Back to "The Railtour Files"4th - 6th June 1982
British Rail
(Merrymaker Excursion)
| Locos Used | 08620, 26030, 26038, 26042, 47207, 47223 & 47403 |
Route : 1F50 throughout
| Loco(s) | Route |
| 47223 | Cleethorpes - Scunthorpe - Doncaster |
| 47223 | Doncaster - (via ECML) - Edinburgh Waverley |
| 47403 | Edinburgh Waverley - Aberdeen - Inverness |
| 26030 + 26038 | Inverness - Kyle of Lochalsh |
| 26042 (1) | shunt release at Kyle of Lochalsh |
| 26030 + 26038 | Kyle of Lochalsh - Inverness |
| 08620 | Inverness Far north Platform to Rose Street Jn |
| 47207 | Rose Street Jn - Perth - Stirling - Falkirk - Edinburgh Waverley - (via Blyth & Tyne) - Newcastle - (via ECML) - York - ??? - Doncaster |
| 47207 | Doncaster - Scunthorpe - Cleethorpes |
Notes :
(1) 26042, used for the shunt release at Kyle of Lochalsh, had
worked in on a service train.
Sources : Steve Perryman, Steve Clark & David Garnett
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