31st October 1998

Pathfinder Tours
Stannary Staniers

Loco Used ?????, 47766 & steam: 45110 & 48773
Stock used ?????

Route :
1Z32 : Ealing Broadway to Penzance
1Z33 : Penzance to Ealing Broadway

Loco(s) Route
47766

Ealing Broadway - Slough - Reading - Didcot Parkway - Swindon - Chippenham - Bath Spa - Bristol Temple Meads - Worle Jn - Weston-super-Mare -Uphill Jn - Bridgwater - Taunton - Tiverton Parkway - Exeter St Davids - Dawlish Warren - Newton Abbot - Totnes - Plymouth - Liskeard - Truro - Penzance
45110 + 48773 Penzance - (reverse of outward route) - Exeter St Davids - Tiverton Junction UPL - Tiverton Parkway - Taunton
47766 Taunton - (reverse of outward route) - Reading (2)
????? Reading - (reverse of outward route) - Ealing Broadway

Notes :
(1) Some sources suggest the tour was originally booked to be hauled by 7802 'Bradley Manor' & 7325 (presumably with a different tour name?).
(2) 47766 failed.

Sources : Mike Harries (on the train from Plymouth to Taunton) & Richard Rooker

Timings (Booked and Actual)
(From Mike Harries)

Location

 Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Ealing Broadway 04.20d ?   23.27a ?
Southall 04/25 ?   23/18 ?
Slough 04.34a ~ 04.35d ?   23.03a ~ 23.05d ?
Reading 04.53a ~ 04.56d ?   22.37a ~ 22.42d ?
Didcot Parkway 05.13a ~ 05.14d ?   22.12a ~ 22.14d ?
Swindon 05.42a ~ 05.44d ?   21.46a ~ 21.48d ?
Wootton Bassett Jn 05/50 ?   21/40 ?
Chippenham 06.01a ~ 06.03d ?   21.27a ~ 21.29d ?
Thingley Jn 06/06 ?   21/25 ?
Bathampton Jn 06/12 ?   21/17 ?
Bath Spa 06.15a ~ 06.17d ?   21.11a ~ 21.13d ?
Bristol Temple Meads 06.31a ~ 06.34d ?   20.45a ~ 20.58d ?
Parson Street ? ?   20/24 ?
Worle Jn 06/51 ?   20/10 ?
Weston-super-Mare 06.54a ~ 07.00d ?   20.05a ~ 20.07d ?
Uphill Jn 07/04 ?   20/02 ?
Highbridge 07/12 ?   19/55 ?
Bridgwater 07/18 ?   19/50 ?
Cogload Jn 07/24 ?   19/45 ?
Taunton 07.20a ~ 07.30d ?   18L56a ~ 19L40d 18.51 ~ ??.??
Tiverton Parkway 07/45 ?   18/33 18/34
Tiverton Junction UPL   18*18 ~ 18*30 18.15 ~ 18.30
Cowley Bridge Jn 07/58 ?   17/58 17/58
Exeter St Davids 08.01a ~ 08.05d ?   17w16a ~ 17w52d 17.13 ~ 17.52
Dawlish Warren 08/16 ?   16/58 16/57
Newton Abbot 08.27a ~ 08.29d ?   16.41a ~ 16.42d 16.44 ~ 16.46
Totnes 08/41 ?   16/28 16/33
Ivybridge 08/57 ?   16/09 16/19
Plymouth 09.11a ~ 09.15d ?   15w04a ~ 15w50d ??.?? ~ 15.59
Saltash 09/24 ?   14/54 ?
St. Germans 09/30 ?   14/44 ?
Liskeard 09/38 ?   14/33 ?
Largin 09/50 ?   14/24 ?
Bodmin Parkway ? ?   14/18 ?
Par 10/05 ?   14/05 ?
St Austell 10.12a ~ 10.14d ?   13w17a ~ 13w55d ?
Burngullow Jn 10/18 ?   13/13 ?
Truro 10.31a ~ 10.33d ?   12.48a ~ 12.50d ?
Cambourne 10/50 ?   12/27 ?
St. Erth 10/58 ?   12/10 ?
Penzance 11.09a ?   11.59d ?


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