Red Pen 2015 - your new haulages

[Techniquest]

Congrats bb21 on clearing 2 classes there! Welcome to the club with the 221s, been a proud member for a good long while

I anticipate posting a good list on 2nd February, more so from the following two days!

 

[bb21]

Thanks fellas. The four units/locos in these three classes have all been nightmares for me, so I went for the easy option today, got the gen and planned my day around them. Even so, it was looking impossible to get all four in until a set swap for 91122 occurred at around lunchtime and it suddenly all tied in.

So I guess I can claim that I have cleared all DEMUs now.

 

[childwallblues]

0804 350234 Liverpool Lime Street-Crewe 35.65 miles
0920 153362 Crewe-Shrewsbury 32.70 miles WINNER! Last ATW 153
1032 158840 Shrewsbury-Wolverhampton 29.68 miles
1118 350119 Wolverhampton-Smethwick Galton Bridge 8.88 miles
1147 172218 Smethwick Galton Bridge-Solihull 11.06 miles
1237 172336 Solihull-Birmingham Moor Street 6.51 miles
1245 67013 Birmingham Moor Street-Birmingham Snow Hill 0.70 miles
1303 172333 Birmingham Snow Hill-Jewellery Quarter 0.72 miles
1307 172211 Jewellery Quarter-The Hawthorns 2.45 miles
1321 172222 The Hawthorns-Birmingham Snow Hill 3.07 miles
1333 172332 Birmingham Snow Hill-Smethwick Galton Bridge 3.85 miles
1347 350261 Smethwick Galton Bridge-Wolverhampton 8.88 miles
1415 220005 Wolverhampton-Stafford 15.31 miles
1510 350262 Stafford-Liverpool South Parkway 54.43 miles

 

[TEW]

22nd January
387111
387117

Total(YTD):12

Another 2 387s in the book, I'm happy with the progress I've made with them already. Brings my total number of 387s up to 10, just missing 387110 of the units currently in service.

 

[55013]

Just got back from a week in Devon & Cornwall with the good lady wife.
As is usual on our holidays we made good use of the railway to visit places.
Not a cranking move, but I still managed to get a few winners.
HST power cars 43020, 43026 and 43148 were all roped in, as was 150246.
159006, 159021 and 159022 were also winners on quick St Davids - Central trips whilst we were in Exeter.

Also, for anyone interested in industrial railways and/or history, a visit to Morwellham Quay is recommended (http://www.morwellham-quay.co.uk/).
They have a railway that runs through an old copper mine, using battery electric locos.
We had number 6 "Mary".
The trains don't run every day, so if you fancy going for a run on one, give them a ring first.

We were first in the queue (it was quite busy, even in January) and bagged the bashers seats

No 6 MARY_2015.01.18_1_Morwellham Quay by philwood55013, on Flickr

No 6 MARY_2015.01.18_2_Morwellham Quay by philwood55013, on Flickr

 

[12CSVT]

Also, for anyone interested in industrial railways and/or history, a visit to Morwellham Quay is recommended (http://www.morwellham-quay.co.uk/).
They have a railway that runs through an old copper mine, using battery electric locos.
We had number 6 "Mary".
The trains don't run every day, so if you fancy going for a run on one, give them a ring first.

We were first in the queue (it was quite busy, even in January) and bagged the bashers seats

No 6 MARY_2015.01.18_1_Morwellham Quay by philwood55013, on Flickr

No 6 MARY_2015.01.18_2_Morwellham Quay by philwood55013, on Flickr

Maybe one for PLEG and BLS to consider. How many locos do they have ?

 

[bb21]

Red Pen 24/1/15

395028
395023
313035
313039
317345
313043
313024

YTD: 30

 

[Techniquest]

Getting close to clearing your 313s then now as well bb21?

 

[Kite159]

From Saturday's trip to the West Midlands

ATW:
158832; 158841

Chiltern:
67018; 82303; 165027; 168002; 168106; 168113; 168214; 168216; 168217; 172101

CrossCountry:
170110; 220020 (stalker voyager); 220024

Virgin WC:
390154

London Midland:
153371; 170509; 170513; 172212; 172215; 172222; 172332; 172335; 172340; 172342; 323211; 323220

 

[Techniquest]

Not a bad result Kite159, fair dos

 

[bb21]

Getting close to clearing your 313s then now as well bb21?

A long way away yet lol. In fact I have only just started with the 313s so I am still at the stage where everything turning up is a winner.

So far when I had a couple of hours to kill at KXSP, I had gone for 319s, but with them nearing completion, I have turned my attention to GN units.

 

[55013]

Maybe one for PLEG and BLS to consider. How many locos do they have ?

Off the top of my head, I think they had about half a dozen locos scattered around.
I don't know if the BLS would be interested, there's a couple of short sidings at the start of the line, plus the one that the trains leave from, then it's a single track through the mine, a short run round loop at the end and then single track back along the banks of the Tamar.
Still, I'm not a BLS type person, so don't know if three very short bits of track is enough to bring people out.

Just to keep it on topic, I also scored 221119, I'd forgotten about that as Voyagers are very much at the bottom of my interest list

 

[theblackwatch]

A long way away yet lol. In fact I have only just started with the 313s so I am still at the stage where everything turning up is a winner.

So far when I had a couple of hours to kill at KXSP, I had gone for 319s, but with them nearing completion, I have turned my attention to GN units.

Your best bet for 313s is to do a peak hour into (or out of) Moorgate - I had a morning peak stood at Drayton Park and Essex Road waiting for my last two sets to appear (which they did!) a couple of years ago. These two stations (and Old Street) are the best for leaping as they are island platforms.

On the subject of Morwellham Quay brought up by 55013, I will alert the BLS Fixtures Secretary, who I know well, to this thread!

 

[Techniquest]

A long way away yet lol. In fact I have only just started with the 313s so I am still at the stage where everything turning up is a winner.

So far when I had a couple of hours to kill at KXSP, I had gone for 319s, but with them nearing completion, I have turned my attention to GN units.

Ah fair games, good luck!

 

[samuelmorris]

21st January:
321326 Shenfield-London Liverpool Street
92118 Liverpool Street-Chancery Lane - New entry - Cleared for 1 mile
92247 Chancery Lane-Liverpool Street - New entry - Cleared for 1 mile
321361 London Liverpool Street-Chelmsford - Cleared for 20 miles straight
321448 Chelmsford-Stratford - Cleared for 100 miles straight - Class record
321302 Stratford-Shenfield

22nd January:
360115 Shenfield-London Liverpool Street
S7 63 Liverpool Street-Farringdon
S8 19 Farringdon-Liverpool Street
321356 London Liverpool Street-Shenfield

23rd January:
357035 Upminster-London Fenchurch Street
7039 Tower Hill-Temple
319004 City Thameslink-Farringdon - Winner - <1 mile
S7 54 Farringdon-Liverpool Street
321306 London Liverpool Street-Shenfield

As much as I'd like to say scoring the 321 demonstrator for 100 miles by detouring via Stratford was intentional, it wasn't. While I might have considered doing it anyway, I boarded the train almost certain that the service would be stopping at Shenfield. Nope!

2015 mileage now at 1044m61c. A fairly unremarkable week really apart from scoring the two 92TS units and a needed 319, albeit for a very short hop.

 

[TEW]

23rd January
43274
43465
43480
313031
365525
387110

24th January
387118

Total(YTD):19

Now cleared all the 12 387s currently in service and another 313 cleared means I'm now down to just 3 required.

 

[samuelmorris]

I haven't even seen one yet

Wouldn't mind, but I've been through Farringdon plenty of times since their introduction and have seen a load of 377/2s and /5s but not a single 387 yet. Oh well, plenty of time...

 

[Kite159]

Winning units from my little day trip to London yesterday:

AGA: 315804; 315826; 315834; 315844; 315847; 321440; 321445 (New station - Maryland)

C2C - 357044; 357046; 357206; 357208; 357221

FGW: 43170

Great Northern: 313025 (had a very wasteful half-hour at Finsbury waiting for any winners heading towards Kings Cross, all duds )

London Overground: 378140; 378142; 378143; 378144; 378150; 378151; 378152; 378202; 378203; 378225. Mostly are in the book with bus-stop chains with linear bashing between Highbury & Surrey Quays

Southeastern: 465049; 465164; 465243

SWT: 444004 (2 left!); 450008; 450021; 450032; 450127; 450554; 450555; 450558; 450563; 450570; 455874; 458028

 

[Techniquest]

Crikey you were busy! hock: I have a hunch you'll have your 444s cleared by the end of February, based on your recent successes with them!

You're going to have to start coming up to the Midlands I reckon, there won't be much in London for you to get at this rate!

 

[bb21]

Red Pen 25/1/15

395005
395029
395010
395015
465035
465243
465186
377430
377465
442403
455818
378140
444019
158882
158880
444014

Red Pen 26/1/15

450083
450113
450005
450127
450041
377146
442419
377445
377125
377470
377135
377443
378256
390153
378257
378211
377202
377206
350237
350248

YTD: 66

Not bad for two days mixed in with some constraints on trains that had to be done.

 

[Kite159]

East London Line core section, trains running at tube-like frequencies (one train every 3-4 minutes). Good place to score the DC-only 378/1s as that is the only line they run.

I reckon C2C will be better during the week, where Saturdays is 8 trains an hour, or if you can make it during evening peak 18 trains an hour!. 4 trains an hour on Sundays.

I think I only need 458022 now of the remaining 458/0s which haven't already gone to Doncaster to be turned to 458/5s

 

[Techniquest]

Good point, I must remember to hit the ELL when I'm down that way in March. As well as c2c, the number of 357s in my book that are required MUST come down this time. I even need 2 of them for sight, that's how infrequently I visit that area! As well as SWT's empire, so much that I need over there it is unbelievable!

Nice lot of success there bb21, it must be said! You're all making me outrageously jealous lately, I'm just glad I'm down to the final week before I can make a long post on this thread again with my own scores!

 

[bb21]

I was gonna take a picture of 350231 earlier sitting outside Euston for your benefit.

 

[Techniquest]

I was gonna take a picture of 350231 earlier sitting outside Euston for your benefit.

Good thing you can't see the reaction the above post got!

 

[samuelmorris]

26th January:

315846 Brentwood-London Liverpool Street
92193 Liverpool Street-Chancery Lane - Cleared for 1 mile
S7 63 Farringdon-Liverpool Street
321353 London Liverpool Street-Shenfield

2015 mileage now 1085m58c

Not making any headway on S7s or 321s at this rate sadly! Even today's 92TS was a dud too. Hopefully I'll have better luck with tomorrow's slightly more complex journey.

 

[37038]

Haven't updated yet so everything so far...

06/01
156467

17/01
150133 150146
156421 156428 156466
158856
175009 175105
323228 323236
390129
507005 507006 507010 507015 507017 507028 507033
508117 508124 508141

23/01
43075

24/01
156460 156486
175011 175108
323239

25/01
150132 150144
156487
323226

YTD: 32

 

[jonboy]

Red pen

47790
350370
350373
387120
387121
66416
66555
66732
66739
Great seen a 47 again

 

[bb21]

378120
378121

You mean 378220/221?

 

[JonathanH]

So far this year:

3/1
387111
387105

14/1
387114

15/1
458536 (for extension)
458501 (for extension)

16/1
387109

17/1
3080
3082
3086
3089
387113

22/1
68012
378135 (for extension)
387117

26/1
57312

 

[TEW]

26th January
142076
150231
158820

Total(YTD):22

A slightly frustrating two days spent in the Cardiff area. Getting 142076 means I have now cleared my ATW 142s, and I'm down to 1 ATW 150 now. However my last ATW 150 and last ATW 153 couldn't be tracked down, they must have either been on depot or in West/North Wales.