Tonbridge-Bridgnorth excursion, June 5 1982

摘要

In the early 1980s when locomotive-hauled stock was commonplace, the ability to run excursions and railtours was very much easier than today given the volume of spare coaches idle at weekends. Of course BR was well aware of this and some regional divisions or areas ran extensive 'in house' excursion programmes, some with occasional enthusiast trips. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the South Eastern Division of the Southern Region developed an extensive programme of excursions under the curiously named 'Pleasure Seeker' banner starting from the Kent Coast and running to all manner of tourist attractions throughout the country. Whilst primarily catering for the retirement market (tapping into a clientele who had retired to the seaside), any trip away from the third-rail necessitated rare Class 33 Crompton haulage from a starting point deep in 'unit only' territory.