30th September 1978

Mainline Steam Trust
Wadebridge Wanderer

Locos Used 25073, 25074 & 25080

Route : 1Z86 throughout

Loco(s) Route
25074 + 25073 20.30 (29/09/78) Derby - Spondon - Sheet Stores Jn - Nottingham
25074 + 25073 Nottingham - Trent South Jn - Leicester - Market Harborough - Northampton - (via WCML) - ??? - West Ruislip - Greenford - Drayton Green Jn - Hanwell - (via GWML) - Bath - Bristol Temple Meads - Taunton - Exeter St Davids - Newton Abbot - Plymouth
25080 Plymouth - Royal Albert Bridge - Liskeard - Bodmin Road - Bodmin General
25080 Bodmin General - Boscarne Junction - Wadebridge (Down Platform)
25080 12.00 Wadebridge (Down Platform) - Boscarne Junction - Bodmin General
25080 Bodmin General - Bodmin Road - Liskeard - Royal Albert Bridge - Plymouth (3)
25073 + 25074 Plymouth - Newton Abbot - Exeter St Davids - Honiton - Yeovil Junction - Salisbury - Basingstoke - Reading - (2) - Leicester

Notes :
(1) Andy Pullar comments: 'There was time for the customary farce at Liskeard for a side trip to Looe. I believe a three car DMU set was attached to the normal Bubble working the service shuttle. Needless to say this didn't fit the platform at Looe. For the record the unit nos. were 55026+51306+59473+51321 on the 13.52 from Liskeard and 15.01 return from Looe.'
(2) Booked route was given as: Derby - Long Eaton - Nottingham (reverse) - Loughborough - Leicester - Narborough - Hinckley - Coventry thence WCML but Jeremy Chapter confirms the routing outwadr was actually via the Market Harborough to Northampton Line as he traveled up from London to Leicester specifically to traverse that section. Did the train return via the same route or was that via Coventry and Nuneaton?
(3) Service train used (formed:
51306+59473+51321+51574+51584) for a trip from Plymouth to Gunnislake & back.

Sources : Andy Pullar, Alan Baylis, Mick Baker (joined at Coventry) & Jeremy Chapter (joined at Leicester)

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