10th November 1990

46203 Group / John Player Railway Club
The Red Rose

Loco Used steam: 46203 'Princess Margaret Rose'

Route :

Loco Route
46203 Nottingham - Beeston (1) - Trent East Jn - Sheet Stores Jn - Castle Donington - Stenson Jn - Burton on Trent- Tamworth - Kingsbury Jn - Whitacre Jn - Water Orton - Landor Street Jn - Bordesley Jn - Tyseley - Dorridge - Leamington Spa - Banbury - Oxford - Didcot Parkway
46203 Didcot Parkway - (reverse of outward route) - Water Orton - Kingsbury Jn - (reverse of outward route) - Nottingham

Notes :
(1) The train was booked to pick up at Beeston but did not due to the driver not being advised. Passengers caught a following service train via Derby to Burton-on-Trent to join the charter.

Sources : Pete Drury (on the train throughout) & Pete Crawley

Timings (Booked Only)
(from Pete Drury)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Nottingham 08.20d 08.40   20.58a 21.27
Beeston ??.??a ~ ??.??d ??/??   20.51a ~20.52d 21.17 ~ 21.18
Burton-on-Trent ? ?   20.17a ~ 20.18d 20.29 ~ 20.30
Landor Street Jn 09.35 ~ 09.37 10.36 ~ 10.40   19.45 ~ 19.47 19.52 ~ 19.59
Dorridge 10.08 ~ 10.37 11.13 ~ 11.41   18.55 ~ 19.25 18.56 ~ 19.32
Banbury 11.25 ~ 12.10 12.30 ~ 12.46   17.38 ~ 18.00 17.44 ~ 18.01
Oxford 12.41 ~ 12.43 13.20 ~ 13.22   17.05 ~ 17.07 17.11 ~ 17.13
Didcot Parkway 12.59a 13.37   16.45 16.53


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