9th - 10th October 1981

F & W Tours
The Yorkshire Greyhound

Locos Used 31125, 31176, 31207, 31318, 40182, 45064, 47106 & 85032
on NYMR : D821 & D7029

Route :

Date Loco(s) Route
09/10 31125 + 31176 Plymouth – Exeter – Taunton – Bristol Temple Meads – Bristol Parkway – Gloucester
10/10 31125 + 31176 Gloucester - Cheltenham – Worcester Shrub Hill – Bromsgrove – King’s Norton – Birmingham New Street
10/10 85032 Birmingham New Street - Wolverhampton – Stafford – Norton Bridge – Stone – Stoke-on-Trent – Macclesfield – Stockport
10/10 40182 Stockport – Guide Bridge – Stalybridge – Huddersfield – Leeds – York
10/10 31207 + 31218 Thirsk – Eaglescliffe – Thornaby – Middlesbrough – Battersby
10/10 31207 + 31218 Battersby - Grosmont (for NYMR visit) - Whitby
10/10 31207 + 31218 Whitby - Battersby
10/10 31207 + 31218 Battersby - (reverse of outward route) - York
10/10 45064 York – Moorthorpe – Rotherham – Sheffield – Chesterfield – Derby – Tamworth -   Birmingham New Street
10/10 47106

Birmingham New St – Camp Hill - King’s Norton - Cheltenham – Bristol Parkway – (return as outward) - Newton Abbot (1)

Notes :
(1) Train terminated at Newton Abbot due to engineering works.

On the NYMR it was possible to travel from Grosmont to Pickering and back twice (D821 to Pickering for D7029 back on both runs).

Source : Ian Monkton (joined/left the train at Bristol Parkway)

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