Back in the day...

[1971martin]

Wednesday 8th January 1992

1810+1813 0744 Folkestone W - London Br
90011 0950 Euston - Liverpool LS
31423 1357 Liverpool LS - Manchester V
87026 1530 Manchester P - Euston
1584+1513 1835 Charing X - Folkestone W

Just for a little bit of unit variety on my own patch ,8CIG up to London this morning.

Monday 8th January 2018

90007 1130 Liverpool St - Colchester
90015 1247 Colchester - Norwich
90007 1400 Norwich - Colchester
90015 1530 Colchester - Liverpool St

Tuesday 8th January 2019

43002+43185 1103 Paddington - Tiverton Parkway
43198+43161 1317 Tiverton Parkway - Reading
then a couple of hours 387 bashing before
43185+43002 1749 Reading - Paddington

 

[37166]

Sunday 08 January 1989

86243 Crewe - Preston
47637 Preston - Lostock Junction
20090/120 Lostock Junction - Wigan North Western
142067 Wigan North Western - Preston
47608 Preston - Lostock Junction
20113/197 Lostock Junction - Wigan North Western
47608 Wigan North Western - Crewe

 

[CW2]

Friday 08/01/16
I had planned a trip on the sleeper to Inverness. Unfortunately it all unravelled very quickly. The WCML was closed at Beattock due to flooding / landslip, so the 2115 to Inverness was cancelled, and I was rebooked onto the 2350 to Edinburgh. That was diverted via the ECML – but there was also a scheduled engineering block between Darlington and Newcastle, so trains were being diverted via Sunderland. This is what happened:

390 013 1929 Rugby – Euston
86401 2350 Euston – Wembley Yard via Low Level Goods

Saturday 09/01/16
90045 0026 Wembley Yard – Doncaster RMT via Gospel Oak, Camden Road, ECML
47848+47843 (+90045 DIT) 0318 Doncaster RMT – Newcastle via York, Northallerton, Sunderland, King Edward Bridge.
The 47s were in multiple – the first time I’ve had a pair of 47s in multiple on a scheduled passenger train.
90045 0621 Newcastle – Edinburgh Waverley
At Edinburgh I doubled back south to have a run around the Durham Coast in daylight:
91106 0900 Edinburgh Waverley – Newcastle
67008 (+91106 DIT) 1050 Newcastle – York via Sunderland, Northallerton
43277 + 43302 1254 York – Perth via Northallerton, Sunderland, King Edward Bridge, Edinburgh, Stirling.
Train terminated at Perth due to line flooded at Pitlochry.
Bus Perth – Inverness.

 

[1971martin]

Thursday 9th January 1992

47446 1120 Paddington - Reading
47446 1328 Reading - Paddington

Monday 9th January 2017

90003 0738 Stratford - Ipswich
90005 0908 Ipswich - Norwich
68025+(68005) 1005 Norwich - Lowestoft
68005+(68025) 1057 Lowestoft - Norwich
90014 1200 Norwich - Ipswich
90013 1244 Ipswich - Norwich
90013 1330 Norwich - Ipswich
90001 1444 Ipswich - Norwich
90001 1530 Norwich - Diss
90014 1608 Diss - Norwich
68025+(68005) 1638 Norwich - G Yarmouth
68005+(68025) 1717 G Yarmouth - Norwich
90013 1800 Norwich - Stratford

Tuesday 9th January 2018

90001 1130 Liverpool St - Colchester
90015 1230 Colchester - Liverpool St
90034 1408 Kings X - Peterborough
43061+43075 1509 Peterborough - Kings X

 

[1971martin]

Tuesday 10th January 2017

90006 1430 Liverpool St - Colchester
90003 1530 Colchester - Liverpool St
90012 1630 Liverpool St - Colchester
90006 1730 Colchester - Liverpool St

 

[CW2]

Friday 11/01/08
390 035 0746 Rugby – Euston
43300 + 43057 1803 Kings Cross – Doncaster
86101 2020 Doncaster – Kings Cross
This was the first run in normal passenger service of 86101 after reinstatement. It was hauling a rake of 6 blue+grey Mk 2s for Hull Trains.
390 013 2240 Euston – Rugby

Monday 11/01/16
The Highland Main Line had reopened after flood damage repairs, but the WCML was still closed at Beattock, so this was going to be a long night!
67011 2044 Inverness – Edinburgh Waverley via Perth, Stirling.
This had been planned to run to Braidhurst Loop, to attach the Fort William and Aberdeen portions there, but was VSTPed to run to Edinburgh.

Tuesday 12/01/16
66720 + 67009 0201 Edinburgh Waverley – Carlisle via Shotts, Bellshill, Larkfield Jn., Dumfries. The 66 and 67 were coupled in multiple, but the 67 only appeared to be providing ETH, not traction power.
90043 0441 Carlisle – Euston
Arrived Euston 1021, compared with rescheduled time of 0952, and normal time of 0744.
390148 1140 Euston - Crewe

 

[1971martin]

Saturday 11th January 2014

90004 1100 Liverpool St - Diss
90002 1247 Diss - Liverpool St
90007 1430 Liverpool St - Colchester
90008 1530 Colchester - Liverpool St
90005 1630 Liverpool St - Chelmsford
90009 1721 Chelmsford - Liverpool St
379030+379025 1818 Liverpool St - Chingford
317656+317651 1855 Chingford - Liverpool St

 

[D6130]

MONDAY 12th JANUARY 1987:

09 014 London Road Brighton-Brighton (hauling EMU no. 7388, which had run into a large snowdrift and gone pop!)

 

[NorthWestRover]

Is that the first appearance of an 09 on this thread?

 

[1971martin]

Saturday 12th January 1991

43157+43159 0745 Paddington - Reading
43171+43185 0825 Reading - Newport
155307+155326 1025 Newport - Cardiff C
37428 1330 Cardiff C - Shrewsbury
47478 1702 Shrewsbury - Wolverhampton
86204 1758 Wolverhampton - Euston

Saturday 12th January 2013

90003 1250 Liverpool St - Norwich
90001 1500 Norwich - Liverpool St

 

[Bikeman78]

Saturday 11th January 2014

90004 1100 Liverpool St - Diss
90002 1247 Diss - Liverpool St
90007 1430 Liverpool St - Colchester
90008 1530 Colchester - Liverpool St
90005 1630 Liverpool St - Chelmsford
90009 1721 Chelmsford - Liverpool St
379030+379025 1818 Liverpool St - Chingford
317656+317651 1855 Chingford - Liverpool St

I didn't know that class 379s ran to Chingford. Good catch.

 

[D6130]

WEDNESDAY 13th JANUARY 1988:

EMU Portsmouth Harbour-Portsmouth & Southsea
50 046 Portsmouth & Southsea-Havant
EMU Havant-Portsmouth & Southsea
33 049 Portsmouth & Southsea-Poretsmouth Harbour

 

[1971martin]

Friday 13th January 2012

90041 1843 Euston - M Keynes
390027 1932 M Keynes - Euston

Tuesday 13th January 2015

90001 1200 Liverpool St - Norwich
90014 1400 Norwich - Manningtree
360106 1512 Manningtree - Ipswich
90003 1543 Ipswich - Chelmsford
360107+360101 1634 Chelmsford - Manningtree
90004 1719 Manningtree - Colchester
321445+321354+321347 1733 Colchester - Witham
321336+321337+321361 1750 Witham - Colchester
90008 1830 Colchester - Liverpool St
90015 1930 Liverpool - Manningtree
321344+321426 2032 Manningtree - Colchester
90003 2103 Colchester - Liverpool St

Saturday 13th January 2018

90010 1130 Liverpool St - Colchester
90014 1247 Colchester - Diss
90005 1347 Diss - Colchester
90010 1503 Colchester - Liverpool St
315838+315858 1610 Liverpool St - Shenfield
315858+315838 1710 Shenfield - Liverpool St
345014 1802 Liverpool St - Chadwell Heath
345010 1828 Chadwell Heath - Liverpool St

 

[1971martin]

I didn't know that class 379s ran to Chingford. Good catch.

I don't believe they did, but after completing my 90 bashing session, I was going to head home. I then saw the pair in Liverpool St and decided to do for the novelty value. Hoped for a return but you can't have everything! I think there was some engineering works on the WAML and as such the 379s were underused, so some were used on metro turns.

 

[D6130]

MONDAY 14th JANUARY 1985:

73 141 London Bridge-Lewes via Redhill (1F06, 03 33 London Bridge-Eastbourne passengers & news)


WEDNESDAY 14th JANUARY 1987:

73 005 Lewes-Brighton (Light engine - snow clearing control special)

 

[Harvester]

Sunday 14th January 1990

43091+43??? 15:45 Derby- Chesterfield
47824 16:17 Chesterfield-Derby

 

[Bikeman78]

Summer 1996 I had two attempts at getting all available CEP routes in a day. I had no diagrams or gen on the day. It was all down to luck.

The first attempt on 11/7/96 appears to have been the most successful overall. I've lost one of my notebooks but looking at my spreadsheets, the only bits I missed were Cannon St, Blackfriars to Herne Hill, Sittingbourne to Sheerness and Tonbridge to Hastings/Ore. The latter was mainly CIGs but CEPs did appear sometimes.

The second attempt was on 13/8/96. This time I got Sheerness but missed Dover to Tonbridge. The crucial train off Ramsgate produced a VEP.

3476 0542 Horsham - Redhill
1591 0647 Redhill - London Bridge low level
465015+465166 0730 London Bridge - Charing Cross
1617+1564 0755 Charing Cross - Tonbridge
1545 0907 Tonbridge - Maidstone - Strood
465167+465032 1005 Strood - Chatham
1616+1533 1019 Chatham - Dover Priory
1538+1562 1144 Dover Priory - Ramsgate
1595 1246 Ramsgate - Sturry - Maidstone East - Catford - Victoria
1610+1590 1505 Victoria - Herne Hill - Sittingbourne
1555 1607 Sittingbourne - Sheerness
1555 1630 Sheerness - Sittingbourne
1562+1538 1657 Sittingbourne - Faversham
1559+1539 1722 Faversham - Ramsgate
3573 1806 Ramsgate - Minster
1537 1830 Minster - Sturry - Ashford
3573 1923 Ashford - Tonbridge
1575 1954 Tonbridge - Redhill - Three Bridges
1857+1855 2045 Three Bridges - Horsham

 

[1971martin]

Friday 14th January 2005

90027 1722 Euston - Wolverton
321412 1815 Wolverton - Leighton Buzzard
90029 1854 Leighton Buzzard - Northampton
321428+321433 1932 Northampton - Bletchley
321423+321432 2002 Bletchley - M Keynes
87004 2024 M Keynes - Euston

Friday 14th January

90045 1043 Euston - Birmingham NS
90045 1230 Birmingham NS - Euston
Unfortunately the set was taken out of service at Euston due to door locking system failure

 

[Jamesrob637]

Five years ago today I rode the Stourbridge Junction to Stourbridge Town shuttle. All one carriage of it. Thank you Facebook for reminding me.

 

[D6130]

TUESDAY 15th JANUARY 1985:

73 106 Redhill-Crawley New Yard

 

[1971martin]

Saturday 15th January 2005

87004 0850 Euston - M Keynes
90027 0942 M Keynes - Euston
90027 1025 Euston - M Keynes
390049 1114 M Keynes - Euston

Saturday 15th January 2011

90013 1030 Liverpool St - Ipswich
90036 1209 Ipswich - Liverpool St
90018 1330 Liverpool St - Ipswich
90003 1443 Ipswich - Liverpool St

 

[D6130]

FRIDAY 16th JANUARY 1987:

73 003 Lewes-Brighton
73 003 Brighton-Selhurst Depot (hauling snow-damaged EMUs 7787, 1807 & 1708)


SATURDAY 16th JANUARY 1988:

33 053 Portsmouth Harbour-Portsmouth & Southsea

 

[Harvester]

Sunday 17th January 2016

73129 12:50 Butterley-Riddings Junction-Hammersmith-Butterley

Last day in steam for the Standard Five, expiry of boiler ticket was imminent.

 

[xotGD]

17th January 2023

After failing to provide any kind of service to take me to Manchester yesterday morning, today is rather better:

68026 Leeds – Man Pic 1U28

Getting back again this afternoon might be more of a challenge.

 

[1971martin]

Tuesday 17th January 1989

319004+319051 1047 London Br - Bedford
4car DMU 1210 Bedford - Bletchley
317313 1318 Bletchley - M Keynes
86103 1418 M Keynes - Euston

Monday 17th January 2011

90045 1043 Euston - Birmingham NS
90045 1230 Birmingham NS - Euston
90045 1443 Euston - Birmingham NS
90045 1630 Birmingham NS - Euston
90045 1843 Euston - Birmingham Int
390021 2000 Birmingham Int - Euston

 

[CW2]

Thursday 18/01/07
In hindsight, this was one of those days when “Work From Home” was the best solution, but alas I had to deliver some urgent paperwork to the office…
390 039 0925 Rugby – Ledburn Junction
Started off 80’ late, and was 120’ late by Ledburn, because of speed restrictions due to high winds. At Ledburn the OLE got tangled around the pantograph, and came crashing down around us. The power went off, and we stood in the cold for a very long time. Eventually rescue arrived …
57308 1748 Ledburn Junction – Euston, arrived 501’ late, or a mere 8 hours and 21 minutes late in old money.
390 034 2240 Euston – Rugby
60’ late, restricted to 50 mph due to high winds.
__
Monday 17/01/11
90045 had put in another appearance on the EBW services, so I hung on at work to catch it home.
90045 1843 Euston – Birmingham International
390 021 2000 Birmingham International – Rugby (SNAP with 1971martin).

Tuesday 18/01/11
Another day, another 90 on the EBW services. This is the one I’ve been waiting for. 90047 was out! Until that point, I’d had 49 class 90s for haulage, and 90047 was the only one I had missed. I’d been stuck on 49/50 since 2003, and had been waiting patiently for it to work a passenger train so I could clear the class. It had to be done!
90047 1443 Euston – Birmingham New Street
90047 1630 Birmingham New Street – Coventry
350 120 1701 Coventry – Rugby
Job done, class cleared. I had been on the first passenger run of a 90 on 12/07/88, so it took me nearly 23 years ...
__

Sunday 17/01/16
Another Caledonian Sleeper bash, with more novelty routes involved.
390 124 1721 Crewe – Euston
90045 (yes, that loco again) 2104 London Kings Cross – Doncaster RMT
This was the first scheduled sleeper train out of Kings Cross since 1988.
47848+47843 (+90045 DIT) 2320 Doncaster RMT – Newcastle via York, Northallerton, Stockton, Sunderland, High Level Bridge.

Monday 18/01/16
90045 0216 Newcastle – Edinburgh Waverley
67007 0450 Edinburgh Waverley – Fort William via Bathgate, Queen Street Low Level, Westerton.
Bus Fort William – Inverness
67011 2044 Inverness – Edinburgh Waverley via Perth, Stirling.

Tuesday 19/01/16
90045 0135 Edinburgh Waverley – London Kings Cross
20’ early into Kings Cross, the first scheduled sleeper train arrival since 1988.
68012 0841 Marylebone – Birmingham Moor Street
390 156 1115 Birmingham New Street - Crewe
__

 

[Peter Sarf]

Tuesday 17th January 1989

319004+319051 1047 London Br - Bedford

4car DMU 1210 Bedford - Bletchley

317313 1318 Bletchley - M Keynes
86103 1418 M Keynes - Euston

Monday 17th January 2011

90045 1043 Euston - Birmingham NS
90045 1230 Birmingham NS - Euston
90045 1443 Euston - Birmingham NS
90045 1630 Birmingham NS - Euston
90045 1843 Euston - Birmingham Int
390021 2000 Birmingham Int - Euston

So a whole four coaches on the Marston Vale !. Things were different then as I think only a pair of 20m coaches max are allowed these days !.

 

[QJ]

Is that the first appearance of an 09 on this thread?

NorhWestRover, I am pretty sure I posted these booked class 09 workings several posts ago.

Friday 07/12/1979 09008 AF 1V88 2125 London Victoria - Paris Nord (Dover Western Docks to Dover train Ferry Berth)
Sunday 26/10/1980 09008 AF IV88 2225 London Victoria - Paris Nord (Dover Train Ferry Sidings to Dover train Ferry Berth)
Monday 27/10/1980 09008 AF 1C12 0608 Dover Western Docks - London Victoria (Dover train Ferry Berth to Dover Western Docks)

There was also (on Sunday 19/10/1986)
09026 EH Salisbury No 6 bay via Tunnel Jn - Laverstock South Jn (reverse) - Laverstock North Jn (reverse) - Tunnel Junction - Salisbury plat 3 with a Salisbury Area Manager arranged Special formed of a 4 TC
Not sure I posted that though.

 

[QJ]

Friday 18 January 1980
2*4EPB SG 0822 London Victoria - Orpington (London Victoria to Beckenham Junction)
for a training course...................

then escape for the weekend eschewing a trip to London Bridge for a spin on the loco hauled Commuter trains in favour of

2*4EPB SG 1600 Orpington - London Victoria (Beckenham Junction to London Victoria)
and a zoom around the Circle Line for
31135 OC + 31118 OC 1A44 1803 London Paddington - Didcot (London Paddington to Twyford)
L430+L269 1759 London Paddington - Henley on Thames (Twyford to Henley on Thames)
L269+L430 1850 Henley on Thames - Twyford (Henley on Thames to Twyford)
L432+L412 1825 London Paddington - Didcot
47070 CF 1C66 1853 London Paddington - Cardiff Central (Reading to Swindon)
50021 LA 1B52 1923 London Paddington - Cheltenham Spa (Swindon to Gloucester)
B822 2138 Gloucester to Cheltenham Spa
45017 YK 1V99 1735 Leeds - Bristol Temple Meads (Cheltenham Spa to Gloucester)
31304 MR 1V99 1735 Leeds - Bristol Temple Meads (Gloucester to Bristol Temple Meads)

then a fester for ......................

Saturday 19 January 1980
47454 CD 1B02 0005 London Paddington - Penzance (Bristol Temple Meads to Exeter Saint Davids)
45066 TO + 47454 CD 1B02 0005 London Paddington - Penzance (Exeter Saint Davids to Plymouth)

 

[xotGD]

18th January 2023

No Cat for me this morning. 1U28 caped at York. With the 08:00 off Leeds already a planned cancellation, it is a pair of Northern 195s taking me to Manchester - a repeat of Monday.

TPE are a joke.