22nd October 1988

Pathfinder Tours
The Pennine Fifties

Locos Used 50033 & 50034

Route : 1Z26 throughout

Locos Route
50033 + 50034 Birmingham New Street - Bromsgrove - Worcester Shrub Hill - Cheltenham Spa - Dr Days Jn - (1) - Bristol Temple Meads
50033 + 50034 Bristol Temple Meads - (1) North Somerset Jn - Bath Spa - Bradford-on-Avon - Bradford North Jn - Bradford West Jn - Melksham - Swindon - Reading - Ealing Broadway - Willesden Junction High Level - Harringay Park Jn - Hertford North - Stevenage - (via ECML) - Doncaster - Crofton West Jn - Wakefield Kirkgate - Huddersfield - Manchester Victoria - Earlestown - Liverpool Lime Street
50033 + 50034 Liverpool Lime Street - Runcorn - Crewe - Rugeley - Walsall - Perry Barr North Jn - Soho South Jn - Birmingham New Street - (via Camp Hill) - Barnt Green - Worcester Shrub Hill - Stroud - Swindon

Notes :
(1) Originally uploaded as using the Dr Days Jn to North Somerset Jn curve however The Creech Crusader has photographic evidence the train went into Bristol Temple Meads and reversed - was this booked route or an on-the-day diversion from the booked route?

Sources : Simon Skidmore (left the train at Birmingham New Street),
 Lee Nash, Nick Lawford & The Creech Crusader

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