22nd May 1993

Pathfinder Tours
The Lancastrian Mini-Excursions

Locos Used 20075, 20131, 31282, 31296, 37706, 56027, 56098, 58022, 60015 & 60097

Route : All trains - 1Z46
(trains 1 - 5)

Train No. Loco(s) Route
1 58022 Crewe - (via WCML) - Preston
2 56027 (1) Preston - Ormskirk
2 37706 (2) Ormskirk - Preston
3 31282 + 31296 (3) Preston - Poulton-le-Fylde - Burn Naze
3 60015 (4) Burn Naze - Poulton-le-Fylde - Preston
4 60097 (5) Preston - Lancaster - Morecambe
4 56098 (6) Morecambe - Heysham Sea Terminal
4 60097 (5) Heysham Sea Terminal - Morecambe
4 56098 (6) Morecambe - Hest Bank - Carnforth Down & Up Goods
4 56098 Carnforth Down & Up Goods - Settle Jn - Hellifield - Clitheroe - Blackburn - Preston
5 20075 + 20131 Preston - (via WCML) - Crewe 

Notes :
(1) 37706 on rear.
(2) 56027 on rear.
(3) 60015 on rear.
(4) 31282 + 31296 on rear.
(5) 56098 on rear.
(6) 60097 on rear.
(7) The booked run to Deepdale did not take place - according to a note added into the tour brochure '...with deep regret it is no longer possible to travel along the Deepdale branch due to an inspection by the Civil Engineer who could not guarantee passenger safety and that we didn't find out until Friday 21st'.

Sources : Richard Hughes & Mark Ward

Photo Review


58022 starting the day at Crewe (photo: Duncan Jennings)


31282 & 31296 at Preston (photo: Simon Cresswell)


56098 (above) & 60097 (below) at Heysham Harbour (photos: Simon Cresswell)


Timings (Booked Only)
(from Ian Dobson)

Train 1 :

M.C Location Booked
0.00 Crewe 09.15d
7.41 Winsford S.B. 09/24
16.22 Weaver Jn 09/30
24.11 Warrington Bank Quay 09c35 ~ 09c36
27.47 Winwick Jn 09/42
35.71 Wigan North Western 09/49
43.42 Balshaw Lane Jn 09/56
45.45 Euxton Jn 09/58
51.01 Preston 10L04a

Train 2 :

M.C Location Booked
0.00 Preston 10L30d
1.39 Farington Curve Jn 10/39
9.66 Rufford 10x51 ~ 11x01
15.24
0.00		 Ormskirk 11.14a ~ 11.27d
5.38 Rufford 11x35 ~ 11x42
13.55 Farington Curve Jn 11/56
15.24 Preston Up Goods Loop 12/01
15.57 Fylde Jn 12/02
17.07
0.00		 Deepdale 12.21 ~ 12.25
1.30 Fylde Jn 21/46
1.63 Preston 12L48a

Train 3 :

M.C Location Booked
0.00 Preston 13L33d
8.28 Kirkham North Jn 13/44
14.31 Poulton-le-Fylde 13/51
16.71
0.00		 Burn Naze ICI Sidings 14.25 ~ 14.29
2.31 Poulton-le-Fylde 15/05
8.43 Kirkham North Jn 15/12
19.71 Preston 15L23a

Train 4 :

M.C Location Booked
0.00 Preston 15L49d
20.78 Lancaster 16/09
22.70 Morecambe South Jn 16/11
23.47 Bare Lane 16/14
25.17
0.00		 Morecambe 16.17 ~ 16.21
4.38
0.00		 Heysham Sea Terminal 16.36a ~ 17.06d
4.38
0.00		 Morecambe 17.21 ~ 17.25
1.50 Bare Lane 17/29
3.00 Hest Bank 17/33
?.?? Carnforth Up & Down Goods 17L38 ~18L08
6.10 Carnforth 18.10 ~ 18.12
15.54 Wennington 18/28
18.73 Bentham 18/34
23.17 Clapham 18/40
28.69 Giggleswick 18/47
30.56 Settle Jn 18/50
34.01 Hellifield 18/56
47.29 Clitheroe 19/18
58.25 Blackburn 19c38 ~ 19c40
67.25 Lostock Hall Jn 19/50
68.67 Farington Curve Jn 19/56
70.36 Preston 20L02a

Train 5 :

M.C Location Booked
0.00 Preston 20L22d
5.36 Euxton Jn 20/30
7.39 Balshaw Lane Jn 20/32
15.10 Wigan North Western 20/39
23.34 Winwick Jn 20/45
26.70 Warrington Bank Quay 20c48 ~ 20c49
33.61 Weaver Jn 20/59
43.40 Winsford SB 21/06
51.01 Crewe 21.16a


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