4th - 6th June 1982

British Rail
(Merrymaker Excursion)

Locos Used 08620, 26030, 26038, 26042, 47207, 47223 & 47403

Route : 1F50 throughout

Loco(s) Route
47223 Cleethorpes - Scunthorpe - Doncaster
47223 Doncaster - (via ECML) - Edinburgh Waverley
47403 Edinburgh Waverley - Aberdeen - Inverness
26030 + 26038 Inverness - Kyle of Lochalsh
26042 (1) shunt release at Kyle of Lochalsh
26030 + 26038 Kyle of Lochalsh - Inverness
08620 Inverness Far north Platform to Rose Street Jn
47207 Rose Street Jn - Perth - Stirling - Falkirk - Edinburgh Waverley - (via Blyth & Tyne) - Newcastle - (via ECML) - York - ??? - Doncaster
47207 Doncaster - Scunthorpe - Cleethorpes

Notes :
(1) 26042, used for the shunt release at Kyle of Lochalsh, had worked in on a service train.

Sources : Steve Perryman, Steve Clark & David Garnett

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