23rd - 25th March 1979

L.N.E.R. Society Railtours
The Hebridean Express

Locos Used at least 26030, 26037, 47109?, 47210, 47416, 85004, 86022 & 86030

Route :

Date Loco(s) Route
23/03-24/03 86022 London Euston - ??? - Birmingham New Street - ??? - (via WCML) - Motherwell - Mossend North Jn - Mossend Yard
24/03 47210 Mossend Yard - Coatbridge Central - Cumbernauld - Greenhill Lower Jn - Carmuirs West Jn - Larbert - Stirling - Hilton Jn - Perth - Blair Athol - Pitlochry - Aviemore - Inverness
24/03 47210 Inverness - (reverse of outward route) - Hilton Jn - Ladybank - Kirkcaldy - Inverkeithing - Dalmeny - Haymarket - ??? - Edinburgh Waverley - ??? - Slateford Jn - Midcalder Jn - Carstairs
24/03-25/03 86030 Carstairs - (via WCML) - Carlisle
25/03 47109? Carlisle - Petteril Bridge Jn - Howe & Co Sidings
25/03 47416 Howe & Co Sidings - (via S&C) - Settle Jn - Hellifield - Clitheroe - Blackburn - Farrington Jn
25/03 85004 Farrington Jn - (via WCML) - Golborne Jn - Newton-le-Willows - Earlestown - Winwick Jn - (via WCML) - Stafford - Bushbury Jn - Wolverhampton - ??? - Rugby - London Euston

Notes :
(1) Peter Finan comments: I awoke after leaving Carlisle to find the train had been diverted off the WCML and was stationary at Howe & Co sidings on the S&C. 47109 was stuck in the DGL and our train had no loco on and was very cold so it's possible 47109 had brought the train from Carlisle but with an inoperative boiler. 47416 turned up after some fifteen or twenty minutes. The E.T.S. warmed the train up as it made its way over the S&C in deep snow in the Garsdale & Blea Moor areas.
(2) Birmingham New Street passengers used service trains from Wolverhampton, Northampton passengers were advised to detrain at Rugby and use service trains also.

Source : Peter Finan (joined the train at Birmingham New Street/Left at Wolverhampton [rtn])

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