1st July 1984

F & W Railtours
The Skeggy Buckateer

Locos Used 37186, 37233, 47380 & 47901

Route :

Loco(s) Route
47380 Plymouth - Weston-super-Mare - Bristol Temple Meads
47901 Bristol Temple Meads - Gloucester
37186 + 37233

Gloucester - Worcester Shrub Hill - Bromsgrove - Five Ways - Birmingham New Street

37233 + 37186 Birmingham New Street - Leicester - Nottingham - Skegness
37186 + 37233 Skegness - (?reverse of outward route?) - Birmingham New Street - Gloucester
47901 Gloucester - (?reverse of outward route?) - Bristol Temple Meads
47380 Bristol Temple Meads - (?reverse of outward route?) - Plymouth

Notes :
(1) Route confirmation required. Originally uploaded as having run on 1st June 1984, in error.


37186 & 37233 waiting to leave Skegness (photo: Richard Atkinson)

Sources : Ian Leigh (left the tour at Birmingham New Street on the outward leg),
Richard Atkinson (joined/
left the tour at Birmingham New Street) & Mick Parker

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