30. GBRf VSOE charter-05.06.21

An unadvertised private charter composed of VSOE Pullman stock had been organised by GBRf. It ran from Victoria to the Severn Valley Railway via the MML and then across to Birmingham. The haulage was arranged to be 66739 paired with 50049 (outward d.i.t.) and 50007 (return leading). I had intended to see both workings but on leaving Kidderminster in the late afternoon a problem with the stock meant an hour's delay. The charter then ran off route eventually joining the MML too late for me to justify an evening fifty-mile round trip!