18th - 20th September 1981

F & W Tours
The Ayr Aberdonian

Locos Used 27012, 37026, 40024, 40034, 40150, 47077, 50010 & 82006

Route :

Date Loco Route
18/09 50010 Plymouth – Exeter – Taunton – Bristol Temple Meads – Bristol Parkway – Gloucester
18/09 50010 Gloucester – Cheltenham Spa – Worcester Shrub Hill – Bromsgrove – Kings Norton – Birmingham New Street
19/09 82006 Birmingham New Street – Soho South Jn – Perry Barr North Jn – Bescot – Bushbury Jn – Stafford – Crewe – Wigan North Western – Preston – Carlisle
19/09 40024 Carlisle – Dumfries – Kilmarnock – Ayr – Stranraer Harbour
19/09 27012 Stranraer Harbour shunt release
19/09 40024 Stranraer Harbour – Ayr – Kilmarnock
19/09 40024 Kilmarnock – Barrhead – Polmadie – Mossend Yard – Gartcosh Jn – Cowlairs West Jn
19/09 37026 Cowlairs West Jn – Greenhill Upper Jn – Stirling – Perth – Stanley Jn – Forfar
19/09 37026 Forfar – Stanley Jn – Perth – Ladybank – Kirkaldy – Inverkeithing East Jn - Inverkeithing North Jn  – Cowdenbeath – Thornton West Jn – Ladybank – Dundee – Montrose – Aberdeen
20/09 37026 Aberdeen – Dundee – Kirkaldy – Haymarket – Edinburgh Waverley
20/09 40034 Edinburgh Waverley – Midcalder – Carstairs East Jn – Lockerbie – Carlisle
20/09 40150 Carlisle – Hexham – Newcastle
20/09 40150 Newcastle – Gateshead – Pelaw Jn – Washington – Darlington – York
20/09 47077 York – Moorthorpe – Rotherham – Sheffield – Chesterfield – Toton – Trent Jn – Derby
20/09 47077 Derby – Burton-on-Trent – Lichfield – Walsall – Bescot – Aston – Birmingham New Street – (reverse of outward route) - Gloucester
20/09 47077 Gloucester – (reverse of outward route) - Plymouth

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

Photo Review


40024 runs round at Stranraer Harbour (photo: Ian Jordan)


37026 Photo-stop at Couper Angus on the Forfar branch (photo: Ian Jordan)


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