3rd May 1982

British Rail (& The Cornwall Railway Society)
(Merrymaker Excursion)

Locos Used 47076 'City of Truro' & steam: 31618

Route :

Loco Route
47076 Penzance - Reading - North Pole Jn - Kensington Olympia - Clapham Junction - Haywards Heath (2) - Brighton
31618 Sheffield Park - Haywards Heath
47076 Haywards Heath - (reverse of outward route) - Penzance

Notes :
(1) CRS sold 161 tickets for this Merrymaker. Both the train on BR and that on the Bluebell Railway carried the CRS headboard.
(2) Passengers left here for a trip on the Bluebell Railway. From Haywards Heath the train carried on as an extra so it could be serviced in Brighton.

Source : Keith Jenkin
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