?2nd? June 1953

?Royal Air Force?
(Coronation Special)

Locos Used at least 2x J6 (0-6-0)

Route :

Loco(s) Route
2 xJ6 (top and tail?)  Cranwell (Admiralty Branch) - Sleaford 
?????  Sleaford - Spalding - Peterborough - North London Line - Kensington Olympia
????? ?Kensington Olympia - (reverse of outward route) - Sleaford?
2 xJ6 (top and tail?) Sleaford - Cranwell

Notes :
(1) Route & loco confirmation required. Locos were replaced at Sleaford as heavier engines than J6s were not permitted on the Cranwell Branch, which served the RAF base. The branch closed in 1956.

Source : Mark Harrington (from contemporary sources)

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