Peter Mugridge
Veteran Member
07/02/22
Once again finding myself having to change at Sutton because of a cancelled London Bridge service, I started on 377 204 + 377 322 + 377 305 to Sutton and then continued on 700 052 as far as Farringdon and 21071 + 21072 across to Liverpool Street. An unfamiliar sight was 755 413 working a Norwich service solo, but my target was more 720s and before long I had located required 720 546 + dud 720 517 for my first move to Stratford.
The weather was very cold, so straight away I decided that I would just keep moving and hope I wouldn't get out of phase with anything else required so after snapping 66 569 it was dud pair 720 552 + 720 563 back to Liverpool Street and another dud pair, 720 580 + 720 547 to bounce back out with. There was a bit more locomotive activity this time with 66 025, 66 563 and 66 508 all appearing then it was dud 720 549 in and dud 720 573 out, this time to Tottenham Hale - and once again passing a suspect required unit just outside there... so 317 882 + 317 512 straight back and this time I had read the number right; required 720 530 was present - but going out to Stratford... must have been an ecs that I had passed it on...
In any case, a few minutes later and it was no longer required and I reeturned after a short while on dud 720 561, having in the interim seen 90 006 + 90 042, 66 559 and 66 021. Suspecting I had exhausted the east side for the day, 21359 + 21360 carried me across to Paddington where 345 045, which I had bagged on the previous trip, took me to Hayes and Harlington where I settled in under the shelter to cover all the diagrams...
...fruitlessly. Nothing required was out, although I did get to note 66 591, 66 502 and 59 102 at Acton Main Line and a triple of 66 007 + 66 015 + 66 027 through Hayes and Harlington while I was there. Eventually the final diagram came round and it was dud 345 031, so that took me back to Paddington from where I boarded 21393 + 21394 to Baker Street for an urgent PNB and continued to Farringdon on 21567 + 21568. After that it was 700 151 to London Bridge and 377 612 + 377 626 back to Epsom.
Once again finding myself having to change at Sutton because of a cancelled London Bridge service, I started on 377 204 + 377 322 + 377 305 to Sutton and then continued on 700 052 as far as Farringdon and 21071 + 21072 across to Liverpool Street. An unfamiliar sight was 755 413 working a Norwich service solo, but my target was more 720s and before long I had located required 720 546 + dud 720 517 for my first move to Stratford.
The weather was very cold, so straight away I decided that I would just keep moving and hope I wouldn't get out of phase with anything else required so after snapping 66 569 it was dud pair 720 552 + 720 563 back to Liverpool Street and another dud pair, 720 580 + 720 547 to bounce back out with. There was a bit more locomotive activity this time with 66 025, 66 563 and 66 508 all appearing then it was dud 720 549 in and dud 720 573 out, this time to Tottenham Hale - and once again passing a suspect required unit just outside there... so 317 882 + 317 512 straight back and this time I had read the number right; required 720 530 was present - but going out to Stratford... must have been an ecs that I had passed it on...
In any case, a few minutes later and it was no longer required and I reeturned after a short while on dud 720 561, having in the interim seen 90 006 + 90 042, 66 559 and 66 021. Suspecting I had exhausted the east side for the day, 21359 + 21360 carried me across to Paddington where 345 045, which I had bagged on the previous trip, took me to Hayes and Harlington where I settled in under the shelter to cover all the diagrams...
...fruitlessly. Nothing required was out, although I did get to note 66 591, 66 502 and 59 102 at Acton Main Line and a triple of 66 007 + 66 015 + 66 027 through Hayes and Harlington while I was there. Eventually the final diagram came round and it was dud 345 031, so that took me back to Paddington from where I boarded 21393 + 21394 to Baker Street for an urgent PNB and continued to Farringdon on 21567 + 21568. After that it was 700 151 to London Bridge and 377 612 + 377 626 back to Epsom.
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