55013's Contemporary Trip Reports

[55013]

Good read that Phil, some good pics too. i'm on my second time round with the 91s but my mileage aint nowhere near yours on them.
Just as well your not looking for 91104, I believe it lost its pantograph yesterday, near Morpeth.

Did it indeed?
Luckily 91104 is one of twelve already over the thousand, so it doesn't matter if they don't rush it back

I can't say that it's a shame you got a tram but I'm sure you were glad to get 91120 back from the cross. Lots of winner units there too. Just two more shacks to get now!

I'm a lot more amenable towards HSTs now than I was a few years ago but there's increased pressure on my 91 chase now that the first Satsumas are in the country.
I'm hopeful I'll reach my target of shacks before the month is out.

 

[Techniquest]

Another very productive time good sir! Personally speaking, I have Stratford International down as just one station, not two, as they share the same name. I've done both DLR and HS1 stations of course. Similiar problems with Stratford itself, I count it all as one station, without distinguishing between Low Level, DLR, mainline or LU there.

I have fond memories of 317510 from December 2005's London birthday bash. Without a doubt it's in a far, far better condition than it was back then!

 

[55013]

I do make life difficult for myself!
I have all DLR, LU and Tram stops listed separately, even if they share a common site (for example Wimbledon has three separate entries, two are dud but the LU one is required).

 

[Techniquest]

Fair enough, each to their own after all!

 

[Kite159]

Good read that Phil, some good pics too. i'm on my second time round with the 91s but my mileage aint nowhere near yours on them.
Just as well your not looking for 91104, I believe it lost its pantograph yesterday, near Morpeth.

Another one broken? Will it join the one which was sat a couple weeks ago less pan in the sidings south of Doncaster after fighting the wires at retford?

Sounded like a good day in London, getting some 315s & 317s into the book

 

[alexf380]

A fantastic day out by the sounds of things! Keep 'em coming.

 

[Keith Jarrett]

I do make life difficult for myself!
I have all DLR, LU and Tram stops listed separately, even if they share a common site (for example Wimbledon has three separate entries, two are dud but the LU one is required).

Mr 13, I'm with you an that one. Wimbledon definitely is three different entries as are all low level/high level stations. So separate entries for Liverpool Lime Street main and low level as an example - even Retford is two different entries.

So a question for those those mono-entry folk, How do you treat Monument/Bank? Essentially now one interlinked station but some platforms are called Bank while others masquerade as Monument.

 

[FQ]

The Monument/Bank issue doesn't matter to me because I've had them both (by walking between the two) but I'd call them two separate stations.

 

[Techniquest]

Different names, diffferent entries!

 

[55013]

No new shacks today of any description, but 45135 and I did have an enjoyable few hours out.
It was an event that's rarely missed - the Wensleydale Railway Diesel Gala.

We arrived at Leeming Bar with plenty of time to purchase our wristbands (instead of tickets) before the planned 10.00 departure.
After parking up we were greeted by the rather lovely sight of 47715 resplendent in NSE livery, a colour scheme that's not universally liked but I'm a bit of a fan.

Very nice:
47715_2016.07.16_1_Leeming Bar by Phil Wood, on Flickr

The first haulage was the best of the day, 26007.
What a beast.
This line is perfect for Sulzer Type 2s and plenty of thrash was enjoyed.
We took the 26, which was hauling load five and a dead 47715, for the entire 16 miles to Redmire.

Unsurprisingly, 47715 worked the return, with 26007 dead on the back, and we took this as far as Leyburn.

Here's the star of the show on the rear as 47715 powers away:
26007_2016.07.16_2_Leyburn by Phil Wood, on Flickr

After a short wait our next chariot arrived and this was 37905.
When I had last done this loco, in 2008, it had failed.
Happily it had no problems today.
Like the earlier service we had done, this had a dead loco on the rear.
This time it was the only requirement on the roster.

37905, with 37674, which we didn't have today, back at Leeming Bar:
37905_2016.07.16_5_Leeming Bar_& 37674 by Phil Wood, on Flickr

The day's only winner was 66749 and this was done throughout to Leeming Bar.

A winning Shed:
66749_2016.07.16_3_Redmire by Phil Wood, on Flickr

My target for the year took one step closer to being achieved

Once back at Leeming our plan was to do 56006 but unfortunately this had failed and remained ensconced in the naughty siding.

Bad Grid:
56006_2016.07.16_4_Leeming Bar by Phil Wood, on Flickr

With the 56 unable to work the train 47715 was called into action once more and took us to Finghall for our last loco of the day.

That loco was 31271 and was enjoyed back to Leeming and the car home.
An early finish as 45135 had a commitment but nevertheless a great time was had

To end with, here's 31271:
31271_2016.07.16_4_Leeming Bar by Phil Wood, on Flickr

 

[noddy1878]

I do make life difficult for myself!
I have all DLR, LU and Tram stops listed separately, even if they share a common site (for example Wimbledon has three separate entries, two are dud but the LU one is required).

Same as me in terms of how I list things separately. I have done all three forms of Wimbledon though!

 

[47403]

No new shacks today of any description, but 45135 and I did have an enjoyable few hours out.
It was an event that's rarely missed - the Wensleydale Railway Diesel Gala.

We arrived at Leeming Bar with plenty of time to purchase our wristbands (instead of tickets) before the planned 10.00 departure.
After parking up we were greeted by the rather lovely sight of 47715 resplendent in NSE livery, a colour scheme that's not universally liked but I'm a bit of a fan.

Very nice:
47715_2016.07.16_1_Leeming Bar by Phil Wood, on Flickr

The first haulage was the best of the day, 26007.
What a beast.
This line is perfect for Sulzer Type 2s and plenty of thrash was enjoyed.
We took the 26, which was hauling load five and a dead 47715, for the entire 16 miles to Redmire.

Unsurprisingly, 47715 worked the return, with 26007 dead on the back, and we took this as far as Leyburn.

Here's the star of the show on the rear as 47715 powers away:
26007_2016.07.16_2_Leyburn by Phil Wood, on Flickr

After a short wait our next chariot arrived and this was 37905.
When I had last done this loco, in 2008, it had failed.
Happily it had no problems today.
Like the earlier service we had done, this had a dead loco on the rear.
This time it was the only requirement on the roster.

37905, with 37674, which we didn't have today, back at Leeming Bar:
37905_2016.07.16_5_Leeming Bar_& 37674 by Phil Wood, on Flickr

The day's only winner was 66749 and this was done throughout to Leeming Bar.

A winning Shed:
66749_2016.07.16_3_Redmire by Phil Wood, on Flickr

My target for the year took one step closer to being achieved

Once back at Leeming our plan was to do 56006 but unfortunately this had failed and remained ensconced in the naughty siding.

Bad Grid:
56006_2016.07.16_4_Leeming Bar by Phil Wood, on Flickr

With the 56 unable to work the train 47715 was called into action once more and took us to Finghall for our last loco of the day.

That loco was 31271 and was enjoyed back to Leeming and the car home.
An early finish as 45135 had a commitment but nevertheless a great time was had

To end with, here's 31271:
31271_2016.07.16_4_Leeming Bar by Phil Wood, on Flickr

Cracking read that. I quite like the NSE livery and I've always been of the opinion that the 47's suited it too, not so sure the 50 bashers would readily agree mind. I'd prefer to see 47715 in ScotRail livery myself but she looks better in the NSE livery than the awful FM Rail livery it adorned, when she was named Poseidon, mind you even that livery was better than WCR's, drab fest. Real shame 56006 didn't produce for you both, it looks the biz too. Still you had some brilliant traction on offer and it's a helluva long time since I was hauled by a Mc-Rat. Least you got a winner shed out of the day in what seemed like a brilliant day all round.

Cracking photo's there too.

 

[55013]

Thanks.
I think that Scotrail is underrepresented in preservation.
I can only think of two locos, 47712 and, bizarrely, 47765 that carry it.
NSE always brings back happy memories of a group of us driving down to Basingstoke on a Friday evening in order to spend the Saturday on the Waterloo - Exeter route, so seeing 47715 like that gave me a thrill

It was a shame about 56006, the last decent run I had on it was in 1999!
I did manage a single trip along the branch at Barrow Hill in 2009, but even that's seven years ago.

 

[Techniquest]

Very much a fun but short time out there, I'd have scored the 26, 37s, 47 and 66, actually the 31 as well. I need the intermediate shacks on the Wensleydale Railway too, good to see they do indeed get used.

Shame about the 56 (which I also need!) but at least it was good fun still.

NSE wasn't my era, so I can't get nostalgic over it, but I do agree it looks good. Now if LoadHaul is ever able to be used in the preservation world, that would be hellfire, same for Mainline Blue. Very fond memories of 37203 in that blue on a Past Time Rail tour in October 2004, excuse me a moment while I remember the thrash down the Marches with it...

Mind you, if we're talking about liveries and nostalgia, the three that will always strike a chord with me are Wales and Borders, Flying Fag Packet and FGW's revised Barbie livery!

 

[FQ]

715 looks absolutely hellfire! Vote tip top as well. Sounds like a brilliant gala there minus the 66.

 

[55013]

It WAS a brilliant gala and that includes the shed

 

[sprinterguy]

Now if LoadHaul is ever able to be used in the preservation world, that would be hellfire, same for Mainline Blue.

56003 and 50035 have both worn Loadhaul livery in preservation already, although off the top of my head I can't think of any locos that have been restored to Mainline freights' aircraft blue livery in preservation.
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I'd prefer to see 47715 in ScotRail livery myself but she looks better in the NSE livery than the awful FM Rail livery it adorned, when she was named Poseidon, mind you even that livery was better than WCR's, drab fest.

Descending into semantics slightly, but I thought that only 47832 carried FM Rail livery; the Fragonset livery that was carried by the majority of their operational 47s (and 31s), including 47715, was quite classy and understated in my opinion, and certainly a marked improvement on WCRCs' mud brown.
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I think that Scotrail is underrepresented in preservation.
I can only think of two locos, 47712 and, bizarrely, 47765 that carry it.

It possibly suffers from having limited geographical appeal and there having been only a small number of locos to have carried it (Just eighteen class 47s? 47461, 47701 - 717). That said, I do agree with others that it was an appealing livery. It is a bit of a strange one that 47765 has gained it, although if the owner wants to see their loco painted in Scotrail colours then that's very much their call admittedly.

 

[Kristofferson]

Just caught up on the last couple here - grand day out in East London there! The 315s and 317s look a lot better now they're in TFL/LOROL livery, eh?

That diesel gala looks like it'd clear my "classes to get haulage from" list fairly quickly. 47s look great in NSE, I believe they used to do the Norwich runs(?)


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[55013]

It possibly suffers from having limited geographical appeal and there having been only a small number of locos to have carried it (Just eighteen class 47s? 47461, 47701 - 717). That said, I do agree with others that it was an appealing livery. It is a bit of a strange one that 47765 has gained it, although if the owner wants to see their loco painted in Scotrail colours then that's very much their call admittedly.

A fair point about the number of locos that actually carried it.
I agree that it's the owner's choice when it comes to what livery a loco carries and I have no complaints.
I was just surprised by it.

Just caught up on the last couple here - grand day out in East London there! The 315s and 317s look a lot better now they're in TFL/LOROL livery, eh?

That diesel gala looks like it'd clear my "classes to get haulage from" list fairly quickly. 47s look great in NSE, I believe they used to do the Norwich runs(?)

Thanks.
I must admit, I too like the 315s and 317s in that livery.

As for the NSE 47s, one or two of Stratford's 47/4s received the livery before electric trains started to Norwich in 1987, so yes NSE 47s did the Norwich runs.
The 47/7s, though, didn't start arriving from Scotland until about 1989/90 so mainly worked Paddington - Oxford and Waterloo - Exeter services.
I have found a shot on Flickr of 47715 in NSE at Norwich, but that was later on in its Parcels days.
You can see it here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/57849754@N07/10419807285/in/photolist-gSLeFK-iijKhF

It also worked for NSE whilst in ScotRail as shown in my photo from 1990:
47715_1990.06.07_Reading by Phil Wood, on Flickr

I'd had it from Paddington to Reading earlier that day
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Interestingly (or not), this was my 715th post

 

[47403]

A fair point about the number of locos that actually carried it.
I agree that it's the owner's choice when it comes to what livery a loco carries and I have no complaints.
I was just surprised by it.



Thanks.
I must admit, I too like the 315s and 317s in that livery.

As for the NSE 47s, one or two of Stratford's 47/4s received the livery before electric trains started to Norwich in 1987, so yes NSE 47s did the Norwich runs.
The 47/7s, though, didn't start arriving from Scotland until about 1989/90 so mainly worked Paddington - Oxford and Waterloo - Exeter services.
I have found a shot on Flickr of 47715 in NSE at Norwich, but that was later on in its Parcels days.
You can see it here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/57849754@N07/10419807285/in/photolist-gSLeFK-iijKhF

It also worked for NSE whilst in ScotRail as shown in my photo from 1990:
47715_1990.06.07_Reading by Phil Wood, on Flickr

I'd had it from Paddington to Reading earlier that day
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Interestingly (or not), this was my 715th post

Nuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrssssssssssssssssseeeeeeeee!!!!

Sprinterguy said:- Descending into semantics slightly, but I thought that only 47832 carried FM Rail livery; the Fragonset livery that was carried by the majority of their operational 47s (and 31s), including 47715, was quite classy and understated in my opinion, and certainly a marked improvement on WCRCs' mud brown.

Yeah ofcourse it was Fragonset, still wasn't keen on it, the above however was one of my fave liveries on the 47's.

 

[55013]

Less than three months before that I'd had it from Glasgow Queen St to Aberdeen, so it hadn't been down there very long at this point.

 

[Techniquest]

Fair point sprinterguy, I had forgotten 50035 carries LoadHaul livery. I still say it looks stunning, but then even a 142 would look good in it!

 

[55013]

Not any more it doesn't.
50035 is now in BR blue.
I must admit, I did like it in LoadHaul though, it was something a bit different.

 

[Techniquest]

Boo, I liked it

Black and orange always go well together mind...

 

[sprinterguy]

Not any more it doesn't.
50035 is now in BR blue.
I must admit, I did like it in LoadHaul though, it was something a bit different.

There is one in the Intercity-derived BR Mainline livery now, though, for a bit of variety.
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Black and orange always go well together mind...

I'm inclined to agree. The old Irish Rail and similar Strathclyde PTE liveries were both very fetching, in my opinion.

 

[55013]

I thought that my railway moves were over for July but when Mrs 13, ever a sociable sort (unlike me ), found out that it was her mate's 60th birthday she just had to take her out for the day.
She brought the subject up by saying "is there a railway move you could do on Saturday?"
Is there a railway move I can do?
There's ALWAYS a railway move I can do
I initially intended to do my usual trick when on short notice moves and head to Manchester or Liverpool, but then something caught my eye.
A massive loco, one of my most wanted, was booked to work and I just had to do it.
This was a solo move as 45135 was doing his own thing many miles away, hopefully he will fill us all in later.

I was out of the house by 08.00 and reached the Midland Railway-Butterley just before 09.30.
I was the last person in the queue and the station chap came into the booking office to count how many people were still to get tickets as they had very kindly decided to hold the 09.30 until everyone had the chance to board.
However, I never intended to make that service and had another plan, so thanked him but said I wasn't doing it.
I must be the first person in history to reject 37905 in favour of 141113!
I haven't had a 141 since the 1990s and relished the opportunity to renew the acquaintance.
Due to my method of recording back then (i.e. not bothering to write units down most of the time and when I did it was with a simple "H" next to the number, giving me no help at all these days) I had no 141 haulages in my book, despite having had most, if not all, of them.
This was rectified with a mega mileage run to Swanwick Junction and the main attraction of the day.
31233 was the only mainline 31 that I required and it became my 99th member of the class for haulage when I took it, along with 31162, from Swanwick to Hammersmith.
I still need three preserved examples, so three figures is a distinct possibility.

Before it started carting passengers about 31233 helped out by shunting 31108 around the yard:
31233_2016.07.23_02_Swanwick Jnc_& 31108 by Phil Wood, on Flickr

Once I had taken my seat I didn't leave it for the duration of my day's loco moves.
So to prevent boredom, I've just done a list of what I did after that:

31233/31162 Hammersmith - Riddings
31233/31162 Riddings - Swanwick Jnc
37905/97304 Swanwick Jnc - Hammersmith
37905 Hammersmith - Codnor Park Jnc
97304 Codnor Park Jnc - Swanwick Jnc
31233/97304 Swanwick Jnc - Hammersmith
31233/97304 Hammersmith - Riddings
31233/37905 Riddings - Swanwick Jnc

I scored the Codnor Park line, all 24 chains of it, although I can't say it's been keeping me awake at nights

Then a few photos, including:

It seems like only last week I had 37905 for haulage. Oh, wait a minute, it was:
37905_2016.07.23_4_Swanwick Jnc by Phil Wood, on Flickr

One for all the Peak fans on here , personally I think 46045 looks fantastic:
46045_2016.07.23_4_Swanwick Jnc by Phil Wood, on Flickr

A yellow tractor:
97304_2016.07.23_3_Butterley by Phil Wood, on Flickr

My last move was to head back to Butterley on 141113, meaning I've cleared both coaches of the unit

This could be West Yorkshire in the 80s, dubious destination blind notwithstanding.
08590 (once a Leeds based machine) completes the picture:
DMU 141113_2016.07.23_4_Butterley_& 08590 by Phil Wood, on Flickr

So that was that, another winner to add to my yearly total and what a biggie it was.

 

[FQ]

Score the ped! Was it an event at the MRC then?

 

[55013]

Aye, their diesel gala!
31233 is massive, it hasn't worked for years.
According to posts I've seen elsewhere the last time it hauled a passenger train was when it did a couple of Birmingham - Nuneaton drags (one each way) in 2004, before that its last working was in 1998.

 

[FQ]

Wow! Rare ped then!

 

[55013]

Indeed it is - and soon to be binned if the rumours are correct.