PETER Watts, the founder of Pathfinder Tours, celebrates five decades of railtouring on June 10, with ‘The Golden Jubilee’ running in his honour.
The Class Forty Preservation Society’s No. D345 (40145) will haul the train from Burton-on-Trent, with pick-ups at Tamworth, Coleshill Parkway, Birmingham New Street, Barnt Green, Worcestershire Parkway, Cheltenham Spa, Swindon (pick-up only, not set down) and Bristol Parkway (set down only).
The tour takes the Basingstoke line at Reading and then
