26th March 1994

Pathfinder Tours
The 50 Terminator

Loco's Used 50007 'Sir Edward Elgar' & 50050 'Fearless'
Stock Used 5803+5647+5747+5836+17141+5820+5689 (1) +5878+5770+5818

Route :
1Z40 : London Waterloo to Exeter St Davids
1Z07 : Exeter St Davids to Penzance
1Z35 : Penzance to London Paddington

Locos Route
50050 + 50007 London Waterloo - Clapham Junction - Wimbledon - Surbiton - Woking - Basingstoke - Salisbury - Gillingham - Yeovil Junction - Exeter Central - Exeter St Davids
50007 + 50050 Exeter St Davids - Newton Abbot (2) - Totnes - Plymouth - Par - Penzance
50050 + 50007 Penzance - (reverse of outward route) -  Exeter St Davids - Taunton - Cogload Jn - Castle Cary - Westbury - Newbury - Southcote Jn - Reading - Twyford - Slough - London Paddington

Notes :
(1) Dave Burbridge suspects this is wrong - 5869 maybe? (confirmation anyone please).
(2) 50050 shut-down at Newton Abbot but was re-started at Plymouth.

Sources : Nigel Rollings (on train throughout) & Dave Burbridge

Photo Review


50050 & 50007 at Waterloo in the morning (photo: Nick Blyth)


50050 & 50007 pause at Yeovil Junction (photo: Nick Blyth)


Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Nigel Benning)

 

M.C Location Booked Actual
0.00 London Waterloo 08.52d 08.52
3.74 Clapham Junction 09/00 ?
7.19 Wimbledon 09/03 ?
9.62 New Malden 09/06 ?
12.03 Surbiton 09/08 ?
13.27 Hampton Court Jn 09/09 ?
24.27 Woking 09/19 ?
24.62 Woking Jn 09/20 ?
47.61 Basingstoke 09.40a ~ 09.41 09.39 ~ 09.41
50.21 Worting Jn 09/45 ?
66.19 Andover 09/59 ?
82.36 Tunnel Jn 10/13 ?
83.43 Salisbury 10.16a ~ 10.17d 10.14 ~ 10.17
85.37 Wilton Jn 10/21 ?
86.25 Wilton 10x22a ~ 10x25d ?
105.23 Gillingham 10/40 ?
112.02 Templecombe 10x48 ?
118.04 Sherborne 10/53 ?
122.48 Yeovil Junction 11.00a ~ 11.25d 10.58 ~ 11.26
139.32 Chard Jn SB 11/42 ?
154.60 Honiton 11x57a ~ 12x00d 12.01 ~ 12.04
168.40 Pinhoe 12/13 ?
170.21 Exmouth Jn 12/19 ?
171.30 Exeter Central 12*24a ~ 12*29d 12.25 ~ 12.29
172.12 Exeter St Davids 12.32a ~ 13.17d 12.32 ~ 13.18

Timings to and from Penzance are in the table below. The return to London is in the table following that.
M.C Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual M C
10.42 Dawlish Warren 13.27 13.47a ~ 13.48d   20/23 ? 121 03
20.14 Newton Abbot 13/38 ?   20/13 ? 111 31
28.71 Totnes 13/48 ?   20/02 ? 102 54
41.27 Ivybridge 14/04 ?   19/49 ? 90 18
45.18 Hemerdon 14/10 ?   19/45 ? 86 27
50.43 Lipson Jn 14/15 ?   19/37 ? 81 02
52.03 Plymouth 14c17~ 14c19d 14.39 ~ 14.44   16c16 ~ 16c34 19.17 ~ 19.34 79 42
54.75 St. Budeaux Jn 14/24 ?   19/11 ? 76 50
56.21 Saltash 14/27 ?   19/07 ? 75 24
61.19 St. Germans 14/33 ?   19/02 ? 70 26
69.61 Liskeard 14/45 ?   18/53 ? 61 64
74.32 St. Pinnock Viaduct East 14/50 ?   18/48 ? 57 13
74.76 Largin 14/51 ?   18/47 ? 56 49
78.78 Bodmin Parkway 14/58 ?   18/42 ? 52 47
82.29 Lostwithiel 15/03 ?   18/38 ? 49 16
86.64 Par 15/10 ?   18/31 ? 44 61
91.21 St. Austell 15/21 ?   18/25 ? 40 24
93.51 Burngullow Jn 15*26 - 15*35 15/37   18/23 ? 37 74
100.18 Probus 15/44 ?   18/15 ? 31 27
105.52 Truro 15/50 ?   18/08 ? 25 73
106.20 Penwithers Jn 15/51 ?  
114.63 Redruth 16/03 ?   17/55 ? 16 62
118.35 Camborne 16/09 ?   17/51 ? 13 10
125.62 St. Erth 16/23 16.11a ~ 16.14d   17/42 ? 5 63
130.07 Long Rock 16/27 ?   17/38 ? 1 38
131.45 Penzance 16.30a 16.27   17.35d 17.39 0 00

Table below is continued from second table (RH column, top).

M.C Location Booked Actual
131.45 Exeter St Davids 20.32a ~ 20.33d 20.33 ~ 20.35
132.65 Cowley Bridge Junction 20/36 ?
148.11 Tiverton Parkway 20/49 ?
162.25 Taunton 21/01 ?
167.28 Cogload Jn 21/05 ?
189.68 Castle Cary 21/23 ?
202.57 Blatchbridge Jn 21/35 ?
204.59 Clink Road Jn 21/38 ?
208.01 Fairwood Jn 21/40 ?
209.35 Westbury 21.43a ~ 21.45d 21.42 ~ 21.45
210.37 Heywood Road Jn 21/47 ?
216.76 Lavington 21/52 ?
226.09 Woodborough 22/00 ?
238.53 Bedwyn 22/10 ?
251.76 Newbury 22/21 ?
267.20 Southcote Jn 22/35 ?
269.04 Reading 22.38a ~ 22.40d 22.51 ~ ??.??
274.01 Twyford 22/46 ?
275.22 Ruscombe 22/47 ?
280.63 Maidenhead 22/52 ?
286.46 Slough 22/56 ?
295.76 Southall 23/03 ?
299.26 Ealing Broadway 23/06 ?
305.17 London Paddington 23.16a ?


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