Back to "The Railtour Files"21st August 1984
British Rail
(Day Excursion)
| Loco Used | 40079 |
Route : 1Z26 throughout
| Loco | Route |
| 40079 | Longbridge - Bourneville - Birmingham New Street - Aston - Walsall - Sutton Park - Derby - Beighton Jn - Pontefract Monkhill - York - (via ECML) - Edinburgh Waverley |
| 40079 | Edinburgh Waverley - (reverse of outward route) - Longbridge |
Notes :
(1) A tour over the same route and with the same loco throughout was uploaded as
having run on 1st August 1984 but this is believed to have been in error (i.e.
date may have been reported in the press at the time incorrectly).
Sources : Lee Nash, Tim Holden (on the train
throughout), Chris Harley & Harry Harper
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