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British Rail
(Day Excursion)
| Locos Used | 47437 & 50005 |
Route :
| Loco(s) | Route |
| 47437 | Plymouth - Exeter - Taunton - Newbury - Reading - Ealing Broadway - Old Oak East Jn - North Pole Jn - Kensington Olympia - Herne Hill - Bromley South - St Mary Cray Jn - Rochester - Margate - Ramsgate |
| 47437 (2) | Ramsgate - (reverse of outward route) - Newbury - Cogload Jn |
| 50005 (3) | Taunton - Exeter - Plymouth |
| 50005 | Taunton - Exeter - Plymouth |
Notes :
(1) Believed may have been the Sunday or Monday of the August Bank Holiday
weekend.
(2) 47437 ran out of fuel at Cogload Jn.
(3) With 47437 dead-in-tow.
Source : Martin McLean
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