20th - 21st September 1980

British Rail (W.R.)
(Merrymaker Excursion - Blackpool Illuminations)

Locos Used ?????

Route :

Loco(s) Route
????? Slough - Oxford - Coventry - Crewe - Preston - Blackpool North
????? Blackpool North - Preston - Manchester - Crewe - Willesden - Acton - Slough - Oxford 

Notes :
(1) Train departed Blackpool late on Saturday evening, returning to the drop off points in the early hours of the Sunday.

Source : Alan Freer

Timings (Booked Only)

Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn)
Slough 09.12d 04.11a
Reading 09.27d 04.32a
Didcot 09.43d 04.50a
Blackpool North 14.17a 22.25d


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