4th June 2011

Pathfinder Tours
The Peak District Explorer

Locos Used 66126 & 66174
Stock Used 21245+3120+3066+1692+3141+3146+3144+1813+4959+4927+5350

Route :
1Z64 : Salisbury to Buxton
1Z65 : Buxton to Buxton
1Z66 : Buxton to Salisbury

Loco(s) Route
66174 (1) Salisbury - Warminster - Westbury - Trowbridge - Chippenham - Swindon - Foxhall Jn - Didcot North Jn - Oxford - Aynho Jn - Banbury - Leamington Spa - Kenilworth - Coventry - Three Spires Jn - Nuneaton - Lichfield TV - Colwich - Stone - Stoke-on-Trent - Kidsgrove - Macclesfield - Cheadle Hulme - Stockport - Heaton Norris Jn
66126 (2) Heaton Norris Jn - Stockport - Hazel Grove - Chapel-en-le-Frith - Buxton
66174 (1) Buxton - Buxton URS
66126 (2) Buxton URS - Hindlow Briggs Sidings
66174 (1) Hindlow Briggs Sidings - Buxton URS
66126 (2) Buxton URS - Buxton
66174 (1) Buxton - Buxton URS
66126 (2) Buxton URS - Great Rocks Jn - Chinley East Jn - Edale - Grindleford - Dore South Jn - Chesterfield - Clay Cross North Jn - Ambergate Jn - Derby - Stenson Jn - Burton-on-Trent - Wichnor Jn - Tamworth HL - Kingsbury Jn - Water Orton - Landor Street Jn - Bordesley Jn - Small Heath South Jn - Tyseley - Dorridge - Hatton - Leamington Spa - (reverse of outward route) - Salisbury

Notes :
(1) 66126 on rear.
(2) 66174 on rear.
(3) Route confirmation required - above is from booked timings. Tour seen at Westbury in the evening, running about 10mins late, hauled by 66126 with 66174 on the rear.

Sources : Chris Bracey & John Clifford

Timings (Booked Only)
(from Chris Bracey)

M.C Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn) M.C
0.00 Salisbury 06.52d 23.44a 258.56
? Wilton Jn 05/56 23/39 ?
? Wishford 06/00 23/35 ?
? Upton Lovell 06/08 23/27 ?
19.70 Warminster 06.14a ~ 06.17d 23.18a ~ 23.21d 238.66
24.43 Westbury 06.23a ~ 06.26d 23.08a ~ 23.11d 234.13
28.46 Trowbridge 06.32a ~ 06.35d 22.58a ~ 23.01d 230.10
? Bradford Jn 06/38 22/55½ ?
? Thingley Jn 06/55 22/32 ?
40.31 Chippenham 06.59a ~ 07.02d 22.24a ~ 22.27d 218.25
? Wootton Bassett Jn 07/14 22/14 ?
57.04 Swindon 07.20a ~ 07.22d 22.04a ~ 22.07d 201.52
? Uffington 07/33 21/53 ?
? Wantage Road 07/44 21/48 ?
80.52 Foxhall Jn 07.50a ~ 07.52d 21.38a ~ 21.40d 178.04
? Didcot North Jn 08/12 21/36 ?
? Kennington Jn 08/20 21/26 ?
90.73 Oxford 08.23a ~ 08.25d 21.19a ~ 21.22d 167.63
? Oxford North Jn 08/27 21.02 ~ 21.15 166.59
? Wolvercot Jn 08/29 20/58 ?
? Heyford 08/36½ 20/47½ ?
? Aynho Jn 08/41 20/41 ?
113.48 Banbury 08.46a ~ 08.48d 20.32a ~ 20.35d 145.08
? Fenny Compton 08/57 20/22 ?
133.57 Leamington Spa 09.07a ~ 09.09d 20.07a ~ 20.10d 124.79

 

M.C Location Booked
139.05 Kenilworth 09.18 ~ 09.33
? Gibbet Hill Jn 09/37
? Coventry 09/55
? Three Spires Jn 10/02
? Hawkesbury Lane 10/04½
? Nuneaton 10/12½
? Amington Jn 10/22½
? Lichfield North Jn 10/28½
? Rugeley North Jn 10/34½
? Colwich 10/38
? Stone 10/54
202.05 Stoke-on-Trent 11.04 ~ 11.06
? Kidsgrove 11/14
? Congleton 11/20
? Macclesfield 11/28
? Cheadle Hulme 11/40
? Edgeley Jn No.1 11/54
233.79 Stockport 11.56 ~ 12.05
234.54
0.00		 Heaton Norris Jn 12.09 ~ 12.29
? Stockport 12/31
? Edgeley Jn No.1 12/33
? Hazel Grove 12/38½
? Furness Vale 12/52
? Chapel-en-le-Frith 12/59
20.30
0.00		 Buxton 13.09a ~ 13.23d
0.22
0.00		 Buxton URS 13.30 ~ 13.35
4.70
0.00		 Hindlow Briggs Sidings 13.58 ~ 14.03
4.70
0.00		 Buxton URS 14.26 ~ 14.33
0.22
0.00		 Buxton 14.39a ~ 16.25d
0.22
0.00		 Buxton URS 16.33 ~ 16.43
? Topley Pike GF 16/52
? Great Rocks Jn 16/56
? Peak Forest SB 16/59
? Chinley East Jn 17/17
? Edale 17/24
? Earles Sidings SB 17/28
? Bamford 17/31
? Grindleford 17/35
? Totley Tunnel East 17/42
? Dore South Jn 17/46
? Tapton Jn 17/56
38.44 Chesterfield 17.58 ~ 18.00
? Chesterfield South Jn 18/07½
? Clay Cross North Jn 18/14
? Ambergate Jn 18/23
? Derby 18/33
? Stenson Jn 18/40
? Clay Mills Jn 18/43½
? Burton-on-Trent 18/45½
? Wichnor Jn 18/51
? Tamworth HL 18/57
? Kingsbury Jn 19/03½
? Water Orton 19/07
102.29 Landor Street Jn 19.15 ~ 19.17
? Bordesley Jn 19/22
? Small Heath South Jn 19/28
? Tyseley 19/30
112.09 Dorridge UPL 19.47 ~ 19.53
? hatton 20/00½

Timings continue in first table.

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