26015 & 26024 at Girvan (photo: Martin Pettit).
3rd June 1989
Hertfordshire Rail Tours
The Wigtownshire Wanderer
| Locos Used | 26015, 26024, 47340, 47459, 85028, 86236 & 86261 |
Route : 1Z11 throughout
| Loco(s) | Route |
| 85028 |
London Euston - Watford Junction – Rugby – Trent Valley – Crewe - (via WCML) – Carlisle |
| 47340 | Carlisle – Dumfries – Mauchline Jn – Newton-on-Ayr |
| 26015 + 26024 | Newton-on-Ayr – Stranraer Harbour |
| 26015 + 26024 | Stranraer Harbour - Ayr |
| 47340 |
Ayr – Troon – Kilmarnock |
| 47340 |
Kilmarnock – Muirhouse Central Jn – Terminus Jn – Paisley Gilmour Street – Gourock |
| 47340 |
Gourock – Paisley Gilmour Street - Shields Jn – High St. Jn – Sunnyside Jn – Whifflet South Jn - Motherwell - Carlisle |
| 86236 |
Carlisle – (via WCML) – Preston (1) |
| 47459 (1) | Preston - Bolton - Manchester Piccadilly - Wilmslow - Crewe |
| 86261 | Crewe – Trent Valley – Rugby - Watford Junction – Harrow & Wealdstone (2) |
Notes:
(1) Originally shown as routed WCML from Preston to Crewe but route corrected by
Mark Herriott.
(2) Terminated at Harrow & Wealdstone due to another train bringing down the
overhead wires.
26015 & 26024 at Girvan (photo: Martin Pettit).
47340 at Newton-on-Ayr (photo: Ray Pettit)
Sources : Martin Pettit (joined/left the train at Watford
Junction)
Les Drury (got back to Euston from Harrow & Wealdstone in 313006)
& Mark Herriott (also on 313006 to get back to Euston)
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