Back in the day...

[Falcon1200]

In 1980 that Swansea would have been dual heat loco-hauled stock, so 47096 would not have been unusual.

Thanks for the info.

 

[Peter Sarf]

Thanks for the info.

In a better universe that train from Swansea (near Landore) could have been hauled by a certain twin MD655 engined diesel electric, could it not !.

 

[1971martin]

Friday 16th March 1990

90005 1300 Manchester P - Euston

Monday 16th March1992

47804 1100 Waterloo - Basingstoke
207001 1205 Basingstoke - Reading
47845 1228 Reading - Paddington
47526 1320 Paddington - Reading
47547 4130 Reading - Paddington
47636 1650 Paddington - Reading
47449 1755 Reading - Oxford
47805 1825 Oxford - Reading
43105+43003 1923 Reading - Paddington

Thursday 16th March 2000 - Day 5 of a 7 day all line rail rover

3494+1117 0457 Folkestone W - London Bridge (67.50)
90010 0805 Euston - Birmingham NS (113.25)
37401 1007 Birmingham NS - Crewe (52.50)
37429 1252 Crewe - Stafford (24.50)
87008 1341 Stafford - Crewe (24.50)
90013 1425 Crewe - Stafford (24.50)
37429 1457 Stafford - Crewe (24.50)
47818 1522 Crewe - Stafford (24.50)
86225 1627 Stafford - Crewe (24.50)
90011 1730 Crewe - Rugby (75.50)
90004 1910 Rugby - Euston (82.50)
3547+3447 2107 London Bridge - Folkestone W (67.50)
Day 4 605.75 miles
Mileage so far 3288.25

Saturday 16th March 2002

91012 0810 Kings X - Newark
43114+43112 0959 Newark - Grantham
90221 1022 Grantham - Leeds
90221 1205 Leeds - Doncaster
43089+43007 1327 Doncaster - Sheffield
47844 1502 Sheffield - Darlington
91103 1659 Darlington - Doncaster
91101 1853 Doncaster - Peterborough
91106 2014 Peterborough - Kings X

Sunday 16th March 2003

87005 1005 Euston - M Keynes
321437 1117 M Keynes - Euston
90014 1300 Euston - M Keynes
87020 1403 M Keynes - Euston

Saturday 16th March 2013

91112 1203 Kings X - Grantham
91127 1314 Grantham - Peterborough
91105 1353 Peterborough - Doncaster
91119 1511 Doncaster - Peterborough
91112 1633 Peterborough - Kings X

 

[D1537]

Tuesday 17 March 1987

Hello, I'd like to travel from York to Coventry this evening, please. That should be an easy journey.

43134 York-Doncaster (1V97, other power car 43034 dead). 43134 failed at Doncaster, 50 late, train terminated.
dmu Doncaster-Sheffield
43098+43161 Sheffield-Derby (1M??, 2052 SHF-STP)
151002 Derby-Birmingham NS (1Z97 vice 1V97!! I don't know if it went past BHM. Arrival at BHM approx 2315. Was the only time I had a 151.)
304029 Birmingham NS- Coventry (2B02)

 

[QJ]

Monday 17 March 2002
LIRR 417 (GM DE30AC) Train 2701 0055 Montauk - Babylon (Montauk to Babylon)
1*M1 (Budd Metropolitans) EMU 0316 Babylon - New York Penn (Babylon to New York Penn)
PATH EMU from 33rd Street to Hoboken
NJT 4146 MK (GP40PH-2A) Hoboken to Hackettstown, NJ via Morristown line
NJT 4146 MK (GP40PH-2A) Hackettstown NJ to Hoboken via Boonton line
PATH EMU from Hoboken to Newark Penn
NJT 4421 (ADT ALP44) New York Penn - Bayhead (Newark Penn to Newark International)

 

[QJ]

Well I've checked my original rough notes but they don't add anything.
I guess this will just go down as one of life's little mysteries! Bear in mind that all of this would have been happening between 0200 and 0500 on a slow steam-heated train on jointed track, and the opportunities for dossing through the crucial bit of the journey must not be underestimated.

I was a member of The Branch Line Society at the time (as I am now). I am surmising that I caught 1L22 (14-15/03/1981) because of the diversionary routing listed in the BLS fortnightly newsletter for it. I cannot think why I would have deprived myself of sleep otherwise (40 hauled or not) when I had to be at work after returning to London. I wonder if the BLS newsletters for the relevant year have been archived. As you say one of life's little mysteries.

 

[QJ]

17 March 1979
HR Pines Express Charter 0756 London Paddington to Weymouth Quay (terminated at Weymouth Town owing to late running caused by operational difficulties)
The Six Bells Junction website has the details but...(it seems from other listed excursions the weather across the UK around this date was a tad cold with blizzard conditions further north)

47090 CF London Paddington to Swindon (replaced the allocated class 31 pair prior to departure at Paddington as steam heating boilers weren't working on the 31s)
47069 CF Swindon to Bristol Temple Meads via Bradford on Avon North to West Junctions (replaced 47090 as steam heating boiler not working - one problem boiler isolated loco)
46013 LA Bristol Temple Meads clockwise around the Avonmouth loop plus Rhubarb curve to Westbury
37233 LE Westbury to Radstock and return
47020 BR Westbury to Yeovil Pen Mill (via a recess in the Down Goods Sidings at Castle Cary to allow service trains from and to Weymouth to clear the single line to Yeovil)

I bailed at Yeovil Pen Mill (as the train was going to terminate at Weymouth Town and run directly back to London Waterloo) for

1*118 DMU 1750 Weymouth Town - Bristol Temple Meads (Yeovil Pen Mill to Bath Spa)
50039 BR 2010 Bristol Temple Meads - London Paddington (Bath Spa to London Paddington

A re-run was arranged for 13th May 1979 which I booked on but I didn't get to Weymouth Quay then either (But that's a tale for later).

 

[1971martin]

Tuesday 17th March 1992

87025 0925 Euston - Crewe
90012 1246 Crewe - Liverpool LS
31460 1357 Liverpool LS - Manchester V
87027 1639 Stockport -Euston

Friday 17th March 2000 - Day 6 of a 7 day all line rail rover

3589+1108 0457 Folkestone W - Charing X (69.25)
87007 0710 Euston - Coventry (94.00)
86259 0837 Coventry - Watford Jn (76.50)
90013 1017 Watford Jn - Stockport (160.50)
47847 1227 Stockport - Stoke (31.75)
87010 1312 Stoke - Euston (145.50)
90017 1637 Euston - Birmingham NS (113.25)
90017 1833 Birmingham NS - Euston (113.25)
3495+1570 2100 Charing X - Folkestone W (69.25)
Day 6 873.25 miles
Mileage so far 4161.50

Friday 17th March 2006

390020 0846 Euston - Crewe
57304 1050 Crewe - Chester (390037 DIT)
Then a few hours on Merseyrail visiting Hunts Cross, Ormskirk & Ellesmere Port then
57304 1548 Chester - Crewe (390037 DIT)
390037 1627 Crewe - M Keynes
390046 1747 M Keynes - Euston

Saturday 17th March 2007

90014 0700 Liverpool St - Ipswich
90036 0842 Ipswich - Norwich
170207 0940 Norwich - Wymondham
170207 1513 Wymondham - Norwich
90008 1630 Norwich - Liverpool St
For the Mid Norfolk Railway diesel gala featuring at least 33065 & 47596

 

[Harvester]

Saturday 18th March 2000

101??? 11:25 Hyde North-Manchester Piccadilly
101??? 14:16 Manchester Piccadilly-Hyde North

Visit to Manchester - my last runs on a Class 101 (except in preservation)

 

[Magdalia]

I have dug out my old notes from that weekend and have written GN&GC from Peterborough to Doncaster so assumed via Sleaford station as opposed to the avoiding line

I think at that time the Joint Line diversions only ran via Sleaford station when calling there for passenger purposes.

Only just found this.

Yes, in 1981 diverted ECML trains via the Joint would usually only go into Sleaford for passenger calls, which would be train or bus connections for booked Grantham stops.

My 1980/81 PTT has 2315 SO Kings Cross-Bradford as non-stop Peterborough-Doncaster, so no Grantham passengers and no need to go into Sleaford.

 

[1971martin]

Wednesday 18th March 1992

87026 0925 Euston - Crewe
87003 1246 Crewe - Liverpool LS
31405 1357 Liverpool LS - Manchester V
47831 1618 Manchester P - Birmingham NS
47807 1806 Birmingham NS - Coventry
87009 1840 Coventry - Euston

Saturday 18th March 2000 - day 7 of a 7 day all line rail rover

3562 0627 Folkestone W - Ashford (13.25)
3553+3562 0648 Ashford - Tonbridge (26.50)
508210 0729 Tonbridge - Redhill (19.50)
3437 0816 Redhill - Gatwick Airport (5.75)
1726+1863 0851 Gatwick Airport - Haywards Heath (11.25)
47818 0933 Haywards Heath - Reading (74.50)
47810 1144 Reading - Havant (62.00) (47840 on rear)
2305+1316 1321 Havant - Portsmouth & Southsea (7.25
1316+2305 1354 Portsmouth & Southsea - Havant (7.25)
47840 1453 Havant - Reading (62.00) (47810 on rear)
43138+43190 1628 Reading - Paddington (36.00)
73206 1745 Victoria - Gatwick Airport (26.75)
73204 1820 Gatwick Airport - Victoria (26.75)
73212 1900 Victoria - Gatwick Airport (26.75)
508201 1953 Gatwick Airport - Tonbridge (25.25)
3448+3570 2042 Tonbridge - Folkestone W (39.75)
Day 7 470.50 miles
Mileage for the week 4631

Saturday 18th March 2006

2402 0905 Waterloo - Basingstoke
159021+159014 1013 Basingstoke - Southampton C (diverted Waterloo - Exeter)
159012+159009 1048 Southampton C - Basingstoke (diverted Exeter - Waterloo)
444039 1136 Basingstoke - Eastleigh
170303 1218 Eastleigh - Southampton C
221113 1242 Southampton C - Brockenhurst
1497 1259 Brockenhurst - Lymington Pier
1497 1314 Lymington Pier - Brockenhurst
2413 1339 Brockenhurst - Waterloo
90010 1600 Liverpool St - Ipswich
90010 1742 Ipswich - Liverpool St

Monday 18th March 2019

91124 1300 Kings X - Edinburgh

 

[1971martin]

Monday 19th March 1990

87025 0945 Euston - Crewe
304017 1200 Crewe - Manchester P

Thursday 19th March 1992

91014 0910 Kings X - Peterborough (First ever haulage from class 91)
91010 1055 Peterborough - Doncaster
91008 1659 Doncaster - Kings X

 

[Harvester]

Sunday 20th March 1988

150123 14:25 Beeston-Birmingham NS (via Derby and Lichfield City)
47508 17:15 Birmingham NS-Derby
DMU 18:28 Derby-Beeston

 

[CW2]

Monday 20/03/00
Another work trip, another carefully-chosen train:
90037 0910 Kings Cross – Doncaster
Tuesday 21/03/00
The return south was rather more prosaic:
91004 0935 Doncaster – Kings Cross

Regarding earlier discussions with @QJ re ECML diversions, I must conclude we did indeed run via Askern on 1L22, and will update my records accordingly. Thanks for the help.

 

[1971martin]

Friday 20th March 1992

87024 0925 Euston - Crewe
87016 1246 Crewe - Liverpool LS
31405 1357 Liverpool LS - Manchester V
37415 1714 Manchester V - Preston
87030 1845 Preston - Euston

Wednesday 20th March 2019

43308+43296 1033 Haymarket - Aberdeen
43296+43308 1452 Aberdeen - Haymarket

 

[Harvester]

Tuesday 21st March 1978

45048 07:02 Derby-Cardiff
253018 10:09 Cardiff-Bridgend (my first HST run, power cars not logged)
253017 13:14 Bridgend-Cardiff
DMU Cardiff-Bristol TM
46023 15:05 Bristol TM-Derby

 

[1971martin]

Saturday 21st March 1992

47839 1102 Paddington - Reading
47449 1428 Reading - Paddington
47833 1520 Paddington - Reading
3078+3530 1704 Reading - Clapham Jn
3430 1822 Clapham Jn - Waterloo

Thursday 21st March 2019

91111 1200 Edinburgh - Kings X

 

[QJ]

Saturday 21 March 2020 (last day in Australia and my last pre covid track bash [just])
2*X'Trapolis 100 EMU Melbourne Southern Cross to Mernda via Clifton Hill Tunnel
2*X'Trapolis 100 EMU Mernda to Clifton Hill
2*X'Trapolis 100 EMU Clifton Hill to Melbourne Flinders Street
2*X'Trapolis 100 EMU Melbourne Flinders Street to Melbourne Southern Cross via Flinders St Viaduct (Clifton Hill track)
2*X'Trapolis 100 EMU Melbourne Southern Cross to Richmond via Burnley Tunnel and Down Burnley Through to Richmond
2*Comeng EMU Richmond to Melbourne Southern Cross via Up Caulfield Local and Caulfield Tunnel
2*Comeng EMU Melbourne Southern Cross to Melbourne Flinders Street via Flinders St Viaduct (Caulfield track)
2*Comeng EMU Melbourne Flinders Street to Sandringham via Down Caulfield Through to Richmond Junction then down Sandringham
2*Comeng EMU Sandringham to Parliament via Up Sandringham to Richmond then Up Caulfield Through to Caulfield Tunnel
The trains were quite empty for some reason..(cough).....

Whilst waiting for the chauffer driven limo to arrive to take me to the airport there was just enough time to have a free spin on the Yarra trams around the CBD.
1*Comeng A2 Kew tram line 48 from 8-Spring St/Collins St (Melbourne City) to D18-Bourke St/Collins St (Docklands)
1*Comeng A2 Kew tram line 48 from D18-Bourke St/Collins St (Docklands) to D16-Harbour Esplanade/Collins St (Docklands)
1*Comeng B2 Camberwell tram line 75 from D4-Docklands Park/Harbour Esplanade (Docklands) to 1-Spencer St/Flinders St (Melbourne City)
1*W8 Southbank tram line 35 from 1-Spencer St/Flinders St (Melbourne City) to Parliament
(via outer track of City Circle including the connection between Harbour Esplanade and La Trobe Street)
1*Comeng B2 Essendon tram line 59 from 1-Flinders Street Railway Station / Elizabeth Street to 3-Bourke Street Mall / Elizabeth Street (stop 3) (Melbourne City)

Then there was just the first class flights back to Gatwick via Singapore and Abu Dhabi. Lockdown followed.

 

[CW2]

Friday 22/03/13
90021 2115 Euston – Edinburgh

 

[Harvester]

Maundy Thursday 23rd March 1989

47534 15:30 Derby-Leicester (Derby-St Pancras relief)
43091+43162 16:26 Leicester-Derby

 

[CW2]

Saturday 23/03/13
67008 0445 Edinburgh – Aberdeen
43290 + 43317 0752 Aberdeen – York
43206 + 43238 1354 York – Newcastle via Northallerton, Hartlepool, King Edward Bridge
67020 1714 Newcastle – Doncaster via King Edward Bridge, Hartlepool, Northallerton
(There was some sort of engineering block on the ECML, hence the diversions via Hartlepool, which started around midday?).
220 011 1958 Doncaster – Birmingham New St
390 129 2130 Birmingham New Street - Rugby

 

[D6130]

SUNDAY 23rd MARCH 1986:

Steam specials on the Ludgershall branch in aid of the SR Woking Homes:

4930 'Hagley Hall' Andover-Ludgershall and return

 

[1971martin]

Friday 26th March 1990

86415 1300 Manchester P - Euston

 

[CW2]

Friday 23/03/07
90018 0620 Rugby – Euston via Northampton
90015 1600 Liverpool Street – Norwich
90015 1830 Norwich – Ipswich
90010 1912 Ipswich – Norwich
90014 2000 Norwich – Liverpool Street
57602 2345 Paddington – Penzance via Bath, Bristol

Saturday 24/03/07
I spent all day on the Bodmin & Wenford Railway, featuring haulage from:
08444, 20166, 37142, and 50042.

 

[QJ]

Saturday 24 March 1979 (another overnight to a railtour)
47111 CF 0114 Bristol Temple Meads - Milford Haven (Bristol Temple Meads to Newport)
31165 BR 0115 Fishguard Harbour - London Paddington (Newport to Severn Tunnel Junction)
31189 FP 0115 Fishguard Harbour - London Paddington (Severn Tunnel Junction to Bristol Temple Meads)
50039 BR 0558 Bristol Temple Meads - London Paddington (Bristol Temple Meads to Bristol Parkway)
1*118 DMU Filton Junction to Cardiff Central
46032 GD 0727 Swansea - Leeds (Cardiff Central to Newport)
31234 HO 0646 Crewe - Cardiff Central (Newport to Cardiff Central)

Monmouthshire Railway Society Gwaun Cae Gurwen Railtour
1*120+1*118 DMU to Swansea Burrows Sidings, Aberpergwm Colliery, Onllwyn, Abernant and Gwaun Cae Gurwen (High Street)
1*HST 1642 Swansea - London Paddington (Cardiff Central to Newport)
1*118 DMU 1755 Cardiff Central - Bristol Temple Meads (Newport to Bristol Temple Meads)
47537 BS 2010 Bristol Temple Meads - London Paddington (Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington)

Thursday 24 March 1988 (positioning move for a track bash in Austria)
73006 SL 0330 London Bridge - Dover Western Docks
mv St Anselm (IMO 7813937) 0800 Dover Eastern Docks to Calais Maritime Sealink Ferry
SNCF 66476 1221 Calais Ville - Lille (Calais Ville to Hazebrouck)
SNCF 16749 1253 Dunkerque Ville - Arras (Hazebrouck to Arras)
SNCF 16017 1400 Lille - Paris Nord (Arras to Longeau)
SNCF 2*X4500 DMU 1533 Longeau - Amiens (Longeau to Amiens)
SNCF 1*X4500 DMU 1616 Amiens - Rouen RD (Amiens to Rouen RD)
SNCF 16005 1823 Rouen RD - Paris St Lazare (Rouen RD to Paris St Lazare)
SNCF 6544 2222 Paris Lyon - Milano Centrale (Paris Lyon to Modane)

Friday 25 March 1988
FS 633.048 2222 (24/03) Paris Lyon - Milano Centrale (Modane to Milano Centrale)
1*ALe 801 DMU 0910 Milano Centrale - Tirano (Milano Centrale to Tirano)
1*ABDe 4/4 EMU 1240 Tirano - St Moritz (Tirano to Pontresina)
1*ABe 4/4 1500 Pontresina - Samedan (Pontresina to Samedan)
RhB 704 1502 St Moritz - Chur (Samedan to Filisur)
RhB 632 1609 Filisur - Landquart (Filisur to Landquart)
SBB 11291 1924 Chur - Amsterdam Centraal (Chur to Sargans)
SBB 11437 1934 Zürich Hbf - Beograd (Sargans to Buchs SG)
ÖBB 1044.072 1934 Zürich Hbf - Beograd (Buchs SG to Lindau Hbf via Feldkirch (reverse)
diverted from the Arlberg route owing to the threat of avalanches
2* DB 218 diesels (numbers not recorded) 1934 Zürich Hbf - Beograd (Lindau Hbf to München Ost)
1*DB electric (number not recorded) 1934 Zürich Hbf - Beograd (München Ost to Salzburg Hbf)

 

[CW2]

Thursday 25/03/04
Another meeting in Glasgow requiring an overnight sleeper to get me there:
90027 2340 Euston – Carstairs

Friday 26/03/04
90028 0645 Carstairs – Edinburgh
322 483 0723 Edinburgh – Haymarket
91107 0816 Haymarket – Glasgow Central
Then, after the meeting:
314 208 1205 Glasgow Central – Glasgow Central via Cathcart (clockwise)
87024 1337 Glasgow Central – Euston, 15’ late, Mk 2 stock limited to 100 mph.

Sunday 25/03/07 – Thursday 29/03/07
Past Time Rail had organised a “Devon & Cornwall Branch Week” covering many different branch lines over the course of 5 days, featuring both steam + diesel traction. Full details on the Six Bells Junction website.
Locos used were 45407, 37406, and 37410.

https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/00s/070325pr.htm

https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/00s/070326pr.htm

https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/00s/070327pr.htm

https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/00s/070328pr.htm

https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/00s/070329pr.htm

I travelled on all the above.

 

[1971martin]

Sunday 25th March 2007

390048 1056 Euston - Nuneaton
57308 1239 Nuneaton - Wolverhampton (390048 DIT)
57308 1518 Wolverhampton - Nuneaton (390048 DIT)
390048 1626 Nuneaton - Euston

 

[1971martin]

Monday 26th March 1990

90031 0945 Euston - Crewe
304042 1200 Crewe - Manchester P

Tuesday 26th March 2019 - Goblin only recently electrified - first trip on it.

90001 0930 Liverpool St - Colchester
90007 1030 Colchester - Liverpool St
90006 1130 Liverpool St - Ipswich
90014 1309 Ipswich - Liverpool St
90001 1430 Liverpool St - Chelmsford
360121 1512 Chelmsford - Colchester
321405+321322+321317 1543 Colchester - Chelmsford
90010 1621 Chelmsford - Stratford
357328 1704 West Ham - Barking
378232 1733 Barking - Gospel Oak
378232 1820 Gospel Oak - Barking
357320 1903 Barking - West Ham

 

[xotGD]

Tuesday 26th March 2019 - Goblin only recently electrified - first trip on it.

I once attempted to travel on that line. I travelled out to Barking on a bank holiday Monday, only to discover that the line was shut.

Still on my "to do" list 34 years later!

 

[1971martin]

Monday 27th March 1995 - a day early but I'm away for a few days.

87018 0725 Euston - Crewe
37402 0932 Crewe - Llandudno Jn
158759 1105 Llandudno Jn - Chester
507031 1219 Chester - Rock Ferry
507024 1256 Rock Ferry - Chester
158756 1417 Chester - Crewe
87027 1542 Crewe - Wigan NW
86244 1738 Wigan NW - Crewe
87018 1823 Crewe - Euston

Wednesday 27th March 2019 - My last trip on GWR HSTs

90010 0930 Liverpool St - Colchester
90014 1030 Colchester - Liverpool St
43162+43185 1233 Paddington - Reading
43191+43154 1331 Reading - Taunton
43185+43162 1533 Taunton - Reading
43160+43086 1749 Reading - Paddington