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Well, it was 4 o'clock by the time J22 got to Warrington. And college was only 15 minutes from Bank Quay...
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Monday 07/01/80
I was staying with my parents in Plymouth for a few days, and came out for a little run over the South Devon Banks, choosing my trains carefully (of course):
50050 1515 Plymouth – Exeter St Davids
50016 1730 Exeter St Davids – Newton Abbot
50006 1900 Newton Abbot – Plymouth
My girlfriend was joining me in Plymouth after visiting her own parents over Christmas, so I intercepted her on this last train, the 1322 ex Liverpool. This was my first run with 50006 in its newly refurbished state. (50006 was the first class 50 to undergo refurbishment). I was suitably impressed. Nowadays when you refurbish something, it usually makes it duller, but “Neptunius Hellfurious” (as it was swiftly nick-named by the bashers) was the shape of things to come for the class 50 fleet, and soon became a favourite.
Friday 07/01/83
An overnight leap on the ECML to pick up my pet loco, 40069:
47451 0124 York – Retford via Selby
After I had alighted at Retford and the train had pulled out, I realised I had left my ticket wallet containing my free passes and my ID on the table! So I had to pay full fare (£5.60p) to get back to York, rather than carrying on through to Newcastle with 40069 as I had intended. Thankfully my passes were found and returned to me a couple of days later.
40069 0256 Retford – York via Selby
Monday 07/01/85
I’m back home in the UK after bashing steam in Poland. Let’s see what locos are on offer to get me back to Scotland:
47476 1015 Harwich Parkeston Quay – Liverpool Street
86209 1250 Euston – Crewe
86218 1508 Crewe – Glasgow Central
Not quite the homecoming I had anticipated …
Wednesday 07/01/87
Move on a couple of years, and I’m making the same move again:
86250 0930 Harwich Parkeston Quay – Liverpool Street, 76’ late due to shortage of immigration staff
86222 1300 Euston – Crewe
87034 1518 Crewe – Glasgow Central
The 87 arrived in Glasgow Central 11 minutes early. That’s a better way to round off the bash!
Friday 07/01/00
I had arrived at Edinburgh Waverley in a sleeper on the Fort William portion. Unfortunately 47791 had expired at Culloden on the Inverness portion, so 66055 had assisted it to Perth, where 47773 took over. All of this took some time of course…
90021 0134 Edinburgh Waverley – Crewe, 114->146’ late.
I alighted at Crewe as I had to be at the NEC that morning.
87011 0809 Crewe – Rugby
321 402 Rugby – Birmingham International
… and later, a journey home:
47709 1416 Birmingham International – Reading
I was staying with my parents in Plymouth for a few days, and came out for a little run over the South Devon Banks, choosing my trains carefully (of course):
50050 1515 Plymouth – Exeter St Davids
50016 1730 Exeter St Davids – Newton Abbot
50006 1900 Newton Abbot – Plymouth
My girlfriend was joining me in Plymouth after visiting her own parents over Christmas, so I intercepted her on this last train, the 1322 ex Liverpool. This was my first run with 50006 in its newly refurbished state. (50006 was the first class 50 to undergo refurbishment). I was suitably impressed. Nowadays when you refurbish something, it usually makes it duller, but “Neptunius Hellfurious” (as it was swiftly nick-named by the bashers) was the shape of things to come for the class 50 fleet, and soon became a favourite.
Friday 07/01/83
An overnight leap on the ECML to pick up my pet loco, 40069:
47451 0124 York – Retford via Selby
After I had alighted at Retford and the train had pulled out, I realised I had left my ticket wallet containing my free passes and my ID on the table! So I had to pay full fare (£5.60p) to get back to York, rather than carrying on through to Newcastle with 40069 as I had intended. Thankfully my passes were found and returned to me a couple of days later.
40069 0256 Retford – York via Selby
Monday 07/01/85
I’m back home in the UK after bashing steam in Poland. Let’s see what locos are on offer to get me back to Scotland:
47476 1015 Harwich Parkeston Quay – Liverpool Street
86209 1250 Euston – Crewe
86218 1508 Crewe – Glasgow Central
Not quite the homecoming I had anticipated …
Wednesday 07/01/87
Move on a couple of years, and I’m making the same move again:
86250 0930 Harwich Parkeston Quay – Liverpool Street, 76’ late due to shortage of immigration staff
86222 1300 Euston – Crewe
87034 1518 Crewe – Glasgow Central
The 87 arrived in Glasgow Central 11 minutes early. That’s a better way to round off the bash!
Friday 07/01/00
I had arrived at Edinburgh Waverley in a sleeper on the Fort William portion. Unfortunately 47791 had expired at Culloden on the Inverness portion, so 66055 had assisted it to Perth, where 47773 took over. All of this took some time of course…
90021 0134 Edinburgh Waverley – Crewe, 114->146’ late.
I alighted at Crewe as I had to be at the NEC that morning.
87011 0809 Crewe – Rugby
321 402 Rugby – Birmingham International
… and later, a journey home:
47709 1416 Birmingham International – Reading
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I was reading the departure time from Bangor. Doh!
Monday 08/01/79
45071 1707 Leeds – York
On arrival at York, I noticed the corresponding southbound service was running late, so I hung around to view it in case it produced a 40. Success!
40027 1733 York – Leeds, 20’ late.
47035 1906 Leeds – York
Friday 08/01/82
A blizzard had struck London, bringing everything to a standstill. I was the “booking boy” working late shift in Willesden PSB. All the DC and Underground services from Willesden had been cancelled. Eventually – some time after I should have booked off duty – a set of stock appeared from Wembley Carriage Sidings, and the signaller stopped it by signals outside Willesden PSB so I could get a lift into Euston:
86236 2235 Willesden WN96 signal – Euston
Cab ride. Stock of the 2240 Euston – Inverness. The stocks for the 2050 Inverness and 2055 Stranraer services were still snowed in at Wembley when I left.
Tuesday 08/01/91
On my way back from Poland to the UK, I had joined train 248 the 1715 Warszawa Wschodnia – Koln. This was a favourite way of leaving Poland, as the train was composed of DB compartment stock (in which a good doss could be assured, and in which the toilets would be clean and fully stocked). Also it bypassed central Berlin, changing from electric to class 132 diesel at Berlin Kopenick then taking the southern ring around Berlin before heading off via Magdeburg to Helmstedt:
143 933.0 0102 Frankfurt (Oder) – Berlin Kopenick
132 439.1 02xx Berlin Kopenick – Helmstedt
I dossed well in my comfy DB compo through the night (notwithstanding the howling class 132 on the front). I awoke with a start at 0530 to find us stationary in Helmstedt station. More pressingly, there was a young Pole standing over me who was in the process of rifling through the contents of my jacket, which I had hung up on the hook above my head as I lay asleep. He had already removed my Eurocheques, a pen, and (MOST importantly) the notebook containing all my moves for the past couple of weeks! I stared at him, and he apologised profusely before putting all my personal belongings back onto the seat, and beating a hasty retreat. I did a sleepy double-take – did that really just happen? – then decided to get on with the day. Obviously we had arrived in Helmstedt somewhat early, so I realised I could improve the bash by catching a local train forward to Braunschweig to pick up EC7 from there:
141 254.3 0544 Helmstedt – Braunschweig
103 111.1 0620 Braunschweig – Dortmund
After that I did some more DB electric bashing before crossing into Belgium and eventually ending up at Oostende. What happened next is a tale I’ve already told in the “Worst Ferry Crossing” thread, so apologies if you’ve read this before:
“I turned up at a windy Oostende for the evening sailing to Dover, as the last leg of my marathon 2-week winter trip around Europe. "Cancelled, bus to Zeebrugge". Oh cock, that's spoiled any plans for reaching London tonight. The bus duly dumped us at Zeebrugge, where we boarded by walking in between the lorries which had already been loaded, and firmly tied down. I went straight to the purser's office and tried to book a cabin. Apparently on the Zeebrugge route the cabins were only for HGV drivers, but he took my name, and about 30 minutes later there was a PA announcement, and I was allocated sole use of a 4-berth cabin. Meanwhile the wind was getting up ...
Six hours into the four-hour crossing (!), I awoke to find my belongings had scattered themselves randomly around the cabin, and the whole vessel was pitching about like an angry buffalo. I staggered carefully to the Purser's office to enquire. Apparently, a preceding sailing had tried to enter Dover Harbour and had got wedged in the harbour wall like a cork in a bottle. We had dropped anchor off Sandling, and were now at the mercy of the storm. Several more hours passed before eventually we were able to enter Dover Harbour. That cabin was an absolute bargain. My eventual arrival at Dover Priory left me with about 15 minutes before the first London train of the day.”
45071 1707 Leeds – York
On arrival at York, I noticed the corresponding southbound service was running late, so I hung around to view it in case it produced a 40. Success!
40027 1733 York – Leeds, 20’ late.
47035 1906 Leeds – York
Friday 08/01/82
A blizzard had struck London, bringing everything to a standstill. I was the “booking boy” working late shift in Willesden PSB. All the DC and Underground services from Willesden had been cancelled. Eventually – some time after I should have booked off duty – a set of stock appeared from Wembley Carriage Sidings, and the signaller stopped it by signals outside Willesden PSB so I could get a lift into Euston:
86236 2235 Willesden WN96 signal – Euston
Cab ride. Stock of the 2240 Euston – Inverness. The stocks for the 2050 Inverness and 2055 Stranraer services were still snowed in at Wembley when I left.
Tuesday 08/01/91
On my way back from Poland to the UK, I had joined train 248 the 1715 Warszawa Wschodnia – Koln. This was a favourite way of leaving Poland, as the train was composed of DB compartment stock (in which a good doss could be assured, and in which the toilets would be clean and fully stocked). Also it bypassed central Berlin, changing from electric to class 132 diesel at Berlin Kopenick then taking the southern ring around Berlin before heading off via Magdeburg to Helmstedt:
143 933.0 0102 Frankfurt (Oder) – Berlin Kopenick
132 439.1 02xx Berlin Kopenick – Helmstedt
I dossed well in my comfy DB compo through the night (notwithstanding the howling class 132 on the front). I awoke with a start at 0530 to find us stationary in Helmstedt station. More pressingly, there was a young Pole standing over me who was in the process of rifling through the contents of my jacket, which I had hung up on the hook above my head as I lay asleep. He had already removed my Eurocheques, a pen, and (MOST importantly) the notebook containing all my moves for the past couple of weeks! I stared at him, and he apologised profusely before putting all my personal belongings back onto the seat, and beating a hasty retreat. I did a sleepy double-take – did that really just happen? – then decided to get on with the day. Obviously we had arrived in Helmstedt somewhat early, so I realised I could improve the bash by catching a local train forward to Braunschweig to pick up EC7 from there:
141 254.3 0544 Helmstedt – Braunschweig
103 111.1 0620 Braunschweig – Dortmund
After that I did some more DB electric bashing before crossing into Belgium and eventually ending up at Oostende. What happened next is a tale I’ve already told in the “Worst Ferry Crossing” thread, so apologies if you’ve read this before:
“I turned up at a windy Oostende for the evening sailing to Dover, as the last leg of my marathon 2-week winter trip around Europe. "Cancelled, bus to Zeebrugge". Oh cock, that's spoiled any plans for reaching London tonight. The bus duly dumped us at Zeebrugge, where we boarded by walking in between the lorries which had already been loaded, and firmly tied down. I went straight to the purser's office and tried to book a cabin. Apparently on the Zeebrugge route the cabins were only for HGV drivers, but he took my name, and about 30 minutes later there was a PA announcement, and I was allocated sole use of a 4-berth cabin. Meanwhile the wind was getting up ...
Six hours into the four-hour crossing (!), I awoke to find my belongings had scattered themselves randomly around the cabin, and the whole vessel was pitching about like an angry buffalo. I staggered carefully to the Purser's office to enquire. Apparently, a preceding sailing had tried to enter Dover Harbour and had got wedged in the harbour wall like a cork in a bottle. We had dropped anchor off Sandling, and were now at the mercy of the storm. Several more hours passed before eventually we were able to enter Dover Harbour. That cabin was an absolute bargain. My eventual arrival at Dover Priory left me with about 15 minutes before the first London train of the day.”
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Saturday 8th January 1983
Bit of an odd day. Regular readers will know I have some moves books but there are some gaps. However, I do have class listings for everything (locos that is) bar 47/4s and 86/2s. This has enabled me to reconstruct the winter of 82/83 to some degree.
When I had reconstructed this day, I wasn't convinced I'd actually done it as it seemed very disjointed and involved a changeover of location during the day that was unusual for me (not least because of the cost). However, the Rail Gen Archives confirms these workings took place on this day, so I'm happy that my records must be right.
I must have started on The Bangor (with a duff or a unit) and my moves to and from the Midlands must have been Cans. However, the rest of the moves go as follows...
40084 Colwyn Bay to Man Vic, 1J66 09.53 Bangor to Man Vic
31406 Birmingham NS to Leicester, 1E80 16.17 Birmingham NS to Norwich
31417 Leicester to Nuneaton, 1M68 14.14 Norwich to Birmingham NS
31184 Nuneaton to Leicester, 1E82 18.18 Birmingham NS to Norwich
31415 Leicester to Birmingham NS, 1M76 16.45 Norwich to Birmingham NS
Goyle timings courtesy of Rail Gen Archives.
Bit of an odd day. Regular readers will know I have some moves books but there are some gaps. However, I do have class listings for everything (locos that is) bar 47/4s and 86/2s. This has enabled me to reconstruct the winter of 82/83 to some degree.
When I had reconstructed this day, I wasn't convinced I'd actually done it as it seemed very disjointed and involved a changeover of location during the day that was unusual for me (not least because of the cost). However, the Rail Gen Archives confirms these workings took place on this day, so I'm happy that my records must be right.
I must have started on The Bangor (with a duff or a unit) and my moves to and from the Midlands must have been Cans. However, the rest of the moves go as follows...
40084 Colwyn Bay to Man Vic, 1J66 09.53 Bangor to Man Vic
31406 Birmingham NS to Leicester, 1E80 16.17 Birmingham NS to Norwich
31417 Leicester to Nuneaton, 1M68 14.14 Norwich to Birmingham NS
31184 Nuneaton to Leicester, 1E82 18.18 Birmingham NS to Norwich
31415 Leicester to Birmingham NS, 1M76 16.45 Norwich to Birmingham NS
Goyle timings courtesy of Rail Gen Archives.
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THURSDAY 8th JANUARY 1981:
An after work trip to Garelochhead for a pint with a school friend:
314 201 Hyndland-Argyle Street (08 01 Dalmuir-Motherwell)
303 018/044 Glasgow QS LL-Helensburgh Central (16 52 Airdrie-Helensburgh Central)
Bus: Helensburgh-Garelochhead
37 111 Garelochhead-Dumbarton Central (16 03 Mallaig/Ft William-Glasgow QS/Euston) (Consist: SC14087/4205/1812/M14031/M3952/M2686/M2820)
314 210 Dumbarton Central-Hyndland via Yoker (21 52 Helensburgh Central-Airdrie)
Note the very unusual use of a 314 on a Helensburgh-Airdrie service. Must have been a Hyndland driver as, IIRC, Helensburgh and Airdrie drivers were not trained on them....although, as always, I am open to correction.
An after work trip to Garelochhead for a pint with a school friend:
314 201 Hyndland-Argyle Street (08 01 Dalmuir-Motherwell)
303 018/044 Glasgow QS LL-Helensburgh Central (16 52 Airdrie-Helensburgh Central)
Bus: Helensburgh-Garelochhead
37 111 Garelochhead-Dumbarton Central (16 03 Mallaig/Ft William-Glasgow QS/Euston) (Consist: SC14087/4205/1812/M14031/M3952/M2686/M2820)
314 210 Dumbarton Central-Hyndland via Yoker (21 52 Helensburgh Central-Airdrie)
Note the very unusual use of a 314 on a Helensburgh-Airdrie service. Must have been a Hyndland driver as, IIRC, Helensburgh and Airdrie drivers were not trained on them....although, as always, I am open to correction.
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8th January 1990
A work trip to Madchester for a week long training course...
47586 Birmingham International - Manchester Piccadilly
8th January 1999
Faffing about on a North East Rover behind 91020, 91004, 91010, 91031 and...
89001 Doncaster - Leeds
89001 Leeds - Doncaster
It will be great to see the 89 back in action on the ECML.
A work trip to Madchester for a week long training course...
47586 Birmingham International - Manchester Piccadilly
8th January 1999
Faffing about on a North East Rover behind 91020, 91004, 91010, 91031 and...
89001 Doncaster - Leeds
89001 Leeds - Doncaster
It will be great to see the 89 back in action on the ECML.
Hear Hear!
Meanwhile:
Tuesday 09/01/79
Back to college, and the 1620 Harrogate – Kings Cross has gone over to HST operation, much to my disgust. I had previously enjoyed the runs from Harrogate to Leeds with 31/4s, 47s, Deltics, and even a 40 on one occasion. Now it was all HST. Such is progress …
43101+ 43071 1620 Harrogate – Leeds
45057 1707 Leeds – York
Thursday 09/01/97
I don’t normally list all my commuting moves, but this one was a bit different:
43186 + 43022 2015 Paddington – Reading
This managed a start-to-stop time Paddington to Reading of a couple of seconds under 21 minutes, giving a start-to-stop average speed over the 36 miles of around 103 mph.
Saturday 09/01/99
A day out with 40145 on the ELR:
47840 0627 Reading – Manchester Piccadilly via Coventry, New Street, Stoke.
Tram 1013 Manchester Piccadilly – Bury
40145 1100 Bury Bolton Street – Rawtenstall
40145 1200 Rawtenstall – Bury Bolton Street
40145 1300 Bury Bolton Street – Rawtenstall
40145 1400 Rawtenstall – Bury Bolton Street
40145 1500 Bury Bolton Street – Ramsbottom
5407 1525 Ramsbottom - Bury Bolton Street
Tram 1003 Bury – Manchester Piccadilly
47817 1617 Manchester Piccadilly – Oxford
This was the 1230 Glasgow Central – Southampton running an hour late (otherwise I wouldn’t have caught it) and diverted via Solihull due to a derailment at Coventry. I suspect it was also diverted round the curve to Reading West to regain some time, with Reading passengers (including me) being advised to alight at Oxford.
47805 2027 Oxford – Didcot
This was the 1710 ex Manchester Piccadilly, which was the train I had originally intended catching. When we arrived at Didcot an HST was just pulling to a stand, so I made a quick leap for that to get home a little faster (and reduce the 47 mileage):
43016 + 43176 2044 Didcot - Reading
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SUNDAY 9th JANUARY 1977:
One of those rare occasions when I hitched a sneaky lift on the 06 00 Petersfield-Guildford empty vans (+TSO) for an early shift in Guildford Booking office:
73 001 Petersfield-Guildford
7341/7053 Guildford-Petersfield
One of those rare occasions when I hitched a sneaky lift on the 06 00 Petersfield-Guildford empty vans (+TSO) for an early shift in Guildford Booking office:
73 001 Petersfield-Guildford
7341/7053 Guildford-Petersfield
Thursday 10/01/80
My girlfriend had come down to Plymouth to meet my parents for a few days, prior to us both returning to University in London. We decided on a day trip into Cornwall:
47423 1319 Plymouth – Truro (not quite the anticipated motive power, an Eastern Region ETH 47 on a Paddington – Penzance service).
We wandered around Truro for a bit and viewed the cathedral, then carried on further west:
46026 1550 Truro – St Erth
DMU St Erth – St Ives and return
47484 1802 St Erth – Penzance
After a meal in Penzance we wandered back to the station for the Up Midnight back as far as Plymouth. When we got back to Penzance station, 50024 and 50038 were both stabled, shut down on the bufferstops of two of the platforms, and then 50049 arrived on the 1745 ex Plymouth. All three locos were in a semi-knackered condition, and the driver of 50049 (who was working back on the Up Midnight) advised me that he had been instructed to multi 50049 up with whichever of the other two he could get it to work with, and bring them back as a pair. 50049 – itself restricted to local work only - multied up to 50024, which banged and popped into life, sending a thick white cloud of smoke under the platform canopy. So that was our pair back to Plymouth:
50049 + 50024 2135 Penzance – Plymouth
On arrival at Plymouth the 50s came off (as expected) to be replaced by the very unlovely 47478. (This was later to become one of my most despised 47s, but that’s a story for another day).
Saturday 10/01/81
My pet class 40 was 40069.
My pet Deltic was 55019.
This evening, my two pet locos were scheduled to depart Kings Cross 5 minutes apart!
40069 1955 Kings Cross – York (return Charter)
55019 2323 York – Newcastle, 30’ late.
That’s a very nice way to start a weekend bash …
Sunday 10/01/82
I had a couple of days leave and a free pass burning a hole in my pocket, so I braved the Second Ice Age which had descended upon the country a few days previously, and set off to Euston to see if I could get out of there with something decent. Oh yes!
82001 2240 Euston – Mossend
40’ late start waiting loco -> 120’ late, heavy snow. I had to chip ice off the coach door in order to open it at Euston, and this is the only time in my life when I had the heating full on all night long for a WCML overnight in a Mk 1 compartment. There was some pretty severe weather going on outside!
Saturday 10/01/98
47779 0911 Reading – Didcot
6024 1005 Didcot – Gloucester via Birmingham Snow Hill, Hartlebury
6024 1647 Gloucester – Didcot West Loop via Swindon
47779 1940 Didcot West Loop – Reading
My girlfriend had come down to Plymouth to meet my parents for a few days, prior to us both returning to University in London. We decided on a day trip into Cornwall:
47423 1319 Plymouth – Truro (not quite the anticipated motive power, an Eastern Region ETH 47 on a Paddington – Penzance service).
We wandered around Truro for a bit and viewed the cathedral, then carried on further west:
46026 1550 Truro – St Erth
DMU St Erth – St Ives and return
47484 1802 St Erth – Penzance
After a meal in Penzance we wandered back to the station for the Up Midnight back as far as Plymouth. When we got back to Penzance station, 50024 and 50038 were both stabled, shut down on the bufferstops of two of the platforms, and then 50049 arrived on the 1745 ex Plymouth. All three locos were in a semi-knackered condition, and the driver of 50049 (who was working back on the Up Midnight) advised me that he had been instructed to multi 50049 up with whichever of the other two he could get it to work with, and bring them back as a pair. 50049 – itself restricted to local work only - multied up to 50024, which banged and popped into life, sending a thick white cloud of smoke under the platform canopy. So that was our pair back to Plymouth:
50049 + 50024 2135 Penzance – Plymouth
On arrival at Plymouth the 50s came off (as expected) to be replaced by the very unlovely 47478. (This was later to become one of my most despised 47s, but that’s a story for another day).
Saturday 10/01/81
My pet class 40 was 40069.
My pet Deltic was 55019.
This evening, my two pet locos were scheduled to depart Kings Cross 5 minutes apart!
40069 1955 Kings Cross – York (return Charter)
55019 2323 York – Newcastle, 30’ late.
That’s a very nice way to start a weekend bash …
Sunday 10/01/82
I had a couple of days leave and a free pass burning a hole in my pocket, so I braved the Second Ice Age which had descended upon the country a few days previously, and set off to Euston to see if I could get out of there with something decent. Oh yes!
82001 2240 Euston – Mossend
40’ late start waiting loco -> 120’ late, heavy snow. I had to chip ice off the coach door in order to open it at Euston, and this is the only time in my life when I had the heating full on all night long for a WCML overnight in a Mk 1 compartment. There was some pretty severe weather going on outside!
Saturday 10/01/98
47779 0911 Reading – Didcot
6024 1005 Didcot – Gloucester via Birmingham Snow Hill, Hartlebury
6024 1647 Gloucester – Didcot West Loop via Swindon
47779 1940 Didcot West Loop – Reading
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I just had an Oxford to Reading commute today with 2 x 47/8s. Yawn.
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In a similar vein, my Oxford/Reading commutes on this day in 1983 were behind 50002 and 50017, and in 1984 47509 and 47508. Whereas on Thursday 10th January 1985, by now living in Scotland, it was 87019 on the 2350 Glasgow C-Bristol TM, to Birmingham New St.
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Nothing from me for yesterday or today. Something interesting coming up in a couple of days' time.
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SATURDAY 10th JANUARY 1981:
A grand Duff day out on the Highland Main Line in very wintery conditions:
303 025 Hyndland-Glasgow QS LL (08 25 Milngavie-Airdrie)
47 120 09 05 Glasgow QS HL-Inverness (Consist: SC9409/5165/5132/5125/1871/13437/14001/9353 + NLVs E86097/M86286 added front at Stirling.
Load 8/10 VB/SH)
47 120 Inverness-Aviemore (14 48 Inverness-Glasgow QS HL. Consist as above, but in reverse - including the two NLVs)
47 009 Aviemore-Perth (16 42 Inverness-Edinburgh. Consist: SC9390/5102/1678/16201/5145/5201/9407/M81332/M80547 Load 9 VB/SH)
47 211 Perth-Glasgow QS HL (17 50 Aberdeen-Glasgow QS HL. Consist: E14023/SC13418/1866/5226/5155/5166/9393 Load 7 VB/SH)
303 046 Glasgow QS LL-Hyndland.
On arrival at Aviemore, I trudged my way through ankle deep snow to the Winking Owl for a couple of pints then trudged my way back to the station to discover that at least three carriages on the 16 42 Inverness-Edinburgh had no lights working. The train was crowded but, luckily, I managed to find a seat in darkened TSO no. SC5145, where an Edinburgh-based folk band - returning from a festival in Shetland - were conducting a full-blown ceilidh with naked flame candles burning on the tables (Health and Safety....what Health and Safety?!!!). Coupled with the views of the snow-covered Highlands through the windows, the atmosphere was incredible and I was quite reluctant to alight at Perth. However, I was hoping for a 40 from there back to Glasgow....and pigs might fly!
A grand Duff day out on the Highland Main Line in very wintery conditions:
303 025 Hyndland-Glasgow QS LL (08 25 Milngavie-Airdrie)
47 120 09 05 Glasgow QS HL-Inverness (Consist: SC9409/5165/5132/5125/1871/13437/14001/9353 + NLVs E86097/M86286 added front at Stirling.
Load 8/10 VB/SH)
47 120 Inverness-Aviemore (14 48 Inverness-Glasgow QS HL. Consist as above, but in reverse - including the two NLVs)
47 009 Aviemore-Perth (16 42 Inverness-Edinburgh. Consist: SC9390/5102/1678/16201/5145/5201/9407/M81332/M80547 Load 9 VB/SH)
47 211 Perth-Glasgow QS HL (17 50 Aberdeen-Glasgow QS HL. Consist: E14023/SC13418/1866/5226/5155/5166/9393 Load 7 VB/SH)
303 046 Glasgow QS LL-Hyndland.
On arrival at Aviemore, I trudged my way through ankle deep snow to the Winking Owl for a couple of pints then trudged my way back to the station to discover that at least three carriages on the 16 42 Inverness-Edinburgh had no lights working. The train was crowded but, luckily, I managed to find a seat in darkened TSO no. SC5145, where an Edinburgh-based folk band - returning from a festival in Shetland - were conducting a full-blown ceilidh with naked flame candles burning on the tables (Health and Safety....what Health and Safety?!!!). Coupled with the views of the snow-covered Highlands through the windows, the atmosphere was incredible and I was quite reluctant to alight at Perth. However, I was hoping for a 40 from there back to Glasgow....and pigs might fly!
Wow, that must have been epic! Hate the motive power, but enjoy the scenery, music, and atmosphere!
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A spin to Glasgow to view the test train which duly produced 26007 on test +26040 on the 10.38 Glasgow Queen St-Perth which i done the ned move to Bishopbriggs for a unit back to Queen St for a quick walk to Glasgow Central to view the 11.35 Glasgow-Stranraer which was 27103 which was done to Paisley Gilmour St, unit back to Glasgow Central for 47702 to Bishopbriggs on the 12.38 Queen St-Perth for the return of 26007+26040 on the 12.38 Perth-Queen St for yet another unit to Paisley to bring in one of Haymarket's finest 47163 working the 15.15 ? Stranraer-Glasgow for the final loco move of the day which was 27034 back to Paisley on the 17.25 Glasgow-Girvan .
A spin to Glasgow to view the test train which duly produced 26007 on test +26040 on the 10.38 Glasgow Queen St-Perth which i done the ned move to Bishopbriggs for a unit back to Queen St for a quick walk to Glasgow Central to view the 11.35 Glasgow-Stranraer which was 27103 which was done to Paisley Gilmour St, unit back to Glasgow Central for 47702 to Bishopbriggs on the 12.38 Queen St-Perth for the return of 26007+26040 on the 12.38 Perth-Queen St for yet another unit to Paisley to bring in one of Haymarket's finest 47163 working the 15.15 ? Stranraer-Glasgow for the final loco move of the day which was 27034 back to Paisley on the 17.25 Glasgow-Girvan .
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Some of us had to wait until last year to get 26007 in the book.
Incidentally, there was a programme on Channel 5 last week which featured a shot of me (and others) enjoying the thrash from said Type 2 departing from Keighley. My red pen moment immortalised. 'Our Great Yorkshire Life', it is called. It also featured @47403 buying his frog at the ticket office!
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10th January 1988
318268 Branchton-Glasgow - 13.20 x Wemyss Bay
47482 Glasgow-Kilmarnock 14.45 Glasgow-Carlisle 1M56
26011 Kilmarnock-Glasgow 13.52 Carlisle-Glasgow 1S37
37424 Queen St-Crianlarich 17.50 Queen St-Fort William 1Y23
37406 Crianlarich-Queen St 17.40 Fort William - Queen St 1M16
37407 Queen St-Mossend as above 1M16
11th January 1988
85032 Mossend-Carlisle as above 1M16
47605 Carlisle-Glasgow 2300 Euston- Glasgow 1S18
47605 Glasgow - Kilwinning 0823 Glasgow- Stranraer 1A01
86103 Kilwinning - Glasgow 0845 Ayr- Euston via Glasgow 1M20
47645 Glasgow - Carlisle 1013 Glasgow- Carlisle 1M02
26024 Carlisle - Glasgow 13.52 Carlisle- Glasgow 1S37
37408 Queen St - Dumbarton 16.50 Queen St- Fort William 1Y23
37406 Dumbarton - Queen St 14.15 Fort William- Queen St 1T34
303087 Glasgow - Branchton 18.35 Glasgow- Wemyss Bay
318268 Branchton-Glasgow - 13.20 x Wemyss Bay
47482 Glasgow-Kilmarnock 14.45 Glasgow-Carlisle 1M56
26011 Kilmarnock-Glasgow 13.52 Carlisle-Glasgow 1S37
37424 Queen St-Crianlarich 17.50 Queen St-Fort William 1Y23
37406 Crianlarich-Queen St 17.40 Fort William - Queen St 1M16
37407 Queen St-Mossend as above 1M16
11th January 1988
85032 Mossend-Carlisle as above 1M16
47605 Carlisle-Glasgow 2300 Euston- Glasgow 1S18
47605 Glasgow - Kilwinning 0823 Glasgow- Stranraer 1A01
86103 Kilwinning - Glasgow 0845 Ayr- Euston via Glasgow 1M20
47645 Glasgow - Carlisle 1013 Glasgow- Carlisle 1M02
26024 Carlisle - Glasgow 13.52 Carlisle- Glasgow 1S37
37408 Queen St - Dumbarton 16.50 Queen St- Fort William 1Y23
37406 Dumbarton - Queen St 14.15 Fort William- Queen St 1T34
303087 Glasgow - Branchton 18.35 Glasgow- Wemyss Bay
Wednesday 11/01/78
46029 1706 Leeds – York
40108 2150 York – Leeds
I assume I was hanging around York station (watching the world go by between games of Galaxian, or intermittent pinball tournaments) when this required 40 dropped onto the 2150 to Shrewsbury. I guess there must have been some DMU involvement here to get me home again.
Sunday 11/01/81
I had arrived at Newcastle behind 55019, but now had to turn around again and head south:
55017 0142 Newcastle – Kings Cross via Stockton, York Avoider, Selby, Joint Lines
This took the Goods Lines avoiding York, and was then dragged back into York station by an unknown 47. (I was too dossed out to go and get the number, as I was in a compartment by myself in a hyper-warm BSK right behind the loco).
There were some more interesting diversions I needed to cover in the North West, so I trotted down the road to Euston and was delighted to find an 86/1 on the 0855 to Holyhead:
86103 0855 Euston – Crewe
86311 1125 Crewe – Preston (retimed, late, and delayed en route).
Now for the rare track. The 1423 Preston – Liverpool was being diverted via St Helens Shaw Street, Sutton Oak, Clock Face and Widnes to Ditton. I believe this was the first passenger train via that route for many years, and the line is now largely closed. Sadly, the hoped for class 40 didn’t produce, but I did the diversion anyway to do the track:
47480 1423 Preston – Liverpool Lime Street, route as stated above.
After that, it was a case of heading south by the best available traction / route combination:
47029 1550 Liverpool Lime Street – Crewe
86261 16xx Crewe – Stafford
86208 1731 Stafford – Birmingham New Street
47xxx 18xx Birmingham New Street – Nuneaton
My hope of getting something interesting on the Nuneaton drags was thwarted. Once I saw it was a 47 I didn’t even bother recording the number.
85001 19xx Nuneaton – Euston
Monday 11/01/82
The Second Ice Age was still in full swing as I awoke from my slumbers north of Mossend:
47564 04xx Mossend – Perth
Arrival was many hours late. Ice was forming on my beard as I walked along the platform. At Perth, the network was pretty much at a standstill, with the 1014 to Motherwell and 1105 to Edinburgh both cancelled, as was the local to Dundee. The 0750 Aberdeen – Queen Street arrived at 1015 and terminated with frozen brakes on the stock. So Control used their common sense and used the incoming loco off the 0750 ex Aberdeen plus the stock of the cancelled 1105 to Edinburgh to form a scratch relief to Glasgow Queen Street, calling at all stations.
47545 1120 Perth – Glasgow Queen Street (Relief)
We arrived at Queen Street at 1300, then had to wait for the incoming Mallaig to arrive to carry out a highly dubious shunt release move (involving propelling the stock of the Mallaig into Queen Street Tunnel then attaching to the rear of the Perth) so that 47545 could run round the stock and form the 1335 to Aberdeen, rather late.
My next move was to head towards the West Highland Line (foolish boy).
37260 worked the 1636 from Queen Street. Prior to departure a senior manager came round and apologised for the fact that this was the first train down the West Highland Line all day. The Euston – Fort William portion which should have departed 10+ hours previously was sitting in the platform at Queen Street, connected to the shore supply.
37260 1636 Glasgow Queen Street – Rannoch
This was the coldest and snowiest I’ve ever seen the West Highland Line. It was amazing the trains were able to move at all. At Rannoch we came to a stand at the signal short of the platform, and 37260 hooked off. Then the southbound train (which I wanted to catch) arrived, double-headed with 26029 piloting 27042. The 26 hooked off, and drew forward to attach to our train, then 37260 dropped back onto it, and drew forward into the platform. With a struggle through the deep-piled snow, I crossed over to the southbound train, now powered by 27042 alone. The reason for the shunting became clear quite soon. 26029 had a working boiler, and given the prevailing weather conditions Fort William were determined to hold onto it. So the northbound train got 37260 piloting 26029, and the southbound got no-heat 27042. It started off OK as there was plenty of residual warmth in the carriages, but within an hour it was sub-zero, with ice forming on the inside of the windows. Chilly! That short run from Rannoch Outer Home signal to Rannoch station was the only time I recorded 26029 for haulage.
Back at Queen Street, as the Euston portion had been on the shore supply all day, I got myself into a nice warm compartment and settled down for the night:
47464 2227 Glasgow Queen Street – Mossend via Cowlairs, Springburn.
46029 1706 Leeds – York
40108 2150 York – Leeds
I assume I was hanging around York station (watching the world go by between games of Galaxian, or intermittent pinball tournaments) when this required 40 dropped onto the 2150 to Shrewsbury. I guess there must have been some DMU involvement here to get me home again.
Sunday 11/01/81
I had arrived at Newcastle behind 55019, but now had to turn around again and head south:
55017 0142 Newcastle – Kings Cross via Stockton, York Avoider, Selby, Joint Lines
This took the Goods Lines avoiding York, and was then dragged back into York station by an unknown 47. (I was too dossed out to go and get the number, as I was in a compartment by myself in a hyper-warm BSK right behind the loco).
There were some more interesting diversions I needed to cover in the North West, so I trotted down the road to Euston and was delighted to find an 86/1 on the 0855 to Holyhead:
86103 0855 Euston – Crewe
86311 1125 Crewe – Preston (retimed, late, and delayed en route).
Now for the rare track. The 1423 Preston – Liverpool was being diverted via St Helens Shaw Street, Sutton Oak, Clock Face and Widnes to Ditton. I believe this was the first passenger train via that route for many years, and the line is now largely closed. Sadly, the hoped for class 40 didn’t produce, but I did the diversion anyway to do the track:
47480 1423 Preston – Liverpool Lime Street, route as stated above.
After that, it was a case of heading south by the best available traction / route combination:
47029 1550 Liverpool Lime Street – Crewe
86261 16xx Crewe – Stafford
86208 1731 Stafford – Birmingham New Street
47xxx 18xx Birmingham New Street – Nuneaton
My hope of getting something interesting on the Nuneaton drags was thwarted. Once I saw it was a 47 I didn’t even bother recording the number.
85001 19xx Nuneaton – Euston
Monday 11/01/82
The Second Ice Age was still in full swing as I awoke from my slumbers north of Mossend:
47564 04xx Mossend – Perth
Arrival was many hours late. Ice was forming on my beard as I walked along the platform. At Perth, the network was pretty much at a standstill, with the 1014 to Motherwell and 1105 to Edinburgh both cancelled, as was the local to Dundee. The 0750 Aberdeen – Queen Street arrived at 1015 and terminated with frozen brakes on the stock. So Control used their common sense and used the incoming loco off the 0750 ex Aberdeen plus the stock of the cancelled 1105 to Edinburgh to form a scratch relief to Glasgow Queen Street, calling at all stations.
47545 1120 Perth – Glasgow Queen Street (Relief)
We arrived at Queen Street at 1300, then had to wait for the incoming Mallaig to arrive to carry out a highly dubious shunt release move (involving propelling the stock of the Mallaig into Queen Street Tunnel then attaching to the rear of the Perth) so that 47545 could run round the stock and form the 1335 to Aberdeen, rather late.
My next move was to head towards the West Highland Line (foolish boy).
37260 worked the 1636 from Queen Street. Prior to departure a senior manager came round and apologised for the fact that this was the first train down the West Highland Line all day. The Euston – Fort William portion which should have departed 10+ hours previously was sitting in the platform at Queen Street, connected to the shore supply.
37260 1636 Glasgow Queen Street – Rannoch
This was the coldest and snowiest I’ve ever seen the West Highland Line. It was amazing the trains were able to move at all. At Rannoch we came to a stand at the signal short of the platform, and 37260 hooked off. Then the southbound train (which I wanted to catch) arrived, double-headed with 26029 piloting 27042. The 26 hooked off, and drew forward to attach to our train, then 37260 dropped back onto it, and drew forward into the platform. With a struggle through the deep-piled snow, I crossed over to the southbound train, now powered by 27042 alone. The reason for the shunting became clear quite soon. 26029 had a working boiler, and given the prevailing weather conditions Fort William were determined to hold onto it. So the northbound train got 37260 piloting 26029, and the southbound got no-heat 27042. It started off OK as there was plenty of residual warmth in the carriages, but within an hour it was sub-zero, with ice forming on the inside of the windows. Chilly! That short run from Rannoch Outer Home signal to Rannoch station was the only time I recorded 26029 for haulage.
Back at Queen Street, as the Euston portion had been on the shore supply all day, I got myself into a nice warm compartment and settled down for the night:
47464 2227 Glasgow Queen Street – Mossend via Cowlairs, Springburn.
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Saturday 11th January 1986
Not the most thrilling of days, but it only cost £1.50....
87029 Wolves to Birmingham Int, 1A17 06.25 Chester to Euston
47623 Birmingham Int to Birmingham NS, 06.50 Paddington to Leeds/Hull
86256 Birmingham NS to Coventry, 06.00 Holyhead to Euston
86413 Coventry to Birmingham Int, 09.35 Euston to Shrewsbury
86209 Birmingham Int to Coventry, 09.35 Shrewsbury to Euston
47611 Coventry to Birmingham NS, 07.34 Poole to Glasgow/Edinburgh
86251 Birmingham NS to Sandwell & Dudley, 10.40 Euston to Wolverhampton
86413 Sandwell & Dudley to Birmingham Int, 11.37 Shrewsbury to Euston
86215 Birmingham Int to Wolves, 11.40 Euston to Shrewsbury
85036 Wolves to Birmingham NS, Additional from somewhere to Birmingham
86219 Birmingham NS to Sandwell & Dudley, 13.40 Euston to Shrewsbury
81012 Sandwell & Dudley to Coventry, 15.27 Wolves to Euston
47439 Coventry to Birmingham NS, 12.55 Brighton to Manchester
85003 Birmingham NS to Wolves, 15.40 Euston to Shrewsbury
3 of the final 5 moves were Roarers which was a nice end.
Not the most thrilling of days, but it only cost £1.50....
87029 Wolves to Birmingham Int, 1A17 06.25 Chester to Euston
47623 Birmingham Int to Birmingham NS, 06.50 Paddington to Leeds/Hull
86256 Birmingham NS to Coventry, 06.00 Holyhead to Euston
86413 Coventry to Birmingham Int, 09.35 Euston to Shrewsbury
86209 Birmingham Int to Coventry, 09.35 Shrewsbury to Euston
47611 Coventry to Birmingham NS, 07.34 Poole to Glasgow/Edinburgh
86251 Birmingham NS to Sandwell & Dudley, 10.40 Euston to Wolverhampton
86413 Sandwell & Dudley to Birmingham Int, 11.37 Shrewsbury to Euston
86215 Birmingham Int to Wolves, 11.40 Euston to Shrewsbury
85036 Wolves to Birmingham NS, Additional from somewhere to Birmingham
86219 Birmingham NS to Sandwell & Dudley, 13.40 Euston to Shrewsbury
81012 Sandwell & Dudley to Coventry, 15.27 Wolves to Euston
47439 Coventry to Birmingham NS, 12.55 Brighton to Manchester
85003 Birmingham NS to Wolves, 15.40 Euston to Shrewsbury
3 of the final 5 moves were Roarers which was a nice end.
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50p per Roarer sounds like a bargain!
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Tuesday 11th January 1983 - Steam heat for my commute !
47068 1301 Paddington-Oxford
Friday 11th January 1985
87026 0657 Wolverhampton-Euston
47068 1301 Paddington-Oxford
Friday 11th January 1985
87026 0657 Wolverhampton-Euston
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11th January 1986
Pub visits in between these moves I suspect...
47441 Newcastle - Durham 1M73
45125 Durham - Newcastle 1E08
11th January 1987
Heading back to Uni - taking the direct route...
47659 Newcastle - New St 1V87
11th January 1992
Off to the footy...
86249 New St - Watford Jn (via Northampton)
Watford 2 Newcastle 2
86219 Watford Jn - New St
The Toon were 2-0 down after 4 minutes, so salvaging a draw wasn't too bad! Pity about the traction, but at least I was able to yellow-pen the Northampton loop without having to do a Dusty Bin.
Pub visits in between these moves I suspect...
47441 Newcastle - Durham 1M73
45125 Durham - Newcastle 1E08
11th January 1987
Heading back to Uni - taking the direct route...
47659 Newcastle - New St 1V87
11th January 1992
Off to the footy...
86249 New St - Watford Jn (via Northampton)
Watford 2 Newcastle 2
86219 Watford Jn - New St
The Toon were 2-0 down after 4 minutes, so salvaging a draw wasn't too bad! Pity about the traction, but at least I was able to yellow-pen the Northampton loop without having to do a Dusty Bin.
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THURSDAY 11th JANUARY 2018:
A day trip to Florence from our place in Italy and another Trenitalia "Shed" knocked off for haulage....only about another 700 left to go!
Bus: Stia-Firenze
E464 377 Firenze SMN-Arezzo (RV 2317, 19 13 Firenze SMN-Roma Termini)
ETT 21 TFT R 1194, 20 27 Arezzo-Pratovecchio Stia
A day trip to Florence from our place in Italy and another Trenitalia "Shed" knocked off for haulage....only about another 700 left to go!
Bus: Stia-Firenze
E464 377 Firenze SMN-Arezzo (RV 2317, 19 13 Firenze SMN-Roma Termini)
ETT 21 TFT R 1194, 20 27 Arezzo-Pratovecchio Stia
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I would speculate Fort William may have been particularly keen to keep hold of 26029 and its working boiler as, whilst you were negotiating the snow walk at Rannoch, they may well have had a further no heat loco - quite possibly a class 20 - working the Mallaig branch thus making the boiler need pretty acute.
Yes, that may well have been the case. I heard of several occasions when class 20s got used between Fort William and Mallaig, especially around the time when the Monday morning 0600 from Queen Street to Fort William (with through sleepers from London) was booked for a 37 + 20 combo, to help overcome wheel slip. I never did manage to drop onto a 20 to Mallaig myself though.
Meanwhile, here's my offering for today:
Tuesday 12/01/82
My trip north into the Second Ice Age had been with a required class 82. By sheer fluke, a different required class 82 was waiting to take me home:
82004 00xx Mossend – Wigan North Western, 06xx Crewe - Euston
47324 03xx Wigan North Western – Crewe, hauling 82004 dead, via Chester Triangle.
The OLE between Wigan and Crewe had been affected by heavy ice, bringing the wires down on the Main Lines at Acton Grange Junction, so we were diesel hauled via Warrington and around the triangle at Chester. Providing a (dud) 47/3 for the drag when outside temperatures were below -20 degrees C was a bit painful. 3 hours late into Euston.
Friday 12/01/90
On my way home from Poland:
9005 + 1508 + 1613 0940 Dover Western Docks – Victoria
47705 1215 Paddington – Reading
Tuesday 12/01/99
I was at work in Paddington when word reached me of an unusual working in Anglia. At that time the Liverpool Street – Norwich services were in the hands of a dedicated fleet of 86/2s, which were beginning to show their age (I’m trying to be polite here). It was a fairly regular occurrence that Anglia would hire in an 86 from RfD / EWS in between postal train turns, to do a few round trips. On this particular occasion the hired-in loco was 86416, which had defective TDM equipment, and so couldn’t be driven from the DBSO. The solution was to hire in a second loco to work top-and-tail. I decided to take a few hours off work to go and investigate in person. What loco do you think they hired in?
55022 1130 Liverpool Street – Norwich (+86416 dead on rear)
86416 1405 Norwich – Liverpool Street (+55022 dead on rear)
Yes, a Deltic from Liverpool Street to Norwich on a normal service train, and an 86/4 back again. Then back to work …
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THURSDAY 12th JANUARY 2017:
Heading home after New Year at our place in Italy:
ALe054 961/Le054 961 + ALe054 965/Le054 965 TFT R 1163, 09 38 Pratovecchio Stia-Arezzo
E464 519 RV 1606, 11 00 Arezzo-Firenze SMN
E575 07 NTV Italo 9914, 13 25 Firenze SMN-Torino Porta Susa
Overnight in a hotel in Torino.
Heading home after New Year at our place in Italy:
ALe054 961/Le054 961 + ALe054 965/Le054 965 TFT R 1163, 09 38 Pratovecchio Stia-Arezzo
E464 519 RV 1606, 11 00 Arezzo-Firenze SMN
E575 07 NTV Italo 9914, 13 25 Firenze SMN-Torino Porta Susa
Overnight in a hotel in Torino.
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Thursday 12th January 1989
Visiting some relatives...
50032 Oxford to Reading, 17.35 Oxford to Paddington
Tram Reading to Weston-super-Mare (via Bath), 18.05 Paddington to Weston-super-Mare
Visiting some relatives...
50032 Oxford to Reading, 17.35 Oxford to Paddington
Tram Reading to Weston-super-Mare (via Bath), 18.05 Paddington to Weston-super-Mare
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12th January 1985
I walked down to Dunston station to catch a dmu to Newcastle. This was the first service from Carlisle. Hello - what's this?
25044 Dunston - Newcastle 2E32
The rat was dragging a fagged unit - very nice!
A few distressed looking cranks as we rolled into Newcastle with me grinning out of the front droplight. However, they were in luck, as the lash-up continued in service:
25044 Newcastle - Carlisle 2M35
25044 Carlisle - Newcastle 2E40
Not a bad day.
12th January 1986
Another journey back to Uni, this time with a few diversions...
47588 Newcastle - New St via Leamside, Barrow Hill and Litchfield 1V87
12th January 1990
Returning from training course (complete with evening "work meetings")...
86406 Man Pic - New St
I walked down to Dunston station to catch a dmu to Newcastle. This was the first service from Carlisle. Hello - what's this?
25044 Dunston - Newcastle 2E32
The rat was dragging a fagged unit - very nice!
A few distressed looking cranks as we rolled into Newcastle with me grinning out of the front droplight. However, they were in luck, as the lash-up continued in service:
25044 Newcastle - Carlisle 2M35
25044 Carlisle - Newcastle 2E40
Not a bad day.
12th January 1986
Another journey back to Uni, this time with a few diversions...
47588 Newcastle - New St via Leamside, Barrow Hill and Litchfield 1V87
12th January 1990
Returning from training course (complete with evening "work meetings")...
86406 Man Pic - New St
Unless your Uni course was on how to operate a time machine, I very much doubt that your train was diverted via Litchfield (which in in Watership Down country on the Didcot Newbury & Southampton railway).
Of course, Lichfield (without the T) remains a possibility without the necessity for warping the time/space continuum!