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Tuesday 12 September 1989

86241 Crewe - Liverpool Lime Street
47444 Liverpool Lime Street - Birchwood
47597 Birchwood - Warrington Central
90023 Warrington Bank Quay - Crewe
86245 Crewe - Wigan North Western
90017 Wigan North Western - Crewe
86239 Crewe - Wigan North Western
31309 Wigan North Western - Preston
31309 Preston - Liverpool Lime Street
87002 Liverpool Lime Street - Crewe
 

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MONDAY 12th SEPTEMBER 1983:

229 Bray-Tara Street (08 45 Greystones-Drogheda)
167+145 Dublin Pearse-Bray (18 20 Dublin Connolly-Rosslare Harbour)
 

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Monday 13th September 1982

47484 09:32 Nottingham-Wigan (1S68 09:32 Nottingham-Glasgow)
86242 Wigan-Preston (loco change on 1S68)
86258 15:56 Preston-Crewe
DMU 17:20 Crewe-Nottingham
 

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Wednesday 13 September 1989

37429 Crewe - Liverpool Lime Street
31309 Liverpool Lime Street - Manchester Victoria
86213 Manchester Piccadilly - Stoke On Trent
DMU Stoke On Trent - Crewe
85040 Crewe - Wigan North Western
31124 Wigan North Western - Liverpool Lime Street
86240 Liverpool Lime Street - Crewe
 

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TUESDAY 13th SEPTEMBER 1983:

145+167 Bray-Dublin Connolly (07 50 from Rosslare Harbour)
135+155 Dublin Pearse-Bray (18 20 Dublin Connolly-Rosslare)
052 Bray-Dublin Connolly (17 55 from Rosslare Harbour)
 

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Friday 12 September 1980 Off to Ireland for loco and track bashing
86229 WN 1D81 2115 London Euston - Holyhead (London Euston to Basford Hall SS North)
40023 LO 1D81 2115 London Euston - Holyhead (Basford Hall SS North to Holyhead)
(FO service advertised as non stop from London to Holyhead and routed via Down Fast Crewe Independent and the Down Chester Independent to avoid Crewe station)

Saturday 13 September 1980
IMO 7507019: mv Saint Columba 0S00 0315 Holyhead to Dún Laoghaire Carlisle Pier Sealink ferry service (when you stepped off the train straight onto the ferry berthed alongside the station)
CIÉ 222 0705 Dún Laoghaire Carlisle Pier - Dublin Connolly (Dún Laoghaire Carlisle Pier to Dublin Connolly)
CIÉ 131 and 132 0805 Dublin Connolly - Rosslare Harbour Pier (Dublin Connolly to Dublin Pearse)
CIÉ 232 0758 Bray - Mosney (Dublin Pearse to Mosney)
CIÉ 013 0900 Dublin Connolly - Sligo MacDiarmada (Dublin Connolly to Sligo MacDiarmada)
CIÉ 013 1415 Sligo MacDiarmada - Dublin Connolly (Sligo MacDiarmada to Dublin Connolly)
CIÉ 079 1825 Dublin Heuston - Tralee Casement (Dublin Heuston to Thurles)
CIÉ 073 1845 Dublin Heuston - Cork Kent (Thurles to Cork Kent)
CIÉ 145 2300 Cork Kent - Cobh (Cork Kent to Cobh)
CIÉ 145 2357 Cobh - Cork Kent (Cobh to Cork Kent)

Saturday 12 September 1981 (between night shifts - MAD!)
1*312 EMU HE 1R30 0906 London Kings Cross - Royston (London Kings Cross to Finsbury Park)
55007 YK 0930 Finsbury Park - Wansford (NVR) Deltic Anglian BE (ER) ADEX (Finsbury Park to Wansford)
(via Dalston W Jn - Channelsea Jn - Stratford Central Jn - GEML - Ipswich - Bury St Edmunds - Ely - March - Cowbit - Spalding(RM) - Peterborough - Fletton Junction - Orton Mere - Wansford)
SJ 1178 (Motala 516 1914) 2-6-2T steam 1425 Wansford - Orton Mere (Wansford to Orton Mere)
SJ 1178 (Motala 516 1914) 2-6-2T steam 1455 Orton Mere - Wansford (Orton Mere to Wansford)
55007 YK 1525 Wansford - Orton Mere (Wansford to Orton Mere)
55007 YK 1555 Orton Mere - Wansford (Orton Mere to Wansford)
55007 YK 1720 Wansford - London Kings Cross
(via Orton Mere - Fletton Jn - Peterborough - Peterborough North (Up slow RM) - Peterborough - Huntingdon - Hitchin - Potters Bar - Finsbury Park - London Kings Cross)
1*4VEP 2012 London Waterloo - Windsor and Eton Riverside (London Waterloo to Twickenham)
1*4EPB 2144 Kingston - London Waterloo (Twickenham to London Waterloo)


Saturday 12 September 1987
50038 OC 1110 London Waterloo - Exter Saint Davids (London Waterloo to Exeter Saint Davids)
47532 KD 0720 Glasgow Central - Penzance (Exeter Saint Davids to Dainton where loco failed and rescue loco requested)
47228 CD 0720 Glasgow Central - Penzance (Dainton Village to Plymouth attached on the rear with 47532 on the front)

Sunday 13 September 1987 (a day's track bash from my home city)
1*117 DMU 1Z51 Railtour 0900 from Plymouth to Newquay and return
via Plymouth (North Road) - Lipson Junction - Plymouth Friary arrival platform (RM) - Lipson Junction - Plymouth (North Road) - Saltash - Liskeard - Par - Burngullow - Nanpean Wharf (RM) - Burngullow - Par (RM) - Goonbarrow Junction - Carbis Wharf (RM) - Bugle (RM) - Newquay (RM) - Par - Lostwithiel (RM) - Carne Point (RM) - Lostwithiel Up Goods Loop - Liskeard - Plymouth (North Road)
 

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Thursday 14 September 1989

08742 Crewe - Crewe
31162 Crewe - Derby
31162 Derby - Crewe
87003 Crewe - Wigan North Western
90007 Wigan North Western - Crewe
87023 Crewe - Nuneaton
DMU Nuneaton - Hinckley
20143/130 Hinckley - Nuneaton
90008 Nuneaton - Crewe
 

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Saturday 15 September 1990*

43105/095 Kettering - Nottingham
DMU Nottingham - Lincoln Central
31142 Lincoln Central - Sleaford
47362 Sleaford - Doncaster
47853 Doncaster - Sheffield Midland
47290 Sheffield Midland - Leeds
DMU Leeds - Manchester Victoria
31125 Manchester Victoria - Warrington Bank Quay
47459 Warrington Central - Derby
47196 Derby - Manchester Piccadilly

*Looks like 15/9/89 i had a fews days not on trains....so 1990 instead
 
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THURSDAY 15th SEPTEMBER 1983:

155+135 Bray-Dublin Pearse (14 45 Rosslare Harbour-Dublin Connolly)
209 Dublin Connolly-Bray (17 45 Drogheda-Bray)

THURSDAY 15th SEPTEMBER 1988:

E646 146 Magliana-Roma Tiburtina
E447 041 Roma Tiburtina-Firenze SMN
E444 104 Firenze SMN-Milano Centrale
E444 030 Milano Centrale-Torino PN
E636 291 Torino PN-Bussoleno


FRIDAY 16th SEPTEMBER 1983:

167+145 Bray-Wicklow (13 30 Dublin Connolly-Rosslare Harbour)
210 Wicklow-Bray (18 50 to Dublin Pearse)

FRIDAY 16th SEPTEMBER 1988:

E646 009 Bussoleno-Bardonecchia
E656 538 Bardonecchia-Modane
CC6565 Modane-Chambery
CC72010 Chambery-Grenoble
BB25241 Grenoble-Lyon Part Dieu
TGV 60 Lyon PD-Paris Lyon
 
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Sunday 16 September 1990

47974 Manchester Piccadilly - Bristol Temple Meads
50031 Bristol Temple Meads - Exeter St Davids
50032 Exeter St Davids - Barnstaple
50031 Barnstaple - Exmouth
50032 Exmouth - Exeter St Davids
50031 Exeter St Davids - Newton Abbot
50032 Newton Abbot - Heathfield
50031 Heathfield - Newton Abbot
50032 Newton Abbot - Bristol Temple Meads
47974 Bristol Temple Meads - Birmingham New Street
 

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02/09/1989 I would think the Double Fairlie would have been Merddyn Emrys. I believe it was the only operational DF at that time (unless anyone can confirm otherwise).
Thanks, I have now found another photo which confirms this.

16th September 1995

By this time, I was down to doing next to nothing on the rails my last outing prior to this had been 12 months before), and this ultimately proved to be my final bash, well until 37's appeared in Cumbria 20 years later!

1564xx Barrow in Furness - Preston
37408 Preston – Prestatyn (This was a great train for getting to North Wales the 'proper' way. I think it went over to a 156 from 1996!)
37414 Prestatyn – Crewe

At this point of the day my records end, but I do know that I took the 09:20 Weymouth to Liverpool (478xx) into its destination presumably from Crewe, and also the 12:02 Paignton to Liverpool (possibly something sparky?) as one of the window labels from both these services are "preserved" in my collection!

From there it would be some form of unit Liverpool to Preston, the Preston to Barrow and the end.
 

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Saturday 17th September 1988

20005+20048 12:24 Nottingham-Sheffield (10:15 Skegness-Sheffield)
47537 14:20 Sheffield-Derby
150141 15:01 Derby-Nottingham
 

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SATURDAY 17th SEPTEMBER 1983:

128+132 Bray-Dublin Connolly (07 50 from Rosslare Harbour)
230 16 32 Dublin Connolly-Howth Junction (to Howth)
230 Howth Junction-Dublin Connolly (17 12 from Howth)
135+155 18 20 Dublin Connolly-Bray (to Rosslare Harbour)


SATURDAY 17th SEPTEMBER 1988:

BB22232. Paris Nord-Amiens
BB67609 Amiens-Calais Maritime
M.V. "St Eloi". Calais-Dover
EMU. Dover Western Docks-Victoria
 

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Sunday 18th September 1977

45112 10:58 Nottingham-Leicester
DMU Leicester-Coventry
87101 Coventry-Stafford (Diverted 10:50 Euston-Liverpool)
86206 14:05 Stafford-Birmingham NS
47249 16:10 Birmingham NS-Derby
DMU Derby- Nottingham
 

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Monday 19th September 1977

47187 11:11 Derby-Birmingham NS
87013 14:18 Birmingham NS-Coventry
87012 14:48 Coventry-Birmingham NS (late running)
47520 15:50 Birmingham NS-Derby
 

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Tuesday 20th September 1977

My first visit to Swindon Works. The Scrap Yard that day contained around a dozen intact Westerns, and a similar number of 24s, awaiting their fate.

46014 09:26 Derby-Birmingham NS
45044 10:20 Birmingham NS-Gloucester
DMU Gloucester-Swindon
DMU Swindon-Gloucester
45053 Gloucester-Derby
 

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Wednesday 21st September 1977

DMU Beeston-Derby
46004 09:26 Derby-Birmingham NS
47105 10:43 Birmingham NS-Worcester
DMU Worcester-Hereford
25038 12:51 Hereford-Shrewsbury
DMU Shrewsbury-Wolverhampton
86207 Wolverhampton-Birmingham NS
DMU Birmingham NS-Leicester
45144 17:36 Leicester-Beeston
 

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Catching up having been away in Scotland for a few days -

Saturday 15th September 2001

47816 0930 Paddington - Plymouth
47814 1341 Plymouth - Paddington
43034+43191 1733 Paddington - Newbury
43131+43176 1832 Newbury - Reading
5907 1912 Reading - Waterloo

Sunday 15th September 2002

86261 1126 Milton Keynes - Nuneaton
47790 1227 Nuneaton - Birmingham NS (86261 DIT)
47851 1345 Birmingham NS - Nuneaton (87005 DIT)
47739 1427 Nuneaton - Birmingham NS (87012 DIT)
87012 1507 Birmingham NS - Sandwell & Dudley
87011 1529 Sandwell & Dudley - Birmingham NS
87015 1608 Birmingham NS - Sandwell & Dudley
87012 1629 Sandwell & Dudley - Birmingham NS
47790 1745 Birmingham NS - Nuneaton (87015 DIT)
87033 1931 Nuneaton - Euston

Sunday 18th September 2005 - NVR Diesel Gala featuring - D306, D9516, 31271, 56057, 73206, 73209 and Class 117 DMU 51347+59508+51401

373311+373312 1010 Kings X - Peterborough
91115 1702 Peterborough - Kings X

Sunday 16th September 2001

43008+43196 0955 Euston - Nuneaton
47635 1227 Nuneaton - Birmingham NS (87025 DIT)
47635 1345 Birmingham NS - Nuneaton (86245 DIT)
47810 1427 Nuneaton - Birmingham NS (90007 DIT)
90007 1507 Birmingham NS - Sandwell & Dudley
87005 1529 Sandwell & Dudley - Birmingham NS
47810 1545 Birmingham NS - Nuneaton (87005 DIT)
47737 1631 Nuneaton - Birmingham NS (86259 DIT)
47737 1745 Birmingham NS - Nuneaton (87023 DIT)
43196+43008 1909 Nuneaton - Euston

Tuesday 17th September 2019

360105+360110 1018 Liverpool St - Colchester
90012 1148 Colchester - Norwich
90012 1330 Norwich - Colchester
90005 1447 Colchester - Norwich
90014 1600 Norwich - Colchester
321318+321313 1717 Colchester - Ipswich
90008 1748 Ipswich - Liverpool St

Friday 18th September 1998

87012 1700 Euston - Nuneaton
90006 1815 Nuneaton - Euston
90015 2005 Euston - Liverpool LS
323221 2316 Liverpool LS - Crewe

Saturday 18th September 1999

D9000 0856 Kensington Olympia - Ramsgate
D9000 1210 Ramsgate - Coventry
47844 1628 Coventry - Gatwick Apt
73213 1950 Gatwick Apt - Victoria
73211 2030 Victoria - Gatwick Apt
73204 2105 Gatwick Apt - Victoria

Friday 18th September 2015 - Positioning moves for the SVR Autumn Steam Gala

90010 1030 Liverpool St - Norwich
37419+(37405) 1236 Norwich - G Yarmouth
37405+(37419) 1317 G Yarmouth - Norwich
90006 1400 Norwich - Liverpool St
68014 1715 Marylebone - Leamington Spa
221125 1837 Leamington Spa - Banbury
68010 1910 Banbury - Birmingham Moor St
168109 2018 Birmingham Moor St - Solihull
68011 2032 Solihull - Kidderminster
7812 Erlestoke Manor 2150 Kidderminster - Bridgnorth

Monday 18th September 2017

90012 0938 Stratford - Ipswich
90002 1108 Ipswich - Norwich
37425+(37716) 1236 Norwich - G Yarmouth
37716+(37425) 1317 G Yarmouth - Norwich
37425+(37716) 1455 Norwich - Lowestoft
37716+(37425) 1548 Lowestoft - Norwich
90012 1700 Norwich - Stratford

Wednesday 18th September 2019

90001 1000 Liverpool St - Norwich
37424+(37409) 1236 Norwich - G Yarmouth
37409+(37424) 1317 G Yarmouth - Norwich
37424+(37409) 1405 Norwich - Lowestoft
37409+(37424) 1457 Lowestoft - Norwich
90005 1600 Norwich - Colchester
90009 1730 Colchester - Liverpool St

Saturday 19th September 1992

86208 0700 Euston - Birmingham NS
31147+31166 0925 Birmingham NS - Shrewsbury
158868 1154 Shrewsbury - Manchester P
156461 1422 Manchester V - Chester
158755 1526 Chester - Colwyn Bay
47976 1622 Colwyn Bay - Crewe
87026 1936 Crewe - Euston

Saturday 19th September 1998

37418 0040 Crewe - Llandudno Jn
37422 0229 Llandudno Jn - Birmingham NS
37422 0506 Birmingham NS - Wolverhampton
87016 0549 Wolverhampton - Birmingham NS
47829 0701 Birmingham NS - Crewe
87017 0828 Crewe - Watford Jn
90008 1022 Watford Jn - Coventry
47348 1128 Coventry - Oxford
47848 1228 Oxford - Birmingham NS
47847 1406 Birmingham NS - Coventry
86229 1427 Coventry - Birmingham NS
86260 1534 Birmingham NS - Stafford
323211 1657 Stafford - Wolverhampton
90008 1719 Wolverhampton - Euston

Monday 19th September 2016

90015 0938 Stratford - Ipswich
90008 1108 Ipswich - Stratford
90015 1200 Norwich - Colchester
90034 1323 Colchester - Norwich
90034 1500 Norwich - Diss
90002 1529 Diss - Norwich
68024+(68022) 1640 Norwich - G Yarmouth
68022+(68024) 1717 G Yarmouth - Norwich
90007 1800 Norwich - Stratford

Tuesday 19th September 2017

43031+43141 1100 Paddington - Reading
43186+43071 1142 Reading - Didcot
43147+43086 1203 Didcot - Reading
43087+43163 1234 Reading - Paddington
Thereafter EMU bashing out of Paddington

Tuesday 20th September 2016

90013 0738 Stratford - Ipswich
90012 0908 Ipswich - Norwich
68024+(68022) 1005 Norwich - Lowestoft
68022+(68024) 1057 Lowestoft - Norwich
90002 1200 Norwich - Colchester
90008 1330 Colchester - Liverpool St

Friday 20th September 2019

91120 0830 Kings X - Newcastle
91107 1152 Newcastle - Edinburgh
43316+43272 1429 Edinburgh - Dundee'
43314+43367 1607 Dundee - Edinburgh

Tuesday 21st September 2021

91110 1033 Kings X - Grantham
91111 1218 Grantham - Kings X
91111 1403 Kings X - Peterborough
800203+801109 1510 Peterborough - Kings X
387119+387107 1612 Kings X - Cambridge
700021 1708 Cambridge - Kings X
 

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THURSDAY 22nd SEPTEMBER 1983:

215 Bray-Tara Street (08 40 Bray-Malahide)
121+170 Dublin Pearse-Bray (18 20 Dublin Connolly-Rosslare Harbour)
 

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Eleven years ago today:

ICE Interlaken to Mannheim
Then the fun began
The ICE was delayed due to a passenger being taken ill on board so onto an IC it was via the Rheintal
Then a local from Köln to Düsseldorf
Then another local from Düsseldorf to Oberhausen
Then a Frankfurt to Amsterdam ICE to... Amsterdam!
 

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Sunday 22nd September 1996

91009 1000 Kings X - Darlington
47817 1339 Darlington - Basingstoke (yes really!)
1880+1301 1935 Basingstoke - Waterloo

Friday 22nd September 2000

90146 2205 Euston - Crewe

Saturday 22nd September 2007

390041 1103 Euston - Crewe
57304 1402 Crewe - Liverpool LS (390041 DIT)
57314 1647 Liverpool LS - Crewe (390029 DIT)
390029 1842 Crewe - Euston
 

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FRIDAY 23rd SEPTEMBER 1983:

169 09 10 Bray-Dublin Pearse (to Dublin Connolly)
132+128 Dublin Pearse-Bray (18 20 Dublin Connolly-Rosslare Harbour)
 

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Friday 23rd September 1977

45006 09:26 Derby-Birmingham NS
47122 10:20 Birmingham NS-Cardiff
????? Cardiff-Bristol TM (surprisingly I didn’t record this)
46010 Bristol TM-Derby
 

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Saturday 23rd September 2000

37412 0043 Crewe - Bangor
43092+43080 0402 Bangor - Crewe
Then some strange railtour involving among others 47799, 58002, 66005, 60097
158743 1641 Bradford I - Leeds
89001 1735 Leeds - Kings X (propelling DVT 82225 so in pedant mode now, I suppose I cannot claim 'haulage' but just 'pushage' having had the 89 on just this one occasion.

Sunday 23rd September 2001 - day 1 of a 7 day all line rail rover

3565+3805 0938 Folkestone W - London Br (67.50)
90003 1330 Euston - Nuneaton (via Northampton) (99.00)
47725 1531 Nuneaton - Birmingham NS (90003 DIT) (22.00)
43098+43068 1606 Birmingham NS - Leamington (via Solihull) (24.00)
47840 1705 Leamington - Birmingham NS (via Solihull) (24.00)
47744 1745 Birmingham NS - Nuneaton (90003 DIT) (22.00)
87010 1859 Nuneaton - Euston (via Northampton) (99.00)
3548+3496 2107 London Br - Folkestone W (67.50)
Day 1 425 miles

Saturday 23rd September 2006 - MNR Diesel Gala featuring 31538, 37259, 50019

90007 0700 Liverpool St - Ipswich
90008 0842 Ipswich - Norwich
170270 0940 Norwich - Wymondham
170273 1713 Wymondham - Norwich
90012 1800 Norwich - Colchester
90009 1929 Colchester - Liverpool St

Monday 23rd September 2019

91114 1330 Edinburgh - Kings X
 

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Monday 24th September 2001 - day 2 of a 7 day all line rail rover

1576 0836 Folkestone W - Ashford (13.25)
1001 0854 Ashford - Hastings (26.25) (Class 201 Hastings line DEMU (3 cars)
1879+1748 0951 Hastings - Charing X (62.50)
47816 1233 Paddington - Reading (36.00)
43148+43185 1323 Reading - Paddington (36.00)
47854 1418 Paddington - Reading (36.00)
43009+43132 1449 Reading - Paddington (36.00)
57601 1542 Paddington - Bristol TM (118.75)
47814 1810 Bristol TM - Birmingham NS (89.50)
87026 2045 Birmingham NS - Euston (113.25)
90030 2340 Euston - Carstairs (372.50) (1 hour late start awaiting driver - wires down in Scotland)
Day 2 940 miles
Mileage so far 1365

Saturday 24th September 2005

43170+43179 0735 Paddington - Swindon
43033+43025 0840 Swindon - Cardiff C
37411 0959 Cardiff C - Rhymney
37411 1115 Rhymney - Cardiff C
37425 1359 Cardiff C - Rhymney
37425 1515 Rhymney - Cardiff C
43002+43131 1725 Cardiff C - Paddington

Thursday 24th September 2009

43098+43005 0900 Paddington - Reading
43009+43037 0932 Reading - Taunton
67001+(67016) 1102 Taunton - Newport
43175+43028 1305 Newport - Cardiff C
43144+43141 1348 Cardiff C - Neath
43030+43020 1440 Neath - Cardiff C
57314 1615 Cardiff C - Crewe
390034 1929 Crewe - Euston
 

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Tuesday 25th September 2001 - day 3 of a 7 day all line rail rover

90016 0614 Carstairs - Edinburgh (27.50) (1 hour late start awaitng driver - wires down in Scotland)
91016 0810 Edinburgh - Motherwell (44.50)
303088 0946 Motherwell - Garscadden (18.50)
318262 1032 Garscadden - Motherwell (18.50)
87024 1202 Motherwell - Crewe (230.50)
43180+43087 1610 Crewe - Milton Keynes (108.72)
90004 1820 Milton Keynes - Euston (49.75)
1742+1806 1940 Charing X - Tonbridge (29.50)
1614+1511 2042 Tonbridge - Folkestone W (39.75)
Day 3 566.75 miles
Mileage so far 1931.75

Friday 25th September 2009 - Positioning moves for the SVR Autumn Steam Gala

90020 1846 Euston - Stafford
350251 2042 Stafford - Birmingham NS
390009 2128 Birmingham NS - Wolverhampton
323210 2219 Wolverhampton - Smethwick GB
150012 2244 Smethwick GB - Birmingham SH
150001 2300 Birmingham SH - Kidderminster
 

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MONDAY 26th SEPTEMBER 1983:

Returning from my long sojourn in Ireland:

146 Bray-Dun Laoghaire (07 35 Bray-Dublin Connolly)
M.V. "St David" 08 45 Dun Laoghaire-Holyhead
47 458 12 46 Holyhead-Chester (to Euston)
40 057 Chester-Manchester Victoria (13 24 Llandudno-Scarborough)
45 120 Manchester Victoria-York (ditto)
43 186+43 185 York-Darlington (xx xx Penzance-Newcastle)
E53150+E53157 Darlington-Thornaby (18 55 Darlington-Saltburn)

It would have been nice to have had 40 057 all the way from Llandudno Junction, but in those days - IIRC - the 12 46 Holyhead-Euston was non-stop from Bangor to Chester. It would also have been nice if the Whistler had continued across the Pennines from Manchester, but I had to be content with small mercies.
 

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