25th January 1975

British Rail
(Football Specials)

Locos Used at least 37113, 47180, 47273 & 47428
Stock Used [1] : 15937+24829+35120+3732+4367+3727+3764+4804+4796+4808+4800+34676
[2] : 9227+3763+4835+4831+4834+4832+4836+9229
[3] : 35064+25362+3953+4420+16059+24683+4422+3766+24125+35426
[4] : 34551+4478+4782+4483+4807+4802+4806+4358+4479+4803+34137

Route : 1Z08 (throughout?)

Loco Stock Route
47273 [1] Liverpool - ??? - Bury St Edmunds - Haughley Jn - Ipswich
47273? [1]? Ipswich - (?reverse of outward route?) - Liverpool

Route : 1Z45 (throughout?)

Loco Stock Route
37113 (1) [2] Liverpool - ??? - Bury St Edmunds - Haughley Jn - Ipswich
37113? (1) [2]? Ipswich - (?reverse of outward route?) - Liverpool

Route : 1Z46 (throughout?)

Loco Stock Route
47180 [3] Liverpool - ??? - Bury St Edmunds - Haughley Jn - Ipswich
47180? [3]? Ipswich - (?reverse of outward route?) - Liverpool

Route : 1Z48 (throughout?)

Loco Stock Route
47428 [4] Liverpool - ??? - Bury St Edmunds - Haughley Jn - Ipswich
47428? [4]? Ipswich - (?reverse of outward route?) - Liverpool

Notes :
(1) For the 4th round of the F. A. Cup between Ipswich and Liverpool at least four specials ran as above (Result - Ipswich Town 1:0 Liverpool).
(2) 37113 unlikely to have been on all the way from/to Liverpool.

Source : Gerald Brown

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