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91005 16:17 Darlington-Doncaster
43167+43??? 18:04 Doncaster-Derby
 
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QJ

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47563 CD 1S19 2124 (28/09) Bristol Temple Meads - Glasgow Central (Stafford to Crewe)
47612 OC 1V62 2345 (28/09) Glasgow Central - Bristol Temple Meads (Crewe to Stafford)
31106 MR + 47612 OC 1V62 2345 (28/09) Glasgow Central - Bristol TM (Stafford to Birmingham New Street via Rugeley - Cannock Chase - Walsall - Aston)
45142 TO 1V62 2345 (28/09) Glasgow Central - Bristol TM (Birmingham New Street to Bristol Temple Meads)
98243 (46443) STEAM LMS 2MT 2-6-0 1130 Bristol Temple Meads - Portishead (mp 129.II) (GW 150 charter)
98243 (46443) STEAM LMS 2MT 2-6-0 .... Portishead - Bristol Temple Meads (mp 129.II) (GW 150 charter via St Philips Marsh)
47622 OC 1E08 1315 Weston super Mare - York (Bristol Temple Meads to Birmingham New Street via a run round at Gloucester)
47285 BR York - Plymouth additional (Birmingham New Street - Bristol Parkway)
47549 OC 1A68 1800 Cardiff Central - London Paddington (Bristol Parkway to Reading)
47421 GD 1O23 1550 Liverpool Lime Street - Poole (Reading to Basingstoke)
 

CD

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Sunday 30th September 1990

47824 Bristol TM-Penzance (0005 Paddington-Penzance)
47582 Penzance-Laira (1030 Penzance-Paddington)
47628 (47582 DIT) Laira-Exeter St.Davids (1030 Penzance-Paddington)
47479 Exeter St.Davids-Tiverton Parkway (1249 Plymouth-Glasgow C)
47840 Tiverton Parkway-Plymouth (0850 Liverpool-Plymouth)
47576 Plymouth-Castle Cary (1650 Plymouth-Paddington)
155330 Castle Cary-Yeovil PM (1818 Bristol TM-Weymouth)
 

CD

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Saturday 2nd October 1982

50009 Yeovil Jn-Exeter St Davids (0632 Salisbury-Exeter)
45110 Exeter St Davids-Birmingham New St (0755 Paignton-Glasgow C)
45013 Birmingham New St-Dawlish (1000 Bradford-Paignton)
45058 Dawlish-Exeter St Davids (1615 Paignton-Exeter)
50006 Exeter St Davids-Yeovil Jn (1818 Exeter-Waterloo)
 

Peter Sarf

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Saturday 2nd October 1982

50009 Yeovil Jn-Exeter St Davids (0632 Salisbury-Exeter)
45110 Exeter St Davids-Birmingham New St (0755 Paignton-Glasgow C)
45013 Birmingham New St-Dawlish (1000 Bradford-Paignton)
45058 Dawlish-Exeter St Davids (1615 Paignton-Exeter)
50006 Exeter St Davids-Yeovil Jn (1818 Exeter-Waterloo)
When I see reports like these it takes me back to my early spotting days 1974-1979 on Birmingham New Street station. Lots of AC to Diesel loco changes 45s (and 46s ?) left right and centre. I was largely deprived of English Electric (37s and 40s).
 

Harvester

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Thursday 4th October 1990

150112 16:35 Sheffield-Doncaster
43100+43??? 17:18 Doncaster-York
47488 17:48 York-Darlington
 

Harvester

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Sunday 6th October 2002

220??? 11.59 Darlington-Donc (Hard to believe Voyagers now 20+ yrs old)
91131 13:01 Doncaster-Grantham
170??? 13:49 Grantham-Nottingham
43048+43??? 14:30 Nottingham-Beeston
 

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Tuesday 7th October 1986

Commuting from Yeovil to Sherborne for night shift, the long way round.

47157 Yeovil PM-Weymouth (1510 Westbury-Weymouth) DMU drag.
47157 Weymouth-Westbury (1705 Weymouth-Bristol TM) DMU drag.
33023 Westbury-Salisbury (1605 Swansea-Portsmouth Hbr)
33101 Salisbury-Sherborne (1810 Waterloo-Yeovil Jn)
 

Harvester

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Monday 9th October 1995

158814 10:23 Thornaby-York
43153+43193 13:03 York-Derby
153381 15:33 Derby-Beeston
 

1971martin

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Thursday 9th October 2014

67014 1015 Marylebone - Banbury
67017 1140 Banbury - Marylebone
90010 1330 Liverpool St - Ipswich
90002 1509 Ipswich - Liverpool St
321325+321310 1634 Liverpool St - Shenfield
321329+321342+321304 1705 Shenfield - Stratford
378216 1727 Stratford - Willesden Jn
378232 1812 Willesden Jn - Euston

Why did I go to Euston? I can only assume that there was an evening booked class 90 job out of there that must have been cancelled on this day. I think either the 1843 or 1903 was booked for a 90 at this time.
 

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Wednesday 28th September 1983
50025 0925 Didcot-Paddington (Didcot-Reading)
47448 1440 Paddington-Liverpool (Reading-Oxford)
What was this?

(Sorry for the late reply but I have a very distinct memory of the service pattern on the Reading-Birmingham axis that year: there was a 1437 ex-Poole and 1537 ex-Brighton from Reading, so neither would fit. The only possible would be the 1337 ex-Reading, leaving Paddington just after 1300).
 

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What was this?

(Sorry for the late reply but I have a very distinct memory of the service pattern on the Reading-Birmingham axis that year: there was a 1437 ex-Poole and 1537 ex-Brighton from Reading, so neither would fit. The only possible would be the 1337 ex-Reading, leaving Paddington just after 1300).
This must be the 14.40 Poole - Liverpool LS, leaving Reading at 16.37.
 

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Saturday 19th October 2013

90015 0745 Stratford - Liverpool St
90015 0845 Liverpool St - Colchester
321323+321348 1004 Colchester - Ipswich
90011 1044 Ipswich - Norwich
90011 1200 Norwich - Stratford
90003 1424 Stratford - Ipswich
90012 1609 Ipswich - Liverpool St
90002 1745 Liverpool St - Colchester
90013 1903 Colchester - Stratford
 

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Sunday 20th October 2013

Spa Valley Railway Diesel Gala

Had trips behind the following - 31206, 33063, 37254

Also out (and travelled behind) was Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST 'Ugly'
 

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Outward bound for a weeks holiday in Skegness. After the 108 it must have been torturous
Didn't record any of the unit numbers in those days. :frown:

108xxx Barrow In Furness - Preston
1564xx Preston - Nottingham (This was the through Blackpool to Harwich service)
150xxx Nottingham - Skegness
 

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23 Oct 1983

47581 Norwich - Cambridge
Cravens DMU 51298/56468 Cambridge - Peterborough

Bus to Nene Valley Railway for D9000 "Royal Scots Grey" & 73050 "City of Peterborough"

Walked back to Peterborough alongside the River Nene

31415 Peterborough - Norwich via Ely curve
 

QJ

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Friday 26 October 1979
46010 LA 1726 London Paddington - Plymouth Additional (London Paddington to Reading)
47157 LE 1806 London Paddington - Oxford (Reading to Didcot)
47099 BR 1848 London Paddington - Plymouth (Didcot to Bristol Temple Meads)
31401 BR 1807 Portsmouth Harbour - Cardiff Central (Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central)

Sunday 26 October 1980
09008 AF 1V88 2225 London Victoria - Paris Nord Night Ferry (Dover Train Ferry Sidings to mv St Germain)
The Night Ferry ran routed via Faversham and Canterbury East owing to engineering work and ran directly to the Train Ferry Sidings rather than via Dover Western Docks station.
IMO 5305895: 99011 mv Saint Germain 0S00 Dover Train Ferry Berth to Dunkerque Maritime (Gravelines)

SNCF A1A62028 shunt Night Ferry stock from ferry to Maritime station
SNCF BB66484 0444 Dunkerque Maritime - Paris Nord (Dunkerque Maritime to Dunkerque Ville)
SNCF BB16049 0444 Dunkerque Maritime - Paris Nord (Dunkerque Ville to Paris Nord)
SNCF BB16023 2120 Paris Nord - London Victoria (Paris Nord to Dunkerque Ville)
Sleep meant I didn't record the locos involved in the operation of the Night Ferry between Dunkerque and Dover Western Docks
 
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Were 46s out of Padd a common occurrence back then?
My recollection of that period was that the Western Region 46s were employed mainly on NE-SW cross-country services, but they deputised for poorly class 50s on London services from time-to-time....presumably crewed by Bristol, Exeter, Laira or Westbury drivers. I'm not certain that Old Oak drivers signed them, but I'm open to correction.
 

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Saturday 27th October 2012

321314+321424 1409 Stratford - Wickford
90004 1536 Witham - Norwich
90015 1700 Norwich - Witham
321339+321356 1858 Wickford - Liverpool St
321356+321339+321352 1948 Liverpool St - Stratford

Due to engineering works, bus from Wickford - Witham and back
 

QJ

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Thursday 27 October 1977
37247 CF 1C00 0114 Bristol Temple Meads - Milford Haven (Bristol Temple Meads to Swansea)
37191 LE 1C00 0114 Bristol Temple Meads - Milford Haven (Swansea to Carmarthen)
37179 LE 1C00 0114 Bristol Temple Meads - Milford Haven (Carmarthen to Whitland)
1*119 DMU 0550 Whitland - Pembroke Dock and 0658 Pembroke Dock to Whitland
37179 LE 2C00 0725 Milford Haven - Swansea (Whitland to Swansea)
1*120 (2) 2M91 Swansea - Shrewsbury (Swansea to Craven Arms)
25042 CD 2M67 1100 Cardiff Central - Crewe (Craven Arms to Shrewsbury)
1*120 (3) 2G63 1330 Chester - Wolverhampton (Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton)
86258 WN 1529 Wolverhampton - London Euston (Wolverhampton to Birmingham New Street)
47081 CF 1V93 1423 Manchester Piccadilly - Cardiff Central (Birmingham New Street to Newport)
25042 CD 2V67 1600 Crewe - Cardiff Central (Newport to Cardiff Central)
1*117 DMU 1940 Cardiff Central - Treherbert (Cardiff Central to Pontypridd)

Monday 27 October 1980
09008 AF shunt Night Ferry stock off the boat to Dover Western Docks
33056 HG 1C12 0608 Dover Western Docks - London Victoria Night Ferry (Dover Western Docks to London Victoria)

Monday 27 October 1986
47490 CD 1M34 0625 Newhaven Harbour - Manchester Piccadilly (Newhaven Harbour to Kensington Olympia)
47627 OC 1O60 0520 Wolverhampton - Brighton (Kensington Olympia to Clapham Junction)

Wednesday 27 October 2004 (Jitong Railway,Inner Mongolia, China)
DF4B 0546 6053 1220 Tongliao - Jening Bei (Zhelimu to Chabuga)
QJ 6884 (Qián Jìn 2-10-2) 6053 1220 Tongliao - Jening Bei (Chabuga to Daban)
QJ 6992 (Qián Jìn 2-10-2) 6053 1220 Tongliao - Jening Bei (Daban to Galadesitai)

Thursday 27 October 2005 (Austrian track bash)
ÖBB 1116.261 EN269 2344 (26/10) 2344 München Hbf - Budapest Keleti Kálmán Imre (Attnang Puchheim to Linz Hbf)
ÖBB 1142.605 0421 St Valentin - Salzburg Hbf (Linz Hbf to Wels Hbf)
ÖBB 1*5047 DMU 0532 Wels Hbf - Aschach an der Donau and 0626 Aschach an der Donau - Wels Hbf return
ÖBB 1*5047 DMU 0758 Wels Hbf - Grünau im Almtal and 1000 Grünau im Almtal - Wels Hbf return

ÖBB 1044.060 IC549 1010 Salzburg Hbf - Wien Hbf (Wels Hbf - Linz Hbf)
ÖBB 1142.587 1136 Linz Hbf - Selzthal (Linz Hbf to Selzthal)
ÖBB 1142.694 Schladming - Kleinreifling (Selzthal to Kleinreifling)
ÖBB 1142.657 Kleinreifling - Weyer (Kleinreifling to Weyer)
ÖBB 1142.655 Weyer to Kleinreifling (Weyer to Kleinreifling)
DB 101.019 ÖIC941 1510 Salzburg Hbf - Wien Hbf (Amstetten to Wien Hütteldorf)
ÖBB 1*4020 EMU 1829 Wien Hütteldorf to Wien Handelskai and 1859 Wien Handelskai to Wien Hütteldorf
ÖBB 1142.622 unknown train (Wien Hütteldorf to Wien Wbf)
ÖBB 1047.005 EN466 2125 Wien Hbf - Zürich Hbf Wiener Waltzer (Wien Wbf to Wels Hbf)
ÖBB 1116.175 EN466 2125 Wien Hbf - Zürich Hbf Wiener Waltzer (Wels Hbf to Attnang Puchheim)
 

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Monday 29 October 2001

91110 11:34 York-Doncaster
156??? 12:41 Doncaster-Sheffield
43075+43??? 13:27 Sheffield-Derby
 

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Both of these are not today, but this time of year, but I'll post them while I remember. One's from about a week ago (which I meant to post on the day, but forgot), the others are about a week hence (which I'll post now as I'm sure I'll forget again on the actual day...)

Don't have any notes but can just recall them from memory.

Friday 21 October 1983

1832 Waterloo-Portsmouth and Southsea (2P91) was formed with 8EPB (5123 + 5124) vice the normal CIG + VEP. Used it to return from school, we'd had a school quiz and consequently was returning later than normal. My only ever journey on an EPB, though saw them frequently from 1982 to 1988 inclusive.

Saturday 3 November 1984

1045 Reading-Manchester (ex Brighton)

47/4 (can't remember which) to Birmingham
86237 Sir Charles Halle from Birmingham

Sunday 4 November 1984

1433 Stafford-Wolverhampton (ex Manchester, to New Street) : 47621

Southbound Glasgow-Poole (not sure of exact time)

86214 Sans Pareil Wolverhampton to New Street
47621 from New Street (i.e. same loco as above)

This weekend featured my first 86 haulage; I'd had 85s for similar journeys previously. I got Sans Pareil again many years later, on 18/11/96 from Stafford to Birmingham on the evening Manchester-Paddington.
 
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QJ

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Monday 29 October 1979
2*415+1*416 EMU 1650 London Charing Cross - Dartford (London Charing Cross - London Bridge)
33021 EH 2U19 1720 London Bridge - Uckfield (London Bridge to East Croydon)

33205 HG 2U25 1821 London Bridge - East Grinstead (East Croydon to Sanderstead)
1*416 EMU 1850 Sanderstead - Elmers End (Sanderstead - Elmers End)
1*415 EMU Hayes - London Cannon Street (Elmers End to London Bridge)
1*416+1*415 EMU Caterham - London Charing Cross (London Bridge to London Charing Cross)

Friday 29 October 1982
(haulage not recorded) #288 2026 Amsterdam - Aulnoye (Quévy to Aulnoye) through coaches to Paris Nord
SNCF CC40104 #242 0648 (28/10) Warzawa W - Paris Nord (Aulnoye to Paris Nord)
SNCF BB7251 #5601 0750 Paris Lyon - Bourg Saint Maurice (Paris Lyon to Aix les Bains)
SNCF BB25174 #5601 Aix les Bains - Bourg Saint Maurice (Aix les Bains to Bourg Saint Maurice) through coaches from Paris Lyon

Narrow Gauge (1000mm) SNCF Ligne de Savoie and MC Martigny Chatellart
SNCF Z600 EMU 1520 St Gervaix les Bains La Fayette - Vallorcine
MC ABDeh 4/4 EMU 1639 Vallorcine - Martigny


SBB 11305 1646 Genève Cornavin - Milano Centrale (Martigny to Brigg)
SBB 11639 1646 Genève Cornavin - Milano Centrale (Brigg to Domodossola)

Narrow Gauge (1000mm) Società subalpina di imprese ferroviarie (SSIF)/ Ferrovie Autolinee Regionali Ticinesi (FART)
SSIF ABDe8/8 EMU Domodossola (SSIF) to Locarno
(With street running in Locarno. I missed the last stop outside the SBB railway station and got over-carried into the depot sidings. The train was reversed to take me back to Locarno station)


SBB 10005 (Re4/4 I) 2230 Locarno - Bellinzona (Locarno to Bellinzona)
SBB 11608 (Re6/6) 1900 Basel (SBB) - Chiasso (Bellinzona to Chiasso)
SBB 11370+11353 (Re4/4 III) 2004 Chiasso - Calais Maritime (Chiasso - Basel SBB)
 

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I've been remiss of late, and would like to skip back to
Sat 31st Oct 1981 briefly.....

1V56 Edinburgh - Bristol TM
47460 xd HA
Edinburgh - Carstairs

1V56 Glasgow/Edinburgh - Bristol TM
83014 xe WN
Carstairs - Crewe
 
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