Back in the day...

[D6130]

Aaaagh!!! The nightmare that was Commonwealth Spirit.

That's nothing to compare with my double nightmare of 47 545. Not only did it haunt me for haulage, but it went of fire twice, causing me massive delays and missed connections!

 

[1971martin]

Saturday 22nd August 1987 - 7 day Kent rail rover (unfortunately most details lost)

47610 0927 Dover Priory - Tonbridge
47526 1754 Dover Western Docks - Folkestone C

Saturday 22nd August 1998

365513+365505 0726 Rainham - Victoria
D9000 0855 Kensington Olympia - Ramsgate
D9000 1126 Ramsgate - Kensington Olympia
465022+465007+466021 1429 Waterloo E - Gillingham
3556 1543 Gillingham - Rainham

Thursday 22nd August 2002

43187+43017 0800 Paddington - Cardiff C
37421 1035 Cardiff C- Fishguard
37421 1335 Fishguard - Cardiff C
180103+180104 1655 Cardiff C - Paddington

Saturday 22nd August 2009

90015 0930 Liverpool St - Ipswich
90026 1109 Ipswich - Norwich
47501 1206 Norwich - CO499 Signal (90026 DIT)
90026 CO499 Signal - Norwich (47501 DIT)
90002 1300 Norwich - Diss
90014 1305 Diss - Norwich (20 mins late)
90026 1400 Norwich - Liverpool St
Train came to a stand just outside Norwich Station, then again across Trowse Jn, again just before CO499 signal and again just after CO499 signal. Attempts by driver to resolve problem were successfully, so 90026 (fortunately still under wires) was powered up and propelled train back into station. Train cancelled and 47501 retired to the depot. CO499 signal opposite Norwich depot.

Monday 22nd August 2016

90002 1230 Liverpool St - Norwich
37419+(37405) 1455 Norwich - Lowestoft
37405+(37419) 1548 Lowestoft - Norwich
68019+(68016) 1640 Norwich - G Yarmouth
68016+(68019) 1717 G Yarmouth - Norwich
90007 1800 Norwich - Stowmarket
321322+321310+321326 1836 Stowmarket - Norwich
321326+321310+321322 1930 Norwich - Stowmarket

 

[37166]

Tuesday 22 August 1989

90007 Crewe - Liverpool Lime Street
31101 Liverpool Lime Street - Newton Le Willows
31431 Newton Le Willows - Liverpool Lime Street
86103 Liverpool Lime Street - Crewe
85028 Crewe - Wigan North Western
DMU Wigan Wallgate - Manchester Victoria
31224 Manchester Victoria - Salford Crescent
DMU Salford Crescent - Wigan Wallgate
47125 Wigan North Western - Liverpool Lime Street
90017 Liverpool Lime Street - Crewe

 

[Graeme.Hutchis]

22nd August 1983

86009 Carlisle - Mossend , 21.00 Euston - Fort William 1S07
47443 Mossend - Cowlairs, As above
37190 Cowlairs - Queen St , As above
37112+20045 Queen St - Dumbarton Central , 06.00 Queen St - Mallaig
EMU Dumbarton Central - Partick, o6.24 Helensburgh Central - Airdrie
EMU Partick - Glasgow L.L , 06.44 Dalmuir - Argyle Street
Dmu Glasgow - Paisley , 07.30 Glasgow - Ayr
37163 Paisley - Glasgow , 07.00 Ayr - Glasgow
27210 Glasgow - Irvine , 08.35 Glasgow - Stranraer
27206 Irvine - Glasgow ,07.32 Stranraer - Glasgow
37157 Glasgow - Kilwinning , 11.35 Glasgow - Stranraer
DMU Kilwinning - Glasgow , 12.15 Ayr - Glasgow
47709 Queen St - Haymarket , 14.00 Queen St - Edinburgh
47518 Haymarket - Edinburgh , 06.45 London Paddington - Edinburgh
47709 Edinburgh - Queen St , 15.00 Edinburgh - Queen St
37191 Queen St - Garelochhead , 16.34 Queen St - Fort William
37027+20045 Garelochhead - Queen St , 12.25 Mallaig - Queen St
EMU Glasgow - Branchton - 19.40 Glasgow - Wemyss BAY

 

[37166]

Wednesday 23 August 1989

37408 Crewe - Liverpool Lime Street
31101 Liverpool Lime Street - Newton Le Willows
31123 Newton Le Willows - Liverpool Lime Street
86209 Liverpool Lime Street - Crewe
87030 Crewe - Warrington Bank Quay
86255 Warrington Bank Quay - Wigan North Western
86248 Wigan North Western - Preston
47606 Preston - Bolton
DMU Bolton - Bromley Cross*
DMU Bromley Cross - Bolton
DMU Bolton - Manchester Victoria
37408 Manchester Piccadilly - Crewe

*Wild goose chase to get 47200 - which had done : 2P53 1650 Manchester Victoria - Rochdale and 2P53 1735 Rochdale - Blackburn between Rochdale - Manchester Victoria & terminated. (Source railgen),
we hadnt realised it had been terminated at Man Vic, so covered the return from Blackburn, which of course it wasn't on!

 

[1971martin]

Friday 23rd August 1991

47520 0947 Wolverhampton - Shrewsbury
150137 1050 Shrewsbury - Wolverhampton
90002 1207 Wolverhampton - Stafford
90015 1310 Stafford - Wolverhampton
86207 1332 Wolverhampton - Birmingham NS
47833 1406 Birmingham NS - Leamington Spa
47810 1457 Leamington Spa - Coventry
86242 1518 Coventry - Birmingham NS
304040 1632 Birmingham NS - Bescot
310105 1733 Bescot - Birmingham NS
47828 1835 Birmingham NS - Wolverhampton
86424 1859 Wolverhampton - Birmingham NS
158775 1941 Birmingham NS - Kidderminster

Tuesday 23rd August 2016

90013 1100 Liverpool St - Norwich
90011 1300 Norwich - Diss
90014 1308 Diss - Norwich
68019+(68016) 1405 Norwich - Lowestoft
68016+(68019) 1457 Lowestoft - Norwich
90034 1600 Norwich - Colchester
90012 1730 Colchester - Liverpool St

 

[Harvester]

Wednesday 24th August 1994

43089+43??? 09:11 Derby-Birmingham NS
37425 10:06 Birmingham NS-Stafford (09:46 Birmingham Int-Holyhead)
86205 11:23 Stafford-Birmingham NS
47844 12:55 Birmingham NS-Derby

 

[37166]

Thursday 24 August 1989

37427 Crewe - Liverpool Lime Street
47588 Liverpool Lime Street - Manchester Victoria
90011 Manchester Piccadilly - Crewe*
90026 Crewe - Stafford
47450 Stafford - Manchester Piccadilly
47454 Manchester Victoria - Bolton*
DMU Bolton - Wigan North Western
47588 Wigan North Western - Liverpool Lime Street
90026 Liverpool Lime Street - Crewe

*Here saw 47116 arrive on the 1340 Chester-Euston, another 47 i never had!
** Little did i know 47200 had done the Blackburn it didn't do the previous night!

 

[D6130]

WEDNESDAY 24th AUGUST 1983:

149 15 43 Bray-Dublin Connolly (to Howth)
132+128 18 20 Dublin Connolly-Bray (to Rosslare Harbour)

 

[xotGD]

*Here saw 47116 arrive on the 1340 Chester-Euston, another 47 i never had!
** Little did i know 47200 had done the Blackburn it didn't do the previous night!

At least it wasn't 37116 and 37200!

 

[1971martin]

Saturday 17th August 1996

90003 0700 Euston - Crewe
47817 0959 Crewe - Manchester P
323228 1040 Manchester P - Crewe (via Airport)
37417 1217 Crewe - Llandudno Jn
37414 1411 Llandudno Jn - Chester
37422 1533 Chester - Crewe
323228 1605 Crewe - Manchester P (via Airport)
86231 1730 Manchester P - Crewe
87005 1831 Crewe - 153.5 mp
87005 (1930) 153.5 mp - Crewe
86425 (2010) Crewe - Euston

Train came to a stand at 153.5 mp due to a fault on 87005. Train limped back to Crewe. Replacement locomotive provided, train 100 minutes late from Crewe.

Monday 24th August 2015

90012 0938 Stratford - Ipswich
90006 1108 Ipswich - Norwich
37425+(37422) 1236 Norwich - G Yarmouth
37422+(37425) 1317 G Yarmouth - Norwich
90013 1400 Norwich - Ipswich
90034 1508 Ipswich - Norwich
90034 1630 Norwich - Liverpool St
90008 1830 Liverpool St - Colchester
90003 2003 Colchester - Stratford

 

[37166]

Friday 25 August 1989

87022 Crewe - Nuneaton
87025 Nuneaton - Crewe
37408 Crewe - Liverpool Lime Street
31123 Liverpool Lime Street - Edge Hill
EMU Edge Hill - Liverpool Lime Street
EMU Liverpool Lime Street Low Level - Chester
47456 Chester - Crewe
86439 Crewe - Wigan North Western
31425 Wigan North Western - Liverpool Lime Street
47233 Liverpool Lime Street - Preston
87016 Preston - Crewe
47456 Crewe - Holyhead

 

[NorthWestRover]

Wednesday 25th August 2021

I had 68026 from Stalybridge to Man Vic (after a pint or two) and this was possibly the day that @CW2 alighted at Stalybridge.

Sunday 25th August 2019

I had 2084 FC Tingey on the Stainmore Railway. For about 100 yards.

 

[52290]

Friday 25 August 1967
SS Manx Maid Liverpool -Douglas
No 11 Douglas - Peel
No 11 Peel - Douglas
Saturday 26 August 1967
No 11 Douglas - Ramsey
No 11 Ramsey - Douglas
Sunday 27 August 1967
No 8 Douglas - Castletown
Railcars Castletown - Douglas
Monday 28 August
No 5 Douglas -St John's
No 8 St Johns -Peel
Railcars Peel -Douglas
SS Lady of Man Douglas to Liverpool

 

[Harvester]

Saturday 25th August 1962

After a day spotting at Carlisle,

A3 60085 Manna 17:00 Carlisle-Newcastle (13:40 Stranraer-Newcastle)

Was this really sixty years ago.

 

[1971martin]

Tuesday 25th August 1987 - 7 day Kent rail rover (unfortunately most details lost)

47218 1355 Dover Priory - Chatham

Friday 25th August 2006 - VXC loco hauled Birmingham - Manchester turn

90022 1024 Manchester P - Birmingham NS
90022 1248 Birmingham NS - Manchester P

Saturday 25th August 2007 - A quick visit to the open bit of the SVR following the storms

390027 0817 Euston - Tamworth
170398 1033 Tamworth - Birmingham NS
170637 1059 Birmingham NS - Droitwich
150001 1155 Droitwich - Kidderminster
4566 (GWR small prairie) 1330 Kidderminster - Bewdley
4566 (GWR small prairie) 1550 Bewdley - Kidderminster
150019 1636 Kidderminster - Smethwick GB
323211 1707 Smethwick GB - Birmingham NS
57315 1740 Birmingham NS - Nuneaton (390024 DIT)
390024 1821 Nuneaton - Euston

Tuesday 25th August 2015

68011 1015 Marylebone - Banbury
68010 1140 Banbury - Marylebone
165015+168108 1242 Marylebone - Amersham
165006 1326 Amersham - Rickmansworth
21081+21082 1342 Rickmansworth - Harrow
168219 1419 Harrow - Marylebone
165033 1452 Marylebone - Wembley Stadium
350247+350126 1529 Wembley C - Euston
350110+350253 1554 Euston - Watford Jn
350106 1616 Watford Jn - Euston
68009 1750 Marylebone - High Wycombe
168003 1829 High Wycombe - Marylebone

 

[D6130]

THURSDAY 25th AUGUST 1983:

215 Bray-Tara Street (08 40 Bray-Mosney)

 

[37166]

Saturday 26 August 1989

47456 Holyhead - Crewe
86233 Crewe - Birmingham New Street
85031 Wolverhampton - Crewe
DMU Crewe - Stoke On Trent
47195 Stoke On Trent - Crewe
20182/071 Crewe - Llandudno*
20071/182 Llandudno - Crewe
90025 Crewe - Wigan North Western
87017 Wigan North Western - Preston
87021 Preston - Crewe
37428 Crewe - Manchester Piccadilly
37428 Manchester Piccadilly - Shrewsbury
DMU Shrewsbury - Crewe

*20s returning to Crewe!

 

[D6130]

FRIDAY 26th AUGUST 1983:

028 Bray-Dublin Pearse (07 50 Rosslare Harbour-Dublin Connolly)
132+128 Dublin Pearse-Bray (18 20 Dublin Connolly-Rosslare Harbour)

If I may be permitted to wind the calendar back a few days, my wife has just unearthed my 1987 and 1988 diaries and there's some interesting stuff in there. I told her it was a bad idea handing them to me, as I would just spend even more time on these forums and less time doing household tasks....but she handed them to me anyway with a look of resignation on her face!

WEDNESDAY 10th AUGUST 1988:

Seacat: Ryde-Portsmouth Harbour
50 003 Portsmouth Harbour-Portsmouth & Southsea
EMU Porstmouth & Southsea-Portsmouth Harbour
Seacat: Portsmouth Harbour-Ryde

The above looks pretty desparate, but I was actually going to an Elkie Brooks gig at Portsmouth Guildhall - one of her many 'last tours'! - and combined it with a bit of shopping and a couple of pints with friends. 50 003 'just happened' to be sitting at Portsmouth Harbour at the head of the 15 30 to Waterloo when I disembarked from the cat.

FRIDAY 14th AUGUST 1987:

Seacat: Ryde-Portsmouth Harbour
EMU Portsmouth Harbour-Waterloo
86 229 Liverpool Street-Cambridge
47 576 Cambridge-Ely
31 202 Ely-Peterborough
43 154+43 112 Peterborough-Eaglescliffe (via Northallerton station)

SUNDAY 14th AUGUST 1988:

Seacat: Ryde-Portsmouth Harbour
EMU Portsmouth Harbour-Waterloo
86 220 Euston-Crewe via Northampton & Bescot
86 227 Crewe-Euston via Bescot & Northampton
EMU Waterloo-Portsmouth Harbour
Seacat: Portsmouth Harbour-Ryde

SUNDAY 16th AUGUST 1987:

DMU Thornaby-Saltburn
DMU Saltburn-Darlington
47 406 Darlington-York
43 091+43 085 York-Kings Cross
EMU Waterloo-Portsmouth Harbour
Seacat: Portsmouth Harbour-Ryde

THURSDAY 20th AUGUST 1987:

Seacat: Ryde-Portsmouth Harbour
EMU Portsmouth Harbour-Waterloo
43 179+43 078 Kings Cross-Edinburgh
DMU Edinburgh-Glasgow Queen Street
EMU Glasgow Central-Ardrossan South Beach

FRIDAY 21st AUGUST 1987:

EMU Stevenston-Kilwinning
86 436 Kilwinning-Glasgow Central
EMU Glasgow QS LL-Dumbarton Central via Yoker
37 403 Dumbarton Central-Glasgow QS HL
47 709 Glasgow QS HL-Stirling
47 492 Stirling-Inverness
37 414 Inverness-Achnasheen
(overnight in the now burnt-down Achnasheen Hotel)

SATURDAY 22nd AUGUST: 1987:

37 415 Achnasheen-Kyle of Lochalsh
Ferry: Kyle-Kyleakin
Bus: Kyleakin-Armadale
Ferry: Armadale-Mallaig
37 406 Mallaig-Fort William-Crianlarich
37 403 Crianlarich-Oban

SUNDAY 23rd AUGUST 1987:

37 403 Oban-Glasgow LL via Yoker
47 578 Glasgow Central-Kilwinning
EMU Kilwinning-Stevenston

MONDAY 24th AUGUST 1987:

EMU Stevenston-Glasgow Central
86 224 Glasgow Central-Euston
EMU Waterloo-Portsmouth Harbour
Seacat: Portsmouth Harbour-Ryde

 

[QJ]

Tuesday 25 August 1981 a track bash in Ireland (cab permit and permission of the train crew)
141+159 ???? Bennetsbridge to Ballinacourty Freight (Waterford Yard to Ballinacourty)
159+141 ???? Ballinacourty to Bennetsbridge Freight (Ballinacourty to Waterford Yard)
150 1645 Waterford Plunkett - Rosslare Harbour Pier (Waterford Plunkett to Rosslare Harbour Pier)
150 1915 Rosslare Harbour Pier - Limerick (Rosslare Harbour Pier to Waterford Plunkett)

Wednesday 26 August 1981
027 Waterford loco fuelling point to New Ross light engine move
027 1600 New Ross - Cork Marino Point (New Ross to Waterford Yard)
082 1850 Waterford Plunkett - Dublin Heuston (Waterford Plunkett to Dublin Heuston)
082 light engine Dublin Heuston to Inchicore MPD
150+177 2155 Inchicore MPD - North Wall Point light engine move
030 2330 North Wall Point - Sligo Quay Esso Liner Freight (North Wall Point to Sligo Quay)

 

[CW2]

Wednesday 25th August 2021

I had 68026 from Stalybridge to Man Vic (after a pint or two) and this was possibly the day that @CW2 alighted at Stalybridge.

Indeed it was.

 

[barrowjack]

26/08/1989
My last trip along the Cambrian Coast

156466 Barrow In Furness - Preston

86206 Preston - Crewe

37408 Crewe - Shrewsbury

37426 Shrewsbury -Penychain

And the start of a weeks holiday at Butlins

 

[QJ]

Thursday 25 August 1983 (last couple of days of a track bash before heading to Scotland for more track bashing)
DB 110.384 1936 (PD) Hoek van Holland - Stockholm S (Osnabrück Hbf to Hamburg Hbf)
DB 112.499 2110 (PD) København H - Oostende (Hamburg Hbf to Duisberg Hbf)
DB 110.507 0621 Aachen Hbf - Amsterdam CS (Duisberg Hbf to Emmerich)
NS 1212 0621 Aachen Hbf - Amsterdam CS (Emmerich to Arnhem)
1* Plan V EMU 0959 Arnhem - Zutphen (Arnhem to Dieren)
DR 80036 (class 80 0-6-0T) 1230 Dieren VSM - Apeldoorn VSM (Dieren to Apeldoorn)
NS 1*DMU DEII plan X-v 1516 Apeldoorn - Zutphen (Apeldoorn to Zutphen)
NS 1*DMU DEII plan X-v 1536 Zutphen - Enschede (Zutphen to Enschede)
NS 1*Plan F EMU 1642 Enschede - Den Haag HS (Enschede to Almelo)
NS 1*DMU DE 1 Plan X 1708 Almelo - Gramsbergen (Almelo to Gramsbergen)
NS 2*DMU DE III Plan U 1825 Emmen - Zwolle (Gramsbergen to Zwolle)
NS 1*EMU Plan P 1834 Groningen - Amsterdam CS (Zwolle to Amersfoort)
NS 1*EMU Plan P 1858 Enschede - Rotterdam CS (Amersfoort to Rotterdam CS)
NS 1644 2026 Amsterdam CS - Paris Nord (Rotterdam CS to Roosendaal)
SNCB (not recorded) 2026 Amsterdam CS - Paris Nord (Roosendaal to Antwerpen CS) zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz one too many overnights!
SNCB (not recorded) 2026 Amsterdam CS - Paris Nord (Antwerpen CS to Bruxelles Midi)

Friday 26 August 1983
SNCB 1801 2026 (PD) Amsterdam CS - Paris Nord (Bruxelles Midi to Quevy)
SNCF 16051 2026 (PD) Amsterdam CS - Paris Nord (Quevy to Paris Nord)
SNCF 17073 0725 Paris Nord - Pontoise (Paris Nord to Pontoise)
SNCF 17096 0815 Pontoise - Paris Nord (Pontoise to Paris Nord)
SNCF 16037 1245 (PD) Napoli C - Boulogne Maritime (Paris Nord to Amiens)
SNCF 67485 1245 (PD) Napoli C - Boulogne Maritime (Amiens to Boulogne Maritime)
IMO 6910960: 99007: mv Vortigern 0S00 1350 Boulogne Maritime - Folkestone Harbour (Boulogne Maritime to Folkestone Harbour)
3*4CEP EMU 1520 Folkestone Harbour - London Victoria (Folkestone Harbour to London Victoria)
33014 EH 1V17 1738 London Waterloo - Exeter SD (London Waterloo to Basingstoke)
1*4VEP EMU 2B50 2023 Bournemouth - Woking (Basingstoke to Woking)
2*4VEP EMU 2A76 2150 Alton - London Waterloo
87001 WN 1S26 2330 London Euston - Glasgow Central (London Euston to Carlisle)

 

[1971martin]

BH Monday 26th August 2002 - The Bone Breaker - Pathfinder Tours (Class 58 farewell tour)

58033+58045 1105 Ealing Broadway - Colchester
58045 1308 Colchester - Walton-on-the-Naze
BUS Walton-on-the-Naze - Thorpe-Le-Soken
321337 1843 Thorpe-Le-Soken - Liverpool St

Full details of this unfortunately named tour at www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk

Friday 26th August 2005

90019 0830 Liverpool St - Norwich
90004 1100 Norwich - Ipswich
90019 1208 Ipswich - Liverpool St
90019 1400 Liverpool St - Norwich
90019 1600 Norwich - Liverpool St

Saturday 26th August 2006

90005 0700 Liverpool St - Ipswich
90014 0842 Ipswich - Norwich
156416 0936 Norwich - G Yarmouth
47828 1010 G Yarmouth - Norwich (90001 DIT)
47828 1206 Norwich - G Yarmouth (90012 DIT)
47828 1310 G Yarmouth - Norwich (90012 DIT)
47818 1416 Norwich - G Yarmouth (90005 DIT)
156418+153309 1517 G Yarmouth - Norwich
90003 1600 Norwich - Colchester
360118+360107 1717 Colchester - Marks Tey
153322 1733 Marks Tey - Sudbury
153322 1800 Sudbury - Marks Tey
360111+360103 1823 Marks Tey - Chelmsford
90036 1846 Chelmsford - Liverpool St

Sunday 26th August 2007

390017 0956 Euston - Nuneaton
57304 1143 Nuneaton - Wolverhampton (390017 DIT)
57315 1318 Wolverhampton - Nuneaton (390013 DIT)
57312 1448 Nuneaton - Wolverhampton (390032 DIT)
57306 1618 Wolverhampton - Nuneaton (90039 DIT)
57302 1748 Nuneaton - Birmingham NS (390024 DIT)
57315 1845 Birmingham NS - Nuneaton (390031 DIT)
390031 1926 Nuneaton - Euston

 

[QJ]

Saturday 25 August 1984
85030 CE 1V60 2325 (PD) Glasgow Central - Paignton (Carstairs to Carlisle)
85035 CE 1S23 2140 (PD) Bristol Temple Meads - Glasgow Central (Carlisle to Carstairs)
26003 HA 1G08 0434 Carstairs - Edinburgh (Carstairs to Edinburgh)
47703 HA 2O02 0610 Edinburgh - Glasgow QS (Edinburgh to Glasgow QS)
37147 ED 1E28 0834 Glasgow QS - Scarborough (Glasgow QS to Edinburgh)
27017 HA 2L34 1018 Edinburgh - Dundee (Edinburgh to Inverkeithing)
47074 BS 1E36 0945 Dundee - Edinburgh (Inverkeithing to Edinburgh)
47552 GD 1C87 1110 Edinburgh - Carstairs (Edinburgh to Carstairs)
37154 ML 1G53 1306 Carstairs - Edinburgh (Carstairs to Edinburgh)
47710 HA 1O36 1400 Edinburgh - Glasgow QS (Edinburgh to Glasgow QS)
47709 HA 1O43 1600 Glasgow QS - Edinburgh (Glasgow QS to Edinburgh)
27008 IS 2L54 1718 Edinburgh - Dundee (Edinburgh to Dalmeny)
1*101 DMU 1710 Cowdenbeath - Edinburgh (Dalmeny to Haymarket)
27042 HA 2G84 1628 Dundee - Edinburgh (Haymarket to Edinburgh)
40060 KD 2L56 1818 Edinburgh - Dundee (Edinburgh to Dundee)
47712 HA 1T56 1905 Aberdeen - Glasgow QS (Dundee to Glasgow QS)
1*303 2124 Helensburgh C - Airdrie (Glasgow QS - Coatbridge Sunnyside)
leg it to Coatbridge Central via the chip shop
27029 ED 1S81 2050 Carlisle - Perth (Coatbridge Central to Perth)

Sunday 26 August 1984 (red pen given a rest)
47517 IS 1N05 2330 (PD) Glasgow QS - Inverness (Perth to Inverness)
26034 IS 2K08 0930 Inverness - Kyle of Lochalsh (Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh)
23034 IS 2N20 1410 Kyle of Lochalsh - inverness (Kyle of Lochalsh to Inverness)
47491 CD 1G32 1700 Edinburgh - Edinburgh (Inverness to Kirkcaldy)
27001 ED 2G32 2028 Dundee - Edinburgh (Kirkcaldy to Edinburgh)
27063 HA 2L65 2218 Edinburgh - Dundee (Edinburgh to Haymarket)
47704 HA 1G34 2208 Carstairs - Edinburgh (Haymarket to Edinburgh)
47074 BS 1C98 2315 Edinburgh - Carstairs (Edinburgh to Carstairs)

Sunday 25 August 1985
47515 OC 1S25 2200 (PD) London Euston - Inverness (Carlisle to Larbert)
47706 HA 1T72 2330 (PD) Inverness - Glasgow QS (Larbert to Eastfield up/Down Pass. loop via Cumbernauld)
37175 ED (+ 47706 HA DITOR) 1T72 2330 (PD) Inverness - Glasgow QS (Eastfield up/Down Pass. loop to Glasgow QS)
47708 HA 1O70 0800 Glasgow QS - Edinburgh (Glasgow QS to Edinburgh via Cumbernauld)
1*150 DMU (150001) Haymarket Depot Open Day shuttle from Edinburgh (Edinburgh to Haymarket Depot temp plat.)
47716 HA Haymarket Depot Open Day shuttle to Edinburgh (Haymarket Depot temp plat. to Haymarket)
27054 HA 2J10 1030 Dundee - Edinburgh (Haymarket to Edinburgh)
20067 + 20102 F&W Railtours Scots Streaker Edinburgh to Garelochead and return (part fare)
47546 ED 1C93 1810 Edinburgh - Carstairs (Edinburgh to Haymarket)
37134 IM 2J51 1920 Edinburgh - Dundee (Haymarket to Inverkeithing)
3*101 DMU 2J54 Dundee - Edinburgh (Inverkeithing to Edinburgh)
47708 HA 1O57 2033 Edinburgh - Glasgow QS (Edinburgh to Haymarket)
47212 GD ADEX Oban - Edinburgh (Haymarket to Edinburgh)
47210 HA ADEX York - Glasgow QS (Edinburgh to Glasgow QS)
47414 GD 1L31 2330 Glasgow QS - Perth (Glasgow QS to Perth)

Monday 26 August 1985
37090 ED 1A41 0105 Perth - Aberdeen (Perth to Aberdeen)
47118 HA 1A77 0442 Aberdeen - Elgin (Aberdeen to Elgin)
47209 ED 1A44 0555 Inverness - Aberdeen (Elgin to Insch)
47009 ED 1H25 0740 Aberdeen - Inverness (Insch to Huntly)
by road to ride the 15" gauge West Buchan Railway
West Buchan railway Chough (van der Heiden, Rotterdam 0-4-0 1968) Banff Harbour to Swordanes and return on part of the trackbed of the former Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR) Banff branch
This minimum gauge railway only lasted for two seasons (1984 to 1985) as the hoped for custom never materialised. The loco was much travelled before arriving at Banff including being at the RH&DR and a stint at Bird Paradise in Hayle from where it got its name as carried whilst on the WBR. The loco continued its travels after closure of the WBR eventually ending up in Vancouver, BC at the Bear Creek Park Miniature Railway (info from Narrow Gauge Heaven website https://www.narrow-gauge.co.uk/gallery/view/chough-467).
47118 HA 1H31 1340 Aberdeen - Inverness (Huntly to Inverness)
37021 IS 2H65 1735 Inverness - Wick (Inverness to Brora)
26037 IS + 27056 ED 2H64 1805 Wick - Inverness (Brora to Inverness)
47604 IS 1T04 2330 Inverness - Glasgow QS (Inverness to Stirling)

 

[QJ]

Thursday 26 August 1987 a day in a week's ÖBB track bash
1044.023 Ex467 2027 Basel SBB - Budapest Keleti (Bischofshofen - Salzburg Hbf)
1044.026 Ex467 2027 Basel SBB - Budapest Keleti (Salzburg Hbf - Linz Hbf)
1044.114 E747 0638 Linz Hbf - Wien Hbf (Linz Hbf - St Velentin)
Donauuferbahn 1*5146 DMU 6113 0704 St Valentin - Krems a/d Donau (St Valentin to Krems a/d Donau)
1042.005 E777 0932 St Pölten - Wien Franz Joseph's Bhf (Krems a/d Donau to Heiligenstadt)
1*4020 EMU 20162 1125 Heiligenstadt - Wien Hütteldorf (Heiligenstadt to Wien Hütteldorf)
1042.651 Ex124 1200 Wien Westbahnhof - Salzburg Hbf (Wien Hütteldorf to St Pölten Hbf)
Mariazellerbahn 1099.004 6807 1325 St Pölten Hbf - Gußwerk (St Pölten Hbf to Gußwerk)
Mariazellerbahn 1099.004 6838 1710 Gußwerk - Mariazell (Gußwerk to Mariazell)
Mariazellerbahn 1099.014 E968 1730 Mariazell - St Pölten Hbf (Mariazell to St Pölten Hbf)
1044.108 EC65 1027 Basel SBB - Wien Westbahnhof (St Pölten Hbf to Wien Westbahnhof)

 

[D6130]

SATURDAY 27th AUGUST 1983:

128+132 Bray-Dublin Pearse (07 50 Rosslare Harbour-Dublin Connolly)
149+157 Dublin Pearse-Bray (18 20 Dublin Connolly-Rosslare Harbour)

 

[Harvester]

Tuesday 27 August 1991

A visit to the NYMR.

30(841) 12:05 Grosmont-Goathland
80135 16:13 Goathland-Grosmont

This appears to be my last run behind 841 Greene King, before it’s unforeseen demise a few years later.

 

[37166]

Sunday 27 August 1989

08613 Crewe P1 - Crewe P1
47351 Crewe - Stafford
47577 Stafford - Crewe
47351 Crewe - Wigan North Western
47145 Wigan North Western - Crewe
47358 Crewe - Warrington Bank Quay

* non ETH 47's out today around North West - 145/190/233/307/324/340/347/349/351/353/358/372

 

[1971martin]

Friday 27th August 2010

91127 1430 Kings X - Newcastle
91128 1746 Newcastle - Edinburgh