at Worcester Shrub Hill)

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Alan Sheppard)

M.C Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual M.C
- Stonehouse - -   22/04 ? 154.15
- Stroud - -   22/07 ? 156.76
- Kemble - -   22/25 ? 158.10
- Swindon Loco Yard - -   22/38 ? 170.69
0.00 Swindon 05.20d ?   22.41 RR 23.00 ? 171.66
5.64 Wootton Bassett Jn 05/27 ?   23/07 ? 177.50
16.53 Chippenham 05.35a ~ 05.37d ?   23.19a ~ 23.21d ? 188.39
18.67 Thingley Jn 05/41 ?   23/25 ? 190.53
27.32 Bathampton Jn 05/46 ?   23/36 ? 199.18
29.48 Bath Spa 05.49a ~ 05.51d ?   23.40a ~ 23.42d ? 201.34
40.23 North Somerset Jn 06/03 ?   23/56 ? 212.09
41.03
0.00		 Bristol Temple Meads 06L05a ~ 06L25d ?   23.59a ? 212.69
0.46 Dr. Days Jn 06/28 ?    
4.43 Filton Jn 06/35 ?    
5.62 Bristol Parkway 06.38a ~ 06.40d ?    
10.32 Westerleigh Jn 06/46 ?    
11.55 Yate 06/49 ?    
18.45 Charfield 06/56 ?    
31.70 Standish Jn 07/09 ?   21/59 ? 152.15
38.00 Gloucester Yard Jn 07/19 ?   21/53 ? 146.05
38.67 Barnwood Jn 07/20 ?   21/52 ? 145.18
44.30 Cheltenham Spa 07.28a ~ 07.31d ?   21.42a ~ 21.45d ? 139.55
51.41 Ashchurch 07/40 ?   21/30 ? 132.44
62.28 Abbotswood Jn 07/50 ?   21/20 ? 121.57
63.10 Norton Jn 07/54 ?   21/15 ? 120.75
66.15 Worcester Shrub Hill 07.59a ~ 08.01d 07.56 ~ 08.01   21.04a ~ 21.06d 21.11 ~ 21.13 117.70
66.62 Tunnel Jn 08/03 ?   21/03 ? 117.23
71.74 Droitwich Spa 08/11 ?   20/56 ? 112.11
76.09 Stoke Works Jn 08/21 ?   20/50 ? 107.76
78.22 Bromsgrove 08/26 ?   20/49 ? 105.63
81.65 Barnt Green 08/30 08/24   20/45 ? 102.20
86.73 Kings Norton 08/43 08/29   20/38 ? 97.12

 

M.C Location Booked Actual
89.07 Selly Oak 08/46 ?
92.38 Birmingham New Street 08.54a ~ 08.57d 08.40 ~ 09.00
93.14 Proof House Jn 08/59 ?
95.14 Aston 09/03 09.08 ~ 09.12
101.40 Four Oaks 09/20 ?
108.66 Lichfield City 09*35 ~ 09*40 09.33 ~ 09.39
110.10 Lichfield Trent Valley H/L 09/43 09/41
115.30 Wichnor Jn 09/53 09/52
120.33 Burton-on-Trent 09/57 09/56
127.10 Stenson Jn 10/07 10.04 ~ 10.08
131.74 Derby 10.13a ~ 10.23d 10.22 ~ 10.53 (i)
141.67 Ambergate Jn 10/36 ? (11.18 ~ 11.40) (ii)
151.75 Clay Cross South Jn 10/46 11/45
156.05 Chesterfield 10/49 11/49
163.58 Dore South Jn 10/58 11/59
164.01 Dore West Jn 10*59 ~ 11*20 12/00
166.05 Totley Tunnel East 11/23 12/01
168.55 Grindleford 11/28 12/06
175.05 Earles Sidings 11/34 12/13
179.08 Edale 11.40 cc 11.42 12.18 ~ 12.19
183.65 Chinley North Jn 11/49 12/26
187.38 New Mills South Jn 11/54 ?
192.67 Hazel Grove High Level Jn 12/05 12/35
199.30 Northenden Jn 12/17 12.47 ~ 12.53
203.23 Deansgate Jn 12/22 13/07
203.47 Navigation Road 12/24 13/08
203.78 Altrincham 12p26a ~ 12p41d 13p10 ~ 13p24
204.64 Hale 12/44 ?
213.45 Plumley 12/55 ?
216.77 Northwich 12/59 13/41
218.49 Greenbank 13/02 13/44
227.33 Mouldsworth 13/15 ?
231.62 Mickle Trafford Jn 13/23 13/58
234.35 Chester (Up & Down Main) 13.29 cc 13.31 14L03 ~ 14L12
234.74 Chester North Jn 13.34 rev13.39 DIV
235.17 Chester South Jn 13.44 rev 13.49 14.15 rev 14.16
235.55
0.00		 Chester 13L53 rev 14L08 DIV
? Chester North Jn DIV 14/19
8.10
0.00		 Hooton 14.21 ~ 14.37 14.36 ~ 14.42
3.60 Ellesmere Port 14/42 14/59
8.77 Helsby 14/48 15/05
12.48 Frodsham Jn 14/53 15/09
14.22 Halton Jn 14/57 15/17
15.32 Runcorn 14/59 15/19
18.01 Ditton [P5] 15/02 15/24
21.71 Speke Jn 15/06 15/30
23.11
0.00		 Garston Church Road 15.14 ~ 15.34 15.42 ~ 15.45
0.28 Garston Jn 15/40 15/49
0.73 Allerton 15/48 15/51
4.16 Wavertree Jn 15/53 15/58
5.59
0.00		 Edge Hill (Down Wapping) 15.58 ~ 16.03 16.09 ~ 16.11
0.69 Bootle Branch Jn 16/06 16/24
5.54 Bootle Jn 16/25 ?
6.28 Regents Road L.C. 16/28 16/50
6.78
0.00		 Gladstone Dock 16.37 ~ 16.42 16.54 ~ 17.01
0.50 Regents Road L.C. 16/51 17/11
1.24 Bootle Jn 16/54 ?
6.09 Bootle Branch Jn 17/13 ?
6.57 Edge Hill 17/14 17/39
8.07
0.00		 Liverpool Lime Street 17L20 ~ 18L10 17L52 ~ 18L17
1.31 Edge Hill 18/15 ?
2.32 Wavertree Jn 18/17 ?
5.55 Allerton 18/21 ?
10.50 Ditton 18/25 ?
13.19 Runcorn 18/27 ?
19.30 Weaver Jn Signal Box 18/33 ?
28.11 Winsford Signal Box 18/42 ?
35.52 Crewe [P5] 18.50 cc 18.52 18.57 ~ 18.57
43.58 Madeley Jn 19/02 ?
54.60 Norton Bridge 19/12 ?
60.09 Stafford 19.17a ~ 19.22d 19.24 ~ 19.25
73.66 Bushbury Jn 19/40 ?
76.34 Portobello Jn 19/43 ?
80.51 Bescot 19/49 ?
85.08 Perry Barr North Jn 19/57 ?
85.47 Perry Barr West Jn 19/59 ?
87.46 Soho East Jn 20/04 20/11
87.79 Soho South Jn 20/15 20.12 ~ 20.19
90.00 Birmingham New Street 20.20a ~ 20.24d 20.28 ~ 20.31
90.54 Proof House Jn 20/26 ?
91.51 St. Andrews Jn 20/29 ?
91.77 Bordesley Jn 20/30 ?

Delays due to -
(i) Derby - Fitters attention to coach 'H' 4998
(ii) nr. Ambergate Jn - Track Circuit Failure in Clay Cross Tunnel

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