Back to "The Railtour Files"10th - 12th June 1983
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| Locos Used | 47140, 47228, 47405, 47433, 47483 & 47527 |
Route :
| Loco(s) | Route (4) |
| 47140 | Wolverhampton - Bescot - Perry Bar North Jn - Soho South Jn - Birmingham New Street - Nuneaton - Leicester - Derby - Sheffield - Cudworth - Normanton - Leeds - York - (via ECML) - (1) -Newcastle |
| 47527 | Newcastle - Carlisle |
| 47405 | Carlisle - Dumfries - Glasgow Central |
| 47228 | Glasgow Central - ??? (2) - Haymarket - Edinburgh |
| 47433 | Edinburgh - Forth Bridge - Aberdeen - Inverness |
| 47433 | Inverness - Mossend Yard |
| 47405 | Mossend Yard - Carlisle |
| 47483 | Carlisle - WCML - Wigan NW - (Golbourne Jn - Patricroft ???) (3) - Manchester Victoria - Huddersfield - Leeds |
| 47483 | Leeds - Normanton - Cudworth - Sheffield - Toton - Derby |
| 47483 | Derby - Leicester - Nuneaton - Birmingham New Street - Bescot - Wolverhampton |
Notes :
(1) Unknown whether the train ran via High Level Bridge or King Edward Bridge.
(2) Don't know which route the train took to Haymarket: Rutherglen-Coatbridge, or
Motherwell-Falkirk Grahamston or via Shotts
(3) The train should have run Carnforth - Settle Jn - Leeds but either this was
declined by BR or it was diverted.
(4) Route confirmation required.
Source : Kevin Law
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