Back to "The Railtour Files - 1976"31st May 1976
B.R.
(Merymaker Excursion)
| Loco Used | 47184 |
Route :
| Loco | Route |
| 47184 | Cleethorpes - Lincoln St Marks - Newark Castle - Nottingham - Trent Jn - Sheet Stores Jn - Castle Donnington - Stenson Jn - Burton-on-Trent - Tamworth - Landor Street Jn - Bordesley Jn - Lifford - Kings Norton - Bromsgrove - Cheltenham - Bristol Temple Meads - Weston-super-Mare |
| 47184 | Weston-super-Mare - (reverse of outward route) - Cleethorpes |
Notes :
Train heavily delayed by failure of 47054 on preceding train in Wickwar Tunnel.
47184 propelled failure to Bristol (load 23 plus dead 47) where 47331 removed
47054.
Source : Steve Clark (on the train Cleethorpes
to Weston & Bristol TM to Cleethorpes)
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