30th October2004

Pathfinder Tours
The Multi-Coloured Swap Shop

Train not running on this date "due to industrial action EWS are unable to provide train crews for this train" (tied in with RMT industrial action announced for over the weekend). Re-dated to run on 30/05/2005.

Planned route & locos:

Loco Route
class 59/2 Reading - Didcot Parkway - Oxford - Banbury - Leamington Spa - Kenilworth - Coventry - Birmingham International - Stechford - Aston - Tame Bridge Parkway - Bescot Goods Loop
class 92 Bescot Goods Loop - Busbury Junc. - Stafford - Madely - Crewe Independent Lines
class 66/5 Crewe Independent Lines - Stockport - Denton Jn - Ashton Moss North Jn - Manchester Victoria - Bolton - Darwen - Blackburn - Clitheroe - Hellifield - Wennington - Carnforth - Hest Bank Jn - Morecambe (reverse) - Heysham Harbour (photo / reverse) - Morecambe (reverse) - Lancaster - Preston (short break) - Wigan North Western - Crows Nest Jn - Atherton - Manchester Victoria - Ashton Moss North Jn - Stockport - Macclesfield - Stoke on Trent - Stafford
class 66/6 Assist top 'n' tail locomotive as required in the North- West
EWS class 66 Stafford - Bushbury Jn - Bescot - Tame Bridge Parkway - Aston - Stechford - Birmingham International
class 59/2 Birmingham International - Coventry - Kenilworth - Leamington Spa - Banbury - Oxford - Didcot Parkway - Reading

Source : Pathfinder Tours

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