17th July 1999

Pathfinder Tours
The Summer Syphony

Locos Used 37047, 37058 & 60008

Route :
1Z41 : Reading to Rylstone Quarry
1Z42 : Rylstone Quarry to Reading

Locos Route
37047 + 37058 Reading - Swindon - Stroud - Cheltenham Spa - Lickey - Selly Oak - Birmingham New St - Aston - Perry Bar - Bescot Stadium - Bushbury Jn - Stafford - Stone - Stoke-on-Trent - Kidsgrove - Macclesfield - Stockport - Denton - Guide Bridge - Stalybridge - Standedge Tunnel - Huddersfield - Wakefield Kirkgate - Engine Shed Junction - Apperley Junction - Skipton
60008 Skipton - Rylstone Quarry
37047 + 37058 Rylstone Quarry - Skipton
37047 + 37058 Skipton - Hellifield - Clapham - Carnforth - (via WCML) - Crewe - Whitchurch - Shrewsbury (station avoiding line) - Telford - Oxley Chord - Bushbury Junction - Stafford
37047 + 37058 Stafford - Rugeley - Walsall - Bescot Stadium - Perry Bar North Jn - Soho South Jn - Birmingham New St - Camp Hill Line - Lickey - (reverse of outward route) - Reading

Source : Andrew Elms

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Robin Addison & Janet Cottrell)

Location Booked (out) Actual (out)   Booked (rtn) Actual (rtn)
Reading 03.33d ?   23.46a ?
Didcot Parkway 03.49a  ~  03.51d ?   23.26a  ~  23.28d ?
Challow ? ?   23/16 ?
Uffington 04/04 ?   23/14 ?
Swindon 04.14a  ~  04.17d ?   23.00a  ~  23.02d ?
Kemble 04/32 ?   22/43 ?
Stroud 04.45a  ~  04.48d ?   22.28a  ~  22.30d ?
Stonehouse ? ?   22/25 ?
Standish Jn 04/55 ?   22/22 ?
Gloucester Yard Jn 05/02 ?   221/6 ?
Barnwood Jn ? ?   221/5 ?
Cheltenham Spa 0509a  ~  0514d ?   22.05a  ~  22.08d ?
Ashchurch ? ?   21/56 ?
Abbotswood Jn 05/31 ?   21/47 ?
Stoke Works Jn 05/40 ?   21/38 ?
Bromsgrove 05/42 ?   21/36 ?
Barnt Green 05.48a  ~  05.51d ?   21.30a  ~  21.32d ?
Longbridge ? ?   21/29 ?
Kings Norton ? ?   21/23 ?
Bordesley Jn ? ?   21/14 ?
Proof House Jn ? ?   21/09 ?
Kings Norton 05/57 ?  
Selly Oak 06/00 ?  
Birmingham New Street 06.07a  ~  06.31d 06.14a  ~  06.32d   21.03a  ~  21.06d ?
Aston 06/38 06/40  
Perry Bar North Jn 06/45 06/43  
Soho South Jn   20/59 ?
Perry Bar West Jn   20/54 ?
Bescot Stadium 06/53 06/48   20/46 ?
Walsall   20/41 ?
Bloxwich   20/25 ?
Hednesford   20/17 ?
Rugeley North Jn   20/10 ?
Colwich   20/07 ?
Bushbury Jn 07/07 06/57  
Stafford 0720a  ~  0735d 0711a  ~  0735d   19.44a  ~  19.59d 19.14 ~ ??.??
Norton Bridge 07/42 07/44  
Stone 07/48 07/50  
Stoke on Trent 07/58 07/59  
Kidsgrove 08/10 08/06  
Congleton 08/16 08/11  
Macclesfield 08/24 08/18  
Stockport 0839a  ~  0841d 0841a  ~  0843d  
Denton Jn 08/51 08/53  
Guide Bridge 09/00 09/01  
Stalybridge 09/07 09/06  
Marsden 09/21 09/19  
Huddersfield 09.31a  ~  09.33d 09.26a  ~  09.32d  
Heaton Lodge East Jn 09/41 09/40  
Thornhill LNW Jn 09/45 09/44  
Horbury Jn 09/52 09/50  
Wakefield Kirkgate 09.57a  ~  09.59d 09/55  
Altofts Jn 10/04 10/01  
Methley Jn 10/06 10/03  
Engine Shed Jn 10/17 10.10a  ~  10.21d  
Wortley Jn 10/26 10/24  
Kirkstall Down Loop 10.29a  ~  10.33d 10.28a  ~  10.33d  
Apperley Jn 10/40 10/40  
Shipley 10/45 10/44  
Keighley 10/57 10/55  
Bushbury Jn   19/31 19/01
Stafford Road Jn   19/25 18/50
Oxley Signal Box   19/23 18/49
Cosford   19/11 ?
Wellington   18/56 18/31
Shrewsbury   18/44 18/18
Harlescott Crossing   18/39 18/12
Wem   18/28 18/05
Wrenbury   18/16 ?
Nantwich   18/12 17/47
Crewe   17.52a  ~  17.56d ??.?? ~ 17.40
Winsford Signal Box   17/40 ?
Weaver Jn   17/33 ?
Acton Grange Jn   17/28 17/22
Warrington Bank Quay   17.21a  ~  17.23d 17.17 ~ 17.19
Winwick Jn   17/15 ?
Springs Branch Jn   17/08 17/08
Wigan North Western   17/05 17/06
Euxton Jn   16/52 16/55
Preston   15.55a  ~  16.43d 15.40 ~ 16.42
Lancaster   15/33 15/23
Morecambe South Jn   15/30 15/22
Carnforth   15.18a  ~  15.20d 15.13  ~  15.15
Wennington   15/06 15/03
Bentham   15/03 14/58
Clapham   14/57 14/53
Giggleswick   14/49 14/47
Settle Jn   14.42a  ~  14.44d 14/44
Hellifield   14/37 14/39
Skipton 11.12a  ~  11.15d 11.10a  ~  11.14d   13L25a  ~  14L25d 13.00a  ~  14.26d
Skipton Down Shipley Slow 11L20a  ~  11L40d 11.16a  ~  11.28d   13.15a  ~  13.20d 12.54a  ~  12.58d
Rylstone 12.25a 12.07   12.30d 12.15


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