Back to "The Railtour Files"23rd October 1976
British
Rail
Tour 52
| Locos Used | 31416 & 1023 'Western Fusilier' |
Route : 1Z52 throughout
| Loco | Route |
| 1023 | 06.40 Taunton - Bristol Temple Meads - Gloucester - Cheltenham Spa - New Street - Solihull - Leamington Spa - Banbury - Bicester - High Wycombe - (via Greenford Loop) - London Paddington |
| 31416 | 13.45 London Paddington (2) - Greenford East Jn - Greenford South Jn - Ealing Broadway - (2) London Paddington |
| 1023 | London Paddington - Reading - Newbury - Westbury - Taunton - Exeter St Davids - Plymouth |
| 1023 | Plymouth - Exeter St Davids - Taunton - Bristol Temple Meads |
Notes :
(1) Total distance for the western was 548
miles. Cost £5-50
(2) Ian Ward recorded the Greenford loop as having been traversed in the
opposite direction to that shown above - confirmation is thus required.
Sources : Stewart Robertson, Mark Alden, Richard Matthews
& Ian Ward
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