8th March 2008

Pathfinder Tours
Buffer-Puffer 6.1

Locos Used 37401 & 37405
Stock Used 21272+3122+5009+4927+5040+4902

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

Loco(s) Route
37405 (1) London Cannon Street - Metropolitan Jn - London Charing Cross
37401 (2) London Charing Cross - Metropolitan Jn - London Bridge - Sydenham - Crystal Palace - West Norwood - Tulse Hill - Herne Hill
37405 (1) Herne Hill - Tulse Hill - 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 G.W. Jn - Factory Jn - Brixton - Herne Hill - Tulse Hill - Streatham - Selhurst - East Croydon - Oxted - Uckfield
37401 (2) Uckfield - Oxted - East Croydon
37405 (1) East Croydon - Oxted - East Grinstead
37401 (2) East Grinstead - Oxted - East Croydon - Norwood Junction - Crystal Palace - Tulse Hill - Peckham Rye - London Bridge
37405 (1) London Bridge - Peckham Rye - Denmark Hill - Factory Jn - Stewarts Lane Jn - London Victoria
37401 (2) 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 - Metropolitan Jn - Via Carriage Reception Road - London Blackfriars
37405 (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)
37401 (2) Gordon Hill (Bay Platform) - Bowes Park - Alexandra Palace - (via Up Goods Line) - Finsbury Park North Jn - London Kings Cross

Notes :
(1) 37401 on rear.
(2) 37405 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 : Pathfinder Tours, LASERman, Richard Rooker, Matthew Cole & Alan Sheppard

Photo Review


37405 before departure at Cannon Street (photo: Alan Sheppard)


37401 at the stops at Kings Cross (photo: Matthew Cole)


Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Pathfinder Tours, LASERman, Richard Rooker, Matthew Cole & Alan Sheppard)

M.C Location
Booked
Actual
0.00 London Cannon Street
07.57d [P7]
07.57
0.42 Metropolitan Jn
07/59 [SL]
07.59 ~ 08.00
? London Waterloo East
08/01
08/02½
1.73
0.00		 London Charing Cross
08.03a ~ 08.08d [P3]
08.08 ~ 08.14
? London Waterloo East
?
08/16½
1.31 Metropolitan Jn
08/13
08/18
1.70 London Bridge
08.15a ~ 08.20d [P4]
08.20½ ~ 08.22
? Spa Road
08/23 [Line 5]
08/24
? Blue Anchor
08/24 [SL]
08/25½
4.02 Bricklayers Arms
08/26 [FL]
08/27 [SL]
? Forest Hill
08/32 [SL]
08/31
6.22 Sydenham
08/35
08/33
7.34 Crystal Palace
08/40
08/37
9.08 West Norwood
08/45
08/41½
9.66 Tulse Hill
08/48 [P3]
08/44
10.72
0.00		 Herne Hill
08.52a ~ 09.03d [P1]
08.48 ~ 09.04
1.06 Tulse Hill
09/09 [P2]
09/08½
1.39 Leigham Jn
09/14½
09.10 ~ 09.10½
2.13 Streatham Hill
09/18
09/12½
? Sig. VC640
?
09.16 ~ 09.21
3.18 Balham
09/23 [SL]
09/23
5.13 Clapham Junction
09/28 [P16]
09/29
5.59 Latchmere Jn
09/30½
09/30½
8.42 Kensington Olympia
09/36½ [DML]
09/35
10.30 North Pole Jn
09/41½
09/37½
10.67 Mitre Bridge Jn
09/44
09.39½ ~ 09.43
- Willesden South West Sidings
09/47
09/45½
12.00 Acton Wells Jn
09/49
09/47½
13.66 South Acton Jn
09/54
09/53
14.46 Kew East Jn
09/59
09/54½
- Old Kew Jn
10/01
09.56½ ~ 09.59
15.59 Brentford
10/02
10/00½
18.47 Hounslow
10/06
10/05½
19.46 Whitton Jn
10/11
10/09
- Twickenham Jn
10/16 [FL]
10/13
21.27 Twickenham
10/17 [P4]
10/14
- St Margarets
10/19
10/17
22.72 Richmond
10/23
10/21
25.42 Barnes
10/30 [SL]
10/28
28.55 Clapham Junction
10.37½a ~ 10.41d [P3]
10.37½ ~ 10.41
29.63 Longhedge Jn
10/45
10/45
30.22 Factory Jn
10/49 [RVL]
10/47
- Voltaire Road Jn
10/49½
10/48
31.55 Brixton
10/51
10/51
32.37 Herne Hill
10/52 [P3]
10/52
33.43 Tulse Hill
10/56 [P4]
10/56 [P2]
35.04 Streatham
11/00
11/00
35.51 Streatham Common
11/06 [SL]
11/06
38.34 Selhurst
11/17
11/13
- Windmill Bridge Jn
11/24
11/22½
39.43 East Croydon
11/25 [P5] [RVS]
11/25½
- South Croydon
11/29 [P4]
11/28
41.38 Sanderstead
11/31
11/31
49.40 Oxted
11/42 [P2]
11/42
50.35 Hurst Green
11/51
11/44
56.42 Hever
12/08
11/59
60.29 Blackham Jn
12/15
12/12
62.71 Ashurst Jn
12/21
12/16½
68.26 Crowborough
12/38
12p25a ~ 12p40d
71.68 Greenhurst Jn
12/45
12/42
75.23
0.00		 Uckfield
12.52a ~ 13.00d
12.47½ ~ 13.01
3.35 Greenhurst Jn
13/10
13/06½
6.77 Crowborough
13/17
13/13
12.32 Ashurst Jn
13/27
13/21½
14.74 Blackham Jn
13/33
13/22½
18.61 Hever
13/39
13/28
- Hurst Green Jn
?
13/53½
24.68 Hurst Green
13/55
13/54
25.56 Oxted
13.59a ~ 14.01d [P1]
13.56 ~ 13.58½
33.65 Sanderstead
14/14
14/12½
- South Croydon
14/18 [RVS] [P4]
14/16½
35.60
0.00		 East Croydon
14.22a ~ 14.31d [P5]
14.21½ ~ 14.31½
- South Croydon
14/34 [P5]
??/?? [P4]
1.75 Sanderstead
14/36
14/37
10.04 Oxted
14.49a ~ 14.51d [P2]
14.49 ~ 14.50½
10.72 Hurst Green
14/53
14/52
19.56
0.00		 East Grinstead
15.05a ~ 15.19d [P1]
15.04 ~ 15.19
8.64 Hurst Green
15/32
15/31
9.52 Oxted
15/34
15/32½
17.61 Sanderstead
15/42½
15/43½
- South Croydon
15/45 [RVS] [P4]
15/47 [SL] [P3]
19.56 East Croydon
15/49 [SL] [P4]
15/49
- Windmill Bridge Jn
15/50
15/51½
- Norwood Fork Jn
15/51 [FL]
15/52
21.29 Norwood Junction
15/55½ [P3]
15/54
- Bromley Jn
15/57½
15/58
22.68 Crystal Palace
15/59½
16/00½
24.42 West Norwood
16/05½
16/05½
25.20 Tulse Hill
16/08 [P3]
16/08½
27.71 Peckham Rye
16/13½
16/13½
29.58 South Bermondsey
16/19
16/16½
31.27
0.00		 London Bridge
16.24a ~ 17.03d [P15]
16.22 ~ 17.03 [P12]
1.49 South Bermondsey Jn
17/07
17/06
3.36 Peckham Rye
17/13 [AL]
17/11½
3.67 Crofton Road Jn
17/19
17/12½
4.23 Denmark Hill
17/20
17/13½
- Voltaire Road Jn
17/23
17/17½
6.58 Factory Jn
17/24
17/18½
7.01 Stewarts Lane Jn 17/27 [RVL]
17/19½
7.48 Battersea Pier Jn 17/29 [SL]
17/27
8.39
0.00		 London Victoria
17.34a ~ 17.40d [P8] [SL]
17.31 ~ 17.43½
- Grosvenor Bridge
17/43
?
0.71 Stewarts Lane Jn
17/46
DIV
? Battersea Park
DIV
17/48 [P1]
1.61 Factory Jn
17/51 [AL]
17/51
- Voltaire Road Jn
17/52
17/52
4.27 Denmark Hill
17/57
17/57½
- Crofton Road Jn
17/58
17/59½ [CL]
5.73 Nunhead
18/01
18/03½
7.59 Lewisham
18/10
18/08½
8.50 Blackheath
18/15½
18/12
10.66 Eltham
18/22
18/19
15.46 Barnehurst
18/29
18/31
17.06 Erith Loop
18/31
18/35
17.12 Slade Green
18/34
18/36
23.10 Woolwich Arsenal
18/44
18/45
24.78 Charlton
18/48
18/49
26.73 Blackheath
19/02
19/00
27.64 Lewisham
19/06 [RVL]
19/04
28.39 Tanners Hill Jn
19/08 [FL]
19/09
29.00 New Cross
19/09
19/11
29.43 North Kent East Jn
19/10 [Line 6]
19/11½
- Spa Road Jn
19/15 [UPL]
19/15
31.78 London Bridge
19*18 ~ 19*31 [UPL]
19.21 ~ 19.31 [P5]
32.37 Metropolitan Jn
19/33
19/33
- Blackfriars No.1 Carriage Road
19/37
19/36
33.21
0.00		 London Blackfriars
19.40a ~ 19.49d [P1] [FL]
19.39 ~ 19.49½
3.07 Loughborough Jn
19/59
19/58
3.32 Canterbury Road Jn
20/00
20/00
4.14 Brixton Jn
20/03
20/01
- Shepherds Lane Jn
20/04 [AL]
20/01½
- Voltaire Road Jn
20/05 [RVL]
20/03½ [AL-RVL]
5.41 Factory Jn
20/06
20/04½ [Dn Ludgate]
6.00 Longhedge Jn
20/08
20/06
6.65 Latchmere Jn
20/17
20.11 ~ 20.14½
9.48 Kensington Olympia
20/24 [DML]
20.23½ [P2]
11.36 North Pole Jn
20/29
20/29
11.73 Mitre Bridge Jn
20/30
20/30½
12.45 Willesden Junction High Level
20c36a ~ 20c40d
20.36 ~ 20.40
12.67 Kensal Green Jn
20/42
20/41
16.74 Gospel Oak
20/59
20/57½
- Junction Road Jn
21/06
21/01
18.07 Upper Holloway
21/08
21/02
20.76 South Tottenham
21/18
21/15½
21.40 Tottenham South Jn
21/25
21/22½
22.07 Coppermill Jn
21/26
21/24
24.55 Temple Mills East Jn
21/31
21/29½
25.33 Lea Jn
21/42
21/37½
28.17 Dalston Jn
21/49 [Line 1]
21/46
29.07 Canonbury West Jn
21/52
21/48
- Finsbury Park South Jn
[Dn Gds - Dn M'gate]
21/52
30.29 Finsbury Park
21.57a ~ 21.59½d [P6]
21.58 ~ 21.59
- Finsbury Park North Jn
[Dn M'gate - DS2]
?
32.66 Alexandra Palace
22/04½
22/03
37.57
0.00		 Gordon Hill
22.13a ~ 22.21d [P1]
22.12 ~ 22.21
4.71 Alexandra Palace
22/28 [GL]
22/28 [P1-UGL]
7.28 Finsbury Park
22/38
22/44½ [P1]
8.25 Holloway South Jn
22/42 [SL]
22/50
9.14 Belle Isle
22/44 [SL2]
?
9.69 London Kings Cross
22.46a [P9]
22.54


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