21st August 1984

British Rail
(Day Excursion)

Loco Used 40079

Route : 1Z26 throughout

Loco Route
40079 Longbridge - Bourneville - Birmingham New Street - Aston - Walsall - Sutton Park - Derby - Beighton Jn - Pontefract Monkhill - York - (via ECML) - Edinburgh Waverley
40079 Edinburgh Waverley - (reverse of outward route) - Longbridge

Notes :
(1) A tour over the same route and with the same loco throughout was uploaded as having run on 1st August 1984 but this is believed to have been in error (i.e. date may have been reported in the press at the time incorrectly).

Sources : Lee Nash, Tim Holden (on the train throughout), Chris Harley & Harry Harper

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