16th May 1953
Stephenson Locomotive
Society
Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire
Closed Lines
| Loco Used | 69313 & 46443 |
Route : Headcode 962 throughout
| Loco(s) | Route |
| 46443 | Derby (Midland) - Pye Bridge - Mansfield Town - Blidworth (?Colliery?) Jn - Southwell - Newark (North) - Newark (Ex. Sidings) |
| 46443 (2) | Newark (Ex. Sidings) - Newark North Gate |
| 46443 | Newark North Gate (Up Bay) - Cotham - Bottesford North Jn - Bottesford South Jn - Redmile - Stathern Jn - Harby & Stathern - Scalford - Wycombe Jn - Waltham Jn - Waltham-on-the-Wold |
| 46443 | Waltham-on-the-Wold - Waltham Jn - Wycombe Jn - Holwell Wharf - Asfordby Colliery - Holwell Sidings - Old Dalby - Edwalton - Nottingham Midland - Beeston - Trent - Long Eaton - Spondon Jn - Chaddesden Sidings - Chaddesden South Jn - Derby (Midland) |
Notes :
(1) Route confirmation required (above routing is extrapolated from
booked timings).
(2) Contemporary publications carry a photograph of 69313 on the train at Newark
(GN). Did this haul the train on the Newark (Ex. Sidings) to Newark North Gate
leg (with 46443 on rear?

From The John Debens Ticket Collection.
Sources : Howard Harrison, Andrew Fairholm &
Ian Clark (SLS)
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Timings (Booked Only)
(from Howard Harrison)
| Location | Booked |
| Derby (Midland) | 13.57d |
| Pye Bridge | 14.28a ~ 14.30d |
| Mansfield Town | 15.05a ~ 15.10d |
| Blidworth Jn | 15/26 |
| Southwell | 15.41a ~ 15.42d |
| Newark (North) | 15.55a ~ 15.57d |
| Newark (Ex. Sidings) | 16.00a ~ 16.02d |
| Newark Jn Curve | 16/05 |
| Newark (E.R.) | 16.13a ~ 16.28d |
| Harby & Stathern | 16.55a ~ 17.00d |
| Scalfold | 17.11a ~ 17.13d |
| Wycombe Jn | 17.19a ~ 17.22d |
| Waltham-on-the-Wold | 17.35a ~ 17.45d |
| Wycombe Jn | 17.56a ~ 17.59d |
| Holwell Sidings | 18.22a ~ 18.24d |
| Nottingham (Midland) | 18.52a ~ 18.57d |
| via Chaddesden South Jn | |
| Derby (Midland) | 19.27a |