8th September 1996

Pathfinder Tours
The Great Eastern Grid

Locos Used 56061 & 56113
Stock Used 5005+4939+4925+21246+5037+5023+4956+5007+5027+1679+3150+3148

Route :
1Z56 : Bristol Temple Meads to Felixstowe
1Z72 : Felixstowe to Bristol Temple Meads

Loco Route
56113 Bristol Temple Meads - Bristol Parkway - Westerleigh Jn - Charfield - Standish Jn - Cheltenham Spa - Worcester Shrub Hill - Droitwich Spa - Kidderminster - Galton Jn - Soho South Jn - Birmingham New Street - Water Orton - Nuneaton - Rugby - Northampton - Watford Junction - Primrose Hill - Kings Cross Freight Terminal Jn - Finsbury Park - Hertford North - Stevenage - Hitchin - Royston - Cambridge (through Platform 1 to Platform 4) - Chippenham Jn - Bury St Edmunds - Haughley Jn - Ipswich
56061 Ipswich - Westerfield - Trimley - Felixstowe Beach Jn - Felixstowe Dock - North Freightliner Terminal - Trimley - Westerfield - Ipswich
56113 Ipswich - Haughley Jn - Bury St Edmunds - Chippenham Jn - Ely - March - Peterborough - Helpston Jn - Ketton - Melton Mowbray - Syston South Jn - Leicester - Hinckley - Nuneaton - (reverse of outward route) - Standish Jn - Stroud - Swindon
56113 Swindon - Wootton Bassett Jn - Chipping Sodbury - Westerleigh Jn - Bristol Parkway - Bristol Temple Meads

Sources : Andrew Wilson, Alan Sheppard & Alan Vickers

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Alan Sheppard & Alan Vickers)

M.C Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual M.C
0.00 Bristol Temple Meads 08.38d ?   01.55a ? 311.50
0.46 Dr. Days Jn 08/40 ?   01/53 ? 311.04
4.43 Filton Jn 08/45 ?   01/47 ? 307.07
5.62 Bristol Parkway 08.47a ~ 08.49d ??.?? ~ 09.08   01.43a ~ 01.45d 02.07 ~ ??.?? 305.68
10.32 Westerleigh Jn 08/54 ?   01/38 ? 301.18
18.45 Charfield 09/01 ?  
- Hullavington   01/25 ? 288.16
- Wootton Bassett Jn   01/13 01/46 277.13
- Swindon (Rev / RR)   00.51a ~ 01.06d 01.20 ~ 01.38 271.29
- Swindon Loco Yard   00/49 ? 270.28
- Kemble   00/37 01/08 257.53
- Stroud   00/23 00/55 246.39
31.70 Standish Jn 09/12 ?   00/17 00/50 241.58
38.00 Gloucester Yard Jn 09/18 09/39   00/10 ? 235.48
38.67 Barnwood Jn 09/19 ?   00/09 ? 234.61
44.30 Cheltenham Spa 09.26a ~ 09.29d 10.21 ~ 10.23   00.00a ~ 00.03d 00.34 ~ 00.37 229.18
51.41 Ashchurch 09/37 ?   23/51 ? 222.07
62.28 Abbotswood Jn 09/46 10/44   23/42 ? 211.20
66.15 Worcester Shrub Hill 09.52a ~ 09.54d 10.51 ~ 10.52   23.33a ~ 23.35d 00.10 ~ 00.12 207.33
71.74 Droitwich Spa 10/00 ?   23/27 00/00 201.54
77.56 Hartlebury 10/05 ?   23/22 ? 195.72
81.30 Kidderminster 10.10a ~ 10.12d 11.09 ~ 11.10   23.17a ~ 23.18d 23.46 ~ 23.50 192.18
88.09 Stourbridge Junction 10/20 11/18   23/07 ? 185.39
93.27 Rowley Regis 10/31 ?   22/52 23/01 180.21
96.33 Galton Jn 10/37 ?   22/45 ? 177.15
98.11 Soho South Jn 10/38 ?   22/43 ? 175.37
100.12 Birmingham New Street 10.42a ~ 10.51d 11.40 ~ 11.43   22.35a ~ 22.37d 22.47 ~ 22.49 173.36
101.57 Landor Street Jn 10/55 ?   22/32 ? 171.71
107.63 Water Orton 11/02 ?   22/24 22/33 165.65
110.48 Whitacre Jn 11/08 ?   22/17 ? 163.00
121.12 Nuneaton 11.25a ~ 11.27d 12.11 ~ 12.12   21.59a ~ 22.01d 22.12 ~ 22.14 152.36

 

M.C Location Booked Actual
135.62 Rugby 11/43 12/29
145.12 Long Buckby 11/54 ?
154.61 Northampton 12/03 12/48
164.02 Hanslope Jn 12/15 13/00
170.64 Milton Keynes Central 12/19 13/03
174.03 Bletchley 12/23 13/08
182.33 Ledburn Jn 12/30 ?
188.76 Tring 12/39 13/23
203.14 Watford Junction 12.56a ~ 12.58d 13.40 ~ 13.42
209.12 Harrow & Wealdstone 13/10 13/52
215.19 Willesden West London Jn 13/15 14/01
219.17 Primrose Hill ? 14/10
220.02 Camden Road East Jn 13/23 14.15 ~ 14.18
220.36 Kings Cross Freight Term. Jn 13/28 14/19
222.13 Finsbury Park 13.38 cc 13.40 14.23 ~ 14.24
224.50 Alexandra Palace 13*50 ~ 14*24 14/30
229.41 Gordon Hill 14/33 ?
239.20 Hertford North 14/41 14/46
247.68 Langley Jn 14/49 14/54
248.52 Stevenage 14/51 14/55
253.01 Hitchin 14/57 15/01
255.57 Letchworth 15/00 15/06
265.79 Royston 15/12 15/15
276.33 Shepreth Branch Jn 15/28 15/27
279.02 Cambridge [P1 through to P4] 15.31a ~ 15.33d 15.32 ~ 15.39
280.01 Coldham Lane Jn 15/35 15/43
290.32 Dullingham 15/50 15/58
295.62 Chippenham Jn 15/58 16/06
308.22 Bury St. Edmunds 16/14 16/20
320.30 Haughley Jn 16/33 16/37
334.50
0.00		 Ipswich [P2] 16L47a ~ 17L02d 16L54 ~ 17L13
3.41 Westerfield 17.08 t 17.09 17/19
6.08 Derby Road 17*15 t 17*26 17.23 ~ 17.26
14.08 Trimley 17.35 t 17.36 17.37 ~ 17.38
? Felixstowe Beach Jn ? 17/39
16.08 Felixstowe Creek Sidings 17/48 17.44 ~ 17.47
? North Freightliner Terminal ? 18/06
18.69 Trimley 18.24 t 18.25 18.18 ~ 18.26
26.69 Derby Road 18.34 t 18.35 18/38
29.36 Westerfield 18.41 t 18.42 18/42
32.77
0.00		 Ipswich [P2] 18L50a ~ 19L00d 18L49 ~ 19L08
14.20 Haughley Jn 19/14 19/25
26.28 Bury St. Edmunds 19.30a SD? 19.31d 19/40
38.68 Chippenham Jn 19/47 ?
42.58 Soham 19/52 ?
50.30 Ely Dock Jn 19/58 20.04 ~ 20.08
50.61 Ely 19.59a ~ 20.00d 20.10 ~ 20.12
52.23 Ely North Jn 20/04 ?
66.27 March 20/18 20/31
75.12 Whittlesea 20/28 ?
81.21 Peterborough 20.40a ~ 20.42d 20.54 ~ 20.56
86.63 Helpston Jn 20/47 ?
96.74 Ketton Signal Box 20/56 ?
103.54 Manton Jn 21/03 ?
107.12 Oakham 21/10 21/23
118.53 Melton Mowbray 21/20 21/33
128.59 Syston South Jn 21/34 21/43
133.50 Leicester [P3] 21/39 21/50
136.66 Wigston North Jn 21/44 21/55
148.17 Hinckley 21/54 22/06


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