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Sunday 1st April 1984

By 1984 bashing had taken a back seat and I now found myself following York City. This was in their record breaking season winning the League Division 4. Today there was even enough support for their own FOOTEX!
City beat Peterborough 2-0.

47105 York-Peterborough (1228 York-Peterborough) FOOTEX
45019 Peterborough-York (1715 Peterborough-York) Return FOOTEX
A York City Footex? On April 1st?

You almost had me for a moment! ;)
 
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Good Friday 1st April 1983

33104 Dorchester South-Bournemouth (1W08 0730 Weymouth-Waterloo)
REP Bournemouth-Southampton Central (1W08)
33033 Southampton Central-St Denys (2H13 0840 Salisbury-Portsmouth Hbr)
DEMU St Denys-Southampton Central
33018 Southampton Central-Warminster (1V21 0915 Portsmouth Hbr-Cardiff)
33026 Warminster-Southampton Central (1O69 0900 Cardiff-Portsmouth Hbr)
33009 Southampton Central-Warminster (1V25 1117 Portsmouth Hbr-Bristol)
33004 Warminster-Fareham (1O75 1214 Bristol-Portsmouth Hbr)
33007 Fareham-Warminster (1V29 1415 Portsmouth Hbr-Cardiff)
33009 Warminster-Southampton Central (1O83 1514 Bristol-Portsmouth Hbr)
33049 Southampton Central-Warminster (1V33 1615 Portsmouth Hbr-Cardiff)
33007 Warminster-Southampton Central (1O87 1615 Cardiff-Portsmouth Hbr)
REP Southampton Central-Bournemouth (1W43 1746 Waterloo-Weymouth)
33114 Bournemouth-Dorchester South (1W43)

Tuesday 1st April 1986

50023 Yeovil Jn-Salisbury (1O10 0938 Exeter-Waterloo)
DEMU 1105 Salisbury-Southampton Central (1140 Salisbury-Portsmouth Hbr)
47618 Southampton Central-Basingstoke (1M14 1140 Poole-Manchester)
47479 Basingstoke-Bournemouth (1O15 0900 Manchester-Poole)
47533 Bournemouth-Southampton Central (1M23 1440 Poole-Liverpool)
47409 Southampton Central-Poole (1Z19 0940 Leeds-Poole relief)
47479 Poole-Basingstoke (1M40 1705 Poole-Liverpool)
33112 Basingstoke-Yeovil Jn (1V18 1810 Waterloo-Yeovil Jn)

Good Friday 1st April 1988

33039 Yeovil PM-Bristol TM (0655 Yeovil-Bristol)
33029 Bristol TM-Fareham (0900 Cardiff-Portsmouth Hbr)
DEMU 205025 Fareham-Portsmouth Hbr (1106 Romsey-Portsmouth Hbr)
33033 Portsmouth Hbr-Bristol TM (1315 Portsmouth HYbr-Bristol)
33009 Bristol TM-Salisbury (1510 Cardiff-Brighton)
33013 Salisbury-Bath (1615 Portsmouth Hbr-Cardiff)
33115 Bath-Warminster (1710 Cardiff-Portsmouth Hbr)
33004 Warminster-Bath (1815 Portsmouth Hbr-Cardiff)
33065 Bath-Westbury (2015 Bristol-Portsmouth Hbr)
DMU C930 Westbury-Yeovil PM (2110 Westbury-Weymouth)

Wednesday 1st April 1992

47702 Yeovil Jn-Honiton (1100 Waterloo-Exeter)
47710 Honiton-Yeovil Jn (1422 Exeter-Waterloo)
47703 Yeovil Jn-Feniton (1315 Waterloo-Exeter)
47702 Feniton-Tisbury (1622 Exeter-Waterloo)
47707 Tisbury-Yeovil Jn (1615 Waterloo-Yeovil)
47703 Yeovil JN-Andover (1738 Exeter-Waterloo)
47709 Andover-Sherborne (1915 Waterloo-Yeovil)
 

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Saturday 01 April 1978 (a track bashing weekend starting in the NW and ending in the SW via the SE)
86018 WN 0249 Stafford - Liverpool Lime Street (Stafford to Crewe) coaches detached from 2315 (31/03) London Euston - Manchester Piccadilly hauled by 86244 WN
47483 CD 0218 Crewe - Holyhead (Crewe to Chester)
47501 CD 0110 Holyhead to London Euston (Chester to Crewe)
25063 CD 0600 Crewe - Cardiff Central (Crewe to Wem)
1*120(3) DMU CH 0623 Shrewsbury - Crewe (Wem to Crewe)
1*304 EMU 0838 Crewe - Liverpool Lime Street (Crewe to Liverpool Lime Street)

WRC Hundred of Wirral Railtour featuring 25201 KD throughout and 25294 CD top and tail between Birkenhead North and Heswall
(highlights included loco haulage to New Brighton and West Kirkby plus the Bidston North to West curve)
To complete my Wirral track bash I sampled class 503 EMU From Lime Street to Birkenhead North and return followed by Rock Ferry and return after which
a late evening leap to Kirkby by class 502 was taken before setting off south.

1*304 EMU 2245 Liverpool Lime Street - Crewe (Liverpool Lime Street to Crewe)


Sunday 02 April 1978
86239 2045 Barrow in Furness - London Euston (Crewe to London Euston)
for the well trodden yomp to London Victoria for the Newspaper trains
73103 SL 1A96 0440 London Victoria - Eastbourne (London Victoria to East Croydon)
73121 SL 1C00 0445 London Victoria - Horsham (East Croydon to Three Bridges)
1*4VEP EMU BI (with 2*2HAP detached at Gatwick Airport) 0528 Brighton to London Victoria (Three Bridges to Clapham Junction)
2*2SAP EMU WD 0630 London Waterloo to London Waterloo
(Richmond Kingston Wimbledon looper)

LVRC Atlantic Coast Express featuring 33105 EH + 33108 EH top and tail (1*4TC+1*RMB+1*4TC)
(highlights included Crediton to Okehampton and Meldon and Barnstaple to Torrington and Meeth)
 
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Easter Sunday 3rd April 1983

50020 Yeovil Jn-Andover (1O10 0945 Exeter-Waterloo)
33025 Andover-Salisbury (1V11 1110 Waterloo-Exeter)
33101 Salisbury-Southampton Central (1O75 1205 Bristol-Portsmouth)
47559 Southampton Central-Basingstoke (1E20 1322 Poole-Newcastle)
33104 Basingstoke-Portsmouth Hbr (2O10 1500 Reading-Portsmouth)
EMU Portsmouth Hbr-Havant
33001 Havant-Salisbury (1V34 1620 Brighton-Bristol)
50020 Salisbury-Yeovil Jn (1V17 1710 Waterloo-Exeter)

Easter Sunday 3rd April 1988

33057 Yeovil Jn-Salisbury (0723 Yeovil-Salisbury)
DEMU 205026 Salisbury-Southampton Central (0845 Salisbury-Portsmouth)
33022 Southampton Central-Warminster (0915 Portsmouth-Cardiff)
33039 Warminster-Portsmouth Hbr (1006 Bristol-Portsmouth)
33118 Portsmouth Hbr-Cosham (1403 Portsmouth-Reading)
33008 Cosham-Portsmouth Hbr (1208 Bristol-Portsmouth)
33065 Portsmouth Hbr-Bristol TM (1515 Portsmouth-Cardiff)
33022 Bristol TM-Salisbury (1615 Cardiff-Brighton)
50029 Salisbury-Yeovil Jn (1910 Waterloo-Exeter)

Friday 3rd April 1992

47801 Yeovil Jn-Salisbury (1217 Exeter-Waterloo)
47715 Salisbury-Sherborne (1315 Waterloo-Exeter)
47710 Sherborne-Salisbury (1422 Exeter-Waterloo)
47717 Salisbury-Honiton (1515 Waterloo-Exeter) Fail Honiton
47715(47717 DIT) Honiton-Exeter St.Davids (1515 Waterloo-Exeter)
47712 Exeter St Davids-Sherborne (1940 Exeter-Basingstoke)

Saturday 3rd April 1993

47715 Yeovil Jn-Tisbury (0645 Exeter-Waterloo)
47706 Tisbury-Exeter St Davids (0745 Basingstoke-Exeter)
47711 Exeter St Davids-Gillingham (0923 Plymouth-Waterloo)
47714 Gillingham-Exeter St Davids (1115 Waterloo-Exeter)
47714 Exeter St Davids-Tisbury (1422 Exeter-Waterloo)
47703 Tisbury-Yeovil Jn (1515 Waterloo-Exeter)
47715 Yeovil Jn-Tisbury (1622 Wxeter-Waterloo)
47706 Tisbury-Feniton (1715 Waterloo-Exeter)
47703 Feniton-Sherborne (2027 Exeter-Basingstoke)
 

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Thursday 3rd April 1980

The start of an All Line Rover. I was just filling in time before the East Coast overnights.

40067 York-Leeds (2025 York-Liverpool LS)
47530 Leeds-York (1905 Liverpool LS-York)
40083 York-Leeds (2150 York-Shrewsbury)
47501 Leeds-York (2040 Liverpool LS-York)

Friday 3rd April 1981

55008 York-Peterborough (1810 York-Kings Cross)
55018 Peterborough-Doncaster (1935 Kings Cross-Hull)
55011 Doncaster-York (2015 Kings Cross-Edinburgh)

Saturday 3rd April 1982

E51205 York-Doncaster (1047 York-Doncaster)
46029 Doncaster-York (2000 Kings Cross-Aberdeen)
 

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Sunday 3 April 1988
SNCF 67416 0335 Calais Maritime - Paris St Lazare (Calais Maritime to Amiens)
SNCF 16524 0335 Calais Maritime - Paris St Lazare (Amiens to Paris St Lazare)
SNCF 67448 0840 Paris St Lazare - Dives Cabourg (St Lazare to Trouville)
SNCF 66452 0840 Paris St Lazare - Dives Cabourg (Trouville to Dives Cabourg)
for a 22 kilometre walk to Caen (no public transport owing to a public holiday in France. A big oops! Not what I had envisaged03/.)
SNCF 67451 + SNCF 67508 1734 Caen - Paris St Lazare (Caen - Paris St Lazare)
SNCF 72074 2240 Paris Est - Basel (Paris to Mulhouse)

in prior years

Saturday 03 April 1976
D1023 LA 1A55 2110 (02/04) 2110 Penzance - London Paddington (Plymouth to London Paddington)
for a shed bash around London during the course of which I caught a Hitchin to Broad Street service from Finsbury Park formed of 1*105(2) DMU.

Saturday 03 April 1982
31118 BR + 50023 LA 1B02 2359 (02/04) London Paddington - Penzance (Exeter Saint Davids to Pymouth)
50010 LA 1M88 0605 Plymouth - Liverpool Lime Street (Plymouth to Bristol Temple Meads)
for 1Z31 BLS Bristol and Gloucester charter formed 1*101(3)+1*121 DMU
(highlights included Tytherington / Sharpness / Worcester SH Goods line / Ashchurch MOD / Llanthony Goods / Sudbrook / Bristol Parkway to Hallen Marsh)
45057 TO 1950 Cardiff Central - Newton Abbot (Bristol Temple Meads to Newton Abbot)
HST PM (43128+43127) 2025 London Paddington - Plymouth (Exeter Saint Davids to Plymouth)
 
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Saturday 4th April 1987

33203 Yeovil PM-Bristol TM (2B77 0655 Yeovil-Cardiff)
33028 Bristol TM-Yeovil PM (2O60 1618 Bristol-Weymouth)

Easter Monday 4th April 1988

33112 Yeovil Jn-Salisbury (0723 Yeovil-Salisbury)
DEMU 207010 Salisbury-Romsey (0845 Salisbury-Portsmouth)
33013 Romsey-Bristol TM (0815 Portsmouth-Cardiff)
33011 Bristol TM-Salisbury (1010 Cardiff-Portsmouth)
33026 Salisbury-Bristol TM (1115 Portsmouth-Cardiff)
33065 Bristol TM-Cardiff (1115 Portsmouth-Cardiff)
33065 Cardiff-Bristol TM (1510 Cardiff-Brighton)
33065 Bristol TM-Romsey (1620 Cardiff-Portsmouth)
33009 Romsey-Salisbury (1815 Portsmouth-Cardiff)
47647 Salisbury-Yeovil Jn (1712 Brighton-Exeter)

Saturday 4th April 1992

47703 Sherborne-Templecombe (0610 Yeovil-Waterloo)
33102 Templecombe-Crewkerne (0605 Salisbury-Exeter)
47715 Crewkerne-Tisbury (0645 Exeter-Waterloo)
33114 Tisbury-Sherborne (0745 Basingstoke-Exeter)
47709 Sherborne-Salisbury (0810 Exeter-Waterloo)
47714 Salisbury-Crewkerne (0915 Waterloo-Exeter)
47801 Crewkerne-Tisbury (0945 Plymouth-Waterloo)
47712 Tisbury-Feniton (1115 Waterloo-Exeter)
47714 Feniton-Yeovil Jn (1422 Exeter-Waterloo)
47715 Yeovil Jn-Feniton (1315 Waterloo-Exeter)
47712 Feniton-Salisbury (1622 Exeter-Waterloo)
47702 Salisbury-Templecombe (1715 Waterloo-Exeter)
47715 Templecombe-Woking (1738 Exeter-Waterloo)
47703 Woking-Yeovil Jn (2040 Waterloo-Yeovil)

Sunday 4th April 1999

DMU Yeovil Jn-Exeter St Davids (0827 Basingstoke-Exeter)
HST Exeter St Davids-Totnes (0830 Paddington-Penzance)
47848 Totnes-Cheltenham (0945 Penzance-Manchester)
47828 Cheltenham-Plymouth (1250 Preston-Plymouth)
47828 Plymouth-Exeter St Davids (2015 Plymouth-Bristol)
DMU Exeter St Davids-Yeovil Jn (2255 Exeter-Salisbury)
 

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Friday 4th April 1980

All Line Rover Day 1 of 7.
My plan was to head to Edinburgh but the only Deltic (55022) on a northbound train with seats was the 2315 KX-AB which was non-stop York. I headed south with a duff to try and make a minus connection, unsuccessfully, at Doncaster. Plan B - spend a day in England.

47528 York-Doncaster (2025 Edinburgh-Kings Cross)
55008 Doncaster-Kings Cross (2230 Edinburgh-Kings Cross)
55008 Kings Cross-Hull (0805 Kings Cross-Hull)
55008 Hull-Doncaster (1245 Hull-Kings Cross)
55011 Doncaster-York (1220 Kings Cross-York)
55022 York-Kings Cross (0850 Aberdeen-Kings Cross) Relief
55008 Kings Cross-Grantham (1805 Kings Cross-York)
55015 Grantham-Kings Cross (1811 York-Kings Cross)
55021 Kings Cross-Doncaster(2230 Kings Cross-Edinburgh)

Saturday 4th April 1981

This was the only time I had a Deltic into Carstairs station. After arrival there No.17 worked light back to Haymarket. I was stuck with 47711!

55022 York-Edinburgh (2230 Kings Cross-Edinburgh)
55011 Edinburgh-York (0950 Edinburgh-Plymouth)
55011 York-Edinburgh (0722 Plymouth-Edinburgh)
55017 Edinburgh-Carstairs (1825 Edinburgh-Macclesfield) Return ADEX
47711 Carstairs-Edinburgh (1931 Carstairs-Edinburgh)
55022 Edinburgh-Kings Cross (1915 Aberdeen-Kings Cross)
via Stockton,York Yard South, Lincoln & Sleaford
31323 Holgate South Jnc-York (1915 Aberdeen-Kings Cross)

Monday 4th April 1983

A trip to Bury to watch York City get beat 3-1. IIRC this was the first time I travelled into the new Bury Interchange station.

31415 York-Leeds (1015 Scarborough-Leeds)
45110 Leeds-Manchester Victoria (1100 Scarborough-Liverpool LS)
M65459M Manchester Vic-Bury (1345 Manchester Vic-Bury)
M65459M Bury-Manchester Vic (1715 Bury-Manchester Vic)
47481 Manchester Vic-York (1705 Liverpool LS-Scarborough)
 

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Saturday 5th April 1980

All Line Rover Day 2 of 7

Today I am at Doncaster in good time to catch the 2315 KX-AB. It is once again worked by 55022. The aim of the day was to cover any relief trains out of Edinburgh. After a fill-in move to Kirkcaldy, 55004 duly obliged on a relief to the Cross.

55022 Doncaster-Edinburgh (2315 Kings Cross-Aberdeen)
Sc50749+51475 Edinburgh-Haymarket (0705 Edinburgh-Dunblane)
26044 Haymarket-Edinburgh (0643 Carstairs-Edinburgh)
40060 Edinburgh-Kirkcaldy (0950 Edinburgh-Inverness)
40068 Kirkcaldy-Edinburgh (1006 Dundee-Kings Cross) Relief
55004 Edinburgh-Doncaster (1006 Dundee-Kings Cross) Relief
55006 Doncaster-Grantham (1550 York-Kings Cross)
55019 Grantham-Newark Northgate (1605 Kings Cross-York)
55007 Newark Northgate-Kings Cross(1630 Hull-Kings Cross)
55009 Kings Cross-Edinburgh (2000 Kings Cross-Aberdeen)
via Leamside, High Level Bridge & Carlisle

Sunday 5th April 1981

Engineering work just north of York station meant that all arrivals and departures from the north were being dragged in and out of the station and re-routed via York Yard South. I also picked up my last 46 (excepting 005 & 024, the first two to be withdrawn). 002 had been stored for 3 or 4 months and unexpectedly it was reinstated for a short period before withdrawal later in the year.

55019 Kings Cross-York (1005 Kings Cross-York)
31323 York-Holgate South Jnc (1040 Liverpool LS-Newcastle)
47532 Holgate South Jnc-Darlington (1040 Liverpool LS-Newcastle)
via York Yard South
55013 Darlington-Holgate South Jnc (1125 Edinburgh-Plymouth)
via York Yard South
08525 Holgate South Jnc-York (1125 Edinburgh-Plymouth)
55019 York-Doncaster (1550 York-Kings Cross)
55008 Doncaster-York (1405 Kings Cross-York)
08525 York-Holgate South Jnc (1120 Swindon-Edinburgh)
55016 Holgate South Jnc-Durham (1120 Swindon-Edinburgh)
via York Yard South
46002 Durham-Darlington (1905 Newcastle-Liverpool LS)
47101 Darlington-Holgate South Jnc (2128 Newcastle-Kings Cross)
via York Yard South
31323 Holgate South Jnc-York (2128 Newcastle-Kings Cross)

Tuesday 5th April 1983

47488 York-Stalybridge (0710 York-Liverpool LS)
M51930+52045 Stalybridge-Stockport (0856 Stalybridge-Stockport)
87015 Stockport-Crewe (0915 Manchester Pic-Euston)
81019 Crewe-Birmingham NS (0925 Manchester Pic-Poole)
45060 Birmingham NS-Derby (1006 Exeter St Davids-York) Relief
45012 Derby-York (0935 Poole-York) Relief

Saturday 5th April 1986

45103 York-Leeds (0955 Scarborough-Liverpool LS)
45125 Leeds-York (0921 Bangor-Newcastle)
 

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Saturday 6th April 1985

33005 Yeovil Jn-Basingstoke (1O04 0643 Exeter-Waterloo)
47519 Basingstoke-Southampton C (1O01 0805 Portsmouth-Poole)
47446 Southampton C-Basingstoke (1E63 0940 Poole-Newcastle)
47443 Basingstoke-Poole (1O03 0650 Liverpool-Poole)
47443 Poole-Winchester (1M23 1440 Poole-Liverpool)
47519 Winchester-Bournemouth (1O19 0805 Newcastle-Poole)
47213 Bournemouth-Reading (1M40 1710 Poole-Liverpool)
47213 Reading-Basingstoke (1O23 1540 Liverpool-Poole)
33050 Basingstoke-Yeovil Jn (1V20 2038 Waterloo-Yeovil)

Sunday 6th April 1986

33109 Yeovil Jn-Salisbury (2O82 0723 Yeovil-Salisbury)
DEMU 1128+1131 Salisbury-Romsey (0844 Salisbury-Portsmouth)
33119 Romsey-Basingstoke (1B10 0758 Bournemouth-Waterloo) via Laverstock Jn
33119 Basingstoke-Brockenhurst (1W21 0945 Waterloo-Weymouth) via Laverstock Jn and Chandlers Ford
33116 Brockenhurst-Basingstoke (1W22 1051 Weymouth-Waterloo) via Chandlers Ford and Laverstock Jn
47634 Basingstoke-Gillingham (1Z13 1310 Waterloo-Yeovil relief)
33055 Gillingham-Salisbury (1O16 1345 Exeter-Waterloo)
33040 Salisbury-Fareham (1O83 1503 Bristol-Portsmouth)
33049 Fareham-Salisbury (1V34 1617 Brighton-Bristol)
33043 Salisbury-Basingstoke (1L12 1825 Salisbury-Waterloo)
33103 Basingstoke-Winchester (2O15 1900 Reading-Portsmouth)
47557 Winchester-Southampton C (1O25 1416 Preston-Poole)
33035 Southampton C-Salisbury (1V38 2015 Portsmouth-Bristol)
50045 Salisbury-Yeovil Jn (1V20 2010 Waterloo-Exeter)
 

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Thursday 6th April 1978

DMU York-Leeds (0657 York-Leeds)
DMU Leeds-Stalybridge (0745 Leeds-Liverpool LS)
DMU Stalybridge-Stockport (0852 Stalybridge-Stockport)
86241 Stockport-Crewe (0912 Manchester Pic-Euston)
EMU Crewe-Manchester Pic (1837 Crewe-Manchester Pic)
DMU Manchester Vic-York (1957 Manchester Vic-York)

Sunday 6th April 1980

All Line Rover Day 3 of 7.

47045 Edinburgh-Dundee (2000 Kings Cross-Aberdeen)
Sc50747+51234 Dundee-Edinburgh (0745 Dundee-Edinburgh)
55008 Edinburgh-York (1120 Edinburgh-Plymouth)
55006 York-Kings Cross (1911 York-Kings Cross)
55004 Kings Cross-Edinburgh (2240 Kings Cross-Edinburgh)

Tuesday 6th April 1982

I was heading initially to Birmingham with 47552, that is until I reached Sheffield when unexpectedly ex-works 50021 pulled in alongside on the Leeds-Bristol. I quickly leapt off and took that to Birmingham instead.

47552 York-Sheffield (1617 Newcastle-Cardiff C)
50021 Sheffield-Birmingham NS (1735 Leeds-Bristol TM)
86229 Birmingham NS-Euston (2000 Manchester Pic-Euston)
 

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Via home for some hot food and a shower in between moves?
Correct! You are obviously good at reading between the lines. ;) However one small point, back in the day we didn’t have the luxury of a shower, only a bath was available.
 

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Saturday 7th April 1979

43073+43087 York-Darlington (0730 Leeds-Berwick)
45041 Darlington-York (0800 Newcastle-Bristol TM)
55011 York-Doncaster (0758 Berwick-Kings Cross)
47527 Doncaster-Leeds (0904 Kings Cross-Leeds)
via Selby West
47447 Leeds- York (1010 Liverpool LS-Newcastle)
45007 York-Sheffield(1332 York-Plymouth)
46043 Sheffield- York (1145 Cardiff C-Newcastle)
55013 York-Doncaster (1450 Berwick-Kings Cross)
55010 Doncaster-Hull (1642 Kings Cross-Hull)
37260 Hull-Cross Gates (2039 Hull-Leeds)
E51247 Cross Gates-York (2200 Leeds-York)

Monday 7th April 1980

All Line Rover Day 4 of 7.
Whilst waiting for the next Deltic out of Edinburgh I picked up three new locos including 40109 which was replaced by 55004 at Edinburgh. I thought my next stop would be KX however No.4 was removed at Newcastle. I reluctantly and unnecessarily took an HST to York to catch 1550 to KX. I didn’t know at the time but No.15 was following on the next relief from Edinburgh!

47272 Edinburgh-Haymarket (2315 Kings Cross-Aberdeen)
26025 Haymarket-Edinburgh (2350 Inverness-Edinburgh)
25229+26028 Edinburgh-Kirkcaldy (0950 Edinburgh-Inverness)
40109 Kirkcaldy-Edinburgh (0850 Aberdeen-Kings Cross) Relief
55004 Edinburgh-Newcastle (0850 Aberdeen-Kings Cross) Relief
43085+43103 Newcastle-York (1430 Newcastle-Kings Cross)
55015 York-Kings Cross (1037 Aberdeen-Kings Cross) Relief
55008 Kings Cross-Doncaster(1935 Kings Cross-Hull)
46045 Doncaster-York (2015 Kings Cross-Edinburgh)

Wednesday 7th April 1982

50038 Paddington-Exeter St David’s (2357 Paddington-Penzance) ex6/4/82
31236+50038 Exeter St Davids-Plymouth (2357 Paddington-Penzance) ex6/4/82
47537 Plymouth-Newton Abbot (0605 Plymouth-Liverpool LS)
50039+50050 Newton Abbot-Exeter St Davids (0726 Paignton-Paddington)
50040 Exeter St Davids-St Austell (0920 Liverpool LS-Penzance)
 
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Sunday 8th April 1979

47462 York-Stockton (0935 Leeds-Newcastle)
43105+43107 Stockton-York (1020 Newcastle-Kings Cross)
47549 York-Doncaster (1215 York-Kings Cross)
55012 Doncaster-Darlington (0830 Kings Cross-Newcastle)
55013 Darlington-York (1430 Newcastle-Kings Cross)
46044 York-Leeds (1542 Newcastle-Liverpool LS)
47520 Leeds-Doncaster (1750 Leeds-Kings Cross)
via Selby West
47405 Doncaster-York (1608 Kings Cross-York)
40119 York-Darlington (1800 Manchester Vic-Newcastle)
43058+43074 Darlington-York (2000 Newcastle-Leeds)

Tuesday 8th April 1980

All Line Rover Day 5 of 7.

A solid Deltic Day with over 1000 miles in the bag!

55022 York-Kings Cross (2025 Edinburgh-Kings Cross)
55007 Kings Cross-Retford (0550 Kings Cross-Aberdeen)
55008 Retford-Kings Cross (0700 Hull-Kings Cross)
55005 Kings Cross-York (1005 Kings Cross-York)
55016 York-Peterborough (1325 Edinburgh-Kings Cross) (Relief)
55004 Peterborough-Grantham (1805 Kings Cross-York)
55011 Grantham-Kings Cross (1811 York-Kings Cross)
55005 Kings Cross-Doncaster (2300 Kings Cross-Bradford Exchange)
 

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Saturday 7th April 1979

43073+43087 York-Darlington (0730 Leeds-Berwick)
45041 Darlington-York (0800 Newcastle-Bristol TM)
55011 York-Doncaster (0758 Berwick-Kings Cross)
47527 Doncaster-Leeds (1100 Kings Cross-Leeds)
via Selby West
47447 Leeds- York (1010 Liverpool LS-Newcastle)
45007 York-Sheffield(1332 York-Plymouth)
46043 Sheffield- York (1145 Cardiff C-Newcastle)
55013 York-Doncaster (1450 Berwick-Kings Cross)
55010 Doncaster-Hull (1642 Kings Cross-Hull)
37260 Hull-Cross Gates (2039 Hull-Leeds)
E51247 Cross Gates-York (2200 Leeds-York)

Monday 7th April 1980

All Line Rover Day 4 of 7.
Whilst waiting for the next Deltic out of Edinburgh I picked up three new locos including 40109 which was replaced by 55004 at Edinburgh. I thought my next stop would be KX however No.4 was removed at Newcastle. I reluctantly and unnecessarily took an HST to York to catch 1550 to KX. I didn’t know at the time but No.15 was following on the next relief from Edinburgh!

47272 Edinburgh-Haymarket (2315 Kings Cross-Aberdeen)
26025 Haymarket-Edinburgh (2350 Inverness-Edinburgh)
25229+26028 Edinburgh-Kirkcaldy (0950 Edinburgh-Inverness)
40109 Kirkcaldy-Edinburgh (0850 Aberdeen-Kings Cross) Relief
55004 Edinburgh-Newcastle (0850 Aberdeen-Kings Cross) Relief
43085+43103 Newcastle-York (1430 Newcastle-Kings Cross)
55015 York-Kings Cross (1037 Aberdeen-Kings Cross) Relief
55008 Kings Cross-Doncaster(1935 Kings Cross-Hull)
46045 Doncaster-York (2015 Kings Cross-Edinburgh)

Wednesday 7th April 1982

50038 Paddington-Exeter St David’s (2357 Paddington-Penzance) ex6/4/82
31236+50038 Exeter St Davids-Plymouth (2357 Paddington-Penzance) ex6/4/82
47537 Plymouth-Newton Abbot (0605 Plymouth-Liverpool LS)
50039+50050 Newton Abbot-Exeter St Davids (0726 Paignton-Paddington)
50040 Exeter St Davids-St Austell (0920 Liverpool LS-Penzance)
07/04/79 Might 47527 have been 09.04 KX - Leeds rather than the 11.00 from KX?
 

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Monday 9th April 1979

47405 York-Selby (0800 York-Kings Cross)
E52068+52078 Selby-York (0812 Doncaster-York)
55013 York-Doncaster (0758 Berwick-Kings Cross)
47552 Doncaster-Leeds (0904 Kings Cross-Leeds)
40058 Leeds-Darlington (1010 Liverpool LS-Newcastle)
43092+43094 Darlington-York (1258 Newcastle-Kings Cross)
47527 York-Selby (1413 York-Kings Cross)
47426 Selby-York (1225 Kings Cross-York)
55003 York-Darlington (1300 Kings Cross-Berwick)
55017 Darlington-Doncaster (1450 Berwick-Kings Cross)
47404 Doncaster-Wakefield W (1604 Kings Cross-Bradford Exchange)
47422 Wakefield W-Doncaster (1730 Bradford Exchange-Kings Cross)
55011 Doncaster-York (1809 Kings Cross-York)

Wednesday 9th April 1980

All Line Rover Day 6 of 7.
The early hours of the day started well but then went downhill after being bowled with the 0805 YK-KX. I had reckoned that there were 6 Deltics at York that morning to work the train but a 47 was turned out. I decided to have a change of scenery in the evening rush hour picking up two required 31s and 37s before heading back to KX. IIRC I walked, presumably quickly, from Audley End to Newport in between 31212 and 37092.

55002 York-Kings Cross (2025 Edinburgh-Kings Cross)
55017 Kings Cross-Doncaster (0550 Kings Cross-Aberdeen)
47523 Doncaster-Huntingdon (0805 York-Kings Cross)
55009 Huntingdon-Doncaster(1005 Kings Cross-York)
55022 Doncaster-Kings Cross (1215 York-Kings Cross)
31212 Liverpool St-Audley End (1636 Liverpool St-Kings Lynn)
37092 Newport-Audley End (1656 Liverpool St-Ipswich)
31322 Audley End-Cambridge (1710 Liverpool St-Cambridge)
31229 Cambridge-Audley End (1750 Cambridge-Liverpool St)
37097 Audley End-Cambridge (1822 Liverpool St-Cambridge)
37038 Cambridge-Ely (1836 Liverpool St-Kings Lynn)
E51270 Ely-Peterborough (1826 Harwich Town-Leicester)
43081+43083 Peterborough-Kings Cross (1700 Edinburgh-Kings Cross)
55011 Kings Cross-Doncaster (2300 Kings Cross-Bradford Exchange)

Friday 9th April 1982

50026 St Austell-Plymouth (0740 Penzance-Liverpool LS)
50004 Plymouth-Liskeard (1000 Plymouth-Penzance)
50017+50047 Liskeard-Plymouth (1021 Penzance-Leeds)

Tuesday 9th April 1985

45060 York-Sheffield (1655 York-Bristol TM) Relief
53044 Sheffield-Doncaster (2253 Sheffield-Doncaster)
47152 Doncaster-York (1711 Plymouth-York)
 

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Tuesday 10th April 1979

47544 York-Selby (0800 York-Kings Cross)
31195 Selby-York (0812 Doncaster-York)
47509 York-Doncaster (0758 Berwick-Kings Cross)
55022 Doncaster-Leeds (0904 Kings Cross-Leeds)
40069 Leeds-Darlington (1010 Liverpool LS-Newcastle)
43105+43107 Darlington-York (1258 Newcastle-Kings Cross)
47414 York-Doncaster (1413 York-Kings Cross)
55003 Doncaster-Darlington (1300 Kings Cross-Berwick)
55007 Darlington-Doncaster (1616 Newcastle-Kings Cross)
55017 Doncaster-Darlington (1800 Kings Cross-Newcastle)
46033 Darlington-York (2030 Newcastle-Kings Cross)

Thursday 10th April 1980

All Line Rover Day 7 of 7.

An unexpected journey to Birmingham today with an ex-works 50 returning to Plymouth following an overhaul at Doncaster. Unfortunately the 50 expired at Washwood Heath where it was rescued by 56066; my first ever 56 for haulage.

55008 Doncaster-Kings Cross (1915 Aberdeen-Kings Cross)
55003 Kings Cross-York (1005 Kings Cross-York)
50014 York-Washwood Heath Loco Failure (0950 Edinburgh-Plymouth)
via Normanton & Whitacre Jnc
56066+(50014) Washwood Heath-Birmingham NS Assisting Loco (0950 Edinburgh-Plymouth)
E50667+50713 Birmingham NS-Newark Castle (1730 Birmingham NS-Lincoln St Marks)
55017 Newark Northgate-York (1805 Kings Cross-York)

Friday 10th April 1981

55018 York-Kings Cross (1955 York-Kings Cross)
 

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Wednesday 11th April 1979

47525 York-Selby (0800 York-Kings Cross)
E50137+50276 Selby-York (0812 Doncaster-York)
55019 York-Doncaster (0758 Berwick-Kings Cross)
55002 Doncaster-Darlington (0930 Kings Cross-Newcastle)
43095+43113 Darlington-York (1258 Newcastle-Kings Cross)
55013 York-Selby (1413 York-Kings Cross)
55017 Selby-York (1225 Kings Cross-York)
55017 York-Peterborough (1613 York-Kings Cross)
55019 Peterborough-Doncaster (1800 Kings Cross-Newcastle)
43101+43112 Doncaster-York (1900 Kings Cross-Newcastle)

Friday 11th April 1980

Having spent 7 of the last 8 nights away from my bed I wasn’t expecting to spend another night away from it, however Deltic 21 was turned out on the Shrewsbury Mails so my bed would have to wait.

55021 York-Stockport (2150 York-Shrewsbury) via Ashton

Saturday 11th April 1981

I had arrived into KX just after 2300 on the 10th with Deltic 18. Finsbury Park must have been short of power that night because it was turned around quickly to work the 0100 Sleeper to Newcastle. I got myself a berth in one of the front two sleeping cars because on arrival at Newcastle these would be attached to the 0705 to Edinburgh.

55018 Kings Cross-Newcastle (0100 Kings Cross-Newcastle)
55018 Newcastle-Edinburgh (0705 Newcastle-Edinburgh)
55017 Edinburgh-York (0950 Edinburgh-Plymouth)
55017 York-Newcastle (0722 Plymouth-Edinburgh)
55016 Newcastle-Edinburgh (1735 Newcastle-Edinburgh)
55022 Edinburgh-Kings Cross (2005 Aberdeen-Kings Cross)
via Bedlington Jnc, Stockton, Lincoln & Hertford North
 

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My last ever "Freedom of Scotland" to get my last remaining Scottish 47s for 1000 miles before it all went completely plastic.

Wednesday 11th April 1990 Day 1.

DMU 150277 Yeovil PM-Castle Cary (0752 Weymouth-Bristol)
47809 Castle Cary-Westbury (0820 Exeter-Paddington)
DMU 155314 Westbury-Bristol TM (0810 Portsmouth-Cardiff)
47812 Bristol TM-Birmingham NS (0847 Plymouth-Liverpool)
47812 Birmingham NS-Leeds (0904 Poole-Newcastle)
47443 Leeds-Carlisle (1631 Leeds-Carlisle)
86405 Carlisle-Glasgow C (1530 Euston-Glasgow)
47703 Glasgow QS-Edinburgh (2200 Glasgow-Edinburgh)
47541 Edinburgh-Blair Athol (2325 Edinburgh-Inverness)
 

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Thursday 12th April 1979

55018 York-Doncaster (0800 York-Kings Cross)
43075+43090 Doncaster-York (0740 Kings Cross-Newcastle)
55003 York-Doncaster (0758 Berwick-Kings Cross)
47519 Doncaster-York (0930 Kings Cross-Newcastle)
40019 York-Darlington (1045 Manchester Vic-Newcastle) Relief
43075+43090 Darlington-York (1258 Newcastle-Kings Cross)
55019 York-Doncaster (1413 York-Kings Cross)
55013 Doncaster-York (1300 Kings Cross-Berwick)
55022 York-Doncaster (1440 Newcastle-Kings Cross) Relief
55007 Doncaster-Peterborough (1613 York-Kings Cross)
55014 Peterborough-Doncaster (1712 Kings Cross-York) Relief
55003 Doncaster-York (1809 Kings Cross-York)

Saturday 12th April 1980

I headed off to bed after returning home from Stockport with Deltic 21 and after some sleep I came back out in the afternoon to cover a FOOTEX. It was FA Cup Semi-Final Day and Liverpool were playing in Sheffield, Hillsborough. The train was booked for a class 40 over Woodhead, routed onto Liverpool via Godley Junction taking in the track which went beneath the viaduct at Stockport and which is now part of the M60 motorway. The train was scheduled to leave from Wadsley Bridge, a relatively short walk from Hillsborough. On arrival at Wadsley Bridge we were pleased to see a class 40 at the head of the train but unfortunately there was an army of Ticket Inspectors and Police guarding the entrance. There would be no way of blagging a ride on this train. Although I had previously travelled over Woodhead I never managed to travel the route from Godley Junction through to Irlam via Northenden Junction. All was not lost as I headed home I picked up required 31222 and 40067 returning to York on an ADEX from Llandudno.

55021 Stockport-York (2250 Shrewsbury-York) via Ashton
46042 York-Sheffield (1338 Newcastle-Swansea)
E50541+51963+51978+52100 Sheffield-Doncaster (1905 Sheffield-Hull)
43067+43076 Doncaster-Selby (1805 Kings Cross-York)
31222 Selby-Leeds (2039 Hull-Leeds)
40067 Leeds-York via Selby (1810 Llandudno-York) Return ADEX

Sunday 12th April 1981

The only time I had a pair of 47s, fortunately only for 17 miles!

55014 Kings Cross-Retford (1005 Kings Cross-York)
55009 Retford-Huntingdon (1143 York-Kings Cross)
55017 Huntingdon-Peterborough (1405 Kings Cross-York)
47465+47542 Peterborough-Huntingdon (1304 Grimsby Town-Kings Cross)
55022 Huntingdon-York (1505 Kings Cross-York) Additional
 

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Thursday 12th April 1990 (Day 2)

47642 Blair Atholl-Glasgow QS (2355 Inverness-Glasgow)
47709 Glasgow QS-Haymarket (0620 Glasgow-Edinburgh)
47562 Haymarket-Aviemore (0712 Edinburgh-Inverness)
47636 Aviemore-Perth (1025 Inverness-Euston)
47641 Perth-Carrbridge (1142 Edinburgh-Inverness)
47562 Carrbridge-Falkirk Grahamston (1445 Inverness-Edinburgh)
DMU 156499 Falkirk Grahamston-Larbert
47595 Larbert-Inverness (1803 Glasgow-Inverness)
47541 Inverness-Glasgow QS (2355 Inverness-Glasgow)
 

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