19th September 1982

F & W Tours
The Western Whistler

Locos Used 37206, 37299, 40025 & 40164

Route : 1Z21 throughout

Loco(s) Route
40164 Crewe – Stoke-on-Trent – Stafford – Colwich – Hednesford – Walsall – Perry Barr North Jn – Soho South Jn – Birmingham New Street
40025 Birmingham New Street - King’s Norton – Bromsgrove  - Worcester Shrub Hill - Cheltenham – Gloucester
40025 Gloucester (rev) – Bristol Parkway – Bristol Temple Meads – Weston-Super-Mare – Taunton – Exeter – Totnes – Mount Gould Jn
37206 + 37299 Mount Gould Jn. – Plymouth – Liskeard – Lostwithiel – Carne Point
37206 + 37299 Carne Point - (reverse of outward route) - Plymouth
40025 Plymouth – Exeter – Taunton – Bristol Temple Meads -  Bristol Parkway – Gloucester
40025 Gloucester – Cheltenham – Worcester Shrub Hill – Bromsgrove – King’s Norton – Birmingham New St. – Wolverhampton – Stafford – Stoke-on-Trent – Crewe

Sources : Ian Monkton (joined/left train at Bristol Parkway) & Harry Harper

Photo Review


37206 & 37299 about to leave Mount Gould Jn (photo: Ian Jordan)


40025 being fuelled on Laira depot alongside 50008 (photo: Ian Jordan)


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