6th April 1974
British Rail (L.M.R.)
(Merrymaker Excursion No.33)
| Locos Used | 83007 & 86??? |
| Stock Used | 9 coaches |
Route :
| Loco | Route |
| 86??? | ??? - Harrow & Wealdstone - (via WCML, Weedon & Trent Valley) - Crewe - Sandbach - Alderley Edge - Cheadle Hulme - Stockport - Manchester Piccadilly |
| 83007 | Manchester Piccadilly - (?reverse of outward route?) - Harrow & Wealdstone - ??? |
Source : Adrian Brown
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Timings (Actual, Outward Leg, Only)
(from Adrian Brown)
| Location | Actual (out) |
| ??? | ??.??d |
| Harrow & Wealdstone | ??.?? ~ 08.30 |
| Watford Junction | 08.38 ~ 08.40 |
| Hemel Hempstead | 08.48 ~ 08.50 |
| Berkhemstead | 08.53 ~ 08.55 |
| Tring | 08/59 |
| Cheddington | 09/01 |
| Leighton Buzzard | 09/05½ |
| Bletchley | 09/08 |
| Roade Jn | 09/18 |
| Rugby | 09/32 |
| Nuneaton | 09/44 |
| Tamworth | 09/56 |
| Lichfield TV LL | 09/58 |
| Rugeley | 10/04 |
| Stafford | 10/13 |
| Norton Bridge | 10/19 |
| Crewe | 10.40 ~ 10.43 |
| Sandbach | 10/52 |
| Holmes Chapel | 10/54 |
| Alderley Edge | 11/00 |
| Wilmslow | 11/02 |
| Cheadle Hulme | 11/15 |
| Edgeley Jn | 11/19 |
| Stockport | 11/20 |
| Manchester Piccadilly | 11.25a |