On the 23rd May 2015, LMS Coronation Class Pacific, 46233 'Duchess of Sutherland' is seen hauling PMR Tour's 'The Oxfordshire Express'. The first location is near the village of Claydon in Oxfordshire, just north of Banbury on the Chiltern Mainline. Here 'Duchess of Sutherland' passes through the crossing heading south to it's destination of Didcot with the outbound tour. For the return working I then headed to a location near Kings Sutton on the Cherwell Valley Line. 'Duchess of Sutherland' is seen passing north with the return working. With a 20 minute watering stop at Banbury, I then decided to head to Little Bourton, north of Banbury on the Chiltern Mainline to see 'Duchess of Sutherland' once more. The outward tour, under headcode 1Z52, worked from Manchester Victoria via, Stockport, Chesterfield, Broadholme, Derby, Tyseley and Oxford to Didcot Parkway. The return tour then worked back to Manchester Victoria via the same route as the outward, this time under headcode 1Z54. Between Manchester Victoria and Derby on both runs, the tour was hauled by a WCRC diesel locomotive.

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