Back in the day...

[D1537]

Friday 27 January 1989
The usual Friday night - Sunday afternoon trip to Scotland, starting with a bonus no-heat 47 and then a Scottie...

47214 1M23 Coventry-B'ham NS
47595 1M31 B'ham NS-Crewe
87021 1S79 Crewe-Mossend Yard

 

[D1537]

Wednesday 28 January 1987
Scotties on the Pennines.
47541 1M73 Newcastle-St Helens Junction
dmu St Helens Junction-Earlestown
47469 1E53 Earlestown-Stalybridge
47501 1M75 Stalybridge-Liverpool LS
47541 1E59 Liverpool LS-Newcastle

Thursday 28 January 1988
47401 1M76 Newcastle-Manchester Vic
303082 Manchester Picc-Timperley

Saturday 28 January 1989
47617 1S79 Mossend Yard-Aberdeen
47546 1H27 Aberdeen-Inverness
47641 1T30 Inverness-Dunkeld
47604 1H13 Dunkeld-Carrbridge
47640 1T42 Carrbridge-Glasgow QS
47715 1O58 Glasgow QS-Falkirk High
47704 1O57 Falkirk High-Glasgow QS
47475 1M10 Glasgow Central-Carlisle

 

[Falcon1200]

Missed this one from a few days ago;

Thursday 19th January 1984
45134 1307 Paddington-Liverpool LS (from Reading to Oxford)

 

[D1537]

Missed this one from a few days ago;

Thursday 19th January 1984
45134 1307 Paddington-Liverpool LS (from Reading to Oxford)

Booked for a 45/1 at the time. Weird triangular diagram that went Bristol - Weston-super-Mare - Cardiff - Padd - Brum - Bristol.

 

[Harpo]

Booked for a 45/1 at the time. Weird triangular diagram that went Bristol - Weston-super-Mare - Cardiff - Padd - Brum - Bristol.

It was never booked for a 45/1. It was booked for a 50.

It failed to produce 50s because Canton’s 50 training programme stalled then got cancelled. No S Wales depot ever had 50 knowledge under BR.

WR London Division depots didn’t sign peaks but Canton men worked the Cardiff-Padd where a Brum driver collected the loco off the blocks for the 1307, so it worked well.

 

[D1537]

It was never booked for a 45/1. It was booked for a 50.

It failed to produce 50s because Canton’s 50 training programme stalled then got cancelled. No S Wales depot ever had 50 knowledge under BR.

WR London Division depots didn’t sign peaks but Canton men worked the Cardiff-Padd where a Brum driver collected the loco off the blocks for the 1307, so it worked well.

I didn't know that, interesting. I (and others) assumed it was booked for a 45/1 because it got one on a very regular basis. It still got 47s sometimes of course, and I saw a 31/4 on it once, which would have been speedy for the Cardiff-Paddington leg!

 

[Falcon1200]

Whatever the diagram was, it was great getting a Peak on the way home instead of the usual boring 47/4 or 50.....

 

[Commoner]

It was never booked for a 45/1. It was booked for a 50.

It failed to produce 50s because Canton’s 50 training programme stalled then got cancelled. No S Wales depot ever had 50 knowledge under BR.

WR London Division depots didn’t sign peaks but Canton men worked the Cardiff-Padd where a Brum driver collected the loco off the blocks for the 1307, so it worked well.

October 83, booked for a 47/4 but a 50 diagrammed as a training loco at Canton during the same period.

 

[D1537]

October 83, booked for a 47/4 but a 50 diagrammed as a training loco at Canton during the same period.

Which makes it even more interesting that it was so regularly a 45. On the other hand, according to the diagram if one did the turn on a Monday, it should also do it on Wednesday and Friday.

 

[D1537]

Sunday 29 January 1989
As per usual, the overnight locos in Scotland had been purloined from the WR. I wasn't complaining about the first one though, a very low mileage loco for me.

47567 1S18 Carlisle-Glasgow Cen (via the G&SW)
47558 1S19 Glasgow Cen-Edinburgh (via Coatbridge and Falkirk Grahamston)
47622 1V59 Edinburgh-York
47468 1O07 York-Birmingham NS
47613 1O07 Birmingham NS-Coventry

 

[Falcon1200]

Monday 30th January 1984
47508 0650 Oxford-Paddington (to Reading)
47123 1610 Paddington-Oxford (from Reading); Steam-heated trains becoming rarer now.

 

[SW Rover]

This is my first post. I have enjoyed reading this thread for sometime so thought it's time to add some moves.

Saturday 30th January 1988
1Z?? FA Cup Footex from Swindon to Newcastle which did not go to plan.

47497 Swindon to north of Cheltenham near Swindon Rd LC where 47497 failed.
47120+47288 rescued 47497 and took the train forward for a loco change alongside Saltley.
47428 Saltley to Newcastle Central. After leaving Saltley the train stopped again near Washford Heath and another unknown 47 came alongside for somebody to join/rejoin the train.

We missed most of the first half and the Town lost 5-0

47428 worked the return throughout from Manors Park to Swindon.

 

[Sultan1056]

This is my first post. I have enjoyed reading this thread for sometime so thought it's time to add some moves.

Saturday 30th January 1988
1Z?? FA Cup Footex from Swindon to Newcastle which did not go to plan.

47497 Swindon to north of Cheltenham near Swindon Rd LC where 47497 failed.
47120+47288 rescued 47497 and took the train forward for a loco change alongside Saltley.
47428 Saltley to Newcastle Central. After leaving Saltley the train stopped again near Washford Heath and another unknown 47 came alongside for somebody to join/rejoin the train.

We missed most of the first half and the Town lost 5-0

47428 worked the return throughout from Manors Park to Swindon.

Welcome to the forum. How many goals did you miss?

 

[SW Rover]

Welcome to the forum. How many goals did you miss?

Thanks. Just missed the first goal. Remember Gazza scored the second just before half time.
Great reading all your Deltic posts.

 

[Zerothebrake!]

This is my first post. I have enjoyed reading this thread for sometime so thought it's time to add some moves.

Saturday 30th January 1988
1Z?? FA Cup Footex from Swindon to Newcastle which did not go to plan.

47497 Swindon to north of Cheltenham near Swindon Rd LC where 47497 failed.
47120+47288 rescued 47497 and took the train forward for a loco change alongside Saltley.
47428 Saltley to Newcastle Central. After leaving Saltley the train stopped again near Washford Heath and another unknown 47 came alongside for somebody to join/rejoin the train.

We missed most of the first half and the Town lost 5-0

47428 worked the return throughout from Manors Park to Swindon.

I was the guard from Swindon to Landor St!

You stopped at Washwood Heath because my relief chose to walk to the rear of the train to get on and was left behind.

47497 failed with a turbo charger fault ( it was making a strange drum beat sound when it ran in to Swindon) and I don't think we got to 60 mph on the single line to Kemble.

I was expecting the Driver to ask for a fresh engine from Gloucester but he wasn't keen.

47120 & 47288 happened to be in High St Loop on their way to Worcester for engineering trains over the weekend but I think they implemented single line working hence the massive delay.

Glad that I wasn't working it back after seeing the result.

 

[SW Rover]

I was the guard from Swindon to Landor St!

You stopped at Washwood Heath because my relief chose to walk to the rear of the train to get on and was left behind.

47497 failed with a turbo charger fault ( it was making a strange drum beat sound when it ran in to Swindon) and I don't think we got to 60 mph on the single line to Kemble.

I was expecting the Driver to ask for a fresh engine from Gloucester but he wasn't keen.

47120 & 47288 happened to be in High St Loop on their way to Worcester for engineering trains over the weekend but I think they implemented single line working hence the massive delay.

Glad that I wasn't working it back after seeing the result.

Thanks for the info and I hope our fans didn't give you any hassle. I'm just glad that 'Back in the day...' every effort was made to keep going and get us to the game.

 

[D1537]

Saturday 31 January 1987
Annoyingly, Gateshead have a spare twin tank for 1M73.
47653 1M73 Newcastle-Man Vic
47401 1E74 Man Vic-York
Pub
47512 1E88 York-Newcastle

 

[D1537]

Saturday 1 February 1986
Welcome to Frantic February! For those that weren't around at the time, BR did a Young Person's Railcard promotion during the month. Any ticket that was usually up to £15 was sold for a fiver, anything up to £30 was a tenner, and anything over that was £15. The thing was, there was therefore no limit on what you could buy for £15. So it was "Morning - a Saver Return to Penzance via Norwich and Poole please, coming back via Dover, Holyhead and Stranraer. Cheers mate". Instant all-line for £15! When they realised what was going on, many ticket offices refused to sell "silly" tickets (Bowling to Bat and Ball was a classic), but if you had a friendly ticket office clerk (I did), or used a travel agent, you had no problems. And of course, the return portions lasted a month, so it was Mad March as well!
So where shall we go today? How about King's Lynn, especially as there are diversions on and I need the track?

47465 1E43 Newcastle-King's Cross
47581 1H06 Liverpool Street-King's Lynn (via Finsbury Park, ECML and Royston)
47581 1C83 King's Lynn-Liverpool Street (as above)
43004+43173 1B56 Paddington-Reading
47632 1M40 Reading-Coventry

Monday 1 February 1988
304021 Timperley-Manchester Picc
47475 1O03 Manchester Picc-Reading
47446 1M07 Reading-B'ham NS
47628 1V87 B'ham NS-Paddington
47664 1S70 King's Cross-Newcastle

 

[NorthWestRover]

Yes, I did some of these (see elsewhere on the thread). Wolverhampton to Wick return, Wick to Penzance return, Glasgow to Fort William/Oban return and careful use of correct portions... or something like that.

 

[xotGD]

Five Ways to Rye. Outward via Ipswich, return via Bristol.

 

[Ant1966]

This is my first post. I have enjoyed reading this thread for sometime so thought it's time to add some moves.

Saturday 30th January 1988
1Z?? FA Cup Footex from Swindon to Newcastle which did not go to plan.

47497 Swindon to north of Cheltenham near Swindon Rd LC where 47497 failed.
47120+47288 rescued 47497 and took the train forward for a loco change alongside Saltley.
47428 Saltley to Newcastle Central. After leaving Saltley the train stopped again near Washford Heath and another unknown 47 came alongside for somebody to join/rejoin the train.

We missed most of the first half and the Town lost 5-0

47428 worked the return throughout from Manors Park to Swindon.

Welcome fellow Town fan Wasnt that the game where there was some evidence of STFC related people (Macari, The Chairman?) betting on us losing? May have the games mixed up, it was a long time ago (mods feel free to move to gen discussion > football if I'm going off track too much)

 

[Falcon1200]

Living in Scotland since 1984 I was no longer able to watch Oxford United very often. However an away game at Carlisle United, when I was Rest Day, was an ideal chance.

Saturday 2nd February 1985
86248 1120 Glasgow Central-Harwich Parkeston Quay (to Carlisle)
87030 0730 Penzance-Glasgow Central (from Carlisle)

We won the game 1-0, with a goal by Kevin Brock, and went on to win Division 2 that season and enter the Hallowed Land of the First Division (pre-Premier League, of course).
Also promoted with us, in third place, were Manchester City. Our fortunes have diverged somewhat since....

 

[CW2]

Just a quick "thank you" from me for the gen regarding the 45/1 working in and out of Paddington. Not my first choice of traction, but I would have taken that for the rarity value.

 

[Falcon1200]

Checking my remaining records (for 1983 and 84) I had Peaks on my Oxford/Reading commute on 10 occasions. Details will be posted on the appropriate dates!

 

[D1537]

Tuesday 4 February 1986
47497 1S70 Edinburgh-Aberdeen
47053 1H25 Aberdeen-Inverness
47213 1A48 Inverness-Aberdeen
47213 1H33 Aberdeen-Inverness
47426 1B34 Inverness-Edinburgh
47539 1E43 Edinburgh-Newcastle

 

[QJ]

Saturday 05 February 1977
50034 LA 1A29 0447 Penzance - London Paddington (Plymouth - Taunton)
1*118 DMU 0935 Taunton - Bristol Temple Meads (Taunton to Bristol Temple Meads)
45047 HO 1S27 0730 Plymouth - Edinburgh Waverley (Bristol Temple Meads to Birmingham New Street)
86208 WN 1G26 1040 London Euston - Wolverhampton (Birmingham New Street to Wolverhampton)
86213 WN 1M02 0931 Southampton Central - Liverpool Lime Street (Wolverhampton to Crewe)
25063 CF 2V67 1919 Crewe - Cardiff Central (Crewe to Newport)
47542 YK 1B38 2125 Swansea - Bristol Temple Meads (Newport to Bristol Temple Meads)

Friday 05 February 1988 (SNCF track bashing)
CC72069 3627 2233 (04/02) Paris Montparnasse - Brest (St Brieuc to Plouaret)
1*x2400 DMU 0515 Plouaret - Lannion (Plouaret to Lannion)
1*x2400+trailer DMU 0603 Lannion - Plouaret (Lannion to Plouaret)
1*x2100+trailer DMU 8509 0627 St Brieuc - Brest (Plouaret to Morlaix)
1*x2100 DMU 0803 Morlaix - Roscoff (Morlaix to Roscoff)
1*x2100 DMU 0934 Roscoff - Morlaix (Roscoff to Morlaix)
CC72069 3608 0924 Brest - Paris Montparnasse (Morlaix to St Brieuc)
BB67390 1236 St Brieuc - Dol (St Brieuc to Dol)
1*x2100+2*trailer 3686 1351 St Malo - Rennes (Dol to Rennes)
BB22352 3610 1205 Brest - Paris Vaugirard (Rennes to Paris Vaugirard)
BB16032 2243 2020 Paris Nord - Tourcoing (Paris Nord to Longeau)
BB67483 2045 2125 Longeau - Calais Ville (Longeau to Calais Ville)

 

[D1537]

One that I missed from yesterday, plus one from today

Sunday 5 February 1989
317332 Coventry-B'ham NS
47629 1H40 B'ham NS-Manchester Picc (via Aston and Bescot)
47488 1E54 Manchester Vic-York
47572 1M88 York-Derby (via Doncaster)
97472 1C90 Derby-St Pancras (relief)
87004 1D84 Euston-Rugby

Saturday 6 Feb 1988
47585 was the last "proper" 47/4 I needed for 100 miles, so I thought I might as well do it properly, but going to Harwich was definitely pushing it, so...
47488 1M88 Coventry-Manchester Picc
47585 1E87 Manchester Picc-Peterborough
43097+43112 1A23 Peterborough-King's Cross
... and off for the usual Saturday/Sunday overnight circular trip to Scotland
87013 1S07 Euston-Crewe

 

[Sultan1056]

What’s a proper 47/4?

 

[D1537]

What’s a proper 47/4?

I always used to think of 401-585 as the "originals" though I did have half a dozen of the 556-585 batch as their old numbers in my spotting days, so I'm not sure how logical that is!

 

[Falcon1200]

Thursday 06th February 1986
87022 1505 Glasgow Central-Euston (to Preston)
85005 1030 Inverness-Birmingham New St (from Preston)