11th - 13th June 1982

Midland Railfans
The Mid-Scot Explorer

Locos Used 26008, 26040, 37084, 40170, 45142 & 47041
Stock Used including 35320 (lead coach out of Edinburgh Waverley)

Route :

Loco(s) Route
47041 Wolverhampton - Bescot - Perry Bar North Jn - Soho South Jn -Birmingham New Street - Nuneaton - Leicester - Derby - Sheffield - Leeds - Cudworth - Normanton - Leeds - York - (via ECML) - High Level Bridge - Newcastle - Carlisle - Dumfries - Glasgow Central
37084 Glasgow Central - Rutherglen - Coatbridge Central - Falkirk Grahamston - Haymarket (2)
26040 + 26008 (2) Edinburgh Waverley - Forth Bridge - Aberdeen - Inverness
26008 + 26040 Inverness - Mossend Yard
45142 Mossend Yard - Carlisle
40170 Carlisle - Carnforth
40170 Carnforth - Skipton - Leeds - Pontefract Monkhill - Knottingley - (via ECML) - Doncaster - Masborough - Sheffield - (reverse of outward route) - Wolverhampton

Notes :
(1) Visits were made to Eastfield, Haymarket and Inverness depots.
(2) Passengers had to make their own from Haymarket to Edinburgh Waverley.

Sources : Kevin Law, Stuart Beadle & Andy Hoare

Photo Review
(all photos: Andy Hoare)


37084 waits to leave Glasgow for Edinburgh.


26040 leads 26008 at Edinburgh Waverley....steaming all the way!


Photo-stop at Inverurie.


40170 at Leeds, traction for the journey home.


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