Back to "The Railtour Files"16th April 1983
Honiton Round Table
The Red Rose Express
| Locos Used | 37307, 40013, 45075 & 47076 |
Route :
| Loco | Route |
| 47076 | Plymouth - Exeter St Davids |
| 47076 | Exeter St Davids - Axminster - Yeovil Junction - Yeovil Pen Mill - Westbury - Reading West Junction - Oxford - Leamington Spa - Coventry |
Train A :
| Loco | Route |
| 47076 | Coventry - Nuneaton - Leicester - Derby (for coach trip to Crich) |
Train B : 1Z74 throughout
| Loco | Route |
| 37307 | Coventry - Nuneaton - Stafford - Stoke on Trent - Maccelsfield - Stockport |
| 40013 | Stockport - Manchester Piccadilly - Ordsall Lane - Earlstown - St Helens Junction - Wigan North Western |
| 40013 | Wigan North Western - Bolton - Manchester Victoria |
| 45075 | Manchester Victoria - Philips Park No 1 and 2 - Ashburys - Guide Bridge - Chinley - Dore South - Chesterfield - Derby |
Trains combined :
| Loco | Route |
| 47076 | Derby - Leicester - Brent Jn - Acton Wells Jn - Newbury - Westbury -Yeovil Junction - Axminster - Exeter St Davids |
| 47076 | Exeter St Davids - Plymouth |
Sources : Trevor Cockram
(on train B to and from Axminster), Mark Sutton & Harry Harper
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