17/02/2015
170632 1740 Hereford to Birmingham New Street (usually 170/5+153)
175108 1530 Manchester Piccadilly to Carmarthen
175111 1503 Carmarthen to Manchester Piccadilly
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A handful of observations from this morning, 23/02/15. Full lowdown will be posted at the first available opportunity, and I must admit to being dismayed at the lack of posts to this thread in recent times

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175109 0555 Crewe-Carmarthen
175107 0721 Cardiff Central-Holyhead
170502+153375 0659 Birmingham New Street-Hereford
175011 0630 Manchester Piccadilly-Milford Haven
153375+170502 0849 Hereford-Birmingham New Street
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Well then, here's the full lowdown of observations from today. As you'll see from the following lot, all copy-pasted from notes on my phone, I had a busy day across the LM empire! I know the first few are repeated from this morning, before you mention it:
Obs 23/02 p1
175109 0555 CRE-CMN
175107 0721 CDF-HHD
175011 0630 MAN-MFH
170502+153375 0659 BHM-HFD
153375+170502 0849 HFD-BHM
67029 0533 HHD-CDF
170506 0759 BHM-HFD
172343+172334 term WOS 0940
221134 1017 BHM-PLY
350255 1036 BHM-LIV
350130 1033 BHM-EUS
350253 1001 Walsall-WVH
323221 1039 BHM-BHI
390013 1050 BHM-EUS
170508+170503 term BHM p4b 1037
153375+170502 1042 BHM-Walsall
390121 0923 EUS-BHM
350110 1054 BHM-EUS
323221 1117 BHI-BHM
221106+221118 pass RUG sb 1138
350108 1013 EUS-BHM
66304 pass RUG sb 1139
390011 pass RUG nb 1143
350231 1125 NMP-BHM
350119 1046 EUS-CRE
350372 1002 CRE-EUS
390121 1130 BHM-EUS
350125 1146 EUS-CRE
350107+350252 1124 EUS-MKC
350375,120,248,370 Bletchley CS 1224
350263 1154 EUS-NMP
350267 1204 EUS-Tring
350244 1224 EUS-MKC
86637+604 pass Berkhamsted nb 1256
350267 1256 Tring-EUS
321415+321416 1234 EUS-Tring
390154 pass Berkhamsted sb 1313
350252+350107 1247 MKC-EUS
390047 pass Berkhamsted sb 1315
321416+321415 1326 TRI-EUS
90043 pass TRI nb 1326
377702 1332? BERK-MKC
73923 (tamper) WFJ 1349
LU3231+LU3564 (Bakerloo stock) Harrow and Wealdstone rev siding 1354
3536 north of South Kenton nb 1358
3246 noted North Wembley sb 1359
390002 1440 EUS-MAN
378220 1417 EUS-WFJ
350101 1413 EUS-BHM
321415+321416 1434 EUS-TRI
350235 1424 EUS-MKC
378225 1437 EUS-WFJ
378214 Willesden depot,1433
LU3244 at Willesden Junction,1433
70001 nb liner,Wembley,1434
66069 nb empty car wagons,Wembley,1435
378215 sb LO,H+W,1438
3240+3534 H+W rev siding 1438.
Multiple files were more than necessary due to a 1,500 character limit in any memo file on my phone. It's also worth pointing out I may end up noting Bakerloo line stock in the addendum to part 2, as those notes were scribbled into the timetable in front of me at the time. Part 2 is as follows:
Obs p2
390043 pass WFJ sb 1452
66069 pass WFJ nb 1452
377702 1413 MKC-South Croydon
390045 pass WFJ sb 1454
390047 pass WFJ nb 1457
350237+350231 1254 BHM-EUS (350237 added at NMP)
378216 150x WFJ-EUS
350368 1446 EUS-CRE
3247+3542 South Kenton nb Bakerloo 1505
377707 nb South Croydon-MKC,Wembley Central,1507
66429 sb Tesco train,Wembley,1509
90049 sb liner,Wembley,1509
3241 nb through Queens Park (LU) depot,1512
350265+122 ECS Camden-EUS,arr EUS 1518
378215 1517 EUS-WFJ
350110 1524 EUS-MKC
350231+350237 1534 EUS-Tring
221111 arr p15 EUS 1535 (showing as doing 1633 EUS-BPN)
350124 1546 EUS-CRE
350234+350262 ECS Camden-EUS 1547
86259 also on Willesden today
70001 nb liner still on Wembley,1554
37069 and refurbished GA MK3,Wembley,eb,1554
321416+321415 1526 Tring-EUS
377205+377202 1513 MKC-South Croydon
92003 (light engine) pass Kings Langley sb 1600
350370+350375+350235 1547 MKC-EUS (must remember that one's 12 cars for next time!)
73806 (tamper) pass Leighton Buzzard nb 1613
377707 1613 MKC-South Croydon
350377+263 1622? MKC-EUS (263 might have worked from BHM,with 377 added at NMP)
66572 eb light engine on Northampton loop east of Rugby station,1640
57302 stabled RUG 1642 (was also present at 1153)
90016 and 66065 both at RUG on southbound container trains,1644
350125 1502 CRE-EUS
350113 (I think!) 1602 CRE-EUS
66590 sb liner,1730 (estimated through Stafford 1726)
90044 nb liner south of Stafford,1733 (estimated time through Stafford 1737)
66763 sb light engine Stafford 1734
350239 1701 BHM-LIV
390117 1647 LIV-EUS
323233 1801 arrival at CRE
390156 1451 EDB-EUS.
The following lot were typed up out of the aforementioned timetable late this evening, thus the addendum to part 2:
Obs p2A
90037,90024 stabled on Wembley,1400
66148 on loaded caes,Wembley,1400
378216 1357 EUS-WFJ
3265 at Queens Park (Bakerloo),sb,1403
377202+377205 nb South Croydon-MKC,Willesden relief lines area,1402
172006,86213,86702 on Willesden depot,1402
73806 (tamper) at north end of Willesden,1401
Camden CS,1406:350373/232/369/257/251/259/265/126/245/243,321412,321413
350107 1404 EUS-Tring
Other Bakerloo sets noted: 3246,3564,3231,3536,3264,3247,3542.
And to bring an end to the enormous collection, some of the notes out of chronological order here due to saving them onto the phone after having them on my hand on the approach to Crewe:
Obs p3
350368 1802 CRE-EUS
158854 term CRE 1802 (believe it then went onto 1805 CRE-DBY)
09204 south end of Crewe LNWR,1753
86639, 97303 (97 on test train) also on LNWR,1753
350260 1804 LIV-BHM
220014 1901 Stafford-MAN
220031 1902 Stafford-PLY
70020 pass Stafford nb 1907
350255 1836 BHM-LIV
221110+221109 1823 EUS-SHR (221109 removed at WVH)
350254 2020 WVH-BHM.
After which I had had enough today, I was shattered! The trip report will explain all soon enough, gutted I threw in the towel so early but it had to be done! More observations will be added tomorrow at some point from the trip back to Hereford to go to work!
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Final batch of observations from #operationdesiro, unless I happen to pop back down to the station after work for a bit!
Obs 24/02
323201 0719 WVH-Four Oaks
350110 0701 BHM-LIV
66053 on Wolverhampton steel terminal,0721
221125 0831 BHM-MAN
323205+323243 0740 LTV-Redditch
170520+170518 0836 University-CDF
323222 0845 University-LTV
170112+521 ECS sb University,0847
170636 0839 University-NOT
323208 0809 LIC-Redditch
323240 0855 University-LIC
170632 0849 BHM-HFD
153334+170506 0849 HFD-BHM
180102 0954 GMV-PAD
170517 0940 HFD-BHM
175011 0921 CDF-HHD
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Post-work obs, 24/02/2015:
153371+170517 1740 Hereford to Birmingham New Street
175106 1503 Carmarthen to Manchester Piccadilly
I also saw the 1530 Manchester Piccadilly to Carmarthen, but 175106 blocked my view of it! All I could be sure of is that it was a 175/1!