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1961"?? - ?? ??? 1961
B.R.
City of Plymouth
| Locos Used | ????? |
Route :
Trains ran on five consecutive days in the second week of the school summer
holidays.
Monday :
| Loco(s) | Route |
| West country class no.1 | Plymouth North Road - Devonport Kings Road - Yeoford |
| West country class no.2 | Yeoford - Barnstaple Junction |
| West country class no.2 + another steam loco | Barnstaple Junction - Ilfracombe |
| West country class no.2 + another steam loco | Ilfracombe - Barnstaple Junction |
| West country class no.2 | Barnstaple Junction - Yeoford |
| ? West country class no.1 ? | Yeoford - Devonport Kings Road - Plymouth North Road |
Tuesday :
| Loco(s) | Route |
| ???? | Plymouth North Road - Devonport Albert Road - Par |
| ???? + ???? | Par - Newquay |
| ???? + ???? | Newquay - Par |
| ???? | Par - Devonport Kings Road - Plymouth North Road |
Wednesday :
| Loco(s) | Route |
| ???? + ???? | Plymouth - Teignmouth - Dawlish - Dawlish Warren |
| ???? + ???? | Dawlish Warren - Dawlish - Teignmouth - Plymouth |
Thursday :
| Loco(s) | Route |
| ???? | Plymouth - Devonport Albert Road - Par - St Erth - Penzance |
| ???? | Penzance - (reverse of outward route) - Plymouth |
Friday :
| Loco(s) | Route |
| ???? | Plymouth - Devonport Kings Road - Exeter St Davids - Exeter Central - Templecombe S&D Jn |
| ??? | (banked from Exeter St Davids to Exeter Central) |
| ???? | Templecombe S&D Jn - Bournemouth West |
| ???? | Bournemouth West - Templecombe S&D Jn |
| ???? | Templecombe S&D Jn - Devonport Kings Road - Plymouth |
Notes :
(1) Routes & loco confirmation required.
Believed the trains also ran the previous week - destinations including Bude on one of the days and Weymouth on the Friday.