20th April 1985
Honiton & District
Round Table
The Border City Express
Locos Used | 47490, 47509 & 50024 'Vanguard' |
Route : 1Z64 throughout
Loco | Route |
47509 | Templecombe - Yeovil Junction |
50024 | Yeovil Junction - Yeovil Pen Mill - Castle Cary - Westbury - Trowbridge - Bath Spa - Bristol Temple Meads |
50024 | Bristol Temple Meads - Bristol Parkway - Standish Jn - Barnwood Jn - Cheltenham Spa - Bromsgrove - Kings Norton - ?(via Camp Hill)? - Birmingham New Street - Soho - (?Perry Barr North Jn?) - Bescot - Wolverhampton - Stafford - Crewe |
47490 | Crewe - (via WCML) - Farington Jn - Blackburn - Hellifield - Carlisle |
47490 | Carlisle - (via WCML) - Crewe |
50024 | Crewe - Wolverhampton - (?Dudley Port?) - Soho - Birmingham New Street - (?via Camp Hill?) - Kings Norton - Cheltenham Spa - Dr Days Jn - North Somerset Jn - Bath Spa - Yeovil Pen Mill - Yeovil Junction |
????? | Yeovil Junction - Templecombe |
Notes :
(1) Route confirmation required, particularly where shown by '?'.
Source : Peter Cooper
Photo Review
47490 on arrival into Carlisle (photo: Peter Cooper)
50024 'Vanguard' waits to leave Crewe (photo: Ian Jordan)