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40012  working rail tour's
1Z95 The Anglian Whistler 01 May 1982

​40012 & 40081

Outward -  Manchester Victoria - Miles Platting - Stalybridge - Diggle - Huddersfield - Mirfield - Dewsbury - Leeds - Wakefield Westgate - 
Hare Park Junction - South Kirkby Junction - Adwick Junction - Doncaster - Bessacarr Junction  Gainsborough Lea Road - 
Pyewipe Junction -  Greetwell Junction - Sleaford South Junction - Spalding - Cowbit - March - Whittlesae - 
Peterborough - Orton Mere ( Nene Valley Railway)

Return - Orton Mere (NVR) - Peterborough - then via ECML - Doncaster - (reverse of outward route) - Leeds - 
(reverse of outward route) - Manchester Victoria 

Picture
40012 & 40081 at March on the Anglian Whistle rail tour 01 May 1982 

1Z09 Conway Forth Express 22 September 1984 

Outward - Llandudno Junction - Warrington Bank Quay - Preston - Blackburn - Clitherow - Hellifield - Settle Junction - Ais Gill - Carlisle - Carstairs Avoider - Haymarket - Edinburgh Waverley.
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Return - Edinburgh Waverley - Berwick - Newcastle - Durham - York - Leeds - Dewsbury - Huddersfield - Stalybridge - Manchester Victoria - Warrington Bank Quay -  Chester - Llandudno Junction 
Above Left - Early morning at Chester as 40012 heads a Llandudno Junction - Edinburgh charter 22/09/84. Picture taken by David Wood 
Above Middle - 40012 at Haymarket depot
Above Right - 40012 waiting to leave Preston  picture taken by Ian Jordan 
1Z36  The Don & Fiddler 20 October 1984

Outward - 06:50 Reading - Earling Broadway - Acton Wells Junction - Luton - Bedford - Kettering - 
Leicester - Trent South Junction - Clay Cross South Junction - Chesterfield - Sheffield - 
Ecclesfield - Barnsley - Penistone - Huddersfield - Diggle - Stalybridge - Ashburys -
Warrington Central - Edge Hill - Liverpool Lime Street.

Return - 15:35 Liverpool Lime Street - Ditton Junction - Arpley Junction - Cheadle Junction - 
New Mills South Junction - Chinley - Sheffield - Woodhouse - Chesterfield - Derby - 
Trent South Junction - Leicester - then reverse of outward route to Reading.

40012 worked the outward tour forward from Sheffield to Liverpool Lime Street
​and the return tour back as far as Sheffield. 

Picture
40012 seen at Huddersfield station on the 20 October 1984 working  The Don & Fiddlers rail tour 
1Z40  The Cornishman 25th - 26th January 1985 

Outward - 20:00 St Pancras to Falmouth 

40012 worked the tour forward from Birmingham New Street - Selly Oak - Kings Norton - Bromsgrove - 
Worcester Shubb Hill - Cheltenham Spa - Bristol Parkway - Bristol Temple Meads


Return - Falmouth to St Pancras 

40012 worked the return tour from Bristol Temple Meads - Bristol Parkway - Cheltenham Spa -
Worcester Shubb Hill - Bromsgrove - Kings Norton - Selly Oak - Birmingham New Street - 
​Water Orton - Nuneaton - Leicester 
Above Left:- 40012 on Bristol Bath Road depot with the steam heat boiler working well on 26 January 1985.   
Middle:- 40012 at Bristol Temple Meads on the return  Cornishman rail tour 26 January 1985.  
Above Right:- another picture of 40012 on Bristol Bath Road depot.
All pictures taken by Phil Trotter on 26 January 1985 
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