Red Pen 2014 - your new haulages

[ValleyLines142]

142076, 150231, 150262 and 153327. Probably be a while before I get back to the area now though.

Remind me of them when you're in the area next I shall look out for them!

 

[Techniquest]

Remind me of them when you're in the area next I shall look out for them!

At least you won't be looking out for 150235 again!

I'm finally getting on with posting my winners from Techniquest's Anglo-Swede Bash, about time too really as that trip started well over 3 weeks ago!

14th November 2014

Ryanair's EI-DCZ (yes I know that's a plane but I'm counting it!)

SL Metro:

2097
2178
2196

15th November 2014

SL Metro:

2001
2005
2012
2024
2031
2037
2077

2101
2106
2123
2131
2147
2149
2150
2151
2152 (the eagle-eyed of you will notice 4 in a row there, that was a surprise when I underlined everything in my book!)
2154
2164
2171
2182

2221
2222
2252

16th November 2014

2021
2095

2119
2132
2140
2141
2143
2161
2162
2186
2190
2191
2192
2193 (another 4 in a row in the book, that worked out nicely too!)

2217
2263
2267

17th November 2014

SL Metro:

2167

SJ Class X40:

3716

Ryanair's EI-DCZ

It's also worth noting that I didn't get every unit in the formation on some of the moves, and it wasn't a trip spent doing much on the rails as such, using the Tunnelbana just as a way of getting around. We didn't really do much on the Green Lines either. If it had been a proper cranking trip, the lists above would have been very much longer!

Total for 2014 thus far: 609 (611 when including the two Ryanair planes, and if I was to include this year's buses, or even this year's coaching stock scores, the numbers would be significantly higher)

 

[bb21]

One recent update that I forgot about. Got my last 318 - 318264 - while up in Scotland the day after I got all the 170/4s. It turned up completely by chance on the Cumbernauld - Motherwell shuttle.

Also slowly but gradually I am closing in on both the 1972 and 1973 stock, with four remaining of the former and 29 of the latter. That 29 might seem a high number, but considering that I have yet to spend any significant amount of time doing the 1973 stock and there are 173 of them, that I consider good progress.

I am rather surprised by how well things are going with ScotRail. I think I only have 5 158s, 2 320s, 4 334s, 11 156s and 3 380/1s left. The 380/0s are still virtually untouched yet but that is all that is remaining of the entire fleet I am still to do.

 

[Techniquest]

Doing very well there then! I'm hoping for some rather good luck when I head north of the border on Saturday (well, Sunday and Monday I'm there), as I still have a lot of EMUs to get in the book up there. Any 156s, 158s and 170s I happen to score when I'm up there will be a massive bonus but I'm having focus on EMUs and station scores!

 

[ValleyLines142]

At least you won't be looking out for 150235 again!

150235 avoided you so much haha, I think it thought you had Ebola!

Had a look on Flickr at the SL Metro, looks a nice system to be fair!

 

[Techniquest]

At least you won't be looking out for 150235 again!

150235 avoided you so much haha, I think it thought you had Ebola!

Had a look on Flickr at the SL Metro, looks a nice system to be fair!

It is a great system aye, very frequent and modern (the older 1974 stock was barely seen on the trip at all, almost all the newer 2004 trains) and puts other countries' Metro systems to shame!

 

[37038]

06/12/2014:
47818 47853
142004 142058
150206
156464
175004

07/12/2014:
222016 222018

Also copped 92029 for sight on Saturday and 01515 08700 20001 37800 47848 at Barrow Hill on Sunday

Successful weekend then

 

[Kite159]

5th - 7th Dec new units:

Crosscountry 221120

East Coast: 43302, 43310, 82203, 82220, 91117

Great Northern: 313047

Scotrail: 170395; 170408; 170409; 170417; 170418; 170423; 170431; 170432; 334030; 334036. Good scoring with the 170s (first Scotrail 170/3)

SWT: 444040; 450002; 450023; 450028; 450107; 450557; 450566; 455718; 455919

Southeastern: 375603; 375811; 465008; 465029; 465040; 465042; 465169; 465184; 465185; 465905; 465916

Southern: 377112; 377115; 377125; 377612; 442410; 442418; 455815; 455826

Thameslink: 319370; 319424; 319426; 319427; 319429; 319442; 319447; 319452; 377209; 377507

 

[Peter Mugridge]

08/12/14:

S7: 21443/4

 

[FQ]

The first time I checked what I have had for haulage, and I think that it is alright, considering that I started collecting numbers for haulage at the middle of last year, all except the FGW, EMT, GC and EC HSTs, which are all time.

Please note: This is what I have had, not what I require.

AGA - 4 (2x321, 2x90)
ATW - 21 (8x150, 5x158, 8x175) Not including the 67s.
C2C - 2 (2x357)
CR - 20 (3x165, 16x168, 1x172) Not including 67s
XC - 16 (10x43, 6x170)
EC - 10 (9x43, 1x91)
EMT - 20 (17x43, 3x153)
ES - 0
FGW - 77 (77x43)
FHT - 0
TPE - 3 (3x185)
GC - 1 (1x43) Had it when it was GNER.
GN - 2 (2x365)
HC - 0
HE - 0
IL - 0
LM - 46 (1x 153, 3x170, 11x172, 4x323, 27x350)
LO - 6 (1x172, 5x378)
MR - 13 (7x507, 6x508)
NR - 1 (1x156)
SR - 0
SWT - 10 (2x450, 4x455, 2x458, 1x444)
SE - 8 (1x395, 7x465)
SN - 10 (10x377)
TL - 9 (6x319, 2x377)
VT - 19 (19x390)

Hopefully Chiltern, London Midland and maybe even First Great Western will change on Thursday, as I am doing a WMDR.

Also, what is best for getting lots of 323s and maybe 170s for haulage, Birmingham New Street-Aston/Duddeston or Birmingham New street to University/Five Ways.

Thanks!

 

[Techniquest]

I would say BHM-University as no 170s call at Five Ways or Aston. Maybe in the early morning/late evening services for Aston mind, which has happened before.

323s every 10 minutes and hourly XC 170s and hourly LM 170s too at University, can't go far wrong!

Which GC power car did FGW previously have? I'm not aware of any with Grand Central that FGW have had use of!

 

[FQ]

I would say BHM-University as no 170s call at Five Ways or Aston. Maybe in the early morning/late evening services for Aston mind, which has happened before.

323s every 10 minutes and hourly XC 170s and hourly LM 170s too at University, can't go far wrong!

Which GC power car did FGW previously have? I'm not aware of any with Grand Central that FGW have had use of!

University sounds good then!

With the 43, I meant GNER not FGW, that being 43067! Sorry.

 

[TEW]

8th December
315802
317654
317670
321311
321312
321334
321355
321425
357015
357227
360104
360113
375626
375811
442408
465237
465239

9th December
387105
387106

Total(YTD):532

I've now cleared the complete 360 and 442 classes.

 

[Techniquest]

43167 is now 43367, which is not a Grand Central machine! Unless of course something's changed in the last few months!

Yes I would definitely recommend University to New Street and vice-versa leaps, done quite a few 323s that way!

 

[Kite159]

So much choice to be had on a daytripper to knock out units

 

[bb21]

43367 is East Coast. 43467 is GC.

 

[childwallblues]

Chasing the new 66/7 my friend and I went to Stourbridge Junction joining about 30 other enthusiasts.

0714 350107 Liverpool South Parkway-Crewe 29.96 miles
0755 323227 Crewe-Alderley Edge 15.29 miles
0825 323237 Alderley Edge-Crewe 15.29 miles
0907 153374 Crewe-Stoke-on-Trent 14.99 miles
1007 221124 Stoke-on-Trent-Stafford 16.16 miles
1226 220006 Stafford-Wolverhampton 15.31 miles
1249 323207 Wolverhampton-Smethwick Galton Bridge 8.88 miles
1312 172344 Smethwick Galton Bridge-Stourbridge Junction 8.22 miles
1418 172331 Stourbridge Junction-Smethwick Galton Bridge 8.22 miles
1446 323207 Smethwick Galton Bridge-Wolverhampton 8.88 miles
1520 350107 Wolverhampton-Liverpool South Parkway 69.74 miles

Mission Accomplished

DD

 

[ValleyLines142]

New additions from me include 172343, 390042, 390046 and 67014. Yay!

 

[FQ]

I meant 43067. Again sorry!

Here is the WMDR plan for all those interested.

09:25 Leamington Spa-Warwick parkway 09:33 (CR 168)
09:40 Warwick Parkway-Warwick 09:43 (CR 172+168)
09:49 Warwick-Leamington Spa 09:52 (CR 172)
10:04 Leamington Spa-Birmingham Moor Street 10:42 (CR 67)
10:49 Birmingham Moor Street-Smethwick Galton Bridge 11:01 (LM 172)
11:05 Smethwick Galton Bridge-The Hawthorns 11:06 (LM 172)
11:09 The Hawthorns-Stourbridge Junction 11:28 (LM 172)
11:35 Stourbridge Junction-Stourbridge Town 11:38 (LM 139)
11:40 Stourbridge Town-Stourbridge Junction 11:43 (LM 139)
11:48 Stourbridge Junction-Cradley Heath 11:53 (LM 172)
12:03 Cradley Heath-Worcester Shrub Hill 12:36 (LM 172)
12:46 Worcester Shrub Hill-Great Malvern 13:02 (FGW HST) Looking forward to this and the next move!
13:10 Great Malvern-University 13:58 (LM 170)
Hack between Birmingham New Street and University
Walk to Birmingham Moor Street
15:55 Birmingham Moor Street-Leamington Spa 16:23 (CR 67)

Hopefully I will get lots of winners!

On the 170 from GMV to UNI, what side is Kings Norton RHTT place?

Thanks.

 

[Techniquest]

Right hand side for Kings Norton

Congrats TEW on clearing the 360s and 442s!

 

[FQ]

Right hand side for Kings Norton

Thanks

 

[Techniquest]

Nay drama, have a good bash and I'm looking forward to the trip report!

 

[FQ]

From a WMDR today.

168003
172103
172220
172217
172219
172333
139001
172211
172214
43156
150107
323201
323240
323218
323214
323210
323212
172331

Pretty good if you ask me!

 

[andyb2706]

Hi Guys,

Right I think I am now ready to post my red pens for the beginning of the month, so here goes.

1st December
Today I set off without a real plan as to where I was going, I thought about heading off to the West Midlands on a XC from Piccadilly but decided to wait until I got there to decide. On arriving at Piccadilly there was a XC 221 in that I needed but had about 20 minutes before it was due to depart to consider other possibilities. Then I heard there was cable Vandalism around Ordsall Lane so heading North was out of the question but then I saw a Northern 142 that I required and as I was feeling a bit sadomasochistic today I opted for the Northern 142, although I am not a big 220/221 fan either. So today turned out to be one of those days when I got somewhere and then jumped on the next train that I needed, although some where out to minor . Kind of worked as well as you will see below.

3091 (MET)
43312
43251
91115
142024
142067
144009
144011
144013
150224
153301
155344
158790
158796
180112
185110
185149
322481
333012 (Last Cls 333)

2nd December
Thanks to all you guys who replied to one of my earlier posts asking whether I should do c2c or FGW on this day. I kind of went with bb21 suggestion of going to do the FGW 43's, but like he stated it got tedious. There is only so many trips you can do between London, Reading and Swindon before you start falling asleep. So I spent mid-morning to mid-afternoon riding the 43's then went across the other side of London to knock off some c2c's during the peak, thanks Samuelmorris for that bit of advise

3248 (LU)
8054 (LU)
21317 (LU)
22422 (LU)
51661 (LU)
43024
43032
43132
43137
43145
43147
43168
43169
43183
43186
43190
43193
357003
357018
357026
357027
357046
357210
357216
357217
390156

3rd December
Today I thought I would try and head off to the West Midlands and see if I can get any of the XC 170 and knock off a few more LM 350 plus anything else I could get my hands on. It turned out to be a bit of a slower day than the previous two. Have to say Birmingham New Street is still a dark and miserable place, hopefully that will improve when the construction work is complete and at the moment it is so easy to get lost on the concourse area. It is like a rabbit warren.

3082 (MET)
170521
170523
172216
172217
220033
221119
323208
323210
323211
323219
350105
350127
350267

4th December
My fourth and final day of my December Big Bash. Although we know that some of the 319's are heading to Northern I realised my 319 bashes where fairly thin also with the withdrawal over the next few years of the 313's out of Moorgate and yet a gain big gaps in my lists I thought a day down that part of London will be a good day and I was not dissapointed.

3023 (MET)
11004 (LU)
313026
313028
313037
313038
313039
313041
313049
313050
313063
313064
313122
317344
319001
319004
319010
319374
319378
319379
319445
319448
390118
390153

 

[childwallblues]

11 December 2014
0647 158864 Liverpool South Parkway-Ely 214.75 miles
1125 365540 Ely-Cambridge 14.73 miles WINNER!

12 December 2014
0812 170270 Cambridge-Ely 14.73 miles
0858 170272 Ely-Peterborough 30.46 miles WINNER!
1016 91105 Peterborough-Doncaster 79.60 miles
1142 91124 Doncaster-Leeds 29.93 miles
1244 185136 Leeds-Liverpool Lime Street 75.09 miles

459.29 miles travelled over the two days
355540 and 170272 were winners for haulage
66758 (at Cambridge) and 66750 (at Peterborough) were first time sightings


DD

 

[Techniquest]

A massive lot of wins there andyb2706! My list so far from the epic bash I'm currently on is much shorter, but then it's a Sunday so most of the trains are probably on depots today!

I'll have my full list posted by the end of next week, if not on Tuesday afternoon, but I'm making progress

 

[bb21]

Like TEW, my next to do list is the 442s, and today marks somewhat an attempt to tick more off. I managed to get 442407, 442413, 442414 and 442420. Only four trains out (8 units) running half-hourly but I am reasonably pleased - 7 to go.

Now waiting at Gatwick for my possible first taste of the new 387, and a winning 319 (004 - which would leave me with four remaining) seems to be following it one hour later. Gonna be a late night as that 319 will put me on the 2300 from St Pancake. Zzzzz....

 

[Kite159]

I think I will have an evening of trying to bash the 442s when they are on regular Brighton runs, probably between Clapham & Victoria.

I'm attempting a Brighton-Bedford run next Sunday so hopefully I can get a couple extra 442s between Victoria & Gatwick (plus hopefully a couple winning EMT units, HST or 222s doesn't bother me)

Quite a few of the Thameslink services running as single 4 car units today.

 

[TEW]

If anyone is after a cheap way to get 442s in the best time to do them is Monday-Friday evenings when most Brighton fast services are 10-car 442s. I've managed to get all the 442s in with only catching a Gatwick Express service twice, and that was deliberately to clear my last unit quickly.

 

[Kite159]

Winning units from my long weekend in Manchester/Lancaster/London:

Thursday:
Cross Country - 220003; 220011 (Yes I used XC from Basingstoke to Stockport changing at Birmingham, I wanted the track linking the Chiltern line to Camp Hill lines when XC go via Warwick and was cheaper than going via Virgin)

Friday:
FTPE:
185114, 350404 & 350409

Northern:
142036; 150103; 150110; 150148; 150205; 323232

Virgin:
390141

Metrolink
3014; 3016; 3026; 3038; 3044; 3053; 3056; 3058; 3068; 3076; 3088 & 3092 (Wasn't out to collect units, but for coverage)

Saturday:
FTPE:
185103; 185107; 185120; 185147; 185151; 350405

Merseyrail:
507002; 507008; 507016; 507019; 507024; 508115 (100% winners!)

Northern:
142060; 142087; 150145; 150147; 153301 (special mention to 47818 & 47853)

Virgin:
221104; 221115; 390047; 390112; 390122 (another 100% winners)

Sunday:
Chiltern:
165022; 165023 (2 winning Chiltern Turbos, blimey)

FGW:
165112; 165120; 165130; 166216 (4 winning Turbos on an Ealing run, excellent result)

Great Northern:
313028; 313033; 313032; 313039; 313062; 365508 (2 duds out of 8 doing Finsbury runs, good win-rate, another all single units)

Greater Angila:
379025; 379027 (One of these Sundays I will focus my attention onto Liverpool Street)

London Midland:
350110; 350253 (Managed to time a Harrow run in, caught 253 from P3)

London Overground:
172001; 172002; 172004; 172006; 172007 (All 8 172s covered!), 378227; 378232 (anybody suggest any good station pairs on the NLL/ELL core for 378 bashing, mainly with good access to get to the other platform quickly?)

Southeastern:
465020; 465039; 465242 (3 out of 4 isn’t a bad networker score using the “jump on what is first” method between Waterloo East & Charing Cross)

SWT:
444037; 450080; 450093; 450099; 450100; 450120; 450567; 455852 (Another good result from the 'jump on what be first' method, add in a dud 444, a dud 455/9 & couple 450s)

Thameslink:
319430; 319446; 377208; 377510; 377513 (somehow caught dud 319371 twice, doh!, all bar 1 was single units)

40 winning units out of 54, good Sunday day-trip to London, now I just need to do the miles