My first trip out was with my long time mate Kev on Saturday 3/4/21, the plan was to go around Leeds and maybe York. Our plan was to try and get some XC HSTs or 220/1s. But due to X.C. terminating at Wakefield Westgate we only had limited opportunists for this. I was also no the lookout for my last 3, 333s for traction (how can we still call it haulage for units)? Along with a couple of G.C. 180s. I'll on the first use of the station name use its full name and from then the standard three letter abbreviation from then on if that's OK?
The tickets that we were using were first a Northern Complimentary travel pass to Leeds or York and then a West Yorkshire Day saver train (at £8.30 good value).
I'm also going to use my own abbreviations as well. M mouldy. C cop, T traction cop.
Starting off at Barrow (BiF) at 05:49, the day went something like this.
BiF - Carnforth (CNF) 195105 T, a good start to the day will it keep up? Gripped.
CNF - Skipton (SKI) 158907 T, two out of two, Gripped.
SKI - Shipley (SHY) 333016 M, oh well, Gripped.
SHY - Leeds (LDS) 800107 T, back on form, booked seats not gripped.
LDS - Wakefield Westgate (WKF) should have been a XC HST or a 220/1 but running late. Booked seats.
LDS - WKF 800107 M the back up plan, no seats not gripped.
WKF - LDS 800103 M it happens, booked seats not gripped.
LDS - Bradford Interchange (BDI) 195023 C + T this was booked as a pair with 195025 That would have been nice! Gripped.
BDI - Brighouse (BRG) 180103 M the bad bit is that I only have four for traction, booked seats not gripped.
BRG - Huddersfield (HUD) 150273 T will it last? Gripped.
HUD - LDS 802205 M Back to normal, not gripped.
LDS - WKF 221134 T have I got the luck back?
WKF - Wakefield Kirkgate (WKK) 158868 M, but it's quicker than walking. Not gripped.
WKK -BRG 180114 T We got of at the wrong station we were thinking about Halifax, but it was a nice day so we had a picnic on the station. Didn't hear any brass bands (you will have to be in a certain age group to get that). Not gripped.
BRG - Dewsbury (DBY) 158759 M Back to normal. Gripped?
DEW - HUD 185116 M + 117 T not gripped.
HUD - LDS 802216 M not gripped.
This is where Kev and me split up for a while, Kev wanted to see how the OHLE was going on between Leeds and York. I was thinking about going after my 333s but I also wanted to get passed Midland road shed. So my first move was this.
LDS - Castleford (CFD) 158910 M but went passed the shed with the following on. Gripped
70013 M, 70018 M, 66419 C, 70009 M, 70005 C, 68025 M with the TP07? set, 66593 C, 66413 M, 66502 C, Along with some that were at the back of the shed. The one that I'm annoyed at missing was the blue 66 down by the concrete plant.
CFD - LDS 158871 M. Gripped.
LDS - WKF 801208 C + T no seats booked, but just after the train set off the announcement said that this was a dry train (just about to open a can, so put it back in my bag) but no notices or announcements on the station. Also it was mentioned that you had to have a seat reservation. But earlier on in the day both Kev and myself seen a notice from L.N.E.R. recommending to have a seat reservation (should have taken a photo of that). Not gripped.
WKF - LDS 801204 T no seats booked, not gripped.
LDS - Sowerby Bridge (SOW) 158902 M + 784 M. No time to be gripped.
SOW - Hebden Bridge (HBD) 195126 M Not gripped.
HBD - Preston (PRE) 195023 T gripped.
PER - BIF 195133 C + T. The full stop on the day out, my last 19/1 for sight. I'm not going to spend to much time going after them as we should have them aroud here for a bit? But look what happed to the 175s, 185s ?
Did we have a good day YES is the word that I'd use, not to sure about Kev.
I did take this photo of an information screen at Leeds near to platforms 0 - 5 and thought that it would be very helpful.
The tickets that we were using were first a Northern Complimentary travel pass to Leeds or York and then a West Yorkshire Day saver train (at £8.30 good value).
I'm also going to use my own abbreviations as well. M mouldy. C cop, T traction cop.
Starting off at Barrow (BiF) at 05:49, the day went something like this.
BiF - Carnforth (CNF) 195105 T, a good start to the day will it keep up? Gripped.
CNF - Skipton (SKI) 158907 T, two out of two, Gripped.
SKI - Shipley (SHY) 333016 M, oh well, Gripped.
SHY - Leeds (LDS) 800107 T, back on form, booked seats not gripped.
LDS - Wakefield Westgate (WKF) should have been a XC HST or a 220/1 but running late. Booked seats.
LDS - WKF 800107 M the back up plan, no seats not gripped.
WKF - LDS 800103 M it happens, booked seats not gripped.
LDS - Bradford Interchange (BDI) 195023 C + T this was booked as a pair with 195025 That would have been nice! Gripped.
BDI - Brighouse (BRG) 180103 M the bad bit is that I only have four for traction, booked seats not gripped.
BRG - Huddersfield (HUD) 150273 T will it last? Gripped.
HUD - LDS 802205 M Back to normal, not gripped.
LDS - WKF 221134 T have I got the luck back?
WKF - Wakefield Kirkgate (WKK) 158868 M, but it's quicker than walking. Not gripped.
WKK -BRG 180114 T We got of at the wrong station we were thinking about Halifax, but it was a nice day so we had a picnic on the station. Didn't hear any brass bands (you will have to be in a certain age group to get that). Not gripped.
BRG - Dewsbury (DBY) 158759 M Back to normal. Gripped?
DEW - HUD 185116 M + 117 T not gripped.
HUD - LDS 802216 M not gripped.
This is where Kev and me split up for a while, Kev wanted to see how the OHLE was going on between Leeds and York. I was thinking about going after my 333s but I also wanted to get passed Midland road shed. So my first move was this.
LDS - Castleford (CFD) 158910 M but went passed the shed with the following on. Gripped
70013 M, 70018 M, 66419 C, 70009 M, 70005 C, 68025 M with the TP07? set, 66593 C, 66413 M, 66502 C, Along with some that were at the back of the shed. The one that I'm annoyed at missing was the blue 66 down by the concrete plant.
CFD - LDS 158871 M. Gripped.
LDS - WKF 801208 C + T no seats booked, but just after the train set off the announcement said that this was a dry train (just about to open a can, so put it back in my bag) but no notices or announcements on the station. Also it was mentioned that you had to have a seat reservation. But earlier on in the day both Kev and myself seen a notice from L.N.E.R. recommending to have a seat reservation (should have taken a photo of that). Not gripped.
WKF - LDS 801204 T no seats booked, not gripped.
LDS - Sowerby Bridge (SOW) 158902 M + 784 M. No time to be gripped.
SOW - Hebden Bridge (HBD) 195126 M Not gripped.
HBD - Preston (PRE) 195023 T gripped.
PER - BIF 195133 C + T. The full stop on the day out, my last 19/1 for sight. I'm not going to spend to much time going after them as we should have them aroud here for a bit? But look what happed to the 175s, 185s ?
Did we have a good day YES is the word that I'd use, not to sure about Kev.
I did take this photo of an information screen at Leeds near to platforms 0 - 5 and thought that it would be very helpful.