8th September 2018

Pathfinder Tours
The Wessex Wanderer

Locos Used 50007 'Hercules' & 50049 'Defiance' (1) & 66742 'ABP Port of Immingham Centenary 1912-2012'
Stock Used 6054+6158+5998+1200+3397+3345+3356+1657+3364+3390+17105

Route :
1Z50 : East Midlands Parkway to Weymouth
1Z54 : Weymouth to East Midlands Parkway

Loco(s) Route
66742 East Midlands Parkway - Loughborough - Syston South Jn - Leicester - Wigston North Jn - Hinckley - Nuneaton - Whitacre Jn - Coleshill Parkway - Water Orton - Landor Street Jn - Birmingham New Street - Soho South Jn - Galton Jn - Smethwick Jn - Rowley Regis - Stourbridge Junction - Kidderminster - Droitwich Spa - Worcester Shrub Hill
50049+50007 Worcester Shrub Hill - Norton Jn - Abbotswood Jn - Ashchurch for Tewkesbury- Cheltenham Spa - Barnwood Jn - Gloucester Yard Jn - Standish Jn - Yate - Westerleigh Jn - Bristol Parkway - Filton Abbey Wood - Dr Day's Jn - North Somerset Jn - Bath Spa - Bathampton Jn - Trowbridge - Westbury - Fairwood Jn - Clink Road Jn - Blatchbridge Jn - Castle Cary - Yeovil Pen Mill - Maiden Newton - Dorchester West - Weymouth
50007+50049 Weymouth - Dorchester South - Wareham - Poole - Bournemouth - Brockenhurst - Redbridge - Southampton Central - St Denys - Eastleigh - Winchester - Worting Jn - Basingstoke - Bramley - Southcote Jn - Oxford Road Jn - Reading West Jn - Goring & Streatley - Didcot East Jn - Didcot North Jn - Oxford - Wolvercote Jn - Charlbury - Ascott-under-Wychwood - Moreton-in-Marsh - Evesham - Norton Jn - Worcester Shrub Hill - Droitwich Spa - Kidderminster [Down Goods Loop]
66742 Kidderminster [Down Goods Loop] - Kidderminster - (reverse of outward route) - East Midlands Parkway

Notes :
(1) 50007 & 50049 running numbered / named as 50006 'Neptune' & 50011 'Centurion' respectively, on one side only.


50049+50007 passing Freshford on 1Z50 (photo: Guy Vincent)

Sources : Keith Gardiner (on the tour from/to Kidderminster) & Guy Vincent

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Keith Gardiner & Realtime Trains)

M.C Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual M.C
0.00 East Midlands Parkway 05.44d [P4] 05.44   23.10a [P3] 23.09 78.15
? Loughborough North Jn 05/52 ?   23/02½ [DF-DS] 23/02 ?
6.54 Loughborough 05.53a ~ 05.56d [P3] 05.52 ~ 05.55   22.59a ~ 23.01d [P1] 22.59 ~ 23.01 [P1] 71.41
? Sileby Jn 06/03 [US] 06/01   22/54 [DF] 22/54 ?
? Syston South Jn 06/07 [US] 06/07   22/51 [DF] 22/52 ?
19.13 Leicester 06.15a ~ 06.18d [P3] 06.14 ~ 06.18   22.36a ~ 22.45d [P2] 22.44 ~ 22.46 59.02
? Wigston North Jn 06/24 06/23   22/31½ 22/39 ?
? Croft 06/30 06/29   22/26½ 22/31 ?
? Hinckley 06/37 [P1] 06/34   22/21½ [P2] 22/26 ?
37.71 Nuneaton 06.43a ~ 06.45d [P6] 06.39 ~ 06.44   22.13a ~ 22.16d [P7] 22.16 ~ 22.19 40.24
? Abbey Jn 06/48 06/47   22/10½ 22/14 ?
48.36 Whitacre Jn 07/02 06/58   22/00½ 22/03 29.59
? Coleshill Parkway 07/05 [P1] 07/00   21/57 [P2] 22/01 ?
51.21 Water Orton 07/07 [ML] 07/03   21/53½ 21/59 26.74
57.29 Landor Street Jn 07/13½ 07/09   21/48½ [ML] 21/51 20.66
? Proof House Jn 07/15½ [DEL] 07/15   21/47 [DEL] 21/49 ?
58.72 Birmingham New Street 07.18a ~ 07.28d [P8] 07.19 ~ 07.28   21.39a ~ 21.44d [P9] 21.43 ~ 21.46 19.23
60.69 Soho South Jn 07/32½ 07/33   21/35 21/38 17.26
? Soho North Jn 07/33 07/33   21/34½ 21/37 ?
62.51 Galton Jn 07/34½ 07/34   21/32½ 21/35 15.44
? Smethwick Jn 07/36 07/35   21/30 21/34 ?
65.57 Rowley Regis 07/39½ 07/39   21/24 21/26 12.38
71.04 Stourbridge Junction 07.49a ~ 07.51d [P3] 07.48 ~ 07.51   21.11a ~ 21.14d [P2] 21.14 ~ 21.17 7.11
? Blakedown 07/54 07/55   21/06½ 21/10 ?
77.54 Kidderminster 07.58a ~ 08.01d [P2] 07.58 ~ 08.01   21.01a ~ 21.04d [P1] 21.02 ~ 21.06 0.41
- Kidderminster [Goods Loop] - -   20L24 ~ 20L59 [DGL] 20.25 ~ 21.00 0.00
208.24
81.32 Hartlebury 08/04½ 08/05   20/20 20/19 205.07
87.10 Droitwich Spa 08.13a ~ 08.16d ?   20.10a ~ 20.13d ? 199.29
? Tunnel Jn 08/22½ 08/20   20/03 20/06 ?
92.58
0.00		 Worcester Shrub Hill 08L25a ~ 08L53d [P2] 08.25 ~ 08.53   19.56a ~ 20.01d [P1] 20.00 ~ 20.04 193.61
3.16 Norton Jn 08/59 08/59   19/49 19/50 190.45

 

M.C Location Booked Actual
3.78 Abbotswood Jn 09/01½ 09/00
14.54 Ashchurch for Tewkesbury 09/09 [P2] 09/10
21.76 Cheltenham Spa 09.17a ~ 09.19d [P1] 09.16 ~ 09.22 [P1]
22.56 Cheltenham Lansdown Loop 09*21 ~ 09*30 [DGL] 09.23 ~ 09.30
27.29 Barnwood Jn 09/37 09/36
? Gloucester Yard Jn 09/38 09/37
34.37 Standish Jn 09/44 09/42
? Cam & Dursley 09/48 09/46
47.40 Charfield 09/54 09/50
? Yate 09/59½ 09/56
55.74 Westerleigh Jn 10/04 09/58
60.44 Bristol Parkway 10.12a ~ 10.16d [P2] 10.04 ~ 10.17 [P1]
62.03 Filton Abbey Wood 10/19 [P1] 10/19
? Narroways Hill Jn 10/28 10/29
65.58 Dr Day's Jn 10/31½ 10/36
66.05 North Somerset Jn 10/35 10/38
76.60 Bath Spa 10/47 [P2] 10/48
79.06 Bathampton Jn 10/51 10/52
88.18 Bradford Jn 11/01 11/02
? Trowbridge 11/04 11/03
93.42 Westbury 11c14 ~ 11c16 [P2] 11.09 ~ 11.14
94.76 Fairwood Jn 11/20 11/17
98.22 Clink Road Jn 11/22 11/21
100.30 Blatchbridge Jn 11/24 11/23
? East Somerset Jn 11/27 11/25
113.23 Castle Cary 11/35 [P2] 11/34 [P2]
125.05 Yeovil Pen Mill 11t56 ~ 12t09 [P3] 11.55 ~ 12.13
137.70 Maiden Newton 12t28 ~ 12t37 [P2] 12.32 ~ 12.40
145.41 Dorchester West 12.47 ~ 12.53 [P2] 12.49 ~ 12.51
145.70 Dorchester Jn 12/54 12/52
152.41
0.00		 Weymouth 13.06a [P3] ~ 15.35d [P3] 13.07 [P3] ~ 15.36 [P?]
6.49 Dorchester Jn 15/49 15/46
6.74 Dorchester South 15/50 [P1] 15/47 [P1]
12.40 Moreton 15/56½ [P1] 15/54
16.75 Wool 16/01½ [P1] 15/58
21.74 Wareham 16/14 [P1] 16/03
29.02 Poole 16/22½ [P1] 16/12 [P1]
32.13 Branksome 16/27½ [P1] 16/17
34.62 Bournemouth 16/33 [P2] 16/22
49.78 Brockenhurst 16/54 [P2] 16/49
60.74 Redbridge 17/03½ [P1] 17/05
63.45 Southampton Central 17c07 ~ 17c09 [UF] [P1] 17.12 ~ 17.15
? Northam Jn 17/12 [US] 17/18
65.42 St Denys 17/14½ [P1] 17/19
? Southampton Airport Parkway 17/17 [P1] [UF] 17/22 [P1] [UF]
69.17 Eastleigh 17/22 [UF] 17/23
? Shawford 17/26 [P1] 17/27
76.13 Winchester 17/29 [P1] 17/29
? Wallers Ash Loop 17/34 17/34
92.31 Worting Jn 17/43 [US] 17/42
94.71 Basingstoke 17/45½ [P4] 17/45 [P4]
? Bramley 17/52 17/52
108.59 Southcote Jn 18/00 18/01
109.54 Oxford Road Jn 18/01½ 18/03
110.15 Reading West Jn 18/04 [DR] 18/05
? Goring & Streatley 18/11 [P3] [DR] 18/12
126.05 Didcot East Jn 18/21 18/21
127.10 Didcot North Jn 18/22 18/24
? Kennington Jn 18/29 18/31
136.60 Oxford 18*33 ~ 18*35 [P4] [DR] 18.34 ~ 18.35 [P4]
139.51 Wolvercote Jn 18/40 18/40
149.79 Charlbury 18/51 [P1] ?
153.52 Ascott-under-Wychwood 19/01 [P1] 19/03
? Kingham 19/05 ?
165.00 Moreton-in-Marsh 19/12 [P1] 19/19
174.79 Honeybourne 19/24 [P1] ?
179.74 Evesham 19/36 19/39

Timings continue in first table.

Associated E.C.S. & Light Engine Workings

08/09/18 :
5Z49 : (66742) : Burton-on-Trent Wetmore Sidings to East Midlands Parkway

Location Booked
Burton Wetmore Sidings 05.03d
Wetmore Jn 05.07 ~  05.10
Clay Mills Jn 05/12
North Stafford Jn 05/16
Stenson Jn 05/17
Castle Donington 05/29
Sheet Stores Jn 05/35
Trent South Jn 05/36
East Midlands Parkway 05.38a

0Z50 : (50049 + 50007 : Kidderminster S.V.R. to Worcester

Location Booked
Kidderminster S.V.R. 07.24d
Kidderminster 07.26 ~ 07.29
Hartlebury 07/34
Droitwich Spa 07/40
Tunnel Jn 07/48
Worcester Shrub Hill 07.52 ~ 07.55
Worcester Sig.67 07.57 ~ 08.00
Worcester Hereford Sidings 08.02a

5Z52 : (50007 + 50049) : Weymouth to Jersey Sidings
5Z53 : (50049 + 50007) : Jersey Sidings to Weymouth

Location Booked
Weymouth 13.24d [P3]
Jersey Sidings 13.28a ~ 15.21d
Weymouth 15.25a [P3]

0Z51 : (66742) : Worcester to Kidderminster [Goods Loop]

Location Booked
Worcester T.C. 19.40d
Worcester Sig.58 19.44 ~ 19.45
Tunnel Jn 19/46
Droitwich Spa 19/53
Hartlebury 19/58
Kidderminster 20.03 ~ 20.05
Kidderminster C.H.S. 20.08 ~ 20.41
Kidderminster 20.43 ~ 20.46
Kidderminster [Goods Loop] 20.49a [DGL]

0Z52 : (50007 + 50049) : Kidderminster [Goods Loop] to Kidderminster S.V.R.

Location Booked
Kidderminster [Goods Loop] 20.34d [DGL]
Kidderminster 20.36 ~ 20.39
Kidderminster S.V.R. 20.44a

5Z55 : (66742) : East Midlands Parkway to Beeston Sidings

Location Booked
East Midlands Parkway 23.20d
Trent South Jn 23/22
Trent East Jn 23/23
Beeston South Jn 23/29
Beeston Sidings 23.34a

09/09/18 :
5Z56 : (66742?) : Beeston Sidings to Burton-on-Trent Wetmore Sidings

Location Booked
Beeston Sidings 08.00d
Beeston South Jn 08/04
Trent East Jn 08/09
Sheet Stores Jn 08/11
Castle Donington 08/18
Stenson Jn 08/31
North Stafford Jn 08/32
Clay Mills Jn 08/36
Wetmore Jn 08/40
Burton East Yard Loop 08.44 ~ 08.54
Wetmore Jn 08.58 ~ 09.08
Burton Wetmore Sidings 09.12a


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