17th October 1981

Honiton Round Table
Minsterman

Locos Used 47466, 50006 'Neptune' & 55021 'Argyll & Sutherland Highlander'
Stock Used 25941+25416+25568+25360+13330+15948+1924+5079+25939+25286+24898+25094+35081

Route : 1Z42 throughout

Loco(s) Route
50006 04.46d Plymouth - Totnes - Newton Abbot - Exeter St Davids
50006 (1) Exeter St Davids - Exeter Central - Pinhoe - Axminster - Yeovil Junction - Yeovil Pen Mill - Castle Cary - Westbury - Bradford South Jn - Melksham - Thingley Jn - Chippenham - Wootton Bassett Jn - Swindon - Foxhall Jn - Didcot North Jn - Oxford - Banbury - Leamington Spa - Hatton North Jn - Solihull - Tyseley - Bordesley Jn - St Andrews Jn - Water Orton - ??? - Kingsbury Jn - Wichnor Jn - Burton-on-Trent - North Stafford Jn - Derby - Ambergate Jn - Clay Cross South Jn - Chesterfield - Dore Station Jn - Sheffield - Swinton - Bolton-on-Dearne - Moorthorpe - Pontefract Baghill - Milford Jn - Church Fenton - York
55021 York - Malton - Seamer - Scarborough
55021 Scarborough - (reverse of outward route) - York
50006 York - (reverse of outward route) - Bordesley Jn - King's Norton - Barnt Green - Stoke Works Jn - Abbotswood Jn - Cheltenham Spa - Gloucester Yard Jn - Yate - Westerleigh Jn - Bristol Parkway - Filton Abbey Wood - Stapleton Road - Bristol Temple Meads
50006 Bristol Temple Meads - North Somerset Jn - Bath Spa - Bathampton Jn - Bradford South Jn - (reverse of outward route) - Exeter St Davids
50006 Exeter St Davids - (reverse of outward route) - Plymouth

Notes :
(1) Noted as '47466 helped the train to Pinhoe, then 50006 was solo'.
(2) Dave Jones confirmed the rain stopped in Sheffield from 12.54 ~ 12.56 but that it was shown as having originated at Honiton.

Sources : Gary Thornton, Steve Marshall, Dave Jones & Ian Hodge

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