Back in the day...

[1971martin]

Wednesday 26th September 2001 - day 4 of a 7 day all line rail rover

3577+3521+3495 0642 Folkestone W - Tonbridge (39.75)
508202 0738 Tonbridge - Redhill (19.50)
1859 0813 Redhill - Gatwick Apt (5.75)
1832+1851 0840 Gatwick Apt - Brighton (24.25)
47840 0920 Brighton - Coventry (167.25)
43069+43162 1328 Coventry - Reading (79.75)
47701 1502 Reading - Exeter SD (137.75)
47815 1730 Exeter SD - Paddington (173.75)
1594+3475 2100 Charing X - Folkestone W (69.25)
Day 4 717 miles
Mileage so far 2648.75

Friday 26th September 2003

90049 0730 Liverpool St - Norwich
90049 1000 Norwich - Liverpool St
86218 1200 Liverpool St - Norwich
86237 1400 Norwich - Colchester
86223 1518 Colchester - Ipswich
86217 1641 Ipswich - Colchester
312705 1708 Colchester - Ipswich
86223 1741 Ipswich - Colchester
312705 1818 Colchester - Liverpool St

Friday 26th September 2008

90019 1651 Euston - Birmingham Int
350112 1830 Birmingham Int - Coventry
390053 1850 Rugby - Milton Keynes
390017 1935 Milton Keynes - Euston

 

[Harvester]

Saturday 27th September 1980

A railtour from Leicester to Didcot, steam hauled Dorridge-Didcot-Dorridge by Ivatt 2-6-0 43106. Out via Loughborough-Sheet Stores Junction-Burton-Saltley-Tyseley-Dorridge-Banbury-Oxford returning as outward.

45142 07:46 Beeston-Leicester (07:40 Nottingham-Leicester)
20158+20134 08:30 Leicester-Dorridge
43106 10:46 Dorridge-Didcot
43106 15:40 Didcot-Dorridge
20158+20134 18:25 Dorridge-Loughborough
DMU 20:02 Loughborough-Beeston

 

[1971martin]

Thursday 27th September 2001 - day 5 of a 7 day all line rail rover

3492+1611 0504 Folkestone W - Waterloo E (68.50)
1322 0704 Waterloo - Woking (24.25)
159007+159004 0735 Woking - Basingstoke (23.50)
47817 0812 Basingstoke - Didcot (32.75)
43002+43189 0907 Didcot - Reading (17.75)
47831 0932 Reading - Coventry (79.75)
47818 1128 Coventry - Leamington (9.50)
47827 1239 Leamington - Coventry (9.50)
323209 1338 Coventry - Birmingham Int (10.75)
90001 1355 Birmingham Int - Coventry (10.75)
47843 1428 Coventry - Reading (79.75)
47722 1609 Reading - Birmingham Int (90.50)
87026 1825 Birmingham Int - Milton Keynes (55.00)
87008 1920 Milton Keynes - Euston (49.75)
1616+3496+3474 2137 London Br - Ashford (54.25)
1748 2320 Ashford - Folkestone W (13.25)
Day 5 629 miles
Mileage so far 3277.75

Friday 27th September 2002

43049+43074 0755 St Pancras - Loughborough
170397 0939 Loughborough - Leicester
47712 1000 Leicester - St Pancras
90042 1230 Liverpool St - Norwich
90042 1500 Norwich - Liverpool St
47488 1730 St Pancras - Bedford
319440 1825 Bedford - London Br

Saturday 27th September 2008 - Dean Forest Rly diesel day featuring D9555, 27066, 31466 & E6001 (73001)

43171+43141 0851 Paddington - Reading
43127+43191 0927 Reading - Swindon
143621 1003 Swindon - Gloucester
150283 1058 Gloucester - Lydney
150283 1656 Lydney - Cheltenham
220034 1752 Cheltenham - Gloucester
150244 1815 Gloucester - Swindon
43190+43093 1911 Swindon - Paddington

Friday 27th September 2019

43238+43277 0906 Kings X - Peterborough
91128 1018 Peterborough - Doncaster
91129 1115 Doncaster - Leeds
333014 1156 Leeds - Skipton
333014 1247 Skipton - Keighley
321902 1319 Keighley - Shipley
322485 1345 Shipley - Leeds
322485 1412 Leeds - Bradford FS
322485 1445 Bradford FS - Ilkley
331108 1551 Ilkley - Shipley
333001 1623 Shipley - Baildon
333002 1641 Baildon - Shipley
333012 1708 Shipley - Leeds
91129 1745 Leeds - Kings X

 

[D6130]

Jumping the gun slightly before a full day's travelling to Italy tomorrow:

WEDNESDAY 28th SEPTEMBER 1983:

E54091+53153 Thornaby-Darlington (07 18 Saltburn-Bishop Auckland)
43 053+43 070 Darlington-Edinburgh (07 45 from Leeds)
47 703 11 30 Edinburgh-Glasgow QS via Falkirk High
43 113+43 083 22 30 Glasgow QS-Edinburgh via Falkirk High *
47 483 Edinburgh-Newcastle (20 30 Aberdeen-Kings Cross)

* At this time the HST off the 16 00 Kings Cross-Glasgow QS worked the 22 30 back to Edinburgh in order to get it back to Craigentinny Depot.

 

[Harvester]

Saturday 28th September 1991

43040+43097 late running 11:07 Newcastle-Darlington
47491 14:28 Darlington-Newcastle (Skegness-Newcastle)*

*Coaching stock: 5414-5323-9448-5406-5379-5614

 

[1971martin]

Friday 28th September 2001 - day 6 of a 7 day all line rail rover

3495+1584 0504 Folkestone W - Orpington (55.00)
465012+465008 0622 Orpington - Victoria (15.00)
73210 0800 Victoria - Gatwick Apt (26.75)
1747 0840 Gatwick Apt - Haywards Heath (11.25)
47854 0933 Haywards Heath - Reading (74.50)
43128+43024 1136 Reading - Paddington (36.00)
47701 1233 Paddington - Reading (36.00)
47811 1308 Reading - Paddington (36.00)
47847 1418 Paddington - Oxford (63.50)
47807 1525 Oxford - Brockenhurst (88.00)
2419 1732 Brockenhurst - Bournemouth (15.25)
47807 1818 Bournemouth - Birmingham NS (174.00)
86222 2205 Birmingham NS - Crewe (52.50)
Day 6 683.75 miles
Mileage so far 3961.50

Saturday 28th September 2002

43182+43146 0800 Paddington - Cardiff C
37402 1059 Cardiff C - Rhymney
37402 1215 Rhymney - Llanishen
37418 1312 Llanishen - Rhymney
37418 1415 Rhymney - Cardiff C
150281 1533 Cardiff C - Caerphilly
37402 1557 Caerphilly - Cardiff C
43018+43036 1625 Cardiff C - Paddington

Monday 28th September 2009

365507 1152 Kings X - Stevenage
91125 1229 Stevenage - Wakefield WG
91117 1452 Wakefield WG - Doncaster
91101 1529 Doncaster - Leeds
185135 1612 Leeds - York
43312+43300 1656 York - Kings X

Saturday 28th September 2019

91125 0906 Kings X - Doncaster
331101 1126 Doncaster - Leeds
322483 1226 Leeds - Bingley
333002 1255 Bingley - Frizinghall
333014 1314 Frizinghall - Bingley
322483 1338 Bingley - Leeds
333002 1403 Leeds - Ilkley
333002 1440 Ilkley - Leeds
91104 1515 Leeds - Doncaster
91112 1554 Doncaster - Peterborough
91127 1710 Peterborough - Kings X

 

[Harvester]

Friday 29th September 1989

43079+43??? 0845 Derby-Sheffield
47828 09:30 Sheffield-York
47448 11:17 York-Darlington

 

[1971martin]

Saturday 29th September 1990 - Tinsley TMD open day

86219 0730 Euston - Birmingham NS
85040 0935 Birmingham NS - Wolverhampton
86103 0956 Wolverhampton - Birmingham NS
47814 1058 Birmingham NS - Sheffield
141107 1357 Sheffield - Tinsley TMD
156489 1755 Tinsley TMD - Sheffield
142072 1831 Sheffield - Doncaster
43065+43091 1917 Doncaster - Kings X

Saturday 29th September 2001 - day 7 of a 7 day all line rail rover

47818 0013 Crewe - Exeter St D (218.25)
43093+43194 0557 Exeter St D - Plymouth (52.00)
43184+43084 0720 Plymouth - Truro (53.75)
47709 0846 Truro - Exeter St D (105.75)
47830 1204 Exeter St D - Plymouth (52.00)
47811 1341 Plymouth - Newton Abbot (32.00)
43195+43193 1424 Newton Abbot - Paignton (8.25)
47848 1508 Paignton - Taunton (49.00)
47701 1708 Taunton - Reading (107.00)
43126+43130 1953 Reading - Paddington (36.00)
1584+3494 2107 London Br - Folkestone W (67.50)
Day 7 781.50 miles
Weekly mileage 4743

Monday 29th September 2008

90009 1030 Liverpool St - Norwich
90009 1300 Norwich - Ipswich
90010 1408 Ipswich - Stratford
317513 1533 Stratford - Tottenham Hale
317505 1556 Tottenham Hale - Stratford
90019 1651 Euston - Coventry
390006 1820 Coventry - Euston

 

[Harvester]

Thursday 29th September 2022

65894 13:00 Loughborough Central-Leicester North
65894 13:45 Leicester North-Loughborough Central

A very lively performance from the 99 year old, and last built J27. I visited the GCR today to see and ride behind this veteran, which is on loan from the NYMR. Saw it often during the last year of steam in the North East working coal trains, but never thought I would be hauled by it 55 years later.

 

[D6130]

THURSDAY 29th SEPTEMBER 1983:

43 196+43 092 Newcastle-Stockton (05 30 to Kings Cross via Middlesbrough)
E54091+E51229 Stockton-Darlington (16 xx from Hartlepool)
43 084+43 194 Darlington-Kings Cross via Knottingley (15 00 from Edinburgh - diverted due to commissioning of the ECML Selby deviation, IIRC.)

 

[Peter Sarf]

Jumping the gun slightly before a full day's travelling to Italy tomorrow:

WEDNESDAY 28th SEPTEMBER 1983:

E54091+53153 Thornaby-Darlington (07 18 Saltburn-Bishop Auckland)
43 053+43 070 Darlington-Edinburgh (07 45 from Leeds)
47 703 11 30 Edinburgh-Glasgow QS via Falkirk High
43 113+43 083 22 30 Glasgow QS-Edinburgh via Falkirk High *
47 483 Edinburgh-Newcastle (20 30 Aberdeen-Kings Cross)

* At this time the HST off the 16 00 Kings Cross-Glasgow QS worked the 22 30 back to Edinburgh in order to get it back to Craigentinny Depot.

THURSDAY 29th SEPTEMBER 1983:

43 196+43 092 Newcastle-Stockton (05 30 to Kings Cross via Middlesbrough)
E54091+E51229 Stockton-Darlington (16 xx from Hartlepool)
43 084+43 194 Darlington-Kings Cross via Knottingley (15 00 from Edinburgh - diverted due to commissioning of the ECML Selby deviation, IIRC.)

My bold - E54091 was obviously getting let down by its powered partner. How on earth did I notice !.

 

[Harvester]

Saturday 29th September 1990 - Tinsley TMD open day


47814 1058 Birmingham NS - Sheffield
141107 1357 Sheffield - Tinsley TMD

Saturday 29th September 1990

47814 11:45 Derby-Sheffield

Looks like we were on the same train, heading to Tinsley.

Saturday 30th September 1989

47448 12:23 Newcastle-Darlington
47824 14:15 Darlington-Newcastle
31249 15:30 Newcastle-Hartlepool (DMU substitute)

 

[youngiecj]

30/09/1989

Hi all first post in here. Love this thread. Some "pushchair moves "from 1989.



30/09/2013

 

[D6130]

My bold - E54091 was obviously getting let down by its powered partner. How on earth did I notice !.

Maybe E53153 needed an exam the following day....or possibly just failed?

30/09/1989

Hi all first post in here. Love this thread. Some "pushchair moves "from 1989.

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30/09/2013

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Welcome to the thread. Some good moves there!

 

[1971martin]

Friday 30th September

1520+1581+1545 0955 Tonbridge - Waterloo E
73204 1130 Victoria - Gatwick Apt
L834 (Class 101 DMU) 1326 Gatwick Apt - Redhill
L575 (Class 119 DMU) 1405 Redhill - Tonbridge

 

[37166]

Sunday 30 September 1990

73119 Brighton-Worthing 1V86 1645 Brighton-Plymouth
EMU Worthing-Brighton

 

[D6130]

WEDNESDAY 30th SEPTEMBER 1987:

50 005 15 30 Portsmouth Harbour-Waterloo
73 138 17 30 Victoria-Gatwick Airport

 

[Harvester]

Sunday 1st October 1989

43048+43109 16:36 Darlington-Doncaster
47819 18:07 Doncaster-Derby
150105 19:20 Derby-Beeston

 

[xotGD]

Hi all first post in here. Love this thread.

Welcome on board! A Generator and two Goyles in your first post - enough to keep a couple of regulars very happy!

Looking forward to seeing more moves over the coming months...

 

[xotGD]

30th September 2022

Yesterday I left home at the ridiculously early time of 05:00 to head down to the Severn Valley Railway for the day. The journey wasn't too bad and I arrived at a foggy Kidderminster station at 08:00, just too late to take the first departure of the day which was visiting attraction Deltic 9. However, after getting my wrist band I was very happy to be catching the 08:30, which produced 50049. This Hoover was substituting for unavailable 50007, which was fine by me as it meant a required 50 in the book - as I've said previously, I should have made more of an effort when I had the chance.

Here it is, during an impromptu photo stop at Arley, waiting for the Teddy Bear to pass:



This service terminated at Highley, and after just enough time for some more phots and a coffee, D1062 (pretending to be D1040) rolled in to take me back to Kiddy. The last time I had this Western was in 1997.

A quick cross-platform leap, and I was behind another required EE loco in the shape of 40106 (my 41st 40). I was sitting a fair way back down the train, so decided to bale at Bewdley to get a run behind my 'pet' Hoover, 50035. Seen after arrival into Kidderminster:



The next departure was another new loco for me in the pleasing shape of D1015. Another Bewdley move, for 50049 back, and then, for me, the main event of the day - a round trip to Bridgnorth behind Alycidon. I was in the front coach both ways, and with the rain coming down quite heavily I was definitely in the right place.

Time for a couple more moves, starting with another run behind 40106 to Highley. This time I was in the front coach, so much more entertaining to my ears. The next departure from Highley was 50033, so I was able to sample all three Hoovers that were in action. Seen here preparing to shunt the stock into the platform at Highley prior to departure - apologies for the raindrops on the lens, but it was peeing it down:



Back at Kidderminster I purchased a hot chocolate to warm me up, and then got a bit soaked heading back to my car. However, I endured the rain for a couple of minutes more to get a few shots of Number 9 waiting to depart:



Despite the weather, a very good day. Three Hoovers, two Westerns, a Whistler and a Deltic for haulage, including three scratches in the book. And best of all, I managed to avoid the Goyle (31466).

 

[xotGD]

A few more phots from yesterday...

Teddy Bear D9551 trundles into Arley:



D1062 arriving at Highley:



With its boiler providing the only source of heat for the day, 40106 whistles out of Bewdley:



Side by side Westerns at Kidderminster:



D1015 at Highley:



Spot the Railbus in the background!

 

[NorthWestRover]

Despite your nasty digs at Goyles, some great photos there. 40106 is by far my most travelled behind 40.

 

[1971martin]

Saturday 1st October 1988 - Open day at Wolverton Works. Presumably bus from MK?

87101 1340 Euston - Milton Keynes
317301 1827 Milton Keynes - Euston

Wednesday 1st October 2008

90009 1038 Stratford - Ipswich
90004 1208 Ipswich - Stratford
317508 1333 Stratford - Harlow Town
317507 1425 Harlow Town - Stratford
90019 1651 Euston - Coventry
390038 1820 Coventry - Euston

 

[xotGD]

Despite your nasty digs at Goyles, some great photos there. 40106 is by far my most travelled behind 40.

Thank you. It wasn't great weather for photography - fog in the morning and then the rain.

Every time I read one of your moves behind 106 I was painfully aware that I hadn't had it.

I didn't even get a chance to photograph the 31. I didn't actively avoid it, it just didn't align with the moves I wanted to do.

I forgot to mention that the 46 had failed on Thursday so wasn't working on Friday. This worked to my advantage as with one loco short everything had to step up a turn at Bridgnorth, so Alycidon ran round and went straight back rather than waiting for an hour.

 

[D6130]

FRIDAY 2nd OCTOBER 1987:

EMU St Pancras-Luton
43 115+43 041 Luton-Chesterfield via Derby
43 070+43 110 Chesterfield-York
43 092+43 112 York-Darlington

 

[xotGD]

FRIDAY 2nd OCTOBER 1987:

EMU St Pancras-Luton
43 115+43 041 Luton-Chesterfield via Derby
43 070+43 110 Chesterfield-York
43 092+43 112 York-Darlington

Oh dear!

 

[D6130]

Oh dear!

Yes.... I'm afraid it was getting to that stage! I had hoped for a (non-HST) loco on the cross-country stage of the journey, but it was not to be and I had a dinner appointment in Stockton, so I couldn't fester for any longer.

 

[Peter Sarf]

Thank you. It wasn't great weather for photography - fog in the morning and then the rain.

Every time I read one of your moves behind 106 I was painfully aware that I hadn't had it.

I didn't even get a chance to photograph the 31. I didn't actively avoid it, it just didn't align with the moves I wanted to do.

I forgot to mention that the 46 had failed on Thursday so wasn't working on Friday. This worked to my advantage as with one loco short everything had to step up a turn at Bridgnorth, so Alycidon ran round and went straight back rather than waiting for an hour.

Never mind the rain @xotGD. Actually I think maybe the just finished rain makes for some crisp shots. Nice photo of 50035, that is how I remember them - well for ages I never saw one except the pair on the front cover of my (1974 ?) Ian Allan loco book. My main stamping ground was Birmingham New Street so they were almost as mysterious as the 26s and 27s. By the time I was copping the 50s they were unwelcome usurpers of the beautiful Westerns !. Of course I would have been more familiar with the peaks (etc) than a 40 (another mysterious breed seen occasionally at Bescot). Your visit has late 1970s written all over it (apart from the railbus). Thanks for sharing the photos.

 

[xotGD]

Never mind the rain @xotGD. Actually I think maybe the just finished rain makes for some crisp shots. Nice photo of 50035, that is how I remember them - well for ages I never saw one except the pair on the front cover of my (1974 ?) Ian Allan loco book. My main stamping ground was Birmingham New Street so they were almost as mysterious as the 26s and 27s. By the time I was copping the 50s they were unwelcome usurpers of the beautiful Westerns !. Of course I would have been more familiar with the peaks (etc) than a 40 (another mysterious breed seen occasionally at Bescot). Your visit has late 1970s written all over it (apart from the railbus). Thanks for sharing the photos.

50035 was the first Hoover I saw - out of our front window as it passed through Bensham on the Doncaster Works test train to Newcastle. Thanks to large logo I could read the number through binoculars. I then had more runs behind it than any other 50, in particular when I spent a few months based in Slough - details up thread. It was good to catch up with it again.

I saw Westerns when we went on holiday to Cornwall in 1976. I wrote down the names of those I saw but then lost the piece of paper. I may have had some for haulage, but I'll never know.

 

[NorthWestRover]

Every time I read one of your moves behind 106 I was painfully aware that I hadn't had it.

40033 was actually my "machine", but 106 was always special for obvious reasons.