31st March 1975

British Rail
(Merrymaker Mystery Excursion)

Loco Used (1) 45116

Route :

Loco (1) Route (2)
45116 ??? - Wellingborough - Leicester - Chesterfield - Manchester - Wigan - Southport
45116 Southport - Leicester - Wellingborough - ???

Notes :
Information is scant on this tour and any further data will be gratefully received!
(1) Just one loco recorded for this tour, believed only one involved.
(2) Start/finish point not confirmed, but possibly Wellingborough.

A leaflet Nigel has from the day indicates a second train also ran on the same date, from Hinckley and picking up at Narborough, Leicester and Loughborough to another unspecified mystery destination.

Source : Nigel Benning

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