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
 
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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 |