1st October 1960

Home Counties Railway Club
Swindon Special

Route :

Notes :
(1) For works & shed visit.
(2) Route confirmation required. This was the HCRC's first railtour (previous visits were made by road coach). Some club paperwork (including itinerary given out on the train itself) gave the date of running of this tour as Sunday 9th October 1960, however subsequent references to it in club paperwork were with the date of 1st October and this has also been confirmed as the running date by Ron Walker. To add to the confusion however, John Debens has turned up a ticket dated October 9th! The Webmaster is guessing the train may have been scheduled originally for running on 9th October, but changed to the 1st and tickets not reprinted...can anyone confirm?
(3) Formed in 1955 and originally known as the 'Middlesex Loco Spotters Club', their name was changed in the late 1950's to the 'Home Counties Railway Club' then in January 1963 it changed again, to the 'Home Counties Railway Society'.

From The John Debens Ticket Collection.

Sources : Ron Walker & John Debens

Timings (Booked Only)
(from Ron Walker)

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