14th June 1981

F & W Tours
The Anglian Adventurer

Locos Used 37023, 37186, 37295, 46032 & 47144

Route :

Loco Route
46032 Plymouth – Exeter – Taunton – Bristol Temple Meads
37186 + 37295 Bristol Temple Meads – Bristol Parkway – Gloucester
37186 (1) + 37295 Gloucester – Cheltenham – Worcester Shrub Hill – Bromsgrove – King’s Norton – Birmingham New Street – Dorridge – Leamington Spa – Banbury – Oxford – Reading Ealing Broadway – Willesden High Level – Dalston Western Jn – Stratford
37023 Stratford – Colchester – Manningtree South Jn – Parkestone Quay – Harwich Town
37023 Harwich Town – Manningtree North Jn – Ipswich – Bury St. Edmunds – Ely – March – Peterborough – Stamford – Oakham – Leicester – Nuneaton avoiding line – Water Orton – Birmingham New Stret – (return as outward route) - Bristol Temple Meads
47144 Bristol Temple Meads - (reverse of outward route) - Plymouth

Notes :
(1) 37186 failed at Stratford, pair replaced by 37023.

Source : Ian Monkton (joined/left train at Bristol Temple Meads)

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