THE UK Railtours offering for the Christmas markets this year will be on December 9, when a seasonal special will take a pair of Class 50s – No. 50007 Hercules and 50049 Defiance – from London Euston to Manchester Victoria, over some rare track for the class.
This tour will start from Euston at around 07.30 and pick up at Watford Junction, Milton Keynes Central, Northampton and Rugby. Then the train will run via Aston and Bescot before traversing the Cannock Chase line, allowing the train to rejoin the West Coast Main Line at Rugeley Trent Valley.