2nd February 2008

Pathfinder Tours
Buffer-Puffer 6.0

Locos Used 37401 & 37422 'Cardiff Canton'
Stock Used 4902+5040+4927+5009+3122+21272

Route:
1Z37 : London Bridge to Uckfield
1Z38 : Uckfield to East Grinstead
1Z39 : East Grinstead to London Bridge
1Z40 : London Bridge to London Victoria
1Z41 : London Victoria to London Cannon Street
1Z42 : London Cannon Street to Gordon Hill
1Z43 : Gordon Hill to London Kings Cross

Loco(s) Route
37401 (1) London Bridge - Metropolitan Jn - London Charing Cross
37422 (2) London Charing Cross - Metropolitan Jn - London Cannon Street
37401 (1) London Cannon Street - Metropolitan Jn - London Blackfriars
37422 (2) London Blackfriars - Loughborough Junction - Herne Hill - Tulse Hill - (via Leigham curve) - Balham - Clapham Junction - Kensington Olympia - Willesden West London Jn - Acton Wells Jn - South Acton Jn - Old Kew Jn - Hounslow - Twickenham - Barnes - Clapham Junction - Ludgate GW Jn - Factory Jn - Brixton - Herne Hill - Tulse Hill - Streatham - Selhurst - East Croydon - Oxted - Uckfield
37401 (1) Uckfield - Oxted - East Croydon
37422 (2) East Croydon - Oxted - East Grinstead
37401 (1) East Grinstead - Oxted - East Croydon - Norwood Junction - Crystal Palace - Tulse Hill - Peckham Rye - London Bridge
37422 (2) London Bridge - Peckham Rye - Denmark Hill - Factory Jn - Stewarts Lane Jn - London Victoria
37401 (1) London Victoria - (3) Battersea Park - (3) Factory Jn - Peckham Rye - Nunhead - Lewisham - Eltham - Falconwood - Slade Green - Plumstead - Charlton - Lewisham - Lewisham Vale Jn - Tanners Hill Jn - North Kent East Jn - London Bridge - London Cannon Street
37422 (2) London Cannon Street - Metropolitan Jn - Via Carriage Reception Road - London Blackfriars
37401 (1) London Blackfriars - Loughborough Jn - Canterbury Road Jn - Factory Jn - Latchmere Jn - Kensington Olympia - Willesden Junction HL - Gospel Oak - South Tottenham East Jn - Tottenham South Jn - Copper Mill Jn - Temple Mills East Jn - High Meads Jn - Lea Jn - Dalston Kingsland - Canonbury West Jn - Finsbury Park - Alexandra Palace - Gordon Hill (Bay Platform)
37422 (2) Gordon Hill (Bay Platform) - Bowes Park - Via Up Goods Lines - Finsbury Park - London Kings Cross

Notes :
(1) 37422 on rear.
(2) 37401 on rear.
(3) Booked route was via Stewarts Lane Jn.
(4) Matthew Cole offers the original booked route information, changed "due to extreme pathing issues encountered with the original routing, the [final routing] now reflects what Network Rail and EWS can achieve on this date":
 London Kings Cross - Holloway Down Goods - Ferme Park Sidings - Up Ferme Park Flyover - Finsbury Park Up Goods - Freight Terminal Jn - Camden Road Jn - Primrose Hill - West London Jn - Acton Wells Jn - South Acton Jn - Old Kew Jn - Hounslow - Twickenham - Barnes - Clapham Junction - Ludgate G.W. Jn - Factory Jn - Brixton - Herne Hill - Tulse Hill - Crystal Palace - East Croydon - Oxted – Uckfield - Uckfield – Oxted - East Grinstead - Oxted - East Croydon - Streatham Common - Tulse Hill - Peckham Rye - London Bridge - London Bridge - Peckham Rye - Tulse Hill - Leigham Curve - Balham - Clapham Junction - Stewarts Lane Jn - London Victoria - Battersea Park - Clapham High Street - Peckham Rye - Nunhead - Lewisham - Charlton - Plumstead - Slade Green - Falconwood - Lewisham - Lewisham Vale Jn - Tanners Hill Jn - North Kent East Jn - London Bridge (Up Passenger Loop) - London Charing Cross – Stoney Street Jn - Metropolitan Jn - Via Carriage Reception Road - London Blackfriars - Loughborough Jn - Canterbury Road Jn - Factory Jn - Latchmere Jn - Kensington Olympia - Willesden Junction H.L. - Gospel Oak - South Tottenham East Jn - Tottenham South Jn - Copper Mill Jn - Temple Mills East Jn - High Meads Jn - Lea Jn - Dalston Kingsland - Canonbury West Jn - Finsbury Park - Alexandra Palace – Gordon Hill Bay Platform - Bowes Park - Via Up Avoiding / Up Carriage / Up Goods / Up Slow Lines - London Kings Cross.

Sources : LASERman, Alan Sheppard & Matthew Cole

Photo Review
(all photos: Alan Sheppard)


37401 at East Grinstead.


37422 at Uckfield.


37422 at Blackfriars, with St Paul's Cathedral for a background.


Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from LASERman, Alan Sheppard & Alan Vickers)

M.C Location
Booked
Actual
0.00 London Bridge
07.57d [P5]
08.01½
0.39 Metropolitan Jn
07/59 [SL]
08/04
- London Waterloo East
08/01
?
1.70
0.00		 London Charing Cross
08.03a ~ 08.12d [P3]
08.10 ~ 08.17
- London Waterloo East
08/16
?
1.31 Metropolitan Jn
08/20
08/22 [E]
1.73
0.00		 London Cannon Street
08.22a ~ 08.32d [P7]
08.24½ ~ 08.31 [E]
0.42 Metropolitan Jn
08/34
08/33
1.26
0.00		 London Blackfriars
08.38a ~ 08.48d [P1] [FL]
08.39 ~ 08.47½
3.18 Loughborough Junction
08/59
08/59 [DF-DS]
4.06 Herne Hill
09/02½ [P4]
09/02½
5.12 Tulse Hill
09/09 [P2]
09.07 ~ 09.08
5.45 Leigham Jn
09/14½
09.10 ~ 09.12
6.19 Streatham Hill
09/18
09/14½
7.24 Balham
09/23 [SL]
09/23
9.19 Clapham Junction
09/28
09/29 [P16]
9.53 Latchmere Jn
09/30½
09/31
12.36 Kensington Olympia
09/36½ [DML]
09/37 [P2]
14.24 North Pole Jn
09/41½
09/40
14.61 Mitre Bridge Jn
09/44
09/42
- Willesden South West Sidings
09/47
09/44
15.74 Acton Wells Jn
09/49
09/46½
17.60 South Acton Jn
09/54
09/51½
18.40 Kew East Jn
09/59
09/53½
19.02 Old Kew Jn
10/01
09/59
- Brentford
10/02
10/00½
22.41 Hounslow
10/06
10/06
23.40 Whitton Jn
10/11
10/10
- Twickenham Jn
10/16 [FL]
10/14½
25.21 Twickenham
10/17
10/15½
- St Margarets
10/19
10/17
26.66 Richmond
10/23
10/22
29.36 Barnes
10/30 [SL]
10/29
32.49 Clapham Junction
10.37½a ~ 10.41d [P3]
10.37½ ~ 10.42
33.57 Longhedge Jn
10/45
10/46
34.16 Factory Jn
10/49 [RVL]
10/48
- Voltaire Road Jn
10/49½
10/49
35.49 Brixton
10/51
10/51
36.31 Herne Hill
10/52 [P3]
10/53½
37.37 Tulse Hill
10/56 [P4]
10/56½ [P2]
38.78 Streatham
11/00
11/00½
39.45 Streatham Common
11/06 [SL]
11/05½
42.28 Selhurst
11/17
11.13 ~ 11.15 [P1]
- Windmill Bridge Jn
11/24
11/21½
43.37 East Croydon
11/25 [P5] [RVS]
11.24 ~ 11.28½ [DS]
- South Croydon
11/29 [P4]
11/31½ [P5]
44.32 Sanderstead
11/31
11/34
52.34 Oxted
11/43
11/45½
53.29 Hurst Green
11/52
11/47
59.36 Hever
12/08
12.03 ~ 12.06½
63.23 Blackham Jn
12/15
12/12
65.65 Ashurst
12/21
12/13½
71.20 Crowborough
12/32
12/25
74.62 Greenhurst Jn
12/45
12.30 ~ 12.41½
78.17
0.00		 Uckfield
12.52a ~ 13.00d
12.48 ~ 13.01½
3.35 Greenhurst Jn
13/10
13/07
6.77 Crowborough
13/17
13/12½
12.32 Ashurst Jn
13/27
13/19½
14.74 Ashurst
13/33
13/21
18.61 Hever
13/39
13/28
- Hurst Green Jn
?
13.38 ~ 13/52½
24.68 Hurst Green
13/55
13/53½
25.56 Oxted
13/59
13.57½a ~ 13.58½d
33.65 Sanderstead
14/14
14/12½
- South Croydon
14/18 [RVS] [P4]
14/16
35.60
0.00		 East Croydon
14.22a ~ 14.31d [P5]
14.18½ ~ 14.32
- South Croydon
14/34 [P5]
14/35½ [P4]
1.75 Sanderstead
14/36
14/38
10.04 Oxted
14/48
14.51a ~ 14.51½d
10.72 Hurst Green
14/51
14/53
19.56
0.00		 East Grinstead
15.05a ~ 15.19d [P1]
15.05½ ~ 15.19
8.64 Hurst Green
15/32
15/31½
9.52 Oxted
15/34
15/33
17.61 Sanderstead
15/42½
15/44
- South Croydon
15/45 [RVS] [P4]
15/47
19.56 East Croydon
15/49 [P4] [SL]
15/50½
- Windmill Bridge Jn
15/50
15/51½
- Norwood Fork Jn
15/51 [FL]
15/52½
21.29 Norwood Jn
15/55½ [P3]
15/54½
- Bromley Jn
15/57½
15/57½
22.68 Crystal Palace
15/59½
15/59½
24.42 West Norwood
16/05½
16/04½
25.20 Tulse Hill
16/07½ [P3]
16/07
27.71 Peckham Rye
16/13
16/13
29.58 South Bermondsey
16/19
16/17
31.27
0.00		 London Bridge
16.24a ~ 17.03d [P15]
16.22½ ~ 17.03 [P14]
1.49 South Bermondsey Jn
17/07
17/06
3.36 Peckham Rye
17/13 [AL]
17/11
3.67 Crofton Road Jn
17/19
17/11½
4.23 Denmark Hill
17/20
17/13
- Voltaire Road Jn
17/23
17/17
6.58 Factory Jn
17/24
17/18
7.01 Stewarts Lane Jn
17/27 [RVL]
17/19 [Up SL]
7.48 Battersea Pier Jn
17/29 [SL]
17/20
8.39
0.00		 London Victoria
17.34a ~ 17.44d [P8] [SL]
17.26 ~ 17.43 [P5]
- Grosvenor Bridge
17/47
17/45
0.71 Stewarts Lane Jn
17/50
DIV
? Battersea Park
DIV
17/47 [P1]
1.61 Factory Jn
17/51 [AL]
17/50
- Voltaire Road Jn
17/52
17/51
4.27 Denmark Hill
17/57
17/55½
- Crofton Road Jn
17/58
17/57
5.73 Nunhead
18/01
17/59½
7.59 Lewisham
18/10
18/08½
8.50 Blackheath
18/15½
18/12
10.66 Eltham
18/22
18/18½
15.46 Barnehurst
18/29
18/28
17.06 Erith Loop
18/31
18/31
17.12 Slade Green
18/34
18/32
23.10 Woolwich Arsenal
18/44
18/42
24.78 Charlton
18/48
18/47
26.73 Blackheath
19/02
18/51
27.64 Lewisham
19/06 [RVL]
18.54½ ~ 18.58½
28.39 Tanners Hill Jn
19/08 [FL]
19/00
29.00 New Cross
19/09
19/02
29.43 North Kent East Jn
19/10 [Line 3]
19/02½
- Spa Road Jn
19/13
19/05½
31.78 London Bridge
19/16 [P3]
19/08½
- Borough Market Jn
19/17 [RVL]
19/09½
32.55
0.00		 London Cannon Street
19.19a ~ 19.29d [P5]
19.16½ ~ 19.29
0.42 Metropolitan Jn
19/31
19.31½ ~ 19.39
- Blackfriars No.1 Carriage Road
19/35
19/42
1.26
0.00		 London Blackfriars
19.38a ~ 19.51d [P1] [FL]
19.45 ~ 19.52
3.07 Loughborough Jn
20/00
20/00 [DF-DS]
3.32 Canterbury Road Jn
20/01
20/02
4.14 Brixton Jn
20/03
20/02½
- Shepherds Lane Jn
20/04 [AL]
20/03
- Voltaire Road Jn
20/05 [RVL]
20/05 [AL-RVL]
5.41 Factory Jn
20/06
20/06 [Dn Ludgate]
6.00 Longhedge Jn
20/08
20/08
6.65 Latchmere Jn
20/17
20.11 ~ 20.15
9.48 Kensington Olympia
20/24 [DML]
20/24
11.36 North Pole Jn
20/29
20/30
11.73 Mitre Bridge Jn
20/30
20/31
12.45 Willesden Junction High Level
20c36a ~ 20c40d
20.38 ~ 20.41
12.67 Kensal Green Jn
20/42
20/42
16.74 Gospel Oak
20/59
20/50
- Junction Road Jn
21/06
20/52
18.07 Upper Holloway
21/08
20/52½
20.76 South Tottenham
21/18
21/00½
21.40 Tottenham South Jn
21/21
21.02 ~ 21.06½
22.07 Coppermill Jn
21/22
21/08
24.55 Temple Mills East Jn
21/27
21/13
25.33 Lea Jn
21/42
21/16
28.17 Dalston Jn
21/49
21/22
29.07 Canonbury West Jn
21/52
21/24½
- Finsbury Park South Jn
?
[Dn Gds - Dn M'gate]
30.29 Finsbury Park
21.57a ~ 21.59½d [P6]
21.37½ ~ 21.39
- Finsbury Park North Jn
?
[Dn M'gate - DS2]
32.66 Alexandra Palace
22/04½
21/44
37.57
0.00		 Gordon Hill
22.13a ~ 22.21d [P1] (22.08d)
22.02 ~ 22.08
4.71 Alexandra Palace
22/28 [GL]
22.20 ~ 22.26
7.28 Finsbury Park
22/38
22/33
8.25 Holloway South Jn
22/42 [SL]
22/36
9.14 Belle Isle
22/44 [SL2]
22.40 ~ 22.43
9.69 London Kings Cross
22.46a [P9]
22.46


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