10th November 2007

Pathfinder Tours
Silverlink Swansong No.2

Locos Used 08874 'Catherine', 37410 'Aluminium 100' & 50049 'Defiance'
Stock Used 21272+3112+3098+1842+5009+4927+5040+5350

Route:
1Z46 : London Euston to Tring
1Z47 : Tring to Barking
1Z48 : Barking to Bletchley TMD
1Z49 : Bletchley TMD to Northampton Kings Heath EM Depot
1Z50 : Northampton Kings Heath EM Depot to London Euston

Loco(s) Route
50049 (1) London Euston – Queens Park – Kensal Green Jn – Willesden T&RS Depot – d.c. Arrival / Departure line – d.c. lines – Watford Junction – Tring
37410 (2) Tring – Watford Junction – Wembley Central – Wembley Up Carriage Line (throughout) – Harlesden Jn – Up City Line – Kensal Green Jn – Gospel Oak – Camden Road – Stratford – Forest Gate Jn – Barking
50049 (1) Barking – Leyton Midland Road – Gospel Oak – Willesden Junction High Level – Mitre Bridge Jn - Kensington Olympia - Clapham Junction (4)
37410 (2) Clapham Junction – Kensington Olympia – Down Willesden Relief – Watford Junction – Bletchley station – Bletchley TM Depot (No.1 DMU Road)
08874 (3) Bletchley TM Depot – Bletchley station
37410 (2) Bletchley station – Ridgmont – Bedford
50049 (1) Bedford – Ridgmont – Swanbourne Siding (buffer stops)
37410 (2) Swanbourne Siding – Denbigh Hall South Jn – Northampton – Kings Heath EM Depot
50049 (1) Kings Heath EM Depot – Northampton – Bletchley – Watford Junction – (via Kilburn Up/Down Loop) – London Euston

Notes :
(1) 37410 on rear.
(2) 50049 on rear.
(3) Plus 50049 with 37410 on rear.
(4) Originally planned to use [P2] at Clapham Junction, but changed to [P3] as the 'maintained section' of [P2] is only 6 coaches.

Sources : Pathfinder Tours, LASERman & Alan Sheppard

Photo Review


50049, now on the rear, at Tring (photo: Alan Sheppard)


37410 at Clapham Junction (photo: Alan Sheppard)


At the stops, Bletchley depot - a different track to the previous week too.
(photo: Alan Sheppard)


08874 leads 50049 at Bletchley station (photo: Alan Sheppard)


50049 at Swanbourne Sidings in almost pitch-black lighting (photo: Roj Fraser)


50049 in the sidings at Kings Heath, Northampton (photo: Roj Fraser)


Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Pathfinder Tours, LASERman & Alan Sheppard)

M.C Location Booked Actual
0.00 London Euston 08.21d [P18] 08.21 [P11]
- Euston Backing Out Roads 08/26 [Line X] 08.25 ~ 08.27½ [BOR1] [X]
- Camden South Jn 08/30 [Line C] 08/29 [C]
1.54 Camden Jn 08/31 [SL] 08/30
- Kensal Green Jn ? 08/35½
5.15 Willesden T.M.D. 08*36 ~ 09*01 08.43 ~ 09.01½
5.36 Willesden Junction Low Level 09/03 [Line DC] 09/03½
- Stonebridge Park 09/07½ 09/07
8.09 Wembley Central (DC) 09/10 09/09½
11.30 Harrow & Wealdstone (DC) 09/18 09/18½
16.67 Watford High Street 09/29 09/29
17.58 Watford Junction 09.38a ~ 09.41d [P6] 09.38 ~ 09.41
25.64 Bourne End Jn 09/53 [SL] 09.51½ ~ 09.54 [DF-DS]
31.76
0.00		 Tring 10p04 ~ 10p14 [P4] 10.07 ~ 10.14
6.10 Bourne End Jn 10/21 10/20½
14.18 Watford Junction 10/29 [P9] 10/30
20.22 Harrow & Wealdstone 10/35 10/36
23.43 Wembley Central 10/38 [P6] 10/40
24.41 Wembley IC Depot (Up Carriage) 10/48 [CL] 10.46½ ~ 10.51
25.47 Harlesden Jn 11/01 10/59
26.47 Kensal Green Jn 11/09 11.03 ~ 11.04½
30.54 Gospel Oak 11/22 11/21½
31.65 Camden Road Jn 11/25 11/25
- Camden Road East Jn 11/27 [Line 2] 11/26 [Line 1]
34.53 Dalston Jn 11/35 11/34
- Channelsea Jn 11/43 11/45
38.14 Stratford 11/46 [P10A] [ML] 11/46½
- Maryland 11/47 [EL] 11/47½ [DM-DE]
39.74 Forest Gate Jn 11/50½ 11/51
- Woodgrange Park Jn 11/59 11.52½ ~ 11.57½ [P2]
41.77
0.00		 Barking 12p03 ~ 12p16 [P7] 12.03½ ~ 12.15
1.42 Woodgrange Park 12/19 12/18½
7.62 South Tottenham 12/39 12/38½
9.36 Harringay Park Jn 12/46 12/43½
- Upper Holloway 12/49 12/45
11.09 Junction Road Jn 12/51 12/47
11.64 Gospel Oak 12/54 12.50 ~ 12.52½
11.69 Kensal Green Jn 13/12 13.05 ~ 13.10½
12.11 Willesden Junction High Level 13/14 13.13 ~ 13.14½
12.63 Mitre Bridge Jn 13/17 13/17½
13.20 North Pole Jn 13/19 13/18½
15.08 Kensington Olympia 13/24 [P3] 13/21
17.71 Latchmere Jn 13/41 13/28
- Ludgate Jn ? 13.29½ ~ 13.31
18.25
0.00		 Clapham Junction 13.43 ~ 13.49 [P3] 13p33½ ~ 13p48½
0.34 Latchmere Jn 13/51 13/51½
3.17 Kensington Olympia 13/57 [DML] 13/57
- North Pole Jn 14/02 14/01
5.42 Mitre Bridge Jn 14/03 14/02½
5.71 Willesden West London Jn 14/04 [Line DR] 14/03½
6.45 Willesden No.7 14/07 14/06
- Wembley Yard South Jn 14/09 14/09
7.53 Sudbury Jn 14/10 [SL] 14/10 [DS]
- Wembley Central Jn ? 14/13 [US]
8.43 Wembley Central 14/17 14/14 [P6]
- North Wembley Jn ? 14/18½ [DS]
11.64 Harrow & Wealdstone 14/21 14/23½
17.68 Watford Junction 14c28 ~ 14c30 [P8] 14.33½ ~ 14.34½
25.74 Bourne End Jn 14/42 14/45
32.06 Tring 14/51 14/52½
37.71 Ledburn Jn 14/57 14/58½
- Sig. BY11 ? 15.08 ~ 15.12
46.10 Bletchley 15c06 ~ 15c08 [P5] 15.14½ ~ 15.15½
46.50
0.00		 Bletchley TMD 15L13 ~ 15L50 [DMU Road 1] 15.28 ~ 15.44½ [DMU Road 1]
0.40
0.00		 Bletchley 15p55 ~ 16p18 [P5] 15.59½ ~ 16.17
- Fenny Stratford 16/22 16/20½
4.15 Woburn Sands 16/32 16/28½
6.64 Ridgmont 16/41 16/34½
10.06 Millbrook 16/50 16/39
- Bedford St. Johns 17/04 16/55
- Sig. WH473 ? 16.57 ~ 17.01
16.67
0.00		 Bedford 17.13 ~ 17.17 [P1] 17.04 ~ 17.17
- Bedford St. Johns 17/20 17/20
6.61 Millbrook 17/38 17/30½
10.03 Ridgmont 17/47 17/36
12.52 Woburn Sands 17/55 17/41
- Fenny Stratford 18/04 17/48½
16.47 Bletchley Summit of Flyover Jn 18/10 17/52
17.79
0.00		 Swanbourne Siding (buffer stops) 18.14 ~ 18.24 18.02½ ~ 18.07
1.32 Bletchley Summit of Flyover Jn 18/29 18/17
2.35 Denbigh Hall South Jn 18/37 [SL] 18.20 ~ 18.22½
4.48 Milton Keynes Central 18/41 [P3] 18/28½
11.30 Hanslope Jn 18/49 18/35
20.51 Northampton 18/58 [P2] 18.45½ ~ 18.50 [P2]
- Northampton North Jn 19/01 18/51
21.63
0.00		 Northampton Kings Heath EMD 19.06a ~ 19.00 ~ 19.06
[EMU Arrival Road] [Headshunt]
- Northampton Kings Heath EMD ~ 19.53d 19.11 ~ 19.34 [No.11 Road]
- Northampton North Jn 19/58 19/35
1.12 Northampton 20c01 ~ 20c03 [P1] 19.38 ~ 19.52 [P2]
10.33 Hanslope Jn 20/14 [SL] 20/02½
17.15 Milton Keynes Central 20/20 [P4] 20.09½a ~ 20.10½d [P2]
20.26 Bletchley 20/24 [P4] 20/17 [US-UF]
29.45 Ledburn Jn 20/33 [FL] 20/27
35.30 Tring 20/42 [P2] 20/31
41.40 Bourne End Jn 20/48 [SL] 20/38½ [UF-US]
49.45 Watford Junction 21.03a ~ 21.05d [P9] 20.55 ~ 20.57
- Watford South Jn ? 20/57½
55.50 Harrow & Wealdstone 21/10 21/04½
58.76 Wembley Central 21/17 21/07
59.66 Sudbury Jn - 21/08½ [US]
61.03 Harlesden Jn - 21/09½ [US]
61.57 Willesden West London Jn 21/20 21/11
63.71 Kilburn Up & Down Goods Loop 21*24 ~ 21*29 21.17 ~ 21.19½
65.26 Camden Jn 21/34 [Line B] 21/23½
- Camden South Jn 21/34½ 21/24½
68.00 London Euston 21.38a [P11] 21.27½ [P8]

Mileages taken from tour booklet.

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