21st December 2024

Pathfinder Railtours
The Thames Valley Christmas Cracker

Tour postponed to 15/03/25, due to defective coaching stock.

Route :

Advertised Loco(s) Advertised Route
WCR Class 57/0 (1) Burton-on-Trent - Tamworth HL - ??? - Birmingham New Street - ??? - Worcestershire Parkway - Abbotswood Jn - Ashchurch for Tewkesbury - Cheltenham Spa - Standish Jn - Stroud - Kemble - Swindon - Foxhall Jn - Didcot North Jn - Appleford Sidings
WCR Class 57/0 (1) Appleford Sidings - Didcot North Jn - Foxhall Jn - Milton Siding
WCR Class 57/0 (1) Milton Siding - Didcot Parkway (Up/Down Goods Loop) - Reading (Up Passenger Loop) - Reading - Maidenhead (Loop) - Slough (Up Goods Loop) - Langley Siding - Iver (Up Goods Loop) - West Drayton (Up Goods Loop)
WCR Class 57/0 (1) West Drayton (Up Goods Loop) - Colnbrook Branch
WCR Class 57/0 (1) Colnbrook Branch - West Drayton - Dawley (Up Goods Loop) - Southall - Hanwell Jn (Down West Loop) - Drayton Green - Greenford South Jn - Greenford East Jn - Park Royal Sidings
WCR Class 57/0 (1) Park Royal Sidings - Greenford East Jn - Greenford South Jn - Drayton Green - West Ealing - Acton West - Acton Main Line (Up Poplar) - Acton Wells Jn - ??? -  Kensington Olympia - ??? - London Victoria
WCR Class 57/0 (1) London Victoria - ??? - Kensington Olympia - Willesden West London Jn - Willesden SW Sidings - Acton Wells Jn - Old Kew Jn - Hounslow - Feltham (Up/Down Arrivals) - Staines - Virginia Water - Ascot - Wokingham - Earley - Reading (Down Festival Line) - Didcot Parkway - Swindon - (reverse of outward route?) - Burton-on-Trent

Notes :
(1) Top & Tail WCR class 57/0s.

Source : Keith Gardiner

Timings (Advertised Only)
(from Pathfinder Railtours brochure)

Location Advertised (out) Advertised (rtn)
Burton-on-Trent 06.00d 23.30a
Tamworth HL 06.10d 23.05a
Birmingham New Street 06.50d 22.35a
Worcestershire Parkway 07.40d 21.50a
Cheltenham Spa 08.05d 21.25a
Stroud 08.30d 20.55a
Swindon 09.05d 20.25a
Didcot Parkway - 19.55a


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