1st March 1999
The Maiden Voyager
| Locos Used | 31407, 31466, 37220, 37222 & 56110 |
Route :
| Loco(s) | From - to |
| 37220 + 37222 | Ealing Broadway - Reading - Oxford - Leamington Spa - Kenilworth - Coventry |
| 31407 + 31466 | Coventry - Birmingham New St. - Soho South Jn - Perry Barr North Jn - Bescot - Walsall - Ryecroft Jn - Park Lane Jn - Water Orton - Tamworth - Derby - Chesterfield - Sheffield - Masborough - Doncaster - ECML - York |
| 56110 | York - Newcastle |
| 56110 | Newcastle - York |
| 31407 + 31466 | York - Milford Jn - Moorthorpe - Masborough -( reverse of outward route) - Coventry |
| 37220 + 37222 | Coventry - ( reverse of outward route) - Ealing Broadway |