6th March 1993

Pathfinder Tours
The Coker-Coaler

Locos Used 37422 & 37514
Stock Used 3267+4869+4915+4842+17151+5027+4999+4925+4977

Route : 1Z39 throughout

Loco(s) Route
37422 Manchester Piccadilly - Stockport - Wilmslow -Crewe - Stafford - Wolverhampton - Dudley Port - Birmingham New St - Landor Street Jn - Tamworth HL - Burton on Trent - Derby
37514 (2) Derby - Spondon - Sheet Stores Jn - Trent Jn - Toton Jn - Langley Mill - Chesterfield - Tapton Jn - Seymour Jn - Bolsover Colliery
37422 (1) Bolsover Colliery - Seymour Jn
37514 (2) Seymour Jn - Elmton & Cresswell
37422 (1) Elmton & Cresswell - Shireoaks West Jn - Brancliffe East Jn - Maltby Colliery - Firbeck Jn - Harworth Colliery
37514 (2) Harworth Colliery - Firbeck Jn
37422 (1) Firbeck Jn - St Catherines Jn - Markham - Kirk Sandall Jn
37514 (2) Kirk Sandall Jn - Doncaster - Rossington Reversing Spur
37422 (1) Rossington Reversing Spur - Rossington Colliery
37514 (2) Rossington Colliery - Rossington Reversing Spur
37422 (1) Rossington Reversing Spur - Doncaster 2 way Goods - Bentley Colliery South Jn - Bentley Colliery
37514 (2) Bentley Colliery - Bentley Colliery North Jn - Temple Hirst Jn - Hambleton South Jn - Gascoigne Wood Jn - Castleford - Turners Lane Jn - Calder Bridge Jn - Oakenshaw South Jn - Royston Jn - Grimethorpe Colliery
37422 (1) Grimethorpe Colliery - Cudworth North Jn
37514 (2) Cudworth North Jn - Monk Bretton
37422 (1) Monk Bretton - Royston Jn - Wakefield Kirkgate
37514 (2) Wakefield Kirkgate - Crofton West - Moorthorpe - Swinton - Wincobank Station Jn - Sheffield
37422 Sheffield - Chesterfield - Derby - Burton on Trent - Tamworth HL - Landor Street Jn - Birmingham New Street - Dudley Port - Wolverhampton - Stafford - Crewe - Wilmslow - Stockport - Manchester Piccadilly

Notes:
(1) 37514 on rear.
(2) 37422 on rear.
(3) Booked route was Wakefield Kirkgate - Horbury Jn - Barnsley - Wincobank Station Jn - Sheffield.

Sources : Janet Cottrell (joined at Derby, left at Birmingham New Street)
& Alan Sheppard (joined / left the train at Derby)

Photo Review
(all photos: Gordon Lacy)


37514 waits in Derby station for the arrival of the tour.


...and 37422 duly arriving into Derby.


Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Alan Sheppard & Janet Cottrell)

M.C Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual M.C
0.00 Manchester Piccadilly 06.05d ?   23.07a ? 195.76
2.25 Slade Lane Jn 06/09 ?   23/03 ? 193.51
5.70 Stockport 06.13a ~ 06.15d ?   22.56a ~ 22.58d ? 190.66
8.11 Cheadle Hulme 06/18 ?   22/53 ? 187.65
12.06 Wilmslow 06/23 ?   22/48 ? 183.70
26.21 Sandbach 06/34 ?   22/35 ? 169.55
30.31 Crewe 06.45a ~ 06.48d ?   22.24a ~ 22.27d ? 165.05
38.71 Madeley Jn 07/02 ?   22/14 ? 156.79
49.79 Norton Bridge 07/17 ?   22/05 ? 145.77
55.28 Stafford 07.25a ~ 07.27d ?   21.56a ~ 21.58d ? 140.48
68.05 Bushbury Jn 07/55 ?   21/47 ? 126.11
69.59 Wolverhampton 07.41a ~ 07.43d ?   21.39a ~ 21.41d ? 125.17
75.19 Dudley Port 07/54 ?   21/32 ? 119.57
79.04 Galton Jn 08/00 ?   21/26 ? 115.72
80.62 Soho South Jn 08/04 ?   21/24 ? 114.14
82.63 Birmingham New Street 08.09a ~ 08.15d ?   21.16a ~ 21.18d 21.58 ~ ??.?? 112.13
83.51 Proof House Jn 08/17 ?   21/14 21/54 111.25
84.28 Landor Street Jn 08/19 ?   21/12 21/53 110.48
90.34 Water Orton 08/25 ?   21/07 21/46 104.42
94.29 Kingsbury Jn 08/29 ?   21/03 21/42 100.47
100.10 Tamworth HL 08.37a ~ 08.39d ?   20.53a ~ 20.54d 21.34 ~ 21.35 94.66
107.38 Wichnor Jn 08/47 ?   20/47 ? 87.38
113.01 Burton-on-Trent 08.52a ~ 08.54d ?   20.39a ~ 20.40d 21.19 ~ 21.20 81.75
119.18 Stenson Jn 09/01 ?   20/33 21/14 75.58

 

M.C Location Booked Actual
124.02
0.00		 Derby 09L10a ~ 09L30d 09.10 ~ 09.34
2.50 Spondon 09/35 09/39
8.59 Sheet Stores Jn 09/41 09/46
9.22 Trent Jn 09/42 09/49
10.59 Toton Jn 09/46 ?
14.42 Trowell Jn 09/49 ?
19.22 Langley Mill 09/56 10/00
25.40 Alfreton & Mansfield Parkway 10/03 10/06
31.43 Clay Cross South Jn 10/08 10/12
35.53 Chesterfield 10c13a ~ 10c15d 10.17 ~ 10.19
36.12 Tapton Jn 10/17 10/21
38.79 Barrow Hill Jn 10/22 10/27
40.02 Hall Lane Jn 10/26 10/29
41.46 Seymour Jn 10c31a ~ 10c33d 10/33
44.04
0.00		 Bolsover Colliery 10.43a ~ 10.51d 10.55 ~ 10.59
2.38
0.00		 Seymour Jn 11.01a ~ 11.09d 11.20 ~ 11.22
7.44
0.00		 Elmton & Creswell Jn 11.22a ~ 11.30d 11.43 ~ 11.45
4.79 Shireoaks West Jn 11c45a ~ 11c47d 11.55 ~ 12.03
6.20 Brancliffe East Jn 11/50 12/03
9.37 Dinnington Colliery Jn 12/02 12/16
15.51 Maltby Colliery SB 12/15 12/31
17.40 Firbeck Jn 12/19 12/36
20.41
0.00		 Harworth Colliery 12.34a ~ 12.42d 12.54 ~ 12.55
3.01
0.00		 Firbeck Jn 12.57a ~ 13.05d 13.13 ~ 13.17
3.77 St Catherines Jn 13/13 13/22
6.49 Markham Sidings Jn 13/18 13/29
9.29
0.00		 Kirk Sandall Jn 13.23a ~ 13.31d 13.40 ~ 13.42
3.50
0.00		 Doncaster 13c41a ~ 13c43d 13.52 ~ 14.01
8.19
0.00		 Rossington Reversing Spur 14.00a ~ 14.10d 14.16 ~ 14.18
1.72
0.00		 Rossington Colliery 14.25a ~ 14.35d 14.28 ~ 14.30
1.72
0.00		 Rossington Reversing Spur 14.50a ~ 15.00d 14.39 ~ 14.40
4.49 Doncaster 2-Way Goods 15c15a ~ 15c17d 14.53 ~ 14.55
7.17 Bentley Colliery South Jn 15/23 14/59
7.42
0.00		 Bentley Colliery 15.33a ~ 15.43d 15.05 ~ 15.07
0.25 Bentley Colliery North Jn 15/53 15/12
1.53 Shaftholme Jn 15/55 15/15
10.53 Temple Hirst Jn 16/05 15/26
15.47 Hambleton South Jn 16/10 15/34
16.70 Hambleton West Jn 16/13 15/36
18.54 Gascoigne Wood Jn 16/16 15/40
20.12 Milford Jn 16c19a ~ 16c21d 15.45 ~ 15.48
26.04 Castleford 16/28 16/05
28.62 Altofts Jn 16/31 16/11
32.04 Turners Lane Jn 16/36 16/16
32.54 Calder Bridge Jn 16/38 16/18
33.22 Oakenshaw Jn 16/40 16/19
33.67 Oakenshaw South Jn 16/42 16/22
37.36 Royston Jn 16/46 16/30
39.68 Cudworth North Jn 16/50 16/35
45.60
0.00		 Grimethorpe Colliery
(buffers)		 17.10a ~ 17.18d 17.05 ~ 17.17
5.72
0.00		 Cudworth North Jn 17.38a ~ 17.46d 17.40 ~ 17.43
2.04
0.00		 Monk Bretton (BR limit) 18.01a ~ 18.10d 17.46 ~ 17.47
2.04 Cudworth North Jn 18/25 17.52a ~ 17.53d
4.36 Royston Jn 18/30 18/00
6.18 Oakenshaw Jn 18/37 18/16
7.32 Wakefield Kirkgate 18.42a ~ 18.44d 18.30 ~ 18.45
9.56 Horbury Jn 18/51 DIV
18.42 Barnsley 19/06 DIV
28.59 Ecclesfield West Jn 19/19 DIV
? Oakenshaw Jn DIV 18.52a ~ 19.09d
? Crofton West Jn DIV 19/11
? Hare Park Jn DIV 19/15
? Moorthorpe DIV 19/24
? Swinton DIV 19/38
31.31 Wincobank Jn 19/24 ?
34.06 Nunnery Main Line Jn 19/27 19/53
34.43 Sheffield 19L29a ~ 19L44d 19.55 ~ 20.28
38.33 Dore Station Jn 19/49 ?
46.63 Chesterfield 19.59a ~ 20.00d 20.40 ~ 20.40
50.73 Clay Cross South Jn 20/06 20/46
61.01 Ambergate Jn 20/14 ?
70.74 Derby 20.24a ~ 20.26d 21.04 ~ 21.06

Timings continue in first table.

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