Back to "The Railtour Files"16th February 1980
? British Rail ?
? Football Specials ?
| Locos Used | 47195 & 47488 |
| Stock Used | Rake 1 :
25895+25367+15632+25293+24896+15768+25264+24846+35118 Rake 2 : 35121+25585+25584+24583+15920+15631+15665+25810+15657+25263+34698 |
Route :
| Loco | Rake | Route |
| 47195 | 1 | ??? - Ipswich? |
Route :
| Loco | Rake | Route |
| 47488 | 2 | ??? - Ipswich? |
Notes :
(1) Seen at Bury-St-Edmunds in the evening. Alan Chilestone comments: I have
listed a class 31 on coaches on a timetabled Ipswich – Cambridge train (normally
DMU) following these two trains below, suggesting Ipswich Town were playing at
home. They did make the FA Cup ¼ final this year. Jon Horswell adds: A bit of
investigation has revealed that Ipswich Town were at home on this day to
Chester. It was an FA Cup match which Ipswich won 2:1. This therefore suggests
that the charters originated from Chester, or the Wirral.
Source : Alan Chilestone
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