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On 26 November 2016 the surviving MRTS headboard was used on Frank Cronin's final driving turn before his retirement from the footplate<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/frank-cronin-50 'Frank Cronin '50 years' ', SVRLive, 26 November 2016] (retrieved 19 September 2021)</ref>.
 
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==List of rail tours organised by the MRTS==
!Date!!Tour name !! Route (steam only) !! Notes !! Web !!SVR News
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|12 Nov November 1966||Three Counties Special || Round tour from Manchester|| 5 steam locos used including 47383 double headed. || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/60s/661126mr.html SBJ]||
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|25 Mar March 1967||Hants & Dorset Branch Flyer || Round tour from Southampton|| 4 steam locos used. || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/60s/670325mr.html SBJ]||
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|28 Oct October 1967||Preservation Special || Round tour from Stockport|| MRTS/SVRS, 4 steam locos used. || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/60s/671028mr.html SBJ]||
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|25 Nov November 1967||Lancs & Yorks Rambler / Mancunian || Round tour from Leeds|| 60019 Bittern || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/60s/671125_1.html SBJ]||
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|20 Apr April 1968|| North West Tour || Stockport - Liverpool || MRTS/SVRS, 6 steam locos used.<br>45110 worked Stockport to Stalybridge double headed.<br>48773 worked Bolton-Stockport.|| [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/60s/680420bn.html SBJ]||
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|27 Apr April 1968|| North West Tour || Stockport - Liverpool || SVRS/MRTS, 6 steam locos used.|| [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/60s/680427sv.html SBJ]||
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|28 Jul July 1968|| Farewell to B.R. Steam || Round tour from Manchester Vic. || SVRS/MTRS, 6 steam locos used.<br>48773 worked Rose Grove to Manchester via Copy Pit || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/60s/680728ct.html SBJ]||
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