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THURSDAY 28th JULY 1983:

219 Bray-Dublin Connolly (06 50 Greystones-Howth)
088 08 00 Dublin Connolly-Belfast Central
747/764/89 Belfast Central-Bangor (15 30 from Lisburn)
739/96 17 18 Bangor-Belfast Central (to Lisburn)
088 Belfast Central-Dublin Connolly

WEDNESDAY 28th JULY 2021:

153 377/156 500 1Y25, 10 34 Glasgow Queen Street HL-Oban
156 477 1Y28, 18 11 Oban-Crianlarich attaching to:
156 453/477 1Y48, 19 32 Crianlarich-Glasgow Queen Street HL (16 01 from Mallaig)
 
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TO 1M88 0625 Plymouth - Liverpool Lime Street (Plymouth to Bristol TM)
1732 BR 1A40 Bristol Temple Meads - London Paddington (Bristol TM to London Paddington)
1*487 EMU London Waterloo to Bank and return
D1048 1B19 1735 London Paddington - Penzance (London Paddington to Plymouth)

Saturday 28 July 1979 ALR continued from previous post
40069 YK 1M17 0120 Stranraer Harbour - Blackpool North (Stranraer Harbour to Carlisle)
25068 ED 0840 Carlisle - Glasgow Central (Carlisle to Annan)
47535 BS 0705 Glasgow Central - London Euston (Annan to Carlisle)
40196 TE 0753 Manchester Victoria - Glasgow Central (Carlisle to Glasgow Central via Kilmarnock)
26019 IS top + 47221 IM tail 1310 Glasgow Queen Street - Inverness (Glasgow QS to Cowlairs North Junction) <Eastfield running out of locos>
47221 1310 Glasgow Queen Street - Inverness (Cowlairs North Junction to Stirling)
26032 IS 1338 Dundee - Glasgow Queen Street (Stirling to Larbert)
27024 ED 1244 1310 Glasgow Queen Street - Dundee (Larbert to Stirling)
40016 KD 1335 Glasgow Queen Street - Aberdeen (Stirling to Perth)
37129 ML 1444 Glasgow Queen Street - Dundee (Perth to Dundee)
40159 HA 1749 Aberdeen - Glasgow Queen Street (Dundee to Glasgow Queen Street)
27204 HA top + 27211 HA tail 2200 Glasgow Queen Street - Edinburgh (Glasgow Queen Street - Edinburgh)
26010 HA + 26034 IS 1C97 2345 Edinburgh - Carstairs (Edinburgh to Carstairs)

Tuesday 28 July 1981 Cumbrian Coast Express (timetabled steam service)
1*4EPB 0556 Strawberry Hill - London Waterloo (Twickenham to London Waterloo)

86215 WN 0735 London Euston - Glasgow Central (London Euston to Preston)
85017 CE 0940 Crewe - Sellafield CCE (Preston to Carnforth)
LMS 5407 (98507) 0940 Crewe - Sellafield CCE (Carnforth to Ravenglass via the Barrow avoider)
return trip on 15" gauge Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway outward with 10 Northern Rock returning with 3 River Irt
LMS 5407 (98507) 1540 Sellafield - Crewe CCE (Ravenglass to Carnforth via the Barrow avoider) the Black 5 ran tender first deputising for a failed 30850 Lord Nelson
85017 CE 1540 Sellafield - Crewe CCE (Carnforth to Preston)
81012 GW 1315 Stranraer Harbour - London Euston (Preston to London Euston)

1*2EPB + 1*4EPB EMU 2242 London Waterloo - Windsor and Eton Riverside (London Waterloo to Twickenham)
 

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Saturday 28th July 1979

A visit to Crewe Works.

47447 08:15 Chester-Crewe
47442 13:22 Crewe-Chester

Saturday 28th July 1984

Five years later, a visit to Doncaster Works (Open Day)

43147+43??? 11:45 Derby-Doncaster
43171+43176 15:10 Doncaster-Derby
 
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28th July 1984

81011 Carstairs - Carlisle, 23.25 Glasgow - Paignton
47228 Carlisle - Ayr, 20.45 Euston - Stranraer which was approximately 2 hours late due to a guards dispute at Euston otherwise I would of missed it.
DMU Ayr - Glasgow, 06.02 Ayr - Glasgow
37264 Queen St - Edinburgh, 07.48 Queen St - Scarborough
47287 Edinburgh - Haymarket, 08.40 Edinburgh - Blackpool
DMU Haymarket - Edinburgh, 07.59 Cardenden - Edinburgh
47063 Edinburgh - Haymarket, 09.10 Edinburgh - Birmingham New St
47411 Haymarket - Edinburgh, 07.50 Dundee - Poole
26029 Edinburgh - Haymarket, 10.10 Edinburgh - BTM
27012 Haymarket - Inverkeithing, 10.18 Edinburgh - Dundee
37104 Inverkeithing - Edinburgh, 09.45 Dundee - Kx
47710 Edinburgh - Queen St, 11.30 Edinburgh - Queen St
37112 Queen St - Bowling, 12.20 Queen St - Oban, Signal check at Bowling so we bailed + required shack for LCHS
EMU Bowling - Queen St LL, XX.XX Helensburgh - Airdrie
47705 Queen St - Edinburgh, 15.00 Queen St - Edinburgh
37163 Edinburgh - Haymarket, 16.10 Edinburgh - Liverpool
47705 Haymarket - Edinburgh, 17.00 Queen St - Edinburgh
37014 Edinburgh - Queen St, 15.20 Scarborough - Queen St
47091 Glasgow - Paisley,22.30 Glasgow - Stranraer
EMU Paisley - Branchton 22.45 Glasgow - Wemyss Bay
 

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Saturday 28th July 2001 - Day 6 of a 7 day all line rail rover

47831 0013 Crewe - Birmingham NS (52.50)
47807 0147 Birmingham NS - Newton Abbot (47831 DIT) (189.00)
43080+43195 0659 Newton Abbot - Tiverton P (36.50)
47827 0751 Tiverton P - Paignton (44.75)
47827 1002 Paignton - Exeter St D (28.75)
47807 1109 Exeter St D - Paignton (28.75)
47807 1303 Paignton - Exeter St D (28.75)
43040+43124 1454 Exeter St D - Newton Abbot (20.00)
47813 1558 Newton Abbot - Paddington (193.75)
3499+3422 2100 Charing X - Folkestone W (69.25)
Day 5 692 miles

Mileage so far 4314.25

Wednesday 28th July 2021

91111 1033 Kings X - Grantham
91107 1217 Grantham - Kings X
360102+360106 1345 St Pancras - Corby
360106+360102 1511 Corby - St Pancras
 

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FRIDAY 29th JULY 1983:

133+123 Bray-Dublin Connolly (14 45 from Rosslare Harbour)
123+133 18 20 Dublin Connolly-Rathdrum (to Rosslare Harbour)
171+132 Rathdrum-Bray (17 55 Rosslare Harbour-Dublin Connolly)


THURSDAY 29th JULY 2021:

334 016 Charing Cross-Helensburgh Central via Yoker (2H21, 10 38 from Edinburgh)
334 002 Helensburgh Central-Dumbarton Central (2H14, 21 32 to Edinburgh)
318 266 Dumbarton Central-Charing Cross via Yoker (2V62, 21 43 Balloch-Springburn)
 

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Friday 28 July 1989

47457 Crewe - Chester
EMU Chester - Liverpool Lime Street
31272 Liverpool Lime Street - Preston
31272 Preston - Liverpool Lime Street
87015 Liverpool Lime Street - Stafford
86228 Stafford - Crewe
47432 Crewe - Holyhead

Saturday 29 July 1989

47555 Holyhead - Crewe
43126 Crewe - Manchester Piccadilly
DMU Manchester Oxford Road - Leeds
31163 Leeds - Wakefield Westgate
DMU Wakefield Westgate - Outwood
31126 Outwood - Sheffield Midland
DMU Sheffield Midland - Alfreton & Manfield Parkway
47229 Alfreton & Manfield Parkway - Chesterfield
47830 Sheffield Midland - Birmingham New Street
85028 Birmingham New Street - Stafford
90013 Stafford - Crewe
47019 Crewe - Gloucester*
47019 Gloucester - Birmingham New Street**

* Returning Railtour
** ECS move to New Street where New Street staff turfed us off before it turning into a service train!
 

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Sunday 29 July 1979 ALR unexpected haulages in the bagging area - usually not very much to get excited about in Scotland on a Sunday
86036 WN 2345(PD) Edinburgh - Bristol TM (Carstairs to Carlisle)
IIRC this sat outside Carlisle Citadel for a fair while whilst a procession of northbound trains passed by diesel hauled. Festered waiting for a platform so much so that the only northbound left to return over the border was the Bristol - Scotland sleeper. I think a freight had brought down the wires at Beattock but that might be a false memory.
37145 ED 2130 Bristol TM - Glasgow/Edinburgh (Carlisle to Glasgow Central <via Kilmarnock>) Both portions combined with KD running out of suitable locos. Got no kippage stood at a vestibule window listening to the noise the class 37 was making as it struggled down the G&SW with load lots(15?).
40060 HA 0526 Carstairs - Edinburgh (Glasgow Central to Edinburgh) started from Glasgow Central conveying Edinburgh portion off the above <via Holytown and Carstairs>)
27206
ED top + 27109 ED tail 1030 Edinburgh - Glasgow Queen Street (Edinburgh to Glasgow Queen Street) <via Falkirk G - Cumbernauld - Springburn - Eastfield Up & Down Passenger Loop (RM)>
27103 HA top + 27203 HA tail 1300 Glasgow Queen Street - Edinburgh
(Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh) <via Eastfield Up & Down Passenger Loop (RM) - Springburn - Cumbernauld - Falkirk Grahamston>
47708 HA 1425 Edinburgh - Birmingham New Street (Edinburgh to Carlisle) (diverted from Carstairs via Motherwell - Larkfield Jn - Muirhouse Jn - Kilmarnock - G&SW) taken as I needed some kip

37173 TE 1545 Liverpool Lime Street Glasgow Central (Carlisle to Glasgow Central) <via Kilmarnock> deja vue time. Back to Glasgow it was then.
27113 HA top + 27205 ED tail 2300 Glasgow Queen Street - Edinburgh (Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh) <via Falkirk High>

Monday 30 July 1979
47269 HA 2035 Aberdeen - Kings Cross (Edinburgh to Carlisle) <via Carstairs a/l and Beattock> nowt else to catch at Edinburgh at 0020. Made possible by the Penmanshiel diversion timetable though Carlisle was not an advertised stop.
 
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28th July 1983

47586 Queen St - Perth, 23.30 Queen St - Inverness

29th July 1983

47460 Perth - Inverness, 23.30 Queen St - Inverness
37260 Inverness - Dingwall, 06.40 Inverness - Wick / Thurso
26038 Dingwall - Achnasheen, 06.55 Inverness - Kyle
26041 Achnasheen - Dingwall, 07.10 Kyle - Inverness
37183 Dingwall - Inverness, 06.00 Wick/Thurso - Inverness
27003+26032 Inverness - Queen St, 10.20 Inverness - Queen St
25236 Glasgow - Barrhead, 15.50 Glasgow Carlisle
DMU Barrhead - Glasgow, 16.48 Barrhead - Glasgow
37051 Queen St - Arrochar, 18.25 Queen St - Oban
37253 Arrochar - Queen St, 17.58 Oban - Queen St
EMU Glasgow - Paisley, 21.05 Glasgow - Gourock
47249 Paisley - Glasgow, 18.38 Stranraer - Glasgow
47273 Glasgow - Paisley, 22.00 Glasgow - Stranraer
EMU Paisley - Branchton, 22.45 Glasgow - Wemyss Bay
 

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29th July 2022

Four round trips on the KWVR behind 20031 on "Diesel and Ale" day. Was supposed to be 37075, but the Syphon had a brake problem.

Of course, no chance of being bowled out by a Duff!
 

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Monday 29th July 1985

75069 (BR 4MT) SVR Bridgnorth - Kidderminster Town
Cl 116 DMU (set TS509) 1213 Kidderminster - Birmingham NS
86??? 1318 Birmingham NS - Euston

Would appreciate it if anyone was able to identify the missing loco here. Am sure it was a class 86 . Thanks

Sunday 29th July 2001 - Day 7 of a 7 day all line rail rover

3586+1609 0738 Folkestone W - London Br (67.50)
90006 1000 Euston - Nuneaton (via Northampton) (99.00)
47774 1227 Nuneaton - Birmingham NS (86260 DIT) (22.00)
86260 1308 Birmingham NS - Sandwell & Dudley (5.25)
87015 1330 Sandwell & Dudley - Birmingham NS (5.25)
47774 1345 Birmingham NS - Nuneaton (87015 DIT) (22.00)
47725 1428 Nuneaton - Birmingham NS (87009 DIT) (22.00)
47725 1545 Birmingham NS - Nuneaton (87035 DIT) (22.00)
47785 1631 Nuneaton - Birmingham NS (87018 DIT) (22.00)
47785 1745 Birmingham NS - Nuneaton (86261 DIT) (22.00)
87018 1930 Nuneaton - Watford Jn (via Northampton) (81.50)
321424 2056 Watford Jn - Euston (17.50)
3453+3416 2200 Charing X - Folkestone W (69.25)
Day 7 477.25 miles

Final mileage for 7 day ALR 4791.50 miles

Saturday 29th July 2006

90013 0930 Liverpool St - Ipswich (90013 propelling DBSO 9701, others were MK3 DVTs)
90003 1109 Ipswich - Norwich
47810 1206 Norwich - Great Yarmouth (90003 DIT)
47810 1310 Great Yarmouth - Norwich (90003 DIT)
90006 1500 Norwich - Ipswich
90007 1608 Ipswich - Liverpool St
 

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SATURDAY 30th JULY 1983:

Bus: Bray-Dublin
071 18 25 Dublin Heuston-Limerick Junction (to Tralee)
016 20 15 Limerick Junction-Limerick

FRIDAY 30th JULY 2021:

334 031/002 Charing Cross-Glasgow Queen Street LL (2H44, 08 59 Helensburgh Central-Edinburgh)
170 450 1H09, 10 10 Glasgow Queen Street HL-Inverness
170 407/158 718 1A54, 14 29 Inverness-Aberdeen
43 176+43 175 1T40, 17 39 Aberdeen-Glasgow Queen Street HL
 

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Tuesday 30th July 1996

Returning from Teesside.

158779 10:24 Thornaby-York
91018 11:38 York-Doncaster
158769 12:42 Doncaster-Sheffield
47827 13:13 Sheffield-Derby
 

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Sunday 30 July 1989

47457 Birmingham New Street - Crewe
47421 Crewe - Stockport
47512 Stockport - Crewe
47445 Crewe - Manchester Piccadilly
DMU Manchester Piccadilly - Preston
56002 Preston - Manchester Piccadilly*
47424 Manchester Piccadilly - Liverpool Lime Street
47501 Liverpool Lime Street - Liverpool Lime Street Shunt release
37428 Liverpool Lime Street - Wem
DMU Wem - Crewe

*Rumoured to happen day before 56002 did produce on 1M08 09.10 Edinburgh to Manchester Pic!
 

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Saturday 30th July 1994

87012 0700 Euston - Crewe
86231 0942 Crewe - Preston
90010 1107 Preston - Lancaster
87009 1157 Lancaster - Preston
90011 1320 Preston - Crewe
158754 1524 Crewe - Rhyl
37422 1702 Rhyl - Crewe
90010 1915 Crewe - Euston

Saturday 30th July 2005

43141+43132 0735 Paddington - Swindon
43071+43032 0840 Swindon - Cardiff Central
37405 0959 Cardiff Central - Rhymney
37405 1115 Rhymney - Llanishen
37408 1212 Llanishen - Rhymney
37408 1315 Rhymney - Llanishen
37425 1412 Llanishen - Rhymney
37425 1515 Rhymney - Cardiff Central
43028+43175 1725 Cardiff Central - Paddington
 

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Wednesday 31st July 1991

Expected a pair of 20s, for a run out to Sleaford on the morning ‘Skeggy’, but a 31 turned up.

31460 09:47 Beeston-Sleaford (Derby-Skegness)
DMU 11:41 Sleaford-Nottingham
150109 13:20 Nottingham-Beeston
 

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Forgive the catching up

Monday 30 July 1973 off to Toton
1*116 DMU 0830 Treherbert - Cardiff Central (Pontypridd to Cardiff Central)
1884 CD 0935 Cardiff Central - Manchester Piccadilly (Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street)
143 LA 0820 Plymouth - Leeds (Birmingham New Street to Derby)
45001 HO 1438 Leeds - Plymouth (Derby to Plymouth calling at Gloucester Eastgate)

Tuesday 31 July 1973 off to Tinsley
76 HO 0625 Plymouth - Liverpool Lime Street (Plymouth to Birmingham New Street calling at Gloucester Eastgate)
1650 OC 0845 Cardiff Central - Leeds (Birmingham New Street to Sheffield) where the last operating Baby Deltic was sat in platform 8 at the head of a southbound test train
46 CW 1438 Leeds - Plymouth (Sheffield to Bristol Parkway calling at Gloucester Eastgate)
1
959 LE 1800 London Paddington - Swansea (Bristol Parkway to Cardiff Central)
1*116 DMU 2005 Barry Island - Merthyr (Cardiff Central to Pontypridd)

Sunday 30 July 1978
1*117+1*121+1*117 DMU forming a railtour of freight lines around the Thames Valley that visited the Brentford Goods Branch, Staines West, Reading Central Goods, Milton Inland Port, Abingdon, Morris Cowley and Wallingford. Choice track sat in the bubble car. Places you could go to back in the day.

Monday 30 July 1979
47269 HA 2035 Aberdeen - Kings Cross (Edinburgh to Carlisle) <via Carstairs a/l and Beattock> nowt else to catch at Edinburgh at 0020. Made possible by the Penmanshiel diversion timetable though Carlisle was not an advertised stop.
85022 CE 2150 London Euston - Inverness (Carlisle to Mossend)
47708 HA 0422 Mossend - Glasgow Queen Street (Mossend to Eastfield Up and Down Pass. Loop) wasn't expecting that!!!!!!
40151 HA 0422 Mossend - Glasgow Queen Street (Eastfield Up and Down Pass. Loop to Glasgow Queen Street) that's better!!!!!
27027 ED 0640 Glasgow Queen Street - Dundee (Glasgow Queen Street to Dunblane)
27108
ED banked 0640 Glasgow Queen Street - Dundee up the Cowlairs Incline (Glasgow Queen Street to mp1)
26028 IS 0657 Dundee - Glasgow Queen Street (Dunblane to Stirling)
27030 ED 0738 Dundee - Glasgow Queen Street (Dunblane to Larbert)
40081 GD 0844 Glasgow Queen Street - Dundee (Larbert to Stirling)
47708 HA 0935 Glasgow Queen Street - Inverness (Stirling to Perth) definitely wasn't expecting that!!!!!!
25244 ED 1105 Perth - Edinburgh (Perth to Kirkcaldy)
2*101 DMU ???? Edinburgh - Dundee (Kirkcaldy to Dundee)
26028 IS 1338 Dundee - Glasgow Queen Street (Dundee to Perth)
27027 ED ???? Glasgow Queen Street - Dundee (Perth to Dundee)
40184 HA 1530 Aberdeen - Glasgow Queen Street (Dundee to Perth)
47268 HA 1735 Glasgow Queen Street - Aberdeen (Perth to Dundee)
40016 KD ???? Aberdeen - London Kings Cross (Dundee to Edinburgh)
25082 ED 2140 Edinburgh - Carstairs (Edinburgh to Haymarket)
27211 HA top + 27204 HA tail 2100 Glasgow Queen Street - Edinburgh (Haymarket to Edinburgh)
55014 YK 2225 Edinburgh - London Kings Cross (Edinburgh to Peterborough) <via Carstairs avoider - Carlisle - Scotswood - Newcastle - High level Bridge - King Edward Bridge West Jn - ECML>

Tuesday 31 July 1979 ALR last day a last flourish of the red pen
31408 FP 0405 London Kings Cross - Leeds (Peterborough to Doncaster)
55008 YK ???? Hull - London Kings Cross (Doncaster to London Kings Cross)
50029 OC 1130 London Paddington - Penzance (London Paddington to Exeter Saint Davids)
31258 BR + 31165 BR 1033 Wolverhampton - Penzance Additional (Exeter Saint Davids to Totnes)
45068 TO 0920 Liverpool LS - Penzance (Totnes to Plymouth)
47479 LA 1640 Plymouth - Paignton (Plymouth to Newton Abbot)
50008 LA 1501 Penzance - London Paddington (Newton Abbot to Exeter Saint Davids)
33117 EH 1955 Exeter Saint Davids - Basingstoke (Exeter Saint Davids to Exeter Central)
47060 LE 1439 Leeds - Plymouth (Exeter Saint Davids - Plymouth)

Sunday 31 July 1983
47213 HM 1N13 0005 London Kings Cross - Newcastle (London Kings Cross to Peterborough)
47422 GD 1A40 2054 (PD) Newcastle - London Kings Cross (Peterborough to London Kings Cross)
1*312 EMU 0425 London Kings Cross - Welwyn Garden City (London Kings Cross to Welwyn Garden City)
1*313 EMU 0516 Welwyn Garden City - London Kings Cross (Welwyn Garden City to London Kings Cross)
1*312 EMU 0600 London Kings Cross - Royston (London Kings Cross to Stevenage)
1*312 EMU 0625 Royston - London Kings Cross (Stevenage to London Kings Cross)

40122 KD 1Z12 0848 London Kings Cross - Carlisle Charter (London to Carlisle) <via ECML - Turners Lane - Normanton - Whitehall curve - Skipton S&C - Appleby to Warcop - Carlisle>
81022 GW 1Z12 1750 Carlisle to London Euston Charter (Carlisle to London Euston)

Friday 31 July 1987 Another Great Little Trains of Wales Expedition courtesy of a friend with a car
47560 OC 1M10 0703 London Paddington - Wolverhampton (Reading to Coventry)
47553 CD 1M88 0625 Poole - Manchester Piccadilly (Coventry to Birmingham International)
Llangollen Railway WD193 Shropshire (HE 3793 1953) 1300 LLangollen to Berwyn and 1330 return
Bala Lake Railway Meirionnedd DL (SL 22 1973 4w-4wDH) 1600 Bala Llyn Tegid to Llanuwchllyn
Fairbourne Railway No2 Beddgelert (12¼") David Curwen 0-6-4ST 1745 Porth Penrhyn to Fairbourne


Saturday 30 July 1988 track bashing trip to France including a heritage line French style
15041 299 2053 (PD) Oostende - Milano Centrale (Luxembourg to Metz)
15039 252 1145 (PD) Praha hlavní nádraží - Paris Est (Metz to Paris Est)
1*Z5300 0825 Paris Lyon - Moret Veneux les Sablons (Paris Lyon to Moret Veneux les Sablons)
1*Z5300 0921 Moret Veneux les Sablons - Montargis (Moret Veneux les Sablons to Montargis)

1*X3871 + 1*XR7900 1015 Montargis - Toucy (Montargis to Toucy Ville) when heritage trains in France could run from and to SNCF main line stations and lines still part of the SNCF network
1*X3871 1440 Toucy Ville - Saint Sauveur en Puisaye and 1630 Saint Sauveur en Puisaye - Montargis (Toucy Ville - Saint Sauveur en Puisaye (RM) - Toucy Ville - Montargis)
22232 1826 Nevers - Paris Lyon (Montargis to Paris Lyon)
6525 2359 Paris Austerlitz - Bordeaux Saint Jean (Paris Austerlitz to Bordeaux Saint Jean)

Sunday 31 July 1988 continuing the France track bashing theme
9441 0647 Bordeaux St Jean - Pointe de Grave (Bordeaux Saint Jean to Le Verdun sur Mer) conveys through coaches from Paris
1*Z7300 EMU 0912 Le Verdun sur Mer - Pointe de Grave (Le Verdun sur Mer to Pointe de Grave)
Ferry to Royan (IMO 8883915: mv Le Verdon)

67408 1323 Royan - Paris Austerlitz (Royan to Saintes)
X2200+XR6000 DMU 1409 Saintes - Royan (Saintes to Royan)
Ferry to Pointe de Grave (IMO 9246748: mv La Gironde)
Draisine ride through the sand dunes on the Petit Train de Pointe de Grave - Verdon - Soulac
9441 2025 Pointe de Grave - Paris Austerlitz (Pointe de Grave to Bordeaux Saint Jean)
9203 1933 Nantes - Marseille Saint Charles (Bordeaux Saint Jean to Marseille Saint Charles)
 
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SUNDAY 31st JULY 1983:

176+143 (cab ride) 07 15 Limerick-Westport via Ennis, Athenry, Tuam and Claremorris (Croagh Patrick pilgrimage special)
143+176 (cab ride) 19 15 Westport-Limerick via Claremorris, Tuam, Athenry and Ennis (Return Croagh Patrick pilgrimage special)

This was an exciting day out - not only for a cab ride in both directions over rare new track, but also for various incidents that occurred en route. At this time the Limerick-Ennis and Athenry-Tuam sections were freight only - the Limerick-Sligo passenger service having been withdrawn in April 1976 - and there were no longer any regular services over the Ennis-Athenry and Tuam-Claremorris sections. Most of the permanent way was decidedly dodgy, with overall speed limits of 40 mph South of Tuam and 30 from there to Claremorris - but with lengthy sections of 25 mph or less over the worst bits. We had several near-misses with cars and tractors on unmanned level crossings and had to slowly negotiate two flooded sections either side of Ennis, to avoid shorting-out the traction motors. The driver and his teenage son - who accompanied us in the cab - did the pilgramage to the top of the mountain bare-footed, while I had a very pleasant walk down to Westport Quay for a nice pub lunch. Of course, Limerick-Athenry has been relaid and modernised and once again carries passenger railcars, but Athenry-Claremorris still slumbers under the weeds and brambles awaiting funding for the next phase of the Western Rail Corridor plan (....if ever?)


SATURDAY 31st JULY 2021:

385 008/038 2B76, 12 13 Glasgow Central-Lanark
385 038/008 2B91, 16 53 Lanark-Glasgow Central
334 001/038 Glasgow Queen Street LL-Charing Cross (2H59, 15 42 Edinburgh-Helensburgh Central)
334 040/027 Charing Cross-Hyndland (2H39, 17 38 Edinburgh-Helensburgh Central)
 

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Monday 31 July 1989

20163/129 Crewe - Longton*
31124 Longton - Crewe
20151/210 Crewe - Stoke On Trent
47611 Stoke On Trent - Manchester Piccadilly
DMU Manchester Piccadilly - Leeds
DMU Leeds - Shipley
47301 Shipley - Leeds
DMU Leeds - Manchester Piccadilly
EMU Manchester Piccadilly - Crewe

* Arrived at Crewe , found a fellow basher, i asked anything of interest out? , Oh Yes 2 pairs of 20s and a 31 on the Crewe-Derbys along with 47301 on the S&C! Couldnt resist going for 47301 which was dragging dead DMU's, a TE loco at the time. A mad fortnight was about to begin!
 

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Monday 31st July 2000 - Day 1 of a 14 day all line rail rover

3497+3494+3453 0638 Folkestone C - Tonbridge (40.50)
508207 0738 Tonbridge - Redhill (19.50)
1706 0811 Redhill - Gatwick Apt (5.75)
73206 0835 Gatwick Apt - Victoria (26.75)
73207 0915 Victoria - Gatwick Apt (26.75)
47851 0945 Gatwick Apt - Kensington O (27.25)
313111 1046 Kensington O - Clapham Jn (3.50)
313111 1108 Clapham Jn - Kensington O (3.50)
47814 1150 Kensington O - Brighton (31.75)
1402 1330 Brighton - Havant (37.50)
47747 1455 Havant - Reading (62.00)
43034+43042 1728 Reading - Didcot P (17.25)
47750 1839 Didcot P - Reading (17.25)
43024+43136 1832 Reading - Paddington (36.00)
1593+1614 2000 Charing X - Ashford (56.00)
1593 2116 Ashford - Folkestone W (13.25)
Day 1 444.50 miles
 

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MONDAY 1st AUGUST 1983:

155+172 15 10 (Relief) Limerick-Dublin Heuston
Bus: Dublin Heuston-Dublin Pearse
132+171 Dublin Pearse-Bray (18 20 Dublin Connolly-Rosslare Harbour)


SUNDAY 1st AUGUST 2021:

334 040/014 Partick-Charing Cross (2H22, 23 22 Helensburgh Central-Airdrie)
334 015/018 Charing Cross-Glasgow Queen Street LL (2E86, 10 29 Dalmuir-Airdrie)
380 015 2T33, 11 40 Glasgow Central-Largs
380 104/008 2T42, 16 54 Largs-Ardrossan South Beach (to Glasgow Central)
380 102 Ardrossan South Beach-Glasgow Central (2T50, 20 54 from Largs)
 

1971martin

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Sunday 1st August 1999

73207 1115 Victoria - Gatwick Apt
73207 1205 Gatwick Apt - Victoria
73210 1245 Victoria - Gatwick Apt
73210 1335 Gatwick Apt - Victoria
90010 1505 Euston - Milton Keynes
47760 1645 Milton Keynes - Euston
73205+73211 1930 Victoria - Gatwick Apt
73212+73208 2005 Gatwick Apt - Victoria
73235 2045 Victoria - Gatwick Apt
73213 2120 Gatwick Apt - Victoria

Tuesday 1st August 2000 - Day 2 of a 14 day all line rail rover

3446+1607 0504 Folkestone W - London Br (67.50)
90007 0758 Euston - Stafford (133.50)
47769 1006 Stafford - Bolton (via Stoke) (64.75)
47848 1156 Bolton - Birmingham NS (via Stoke) (92.75)
87013 1415 Birmingham NS - Coventry (19.25)
321424 1443 Coventry - Birmingham I (10.75)
90008 1507 Birmingham I - Wolverhampton (21.25)
47769 1543 Wolverhampton - Birmingham NS (12.75)
86261 1623 Birmingham NS - Wolverhampton (12.75)
86261 1719 Wolverhampton - Birmingham NS (12.75)
47844 1806 Birmingham NS - Coventry (19.25)
87011 1825 Coventry - Birmingham I (10.25)
86260 1855 Birmingham I - Milton Keynes (55.00)
87004 1951 Milton Keynes - Euston
3493+3803 2207 London Br - Ashford (54.25)
3493 2320 Ashford - Folkestone W (13.25)
Day 2 637.50 miles

Mileage so far - 1082

Tuesday 1st August 2006

390022 0735 Euston - Manchester P
57315 1003 Manchester P - Holyhead
57315 1320 Holyhead - Colwyn Bay
158841 1432 Colwyn Bay - Llandudno Jn
57316 1503 Llandudno Jn - Crewe (390043 DIT)
390043 1627 Crewe - Euston
 

QJ

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Basingstoke Down Yard
Wednesday 01 August 1973
1*116 DMU 0850 Merthyr - Barry Island (Pontypridd to Cardiff Central)
1953 BR 1C07 0800 London Paddington - Swansea (Cardiff Central to Swansea)
1947 LE 1A23 1353 Swansea - London Paddington (Swansea to London Paddington)
D1010 LA 1B43 1830 London Paddington - Plymouth (London Paddington to Plymouth)

Friday 01 August 1975 start of a week travelling around Scotland by ScR Railrover
45016
HO 1S27 0740 Plymouth - Edinburgh (Plymouth to Bristol Temple Meads)
46011 BR 1M72 1135 Bristol TM - Manchester Piccadilly (Bristol Temple Meads to Birmingham New Street)
86013 WN 1M72 1135 Bristol TM - Manchester Piccadilly (Birmingham New Street to Wolverhampton)
86239 WN 1S71 1405 Birmingham New Street - Glasgow Central (Wolverhampton to Crewe)
1*120 DMU 2K89 1720 Crewe - Nottingham (Crewe to Stoke on Trent)
1*120 DMU 2M84 1635 Lincoln St Marks - Crewe (Stoke on Trent to Crewe
)
85006 CE 1S23 2122 Bristol Temple Meads - Edinburgh (Crewe to Carlisle)

Friday 01 August 1986 another jaunt abroad after work
1*205 DMU (3H) 0824 Basingstoke - Reading (Basingstoke to Reading)

47613 1O11 0950 Glasgow Central - Poole (Reading to Basingstoke)
50007 1O23 1618 Exeter Saint Davids - London Waterloo (Basingstoke to London Waterloo)
3*411 (12CEP) 2040 London Victoria - Newhaven Harbour Marine Boat Train
99012 mv Chartres (IMO 7330040) 0S00 2230 Newhaven Harbour to Dieppe Maritime ferry


Saturday 01 August 1987 another Great Little Trains of Wales Expedition courtesy of a friend with a car
37430 CF 0620 Birmingham New Street - Aberystwyth (Machynlleth to Dovey Junction)
2*150 0850 Machynlleth - Pwllheli (Dovey Junction to Porthmadog)

Welsh Highland Heritage Railway Russell (901/1906) 1130 Porthmadog - Pen y Mount and return
Ffestiniog Railway Blanche (589/1893) 1335 Porthmadog Harbour - Blaenau Ffestiniog (Porthmadog Harbour to Minffordd)
37694 CF + 37431 CF 0740 London Euston - Pwllheli (Minffordd to Pwllheli)
37431 CF + 37694 CF 1530 Pwllheli - London Euston (Pwllheli to Machynlleth)

Corris Railway 5 (22258/1965) 1930 Corris - Maespoeth Junction (Corris to Maespoeth)

Monday 01 August 1988
continuing the France track bash
22248 1933 (PD) Nantes - Nice (Marseille Saint Charles to Cannes)
1* x4630 DMU 0846 Cannes - Ranguin (Cannes to Ranguin)
1* x4630 DMU 0924 Ranguin - Cannes (Ranguin to Cannes)

22316 0745 Ventimiglia - Metz (Cannes to Marseille Saint Charles)
7301 0934 Nice - Clermont Ferrand (Marseille Saint Charles to Nîmes)
66607 1417 Nîmes - Le Grau du Roi (Nîmes to Le Grau du Roi)
1*x4500 DMU 1630 Le Grau du Roi - Nîmes (Le Grau du Roi to Nîmes)
7307 0703 Nantes - Nice (Nîmes to Marseille Saint Charles)
1*x4600 1930 Marseille St Charles - Miramas (Marseille St Charles to Miramas)
67561 2027 Marseille St Charles - Paris Lyon (Miramas to Avignon)
7304 2027 Marseille St Charles - Paris Lyon (Miramas to Paris Lyon)
 

xotGD

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The moves just keep on coming!

Thanks to everyone for posting all these blasts from the past.
 

Falcon1200

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The moves just keep on coming!

Thanks to everyone for posting all these blasts from the past.

Seconded by me ! I only wish that, like @QJ, I had thought to record my rail journeys after starting to travel regularly from 1972. Unfortunately I only have details from 1983 onwards, and those are incomplete as DMUs, EMUs and even HSTs did not count !
 

Jamesrob637

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Ten years ago today I took a train from Feldmoching to München Flughafen to start my job there.
 

37166

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Tuesday 01 August 1989

20151/210 Crewe - Derby*
20210/151 Derby - Crewe
20073/131 Crewe - Derby
20131/073 Derby - Crewe
20073/131 Crewe - Derby
20131/073 Derby - Tutbury & Hatton
20163/129 Tutbury & Hatton - Derby
20034/042 Derby - Crewe
20073/131 Crewe - Derby
20131/073 Derby - Crewe

*Absolutely outrageous day, a full day on 2/3 coach trains all with 20s! Can't believe it was 33 years ago.
 

CW2

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Tuesday 01 August 1989

20151/210 Crewe - Derby*
20210/151 Derby - Crewe
20073/131 Crewe - Derby
20131/073 Derby - Crewe
20073/131 Crewe - Derby
20131/073 Derby - Tutbury & Hatton
20163/129 Tutbury & Hatton - Derby
20034/042 Derby - Crewe
20073/131 Crewe - Derby
20131/073 Derby - Crewe

*Absolutely outrageous day, a full day on 2/3 coach trains all with 20s! Can't believe it was 33 years ago.
Top marks from me for that lot! I assume the DMU fitter was on Annual Leave, and the fleet collapsed soon after?!
 

1971martin

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Wednesday 2nd August 2000 - Day 3 of a 14 day all line rail rover

3422+1609 0504 Folkestone W - London Br (67.50)
90008 0738 Euston - Birmingham NS (113.25)
47741 1006 Birmingham NS - Didcot P (81.75)
165106 1148 Didcot P - Reading (17.25)
47830 1233 Reading - Newton Abbot (157.75)
43030+43190 1510 Newton Abbot - Exeter St D (20.00)
47811 1616 Exeter St D - Paddington (173.75)
1877+1807 1943 Waterloo E - Tonbridge (28.75)
1615+1616 2042 Tonbridge - Ashford (26.50)
1615 2116 Ashford - Folkestone W (13.25)
Day 3 699.75 miles

Mileage so far 1781.75

Saturday 2nd August 2003 - KWVR Diesel Gala

91131 0700 Kings X - Peterborough
91126 0754 Peterborough - Leeds
158903 0949 Leeds - Keighley
333002 1802 Keighley - Leeds
91112 1840 Leeds - Kings X

The gala featured 20096/20901 25059 37174/37197/37229 & 56054

Wednesday 2nd August 2006

90001 0930 Liverpool St - Chelmsford
321306+321341 1023 Chelmsford - Braintree
321341+321306 1100 Braintree - Chelmsford
90003 1146 Chelmsford - Stratford
321306+321341 1241 Stratford - Wickford
321448 1320 Wickford - Southminster
321448 1417 Southminster - Shenfield
321306 1518 Shenfield - Romford
321363 1542 Romford - Upminster
321363 1554 Upminster - Romford
321445+321356 1626 Romford - Stratford
317672 1700 Stratford - Tottenham Hale
315810 1727 Tottenham Hale - Stratford
315810 1800 Stratford - Waltham Cross
317671+317508 1832 Waltham Cross - Liverpool St

Monday 2nd August 2021

91110 1033 Kings X - Grantham
91111 1218 Grantham - Kings X
91111 1403 Kings X - Peterborough
801204 1530 Peterborough - Stevenage
700146 1602 Stevenage - London Br
 

37166

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I think so and it was affect of the weekly strikes at the time, theres more to come!
 

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