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92032 worked 1M11 ex Wembley on Monday 5th June.

I copied the Table 12 turns from an email to the ERG group but believe some extra hauled workings have been reported recently. "The following trains are those booked to be 2044 operated on table 12 from the December 2016 timetable change (all are SX); 3003, 03:36 Varazdin - Zagreb GK...

Could it have been 56066? Railgen archive suggests Friday 12th October would be your date ... 47279 is also listed as working on this date, 56066 also active: http://railgenarchive.co.uk/sc/diary.php?yr=1984&mn=10&fl=AL Mystery solved?

According to the special traffic notice, there were two Northampton Clacton charters on that day. Since the power was off in the Northampton/Hanslope Jn area both were scheduled to be diesel hauled Northampton - Bletchley. The electric that worked the ECS from Willesden then took over from...

I only did the 071 tour to Sligo and very enjoyable it was too ... as was the drinking in Temple Bar! :D Anyway, thanks to the RPSI/IE for making it happen. So much for it being "in doubt". See you on the next one! :wink:

10/11 92019 60011 92003 21/12 67015 22/12 60092 56094 scratched on 15/03/87 piloting 47547 from Stafford to Birmingham New St via Cannock, Walsall, Perry Barr and Soho so it was good to have that again on the PF Thames Angermanagement tour after all this time! :)

Any "Ludmilla" Ostbahn diversions covered?

Yes quite rare beasts down our way ... only one I can recall having was in the summer of 1985 on the 1047 departure from Leighton Buzzard to Coventry. --- old post above --- --- new post below --- One summer saturday in 1989, 85102 worked a Blackpool-Euston and came back out on the 1440...

24/06/87 33062+33055 1M88 0625 Poole-Man Picc (I had them New St-Man Picc via Macclesfield) They then went light to Liverpool Lime St to work 1O09 1615 Liverpool-Poole.

Nice phots ... SZ 664 = NOISE!

I guess the original poster was referring to the older Cornish (Leighton) Buzzard who actually resided in Leagrave IIRC. He didn't mind the odd roarer though the younger "alternative" Buzzard who does actually live (or did) in Leighton Buzzard was a more prolific roarer basher. Has anyone...

One for the roarer bashers! 02/01/89 85037 Birmingham New St-Preston (1Z14 0958 New St-Edinburgh relief) 85016 Preston-Wolverhampton (1Z97 0920 Glasgow C-New St relief) 85007 Wolverhampton-Lancaster (1S71 0720 Penzance-Glasgow C) 85015 Lancaster-Preston (1Z15 1415 Glasgow C-Euston relief)...

24/08/84 - Nice afternoon! 37275 Derby-Birmingham New St (1V14 1030 York-Plymouth relief) 45023 Birmingham New St-Derby (1E81 0930 Poole-York relief) 37295 Derby-Birmingham New St (1V31 1255 York-Swansea relief) 47354 Birmingham New St-Sandwell (1Z21 1325 Reading-Crewe relief) 304011...

According to my records: 90047 24/08/90 1H14 1335 Birmingham NS-Manchester P ... sampled Wolves to Stafford :D