27th May 1961

Leicester Railway Society
21st Anniversary Rail Tour

Loco Used 41321
Stock Used 3x LMS push-pull carriages

Route :
Train reporting number : M725 throughout

Loco Route
41321

Leicester (London Road) - Knighton North Jn - Knighton South Jn
41321 Knighton South Jn - Saffron Lane Jn - Desford Jn
41321 Desford Jn - Glenfield - Desford Jn - Coalville Jn - Coalville Town
41321 Coalville Town - Coalville Jn - Charnwood Forest Jn
41321 Charnwood Forest Jn - Shepshed
41321 Shepshed - Charnwood Forest Jn - Shackerstone - Market Bosworth - Shenton - Nuneaton Abbey Street
41321 Nuneaton Abbey Street - Nuneaton Trent Valley - Hinckley - Narborough
41321 Narborough - Enderby
41321 Enderby - Narborough - Glen Parva - Wigston Central Jn West - Wigston South Jn - Wigston Magna
41321 Wigston Magna - Wigston South Jn - Wigston Central Jn West
41321 Wigston Central Jn West - Wigston Central Jn - Wigston North Jn - Leicester (London Road)

Notes :
(1) Stuart Gamble comments: An interesting item is a change of date, but I cannot find out why, although I suspect that it may have been originally planned for early May, then Leicester City made it to the FA Cup Final (lost 2 - 0 to Spurs).

Sources : Mark Harrington, Trevor Machell, Stuart Gamble & John Debens

Photo Review


41321 is seen during a stop at Market Bosworth
 (photo: copyright John F. Clay courtesy of Stuart Gamble)


From The John Debens Ticket Collection.


Timings (Booked Only)
(from Stuart Gamble)

M.C Location Booked
0.00 Leicester (London Road) 14.15d
1.38 Knighton South Jn 14.24a ~ 14.29d
8.01 Desford Jn 14.40a ~ 14.43d
11.14 Glenfield 14.53a ~ 15.02d
23.04 Coalville Town 15.29a ~ 15.36d
23.57 Coalville Jn 15/40
24.23 Charnwood Forest Jn 15.46a ~ 15.49d
31.07 Shepshed 16.05a ~ 16.15d
37.71 Charnwood Forest Jn 16/31
43.36 Shackerstone Jn 16/48
45.78 Market Bosworth 16.54a ~ 17.04d
53.68 Nuneaton Abbey Street 17.26a ~ 17.29d
54.59 Nuneaton Trent Valley 17.40a ~ 17.46d
66.61 Narborough 18.02a ~ 18.05d
69.01 Enderby 18.15a ~ 18.33d
74.62 Wigston South Jn 18.53a ~ 19.03d
74.69 Wigston Magna 19.05a ~ 19.07d
75.21 Wigston Central Jn 19.17a ~ 19.19d
75.50 Wigston North Jn 19/23
78.64 Leicester (London Road) 19.28a


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