Back in the day...

[Sultan1056]

A big Gateshead 37 that I never had. Mind, 1979 was before my time.

IMO it was in the Monster category.

 

[D6130]

Young whippersnapper! Mind I never had it either - even though I saw it many times - and that wasn't before my time!

 

[AJM580]

A big Gateshead 37 that I never had. Mind, 1979 was before my time.

Had it on the Shapeshifter tour - Sept 1998 in a pair with 37238. Hellfire run on the GWML Paddington to Swindon

 

[D1537]

A big Gateshead 37 that I never had. Mind, 1979 was before my time.

Slightly ridiculously, I was standing on B'ham International one evening in 1987 when it rolled in on the Paddington service. Even as a 47 man that was too outrageous not to have a trip on!

 

[Sultan1056]

Saturday 10th June 1978

My first split-box 40 for haulage; the infamous Great Train Robbery loco.

40126 York-Leeds (0841 York-Llandudno)
31180 Leeds-Doncaster (0911 Leeds-Yarmouth)
55021 Doncaster-York (0800 Kings Cross-Edinburgh)
47241 York-Sheffield (1014 Scarborough-Birmingham NS)
47339 Sheffield-Rotherham (0727 Swansea-Leeds)
DMU Rotherham-Sheffield (1114 Hull-Manchester Pic)
45006 Sheffield-York (0725 Plymouth-Edinburgh)

Tuesday 10th June 1980

55013 York-Selby (1955 York-Kings Cross)
31205 Selby-Leeds (2039 Hull-Leeds)
E50632+50643 Leeds-York (2200 Leeds-York)

Tuesday 10th June 1986

45034 York-Stalybridge (1753 Scarborough-Liverpool LS)
53625 Stalybridge-Stockport (xxxx Stalybridge-Stockport)

 

[Harvester]

Saturday 10th June 1978


40126 York-Leeds (0841 York-Llandudno)
31180 Leeds-Doncaster (0911 Leeds-Yarmouth)
55021 Doncaster-York (0800 Kings Cross-Edinburgh)
47241 York-Sheffield (1014 Scarborough-Birmingham NS)
47339 Sheffield-Rotherham (0727 Swansea-Leeds)
DMU Rotherham-Sheffield (1114 Hull-Manchester Pic)
45006 Sheffield-York (0725 Plymouth-Edinburgh)

Travelled to Edinburgh on 10th June 1978, on a Merrymaker excursion from Nottingham hauled by 45038 out and back. Interestingly I observed two of the above locos that day. Deltic 55021 arrived at Waverley just before I departed to Haymarket, with 27202+27208 on the 14 :30 Edinburgh-Glasgow QS, and 45006 was noted on York depot when returning that evening.

 

[Sultan1056]

Having a class 45 to Edinburgh was becoming quite unusual by the late 70s. I don’t remember seeing them there during that period.

 

[Sultan1056]

Wednesday 11th June 1980

47552 York-Leeds (1525 Edinburgh-Liverpool LS)
E51816+51841 Leeds-Cross Gates (2114 Leeds-Hull)
31181 Cross Gates-Leeds (2039 Hull-Leeds)
47416 Leeds-York (2040 Liverpool LS-York)

 

[D1537]

Wednesday 11 June 1986
47555 (CD) Coventry-Oxford 1O34
47419 (GD) Oxford -Liverpool LS 1M03
47455 (CD) Liverpool LS-Wolverhampton 1G61
47538 (KD) Wolverhampton-Liverpool LS 1M14
47122 (CD) Liverpool LS-Manchester Picc 1E64
86219 (WN) Manchester Picc-Rugby 1A80


Thursday 11 June 1987
86227 (WN) Coventry-B'ham NS 1P02
47518 (BS) B'ham NS-Nottingham 1Z27*
47521 (CD) Nottingham-Sheffield 1M74
47594 (OC) Sheffield-Stockport 1M74
47520 (CD) Stockport-Nottingham 1M51
47294 (IM) Nottingham-Manchester Vic 1M26
86103 (WN) Manchester Picc-Rugby 1A80
310070 Rugby-Coventry 2G03

*0727 Evesham-Lincoln Women's Institute excursion, via Stenson Jc & Sheet Stores Jc

 

[Sultan1056]

Tuesday 12th June 1979

47470 York-Leeds (1726 Newcastle-Liverpool LS)
47060 Leeds-York (1805 Liverpool LS-York)

Thursday 12th June 1980

47271 York-Darlington (1135 Poole-Newcastle)
46029 Darlington-York (2030 Newcastle-Kings Cross)

Friday 12th June 1981

One of the few occasions I actually went out for a Duff. 47277 was then allocated to Knottingley and would normally only be found on MGR traffic, rarely finding passenger work. IIRC 47277 had recently spent some time in Crewe Works and was perhaps making its way back to its home depot.

55018 York-Selby (2019 York-Kings Cross)
31192 Selby-Leeds (2039 Hull-Leeds)
47277 Leeds-York (2040 Liverpool LS-York)

 

[D6130]

One of the few occasions I actually went out for a Duff. 47277 was then allocated to Knottingley and would normally only be found on MGR traffic, rarely finding passenger work. IIRC 47277 had recently spent some time in Crewe Works and was perhaps making its way back to its home depot.

A couple of weeks earlier I had seen 47 277 ex-works in Crewe Works yard from a passing Euston-Holyhead train. Apart from the four early withdrawals, it was my last 47 for sight and at that point I decided to cease spotting; thereafter only recording haulage and loco-hauled coaching stock.

 

[Sultan1056]

A couple of weeks earlier I had seen 47 277 ex-works in Crewe Works yard from a passing Euston-Holyhead train. Apart from the four early withdrawals, it was my last 47 for sight and at that point I decided to cease spotting; thereafter only recording haulage and loco-hauled coaching stock.

The Knottingley Class 47s were not only elusive on passenger trains they were difficult to see if you didn’t live close to the Yorkshire coalfields and power stations. They were notable for there filthy condition caused by close contact with coal dust. They even made Gateshead locos look pristine. When I had 47277 for haulage I was somewhat disappointed by its condition. I hadn’t realised that it had been recently outshopped from Crewe.

 

[D1537]

Friday 12 June 1987

47532 (CD) Coventry-B'ham NS 1S39
47486 (BS) B'ham NS-Oxford 1Z43*
47473 (BS) Oxford-Manchester Picc 1M07
87030 (WN) Manchester Picc-Stockport 1A77
47594 (OC) Stockport-Bolton 1M12
47204 (KD) Bolton-Derby 1M54
47575 (CF) Derby-Bristol TM 1V22

*10:12 Carlisle-Reading relief, via Solihull

 

[D1537]

One of the few occasions I actually went out for a Duff. 47277 was then allocated to Knottingley and would normally only be found on MGR traffic, rarely finding passenger work. IIRC 47277 had recently spent some time in Crewe Works and was perhaps making its way back to its home depot.

Knottingley depot lost its class 47 allocation in August 1979 when the 56s took over their MGR duties. The 47s went initially to Healey Mills (where they were still ridiculously rare on passenger) but from May 1980 they started to be allocated elsewhere (mostly Tinsley and Thornaby) where they were *slightly* more accessible (but not a lot!). 47277 was still a HM locomotive when you had it in 1981; it went to Tinsley in 1984 and then quickly to Stratford, where like most of SF's no-heat 47s it continued to be a serious rarity.

 

[Sultan1056]

Yes, thanks for the clarification. I do remember that Class 56s started to replace the 47s at Knottingley during 1979. I seem to remember that Knottingley lost its allocation of locomotives entirely with the exception of Class08s.

 

[Sultan1056]

Wednesday 13th June 1979

A very productive midweek move for me.

40061 York-Darlington (0925 York-Berwick)
47411 Darlington-York (0928 Newcastle-Liverpool LS)
40035 York-Newcastle (0805 Liverpool LS-Newcastle)
37018 Newcastle-York (1338 Newcastle-Swansea)
40064 York-Leeds (1726 Newcastle-Liverpool LS)
47405 Leeds-York (1805 Liverpool LS-York)

Saturday 13th June 1981

IIRC I left Deltic 11 at Darlington to cover the 0940 KX-Edinburgh. However this service must have been a Duff. Fortunately I still had enough time to get to York and return to Edinburgh with Deltic 17 on the service from Plymouth.

55017 York-Edinburgh (2015 Kings Cross-Edinburgh)
26024+26040 Edinburgh-Inverkeithing (0938 Edinburgh-Inverness)
47042 Inverkeithing-Edinburgh (0910 Dundee-Kings Cross)
55011 Edinburgh-Darlington (0910 Dundee-Kings Cross)
45075 Darlington-York (1310 Newcastle-Scarborough)
55017 York-Edinburgh (0736 Plymouth-Edinburgh)
55013 Edinburgh-York (2045 Edinburgh-Kings Cross)

Sunday 13th June 1982

47321 York-Scarborough (1600 York-Scarborough)
47090 Scarborough-York (1800 Scarborough-Shrewsbury) Return ADEX

 

[Falcon1200]

As mentioned before I have no haulage records pre-1983, but I do have a definite memory of travelling behind a KY 47 in August 1977; On an East Midlands Railrover, after visiting Wath Depot we cycled to Mexborough for what I believe was the 2125 Sheffield-York, loco-hauled with 47310 which we took to Doncaster (where we spent the night on the station!).

(Many, many years later I had the pleasure of travelling behind former KY 47376 - on the GWSR on 29/07/22!)

 

[Sultan1056]

As mentioned before I have no haulage records pre-1983, but I do have a definite memory of travelling behind a KY 47 in August 1977; On an East Midlands Railrover, after visiting Wath Depot we cycled to Mexborough for what I believe was the 2125 Sheffield-York, loco-hauled with 47310 which we took to Doncaster (where we spent the night on the station!).

(Many, many years later I had the pleasure of travelling behind former KY 47376 - on the GWSR on 29/07/22!)

Although I didn’t normally chase 47s, I would take them if they passed my way. The Knottingley 47/3s were particularly rare. In fact of the first ten, 47301 to 47310 I only managed to get 47310 for haulage.

 

[Sultan1056]

Saturday 14th June 1975

45025 York-Sheffield (0700 Newcastle-Poole)
45048 Sheffield-York (1135 Poole-Newcastle)

Thursday 14th June 1979

47498 York-Leeds (1726 Newcastle-Liverpool LS)
40035 Leeds-York (1805 Liverpool LS-York)

Saturday 14th June 1980

Finding a class 40 turning up on the York-Tenby was very unusual. I decided that I would sample it to Birmingham never previously having had a 40 there. I expected that it would be removed at New St but to my surprise it continued further south. I had run out of ticket validity and had to let it go. I believe that it got as far as Gloucester before it’s removal.

47410 York-Leeds (0710 York-Liverpool LS)
31406 Leeds-Rotherham (0836 Leeds-Paignton)
40056 Rotherham-Birmingham NS (0824 York-Tenby)
25129+25272 Birmingham NS-Wolverhampton (1010 Euston-Aberystwyth)
85020 Wolverhampton-Birmingham NS (0935 Llandudno-Euston)
47200 Birmingham NS-Derby (0915 Tenby-York)
M50684+50717 Derby-Uttoxeter (1334 Lincoln St Marks-Crewe)
25320 Uttoxeter-Derby (1300 Llandudno-Nottingham)
47368 Derby-Chesterfield (1250 Weston super Mare-Leeds)
47359 Chesterfield-York (1140 Poole-Newcastle)
47528 York-Leeds (1525 Edinburgh-Liverpool LS)
31224 Leeds-Bradford Exchange (1026 Penzance-Bradford Exchange)
E51828+51834 Bradford Exchange-Leeds (1918 Manchester Vic-Leeds)
E50573+50584 Leeds-Cross Gates (2114 Leeds-Hull)
31180 Cross Gates-Leeds (2039 Hull-Leeds)
E50273+50288 Leeds-York (2200 Leeds-York)

Sunday 14th June 1981

55021 York-Edinburgh (2230 Kings Cross-Edinburgh)
via Stockton, High Level Bridge & Carlisle
55002 Edinburgh-York (1125 Edinburgh-Plymouth)
55010 York-Grantham (1550 York-Kings Cross)
55017 Grantham-York (1605 Kings Cross-York)

 

[Sultan1056]

Friday 15th June 1979

The day started off very well with first in class 37119 being turned out on the 0730 from Birmingham. Later in the day 40050 disgraced itself by failing just south of Grantham. 47003 was summoned from Peterborough to rescue the train..

37119 York-Darlington (0730 Birmingham NS-Newcastle)
43103+43113 Darlington-York (1030 Newcastle-Kings Cross)
40050 York-Great Ponton (milepost 102) Loco Failure (1605 Newcastle-Kings Cross)
47003+(40050) Great Ponton (milepost 102)-Peterborough (1605 Newcastle-Kings Cross)
55015 Peterborough-Doncaster (1935 Kings Cross-Hull)
55018 Doncaster-Edinburgh via Carlisle (2015 Kings Cross-Edinburgh)

Sunday 15th June 1980

The destination of the annual Heckmondwike WMC seaside jolly was Bridlington. This move has already been very well explained by @CW2 in post #986. I only travelled on the outward journey returning by DMU to Leeds.

40106 Leeds-Bridlington (0643 Leeds-Bridlington MYSTEX)
via Wakefield Kirkgate, Heckmondwike, Bradford Exchange, run round, Heckmondwike, Castleford, Selby & Beverley
E51217+51285 Bridlington-Hull (1350 Bridlington-Hull)
E51955+51962+51979 Hull-Leeds (1445 Hull-Leeds)
47520 Leeds-York (1605 Liverpool LS-Newcastle)

 

[Sultan1056]

Saturday 16th June 1979

I headed off to Queen Street to cover the 0810 to Scarborough and was rewarded by the appearance of a non-boilered 27, one of 7 and as a result quite rare on passenger services. I spent much of the afternoon with Deltic 5 on the Edinburgh-Dunbar shuttle services that were in place because of the Penmanshiel Tunnel collapse. I returned south to Berwick by the rail replacement bus service.

27110+27210 Edinburgh-Glasgow QS via Falkirk G (0615 Edinburgh-Glasgow QS)
27024 Glasgow QS-Edinburgh (0810 Glasgow QS-Scarborough)
47427 Glasgow QS-Cowlairs Banking Loco (0810 Glasgow QS-Scarborough)
27110+27210 Edinburgh-Haymarket (1030 Edinburgh-Glasgow QS)
Sc51985+52025 Haymarket-Edinburgh (0904 Glasgow C-Edinburgh)
40060 Edinburgh-Haymarket (1100 Edinburgh-Aberdeen)
27104+27203 Haymarket-Edinburgh (1030 Glasgow QS-Edinburgh)
55005 Edinburgh-Dunbar (1205 Edinburgh-Dunbar)
55005 Dunbar-Edinburgh (1300 Dunbar-Edinburgh)
55005 Edinburgh-Dunbar (1405 Edinburgh-Dunbar)
55005 Dunbar-Edinburgh (1443 Dunbar-Edinburgh)
47550 Edinburgh-Haymarket (1512 Edinburgh-Inverness)
27104+27203 Haymarket-Glasgow QS (1530 Edinburgh-Glasgow)
27202+27204 Glasgow QS-Edinburgh (1650 Glasgow QS-Edinburgh)
55005 Edinburgh-Dunbar (1755 Edinburgh-Dunbar)
Bus Dunbar-Berwick
43062+43063 Berwick-Newcastle (1951 Berwick-Leeds)
31226 Newcastle-York (2100 Newcastle-Kings Cross)

Monday 16th June 1980

45131 York-Sheffield (1340 Newcastle-Swansea)
47085 Sheffield-Chesterfield (1515 Manchester Pic-Harwich PQ)
47072 Chesterfield-Sheffield (1605 Nottingham-Glasgow C)
46012 Sheffield-York (1140 Poole-Newcastle)
47520 York-Leeds (1525 Edinburgh-Liverpool LS)
E51846+52073 Leeds-Micklefield (2114 Leeds-Hull)
40085 Micklefield-Cross Gates (2039 Hull-Leeds)
E50554+50575 Cross Gates-York (2200 Leeds-York)

Tuesday 16th June 1981

55008 York-Selby (2019 York-Kings Cross)
55010 Selby-York (1740 Kings Cross-York)

 

[D1537]

Monday 16 June 1986
On arriving at Coventry in the mornings, the locomotive for 1O34 to Portsmouth was stabled in the parcels bay at the south end, so you could decide whether to go south or perhaps turn it down and go the other way. On this day, a major surprise was 31293 sitting there. I was going to not bother with that, but as 1O34 arrived an acquaintance on the train said "get on ... I'll tell you why"

31293 (TO) Coventry-Leamington Spa (1O34)
47364 (CD) Leamington Spa-Oxford (1O34)

Memories are vague here, but I think 364 was also removed here. Otherwise I would have probably carried on south? Later on, we found out that 47286 was on the Liverpool-Brum-Leeds train, unfortunately too late to stay on 1M03 which would have made it at Liverpool!

47436 (CD) Oxford-B'ham NS (1M03)
47488 (BS) B'ham NS-Banbury (1O09)
47632 (BS) Banbury-Sandwell & Dudley (1M14)
47286 (BR) Sandwell & Dudley-B'ham NS (1G61)
47286 (BR) B'ham NS-Derby (1E78)
43107+43170 Derby-B'ham NS

Tuesday 16 June 1987
47431 (BS) Leamington Spa-Stockport (1M88)
47512 (GD) Stockport-Nottingham (1M51)
47319 (IM) Nottingham-Manchester Vic (1M26)
86230 (WN) Manchester Picc-B'ham NS (1V19)
47447 (CD) B'ham NS-Leamington Spa (1V19)

 

[Sultan1056]

Saturday 17th June 1978

46018 York-Leeds (0821 York-Tenby)
45106 Leeds-Sheffield (0913 Leeds-St Pancras)
25258+25264 Sheffield-Retford (0919 Manchester Pic-Yarmouth)
DMU Sheffield-Retford (1139 Lincoln Central-Sheffield)
45120 Sheffield-Chesterfield (1410 Sheffield-St Pancras)
46054 Chesterfield-Derby (1139 Newcastle-Bristol TM)
45137 Sheffield-Long Eaton (1240 Scarborough-Leicester)
25313 Long Eaton-Nottingham (1302 Llandudno-Nottingham)
25122+25126 Nottingham-Derby (1415 Yarmouth-Derby)
45045 Derby-Sheffield (1030 Penzance-Bradford Exchange)
45020 Sheffield-York (1608 Bristol TM-Newcastle)

Sunday 17th June 1979

The destination of Heckmondwike WMC for 1979 was Morecambe. I was unable to join the train on its outward journey but caught up with it from Wakefield Kirkgate on its return.

47543 York-Leeds (1618 Newcastle-Liverpool LS)
43069+43102 Leeds-Wakefield Westgate (1900 Leeds-Kings Cross)
40106 Wakefield Kirkgate-Bradford Exchange (1724 Morecambe-Bradford Exchange Return ADEX)
via Heckmondwike
40106 Bradford Exchange-Leeds (2106 Bradford Exchange-Neville Hill ECS)
via Heckmondwike
47524 Leeds-York (2115-Liverpool LS-York)

Tuesday 17th June 1980

I had travelled to Selby to cover the 2039 Hull-Leeds but instead picked up a required Duff after the failure of 47429 on the 1805 KX-YK.

55013 York-Selby (1955 York-Kings Cross)
47212+(47429) Selby-York (1805 Kings Cross-York)

 

[Forty29]

Did Heckmondwike WMC request 40106 every year!!

 

[Sultan1056]

Did Heckmondwike WMC request 40106 every year!!

From memory there was a Class 40 basher who was a Train Guard from Leeds. He knew about this annual WMC trip and made efforts behind the scene to ensure the 1979 excursion would be allocated as a Class 40. I believe 40106 just happened to be on hand at Holbeck to work the service. Come 1980 and from the Class 40 bashers point of view a rare NB Healey Mills loco was expected. However I believe the organisers of the train asked if the big green engine could work their train again. Efforts were then made to get 40106 across the Pennines to be in a position to work the service.

 

[Sultan1056]

Saturday 18th June 1977

An early bashing day for me; Sheffield three ways.

45024 York-Sheffield via Normanton (0808 Newcastle-Bristol TM)
45045 Sheffield-York via Pontefract (0922 Birmingham NS-Scarborough)
31266 York-Sheffield via Barnsley (1107 Scarborough-Sheffield)
47167 Sheffield-York via Pontefract (0900 Paignton-Newcastle)

Sunday 18th June 1978

This is the only time that I travelled through Tinsley Yard. Engineering work meant that trains were diverted at Rotherham Masborough along the “Old Road” as far as Treeton Junction then through Tinsley Yard onto Shepcote Lane and emerging at the now closed Brightside station. Later this day I travelled on an east coast HST for the first time.

55021 York-Doncaster (0820 Newcastle-Kings Cross)
47462 Doncaster-York via Normanton (0840 Kings Cross-York)
45072 York-Sheffield via Tinsley & Brightside (1244 Newcastle-Plymouth)
47103 Sheffield-York via Brightside & Tinsley (0850 Plymouth-Edinburgh
47522 York-Doncaster (1556 Newcastle-Kings Cross)
47547 Doncaster-Selby (1604 Kings Cross-York)
55013 Selby-Doncaster (1858 York-Kings Cross)
43061+43078 Doncaster-York (1800 Kings Cross-Edinburgh)

Monday 18th June 1979

47525 York-Leeds (1447 York-Liverpool LS)
47405 Leeds-York (1405 Liverpool LS-York)

Wednesday 18th June 1986

31424 Manchester Pic-Sheffield (0633 Liverpool LS-Sheffield)
43111+43xxx Sheffield-York (xxxx Birmingham NS-Newcastle)

 

[Sultan1056]

Sunday 19th June 1977

47429 York-Doncaster via Gascoigne Wood & Selby West (0836 Newcastle-Kings Cross)
47434 Doncaster-York (1200 Kings Cross-Edinburgh)

Tuesday 19th June 1979

On this day 55015 was the first production Deltic to visit Liverpool. I turned up at York station just after 1pm to find out that it had just left on the 1247 service to Liverpool. I could have taken the 1347 service and returned from Liverpool with it, however I thought that there would be no chance of it working through to Merseyside, probably being removed at Leeds. How wrong could I have been? By the time I had found out that it had worked throughout I only had chance to pick up the return service from Leeds.

47263 York-Leeds (1447 York-Liverpool LS)
47543 Leeds-York (1405 Liverpool LS-York)
47208 York-Leeds (1749 York-Liverpool LS)
55015 Leeds-York (1705 Liverpool LS-Newcastle)

Thursday 19th June 1980

47483 York-Leeds (1525 Edinburgh-Liverpool LS)
E50136 Leeds-Keighley (1935 Leeds-Morecambe)
47543 Keighley-Leeds (1610 Glasgow C-Nottingham)
E51823+52080 Leeds-Cross Gates (2114 Leeds-Hull)
31298 Cross Gates-Leeds (2039 Hull-Leeds)
E50573+50584 Cross Gates-York (2200 Leeds-York)

Friday 19th June 1981

55008 York-Peterborough (1814 York-Kings Cross)
55022 Peterborough-Hull (1940 Kings Cross-Hull)
55022 Hull-Doncaster (2340 Hull-Doncaster)

 

[Sultan1056]

Wednesday 20th June 1979

47407 York-Leeds (1726 Newcastle-Liverpool LS)
45143 Leeds-York (1805 Liverpool LS-York)

Friday 20th June 1980

I went out to cover the Nottingham-Glasgow, hoping for a Class 40. Today I had to settle with a 47/3.

47445 York-Leeds (1530 Newcastle-Liverpool LS)
47360 Leeds-Keighley (1605 Nottingham-Glasgow C)
E50279+50286 Keighley-Shipley (1717 Morecambe-Leeds)
E50134 Shipley-Bradford FS (1850 Ilkley-Bradford FS)
31214 Bradford Exchange-Leeds (2120 Bradford Exchange-Kings Cross)
E50277+50284+50557+50583 Leeds-York (2200 Leeds-York)

Saturday 20th June 1981

A summer Saturday supposedly chasing Deltics. Having arrived with Deltic 21 on an overnight service I had about three hours to fill before the next Deltic service. An opportunity for a return trip to Basingstoke for a little bit of 50/73 action. Later in the day I was distracted by a required 40 necessitating a trip to Leeds.

55021 Doncaster-Kings Cross (2225 Edinburgh-Kings Cross)
50003 Waterloo-Basingstoke (0650 Waterloo-Exeter St Davids)
73141 Basingstoke-Waterloo (0600 Weymouth Quay-Waterloo)
55013 Kings Cross-Doncaster (0940 Kings Cross-Edinburgh)
55002 Doncaster-Peterborough (1050 Newcastle-Kings Cross)
55016 Peterborough-York (1403 Kings Cross-York)
E50204+50272+50282 York-Leeds (1710 York-Manchester Vic)
40095 Leeds-York (1400 Llandudno-York)

 

[Sultan1056]

Thursday 21st June 1979

47468 York-Dewsbury (0747 York-Liverpool LS)
47461 Dewsbury-York (0705 Liverpool LS-York)
47039 York-Leeds (0814 Newcastle-Liverpool LS)
46014 Leeds-Sheffield (1035 Leeds-Paignton)
45145 Sheffield-Chesterfield (1210 Sheffield-St Pancras)
47544 Chesterfield-Sheffield (0730 Swansea-Leeds)
31154 Sheffield-Derby (0705 Glasgow C-Nottingham)
47159 Derby-Sheffield (0958 Weymouth-Leeds)
E51965+51966+51969 Sheffield-Doncaster (1637 Manchester Pic-Hull)
55013 Doncaster-York (1605 Kings Cross-York)

Saturday 21st June 1980

The highlight for me today was 40129 on the Skegness-Manchester. It had been a fairly uneventful day for me and by mid afternoon I found myself at Sheffield. I knew that 129 was working but didn’t really want to take it to Manchester. Ideally it would be better for me to go out to Worksop, however the next service from Sheffield departed late risking my 10 minute connection. From experience I knew that the Skegness-Manchester was a poor timekeeper so I thought I’m going to risk it. I travelled out to Worksop on the DMU staring out of the front window hoping that I wouldn’t see the distinctive shape of a split-box 40. Fortunately for me 40129 was running about 20 minutes late so I made the connection in comfort.

47402 York-Leeds (0710 York-Liverpool LS)
31214 Leeds-Wakefield Westgate (0800 Leeds-Skegness)
31188 Wakefield Westgate-Rotherham (0836 Leeds-Paignton)
31297 Rotherham-Bolton on Dearne (0908 Chesterfield-Scarborough)
E50019+50025 Rotherham-Sheffield (1035 Doncaster-Sheffield)
47076 Sheffield-Rotherham (0730 Swansea-Leeds)
47360 Rotherham-Chesterfield (0705 Glasgow C-Nottingham)
47293 Chesterfield-Sheffield (0825 Paignton-Sheffield)
E50038 Sheffield-Worksop (1454 Sheffield-Retford)
40129 Worksop-Sheffield (1322 Skegness-Manchester Pic)
47183 Sheffield-Chesterfield (1515 Manchester Pic-Harwich PQ)
45136 Chesterfield-Sheffield (1036 Portsmouth H-Sheffield)
47497 Sheffield-Leeds (1026 Penzance-Bradford Exchange)
31230 Leeds-Wakefield Westgate (2003 Leeds-Bristol TM)
E50042 Wakefield Kirkgate-Leeds (1936 Sheffield-Leeds)
E50632+50643 Leeds-York (2200 Leeds-York)

Sunday 21st June 1981

Engineering work meant that the ECML was closed north of Newcastle with services being diverted via Carlisle. The night seemed to be going very well with the arrival of Deltic 2 on my preferred overnight train to Edinburgh. However at Newcastle my fears were raised when No.2 was removed and dispatched to Gateshead. At this point in the morning there were few options available, there being no services south and only one more train north. Fortunately today the last service out of KX produced Deltic 4 so an effective escape from Newcastle was made. At Edinburgh I was pleased to see 40056 substituting for an HST service. I took the 40 to Newcastle where it gave way to an HST.

55002 York-Newcastle (2100 Kings Cross-Edinburgh)
via Stockton
55004 Newcastle-Edinburgh (2230 Kings Cross-Edinburgh)
via Carlisle
40056 Edinburgh-Newcastle (1115 Edinburgh-Kings Cross) vice HST
55013 Newcastle-York (1125 Edinburgh-Plymouth)
via Stockton

 

[Sultan1056]

Sunday 22nd June 1975

DMU York-Manchester Vic (1020 York-Manchester Vic)
EMU Manchester Pic-Crewe (1320 Manchester Oxford Road-Crewe)
EMU Crewe-Manchester Pic (1710 Crewe-Manchester Oxford Road)
46006 Manchester Vic-York (1815 Liverpool Lime St-Newcastle)

Friday 22nd June 1979

47531 York-Sheffield (0752 Newcastle-Poole)
45128 Sheffield-Chesterfield (1010 Sheffield-St Pancras)
37262 Chesterfield-Sheffield (0717 Harwich PQ-Manchester Pic)
47454 Sheffield-Rotherham (0730 Swansea-Leeds)
E51956+51975+52089 Rotherham-Sheffield (1127 Hull-Manchester Pic)
47482 Sheffield-York (0725 Plymouth-Edinburgh)
55021 York-Darlington (0725 Plymouth-Edinburgh)
47481 Darlington-York (1528 Newcastle-Liverpool LS)
47407 York-Leeds (1726 Newcastle-Liverpool LS)
47406 Leeds-York (1805 Liverpool LS-York)
46047 York-Leeds (2040 Newcastle-Newquay)
47028 Leeds-Doncaster (2320 Bradford Exchange-Paignton)
08244 Shunt at Doncaster 1D26-1V55

Sunday 22nd June 1980

47310 York-Leeds (1820 York-Longbridge Return ADEX)
47330 Leeds-Sheffield (1515 Glasgow C-Nottingham)
46048 Sheffield-York (1450 Plymouth-York)

Friday 22nd June 1984

47421 York-Darlington (1805 Liverpool LS-Newcastle)
47419 Darlington-York (2235 Edinburgh-Kings Cross)