3rd December 2011

Pathfinder Tours
The Lincoln Fayre & Coast Explorer

Locos Used 670??, 67022 & 67025 'Western Star'
Stock Used load 11

Route : 
1Z96 : Eastleigh to Cleethorpes
1Z97 : Cleethorpes to Eastleigh

Loco(s) Route
67025 (1) Eastleigh - Winchester - Basingstoke - Bramley - ??? - Tilehurst - Didcot Parkway - Oxford - Banbury - Leamington Spa - Dorridge - Tyseley - Bordesley Jn - St Andrews Jn - Landor Street Jn - Water Orton - Nuneaton - Hinckley - ??? - Newark Castle - Swinderby - Lincoln Central - Market Rasen - Wrawby Jn - Barnetby
67025 (2) Barnetby - Grimsby Town - Cleethorpes
67022 (3) Cleethorpes - Grimsby Town - Barnetby - Wrawby Jn - Market Rasen - Lincoln Central - Swinderby - Newark Castle - Nottingham - Sheet Stores Jn - Castle Donnington - Stenson Jn - North Stafford Jn - Burton on Trent - Tamworth HL - Water Orton - (reverse of outward route) - Oxford - Didcot North Jn - Didcot West Curve Jn (6) - Foxhall Jn
67025 (2) Foxhall Jn - Didcot Parkway - Tilehurst - Reading
67022 (3) Reading - Bramley - Basingstoke - Winchester - Eastleigh

Notes : 
(1) : 670?? on rear?
(2) : 67022 on rear
(3) : 67025 on rear
(4) It is reported that 670?? failed somewhere on the outward leg, and was replaced at Barnetby by 67022, confirmation required.
(5) Off tour options were a visit to the Appleby & Frodingham Railway for a tour of the TATA Steelworks (from Barnetby), or a visit to The Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway.
(6) David Lawrence comments: on the way back Didcot east curve was closed so we had to take west curve and reverse, and so was 45mins late at Didcot.

Sources : David Lawrence (joined/left the train at Didcot Parkway) & Nick Bartlett

Timings (Booked Only)
(from David Lawrence)

Location Booked
Eastleigh 06.34d
Winchester ??.??a ~ 06.43d
Basingstoke ??.??a ~ 07.30d
Reading West Jn 07*58 ~ 08*17
Tilehurst ??.??a ~ 08.20d
Didcot Parkway ??.??a ~ 08.43d
Oxford ??.??a ~ 08.58d
Banbury ??.??a ~ ??.??d
Leamington Spa ??.??a ~ 09.48d
Dorridge ??.??a ~ 10.05d
Bordesley Jn 10/25
St Andrews Jn 10/27
Landor Street Jn 10/29
Water Orton 10/35
Nuneaton 10/59
Leicester 11/21
Trent South Jn 11/43
Nottingham 11/55
Newark Castle 12/16
Boultham Jn 12/41
Lincoln 12.45a ~ 13.00d
Barnetby 13.42a ~ ??.??d
Cleethorpes 14.15a ~ 16.30d
Barnetby ??.??a ~ 16.59d
Lincoln 17.40a ~ 17.55d
Newark Castle 18/19
Nottingham 18/49
Trent East Jn 18/57
Sheet Stores Jn 18/59
Clay Mills Jn 19/25
Burton-on-Trent 19*28
Tamworth HL 19/43
Water Orton 19/53
St Andrews Jn 20/01
Dorridge 20.30a ~ ??.??d
Leamington Spa 20.45a ~ ??.??d
Banbury 21.07a ~ ??.??d
Oxford 21.33a ~ ??.??d
Didcot West Curve Jn 21/44
Didcot Parkway 21.46a ~ ??.??d
(actual: 22.30 ~ ??.??)
Tilehurst 22.00a ~ ??.??d
Basingstoke 22.38a ~ ??.??d
Winchester 22.59a ~ ??.??d
Eastleigh 23.20a ~ ??.??d
(actual: about an hour late?)


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