16th - 18th November 1984

R.E.S.L.
The Grampian Highlander

Locos Used 08717, 20015, 20116, 25034, 25057, 26003, 26007, 26026, 27004, 31106, 31175, 31206, 31404, 45042, 46026 & 47009

Route :

Loco(s) Route
25034 + 25057 London St Pancras - Derby
46026 (1) Derby - Newcastle
31106 + 31175 Newcastle - Edinburgh
26003 + 26007 Edinburgh - Inverness Rose St
08717 Inverness Rose St -Inverness Station
27008 (2) Inverness - Dufftown - Burghead - Elgin East Goods - Inverness
26026 +27004 Inverness - Edinburgh Waverley
26026 +27004 Edinburgh Waverley - Haymarket - Slateford - Midcalder Jn - Shotts - Holytown - Whifflet - Langloan Jn - Rutherglen East Jn - Glasgow Central
20015 + 20116 (3) Glasgow Central - Gourock
27004 + 26026 (4) Gourock - Shields Jn - Larkfield Jn - ??? - Edinburgh Waverley
47009 (5) Edinburgh Waverley - Newcastle
45042 Newcastle - Derby
31206 + 31404 (6) Derby - London St Pancras

Notes :
(1) 46026 deputising for D200 - last train 46026 ever worked - it had hauled the class 46 farewell railtour 1 week EARLIER!
(2) 27008 hauling half the stock.
(3) For the avoidance of any doubt, Craig Simmons confirms that 26026 & 27004 ran light-engine from Edinburgh to Gourock i.e. they were not on the rear of the train.
(4) should have been 2x class 37.
(5) Should have been same 31's as outward, but were failed by the driver having already arrived in the station.
(6) Originally unsure if the 31's worked through to St Pancras but Stuart Clarke confirms that they did.


27004 & 26026 at Edinburgh Waverley on the return leg - the class 31's are
alongside ready to take over, but did not due to being failed by the driver
(photo: Craig Simmons)

Source : Craig Simmons (Joined at Leicester, left at Derby)

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