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xotGD
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I've never flailed behind an 08 
5th October 1991
West Mids bus pass featuring:
87009, 86257, 87018, 86233, 90008, 90012, 86244, 87035, 87013, 47805
5th October 1996
On my way to Cardiff for a couple of days...
47805 New St - Bristol Parkway (5 years later - same Duff!)
5th October 1991
West Mids bus pass featuring:
87009, 86257, 87018, 86233, 90008, 90012, 86244, 87035, 87013, 47805
5th October 1996
On my way to Cardiff for a couple of days...
47805 New St - Bristol Parkway (5 years later - same Duff!)
Friday 06/10/78
47543 1620 Harrogate – Leeds
46039 1707 Leeds – York
Monday 06/10/80
50041 0030 Plymouth – Paddington via Bristol Parkway
+ 50013 pilot to Newton Abbot
Friday 06/10/89
90026 1630 Euston – Crewe
Wednesday 06/10/93
87030 0745 Euston – Manchester Piccadilly
87018 1530 Manchester Piccadilly – Euston
I assume this was some work-related trip. Decent traction though.
47543 1620 Harrogate – Leeds
46039 1707 Leeds – York
Monday 06/10/80
50041 0030 Plymouth – Paddington via Bristol Parkway
+ 50013 pilot to Newton Abbot
Friday 06/10/89
90026 1630 Euston – Crewe
Wednesday 06/10/93
87030 0745 Euston – Manchester Piccadilly
87018 1530 Manchester Piccadilly – Euston
I assume this was some work-related trip. Decent traction though.
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MONDAY 6th OCTOBER 2008:
TFT R 1167, 11 26 Pratovecchio Stia-Bibbiena : ALe056 137/Le056 137+Ale 056 149/Le056 149 (ex-SNCB/NMBS units 137 & 149)
Ex-LMS 350 hp 0-6-0 diesel-electric shunter 700 003 (LMS no. 7106) was yard pilot at Bibbiena.
Had a lift with friends in their car back to Stia.
SUNDAY 6th SEPTEMBER 2013:
EN 9241, 07 49 Paris Lyon-Milano Porta Garibaldi via St Andre-le-Gaz and Vercelli: TGV 4502
'Italo' NTV 9943, 15 43 Milano PG-Firenze SMN: E575 04
R 11671, 17 20 Firenze SMN-Arezzo: E464 125
RRB Arezzo-Stia
TFT R 1167, 11 26 Pratovecchio Stia-Bibbiena : ALe056 137/Le056 137+Ale 056 149/Le056 149 (ex-SNCB/NMBS units 137 & 149)
Ex-LMS 350 hp 0-6-0 diesel-electric shunter 700 003 (LMS no. 7106) was yard pilot at Bibbiena.
Had a lift with friends in their car back to Stia.
SUNDAY 6th SEPTEMBER 2013:
EN 9241, 07 49 Paris Lyon-Milano Porta Garibaldi via St Andre-le-Gaz and Vercelli: TGV 4502
'Italo' NTV 9943, 15 43 Milano PG-Firenze SMN: E575 04
R 11671, 17 20 Firenze SMN-Arezzo: E464 125
RRB Arezzo-Stia
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6th October 1996
37412 Cardiff C - Gloucester 1M85
37412 Gloucester - Cardiff C 1V24
While the Syphon went to Birmingham and back, we visited a few pubs in Gloucester.
37412 Cardiff C - Gloucester 1M85
37412 Gloucester - Cardiff C 1V24
While the Syphon went to Birmingham and back, we visited a few pubs in Gloucester.
Saturday 7th October 1978
Pennine Rambler railtour
Some rare Class 13 and Class 76 haulage.
37037 Chesterfield-Rotherwood
13003 Rotherwood-Tinsley Yard
76010+76023 Tinsley Yard-Woodhead-Guide Bridge
40015+40020 Guide Bridge-York
40020+40015 York-Chesterfield
Pennine Rambler railtour
Some rare Class 13 and Class 76 haulage.
37037 Chesterfield-Rotherwood
13003 Rotherwood-Tinsley Yard
76010+76023 Tinsley Yard-Woodhead-Guide Bridge
40015+40020 Guide Bridge-York
40020+40015 York-Chesterfield
I am rather envious! I never had a 76 for haulage - or a 13 for that matter!
Meanwhile ...
Friday 07/10/77
My idea of a good Friday Night Out may differ slightly from some other people’s:
40083 2150 York – Stockport, via OA&GB Jn, Denton Jn
Cab ride from Leeds
(Saturday 08/10/77)
40083 0051 Stockport – York via Denton Jn, OA&GB Jn
Cab ride to Leeds
(The dates for the above two entries may be +/- a week).
Wednesday 07/10/81
85026 2300 WN101 Signal – Crewe
This was a return FOOTEX from Northumberland Park to Manchester Piccadilly. I required the Roarer, so after finishing my late shift in Willesden PSB I strolled out of the back door and straight into this as it was changing locos on the City Goods Line. The stop at Crewe was middle road too, so I had to use my skills in platform-edge scrambling to alight.
Saturday 07/10/00
47807 0450 Reading – Birmingham New Street
86214 0655 Birmingham New Street – Preston
34027 0918 Preston – Glasgow Central via Shap, Beattock
87034 1700 Glasgow Central – Carlisle
90039 1949 Carlisle – Wolverhampton
The above two services were severely delayed by the derailment of 4M34 EWS service ex Mossend, and consequent track damage. Single Line Working was in place. 90039’s train was terminated at Wolverhampton due to late running, as an engineering possession prevented us from running through to International.
Bus Wolverhampton – International
Car International – Reading
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Now that sounds quite the tour! I’m very jealous
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Friday 7th October 1983
87031 WBQ to Oxenholme, 1P25 15.45 Euston to Carlisle
Unit to Windermere
87031 WBQ to Oxenholme, 1P25 15.45 Euston to Carlisle
Unit to Windermere
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I wish I had been on that tour, but unfortunately it was two days before I joined BR and had money in my pocket (and priv travel too of course !).
But I did manage one 76 on the Easter Tommy Railtour of April 1981.
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Both times I travelled over the Woodhead route on railtours we were diesel-hauled....the first time by a 40 and the second by a 44.
Meanwhile:
SATURDAY 7th OCTOBER 1978:
12 53 Portsmouth Harbour-Waterloo: 7399/7050/7347 Petersfield-Woking
13 46 Waterloo-Bournemouth: 409/401/3001 Woking-Eastleigh
16 05 Eastleigh-Fareham: 33 105/406 vice unavailable DEMU
15 49 Southampton-Portsmouth & Southsea: 1117 Fareham-Portsmouth & Southsea....a St Leonards unit running-in after repairs at Eastleigh Works.
17 06 Portsmouth & Southsea-Fareham football relief: 33 103/425....invaded by disappointed Pompey fans at Fratton!
xx xx Cardiff Central-Portsmouth Harbour: 31 416 Fareham-Portsmouth Harbour
18 53 Portsmouth Harbour-Waterloo: 7386/7052/7415 Portsmouth Harbour-Petersfield
WEDNESDAY 7th OCTOBER 2009:
TFT R 159, 07 38 Pratovecchio Stia-Arezzo: ALe056 142/Le056 142 + ALe056 149/Le056 149 (ex-SNCB/NMBS units 142 & 149)
Bus: 08 45 Arezzo-Sansepolcro....following the route of the Arezzo-Fossato di Vico narrow gauge line - closed in 1943 following severe WW2 damage
Bus: 18 40 Sansepolcro-Ponte alla Chiassa via the Scheggia Pass
Walk: Ponte alla Chiassa-Giovi station
TFT R 190, 19 15 Arezzo-Pratovecchio Stia: ALe056 143/Le056 143 + ALe056 137/Le056 137 (ex-SNCB/NMBS units 143 & 137): Giovi-Stia
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Driving for a holiday in North Wales, diverted to the Llangollen Railway, and what is better than one diesel , two!
46010 Carrog - Llangollen
D1566 (47449) Llangollen - Carrog
D1566 at Llangollen
Driving for a holiday in North Wales, diverted to the Llangollen Railway, and what is better than one diesel , two!
46010 Carrog - Llangollen
D1566 (47449) Llangollen - Carrog
D1566 at Llangollen
Saturday 8th October 1977
Midland Jubilee railtour
This ran Euston-Paddington via Chester, in conjunction with another charter running in the opposite direction (Paddington-Euston). Both trains used the same pool of locos for haulage. I joined the train at Birmingham.
87007 Birmingham-Crewe
47351 Crewe-Chester
A4 4498 Chester-Shrewsbury(Class 25 assisting Gresford-Wrexham)
It was a wet day and 4498, down to walking pace on Gresford Bank, started to slip and eventually came to a standstill. It was unable to restart, so a Class 25 was dispatched from Wrexham to assist. The 25 passed us on the down line and crossed to the up, somewhere in our rear. It then coupled onto the back of our train and gave the A4 a much needed push. This combination carried on to Wrexham where the 25 was removed, and 4498 carried on to Shrewsbury. I failed to record the identity of the Class 25 unfortunately.
King 6000 Shrewsbury-Craven Arms
Princess 6201 Craven Arms-Hereford
MN 35028 Hereford-Newport
Experienced quite an array of 8P steam haulage that day, which I have never managed to repeat. After that it was a pair of Hoovers to London.
50004+50005 Newport-Paddington
Tube Paddington-Euston
86207 20:40 Euston- B’ham Int (Euston-Wolverhampton service)
Saturday 8th October 1983
My first run over the new, recently completed Selby Diversion line (Temple Hirst Junction-Colton Junction).
DMU 10:27 Nottingham-Grantham
43072+43??? Grantham-York
47561 York-Derby
DMU Derby-Nottingham
Midland Jubilee railtour
This ran Euston-Paddington via Chester, in conjunction with another charter running in the opposite direction (Paddington-Euston). Both trains used the same pool of locos for haulage. I joined the train at Birmingham.
87007 Birmingham-Crewe
47351 Crewe-Chester
A4 4498 Chester-Shrewsbury(Class 25 assisting Gresford-Wrexham)
It was a wet day and 4498, down to walking pace on Gresford Bank, started to slip and eventually came to a standstill. It was unable to restart, so a Class 25 was dispatched from Wrexham to assist. The 25 passed us on the down line and crossed to the up, somewhere in our rear. It then coupled onto the back of our train and gave the A4 a much needed push. This combination carried on to Wrexham where the 25 was removed, and 4498 carried on to Shrewsbury. I failed to record the identity of the Class 25 unfortunately.
King 6000 Shrewsbury-Craven Arms
Princess 6201 Craven Arms-Hereford
MN 35028 Hereford-Newport
Experienced quite an array of 8P steam haulage that day, which I have never managed to repeat. After that it was a pair of Hoovers to London.
50004+50005 Newport-Paddington
Tube Paddington-Euston
86207 20:40 Euston- B’ham Int (Euston-Wolverhampton service)
Saturday 8th October 1983
My first run over the new, recently completed Selby Diversion line (Temple Hirst Junction-Colton Junction).
DMU 10:27 Nottingham-Grantham
43072+43??? Grantham-York
47561 York-Derby
DMU Derby-Nottingham
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Saturday 8th October 1983
Unit Windermere to Oxenholme
85028 Oxenholme to WBQ, 1M06 10.38 Stranraer to Euston
Unit Windermere to Oxenholme
85028 Oxenholme to WBQ, 1M06 10.38 Stranraer to Euston
Sunday 08/10/78
The S&C was closed this Sunday, so the 1515 Glasgow – Nottingham was diverted from Carlisle via Newcastle and York to Leeds. It would have been nice to have done it all the way from Glasgow instead of just York to Leeds:
40084 1906 Leeds – York
45032 20xx York – Leeds
DMU Leeds – Selby
47524 2133 Selby - York
Thursday 08/10/81
Having arrived at Crewe in ignominious middle-road scramble fashion in the wee small hours of the morning, I festered until a suitable exit presented itself, in the form of a class 82 on the Glasgow – Bristol overnight:
82008 0452 Crewe – Birmingham New Street
86261 0625 Birmingham New Street – Lancaster
87030 1023 Lancaster – Preston
87009 1057 Preston – Crewe
This train was delayed 75 minutes at Preston due to a hot box on the Mk3 buffet car, which had to be detached.
(Sunday 07/10/84)
47455 2352 York – Edinburgh
Monday 08/10/84
37264 0430 Edinburgh – Glasgow Queen Street via Falkirk Grahamston
Then after working the early shift in Glasgow Control, I headed for Berwick upon Tweed, in the knowledge that 37202 was allocated to the 1718 Newcastle – Edinburgh:
47701 1600 Glasgow Queen Street – Edinburgh
43068 + 43059 1635 Edinburgh – Berwick upon Tweed, 40’ late.
There I alighted to claim my prize …
47411 1833 Berwick upon Tweed – Edinburgh
47707 2100 Edinburgh – Glasgow Queen Street
It just goes to show that not all gen is good gen, Terms and Conditions apply, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, etc.
Thursday 08/10/92
The Army were having a sort of “closed” “Open Day” for families and friends at Kineton, where there is a pretty substantial military railway. A friend / work colleague then owned an old NAAFI canteen wagon, and was invited to attend, along with his family, and I tagged along as an “invited” guest. Progress from his home in Potters Bar around the M25 and down the M40 in this somewhat ancient vehicle was not swift, and I was stuck in the back as there wasn’t any room for me in the front, but eventually we did reach Kineton, and put the vehicle on display, before going out to enjoy the incongruous sight of Deltic 55015 running shuttle trips around the circuit, sharing duties with one of the Army shunters, 423:
55015 1220 Burton Dassett – Heap Halt
55015 1250 Heap Halt – Burton Dassett
423 1305 Burton Dassett – Heap Halt
423 1325 Heap Halt – Burton Dassett
Then we went for a slightly longer run around a different circuit:
55015 1420 Burton Dassett – Burton Dassett via Edge Hill (no, not the one on Merseyside, the one in Warwickshire which was the site of a famous battle in 1642, or nearly quarter to five).
After all this fun and games, I got a lift to Leamington Spa to escape home:
47813 1644 Leamington Spa – Reading
The S&C was closed this Sunday, so the 1515 Glasgow – Nottingham was diverted from Carlisle via Newcastle and York to Leeds. It would have been nice to have done it all the way from Glasgow instead of just York to Leeds:
40084 1906 Leeds – York
45032 20xx York – Leeds
DMU Leeds – Selby
47524 2133 Selby - York
Thursday 08/10/81
Having arrived at Crewe in ignominious middle-road scramble fashion in the wee small hours of the morning, I festered until a suitable exit presented itself, in the form of a class 82 on the Glasgow – Bristol overnight:
82008 0452 Crewe – Birmingham New Street
86261 0625 Birmingham New Street – Lancaster
87030 1023 Lancaster – Preston
87009 1057 Preston – Crewe
This train was delayed 75 minutes at Preston due to a hot box on the Mk3 buffet car, which had to be detached.
(Sunday 07/10/84)
47455 2352 York – Edinburgh
Monday 08/10/84
37264 0430 Edinburgh – Glasgow Queen Street via Falkirk Grahamston
Then after working the early shift in Glasgow Control, I headed for Berwick upon Tweed, in the knowledge that 37202 was allocated to the 1718 Newcastle – Edinburgh:
47701 1600 Glasgow Queen Street – Edinburgh
43068 + 43059 1635 Edinburgh – Berwick upon Tweed, 40’ late.
There I alighted to claim my prize …
47411 1833 Berwick upon Tweed – Edinburgh
47707 2100 Edinburgh – Glasgow Queen Street
It just goes to show that not all gen is good gen, Terms and Conditions apply, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, etc.
Thursday 08/10/92
The Army were having a sort of “closed” “Open Day” for families and friends at Kineton, where there is a pretty substantial military railway. A friend / work colleague then owned an old NAAFI canteen wagon, and was invited to attend, along with his family, and I tagged along as an “invited” guest. Progress from his home in Potters Bar around the M25 and down the M40 in this somewhat ancient vehicle was not swift, and I was stuck in the back as there wasn’t any room for me in the front, but eventually we did reach Kineton, and put the vehicle on display, before going out to enjoy the incongruous sight of Deltic 55015 running shuttle trips around the circuit, sharing duties with one of the Army shunters, 423:
55015 1220 Burton Dassett – Heap Halt
55015 1250 Heap Halt – Burton Dassett
423 1305 Burton Dassett – Heap Halt
423 1325 Heap Halt – Burton Dassett
Then we went for a slightly longer run around a different circuit:
55015 1420 Burton Dassett – Burton Dassett via Edge Hill (no, not the one on Merseyside, the one in Warwickshire which was the site of a famous battle in 1642, or nearly quarter to five).
After all this fun and games, I got a lift to Leamington Spa to escape home:
47813 1644 Leamington Spa – Reading
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THURSDAY 8th OCTOBER 1981:
Hyndland-Glasgow QS LL: 303 025
Glasgow Central LL-Hyndland: 314 201
Hyndland-Dumbarton Central via Yoker: 303 043
1B15, 18 23 Glasgow QS HL-Oban: 37 035 Dumbarton Central-Garelochhead. Consist: SC4741/4235/4746 (Mark 1 TSO), SC14010 (Mark 1 BFK)
MONDAY 8th OCTOBER 2007:
A wee track bash around the Bordeaux area while staying with friends in the Dordogne - en route to Italy the long way round!
TER xxxxx, 10 14 St Foy-la-Grande-Libourne: X2229/XABD6070 (DMU)
TGV 8507, 10 50 Libourne-Bordeaux St Jean: TGV 402
TER 66115, 12 34 Bordeaux St Jean-Le Verdon: EMU Tr 409 (ZR 15409/ZR 25517/Z5409)
TER 66xxx, 16 04 Le Verdon-Bordeaux St Jean: Same unit in reverse.
TER 865708, 18 11 Bordeaux St Jean-St Foy-la-Grande: XB2222/XRABD6149 (DMU)
THURSDAY 8th OCTOBER 2009:
TFT R 1185, 18 39 Pratovecchio Stia-Bibbiena
Car: Bibbiena-Stia
FRIDAY 8th OCTOBER 2010:
A different route to Italy for a change:
ES 9022, 11 31 London St Pancras-Paris Nord: 373 222/221
RER line D: Gare du Nord-Gare de Lyon
EC 9273: 15 58 Paris Lyon-Lausanne via Vallorbe: TGV 112/115 (115 detached at Frasne)
SATURDAY 8th OCTOBER 2011:
En route to Italy by the usual route:
ES 9018, 10 25 London St Pancras - Paris Nord: 373 220/219 (yet again!-those units haunted me....but how I wish we had them back again now!)
RER Line D: Gare du Nord-Gare de Lyon
EC 9249, 15 24 Paris Lyon-Milano Centrale via St Andre-le-Gaz and Vercelli: TGV 4505
Hyndland-Glasgow QS LL: 303 025
Glasgow Central LL-Hyndland: 314 201
Hyndland-Dumbarton Central via Yoker: 303 043
1B15, 18 23 Glasgow QS HL-Oban: 37 035 Dumbarton Central-Garelochhead. Consist: SC4741/4235/4746 (Mark 1 TSO), SC14010 (Mark 1 BFK)
MONDAY 8th OCTOBER 2007:
A wee track bash around the Bordeaux area while staying with friends in the Dordogne - en route to Italy the long way round!
TER xxxxx, 10 14 St Foy-la-Grande-Libourne: X2229/XABD6070 (DMU)
TGV 8507, 10 50 Libourne-Bordeaux St Jean: TGV 402
TER 66115, 12 34 Bordeaux St Jean-Le Verdon: EMU Tr 409 (ZR 15409/ZR 25517/Z5409)
TER 66xxx, 16 04 Le Verdon-Bordeaux St Jean: Same unit in reverse.
TER 865708, 18 11 Bordeaux St Jean-St Foy-la-Grande: XB2222/XRABD6149 (DMU)
THURSDAY 8th OCTOBER 2009:
TFT R 1185, 18 39 Pratovecchio Stia-Bibbiena
Car: Bibbiena-Stia
FRIDAY 8th OCTOBER 2010:
A different route to Italy for a change:
ES 9022, 11 31 London St Pancras-Paris Nord: 373 222/221
RER line D: Gare du Nord-Gare de Lyon
EC 9273: 15 58 Paris Lyon-Lausanne via Vallorbe: TGV 112/115 (115 detached at Frasne)
SATURDAY 8th OCTOBER 2011:
En route to Italy by the usual route:
ES 9018, 10 25 London St Pancras - Paris Nord: 373 220/219 (yet again!-those units haunted me....but how I wish we had them back again now!)
RER Line D: Gare du Nord-Gare de Lyon
EC 9249, 15 24 Paris Lyon-Milano Centrale via St Andre-le-Gaz and Vercelli: TGV 4505
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I was out all day yesterday, so time for a 2-day catch-up:
8th October 1986
86419 New St - Wolves 1M50
87022 Wolves - New St 1A50
86208 New St - Sandwell & Dudley 1J45
85035 Sandwell & Dudley - New St 1G73
85035 New St - Wolves (via Bescot) 1P70
47656 Wolves - New St 1O46
The Roarer was on the Preston/Lancaster turn that often produced.
7th October 1988
Heading home for the weekend...
47457 New St - Newcastle 1E35
7th October 1989
86229 New St - Wolves
90030 Wolves - New St
85040 New St - Wolves
86208 Wolves - New St
86414 New St - International
90019 International - New St
Nice to get a Roarer in the mix.
7th October 1996
Returning from Cardiff..
47854 Bristol TM - Cheltenham
(Stopped off for some phots - nothing but Duffs!)
47806 Cheltenham - New St
8th October 2000
Going on holiday...
73235 Victoria - Gatwick
I only travelled on the Gatwick Express a couple of times. It looks like I've lost the notes for the other trip.
8th October 1986
86419 New St - Wolves 1M50
87022 Wolves - New St 1A50
86208 New St - Sandwell & Dudley 1J45
85035 Sandwell & Dudley - New St 1G73
85035 New St - Wolves (via Bescot) 1P70
47656 Wolves - New St 1O46
The Roarer was on the Preston/Lancaster turn that often produced.
7th October 1988
Heading home for the weekend...
47457 New St - Newcastle 1E35
7th October 1989
86229 New St - Wolves
90030 Wolves - New St
85040 New St - Wolves
86208 Wolves - New St
86414 New St - International
90019 International - New St
Nice to get a Roarer in the mix.
7th October 1996
Returning from Cardiff..
47854 Bristol TM - Cheltenham
(Stopped off for some phots - nothing but Duffs!)
47806 Cheltenham - New St
8th October 2000
Going on holiday...
73235 Victoria - Gatwick
I only travelled on the Gatwick Express a couple of times. It looks like I've lost the notes for the other trip.
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MONDAY 9th OCTOBER 1978:
06 23 Portsmouth Harbour-Waterloo: 7748/7816/7810 Petersfield-Waterloo
08 08 Waterloo-Woking:7346/7356 Waterloo-Woking
16 14 Effingham Junction-Waterloo: 5110/5676/5675 Wimbledon-Waterloo
18 10 Waterloo-Salisbury: 33 021 + 417/425 Waterloo-Woking
18 36 Waterloo-Haslemere: 7148/5126 Woking-Guildford
18 50 Waterloo-Portsmouth Harbour: 7390/7056/7345 Guildford-Petersfield
This day was unusual on two counts: a non-push/pull 33/0 on the 18 10 ex-Waterloo and an ex-works Ramsgate CEP coupled to a very not ex-works Wimbledon EPB on the 18 36 ex-Waterloo.
FRIDAY 9th OCTOBER 1981:
07 47 Helensburgh Central-Airdrie: 303 065/019 Helensburgh Central-Glasgow QS LL via Yoker
xx xx Glasgow QS LL-Hyndland: 303 039
xx xx Hyndland-Glasgow Central: 303 026
17 30 Glasgow Central-Euston: 87 029 Glasgow Central-Watford Junction Consist: M81620 (Mark 1 BG), M11040 (Mark 3a FO), M3372 (Mark 2f FO), M1769 (Mark 1 RBR), M12078/12157/12071/12149 (Mark 3a TSO), M5960 (Mark 2f TSO). Load 9 AB/EH
22 35 Watford Junction-Euston: M61177/70177/75177 Watford Junction-Kenton
Overnight with a friend's parents in Kenton.
(I have to go out now!....watch this space for the second instalment this evening).
06 23 Portsmouth Harbour-Waterloo: 7748/7816/7810 Petersfield-Waterloo
08 08 Waterloo-Woking:7346/7356 Waterloo-Woking
16 14 Effingham Junction-Waterloo: 5110/5676/5675 Wimbledon-Waterloo
18 10 Waterloo-Salisbury: 33 021 + 417/425 Waterloo-Woking
18 36 Waterloo-Haslemere: 7148/5126 Woking-Guildford
18 50 Waterloo-Portsmouth Harbour: 7390/7056/7345 Guildford-Petersfield
This day was unusual on two counts: a non-push/pull 33/0 on the 18 10 ex-Waterloo and an ex-works Ramsgate CEP coupled to a very not ex-works Wimbledon EPB on the 18 36 ex-Waterloo.
FRIDAY 9th OCTOBER 1981:
07 47 Helensburgh Central-Airdrie: 303 065/019 Helensburgh Central-Glasgow QS LL via Yoker
xx xx Glasgow QS LL-Hyndland: 303 039
xx xx Hyndland-Glasgow Central: 303 026
17 30 Glasgow Central-Euston: 87 029 Glasgow Central-Watford Junction Consist: M81620 (Mark 1 BG), M11040 (Mark 3a FO), M3372 (Mark 2f FO), M1769 (Mark 1 RBR), M12078/12157/12071/12149 (Mark 3a TSO), M5960 (Mark 2f TSO). Load 9 AB/EH
22 35 Watford Junction-Euston: M61177/70177/75177 Watford Junction-Kenton
Overnight with a friend's parents in Kenton.
(I have to go out now!....watch this space for the second instalment this evening).
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9th October 1988
Back to Brum after a weekend at home:
47527 Newcastle - Sheffield 1V59
47501 Sheffield - New St 1V59
I suppose replacing the ETH Duff with a different ETH Duff counts as variety.
If I hadn't gone away for the weekend I could have had this:
Can't win them all.
Back to Brum after a weekend at home:
47527 Newcastle - Sheffield 1V59
47501 Sheffield - New St 1V59
I suppose replacing the ETH Duff with a different ETH Duff counts as variety.
If I hadn't gone away for the weekend I could have had this:
Can't win them all.
Friday 09/10/81
40015 0742 Manchester Victoria – Llandudno Junction
47490 1110 Llandudno Junction – Crewe
87025 1256 Crewe – London Euston, 12’ early into Euston.
Saturday 09/10/82
40027 1210 York – Newcastle
43159 + 43154 1410 Newcastle – York
45106 1554 York – Stalybridge
DMU 1723 Stalybridge – Stockport
87021 1823 Stockport – Crewe
86214 1915 Crewe – Euston
37086 2205 Liverpool Street – Bishops Stortford
… for an overnight stay with some friends
Monday 09/10/89
Rising well before the crack of dawn, I suffered a couple of 150s …
150 113 0609 Crewe – Derby
150 123 0738 Derby – Nottingham
The purpose of these desperate unit moves? Well, one of the Nottingham – Blackpool sprinter diagrams had temporarily been turned over to loco + stock on a short-term basis, Mondays to Fridays Only, so I had to cover it:
37431 0815 Nottingham – Blackpool North via Toton, Sheffield (run round), Hazel Grove, Windsor Link. Lots of new class 37 track there for me.
Job done! After that, it was just a case of heading back south once more, and back to work:
47520 1300 Blackpool North – Preston
86101 1345 Preston – Crewe
86234 1640 Crewe – Euston
40015 0742 Manchester Victoria – Llandudno Junction
47490 1110 Llandudno Junction – Crewe
87025 1256 Crewe – London Euston, 12’ early into Euston.
Saturday 09/10/82
40027 1210 York – Newcastle
43159 + 43154 1410 Newcastle – York
45106 1554 York – Stalybridge
DMU 1723 Stalybridge – Stockport
87021 1823 Stockport – Crewe
86214 1915 Crewe – Euston
37086 2205 Liverpool Street – Bishops Stortford
… for an overnight stay with some friends
Monday 09/10/89
Rising well before the crack of dawn, I suffered a couple of 150s …
150 113 0609 Crewe – Derby
150 123 0738 Derby – Nottingham
The purpose of these desperate unit moves? Well, one of the Nottingham – Blackpool sprinter diagrams had temporarily been turned over to loco + stock on a short-term basis, Mondays to Fridays Only, so I had to cover it:
37431 0815 Nottingham – Blackpool North via Toton, Sheffield (run round), Hazel Grove, Windsor Link. Lots of new class 37 track there for me.
Job done! After that, it was just a case of heading back south once more, and back to work:
47520 1300 Blackpool North – Preston
86101 1345 Preston – Crewe
86234 1640 Crewe – Euston
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Saturday 9th October 1982
Missing moves books, class listings, 40 somewhere in the day (The Bangor was 106 all day) bla bla bla...
47201 Rhyl to Llandudno Junction
Missing moves books, class listings, 40 somewhere in the day (The Bangor was 106 all day) bla bla bla...
47201 Rhyl to Llandudno Junction
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Second instalment:-
TUESDAY 9th OCTOBER 2007:
Continuing our roundabout journey to Italy via Southern France, we had a day out on a circular journey around the Dordogne with a friend who lives there:
TER xxxxxx, 10 14 Ste Foy-la-Grande-Libourne: X2223/XRABD6159
IC 4480, 10 59 Libourne-Perigueux: BB 67475
TER 868251, 12 10 Perigueux-Agen: X73731
TER 865804, 15 03 Agen-Le Buisson: X73771
TER 865719, 16 48 Le Buisson-Ste Foy-la-Grande
THURSDAY 9th OCTOBER 2008:
A return trip to Pisa Airport to meet a friend from the UK who was coming to stay with us in Tuscany:
TFT R 1161, 08 47 Pratovecchio Stia-Arezzo: ETT 23
R 2306, 10 01 Arezzo-Firenze SMN: E464 092
R 11721, 11 27 Firenze SMN-Pisa Centrale: E656 576
R 23435,15 50 Pisa Centrale-Pisa Aeroporto: ALn663 1123 (DMU vice EMU)
R 23442,17 05 Pisa Aeroporto-Pisa Centrale: ALn663 1123
R 3118, 17 29 Pisa Centrale-Firenze Rifredi: E646 203
IC 595, 18 29 Firenze Rifredi-Arezzo: E402 104
TFT R 192, 19 50 Arezzo-Pratovecchio Stia: ETR 22
SATURDAY 9th OCTOBER 2010:
Continuing our trip to Italy via Switzerland:
EC 37, 08 20 Lausanne-Milano Centrale: ETR610 105
FR 9515, 12 15 Milano Centrale-Firenze SMN: Treno 50 (E404 601 + 602)
R 3159, 14 13 Firenze SMN-Arezzo: E464 471
TFT R1180, 15 37 Arezzo-Pratovecchio Stia: ALe056 143/Le056 143 + ALe056 144 (ex-SNCB/NMBS units 143 & 144)
SUNDAY 9th OCTOBER 2011:
FR 9507, 08 15 Milano Centrale-Firenze SMN: Treno 03 (E404 621 + 648)
R 34225, 10 22 Firenze SMN-Arezzo: E464 584
TFT R172, 12 12 Arezzo-Pratovecchio Stia: ALe054 969 (ex-SNCB/NMBS postal unit 969 converted for passenger use)
WEDNESDAY 9th OCTOBER 2013:
TFT R 6169, 11 52 Pratovecchio Stia-Arezzo: ALe054 961/Le054 961 + ALe054 965/Le054 965 (ex-SNCB/NMBS postal units 961 & 965)
TFT R 1186, 18 21 Arezzo-C.C.1: Le054 965/ALe054 965 + Le054 961 + ALe054 961
TFT R 1192, 19 51 C.C.1-Pratovecchio Stia
TUESDAY 9th OCTOBER 2007:
Continuing our roundabout journey to Italy via Southern France, we had a day out on a circular journey around the Dordogne with a friend who lives there:
TER xxxxxx, 10 14 Ste Foy-la-Grande-Libourne: X2223/XRABD6159
IC 4480, 10 59 Libourne-Perigueux: BB 67475
TER 868251, 12 10 Perigueux-Agen: X73731
TER 865804, 15 03 Agen-Le Buisson: X73771
TER 865719, 16 48 Le Buisson-Ste Foy-la-Grande
THURSDAY 9th OCTOBER 2008:
A return trip to Pisa Airport to meet a friend from the UK who was coming to stay with us in Tuscany:
TFT R 1161, 08 47 Pratovecchio Stia-Arezzo: ETT 23
R 2306, 10 01 Arezzo-Firenze SMN: E464 092
R 11721, 11 27 Firenze SMN-Pisa Centrale: E656 576
R 23435,15 50 Pisa Centrale-Pisa Aeroporto: ALn663 1123 (DMU vice EMU)
R 23442,17 05 Pisa Aeroporto-Pisa Centrale: ALn663 1123
R 3118, 17 29 Pisa Centrale-Firenze Rifredi: E646 203
IC 595, 18 29 Firenze Rifredi-Arezzo: E402 104
TFT R 192, 19 50 Arezzo-Pratovecchio Stia: ETR 22
SATURDAY 9th OCTOBER 2010:
Continuing our trip to Italy via Switzerland:
EC 37, 08 20 Lausanne-Milano Centrale: ETR610 105
FR 9515, 12 15 Milano Centrale-Firenze SMN: Treno 50 (E404 601 + 602)
R 3159, 14 13 Firenze SMN-Arezzo: E464 471
TFT R1180, 15 37 Arezzo-Pratovecchio Stia: ALe056 143/Le056 143 + ALe056 144 (ex-SNCB/NMBS units 143 & 144)
SUNDAY 9th OCTOBER 2011:
FR 9507, 08 15 Milano Centrale-Firenze SMN: Treno 03 (E404 621 + 648)
R 34225, 10 22 Firenze SMN-Arezzo: E464 584
TFT R172, 12 12 Arezzo-Pratovecchio Stia: ALe054 969 (ex-SNCB/NMBS postal unit 969 converted for passenger use)
WEDNESDAY 9th OCTOBER 2013:
TFT R 6169, 11 52 Pratovecchio Stia-Arezzo: ALe054 961/Le054 961 + ALe054 965/Le054 965 (ex-SNCB/NMBS postal units 961 & 965)
TFT R 1186, 18 21 Arezzo-C.C.1: Le054 965/ALe054 965 + Le054 961 + ALe054 961
TFT R 1192, 19 51 C.C.1-Pratovecchio Stia
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Fri 09th Oct 87
47588 18:35 Bolton-Preston(1M26 Nottingham-Blackpool)
47444 22:19 Preston-Bolton(1M40 Glasgow-Manchester Victoria)
Others noted…
47456 1M12 Harwich PQ-Blackpool N
47490 1J27 Edinburgh-Manchester Victoria
47629 1M87 Glasgow-Manchester Victoria
81017 Carlisle relief
Haulage and sight wise a blank evening, looks like the CD ETH locos had been found heading towards winter.
85029 was noted dragging 87002 and 47438 was working 1E01 Workington-Huddersfield TPO.
47588 18:35 Bolton-Preston(1M26 Nottingham-Blackpool)
47444 22:19 Preston-Bolton(1M40 Glasgow-Manchester Victoria)
Others noted…
47456 1M12 Harwich PQ-Blackpool N
47490 1J27 Edinburgh-Manchester Victoria
47629 1M87 Glasgow-Manchester Victoria
81017 Carlisle relief
Haulage and sight wise a blank evening, looks like the CD ETH locos had been found heading towards winter.
85029 was noted dragging 87002 and 47438 was working 1E01 Workington-Huddersfield TPO.
Tuesday 10/10/78
I can’t remember how I ended up in Leeds, (possibly staying overnight with friends) but that’s where the day started:
45148 1035 Leeds – Wakefield Westgate
45049 1100 Wakefield Westgate – Leeds
Then an unexpected bonus:
40067 1205 Leeds – Darlington
43073 + 43098 1334 Darlington – York
… and now for an afternoon bash on the Kings Cross stoppers, hoping for a Deltic or two:
47405 1413 York – Doncaster
47462 1641 Doncaster – York
… so that was a disappointment. However, another class 40 turned up on the Liverpool – Newcastle circuit:
40077 1740 York – Darlington
47430 1845 Darlington – York
46032 1940 York – Darlington
47542 2125 Darlington – Doncaster
47524 2320 Doncaster – York
So two 40s, an HST, and hour after hour of Sulzers …
Friday 10/10/80
86010 2050 Euston – Crewe
EMU Crewe – Manchester
I stayed with a friend overnight, as we were going to cover a charter to Oxford the following morning …
Sunday 10/10/82
After staying with my friends in Bishops Stortford overnight, we came out for a bash on the Cambridge line, hoping for some 37s:
37118 1015 Bishops Stortford – Cambridge
47158 1220 Cambridge – Bishops Stortford
37086 1315 Bishops Stortford – Cambridge
37086 1420 Cambridge – Bishops Stortford
37047 1515 Bishops Stortford – Cambridge
37021 1620 Cambridge – Liverpool Street
86255 1825 Euston – Stockport via Euston Down Departure Line, Crewe
DMU 2141 Stockport – Stalybridge
45118 2215 Stalybridge – York
Both 37118 and 37021 were required. I had a couple of further runs with 37021 when it transferred to Inverness, but this was my only run with 37118.
Wednesday 10/10/84
37012 1638 Glasgow Queen Street – Dundee
37237 banker Queen Street – Cowlairs
37012 1850 Dundee – Glasgow Queen Street
37012 was a common boilered Eastfield loco, but the banker 37237 was very much required.
Thursday 10/10/86
37099 0820 Glasgow Queen Street – Crianlarich
If a boilered 37 should escape from England into the clutches of Scotland, it would often end up being used on the West Highland Line for a while (pre-RETB signalling).
37404 1035 Crianlarich – Glasgow Queen Street
47617 1345 Glasgow Central – Kilmarnock
26027 1430 Kilmarnock – Glasgow Central
37036 1545 Glasgow Central – Carlisle via Dumfries
87031 1943 Carlisle – Glasgow Central
37036 was one of those relatively few 37s which were vacuum only, and boilered. Other examples included 37017 and 37090. So they were no use on the air-braked freights, and so either ended up on vacuum braked ballast trains, parcels or passenger work.
Sunday 10/10/93 – steam excursions in connection with an Eastleigh Rail Day (?)
165 119 Reading – Basingstoke
1891 + 3457 Basingstoke – Eastleigh
828 + 70000 1700 Eastleigh – Salisbury via Chandlers Ford
828 + 70000 1803 Salisbury – Eastleigh via Chandlers Ford
70000 2030 Eastleigh – Waterloo
43191 + 43016 2245 Paddington – Reading
I can’t remember how I ended up in Leeds, (possibly staying overnight with friends) but that’s where the day started:
45148 1035 Leeds – Wakefield Westgate
45049 1100 Wakefield Westgate – Leeds
Then an unexpected bonus:
40067 1205 Leeds – Darlington
43073 + 43098 1334 Darlington – York
… and now for an afternoon bash on the Kings Cross stoppers, hoping for a Deltic or two:
47405 1413 York – Doncaster
47462 1641 Doncaster – York
… so that was a disappointment. However, another class 40 turned up on the Liverpool – Newcastle circuit:
40077 1740 York – Darlington
47430 1845 Darlington – York
46032 1940 York – Darlington
47542 2125 Darlington – Doncaster
47524 2320 Doncaster – York
So two 40s, an HST, and hour after hour of Sulzers …
Friday 10/10/80
86010 2050 Euston – Crewe
EMU Crewe – Manchester
I stayed with a friend overnight, as we were going to cover a charter to Oxford the following morning …
Sunday 10/10/82
After staying with my friends in Bishops Stortford overnight, we came out for a bash on the Cambridge line, hoping for some 37s:
37118 1015 Bishops Stortford – Cambridge
47158 1220 Cambridge – Bishops Stortford
37086 1315 Bishops Stortford – Cambridge
37086 1420 Cambridge – Bishops Stortford
37047 1515 Bishops Stortford – Cambridge
37021 1620 Cambridge – Liverpool Street
86255 1825 Euston – Stockport via Euston Down Departure Line, Crewe
DMU 2141 Stockport – Stalybridge
45118 2215 Stalybridge – York
Both 37118 and 37021 were required. I had a couple of further runs with 37021 when it transferred to Inverness, but this was my only run with 37118.
Wednesday 10/10/84
37012 1638 Glasgow Queen Street – Dundee
37237 banker Queen Street – Cowlairs
37012 1850 Dundee – Glasgow Queen Street
37012 was a common boilered Eastfield loco, but the banker 37237 was very much required.
Thursday 10/10/86
37099 0820 Glasgow Queen Street – Crianlarich
If a boilered 37 should escape from England into the clutches of Scotland, it would often end up being used on the West Highland Line for a while (pre-RETB signalling).
37404 1035 Crianlarich – Glasgow Queen Street
47617 1345 Glasgow Central – Kilmarnock
26027 1430 Kilmarnock – Glasgow Central
37036 1545 Glasgow Central – Carlisle via Dumfries
87031 1943 Carlisle – Glasgow Central
37036 was one of those relatively few 37s which were vacuum only, and boilered. Other examples included 37017 and 37090. So they were no use on the air-braked freights, and so either ended up on vacuum braked ballast trains, parcels or passenger work.
Sunday 10/10/93 – steam excursions in connection with an Eastleigh Rail Day (?)
165 119 Reading – Basingstoke
1891 + 3457 Basingstoke – Eastleigh
828 + 70000 1700 Eastleigh – Salisbury via Chandlers Ford
828 + 70000 1803 Salisbury – Eastleigh via Chandlers Ford
70000 2030 Eastleigh – Waterloo
43191 + 43016 2245 Paddington – Reading
They would be units, 1891 was a class 421/8 4-CIG, and 3457 was a class 423 4-VEP
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 I'm with you there, @xotGD
Oh, definitely EMUs, of the old school variety, as explained by AJM580.
I recall that at the time there was a virtual prohibition on running steam over third rail in daylight, for fear of trespass incidents, hence the Chandlers Ford routeing of the Salisbury specials, and the fact the Waterloo special had to wait until after unset.
I recall that at the time there was a virtual prohibition on running steam over third rail in daylight, for fear of trespass incidents, hence the Chandlers Ford routeing of the Salisbury specials, and the fact the Waterloo special had to wait until after unset.