50008 & 50015 wait to leave Penzance (photo: Keith Mantle)
4th May 1991
Pathfinder Tours
Cornish Centurian 2
| Locos Used | 37673, 47972, 50008 & 50015 |
Route :
| Loco(s) | Route |
| 47972 | Manchester Piccadilly - Crewe - Birmingham - Bristol Temple Meads |
| 50008 + 50015 | Bristol Temple Meads - Plymouth |
| 50008 (1) | Plymouth - Carne Point |
| 50015 (2) | Carne Point - Lostwithiel |
| 50008 (1) | Lostwithiel - Drinnick Mill |
| 50015 (2) | Drinnick Mill - Par |
| 50008 (3) | Par to Truro |
| 50008 + 50015 | Truro - Penzance |
| 50008 + 50015 | Penzance - Par |
| 37673 (4) | Par - Bugle |
| 50008 + 50015 | Bugle - Plymouth - Taunton - Bristol Temple Meads |
| 47972 (5) | Bristol Temple Meads - Worcester Shrub Hill - Stockport - Manchester Piccadilly |
Notes :
(1) 50015 on rear.
(2) 50008 on rear.
(3) Due to problems with 50008, 50015 provided assistance from the
back between Milepost 284 1/2 and Truro where it ran round. As a result of the
delays, plans to traverse the Falmouth branch were abandoned.
(4) 50015+50008 on rear.
(5) Use of 47972 at least as far as Stockport confirmed by Simon Bennett.
50008 & 50015 wait to leave Penzance (photo: Keith Mantle)
Source : David Russell
(Joined at Crewe and alighted at Worcester)
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