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)