Back to "The Railtour Files"18th February 2006
Pathfinder Tours
The Rutland Renegade
Train postponed to 11th March 2006 due to paperwork issues - quoted from Pathfinder Tours Website: "With regret we have to postpone this excursion due to the paperwork, needed to allow the tour to travel over goods lines, not being in the right 'pigeon hole' in time for it to be processed within the time scales set down by Network Rail / HMRI".
Planned route & loco:
| Locos | Route |
| 2x class 20 | Preston - Wigan - Warrington - Crewe - Stafford - Wolverhampton - Sandwell & Dudley - Birmingham New Street - Aston - Bescot - Walshall - Sutton Park - Water Orton - Whitacre Jn - Nuneaton - Hickley - Wigston South Curve - Market Harborough - Kettering |
| 2x class 20 | Kettering - Corby North - Manton Jn - Oakham - Melton Mowbray - Syston East Jn - Syston South Jn - Leicester Up & Down Slow - Knighton Up & Down Goods Loop |
| 2x class 20 | Knighton Up & Down Goods Loop - Coalville Jn - Lounge Jn - Birmingham Curve Jn - Branston Jn - Wichnor Jn - Lichfield City - Four Oaks - Aston - Birmingham New Street - Sandwell & Dudley - Wolverhampton - Stafford - Crewe - Warrington - Wigan - Preston |
Sources : various
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