BRITISH RAIL TOURS
RAIL TOUR - 'PAXMAN COLLIER' - This tour, which covered a fair amount of ground, included a visit to Toton Depot and featured a variety of traction, running as follows:-
47507 - Plymouth – Newton Abbot - Exeter St Davids – Taunton – Bridgwater - Bristol Temple Meads
56044 - Bristol Temple Meads – Filton Jn - Bristol Parkway – Westerleigh Jn - Charfield - Cheltenham Spa – Abbotswood Jn - Stoke Works Jn - Bromsgrove – Kings Norton – St Andrews Jn – Proof House Jn - Birmingham New Street
58013 - Birmingham New Street – Proof House Jn - Landor Street Jn - Water Orton – (via Nuneaton flyover) – Wigston North Jn – Leicester – Loughborough – Trent East Jn – Nottingham
56068 Nottingham – Netherfield – Bottesford West Jn – Newark Northgate – Doncaster – Shaftholme Jn - Joan Croft Jn - Selby West Jn – York
56068 - York – Church Fenton – Gascoigne Wood Jn – Hambleton South Jn – Temple Hirst Jn – Doncaster – Mexborough – Rotherham – Treeton North Jn – Tinsley – Attercliffe Jn – Sheffield – Dore Station Jn - Chesterfield – Clay Cross South Jn – Pye Bridge Jn – Toton Centre
58006 - Toton Centre – Stapleford & Sandiacre
56068 - Stapleford & Sandiacre – Toton Meadow Sidings
56068 - Toton Meadow Sidings – Stapleford & Sandiacre
58006 - Stapleford & Sandiacre – Trent East Jn – Sheet Stores Jn – Stenson Jn – Tamworth – Water Orton - Landor Street Jn - Proof House Jn - Birmingham New Street
56044 - Birmingham New Street – (reverse of outward route) – Bristol Temple Meads
50049 - Bristol Temple Meads - Weston-Super-Mare – Bridgwater - Taunton – Exeter St Davids – Newton Abbot - Plymouth