8th March 1969

M. & G.N.J.R.S.
The Worth Valley Limited

DMU Used 2-car GRCW set
Loco Used D0226

Route :

Traction Route
DMU as listed Cambridge - Peterborough - Lincoln - Doncaster - Leeds
DMU as listed Leeds - Keighley
D0226 Keighley - ???
D0226 ??? - Keighley
DMU as listed Keighley - Leeds
DMU as listed Leeds (2) - Wakefield Westgate - Moorthorpe - Rotherham - Nottingham - Syston - (2) Melton Mowbray - Peterborough - Cambridge

Notes :
(1) Ian Bowskill comments: Booked haulage on the KWVR for this was a Black 5 - can't recall if 5025 or 45212. This derailed while running round at Keighley and EE 0-6-0D D0226 was used instead.
(2) Booked return route from Leeds was: Leeds - Normanton - Rotherham - Sheffield - Trent - Nottingham - Melton Mowbray - Peterborough - Cambridge.


From The John Debens Ticket Collection.

Sources : Gerald Brown & Ian Bowskill

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