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Monday 11 August 1975 and shut eye on 1M10 was interrupted by Bescot allocated 47488 backing on to the train. The train was about to be dragged via Bolton, Manchester Victoria and Reddish South to Stockport (not that I had a clue that was about to happen and not a haulage I would have chosen if...

Following on from post https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/back-in-the-day.183327/post-7895778 the last day of my Scottish Region Railrover began at Haymarket on Sunday 10 August 1975 with Tinsley allocated 47313 hauling 1A31 1000 Edinburgh to Aberdeen which I took to Dundee. Before jumping...

It seems I may have been a tad remiss in not sharing my first visit to Scotland (a national trainspotters club arrangement including visits to depots and track bashing using a Scottish Region Railrover) as a young teenager. The dates of the trip were between 01/08/1975 and 12/08/1975 but I'll...

Over the weekend of Friday 30 June 1978 to Sunday 02 July 1978 I ventured north from London to Scotland; the plan being to catch one of the Rosyth Dockyard Open Day shuttles (a whopping 1 mile 21 chains of new track from Inverkeithing to the Dockyard platform) plus more haulage from the Scottish...

GW trains are cancelled on the Reading to Basingstoke line to transfer the stock to the Twyford to Henley line to boost capacity when the Henley Regatta is on. This has been a long standing practice and very irksome it is.

Saturday 14 June 1980 A trip to the West Country to meet relatives and avoiding HSTs in the process. 50001 LA 1V08 0910 London Waterloo - Exeter Saint Davids (London Waterloo to Salisbury) 33210 HG 1V25 1015 Portsmouth Harbour - Bristol TM (Salisbury to Bristol TM) 50011 LA 1V76 0840 Liverpool...

Saturday 05 June 1976 - don't seem to have posted this before Nedding between Plymouth and Exeter forgetting about O-levels and the heatwave found me enjoying the following haulages. 46054 GD 1E30 0810 Plymouth - Leeds (Plymouth to Newton Abbot) 45017 HO 1E20 0900 Paignton - Newcastle (Newton...

There are a number of charter train operators in Victoria and New South Wales that operate day excursions (as well as longer tour style trips) from time to time from Melbourne or Sydney using steam or diesel locos hauling stock of various vintage. I try to factor these into my itinerary when...

Sunday 04 December 1977 47121 CF 1B02 0005 London Paddington - Penzance (London Paddington to Plymouth via Berks and Hants route) Saturday 04 December 1982 1* 4EPB EMU 0515 Staines - London Waterloo (Twickenham to London Waterloo) 86240 WN 1H04 0650 London Euston - Manchester Piccadilly...

Saturday 03 December 1977 47121 CF 1A19 2130 (02/12) Penzance - London Paddington (Plymouth to Reading via Bristol TM) 31424 BR 1A21 0110 Fishguard Harbour - London Paddington (Reading to London Paddington) then RPPR Class 74 Farewell Charter 74003 / 08929 / 33114 / 74010 London Waterloo to...

I only did short leaps between Waverley and Haymarket and Exeter Saint Davids to Central from that list. The latter got me my only Hymek haulage in revenue service. I can add Attenborough to Beeston on Summer Saturdays to the list. 1mile 26 chains of raucous class 25 haulage. As for Cromptons...

Re post #6,573 Class 33 to London Paddington. ISTR reading somewhere there were a few months during 1984 where Cromptons finding their way to Paddington happened more than once. Saturday 12 February 1977 (pre railtour hotel avoiding moves) 47086 Colossus CF 1C00 0114 Bristol Temple Meads -...

What was 1Z63 on which you had 33 061 in 1984? 33061 HG 1Z63 1618 Cardiff Central - London Paddington (Reading to London Paddington) According to my notes it was an additional (relief) train.

Sunday 10 February 1980 (end of my second trip to France - the way it used to be) (SNCF) BB16005 #405 Flèche d'Or 1230 Paris Nord - Calais Maritime (Paris Nord to Amiens) BB67592 #405 Flèche d'Or 1230 Paris Nord - Calais Maritime (Amiens to Calais Maritime) (Only had one SNCF BB67400 diesel...

Saturday 05 February 1977 50034 LA 1A29 0447 Penzance - London Paddington (Plymouth - Taunton) 1*118 DMU 0935 Taunton - Bristol Temple Meads (Taunton to Bristol Temple Meads) 45047 HO 1S27 0730 Plymouth - Edinburgh Waverley (Bristol Temple Meads to Birmingham New Street) 86208 WN 1G26 1040...