18th - 19th April 1987
Pathfinder Tours
The Tamer-Forth Express
Locos Used | 26032, 26043, 47258, 47609, 50030, 81004, 81006 & 81020 |
Stock Used | ??? |
Route : 1Z26 throughout
Date(s) | Loco(s) | Route |
18/04 | 50030 | Plymouth - Totnes - Newton Abbot - Exeter St Davids - Taunton - Bridgwater - Uphill Jn - Worle Jn - Bristol Temple Meads - Stapleton Road - Filton Jn - Bristol Parkway - Westerleigh Jn - Yate - Standish Jn - Gloucester |
18/04 | 50030 | Gloucester - Cheltenham Spa - Ashchurch - Abbotswood Jn - Stoke Works Jn - Bromsgrove - Kings Norton - Church Road Jn - Birmingham New Street |
18/04 | 81020 | Birmingham New Street - Soho South Jn - Dudley Port - Wolverhampton - Stafford - (via WCML) - Carnforth (1) |
18/04 | 47258 | Carnforth - (via WCML) - Carlisle |
18/04 | 81004 | Carlisle - (via WCML) - Carstairs |
18/04 | 26032 + 26043 | Carstairs - Auchengray - Midcalder Jn - Slateford Jn - Haymarket - Edinburgh Waverley |
18/04 | 26032 + 26043 | Edinburgh Waverley - (reverse of outward route) - Carstairs |
18/04 | 81006 | Carstairs - (reverse of outward route) - Birmingham New Street |
18/04-19/04 | 47609 | Birmingham New Street - (reverse of outward route) - Stoke Works Jn - Droitwich Spa - Worcester Shrub Hill - Norton Jn - Abbotswood Jn - (reverse of outward route) - Gloucester |
19/04 | 47609 | Gloucester - (reverse of outward route) - Plymouth |
Notes :
(1) 81020 failed.
Source : John Chalcroft
Timings (Booked Only)
(from John Chalcroft)
M.C | Location | Booked (out) | Booked (rtn) | M.C |
0.00 | Plymouth | 03.25d | 04.35a | 221.17 |
6.65 | Hemerdon | 03/35 | 04/27 | 214.32 |
16.15 | Brent | 03/45 | 04/10 | 205.02 |
23.12 | Totnes | 03.53a ~ 03.55d | 03.56a ~ 03.58d | 198.05 |
31.69 | Newton Abbot | 04.09a ~ 04.11d | 03.41a ~ 03.43d | 189.28 |
41.41 | Dawlish Warren | 04/22 | 03/32 | 179.56 |
52.03 | Exeter St Davids | 04.33a ~ 04.35d | 03.20a ~ 03.22d | 169.14 |
68.47 | Tiverton Parkway | 04.51a ~ 04.53d | 02.50a ~ 02.52d | 152.50 |
82.63 | Taunton | 05.07a ~ 05.09d | 02.31a ~ 02.33d | 138.34 |
94.28 | Bridgwater | 05/19 | 02/22 | 126.69 |
107.71 | Uphill Jn | 05/29 | 02/12 | 113.26 |
110.64 | Worle Jn | 05/31 | 02/10 | 110.33 |
127.39 | Bristol Temple Meads | 05.48a ~ 05.55d | 01.53a ~ 01.55d | 93.58 |
132.09 | Filton Jn | 06/02 | 01/44 | 89.08 |
133.28 | Bristol Parkway | 06.04a ~ 06.06d | 01.40a ~ 01.42d | 87.69 |
137.78 | Westerleigh Jn | 06/12 | 01/34 | 83.19 |
146.11 | Charfield | 06/19 | 01/23 | 75.06 |
159.36 | Standish Jn | 06/28 | 01/13 | 61.61 |
165.46 | Gloucester Yard Jn | 06/33 | 01/07 | 55.51 |
166.47 | Gloucester | 06.35a ~ 06.45d | 00.52a ~ 01.05d | 54.50 |
173.07 | Cheltenham Spa | 06.56a ~ 06.58d | 00.40a ~ 00.42d | 48.10 |
180.18 | Ashchurch | 07/06 | 00/34 | 40.79 |
- | Worcester Shrub Hill | - | 00.17a ~ 00.19d | 26.18 |
- | Droitwich Spa | - | 00/08 | 20.39 |
191.05 | Abbotswood Jn | 07/17 | - | - |
202.23 | Stoke Works Jn | 07/26 | 23/59 | 16.24 |
204.36 | Bromsgrove | 07/28 | 23/55 | 14.11 |
207.09 | Blackwell | 07/32 | 23/53 | 11.38 |
207.79 | Barnt Green | 07/33 | 23/52 | 10.48 |
212.69 | Kings Norton Jn | 07/41 | 23/45 | 5.58 |
217.10 | Church Road Jn | 07/47 | 23/38 | 1.37 |
218.47 0.00 |
Birmingham New Street | 07L55a ~ 08L11d | 23L23a ~ 23L33d | 0.00 267.33 |
2.01 | Soho South Jn | 08/16 | 23/18 | 265.32 |
3.59 | Galton Jn | 08/19 | 23/13 | 263.54 |
7.24 | Dudley Port | 08/26 | 23/09 | 260.09 |
12.64 | Wolverhampton | 08.36a ~ 08.38d | 23.02a ~ 23.04d | 254.49 |
14.38 | Bushbury Jn | 08/40 | 23/00 | 252.75 |
28.15 | Stafford | 08/54 | 22/44 | 239.18 |
33.44 | Norton Bridge | 08/59 | 22/39 | 233.69 |
44.46 | Madeley | 09/07 | 22/31 | 222.67 |
52.54 | Crewe | 09c19 ~ 09c21 | 22c21 ~ 22c23 | 214.59 |
69.13 | Weaver Jn | 09/34 | 22/04 | 198.20 |
76.77 | Warrington Bank Quay | 09/40 | 21/58 | 190.36 |
80.10 | Winwick Jn | 09/42 | 21/56 | 187.23 |
88.43 | Wigan North Western | 09/48 | 21/50 | 178.70 |
96.14 | Balshaw Lane Jn | 09/54 | 21/45 | 171.19 |
98.17 | Euxton Jn | 10/00 | 21/43 | 169.16 |
103.53 | Preston | 10/04 | 21/38 | 163.60 |
124.51 | Lancaster | 10/20 | 21/16 | 142.62 |
130.59 | Carnforth | 10/25 | 21/12 | 136.54 |
143.59 | Oxenholme | 10/34 | 21/03 | 123.54 |
156.28 | Tebay | 10/44 | 20.54 | 111.05 |
175.71 | Penrith | 10/59 | 20/39 | 91.42 |
193.60 | Carlisle | 11c18 ~ 11c20 | 20c21 ~ 20c23 | 73.53 |
202.37 | Gretna Jn | 11/28 | 20/13 | 64.76 |
219.46 | Lockerbie | 11/41 | 19/56 | 47.67 |
228.15 | Wamphray | 11/47 | 19/50 | 39.18 |
243.44 | Beattock Summit | 11/59 | 19/40 | 23.69 |
251.50 | Abington | 12/05 | 19/34 | 15.63 |
266.74 | Carstairs South Jn | 12/20 | 19/23 | 0.40 |
267.32 0.00 |
Carstairs | 12L22 ~ 12L28 | 19L16 ~ 19L22 | 0.00 28.50 |
0.71 | Carstairs East Jn | 12/31 | 19/13 | 27.59 |
6.14 | Auchengray | 12/37 | 19/06 | 22.36 |
16.56 | Midcalder Jn | 12/50 | 18/54 | 11.74 |
26.05 | Slateford Jn | 13/07 | 18/39 | 2.45 |
27.31 | Haymarket | 13/11 | 18/36 | 1.19 |
28.50 | Edinburgh Waverley | 13.14a | 18.33d | 0.00 |