11th April 1992

RAIL/Network SouthEast
The Carlisle Fifty Farewell

Locos Used 50007 'Sir Edward Elgar' & D400
Stock Used 13575+5459+5494+5412+17086+6500+17056+5447+5482+5454

Route :

Locos Route
50007 + D400 London Waterloo - Staines - Reading - Oxford - Leamington Spa (2) - Solihull - (2) Birmingham New Street - Wolverhampton - Shrewsbury - Crewe - Warrington Bank Quay - Earlestown - Wigan North Western - Lancaster - Carlisle
D400 + 50007 Carlisle - Crewe - Stafford - Wolverhampton - Bescot (1) (2) - Perry Barr - Soho - Birmingham New Street - Coventry  - (2) Leamington Spa - Oxford - Reading - Staines - London Waterloo

Notes :
(1) The tour notes state that if the train was running late, the diversion via Bescot may be cut to save time. When John Armitstead left the train at Crewe, it was 1 hour late, so it may have run direct Wolverhampton - Birmingham.
(2) Some discrepancies exist between the tour booklet and timing sheet, route above is per tour brochure. Timing sheet showed as via Coventry not Solihull on outward and Galton Jn - Birmingham New Street - Solihull - Leamington Spa on return. Confirmation of actual route taken is required.

Sources : John Armitstead (joined train at Waterloo, left at Crewe) & Kenneth Baird

Photo Review


D400 & 50007 at Waterloo (photo: Craig Sullivan)


Incredible crowds greeted the 50's at Carlisle! (photo: Nick Blyth)


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