Back in the day...

[Jamesrob637]

Five years ago today I did a load of GWR trains around Berkshire including the Marlow branch.

 

[Harvester]

Sunday 6th March 1988

150130 13:35 Beeston-Grantham
31421 15:47 Grantham-Nottingham
150141 17:18 Nottingham-Beeston

Hard to imagine the 150 units have now been in service for over 35 years.

 

[Peter Sarf]

Sunday 6th March 1988

150130 13:35 Beeston-Grantham
31421 15:47 Grantham-Nottingham
150141 17:18 Nottingham-Beeston

Hard to imagine the 150 units have now been in service for over 35 years.

We forget how long some classes have lasted, think HSTs and 37s. Its a long way from the cull of modernisation plan diesels in the 70s - all those lovely Hydraulics, even the successful Deltics were only about 20 years. HSTs have a lot to answer for but looking back we miss them !. Wonder if the IETs will last so long (and will anyone notice) ?.

 

[xotGD]

1501 (steam) 13 00 Rawtenstall-Ramsbottom

Was very confusing when they had both 1501 and D1501 on the ELR!

 

[1971martin]

Saturday 6th March 1999

90010 0725 Euston - Preston
87012 1120 Preston - Warrington BQ
90001 1158 Warrington BQ - Preston
90001 1315 Preston - Crewe
47810 1431 Crewe - Wilmslow
323233 1453 Wilmslow - Crewe
87011 1525 Crewe - Stafford
87017 1546 Stafford - Crewe
90012 1625 Crewe - Stafford
47854 1525 Stafford - Wolverhampton (105 mins late)
37401 1747 Wolverhampton - Crewe
37420 1858 Crewe - Stafford
87005 1929 Stafford - M Keynes
86247 2057 M Keynes - Euston

Wednesday 6th March 2002

91132 0800 Kings X - York
91108 1003 York - Doncaster
91116 1101 Doncaster - Leeds
91021 1205 Leeds - Newark NG
91018 1331 Newark NG - Doncaster
373303+373304 1412 Doncaster - York
91110 1445 York - Newcastle
91132 1624 Newcastle - York
373310+373309 1750 York - Kings X

Friday 6th March 2009

319456+319371 1701 Farringdon - Moorgate
319371+319456 1720 Moorgate - Farringdon (my first and last trip in and out of Moorgate on a train powered on the 25kV AC system
390020 1846 Euston - Stafford (Why? Why indeed!. Should have been 90036 but set declared a failure on depot. Was there anyway with a box filled in so did it in a first class coach as train advertised as standard class only)
390046 2048 Stafford - Euston

Tuesday 6th March 2018

90013 1030 Liverpool St - Norwich
90013 1300 Norwich - Ipswich
90006 1344 Ipswich - Stowmarket
90009 1429 Stowmarket - Chelmsford
360109+360105 1534 Chelmsford - Manningtree
90002 1619 Manningtree - Liverpool St

 

[D1537]

Thursday 6 March - Friday 7 March 1986

47408 (GD) King's Cross - Newcastle (1S79, Wed)
47413 (GD) Newcastle - Aberdeen (1S79)
47464 (IS) Aberdeen - Inverness (1H29) (1)
47460 (IS) Inverness - Aberdeen (1H52)
47413 (GD) Aberdeen - Dyce (2A73)
47413 (GD) Dyce - Montrose (2A80)
47413 (GD) Montrose - Aberdeen (2A76)
47413 (GD) Aberdeen - Newcastle (1E43)
----
47412 (GD) Newcastle - York (1E43)
47450 (GD) York - Newcastle (1N16)
47413 (GD) Newcastle - Birmingham New Street (1O19)
47638 (BS) Birmingham New St - Birmingham Int (1O19)
47641 (IS) Birmingham Int - Birmingham New St (1E63) (2)
47413 (GD) Birmingham New St - Newcastle (1E63) (3)
47533 (BS) Newcastle - York (1E21, vice HST)
47501 (OC) York - Crewe (1M41)

Notes:
(1) The last time I had 47464 - damaged in a collision in September 1986 and withdrawn the same month
(2) 47641, only a couple of days out of works from conversion from 47086, still carried the "COLOSSUS" nameplates, which was apparently an error - they were removed again fairly quickly.
An image of 641 at Saltley the following day is here - 47641
(3) 1,000+ miles on 47413 in around 40 hours was certainly the quickest I ever did this on a standard 47; obviously it became easier later on with the twin tanks 47413 arrives at Sheffield with 1O19, 7/3/86

 

[QJ]

Friday 06 March 1981 (two overnights before a railtour with the red pen safely stowed all day)
55015 FP 1S72 2230 (05/03) London Kings Cross - Edinburgh Waverley (Doncaster to Edinburgh)
40162 HA 1S79 2315 (05/03) London Kings Cross - Aberdeen (Edinburgh to Aberdeen)
47704 HA 1T28 1140 Aberdeen - Glasgow Queen Street (Aberdeen to Dundee) Spoiler
40101 HA 2T31 1339 Dundee - Glasgow Queen Street (Dundee to Perth)
27004 ED 2L41 1244 Glasgow Queen Street - Dundee (Perth to Dundee)
40167 HA 1T35 1340 Aberdeen - Glasgow Queen Street (Dundee to Perth)
40168 HA 2L46 1444 Glasgow Queen Street - Dundee (Perth to Dundee)
1*101 DMU 1720 Dundee - Edinburgh Waverley (Dundee to Cupar)
40162 HA 1A51 1700 Edinburgh Waverley - Aberdeen (Cupar to Stonehaven)
40068 GD 1E40 1925 Aberdeen - London Kings Cross (Stonehaven to Edinburgh Waverley)
40068 GD 1C97 2340 Edinburgh Waverley - Carstairs (Edinburgh Waverley to Carstairs)

Saturday 07 March 1981
82003 LG 1V56 2355 (06/03) 2355 Glasgow Central - Bristol TM (Carstairs to Carlisle)
85002 CE 1M14 2200 (06/03) 2200 Stranraer - London Euston (Carlisle to London Euston)

in time for (when the red pen finally emerged from hibernation)
LVRC Tubular Belle charter 1T07 from London Euston to Holyhead via Llandudno and Blaenau Ffestiniog
locos involved being 86248 WN , 40111 LO, 40019 SP, 25206 SP, and 82004 LG
(ps my notes for this charter are at odds with Six Bells. I have that the class 25 being detached at Llandudno Junction on the return from
Blaenau Ffestiniog (rather than through to Holyhead as was advertised) as it was required to work an engineers train. Anyone confirm this?
I'm sure I have seen a photo of the train at Bangor enroute to Holyhead that would back up my recollection (possibly in a CFPS publication)

then another overnight !!!!!!!!!
31407 FP 1B31 2330 London Kings Cross - Peterborough (London Kings Cross to Peterborough)

but that's another day.......

 

[NorthWestRover]

two overnights before a railtour with the red pen safely stowed all day)

A Deltic and then five 40s in Scotland on the first day and two 82s on the second! A pretty good 48 hours even before the railtour!!

 

[xotGD]

A Deltic and then five 40s in Scotland on the first day and two 82s on the second! A pretty good 48 hours even before the railtour!!

Absolutely. There can't be many folk who have had two 82s in the same day.

 

[NorthWestRover]

I only had one 82 full stop.

 

[D6130]

I only had one 82 full stop.

I had two, but one of them - 82 008 - was quite a respectable mileage from Willesden Junction to Wigan North Western and return on a Footex from Portsmouth Harbour back in 1978. South of Willesdan, the single 33 provided struggled with load 11 over the steep gradients on the Portsmouth Direct but, luckily, I had given it very generous timings!

 

[1971martin]

Thursday 7th March 1991

1516 0704 Folkestone W - Dover P
47816 1520 Dover P - Folkestone C

Thursday 7th March 1996

91007 0800 Kings X - Peterborough
91030 0905 Peterborough - Doncaster
43099+? 1142 Doncaster - Darlington
153301 1247 Darlington - Saltburn (to do the end of the line, having previously covered most of
142022 1429 Saltburn - Thornaby (the line on a railtour that went to Boulby
153315 1554 Thornaby - Darlington
91018 1626 Darlington - Doncaster
91023 1736 Doncaster - Kings X

Thursday 7th March 2002

86234 0900 Liverpool St - Ipswich
86235 1014 Ipswich - Liverpool St
86246 1130 Liverpool St - Ipswich
86209 1241 Ipswich - Liverpool St
86234 1400 Liverpool St - Ipswich
86238 1541 Ipswich - Liverpool St

Saturday 7th March 2009

The Bluebell Railway ran the 'Wealden Executive'. I believe it was marketed as the railway's first non steam powered train and was hauled by class 73 E6043/73136. This loco was on the line working on the project to extend the line to East Grinstead.

E6043 1230 Sheffield Park - Kingscote
E6043 1330 Kingscote - Sheffield Park
E6043 1430 Sheffield Park - Horsted Keynes (this was originally to run as ECS. But ran as a passenger train free to holders of Wealden Executive tickets or £5 to anyone else. Wealden Executive ticket holders could travel on other trains.
SECR class O1 0-6-0 65 1521 Horsted Keynes - Sheffield Park

Sunday 7th March 2010

91128 0910 Kings X - Peterborough
91127 1802 Peterborough - Kings X
For the NVR Diesel gala featuring - D182, D306, D9516, 20048, 31108 & 31128

Monday 7th March 2016

90014 1038 Stratford - Ipswich
90011 1209 Ipswich - Colchester
90007 1247 Colchester - Ipswich
90014 1343 Ipswich - Liverpool St
90013 1500 Liverpool St - Colchester
90001 1603 Liverpool St - Stratford

Tuesday 7th March 2017

90006 0938 Stratford - Ipswich
90008 1108 Ipswich - Norwich
37425+(37423) 1236 Norwich - G Yarmouth
37423+(37425) 1317 G Yarmouth - Norwich
90007 1400 Norwich - Ipswich
90004 1444 Ipswich - Norwich
68003+(68016) 1638 Norwich - G Yarmouth
68016+(68003) 1717 G Yarmouth - Norwich
90009 1800 Norwich - Chelmsford
321360 1926 Chelmsford - Shenfield
321328+321326+321359 1951 Shenfield - Stratford

 

[D1537]

I only had one 82 full stop.

Somewhat helped by the fact I lived on the WCML as a youngster, I had 7 of the 8 that survived to gain TOPS numbers.

In fact, ironically, of the TOPS locos, I missed one 81 (81016) , one 82 (82006), and three 83s (83003/4/13) ... and all of the 84s bar one.

However, on a quick search I can't find a day where I had two different 82s!

 

[D1537]

Saturday 7 March 1987

86419 Crewe-Preston (1P20)
47503 (KD) Preston-Glasgow Central (1S50)
47714 (HA) Glasgow QS - Linlithgow (1O24)
47712 (HA) Linlithgow - Glasgow QS (1O25)
47049 (ED) Glasgow QS - Falkirk Grahamston (1Z77, football special, steaming)
47701 (HA) Falkirk High - Haymarket (1O34)
47599 (BS) Haymarket - Carstairs (1C70)
85004 Carstairs - Preston (1M87)
142037 Preston - Crewe (1K04, vice loco and stock due to a failure, bit of a weird one-off that!)
47472 (BS) Crewe - Reading (1V99)

 

[Peter Sarf]

Somewhat helped by the fact I lived on the WCML as a youngster, I had 7 of the 8 that survived to gain TOPS numbers.

In fact, ironically, of the TOPS locos, I missed one 81 (81016) , one 82 (82006), and three 83s (83003/4/13) ... and all of the 84s bar one.

However, on a quick search I can't find a day where I had two different 82s!

I seem to recall the 84s did very little of anything ?.

 

[D1537]

I seem to recall the 84s did very little of anything ?.

Certainly in their later days, yes. I had 84003 on an overnight service from Scotland in 1979 and that was the only one I ever had ... though I did run for 84010 at Birmingham New Street once on a Sunday train to Manchester ... and missed it.

 

[Harvester]

Only had one 84 which was totally unexpected. It was 84001, which worked the 09:30 SO Birmingham NS-Llandudno on 17/9/1977, between New Steet and Crewe.

 

[NorthWestRover]

I only had 84001 and that was on a railtour - LCGB Three Lochs - from Preston to Mossend Yard and return. 17th June 1978.

 

[CW2]

I think I've already told this story earlier in this thread. If so, please forgive the repeat.
Back in March 1980, I travelled overnight from Kings Cross to Edinburgh with a Deltic via all manner of diversionary routes. It became apparent that there was little of interest as far as diesels were concerned working in Scotland that day, so we (about half a dozen of us) wandered over to Glasgow Central to cover the 1515 to Nottingham. The noises being emitted by the electric loco on the front were most unusual. We could normally tell a Roarer from and 86 or 87 from a distance by sound alone, but this was most odd. 84003 was the answer! Sadly it only worked one way, failing on arrival at Carlisle. To me, having the 84 that day was a far bigger prize than having a Deltic or 40 out of Scotland.

 

[1971martin]

Friday 8th March 2002

319444 0645 London Bridge - Luton
43077+43083 0747 Luton - Loughborough
47703 0946 Loughborough - St Pancras
91031 1210 Kings X - Peterborough
373301+373302 1316 Peterborough - Doncaster
91015 1435 Doncaster - Peterborough
91012 1548 Peterborough - Kings X
47488 1730 St Pancras - Leicester
43049+43057 1930 Leicester - St Pancras

Sunday 8th March 2009

91128 1005 Kings X - Peterborough
43313+43311 1718 Peterborough - Kings X
For the NVR Diesel Gala featuring - 31271, 37518, 37667, 47270, D5401, D9516, D9520

 

[D6130]

WEDNESDAY 9th MARCH 2022:

68 022 1P94, 21 28 York-Leeds (after a RailUK forums pub meet).

 

[QJ]

Monday 09 March 1981 (Scotland again but this time something a little different)
After the overnight from London to Glasgow on 1S26
1*101 DMU 0630 Glasgow Central - Ayr (Glasgow Central to Ayr)
to pay for a brake van permit at Ayr station to give permission to travel on
27111 ED 9F25 0810 Falkland Junction (Down Yard) - Barony Colliery Branch to the CEGB Sidings then back to Colliery.
NCB3462 SENTINEL 0-6-0 cab ride along the Colliery Siding whilst wagons were being loaded
27111 ED 9F25 Barony Colliery - Ayr Harbour (Barony Colliery to Ayr Harbour)
27111 ED 0F25 cab ride Ayr Harbour to Ayr TMD
20124 ML+20122 ED Falkland Junction Up Yard - Townhill Yard MGR to Cadder Yard (trust me to get a dud one)
20220 HA+20217 HA Falkland Junction Up Yard - Townhill Yard MGR from Cadder Yard (that's more like it)
1*101 DMU 1811 Cardenden - Edinburgh Waverley (Dunfermline Lower to Haymarket)
47710 HA 1O55 1830 Glasgow Queen Street - Edinburgh Waverley (Haymarket to Edinburgh Waverley)
47710 HA 1O62 1930 Edinburgh Waverley - Glasgow Queen Street (Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street)
1*107 DMU 2035 Glasgow Central - Ayr (Glasgow Central to Ayr)
to catch 1M14 Stranraer to London (but only as far as Carlisle)

 

[CW2]

Friday 09/03/12
90049 1843 Euston – Coventry
350 116 2001 Coventry – Rugby

 

[D1537]

Monday 9 March 1987

On this day a number of 31/4s decided to have a day off, leading to an excellent trip out on some unusual lines for a 47.

47522 (GD) Newcastle - Liverpool (1M73)
47610 (CD) Liverpool - Hull (1E47)
47556 (CF) Hull - Leeds (2L16, via Selby)
47535 (BS) Leeds - Stalybridge (1M80)
dmu including 53507 Stalybridge - Stockport
303057 Stockport - Wilmslow
303046 Wilmslow - Crewe

 

[1971martin]

Friday 9th March 1990

90015 1300 Manchester P - Euston

Monday 9th March 2015

90007 1000 Liverpool St - Diss
90013 1147 Diss - Colchester
90001 1247 Colchester - Ipswich
90012 1343 Ipswich - Colchester
90005 1430 Colchester - Liverpool St
90012 1530 Liverpool St - Manningtree
90006 1653 Manningtree - Colchester
90004 1717 Colchester - Ipswich
90003 1743 Ipswich - Colchester
360114+360119 1812 Colchester - Marks Tey
321426+321327+321358 1823 Marks Tey - Colchester
90008 1843 Colchester - Ipswich
90011 1923 Ipswich - Diss
90010 2017 Diss - Liverpool St

 

[Harvester]

Sunday 10th March 1991

150144 12:55 Beeston-Derby (via Castle Donnington branch)
47822 14:32 Derby-Sheffield
43073+43107 15:18 Sheffield-Derby
150144 16:49 Derby-Beeston

 

[CW2]

Tuesday 10/03/15
90028 2115 Euston – Edinburgh

 

[1971martin]

Saturday 10th March 1990

90026 0720 Euston - Carlisle
37104+47456 1242 Carlisle - Leeds
43048+43099 1610 Leeds - Doncaster
43195+43197 1706 Doncaster - Kings X

Sunday 10th March 2002

86245 0945 Euston - M Keynes
90013 1056 M Keynes - Crewe
90014 1350 Crewe - M Keynes
90007 1629 M Keynes - Euston

 

[QJ]

Tuesday 10 March 1981 (more brake van track bashing in Scotland)
47448 CD 1M14 2200 (09/03) Stranraer Harbour - London Euston (Ayr to Carlisle)
85012 CE 1S19 2130 (09/03) Bristol TM - Glasgow Central (Carlisle to Glasgow Central)
1*126 DMU 0600 Glasgow Central - Girvan (Glasgow Central to Kilwinning)
to obtain a brake van permit from the booking office
1*107 DMU 0653 Kilwinning - Largs (to Ardrossan South Beach)

08433 AY 1030 Ardrossan Harbour - Bogside Junction via Kilwinning Sidings (reverse) and return via Irvine (reverse) and Kilwinning Sidings (reverse)
(Dubbs Junction to Byrehill Junction shut owing to the signal box having burnt down)
08433 AY Ardrossan Parcels Siding to Ardrossan Shell Oil Terminal via Ardrossan North and return

1*107 DMU Ardrossan Harbour - Glasgow Central (Ardrossan South Beach to Kilwinning)
1*126 DMU Glasgow Central - Ayr (Kilwinning to Ayr)
1*126 DMU 1945 Ayr - Glasgow Central (Ayr to Glasgow Central)
47705 HA 1O67 2100 Glasgow Queen Street - Edinburgh Waverley (Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley)
55019 YK 1E40 1925 Aberdeen - London Kings Cross (Edinburgh to London Kings Cross)

Wednesday 11 March 1981
55022 YK 1L22 2300 London Kings Cross - Bradford Interchange (London Kings Cross to Peterborough)

Thursday 10 March 1983 (positioning move for a West Country track bash via work)
4REP/8TC EMU 1200 Bournemouth - London Waterloo (Basingstoke to London Waterloo)
47553 OC 1B02 2359 London Paddington - Penzance (London Paddington to Bodmin Road [none of this Parkway malarkey])

Friday 11 March 1983
08113 BZ 7B70 0705 Saint Blazey - Wenford Bridge freight (Bodmin General to Wenford Bridge)
08113 BZ 7B70 Wenford Bridge - Saint Blazey freight (Wenford Bridge to Saint Blazey)
08945 BZ Saint Blazey Depot - Par Harbour freight
08945 BZ Par Harbour - Saint Blazey Freight Sidings freight (Par Harbour to Saint Blazey Freight Sidings)
37274 LA Goonbarrow - Carne Point (Fowey) freight (Saint Blazey to Carne Point)
37274 LA Carne Point (Fowey) - Goonbarrow freight (Carne Point to Par)
1*HST 1A29 1625 Penzance - London Paddington (Par to Liskeard)
1*118 DMU 1820 Liskeard - Looe and return for a failed attempt at the mainline connection
(win some lose some - managed it just shy of 36 years later on 3 February 2019)
47553 OC 1B61 1815 Penzance - Bristol TM (Liskeard to Plymouth)

 

[CW2]

Wednesday 11/03/15
67030 0415 Edinburgh – Aviemore
43310 + 43318 0830 Aviemore – Darlington
91125 1407 Darlington – Edinburgh
67028 1708 Edinburgh – Glenrothes with Thornton via Dunfermline
67028 1815 Glenrothes with Thornton – Inverkeithing
43257 + 43319 1853 Inverkeithing – Aberdeen
67009 2143 Aberdeen – Edinburgh