4th March 1978

B.R.
(Merrymaker Excursion)

Loco Used 47044

Route :

Loco Route
47044 Cleethorpes -Lincoln - Newark - Nottingham - Trent Jn - Sheet Stores Jn - Casle Donnington - Stenson Jn - Tamworth - Water Orton West Jn - Park Lane Jn - Ryecroft Jn - Walsall - Pleck Jn - Darleston Jn - Wolverhampton
47044 Wolverhampton - (reverse of outward route) - Cleethorpes

Notes:
Train ran to Wolverhampton for a fleet of buses to Bridgnorth for a special train on the Severn Valley Railway hauled to Bewdley & return by LMSR 8F 2-8-0 No 8233.

Source : Steve Clark (on the train throughout)

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