9th April 1988

Pathfinder Tours
The Morecambe Bay Marauder

Locos Used 31200, 31202, 31324, 37059, 37426 & 47553

Route :

Loco(s) Route
37426 05.48 Taunton - Weston-super-Mare - Bristol Temple Meads - Worcester Shrub Hill - Droitwich Spa - Stoke Works Jn - Bromsgrove - (1) - Barnt Green - ?Selly Oak? - Birmingham New Street - Aston - Perry Barr - Walsall - Rugeley - Basford Hall Jn - Salop Goods Jn - Coal Yard Jn - Earlestown South Jn - Earlestown West Jn - Sutton Oak Jn - St Helens Shaw Street - Springs Branch Jn - Preston - Morecambe
31200 + 31324 Morecambe - Heysham Harbour
37426 12.55 Heysham Harbour - Morecambe
31324 + 31200 13.08 Morecambe - Carnforth - Barrow-in-Furness
37426 15.00 Barrow-in-Furness - Carnforth East Jn - Hellifield - Blackburn - Farrington Jn - Warrington Bank Quay (2)
47553 Warrington Bank Quay - Crewe
31202 Crewe - Wolverhampton - Birmingham New Street - (via Camp Hill) - Worcester Shrub Hill - (reverse of outward route) - Taunton

Notes :
(1) Banked up The Lickey by 37059.
(2) 37426 was removed at Warrington due to a smashed windscreen (concrete block swung from an overbridge),

Sources : John Simmonds & Alan Vickers/Glyn Thomas

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