11th - 13th May 1984

F + W Tours
Skirl o' the Pipes 4

Locos Used 20110, 20154, 26021, 26038, 27005, 27020, 27022, 27054, 27055, 37014,
37022, 37177, 37180, 37188, 40091, 40122, 45017, 47217, 47355 & 85030
Stock Used see route tabulations

Route : 1Z39 throughout

Date Loco(s) Stock Used Route
11/05 45017 load 14 Plymouth – Exeter St Davids – 19.10d Taunton – Bristol Temple Meads
11/05 37177 + 37180 load 16 20.05d Bristol Temple Meads  – Bristol Parkway – Cheltenham Spa – Bromsgrove – King’s Norton – Birmingham New Street – Aston – Bescot – Bushbury Jn – Stafford – Crewe
11/5-12/05 85030 load 16 23.20d Crewe – Warrington Bank Quay – Wigan North Western – Preston – Carlisle – Carstairs – Law Jn – Holytown Jn – Mossend Yard

Train split at Mossend Yard :

Portion 1 :
1Z39 : Mossend Yard to Mallaig
1Z50 : Kyle of Lochalsh to Edinburgh Waverley

Date Loco(s) Stock Used Route
12/05 27005 + 27020 load 8? Mossend Yard – Sunnyside Jn – Bellgrove – Glasgow Queen Street Low Level – Partick – Westerton – Dalmuir – Dumbarton – Garelochhead – Crianlarich – Rannoch – Fort William
12/05 37022 load 8? Fort William – Glenfinnan – Mallaig (1)
12/05 26021 + 26038 load 8? Kyle of Lochalsh – Achnasheen – Dingwall – Inverness
12/05 27054 + 27055 load 8? Inverness – Aviemore – Pitlochry – Perth – Ladybank – Inverkeithing – Dalmeny Jn – Edinburgh

Portion 2 :
1Z50 : Mossend Yard to Kyle of Lochalsh
1Z39 : Mallaig to Edinburgh Waverley

Date Loco(s) Stock Used Route
12/05 27022 + 27054 load 8 04.00d Mossend Yard – Larbert – Stirling – Perth
12/05 27054 + 27055 load 8 05.40d Perth – Pitlochry – Aviemore – Inverness
12/05 26021 + 26038 load 8 09.20d Inverness – Dingwall – Achnasheen – Kyle of Lochalsh (1)
12/05 37022 load 8 17.00d Mallaig – Glenfinnan – Fort William
12/05 37022 load 8 Fort William – Rannoch – Crianlarich – Garelochhead – Dumbarton – Westerton – Cowlairs North  Jn
12/05 37014 + 37188 load 8 22.51d Cowlairs North  Jn – Falkirk High – Winchburgh Jn – Edinburgh Waverley

Both portions rejoined : 1Z39 throughout

Date Loco(s) Stock Used Route
13/05 47355 load 16 03.00d Edinburgh Waverley – Gorgie Jn – Craiglockhart Jn – Niddrie West Jn – Craigentinny – Edinburgh Waverley
13/05 37014 + 37188 load 16 03.50d Edinburgh Waverley – Niddrie West Jn – Craiglockhart Jn – Slateford Jn – Midcalder Jn – Holytown Jn – Mossend West Jn – Uddingston – Newton West Jn – Queen’s Park – Glasgow Central
13/05 20110 + 20154 load 16 07.30d Glasgow Central –Barrhead – Kilmarnock – Dumfries – Carlisle
13/05 40122 + 40091 load 16 10.31d Carlisle – Appleby – Garsdale – Hellifield – Blackburn – Farrington Jn – Euxton Jn – Chorley – Bolton – Manchester Victoria – Miles Platting – Ashton Moss North Jn – Denton Jn – Stockport – Macclesfield – Stoke-on-Trent – Norton Bridge – Stafford – Wolverhampton – Soho North Jn – Perry Barr East Jn – Aston – Birmingham New Street
13/05 37177 + 37180 load ?? Birmingham New Street – Kings Norton  - Bromsgrove – Worcester Shrub Hill – Cheltenham – Bristol Parkway – Bristol Temple Meads
13/05 47217 load ?? Bristol Temple Meads – Taunton – Exeter St Davids – Plymouth

Notes :
(1) Passengers from both portions were conveyed between Mallaig and Kyle of Lochalsh and vice-versa by the M.V. Pioneer.


40122 & 40091 during a photostop at Garsdale (photo: Ian Jordan)

Sources : Ian Monkton (joined/left the train at Bristol Temple Meads) & Mike Tetlow

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