Wednesday 10 October 1979 for a flavour of the variety of NS loco haulage through Rotterdam
NS 1505
(E27001 Ariadne) 0734 Hoek van Holland Haven - Munchen Hbf
Rhein Expres (Hoek van Holland Haven to Rotterdam CS)
NS 2*MAT46 EMU 0654 Venlo - Den Haag CS (Rotterdam Centraal to Den Haag CS)
NS
1506 (E27002 Aurora) 1031 Den Haag CS - Köln Hbf (Den Haag CS to Eindhoven)
NS
1312 1109 Köln Hbf - Den Haag CS (Eindhoven to Tilburg)
with NS 1103 DIT
***Visit to Tilburg Works***
NS
1217 1511 Köln Hbf - Den Haag Centraal (Tilburg to Dordrecht)
SNCB
2552 1702 Bruxelles Midi - Amsterdam CS (Dordrecht to Rotterdam CS)
NS
1135 1609 Köln Hbf - Den Haag Centraal (Rotterdam CS to Den Haag Hollands Spoor)
SNCB
2551 1926 Amsterdam CS - Bruxelles Midi (Den Haag Hollands Spoor to Rotterdam CS)
NS 1*V4 EMU 2051 Rotterdam CS - Dordrecht (Rotterdam CS to Rotterdam Lombardijen)
NS
1103 1809 Köln Hbf - Den Haag CS (Rotterdam Lombardijen to Rotterdam CS)
NS
1204 1125 München Hbf - Hoek van Holland Haven
Rhein Expres (Rotterdam CS to Hoek van Holland Haven)
IMO 7340710: mv Saint Edmund 2300 Sealink ferry to Harwich Parkeston Quay
(mv Saint Edmund had an interesting life with many renamings after her Sealink service including working as a troopship in the Falklands with a stint as HMS Keren, ferry services around the Mediterranean for a number of Companies and finally Pilgrimage ferry services between Sudan and Jeddah under the name of Sara 3. In June 2009 she was sold to Indian shipbreakers - source: www.doverferryphotosforums.co.uk).
Thursday 11 October 1979
37264 SF 0717 Harwich PQ - Manchester Piccadilly (Harwich PQ to Ipswich)
47006 SF 0720 Norwich - London Liverpool Street (Ipswich to London Liverpool Street)
Friday 10 October 1980
73102 SL 1W55 2252 London Waterloo - Weymouth (London Waterloo to Eastleigh)
Saturday 11 October 1980
33107
EH 1W55 2252 (PD) London Waterloo - Weymouth (Eastleigh to Southampton Central)
33103
EH 1W50 2238 (PD) Weymouth - London Waterloo (Southampton to Eastleigh)
73102
SL 1W50 2238 (PD) Weymouth - London Waterloo (Southampton to Woking)
73104
SL 1B01 0245 London Waterloo - Bournemouth (Woking to Eastleigh)
33103
EH 1B01 0245 London Waterloo - Bournemouth (Eastleigh to Southampton Central)
(1B01 diverted via Chandlers Ford, Romsey (RM) and Redbridge)
rail replacement bus Southampton to Eastleigh
1*4VEP EMU 0645 Eastleigh to Woking attached to 1*4VEP 0720 Alton to Waterloo at Woking (Eastleigh to London Waterloo)
1*487 (five car) EMU 0849 London Waterloo - Bank (London Waterloo to Bank)
---Central line Bank to London Liverpool Street---
31305 MR 1L02 0905 London Liverpool Street - Cambridge (London Liverpool Street to Cambrdge)
(1L02 diverted via Stratford)
<Self funded taxi to Ely because train late and connection to railtour missed.>
2*105 DMU (Cravens) Cambridge - Norwich F&DRS Great Ryburgh charter (Ely to Norwich)
(rare track covered on the charter: Wymondham to Ryburgh and the Norwich Victoria branch)
1*105 DMU (Cravens) 1753 Norwich - Ely (Norwich to Ely)
47130 SF 1E87 1515 Manchester Piccadilly - Harwich PQ (Ely to Ipswich)
47150 SF 1N45 1952 Norwich - London Liverpool Street (Ipswich to London Liverpool Street)