08/03/2024 to 13/03/2024
South Welsh Freighty Bits, London and some randomly gratuitous Shackery and Unit-Hoovering
Here are the raw details of the six days copied from my spreadsheet of "moves". New haulages/rideages (including self propelled units which form part of the train - my rules) are in
red, new shacks asterisked*.
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1 | 08/03/2024 | TM3127 | TM3083 | | | Rochdale TC | Rochdale RS |
2 | 08/03/2024 | 150132 | | | | Rochdale | Manchester Victoria |
3 | 08/03/2024 | 197107 | | | | Manchester Piccadilly | Crewe |
4 | 08/03/2024 | 350106 | 350242 | | | Crewe | Rugeley |
5 | 08/03/2024 | 350257 | | | | Rugeley | Tame Bridge Parkway* |
6 | 08/03/2024 | 350369 | | | | Tame Bridge Parkway | Duddeston* |
7 | 08/03/2024 | 323241 | 323218 | | | Duddeston | Barnt Green* |
8 | 08/03/2024 | 323205 | 323209 | | | Barnt Green | Bromsgrove* |
9 | 08/03/2024 | 196002+ 196007 | | | | Bromsgrove | Worcester FS |
10 | 08/03/2024 | 800007 | | | | Worcester FS | Gloucester |
1 | 09/03/2024 | 158841 | | | | Gloucester | Newport |
2 | 09/03/2024 | 800015 | | | | Newport | Severn Tunnel Junction |
3 | 09/03/2024 | 66070 | | | | Severn Tunnel Junction | East Usk Yard |
4 | 09/03/2024 | 66050 | | | | East Usk Yard | Julian's Gout Bridge |
5 | 09/03/2024 | 66070 | | | | Julian's Gout Bridge | Bridgend |
6 | 09/03/2024 | 66050 | | | | Bridgend | Cwmbargoed |
7 | 09/03/2024 | 66070 | | | | Cwmbargoed | Ninian Park |
8 | 09/03/2024 | 66050 | | | | Ninian Park | Severn Tunnel Junction |
9 | 09/03/2024 | 170114 | | | | Severn Tunnel Junction | Gloucester |
1 | 10/03/2024 | 800015 | | | | Gloucester | Worcester SH |
2 | 10/03/2024 | 172333 | 172214 | | | Worcester SH | Droitwich Spa |
3 | 10/03/2024 | 196106 | | | | Droitwich Spa | Bromsgrove |
4 | 10/03/2024 | 196007 | 196002 | | | Bromsgrove | Worcester FS |
5 | 10/03/2024 | 800307 | | | | Worcester FS | Reading |
6 | 10/03/2024 | 165117 | | | | Reading | Wokingham |
7 | 10/03/2024 | 455731 | 455720 | | | Wokingham | Feltham |
1 | 11/03/2024 | 701043 | | | | Feltham | Waterloo |
2 | 11/03/2024 | U96060 | U96087 | | | Waterloo | Green Park |
3 | 11/03/2024 | U96054 | U96093 | | | Green Park | Baker Street |
4 | 11/03/2024 | U96022 | U96019 | | | Baker Street | Swiss Cottage |
5 | 11/03/2024 | U96030 | U96107 | | | Swiss Cottage | West Hampstead |
6 | 11/03/2024 | 700041 | | | | West Hampstead | Brent Cross West* |
7 | 11/03/2024 | 700037 | | | | Brent Cross West | St Pancras |
8 | 11/03/2024 | 700133 | | | | St Pancras | London Bridge |
9 | 11/03/2024 | 466002 | 465004 | 465153 | | London Bridge | Waterloo East |
10 | 11/03/2024 | 450093 | 450082 | | | Waterloo | Feltham |
1 | 12/03/2024 | 450025 | 420089 | | | Feltham | Weybridge |
2 | 12/03/2024 | 450076 | 450027 | | | Weybridge | Basingstoke |
3 | 12/03/2024 | 159001 | 159005 | | | Basingstoke | Andover* |
4 | 12/03/2024 | 158883 | 159017 | 159108 | | Andover | Basingstoke |
5 | 12/03/2024 | 450078 | 450108 | | | Basingstoke | Hook* |
6 | 12/03/2024 | 450105 | 450083 | 450110 | | Hook | Fleet* |
7 | 12/03/2024 | 444017 | | | | Fleet | Woking |
8 | 12/03/2024 | 450008 | 450069 | | | Woking | Weybridge |
9 | 12/03/2024 | 450017 | 450020 | | | Weybridge | Feltham |
10 | 12/03/2024 | 458513 | 458532 | | | Feltham | Clapham Junction |
11 | 12/03/2024 | 450034 | 450124 | | | Clapham Junction | Vauxhall |
12 | 12/03/2024 | U11019 | U11020 | | | Vauxhall | Oxford Circus |
13 | 12/03/2024 | U3544 | U3241 | | | Oxford Circus | Regent's Park |
14 | 12/03/2024 | U96037 | U96016 | | | Bond Street | Southwark |
15 | 12/03/2024 | U96102 | U96007 | | | Southwark | Waterloo |
16 | 12/03/2024 | 450067 | 450062 | | | Waterloo | Feltham |
1 | 13/03/2024 | 450081 | 450109 | | | Feltham | Egham |
2 | 13/03/2024 | 458511 | 458519 | | | Egham | Reading |
3 | 13/03/2024 | 802010 | | | | Reading | Oxford |
4 | 13/03/2024 | 220032 | | | | Oxford | Leamington Spa |
5 | 13/03/2024 | 196003 | | | | Leamington Spa | Nuneaton |
6 | 13/03/2024 | 350372 | 350267 | | | Nuneaton | Crewe |
7 | 13/03/2024 | 67014 | | | | Crewe | Manchester Piccadilly |
8 | 13/03/2024 | 150144 | 156485 | | | Manchester Victoria | Rochdale |
Of the new shacks visited, Tame Bridge Parkway is a dull, cheap, scruffy place; Duddeston is OK, with nice views; Barnt Green is perfectly competent and does its job; Bromsgrove is well designed, as is Brent Cross West; Andover is a pleasant, old school station but Mrs Ascher's shop was nowhere to be seen (Agatha Christie fans will understand this); Hook and Fleet are both typical commuter stations which do their job.
Saturday's main event was the Cwm and Glo Railtour, which did what it said it would in a competent manner. The Uskmouth and Cwmbargoed branches were duly ticked off (OK, not right to the very end in either case, but it'll do for me), as was Costa Coffee in Bridgend during a welcome break from sitting on the train, and a couple of 66s scored.
There was a nice bonus on Tuesday when I firstly picked up 444017, both for haulage and as my last one of the class for sight. This was a planned thing, but subsequently doing the same thing with 450124 definitely wasn't - I realised I was later than planned heading into London so planned to use the faster Vauxhall/Victoria/Bakerloo Line route to get to the Harley St area, but the train I was on didn't stop at Vauxhall, so bailed out at Clapham Jc for the first one that did and got very, very lucky...