Back in the day...

[xotGD]

Not a bad consolation, that 37!
I thought it was my 1.25 miles moves between Edinburgh and Haymarket that could be described as dreadful! I was never content with anything under 10 miles - and certainly not for anything decent! But it just about counts for haulage.....!
There's a ML 37 coming up later this week

37250 was always considered to be special and treated with reverence by Syphon Bashers in the north east of England. Eventually, we all got it in the book after having missed it out of Newcastle on the stopper to Edinburgh one Saturday - most of us were further south at the time, but one chap despairingly witnessed it roll into Waverley.

Still to be enjoyed on the Wensleydale, but I was rather put out by the Thornaby depot sticker it was carrying last time I visited! It will always be a Gateshead loco in my mind.

 

[1971martin]

Friday 19th September 2014 - For the SVR Autumn Steam Gala

321336 0655 Stratford - Shenfield
90005 0720 Shenfield - Ipswich
90008 0820 Ipswich - Liverpool St
67008 1015 Marylebone - Banbury
67018 1140 Banbury - Marylebone
378230 1720 Stratford - Willesden Jn
3231-3358 (Bakerloo line) 1803 Willesden Jn - Queens Park
378210 1817 Queens Park - Euston
90034 1843 Euston - Birmingham NS
323217 2108 Birmingham NS - Smethwick GB
172214 2132 Smethwick GB - Stourbridge Jn
139001 2155 Stourbridge Jn - Stourbridge Town
139001 2210 Stourbridge Town - Stourbridge Jn
172332 2227 Stourbridge Jn - Kidderminster
GWR 2857 2300 Kidderminster - Bridgnorth

 

[D6130]

37250 was always considered to be special and treated with reverence by Syphon Bashers in the north east of England. Eventually, we all got it in the book after having missed it out of Newcastle on the stopper to Edinburgh one Saturday - most of us were further south at the time, but one chap despairingly witnessed it roll into Waverley.

Still to be enjoyed on the Wensleydale, but I was rather put out by the Thornaby depot sticker it was carrying last time I visited! It will always be a Gateshead loco in my mind.

Yes....but the Redmire trips were always diagrammed for a Thornaby loco, so maybe the Wensleydale guys were in need of a nostalgia fix. Now if they were to swap 250 for 075 off the Worth Valley, maybe everyone would be happy.... especially you! (Sorry mods.... drifting off topic slightly!)

 

[D1511]

37250 was always considered to be special and treated with reverence by Syphon Bashers in the north east of England. Eventually, we all got it in the book after having missed it out of Newcastle on the stopper to Edinburgh one Saturday - most of us were further south at the time, but one chap despairingly witnessed it roll into Waverley.

Was there anything particularly rare about 250 compared to the others?....I would have though that most of the non boilered NE based engines would have been relatively rare on passenger outings. I'd imagine it would have been much the same for LE and CF nb locos too, with the exception of the Lickey bankers! I remember one of the Scottish Syphon boys telling me about a LE 37 that turned up on some rescued DMU in the valleys somewhere or other and the bashers had to wipe the coal dust off the number to see which one it actually was!

 

[xotGD]

Was there anything particularly rare about 250 compared to the others?....I would have though that most of the non boilered NE based engines would have been relatively rare on passenger outings.

I don't think it was any rarer than the others. Being the highest number 37 allocated to Gateshead might have been a factor, and one of only four in the 372xx series (212, 216 and 242 being the others).

 

[D1511]

I don't think it was any rarer than the others. Being the highest number 37 allocated to Gateshead might have been a factor, and one of only four in the 372xx series (212, 216 and 242 being the others).

Ah well, at least we both got it in the book while it still had a GD sticker on it!

 

[xotGD]

Ah well, at least we both got it in the book while it still had a GD sticker on it!

Reposted from upthread, this was the day I first had 250...


37250 | 37 250 at Carlisle waiting to work a DMU replacement… | Flickr

 

[D6130]

Reposted from upthread, this was the day I first had 250...


37250 | 37 250 at Carlisle waiting to work a DMU replacement… | Flickr

Is that a first class coach that I see behind the loco?

 

[QJ]

Saturday 20 September 1980 (CIÉ A and C plus 121,141,181 class haulage day)
214 0620 Dublin Connolly - Wicklow (Dublin Connolly to Dún Laoghaire)
168 0700 Dún Laoghaire Carlisle Pier - Dublin Connolly (Dún Laoghaire Carlisle Pier to Dublin Connolly)
191 0715 Dún Laoghaire Carlisle Pier - Dublin Heuston (Dublin Connolly to Islandbridge Junction)
221 0715 Dún Laoghaire Carlisle Pier - Dublin Heuston (Islandbridge Junction to Dublin Heuston)
058 0905 Dublin Heuston - Westport (Dublin Heuston to Tullamore)
131+132 0745 Westport - Dublin Heuston (Tullamore to Portarlington)
060 1045 Dublin Heuston - Galway Ceannt (Portarlington to Woodlawn)
082 1300 Galway Ceannt - Dublin Heuston (Woodlawn to Kildare)
039 1445 Dublin Heuston - Waterford Plunkett (Kildare to Waterford Plunkett)
177 1600 Limerick Colbert - Rosslare Harbour Pier (Waterford Plunkett to Rosslare Harbour Main)
125+128 1800 Dublin Connolly - Rosslare Harbour Pier (Rosslare Harbour Main to Rosslare Harbour Pier) 40 chains but still counts!
IMO 7360605 (aka mv Stena Normandica) 0S00 Rosslare Harbour to Fishguard Sealink Ferry service


Thursday 20 September 1990 (SNCF haulage and track bashing day)
22270+22379 5919 0009 Paris Lyon - Beziers (Moulins sur Allier to Clermont Ferrand)
22270 190 0603 Clermont Ferrand - Paris Lyon (Clermont Ferrand to Vichy)
72061 ???? Vichy - Clermont Ferrand (Vichy to Clermont Ferrand)
1*X2800 DMU 0754 Clermont Ferrand - Brive la Gaillard (Clermont Ferrand to Laqueuille)
2*X2800 DMU 0913 Laqueuille - Le Mont Dore (Laqueuille to Le Mont Dore)
67502 192 1100 Le Mont Dore - Paris Lyon (Le Mont Dore to Clermont Ferrand)
1*X2800+1*XR6000 DMU 1258 Clermont Ferrand - Montluçon Ville (Clermont Ferrand - Montluçon Ville)
1*X2800 DMU 1610 Montluçon Ville - Felletin (Montluçon Ville - Felletin)
1*X2800 DMU 1825 Felletin - Busseau sur Creuse (Felletin to Busseau sur Creuse)
1*T2000 RTG 1539 Lyon Perrache - Bordeaux Saint Jean (Busseau sur Creuse to Bordeaux Saint Jean)

 

[xotGD]

Is that a first class coach that I see behind the loco?

Good spot! Heaton just lashed up sets with whatever they had. I guess I got to travel in style when I baled on at Hexham.

 

[Magdalia]

I don't think it was any rarer than the others. Being the highest number 37 allocated to Gateshead might have been a factor, and one of only four in the 372xx series (212, 216 and 242 being the others).

I don't see what the fuss is about. I had both 37212 and 37250 on commuting journeys, 37212 0703 from Cambridge on 16/08/83 and 37250 1805 to Norwich via Cambridge on 12/09/83.

 

[D1511]

I don't see what the fuss is about. I had both 37212 and 37250 on commuting journeys, 37212 0703 from Cambridge on 16/08/83 and 37250 1805 to Norwich via Cambridge on 12/09/83.

Your chocolate watch is in the post

 

[1971martin]

Friday 20th September 2013 - MNR Diesel Gala, then towards the SVR for their Autumn Steam Gala

90013 0838 Stratford - Norwich
170206 1040 Norwich - Wymondham
158806 1709 Wymondham Ely
365521 1808 Ely - Kings X
390104 2023 Euston - Birmingham NS
172332 2214 Birmingham NS - Stourbridge Jn
172337 2255 Stourbridge Jn - Rowley Regis
172338 2316 Rowley Regis - Kidderminster

At the MNR rode behind D6700, 37003, 73210

Saturday 20th September 2014 - SVR Autumn Steam Gala

Rode behind the following -

BR 5MT 4-6-0 73129
GWR 2800 2857
LMS 4MT 2-6-0 43106
LMS 4F 0-6-0 43924
SDJR 2-8-0 88
SR WC 4-6-2 34053

Homewards

172338 1655 Kidderminster - Smethwick GB
158825+158829 1720 Smethwick GB - Birmingham NS
390124 1750 Birmingham NS - Euston

 

[QJ]

Sunday 21 September 1980 (after a week in Eire)
47137 BR 1A11 0200 Fishguard Harbour - London Paddington (Fishguard Harbour to Swansea)
47105 CF 1A11 0200 Fishguard Harbour - London Paddington (Swansea to London Paddington via OVE line - Tondu (RM) - Bridgend - Severn Tunnel - Bristol Temple Meads (RM) Box - Swindon)

Saturday 21 September 1985 (GW150)
98243 (aka 46443) LMS 2MT 2-6-0 1105 Bristol Temple Meads - Bristol Harbour Halt (Bristol Temple Meads to Bristol Harbour Halt)
47002 BS 1M86 1000 Paignton - Liverpool Lime Street (Bristol Temple Meads to Birmingham New Street)
47348 CD 1E14 1025 Portsmouth Harbour - Leeds (Birmingham New Street to Nottingham)
1*120 DMU 1430 Crewe - Lincoln Central (Nottingham to Lincoln Central)
1*108 DMU 1657 Cleethorpes - Newark Northgate (Lincoln Central to Newark Northgate)
1*HST 1745 Leeds - London Kings Cross (Newark Northgate to London Kings Cross)
1*119 DMU 2100 London Paddington - Didcot (London Paddington to Reading)

Friday 21 September 1990 (SNCF track and traction week)
72019 0006 Bordeaux - Nantes (Bordeaux to Nantes)
67424 + 67407 6849 2215 (20/09) 2215 Lyon Perrache - Brest (Nantes to Brest)
2*(1*X2100+1*XR6000) 8684 1126 Brest - Lorient (Brest - Quimper)
72018 1338 Quimper - Brest (Quimper to Brest)
22366 3616 1519 Brest - Paris Vaugirard (Brest to Guingamp)
1*X97150 DMU Guingamp to Paimpol and return
1*X4500+1*X8300 DMU Guingamp to Rennes
22352 1907 Rennes - Brest (Rennes to Brest)
22381 2240 Brest - Paris Vaugirard (Brest to Rennes)

 

[D1511]

Friday 21st Sep 1984

1C92 16.10 Edinburgh - Manchester Picc
47376 xos CD Edinburgh - Carstairs (27.75)

1Z12 12.05 Bristol TM - Edinburgh
37125 xo ML Carstairs - Edinburgh (27.75)

 

[1971martin]

Friday 21st September 2012 - Mid Norfolk Railway Class 47 50th Anniversary gala, then on to the SVR for the Autumn Steam Gala

365517+365524 0915 Kings X - Cambridge
170203 1012 Cambridge - Wymondham
47579 1205 Wymondham - Dereham
47375 1300 Dereham - Wymondham
47703 1415 Wymondham - Dereham
47401 1610 Dereham - Wymondham
170203 1747 Wymondham - Cambridge
365525+365520 1915 Cambridge - Kings X
390049 2023 Euston - Birmingham NS
168217 2158 Birmingham MS - Kidderminster
LMS 43106 2250 Kidderminster - Bridgnorth

Saturday 21st September 2013 - SVR Autumn Steam Gala

rode behind the following -

GWR Manor 7812 Erlestoke Manor
GWR 2800 2-8-0 2857
SR Schools 925 Cheltenham
LMS Duchess 46233 Duchess of Sutherland

then homeward

172340 1536 Kidderminster - Smethwick GB
323217 1604 Smethwick GB - Birmingham NS
390107 1630 Birmingham NS - Euston

Sunday 21st September 2014 - Epping Ongar Railway Diesel Gala

rode behind the following -

31438, 33202, 73134, D6729

 

[Harvester]

Sunday 22nd September 1996

158750 11:00 Derby-Doncaster
91021 12:36 Doncaster-Darlington

 

[37166]

Tuesday 22 September 1998

87035 Birmingham International-Wolverhampton 1J39 1815 London Euston-Shrewsbury
37426 Wolverhampton-Birmingham International 1G79 1823 Holyhead-Birmingham International

If i remember correctly 47283 was allocated to 1J39 so we drove to International for it, what we didn't know was that Bescot had conjured up a EH 47, 47283 was at Wolverhampton in the bay sidings, one that got away from me.

 

[Jamesrob637]

12 years ago:

Interlaken to Mannheim
Mannheim to Köln
Köln to Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf to Duisburg
Duisburg to Oberhausen
Oberhausen to Amsterdam

Some were ICE and some were IC. I was on an Interrail pass so valid on all without the need for seat reservations.

 

[1971martin]

Saturday 22nd September 2012 - SVR Autumn Steam Gala

Rode behind the following -

GWR Large Prairie 5164
GWR 2800 2-8-0 2857
LMS 4MT 2-6-0 43106
LNWR 0-4-4T Coal Tank 7799
LSWR 4-4-0 T9 30120
SR 2-6-0 U 31806
SR 4-6-2 Battle of Britain 34053 Sir Keith Park

Then homewards

172211 1736 Kidderminster - Birmingham MS
390002 1830 Birmingham NS - Euston

 

[1971martin]

Friday 23rd September 2011 - Positioning move for the SVR Autumn Steam Gala

90041 1843 Euston - Wolverhampton
390031 2047 Wolverhampton - Birmingham NS
168002 2100 Birmingham MS - Kidderminster (28 late start)
GWR 4160 2320 Kidderminster - Bridgnorth

 

[1971martin]

Friday 24th September 2010 - Positioning move for the SVR Autumn Steam Gala

90036 1846 Euston - Stafford
350106 2042 Stafford - Birmingham NS
168001 2159 Birmingham MS - Kidderminster
LMS 5690 Leander 2325 Kidderminster - Bridgnorth

Saturday 24th September 2011 - SVR Autumn Steam Gala

Rode behind the following -

Caledonian Railway 828
GWR Large Prairie 4160
GWR King 6024 King Edward I
LMS 2MT 46443
LNER A1 60163 Tornado
BR 9F 92212

Homeward

150122 1807 Kidderminster - Birmingham MS
390043 1910 Birmingham NS - Euston

 

[1971martin]

Saturday 25th September 2010 - SVR Autumn Steam Gala

Rode behind the following

GWR Collett Goods 3205
GWR City 3440 City of Truro
GWR Large Prairie 5164
GWR Small Prairie 5542
GWR Pannier 5764
GWR Manor 7802 Bradley Manor
LMS 4MT 2-6-0 43106
LMS 2MT 2-6-0 46443
LMS Jubilee 4-6-0 5690 Leander
SR Battle of Britain 34070 Manston

 

[Harvester]

Sunday 26th September 2004

91112 14:26 Darlington-York
220??? 15:18 York-Derby
156401 16:57 Derby-Beeston

 

[1971martin]

Sunday 26th September 2010 - SVR Autumn Steam Gala

Rode behind the following

GWR Large Prairie 5164
GWR Manor 7812 Erlestoke Manor
LMS Jubilee 4-6-0 5690 Leander
LMS 4MT 2-6-0 43106
SR Battle of Britain 34070 Manston

Then homewards

150126 1604 Kidderminster - Birmingham MS
390034 1650 Birmingham NS - Euston

 

[1971martin]

Monday 27th September 2010

43196+43024 1030 Paddington - Reading
43155+43036 1111 Reading - Newport
67005+(67026) 1300 Newport - Cardiff C
67026+(67005) 1400 Cardiff C - Bristol TM
43384+43321 1530 Bristol TM - Bristol P
43188+43133 1607 Bristol P - Cardiff C
67020+(67022) 1700 Cardiff C - Filton Abbey Wood
158767 1748 Filton Abbey Wood - Bristol P
43015+43170 1800 Bristol P - Paddington

 

[Harvester]

Friday 27th September 1991

156486 16:33 Sheffield-Doncaster
91020 17:08 Doncaster-Darlington

 

[Falcon1200]

Sunday 27th September 1998 (day late with this one but worth including I thought)
156430 2044 Patterton-Glasgow Central - The Neilston branch was closed beyond Patterton for engineering work and, enterprisingly, Railtrack and Scotrail ran a DMU service, running in both directions over the Up line between Patterton and Muirend where the then-Ground Frame controlled crossover was used. This is the only time, in over 30 years of using the Neilston service, that I have known DMUs to work the route.

Wednesday 28th September 1983
50025 0925 Didcot-Paddington (Didcot-Reading)
47448 1440 Paddington-Liverpool (Reading-Oxford) CORRECTION, this was actually the 1440 Poole-Liverpool

Monday 28th September 2009
43183+43169 0931 Oxford-Paddington

Sunday 28th September 2014
91117 1356 Kings X-Leeds (Doncaster-Wakefield Westgate)
91131 1616 Leeds-Kings X (Wakefield Westgate-Doncaster)

 

[D1511]

I'm guessing that's 47448?

 

[Falcon1200]

I'm guessing that's 47448?

Yes indeed! There were of course only 5 Class 48s and they were gone before TOPS anyway.....

Post amended, thanks.