31110 & 31185 traverse the sharply curved Oxley Chord on 28 May 1994 with the Pathfinder Tours 1Z18 14:56 Caldon Low to Bristol Temple Meads 'Leeky Pot' railtour. The chord connects the line from Stoke-on-Trent with the route to Shrewsbury, and was opened in 1983 to avoid the need for MGR trains to Ironbridge Power Station having to reverse.