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)


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