15th June 2002

Eagle Railtours
The Cornish Explorer

Locos Used 31452 & 31602
Stock Used 17018+99993+4905+5177+5157+1861+5198+5191+35470

Route :
1Z31 : Leamington Spa to Penzance
1Z32 : Penzance to Leamington Spa

Locos Route
31602 + 31452 Leamington Spa - Solihull - Birmingham New Street - Selly Oak - Bromsgrove - Stoke Works Jn - Abbotswood Jn - Cheltenham Spa - Westerleigh Jn - Bristol Parkway - Bristol Temple Meads - (via Weston-super-Mare avoiding line) - Taunton - Exeter St Davids - Plymouth - Penzance
31452 + 31602 Penzance - (reverse of outward route) - Leamington Spa

Sources : Mark Sutton & David Bellamy

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from David Bellamy)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Leamington Spa 06.30d 06.29   23.02a 23.23
Warwick 06.35a ~ 06.37d 06.33 ~ 06.35   22.54a ~ 22.56d 23.17 ~ 23.19
Dorridge 06.51a ~ 06.53d 06.48 ~ 06.52   22.39a ~ 22.41d 23.01 ~ 23.03
Solihull 06.58a ~ 07.00d 06.56 ~ 07.00   22.31a ~ 22.32d 22.51 ~ 22.54
Olton 07.05a ~ 07.07d 07.03 ~ 07.07   22.23a ~ 22.25d 22.46 ~ 22.48
Birmingham New Street 07.22a ~ 07.26d 07.22 ~ 07.27   22.00a ~ 22.03d 22.28 ~ 22.32
Barnt Green 07/47 ?   21/44 ?
Bromsgrove 07/50 ?   21/39 ?
Ashchurch 08/08 ?   21/20 ?
Cheltenham Spa 08.17a ~ 08.20d 08.21 ~ 08.22   21.10a ~ 21.12d 21.41 ~ 21.43
Yate 08/59 ?   20/40 ?
Bristol Parkway 09/09 ?   20/34 ?
Bristol Temple Meads 09/26 09.10a ~ 09.24d   20/21 20.50a ~ 20.53d
Bridgwater 10/02 ?   19/47 ?
Taunton 10/15 ?   19/38 ?
Tiverton Parkway 10/28 ?   19/26 ?
Exeter St Davids 10.55a ~ 11.07d ?   19.10a ~ 19.10d 19.05 ~ 19.41
Dawlish Warren 11/18 ?   18/54 ?
Newton Abbot 11/36 ?   18/44 ?
Totnes 11.51a ~ 12.07d ?   18/33 ?
Plymouth 12.01a ~ 12.45d 12.19 ~ 12.33   18.03a ~ 18.06d 18.02 ~ 18.06
Saltash 12/57 ?   17/50 ?
Par 13.35a ~ 13.37d 13.31 ~ 13.33   17.08a ~ 17.11d 17.02 ~ 17.06
St Austell 13.47a ~ 13.49d ?   16.48a ~ 17.00d ?
Truro 14.08a ~ 14.10d 13.59 ~ 14.00   16.25a ~ 16.28d 16.25 ~ 16.26
Camborne 14/26 ?   16/11 ?
Penzance 14.45a 14.34   15.53d 15.53


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