1st February 2003

Pathfinder Tours
The Royal Duchy

Locos Used D1015 'Western Champion', 67024 & steam: 5029 'Nunney Castle'
Stock Used (1) 35461+5275+5040+1863+3140+3112+3122+5341+6310+1200
HST Used 43031+????+43037 (2)

Route :
1Z29 : Slough to Penzance
1Z52 : Penzance to Slough

Loco(s) Route
D1015 Slough - Reading - Didcot Parkway - Swindon - Chippenham - Bath Spa - North Somerset Jn - Bristol Temple Meads
D1015 + 5029 Bristol Temple Meads - Bridgwater - Taunton - Exeter Riverside Yard
5029 Exeter Riverside Yard - Exeter St Davids - Dawlish - Newton Abbot - Totnes - Plymouth - St Germans - Liskeard - Par - Truro - Penzance
67024 Penzance - (reverse of outward route) - Plymouth
D1015 Plymouth - (reverse of outward route) - Bristol Temple Meads (2)
43031 + 43037 Bristol Temple Meads - (?reverse of outward route?) - Slough

Notes:
(1) Stock was re-shuffled several times;
35461 (support coach) was in from Bristol TM to Penzance
6310 removed at Exeter Riverside Yard, added back at Plymouth on the return journey.
1200 (empty) was added at Penzance, only to trip it back to London.
(2) Train terminated at Bristol Temple Meads owing to no onward crew. Passengers used the 22.30 fGW HST departure to get back to pick up points to Slough (which was an additional stop on the HST service). The lack of crew was exacerbated by an EWS drivers strike (15.00 Saturday to 14.59 Sunday) of which this was the first. Crews on duty at 3pm remain for their shift however there was no coverage for sickness etc.

Source : Steve Cassidy (on the train throughout)

Timings (Booked Only)
(from Scott Spencer)

Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn)
Slough 04.45d 23.49a
Reading 05.04a ~ 05.08d 23.23a ~ 23.26d
Didcot Parkway 05.25a ~ 05.28d 22.47a ~ 23.03d
Swindon 05.50a ~ 05.53d 22.23a ~ 22.26d
Chippenham 06/08 ??/??
Bath Spa 06.19a ~ 06.21d 21.47a ~ 21.50d
Bristol Temple Meads 06.38a ~ 07.15d 21.32a ~ 21.35d
Bridgwater 07/46 20/59
Cogload Jn 07/53 ??/??
Taunton 07/57 20.30a ~ 20.45d
Tiverton Parkway 08/10 ??/??
Exeter Riverside 08L28 ~ 09L03 -
Exeter St Davids 09.07a ~ 09.09d 19.58a ~ 20.00d
Dawlish Warren 09/23 19/48
Newton Abbot 09/33 19/38
Totnes 09/43 ??/??
Hemerdon 10/11 ??/??
Plymouth 10w23a ~ 10w47d 18L24a ~ 18L54d
Saltash 10/57 ??/??
Liskeard 11/18 17/51
Lostwithiel 11/37 17/36
Par 11W50a ~ 12w51d 17/31
St Austell 13.01a ~ 13.04d 17.20a ~ 17.22d
Truro 13/26 16/46
Camborne 13/23 16/32
St Erth 13/55 16/17
Penzance 14L08a 16L10d


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