7th - 8th September 1985

British Rail
(Merrymaker Special)

Locos Used 47277, 47445, 47521, ?50006?, 85002 & 85037

Route : 1Z40 throughout

Date Loco(s) Route
07/09 ?50006? 05.00 Exeter St Davids - Yeovil Junction - Yeovil Pen Mill - Castle Cary - Westbury - Bath Spa - Dr Days Jn - Cheltenham Spa - Selly Oak - Birmingham New Street
07/09 85002 Birmingham New Street - Wolverhampton - Stafford - (via WCML) - Carstairs
07/09 47277 Carstairs - Edinburgh Waverley
07/09-08/09 47521 23.03 Edinburgh Waverley - (via Carstairs avoiding line) - Carlisle
08/09 85037 Carlisle - (via WCML) - Preston
08/09 47445 (1) Preston - Wigan North Western - Golborne Jn - Parkside East Jn - Eccles - Castlefield Jn - Deansgate - Manchester Piccadilly - Stockport - Crewe
08/09 85037 Crewe - Stafford - Bushbury Jn - Bescot - Aston - Birmingham New Street
08/09 ?50006? Birmingham New Street - Selly Oak - Bromsgrove - Worcester Shrub Hill - Cheltenham Spa - (reverse of outward route) - Exeter St Davids

Notes :
(1) plus 85037 dead-in-tow.
(2) Peter White says the 50 then went on to take a football special to Plymouth and back (confirmation/route for the "footex" is also required).

Source : Peter White (on the train throughout)

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