Back in the day...

[Sultan1056]

Saturday 31st January 1981

Having failed to get to Kilmalcolm two weeks previously, today I managed to travel the branch, although it nearly never happened, with Class 40s dominating the day on Aberdeen services. The day finished with what transpired to be my last run with Deltic 6. It was removed at Peterborough with boiler failure, within the week it had been withdrawn.

55016 Peterborough-Edinburgh (2315 Kings Cross-Aberdeen)
40060 Edinburgh-Dundee (0855 Edinburgh-Aberdeen)
40063 Dundee-Glasgow QS (0950 Aberdeen-Glasgow QS)
Sc50859+50899 Glasgow C-Kilmacolm (1307 Glasgow C-Kilmacolm)
Sc50859+50899 Kilmacolm-Glasgow C (1403 Kilmacolm-Glasgow C)
26037 Glasgow QS-Stirling (1444 Glasgow QS-Dundee)
40159 Stirling-Glasgow QS (1340 Aberdeen-Glasgow QS)
40168 Glasgow QS-Stirling (1735 Glasgow QS-Aberdeen)
Sc51468+51532 Stirling-Edinburgh (1810 Dunblane-Edinburgh)
55006 Edinburgh-Peterborough (1915 Aberdeen-Kings Cross)
via Stockton, Askern & Lincoln

 

[CD]

Saturday 31st January 1987

33029 Yeovil PM-Bristol TM (2B77 0655 Yeovil-Cardiff)
45133 Bristol TM-Cardiff (2V58 0658 Portsmouth Hbr-Cardiff)
45133 Cardiff-Bristol TM (1O41 1210 Cardiff-Portsmouth Hbr)
45133 Bristol TM-Cardiff (1V70 1410 Portsmouth Hbr-Cardiff)
45133 Cardiff-Bristol TM (1O48 1810 Cardiff-Portsmouth Hbr)
33016 Bristol TM-Bradford on Avon (1O48)
33029 Bradford on Avon-Westbury (2O98 2015 Bristol-Portsmouth Hbr)
DMU (B464) Westbury-Yeovil PM (2110 Westbury-Weymouth)

 

[Sultan1056]

Sunday 1st February 1981

The 31 had just replaced Deltic 6 after it had a boiler failure. At least it was required and was a lot warmer!

31115 Peterborough-Kings Cross (1915 Aberdeen-Kings Cross)
55009 Kings Cross-Doncaster (1005 Kings Cross-York)
55008 Doncaster-Huntingdon (1143 York-Kings Cross)
55010 Huntingdon-York (1405 Kings Cross-York)
via Askern & Gascoigne Wood

 

[QJ]

Saturday 02 February 1980
37025 MR 1B40 0048 Cambridge - Peterborough (Cambridge to Peterborough)
31220 FP 1L00 0115 London Kings Cross - Leeds (Peterborough to Grantham)
46019 LA 1E39 2230 (01/02) Edinburgh - London Kings Cross (Grantham to Peterborough)
As a Plymothian I was not impressed when this turned up
1*105 DMU 0534 Peterborough - Ipswich (Peterborough to Cambridge)
31207 MR 1L19 0808 Cambridge - London Liverpool Street (Cambridge to Shelford)
37054 MR 1K11 0715 Ipswich - London Liverpool Street (Shelford to Audley End)
31291 MR 1L45 0927 Cambridge - London Liverpool Street (Audley End to Bishops Stortford)
37014 SF 1L12 0936 London Liverpool Street - Cambridge (Bishops Stortford to Cambridge)
47004 SF 1L31 1036 London Liverpool Street - Kings Lynn (Cambridge to Ely)
37109 MR 1L27 1127 Kings Lynn - London Liverpool Street (Ely to Cambridge)
31291 MR 1L18 1236 London Liverpool Street - Kings Lynn (Cambridge to Ely)
1*105 DMU 1351 Cambridge - Peterborough (Ely to March)
37021 SF 1B42 1240 Harwich PQ - Peterborough (March to Peterborough)
1*105 DMU 1524 Peterborough - Ipswich (Peterborough to Ely)
31291 MR 1L35 1545 Kings Lynn - London Liverpool Street (Ely to Cambridge)
1*105 DMU 1716 Cambridge - Norwich (Cambridge to Norwich)
1*105 DMU 1905 Norwich - Lowestoft (Norwich to Lowestoft)
1*105 DMU 2015 Lowestoft - Ipswich (Lowestoft to Ipswich)
47180 SF 1N46 2030 London Liverpool Street - Norwich (Ipswich to Norwich)
47003 SF 1N51 2315 Norwich - London Liverpool Street (Norwich to London Liverpool Street via Cambridge)

Tuesday 02 February 1988 (during a week track bashing in France)
SNCF 22277 0004 Lyon Perrache - Belfort (Lyon Perrache to Belfort via Dijon avoiding line)
SNCF 16704 0623 Belfort - Mulhouse (Belfort to Mulhouse)
SNCF 16663 0732 Mulhouse - Strasbourg (Mulhouse to Sélestat)
SNCF 15014 1905 (01/02) Ventimiglia - Strasbourg (Sélestat to Strasbourg)
SNCF 67588 0915 Strasbourg - Sélestat (Strasbourg to Sélestat via Molsheim)
SNCF 16717 0918 Basel SBB - Strasbourg (Sélestat to Strasbourg)
1*SNCF x4300 DMU 1056 Strasbourg - Saarbrücken (Strasbourg to Sarreguemines)
SNCF 67572 1236 Sarreguemines - Strasbourg (Sarreguemines to Strasbourg)
SNCF 15019 1320 Basel SBB - Bruxelles Midi (Strasbourg to Metz)
2*SNCF x4780 DMU 1720 Metz - Châlons sur Marne (Metz to Châlons sur Marne via Verdun)
SNCF 15028 1720 Strasbourg - Paris Est (Châlons sur Marne to Paris Est)
(Châlons sur Marne threw me until I realised it had been renamed in 1998 to Châlons en Champagne)

 

[Sultan1056]

Saturday 2nd February 1980

My plan for the day was to travel overnight to Edinburgh and return with 0950 Edinburgh-Plymouth, hopefully by Deltic. Arrival into Edinburgh at 4-o’clock in the morning isn’t the most welcoming experience, however 40065 was waiting to take me across to Glasgow to help me fill in the small hours. I returned to Edinburgh and had time for a short return trip to Drem before heading back to York.

55018 York-Edinburgh (2015 Kings Cross-Edinburgh)
40065 Edinburgh-Glasgow QS (0435 Edinburgh-Glasgow QS)
47712 Glasgow QS-Edinburgh (0630 Glasgow QS-Edinburgh)
55018 Edinburgh-Drem (0825 Edinburgh-Newcastle)
40077 Drem-Edinburgh (0705 Newcastle-Edinburgh)
55014 Edinburgh-York (0950 Edinburgh-Plymouth)
55008 York-Newark Northgate(1550 York-Kings Cross)
55016 Newark Northgate- York (1605 Kings Cross-York)

 

[Falcon1200]

31207 MR 1L19 0808 Cambridge - London Liverpool Street (Cambridge to Shelford)
37054 MR 1K11 0715 Ipswich - London Liverpool Street (Shelford to Audley End)
31291 MR 1L45 0927 Cambridge - London Liverpool Street (Audley End to Bishops Stortford)
37014 SF 1L12 0936 London Liverpool Street - Cambridge (Bishops Stortford to Cambridge)
47004 SF 1L31 1036 London Liverpool Street - Kings Lynn (Cambridge to Ely)
37109 MR 1L27 1127 Kings Lynn - London Liverpool Street (Ely to Cambridge)
31291 MR 1L18 1236 London Liverpool Street - Kings Lynn (Cambridge to Ely)

Between October 1978 and October 1980 I worked for BR at Harlow Town, and had most if not all of the MR 31s and 37s during that time. But, of course, I no longer have my records from then. Wonderful times, thanks for bringing back great memories.

 

[Sultan1056]

Saturday 3rd February 1979

A little bit of Gronk bashing today. During the Winter timetable the Newcastle-Poole had a portion attached at Sheffield. After arrival at Sheffield the Leeds portion would be drawn back into the tunnel by the 08 and shunted onto the back of the Newcastle train. I cannot now remember why I wanted to travel to Bristol with a Class 45.

47408 York-Doncaster (0612 Newcastle-Kings Cross)
E50164+50268 Doncaster-Sheffield (0723 Hull-Manchester Pic)
08543 Shunt from Leeds portion onto Newcastle-Poole
45030 Sheffield-Birmingham NS (0700 Newcastle-Poole)
45026 Birmingham NS-Bristol TM (0800 Newcastle-Bristol)
31421 Bristol TM-Bath (1515 Bristol TM-Portsmouth H)
31420 Bath-Bristol TM (1256 Portsmouth H-Bristol TM)
47111 Bristol TM-Gloucester (1436 Paignton-Leeds)
45030 Gloucester-Rotherham (1436 Paignton-Leeds)
DMU Rotherham-York (2027 Sheffield-York)

Sunday 3rd February 1980

55009 York-Newark Northgate (1550 York-Kings Cross)
55021 Newark Northgate-York (1605 Kings Cross-York)

Tuesday 3rd February 1981

55018 York-Selby (1955 York-Kings Cross)
55012 Selby-York (1805 Kings Cross-York)

 

[CD]

Saturday 4th February 1984

33052 Yeovil Jn-Exeter St.Davids (1V10 0920 Brighton-Penzance)
33052 Exeter St.Davids-Yeovil Jn (1O86 1045 Penzance-Brighton)

 

[QJ]

Saturday 04 February 1978
45114 TO 0750 London Saint Pancras - Sheffield (London Saint Pancras to Leicester)
45104 TO 0940 Leicester - Glasgow Central (Leicester to Nottingham)
45109 TO 0940 Leicester - Glasgow Central (Nottingham to Leeds)
45031 TI 0940 Leicester - Glasgow Central (Leeds to Carlisle)
87101 WN 1035 Inverness - London Euston(Carlisle to Coppull and failed)
86225 WN 1747 Preston - Crewe (Coppull to Wigan North Western) shoving 87101 and 1035 Inverness - London Euston
85010 CE 1035 Inverness - London Euston (Wigan North Western to Crewe)
86036 WN 1035 Inverness - London Euston (Crewe to London Euston)

Sunday 04 February 1979
40162 HA 0900 Edinburgh Waverley - Inverness (Edinburgh to Haymarket) ...... a desperate leap
1*101(3) DE DMU 0740 Dundee - Edinburgh (Haymarket to Edinburgh)
47542 YK 1010 Edinburgh - London Kings Cross (Edinburgh to Carlisle)
46020 LA 1125 Edinburgh - Plymouth (Carlisle to Newcastle)
1*101(4) HT 1520 Newcastle - West Monkseaton (Newcastle to West Monkseaton)
1*101(4) HT 1602 West Monkseaton to Newcastle (West Monkseaton to Newcastle)
1*HST (43089+43085) 1310 Edinburgh Waverley to London Kings Cross (Newcastle to Doncaster)
47459 YK 1030 Aberdeen - London Kings Cross (Doncaster to London Kings Cross)

Thursday 04 February 1988 (another track bash in France)
SNCF 22328 1749 (03/02) Nice Ville - Metz (Lyon Perrache to Dijon Ville)
SNCF 1*X4630 DMU 0549 Dijon Ville - Nevers (Dijon Ville to Chagny)
SNCF 1*x4630 DMU 0655 Chagny - Chalon sur Saône (Chagny to Chalon sur Saône)
SNCF 2*Z9500 EMU 0643 Dijon Ville - Lyon Perrache (Chalon sur Saône to Lyon Perrrache)
SNCF 1*ETG T1000 0941 Lyon Perrache - Nevers (Lyon Perrache to Nevers)
SNCF 1*ETG T1000 1501 Nevers - Dijon Ville (Nevers to Étang)
SNCF 1*X4300 1747 Étang - Laroche Migennes (Étang to Laroche Migennes)
SNCF 7385 1608 Lyon Perrache - Paris Lyon (Laroche Migennes to Paris Lyon)
SNCF 22352 2233 Paris Montparnasse - Brest (Paris Montparnasse to St Brieuc)

Friday 04 February 2000 (after a track bash week in Portugal)
RENFE 333.040 1756 Lisboa SA - Hendaye (Vilar Formosa to Medina del Campo) Sud Express
RENFE 252.074 1756 Lisboa SA - Hendaye (Medina del Campo to Hendaye) Sud Express
SNCF TGV 1051 Hendaye - Paris Montparnasse (Hendaye to Paris Montparnasse)
E* 1*373 EMU 1819 Paris Nord - London Waterloo (Paris Nord to London Waterloo)
1*390 EMU ???? London Euston - Manchester Piccadilly (London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly)
1*323 EMU ???? Manchester Piccadilly - Manchester Airport (Manchester Piccadilly to Manchester Airport)

 

[CD]

Saturday 5th February 1983

50022 Yeovil Jn-Waterloo (1O04 0625 Exeter-Waterloo)
45144 St.Pancras-Leicester (1P09 1040 St.Pancras-Derby)
45120 Leicester-St.Pancras (1C49 1219 Derby-St.Pancras)
45119 St.Pancras-Kettering (1P11 1535 St.Pancras-Derby)
45133 Kettering-St.Pancras (1C77 1600 Derby-St.Pancras)
50008 Waterloo-Yeovil Jn (1V19 1910 Waterloo-Exeter)

 

[Sultan1056]

Tuesday 5th February 1980

55006 York-Newcastle (1605 Liverpool LS-Newcastle)
46049 Newcastle-York (2030 Newcastle-Kings Cross)

Thursday 5th February 1981

I had found out that Deltic 6 was scheduled to be withdrawn imminently so I decided to take annual leave and try and get a final run. The last reports were that it was in Edinburgh so after covering the evening York/Hull stoppers I decided to head back to York to cover the southbound overnights to KX.

55012 York-Newark Northgate (1955 York-Kings Cross)
55019 Newark Northgate-Doncaster (1935 Kings Cross-Hull)
47544 Doncaster-York (2015 Kings Cross-Edinburgh)

 

[Sultan1056]

Friday 6th February 1981

Whilst waiting in York, hopefully get a final run with DelticI 6 I found out that it hadn’t been allocated to any of the overnight trains. The next best option was to pick up the 0550 KX-Aberdeen and try my luck in Edinburgh. However on the journey north I noted No 6 on Gateshead so the chances of having a final run with it were low. It had actually run light engine from Haymarket. It would work one more train, an ECS to York before it’s withdrawal. I continued to Edinburgh where I was very pleased to see Deltic 7 waiting to re-engine the train to Aberdeen. Although I missed out with No.6 I ended up having a very good Finsbury Park Day.

55015 York-Peterborough (2230 Edinburgh-Kings Cross)
55012 Peterborough-Edinburgh (0550 Kings Cross-Aberdeen)
55007 Edinburgh-Aberdeen (0550 Kings Cross-Aberdeen)
55007 Aberdeen-Edinburgh (1630 Aberdeen-Leeds)
55012 Edinburgh-York (1630 Aberdeen-Leeds)

 

[QJ]

Monday 06 February 1984
37207 LA + 50030 OC 1A07 2135 (05/02) Penzance - London Paddington (Plymouth to Newton Abbot)
50030 OC 1A07 2135 (05/02) Penzance - London Paddington (Newton Abbot to London Reading)
a shift at work then
50043 LA 1A63 1410 Oxford - London Paddington (Reading to London Paddington)
45129 TO 1M61 1740 London Paddington - Wolverhampton (London Paddington to Banbury via High Wycombe)
50028 LA 1V18 1320 Glasgow Central - London Paddington (Banbury to Reading)
1*3H DEMU 2O17 2053 Reading - Basingstoke (Reading to Basingstoke)

 

[CD]

Saturday 7th February 1987

33204 Yeovil PM-Bristol TM (2B77 0655 Yeovil-Cardiff)
47612 Bristol TM-Weston-Super-Mare (2C18 0915 Bristol-Weston)
31403 Weston-Super-Mare-Bristol TM (2C71 1010 Taunton-Bristol)
33204 Bristol TM-Swansea (1V54 1010 Portsmouth Hbr-Swansea)
33204 Swansea-Bristol TM (1O47 1605 Swansea-Portsmouth Hbr)
33056 Bristol TM-Bradford 0n Avon (1O47) (Beer time)
33058 Bradford on Avon-Westbury (2O98 2015 Bristol-Portsmouth Hbr)
DMU (B430) Westbury-Yeovil PM (2110 Westbury-Weymouth)

 

[Sultan1056]

Saturday 7th February 1981

I cannot now remember but I must have received some’Gen’ that 50039 was working out of Paddington. This was my penultimate 50 for haulage, so today I had a day off from Deltics. On my return I decided to take 40058 to York which would get me home before midnight. The alternative would be to wait for a possible Deltic but arrive back in the small hours of Sunday, something I didn’t want to do because a had a prior engagement for Sunday.

55013 York-Kings Cross (0808 York-Kings Cross)
50039 Paddington-Reading (1220 Paddington-Bristol TM)
50004 Reading-Paddington (0950 Paignton-Paddington)
33065 Waterloo-Salisbury (1410 Waterloo-Salisbury)
50037 Salisbury-Woking (1420 Exeter St David’s-Waterloo)
50040 Woking-Basingstoke (1710 Waterloo-Exeter St Davids)
33065 Basingstoke-Waterloo (1710 Salisbury-Waterloo)
40058 Kings Cross-York (2000 Kings Cross-Aberdeen)

 

[QJ]

Saturday 07 February 1981
33118 EH 1W55 2252 (06/02) London Waterloo - Weymouth (Eastleigh to Southampton Central)
33107 EH 1W50 2238 (06/02) Weymouth - London Waterloo (Southampton Central to Eastleigh)
73130 SL 1W50 2238 (06/02) Weymouth - London Waterloo (Eastleigh to Woking)
73136 SL 1B01 0245 London Waterloo - Bournemouth (Woking to Eastleigh)
33107 EH 1T01 0433 Eastleigh - Portsmouth Harbour (Eastleigh to Portsmouth Harbour) detached from 1B01
1*4CIG EMU 0533 Portsmouth Harbour - Brighton (Portsmouth Harbour to Brighton)
1*4VEP EMU 0711 Brighton - Eastbourne (Brighton to Lewes)
1*4CIG EMU 0730 Lewes - Seaford (Lewes to Seaford)
1*4CIG EMU 0750 Seaford - Brighton (Seaford - Brighton)
33005 EH 1V61 0920 Brighton - Exeter SD (Brighton to Southampton Central)
1*4REP+8TC 1W16 0934 Weymouth Town - London Waterloo (Southampton Central to London Waterloo)

Saturday 07 February 1987
Out of work onto....
1*116 DMU TS 0016 Reading - Birmingham New Street (Reading to Birmingham New Street)
86439 WN 1G11 0010 London Euston - Wolverhampton (Birmingham NS to Wolverhampton via Soho and Bescot)
85013 CE 1G00 0357 Crewe - Birmingham New Street (Wolverhampton to Birmingham New Street)
86401 WN 1P16 0620 Birmingham New Street - Lancaster (Birmingham to Wolverhampton)
1*310 EMU 0640 Wolverhampton - Birmingham New Street (Wolverhampton to Birmingham New Street)
2*116 DMU 1L04 Edwalton Researcher charter (wonder where that's going?)
Mickleover and Edwalton it would appear. Good job I had a ticket.
47602 CF 1O12 1640 Liverpool LS - Poole (Birmingham New Street to Basingstoke)
1*3H DEMU 2124 Basingstoke - Reading (Basingstoke to Reading)
Then back into work....

Saturday 07 February 2003 (Metra to red pen the required Rock Island trackage before the start of an Amtrak track bash from Chicago to Los Angeles, CA and return)
Metra 206 1410 Chicago La Salle - Oak Forest (Chicago La Salle to Midlothian via the main line)
Metra 204 ---- Oak Forest - Chicago La Salle (Midlothian to Chicago La Salle via the main line)
AMTK 77 + AMTK 204 #40 Three Rivers 2200 Chicago Union - New York Penn (Chicago Union to Philadelphia Penn)
<via PRR route (Chicago Union (South) - Chicago South Branch Bridge - Englewood - Grand Crossing - Hammond Whiting (IA) AMTK - Lake Jn (CP 506)) - LSMS trackage(CP 505 - Indiana Harbor (CP 502) - CP 501) - BO trackage (Pine Jn - Gary Union Stn (site) - Nappanee IA AMTRAK - Milford Jn - Syracuse IA - East Avilla - Garrett - Auburn Jn - St Joe - Hicksville OH - Defiance Jn - Deshler - Galatea - Fostoria AMTK (BO) station - Tiffin - Attica Jn - Willard - Greenwich - Hereford - Homer - Quillin Sdg - Creston - Sterling - Easton - Warwick - Clinton - Barberton - Lambert - South Akron - Akron AMTK - Cuyahoga Falls - Ravenna BO stn site - Atlas - Goodman - Niles Jn - McDonald - Ohio Jn - Youngstown OH AMTRAK (BO station) - Crab - Campbell - Lowellville - CP New Castle PA) - PLE trackage (Mahoningtown - Lawrence Jn) - PRR trackage (Moravia - Newport - Wampum Jn - Rock Pt - Ellwood Jn - Kenwood - Conway - Economy - Sewickley - Glenfield - Woods Run - Island Avenue - Federal Street - (Alleghenny River Bridge) - Pittsburgh Union AMTK - CP Bloom - East Liberty - Bessemer - CP Wing (east Pittsburgh) Irwin - Shafton - Greensburgh - Latrobe AMTK - New Florence - Sheridan - Johnstown AMTK - South Fork - Cassandra - Cresson - (Allegheny Tunnel) - (Horseshoe Curve) - Altoona - Bridgeport - Mount Union - Lewistown - Thompsontown - Duncannon - Marysville - (Susquehanna River Bridge) - CP Rockville - Harrisburg AMTK - Steelton - Middletown - Elizabethtown - Lancaster PA - Conestoga Jn - Witmer - Parkesburg - Downington - Paoli - Radnor - Valley - Zoo Tower - Philadelphia 30 Street AMTRAK>

 

[CD]

Friday 8th February 2002

DMU Yeovil Jn-Exeter St.Davids (0555 Salisbury-Exeter)
HST Exeter St.Davids-Taunton (0730 Plymouth-Paddington)
47826 Taunton-Plymouth (1V35 0605 Derby-Plymouth)
47826 Plymouth-Cheltenham (1M40 1150 Plymouth-Liverpool)
47814 Cheltenham-Penzance (1V50 0840 Glasgow Central-Penzance)
47846 Penzance-Frome (1A99 2200 Penzance-Paddington)

Due to a signalling error the down Midnight 1C99 hauled by 47811 had been sent along the Avon valley and was stuck at Bathampton junction with a full engineering block ahead of it. The Up (1A99) was put into Frome loop and stopped in the platform. 47846 was then detatched and ran light to Bathampton junction to haul the stranded train back to Westbury. 47846 then took 1C99 forward to Penzance, while 47811 ran light to Frome to take 1A99 to Paddington 2 hours late.

Saturday 9th February 2002

47811 Frome-Reading (1A99)
47826 Reading-Stafford (1M09 0600 Paddington-Manchester)
47843 Stafford-Birmingham International (1O09 0815 Manchester-Bournemouth)
47750 Birmingham International-Birmingham NS (1M01 0636 Poole-Liverpool)
47703 Birmingham NS-Plymouth (1V45 0913 Liverpool-Plymouth)
47703 Plymouth-Exeter St.Davids (1M31 1550 Plymouth-Manchester)
DMU Exeter St.Davids-Yeovil Jn (1702 Exeter-Southampton)

 

[Sultan1056]

Friday 8th February 1980

55009 York-Doncaster (2030 Newcastle-Kings Cross)
55007 Doncaster-Peterborough (2120 Bradford Exchange-Kings Cross)

Sunday 8th February 1981

An early Sunday morning start for me and the destination - Normanton? I was heading for the Normanton Model Railway Event; an even more unlikely destination for me as I have little interest in modelling. I had however joined the fledgling Class 40 Preservation Society and they had a sales stand at the event. I had agreed to help out, sacrificing a day otherwise spent chasing Deltics.

47542 York-Leeds (0735 York-Liverpool LS)
E50011 Leeds-Normanton (0839 Leeds-Sheffield)
E51542+51552 Normanton-Leeds (1708 Sheffield-Leeds)
47459 Leeds-York (1705 Liverpool LS-Newcastle)

 

[Sultan1056]

Saturday 9th February 1980

I found myself at Peterborough shortly after midnight with options running out so I had to take a steam heat 47 north. I wanted to get to KX to cover the 0550 Aberdeen (1S12) service so I took 40078 back south. IIRC I should have had a 10 minute connection at KX. For whatever reason 40078 was late into the Cross and I missed 1S12 which was 55006. Just over 2 hours to wait for the next service north!

47257 Peterborough-Doncaster (2315 Kings Cross-Aberdeen)
40078 Doncaster-Kings Cross (2230 Edinburgh-Kings Cross)
55007 Kings Cross-Huntingdon (0805 Kings Cross-Hull)
55004 Huntingdon-Kings Cross (0805 York-Kings Cross)
55012 Kings Cross-Hull (1205 Kings Cross-Hull)
55012 Hull-Retford (1630 Hull-Kings Cross)
55011 Retford-Doncaster (1605 Kings Cross-York)
55004 Doncaster-Peterborough (1814 York-Kings Cross)
55014 Peterborough-York (2000 Kings Cross-Aberdeen)

 

[D6130]

55007 Kings Cross-Huntingdon (0805 Kings Cross-Hull)
55004 Huntingdon-Kings Cross (0805 York-Kings Cross)

Ah....the days when some Inter-City trains still stopped at Huntingdon!

 

[Sultan1056]

Ah....the days when some Inter-City trains still stopped at Huntingdon!

I agree and I’m struggling to think of other towns that have lost an Inter City style of service.

 

[Sultan1056]

Saturday 10th February 1979

You may wonder how Deltic 11 worked two southbound trains on the same day. After arrival at KX with the 1020 from Newcastle it returned north with the 1608 to York. It then replaced 47550 which had worked the 1700 from Edinburgh.

55011 York-Doncaster (1020 Newcastle-Kings Cross)
47522 Doncaster-York (1004 Kings Cross-York)
55011 York-Doncaster (1700 Edinburgh-Kings Cross)
43077+43101 Doncaster-Leeds (1940 Kings Cross-Leeds)
31322 Leeds-Doncaster (2150 Bradford Exchange-Doncaster)
08876 Shunt at Doncaster onto 2100 Newcastle-Kings Cross

Sunday 10th February 1980

55004 York-Grantham (1550 York-Kings Cross)
55016 Grantham-Doncaster (1605 Kings Cross-York)

Tuesday 10th February 1981

55019 York-Newark Northgate (1955 York-Kings Cross)
55018 Newark Northgate-Doncaster (1935 Kings Cross-Hull)
55009 Doncaster-York (2000 Kings Cross-Aberdeen)

 

[Bald Rick]

I agree and I’m struggling to think of other towns that have lost an Inter City style of service.

Going back a while:

St Albans, Grimsby / Cleethorpes, Barrow, and a whole plethora of places west of Shrewsbury, for example.

Much more recently, Slough; also the good folk of Wellingborough and Corby have a shout.

 

[Falcon1200]

I’m struggling to think of other towns that have lost an Inter City style of service.

Bletchley; Midcalder aka Kirknewton, Stranraer, Ayr, Kilmarnock, Dumfries?

 

[Forty29]

Saturday 3rd February 1979

A little bit of Gronk bashing today. During the Winter timetable the Newcastle-Poole had a portion attached at Sheffield. After arrival at Sheffield the Leeds portion would be drawn back into the tunnel by the 08 and shunted onto the back of the Newcastle train. I cannot now remember why I wanted to travel to Bristol with a Class 45.

47408 York-Doncaster (0612 Newcastle-Kings Cross)
E50164+50268 Doncaster-Sheffield (0723 Hull-Manchester Pic)
08543 Shunt from Leeds portion onto Newcastle-Poole
45030 Sheffield-Birmingham NS (0700 Newcastle-Poole)
45026 Birmingham NS-Bristol TM (0800 Newcastle-Bristol)
31421 Bristol TM-Bath (1515 Bristol TM-Portsmouth H)
31420 Bath-Bristol TM (1256 Portsmouth H-Bristol TM)
47111 Bristol TM-Gloucester (1436 Paignton-Leeds)
45030 Gloucester-Rotherham (1436 Paignton-Leeds)
DMU Rotherham-York (2027 Sheffield-York)

Sunday 3rd February 1980

55009 York-Newark Northgate (1550 York-Kings Cross)
55021 Newark Northgate-York (1605 Kings Cross-York)

Tuesday 3rd February 1981

55018 York-Selby (1955 York-Kings Cross)
55012 Selby-York (1805 Kings Cross-York)

A lot of no heat haulage for a February!

 

[alistairlees]

I agree and I’m struggling to think of other towns that have lost an Inter City style of service.

There’s quite a list. Some more: Poole, Weymouth, Guildford, Gatwick, Brighton, Portsmouth, New Pudsey, Keighley, skipton, settle, Appleby, Halifax, Goole,

 

[D6130]

There’s quite a list. Some more: Poole, Weymouth, Guildford, Gatwick, Brighton, Portsmouth, New Pudsey, Keighley, skipton, settle, Appleby, Halifax, Goole,

....but Skipton, Keighley and Halifax have since regained inter-city services courtesy of LNER (ex-GNER) and Grand Central.

 

[Peter Sarf]

There’s quite a list. Some more: Poole, Weymouth, Guildford, Gatwick, Brighton, Portsmouth, New Pudsey, Keighley, skipton, settle, Appleby, Halifax, Goole,

My bold. Including of course East Croydon. We even got the Vomet Comets for a while and then Cross Country got simplified (?).

This lead me to recall there was also Cross Country out to Dover - suppose that would have served Bromley South ?. I got on one at Tonbridge.

 

[alistairlees]

My bold. Including of course East Croydon. We even got the Vomet Comets for a while and then Cross Country got simplified (?).

This lead me to recall there was also Cross Country out to Dover - suppose that would have served Bromley South ?. I got on one at Tonbridge.

Margate, Ramsgate, Folkestone Central also spring to mind...

 

[alistairlees]

....but Skipton, Keighley and Halifax have since regained inter-city services courtesy of LNER (ex-GNER) and Grand Central.

Yes, I forgot!