28th June 1998

Pathfinder Tours
(Merehead Open Day Shuttles)

A series of "shuttles" (two trains) that ran in conjunction with the open day at Merehead Quarry.

Locos Used 37411, 59002, 59104, 60020, 60037 & 60052

Route :

Loco(s) Route
see below Westbury - Witham East Somerset Jn - Cranmore
see below Cranmore - Witham East Somerset Jn - Westbury

 

Train Locos Westbury Cranmore   Train Locos Cranmore Westbury
  F / R Booked Actual Booked Actual     F / R Booked Actual Booked Actual
1Z01 59002 / 60020 09.00d 09.02 09.42a 09.53   1Z02 60020 / 59002 10.05d ? 11.02a ?
1Z03 59104 / 60037 10.20d ? 11.05a ?   1Z04 60037 / 59104 11.25d 11.25 12.21a 11.56
1Z05 59002 / 60020 11.40d ? 12.25a ?   1Z06 60020 / 59002 12.45d ? 13.36a ?
1Z07 59104 / 60037 13.00d ? 13.45a ?   1Z08 60037 / 59104 14.15d ? 15.09a ?
1Z09 59002 / 60052 14.30d ? 15.15a ?   1Z10 60052 / 59002 15.40d ? 16.26a ?
1Z11 59104 / 60037 15.50d ? 16.35a ?   1Z12 60037 / 59104 17.00d ? 17.50a ?
1Z13 59002 / 37411 17.10d ? 17.58a ?   1Z14 37411 / 59002 18.20d ? 19.06a ?
1Z15 59104 / 60037 18.30d ? 19.15a ?   1Z16 60037 / 59104 19.40d ? 20.18a ?

Notes :
Locos: F = front, R = rear of train. Locos ran top-and-tail throughout.

(1) 60052 replaced 60020 but then failed (with an oil leak) and was replaced by 37411 from the 14.00 (?) departure. Keith Hayward comments: I was on the shuttle which suffered the failure of 60052. This was on route from Cranmore to Westbury and 59002 propelled from Witham East Somerset Jn to Westbury. Although I don't have a note of the times, I am very confident this would have been the 15.40 departure from Cranmore, as that fits in with the time I got back to London.

Sources : Tim Moss, Nigel Benning, Stuart Smith, Keith Hayward & Andrew Young

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