Recent content by onlydjw

156s to Barton - when did that happen?

At the Lincoln end - weekdays it's all pacers except the 1 diagram mentioned. Of the nine diagrams, booked are 1 153, 7 142's and 1 2 car 144, although the reality is more fluid on the variety of pacers, and 150's can appear. There is also a pair of 142's on one turn, and another pair of...

The message I got said only 1A18 (dragged by 67024) and 1 Grand Central service ran via Gainsborough. The issue is lack of 67's to drag very many 91's, and route knowledge (particularly Newcastle crews who don't sign that diversion).

How about a class 60 hauling a dogbox? Happened in Central Trains days when one failed at Metheringham with a siezed (well - non existant by then) axle bearing), and a few weeks later, Central/Maintrain hired a 60 from EWS to tow it back toLincoln on a wheel skate at 5mph on a Sunday morning...

Or its Saturday only return working - 2E65 (if I remember correctly) 0726 Pwlheli-Grimsby Town (got there about 1530 or something daft) - all shacks via Shrewsbury, Birmingham, Leicester, Nottingham and Lincoln! Don't remeber it being within 20 minutes of time all summer at Lincoln! Booked a...

There was an hourly Liverpool-Leicester service back in Central days - in fact hourly Liverpool-Birmingham-Leicester-Camberidge-Stanstead Airport. This was split off due to operational constraints, both with platforming at New Street, and the fact they were nearly always late (and often very...