Back to "The Railtour Files"17th March 1979
British Rail
(Day Excursion)
Tour cancelled due to poor ticket sales, passengers who were booked (only 4!) using service trains instead.
Planned route & locos:
| Loco | Route |
| unspecified | Liverpool - Bournemouth |
| unspecified | Bournemouth - Liverpool |
Service Trains used:
| Traction | Route |
| 86001 | 08.04 dep Liverpool Lime St - London Euston |
| EMU | 11.30 dep London Waterloo (to Weymouth) as far as Bournemouth |
| 47477 | 16.39 (ex-Poole) Bournemouth - Reading |
| 47502 | 16.39 (ex-Poole) Reading - Birmingham New Street |
| 86219 | 16.39 (ex-Poole) Birmingham New Street - Liverpool Lime St |
Source : Pete Rogers
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