Back to "The Railtour Files"8th October 1983
Network SouthEast
The Starlight Britannia
| Loco(s) Used | 33xxx |
| Stock Used | 'Queen of Scots' rake |
Route :
| Loco | Route |
| 33xxx | London Waterloo - (via Laverstock Loop?) - London Waterloo |
Notes :
(1) Was booked to be worked by steam 70000 'Britannia' (running as
70047 and named '???' after a competition with ?Railway Magazine?) but this was
failed upon arrival into Waterloo with a smokebox door issue and a class 33 is
understood to have substituted. 70000 was repaired the next morning and went on
to work the Eastleigh to Salisbury shuttles.
Sources : Neil Kearns, Peter Starks & Nick Bartlett
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