3rd July 1988

Pathfinder Tours
The Suffolkman

Locos Used 37144, 47524 & 50022
DMU Used 3-car set C808
Stock Used Load 11 VB/EH (BSK, 4 TSO, RBR, FK, 3 TSO, BSK)

Route :

Traction Route
DMU as listed (1) Bristol Temple Meads - Stapleton Road - Filton Jn - Bristol Parkway - Westerleigh Jn - Yate - Gloucester
50022 Gloucester - Cheltenham Spa - Abbotswood Jn - Norton Jn - Worcester Shrub Hill - Droitwich Spa - Kidderminster - Stourbridge Junction - Galton Jn - Soho South Jn - Birmingham New Street - Proof House Jn - Stechford - Birmingham International - Coventry - Rugby - Weedon - Bletchley - Watford Junction - Willesden Junction LL - Kensal Green Jn - Gospel Oak - Junction Road Jn - Upper Holloway - Tottenham South Jn - Temple Mills West Jn - Temple Mills East Jn - Channelsea South Jn - Stratford - Shenfield - Chelmsford - Manningtree - Ipswich
37144 Ipswich - (via East Suffolk line) - Lowestoft
37144 Lowestoft - Reedham - Brundall - Norwich
50022 Norwich - Thetford - Ely - Cambridge - Royston - Hitchin - (via ECML) - Finsbury Park - Freight Terminal Jn - Camden Road - Gospel Oak - Willesden Junction HL - Acton Wells Jn - Acton Main Line - Ealing Broadway - Slough - Reading - Didcot Parkway - Swindon - Chippenham - Bath Spa - North Somerset Jn - Bristol Temple Meads
47524 Bristol Temple Meads - Stapleton Road - Filton Jn - Bristol Parkway - Westerleigh Jn - Yate - Gloucester
47524 Gloucester - Cheltenham Spa - Abbotswood Jn - Norton Jn - Worcester Shrub Hill - Droitwich Spa - Stoke Works Jn - Bromsgrove - Kings Norton - Selly Oak - Birmingham New Street - Proof House Jn - Aston - Perry Barr North Jn - Bescot Stadium - Portobello Jn - Wolverhampton

Notes :
(1) DMU used between Bristol & Gloucester due to over-running engineering work.
(2) There was a Bressingham Gardens coach option, passengers leaving the train at Ipswich and rejoining at Thetford.

Sources : Nick Lawford, Robert Gooding, Kevin Driscoll & Ian Hudson

Photo Review


50022 approaching Manningtree (photo: Roger Geach)


37144 at Woodbridge (photo: 'Bista')


Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Kevin Driscoll)

M.C Location Booked (Actual)
0.00 Bristol Temple Meads 06.00d
1.43 Stapleton Road 06/01
4.43 Filton Jn 06/03
5.62 Bristol Parkway 06.10a ~ 06.12d
10.32 Westerleigh Jn 06/18
18.45 Charfield 06/26
31.70 Standish Jn 06/35
38.00 Gloucester Yard Jn 06/42
39.01 Gloucester 06.44a ~ 06.57d
39.78 Barnwood Jn 06/59
45.41 Cheltenham Spa 07.06a ~ 07.08d
63.39 Abbotswood Jn 07/24
64.21 Norton Jn 07/25
67.26 Worcester Shrub Hill 07.30a ~ 07.32d
67.73 Tunnel Jn 07/33
73.05 Droitwich Spa 07/39
78.67 Hartlebury 07/45
82.61 Kidderminster 07/48
89.40 Stourbridge Junction 07/55
97.64 Galton Jn 08/10
99.42 Soho South Jn 08/13
101.43 Birmingham New Street 08.18a ~ 08.21d
102.17 Proof House Jn 08/23
105.28 Stechford 08/28
120.37 Coventry 08.42a ~ 08.44d
131.76 Rugby 08/57
148.71 Weedon 09/08
162.03 Hanslope Jn 09/18
172.04 Bletchley 09/25
186.77 Tring 09/37
201.15 Watford Junction 09/57
212.65 Willesden Junction LL 10c05a ~ 10c07d
213.11 Kensal Green Jn 10/08
217.18 Gospel Oak 10/22
217.73 Junction Road Jn 10/25
218.31 Upper Holloway 10/34
221.20 South Tottenham 10/41
221.66 Tottenham South Jn 10/45
223.38 Temple Mills West Jn 10/49
225.01 Temple Mills East Jn 10/52
225.61 Channelsea South Jn 10/56
226.23 Stratford 10c59a ~ 11c01d
235.61 Gidea Park 11/11
242.36 Shenfield 11/23
252.05 Chelmsford 11/32
260.68 Witham 11/39
268.68 Marks Tey 11/45
273.72 Colchester Down Goods 11/55
281.35 Manningtree 12/08
290.51
0.00		 Ipswich 16L50a ~ 16L52d
3.41 Westerfield 12/48
10.19 Woodbridge 13x00a ~ 13x20d
22.29 Saxmundham 13/35
31.74 Halesworth 13/47
40.34 Beccles 13/58
46.63 Oulton Broad South 14/08
48.72 Lowestoft 14.15a ~ 15.15d (??.?? ~ 15.20)
50.28 Oulton Broad North 15/19
54.33 Somerleyton 15/25
56.18 Haddiscoe 15/28
60.19 Reedham 15/36
62.29 Cantley 15/39
66.50 Brundall 15/48
70.42 Whitlingham Jn 15/50
72.33
0.00		 Norwich 15L55a ~ 16L15d (15.52 ~ ??.??)
0.45 Trowse Swingbridge Jn 16/17
1.09 Trowse Lower Jn 16/18
10.17 Wymondham 16/31
16.00 Attleborough 16/36
30.39 Thetford 16.50a ~ 16.52d
37.57 Brandon 17/01
52.17 Ely North Jn 17/17
53.59 Ely 17/20
67.35 Coldham Lane Jn 17/33
68.34 Cambridge 17c36a ~ 17c38d
71.03 Shepreth Branch Jn 17/42
81.37 Royston 17/56
94.35 Hitchin 18/11
102.42 Woolmer Green 18/18
113.52 Potters Bar 18/26
121.31 Alexandra Palace 18/33
123.68 Finsbury Park 18c34a ~ 18c36d
125.45 Freight Terminal Jn 18/40
125.79 Camden Road East Jn 18/44
126.16 Camden Road 18/45
127.35 Gospel Oak 18/49
131.42 Kensal Green Jn 18/59
131.73 Willesden Junction HL 19/03
132.49 Acton Wells Jn 19/05
133.21 Acton Main Line 19/07
134.56 Ealing Broadway 19c09a ~ 19c11d
138.06 Southall 19/16
147.36 Slough 19/25
153.19 Maidenhead 19/30
160.01 Twyford 19/36
164.78 Reading 19/42
182.10 Didcot Parkway 19/55
192.30 Challow 20/03
206.23 Swindon 20/15
212.07 Wootton Bassett Jn 20/19
222.76 Chippenham 20/26
233.55 Bathampton Jn 20/33
235.71 Bath Spa 20.38a ~ 20.40d
246.46 North Somerset Jn 20/54
247.26
0.00		 Bristol Temple Meads 20L56a ~ 21L09d
1.43 Stapleton Road 21/12
4.43 Filton Jn 21/16
5.62 Bristol Parkway 21.18a ~ 21.20d
10.32 Westerleigh Jn 21/26
18.45 Charfield 21/34
31.70 Standish Jn 21/44
38.00 Gloucester Yard Jn 21/49
39.01 Gloucester 21.51a ~ 22.04d
39.78 Barnwood Jn 22/06
45.41 Cheltenham Spa 22.12a ~ 22.14d
63.39 Abbotswood Jn 22/30
64.21 Norton Jn 22/31
67.26 Worcester Shrub Hill 22.36a ~ 22.38d
67.73 Tunnel Jn 22/39
73.05 Droitwich Spa 22/45
77.20 Stoke Works Jn 22/51
79.33 Bromsgrove 22/54
82.76 Barnt Green 23/03
88.04 Kings Norton 23/12
90.18 Selly Oak 23/14
93.49 Birmingham New Street 23.22a ~ 23.24d
94.25 Proof House Jn 23/26
96.25 Aston 23/29
98.47 Perry Barr North Jn 23/32
103.04 Bescot 23/37
107.21 Portobello Jn 23/42
109.05 Wolverhampton 23.51a


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