The mane event (horse joke) and Class Fifty fund hoovers 50007 'Hercules' & 50049 'Defiance' head Pathfinder railtours 'Torbay and Dart Explorer' from Burton on Trent to Kingswear. The 1Z50 slows for a signal check in the Bristol outskirts. The hoovers took over at Worcester and at this point was running 28 minutes late after an unexplained stop in Bromsgrove loop.