Back in the day...

[CW2]

Friday 20/06/03
90032 2340 Euston - Glasgow Central
Saturday 21/06/03
87033 0718 Glasgow Central – Warrington Bank Quay
87005 1046 Warrington Bank Quay – Preston
87029 1120 Preston – Rugby
86228 1322 Rugby – Nuneaton
57308 1449 Nuneaton – Wolverhampton via New Street
156 408 1605 Wolverhampton – Stafford
390 019 1726 Stafford – Euston

 

[QJ]

Saturday 21/06/1980 Summer Saturday nedding
85029 CE 1S19 2130 (20/06) Bristol TM - Glasgow Central (Wolverhampton to Crewe)
85027 CE 1S25 2235 (20/06) London Euston - Inverness (Crewe to Wigan North Western)
86038 WN 1M16 1930 (20/06) Inverness - London Euston (Wigan North Western to Crewe)
85008 CE 1V57 2340 (20/06) Edinburgh Waverley - Bristol TM (Crewe to Birmingham New Street)
31208 MR 1E04 0730 Birmingham New Street - Newcastle (Birmingham New Street to Derby)
25123 TO + 25121 TO 1E83 0835 Derby - Yarmouth (Derby to Long Eaton)
1*120 DMU 0627 Barnetby - Birmingham New Street (Long Eaton to Derby)
20177 TO + 20041 TO 1E85 0922 Derby - Skegness (Derby to Long Eaton)
1*120 DMU 0839 Lincoln Saint Marks - Crewe (Long Eaton to Derby)
37047 MR 1V79 0824 York - Tenby (Derby to Birmingham New Street)
25138 SP + 25154 BS 1J24 1010 London Euston - Aberystwyth (Birmingham New Street to Wolverhampton)
81004 GW 1A41 0935 Llandudno - London Euston (Wolverhampton to Birmingham New Street)
46010 LA 1E29 0825 Paignton - Sheffield (Birmingham New Street to Burton on Trent)
31131 BR 1E28 0757 Weymouth - Bradford Interchange (Burton on Trent to Derby)
45122 TO 1M28 1410 Sheffield - London Saint Pancras (Derby to Leicester)
47329 TO 1E14 1035 Portsmouth Harbour - Sheffield (Leicester to Loughborough)
45124 TO 1P18 1412 London Saint Pancras - Derby (Loughborough to Long Eaton)
25060 SP 1D17 1300 Llandudno - Nottingham (Long Eaton to Nottingham)
25051 CW + 25071 CW 1M37 1405 Yarmouth - Derby (Nottingham to Derby)
47544 IM 1V98 1617 Newcastle - Cardiff Central (Derby to Gloucester Central)
1*120 DMU 2202 Gloucester Central - Cheltenham Spa (Gloucester Central to Cheltenham Spa)
40044 LO 1S19 2130 Bristol Temple Meads - Glasgow Central (Cheltenham Spa to Birmingham New Street)
37232 BR + 37298 LE used to bank 1S19 between up the Lickey Incline between Bromsgrove and Blackwell
(little did I expect at the time to be able to enjoy class 40 haulage up the Lickey Incline almost 43 years later courtesy of Pathfinder Tours and the CFPS)

 

[NorthWestRover]

What an amazing variety.

20, 25, 31, 37, 40, 45, 46, 47, 81, 85, 86.

 

[xotGD]

Saturday 21/06/1980 Summer Saturday nedding

Wow!

 

[Harvester]

Saturday 22nd June 1996

47851 08:43 Derby-York
91006 11:05 York-Darlington

 

[QJ]

Saturday 23 June 1984 (another overnight leap for a railtour straight from work)
1*116 DMU 1M18 0014 Reading - Birmingham New Street (Reading to Birmingham New Street) [DMU had a class 101 TCL as replacement for a class 116]
only passenger train at the time booked to depart from Reading platform 3 bay. The service conveyed tail traffic (mail)
45125 TO 1V58 2220 (22/06) Glasgow Central - Paignton (Birmingham New Street to Bristol Temple Meads)
1*119 DMU 0603 Bristol Temple Meads - Cardiff Central (Bristol Temple Meads to Newport)
33032 EH 1O65 0640 Cardiff Central - Portsmouth Harbour (Cardiff Central to Stapleton Road)
50003 LA 2B71 0642 Weston super Mare - Cardiff Central (Stapleton Road to Cardiff Central)
1*117 DMU (set L404) Charter to Waterston, Herbrandston and Robeston oil refinery branches plus Milford Haven, Fishguard Harbour platform 2, Trecwn and Brynlliw.
1*HST 1945 Swansea - London Paddington (Cardiff Central to Bristol Parkway)
45102 TO 1S19 2125 Bristol Temple Meads - Glasgow Central (Bristol Parkway to Birmingham New Street via Camp Hill)
37276 CF banked 1S19 up Lickey Incline

 

[1971martin]

Saturday 23rd June 2012

90014 0930 Liverpool St - Chelmsford
90009 1021 Chelmsford - Liverpool St

 

[Harvester]

Wednesday 24th June 1981

DMU 11:53 Beeston-Derby
45122 12:21 Derby-Taunton

Sunday 24th June 2007

91??? 13:03 Darlington-Doncaster
91103 14:29 Doncaster-Grantham
156??? 15:29 Grantham-Nottingham
43044+43082 16:53 Nottingham-Beeston

 

[CW2]

Tuesday 24/06/03
After work, I decided on a little spin with 87029. It didn’t quite go to plan …
87029 1700 Euston – Bletchley
87029 suffered a DSD fault at Watford Junction, so the Ops Supervisor there double-manned it as far as Bletchley, where Thunderbird 57306 was waiting to take over:
57306 (+87029 dead) 1805 Bletchley – Crewe, 39’ late.
The 57 worked forward to Liverpool. I decided I might as well make a night of it …
90010 1926 Crewe – Glasgow Central 28 – 23’ late due to failure of 87029 on preceding train.
90037 2340 Glasgow Central – Euston via Bushbury, Bescot, Aston, Stechford.

 

[Harvester]

Sunday 25th June 1989

43062+43??? 16:36 Darlington-Doncaster
47508 18:07 Doncaster-Derby

Monday 25th June 2001

91002 11:34 York-Doncaster
158??? 12:41 Doncaster-Sheffield
43073+43??? 13:27 Sheffield-Derby

 

[QJ]

Sunday 25 June 1978
47339 BS 0145 Stafford - Crewe (Stafford to Crewe)
40012 LO 2320 (24/06) London Euston - Manchester Piccadilly (Crewe to Stockport)
40025 LO 0706 Stockport - Barmouth Adex (Stockport to Crewe)
40118 LO 0918 Crewe - Pwllheli charter (Crewe to Shrewsbury via Chester)
37223 CF 0918 Crewe - Pwllheli charter (Shrewsbury to Pwllheli)
37223 CF 1604 Pwllheli - Crewe charter (Pwllheli to Shrewsbury)
25259 BS + 25301 TO 1745 Barmouth - London Euston (Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton)
86222 WN 1745 Barmouth - London Euston (Wolverhampton to London Euston)

 

[NorthWestRover]

Nice day

 

[CW2]

Sunday 27/06/04
A little dabble with Sunday diversions via Avonmouth:
43133 + 43165 1255 Reading – Bristol Temple Meads
220 025 1428 Bristol Temple Meads – Bristol Parkway via Avonmouth
43148 + 43124 1600 Bristol Parkway - Reading

 

[1971martin]

Friday 27th June 2014

90008 1200 Liverpool St - Norwich
90004 1400 Norwich - Liverpool St
321348+321364 1617 Liverpool St - Witham
321354+321339+321321 1708 Witham - Chelmsford
90003 1721 Chelmsford - Liverpool St
90034 1903 Euston - Birmingham NS
90034 2050 Birmingham NS - Euston

 

[QJ]

Sunday 28 June 1992 A weekend of main line steam centred on Salisbury included.....
50007 LA + 50050 LA 1Z03 0815 London Waterloo to Exeter Central Charter (Basingstoke to Eastleigh)
98577 (777 Sir Lamiel STEAM SR N15 King Arthur 4-6-0) 1Z03 0815 London Waterloo to Exeter Central Charter (Eastleigh to Exeter Central)
98469 (75069 STEAM BR 4MT 4-6-0) 1Z04 1500 Exeter Central - London Waterloo (Exeter Central to Salisbury)
98727 (34027 Taw Valley STEAM SR WC 4-6-2) 1Z04 1500 Exeter Central - London Waterloo (Salisbury to Eastleigh)
37047 TI 1Z04 1500 Exeter Central - London Waterloo (Eastleigh to Basingstoke)

Only one class 50 is listed on a certain website for the above charter but my notes of a pair for the first leg to Eastleigh seem to be corroborated by a You Tube posting

which shows some of the steam workings around Eastleigh and Salisbury over the weekend of 27-28/06/1992. Ten minutes into the You Tube posting shows the pair of class 50s arriving at Eastleigh with the charter then at the end piloting the two steam locos on a not so ECS (the stock of the Eastleigh - Salisbury steam shuttles) from Eastleigh to Clapham Junction which explains the use of 37047 on the charter.

 

[1971martin]

Saturday 28th June 2014

90003 1030 Liverpool St - Norwich
156412 1245 Norwich - Sheringham
156402 1649 Sheringham - Norwich
90003 1800 Norwich - Ipswich
90012 1909 Ipswich - Liverpool St

Whilst at Sheringham, a trip on the North Norfolk Railway was undertaken. In use were ex-LNER Class B12 4-6-0 no 1572 and Class 31 D5631.

 

[Harvester]

Monday 28th June 1999

91014 12:31 York-Doncaster
43088+43??? 13:31 Doncaster-Derby

 

[CW2]

Wednesday 29/06/16
390 129 0909 Crewe - Preston
37401 1004 Preston - Barrow in Furness
37423 1138 Barrow in Furness - Carlisle
390 011 1459 Carlisle - Edinburgh Waverley
68003 1708 Edinburgh Waverley - Glenrothes with Thornton via Dunfermline
68003 1814 Glenrothes with Thornton - Edinburgh Waverley via Kirkcaldy
91123 2017 Edinburgh Waverley - Glasgow Central
87002 2340 Glasgow Central - London Euston 40' early into Euston.

Thursday 30/06/16
68012 0841 London Marylebone - Birmingham Moor Street
390 020 1115 Birmingham New Street - Crewe

 

[1971martin]

Saturday 29th June 2013

315859+315824 0859 Stratford - Liverpool St
90010 0930 Liverpool St - Ipswich
90009 1108 Ipswich - Norwich
90007 1230 Norwich - Ipswich
90011 1344 Ipswich - Diss
90009 1417 Diss - Chelmsford
321312 1526 Chelmsford - Liverpool St
379025+379018 1623 Liverpool St - Harlow Town (via Seven Sisters)
317668+317892 1709 Harlow Town - Liverpool St (via Seven Sisters)
90006 1830 Liverpool St - Chelmsford
90001 1921 Chelmsford - Stratford

Sunday 29th June 2014

90004 1136 Stratford - Manningtree
90001 1253 Manningtree - Stratford
315813+315819 1054 Stratford - Seven Kings
315815+315821 1105 Seven Kings - Stratford
379017 1445 Stratford - Ponders End
379010 1506 Ponders End - Stratford
321362+321336 1539 Stratford - Shenfield
321304+321335 1611 Shenfield - Stratford

 

[NorthWestRover]

Wednesday 29/06/16
390 129 0909 Crewe - Preston
37401 1004 Preston - Barrow in Furness
37423 1138 Barrow in Furness - Carlisle
390 011 1459 Carlisle - Edinburgh Waverley
68003 1708 Edinburgh Waverley - Glenrothes with Thornton via Dunfermline
68003 1814 Glenrothes with Thornton - Edinburgh Waverley via Kirkcaldy
91123 2017 Edinburgh Waverley - Glasgow Central
87002 2340 Glasgow Central - London Euston 40' early into Euston.

Four different classes of loco in 2016...

 

[1971martin]

Saturday 30th June 2012

315845+315829 0859 Stratford - Liverpool St
90011 0930 Liverpool St - Ipswich
90001 1109 Ipswich - Norwich
47828 1203 Norwich - G Yarmouth (90001 DIT)
47828 1310 G Yarmouth - Norwich (90001 DIT)
47828 1450 Norwich - G Yarmouth (90009 DIT)
156407 1555 G Yarmouth - Norwich
90015 1630 Norwich - Colchester
360108 1733 Colchester - Witham
321315 1816 Witham - Stratford

Sunday 30th June 2013

The Epping Ongar Railway's London Underground 150 Gala

Rode behind the following -

GNR/LNER class N2 0-4-4T no 1744
GWR large prairie no 4141 (running as 6141)
GWR small prairie no 5521 (running as L150)
BR class 25 diesel no D7523

Monday 30th June 2014

90002 1038 Stratford - Ipswich
90004 1243 Ipswich - Stratford
90004 1438 Stratford - Colchester
90008 1530 Colchester - Liverpool St
90008 1700 Liverpool St - Ipswich
90001 1813 Ipswich - Liverpool St
321366+321317 1932 Liverpool St - Chelmsford
360106+360107 2010 Chelmsford - Hatfield Peverel
321305+321435 2035 Hatfield Peverel - Stratford

 

[CW2]

Saturday 01/07/06

175 110 0755 Manchester Oxford Road – Preston
46233 0923 Preston – Carlisle
390 032 1132 Carlisle – Lancaster
390 052 1238 Lancaster – Carlisle
46233 1445 Carlisle – Manchester Victoria via S&C
57601 1943 Manchester Victoria – Preston
220 029 + 221 102 2149 Preston – Manchester Piccadilly

 

[1971martin]

Friday 1st July 2011

90010 1138 Stratford - Ipswich
90008 1309 Ipswich - Liverpool St
90013 1430 Liverpool St - Ipswich
90011 1543 Ipswich - Stratford
378223 1721 Stratford - Willesden Jn
Bakerloo Line 7car set (4347) 1807 Willesden Jn - Queens Park
378201 1821 Queens Park - Euston
90046 1843 Euston - Birmingham Int
350247 2006 Birmingham Int - Coventry
390022 2031 Coventry - Euston

Sunday 1st July 2012

321326+321361 1009 Stratford - Ipswich
90011 1143 Stratford - Liverpool St
321352 1315 Liverpool St - Shenfield
321315 1353 Shenfield - Stratford
317509 1429 Stratford - Cambridge
317509 1551 Cambridge - Stratford

 

[youngiecj]

01/07/2017
A trip to Newquay, that went wrong on the return trip due to no driver at Exeter!

 

[CW2]

Tuesday 02/07/02
43140 + 43137 0814 Reading – Paddington
90001 0930 Euston – Crewe
87008 1209 Crewe – Rugby
87023 1801 Rugby – Stafford
86206 1842 Stafford – Birmingham New Street
47826 2006 Birmingham New Street – Reading via Coventry


Sunday 02/07/06
142 062 0931 Manchester Oxford Road – Manchester Piccadilly
220 001 0955 Manchester Piccadilly – Wolverhampton via Stoke on Trent
57305 1118 Wolverhampton – Nuneaton via New Street
57301 1258 Nuneaton – Sandwell & Dudley
57307 1429 Sandwell & Dudley – Nuneaton
At this point I had intended catching 57303 on the 1548 Nuneaton – Wolverhampton drag, but the 57 wouldn’t speak to the 390. In the end they gave up, and the 390 was diverted under its own power via Stafford to Birmingham.
I gave up and went home.
390 005 1543 Nuneaton – Euston
43040 + 43015 1745 Paddington – Reading

 

[1971martin]

Saturday 2nd July 2011

321355 1001 Stratford - Liverpool St
90005 1030 Liverpool St - Chelmsford
360101+360105 1112 Chelmsford - Colchester
90004 1147 Colchester - Norwich
90004 1330 Norwich - Colchester
90011 1447 Colchester - Ipswich
90001 1543 Ipswich - Liverpool St
90013 1700 Liverpool St - Ipswich
90005 1843 Ipswich - Stratford

 

[CW2]

Saturday 03/07/10
9600 1005 Banbury – Chinnor
9600 1345 Chinnor – Banbury

This was the GWR pannier tank on a special through to Chinnor as part of the celebrations of the centenary of the GWR + GC Joint Line via Aynho Jn. and Princes Risborough. (TOPS number 98457).

 

[1971martin]

Saturday 3rd July 2010

90008 1000 Liverpool St - Norwich
90010 1200 Norwich - Ipswich
90015 1308 Ipswich - Stratford
317502 1433 Stratford - Northumberland Park
315840 1451 Northumberland Park - Stratford
378007 1507 Stratford - Camden Road
378016 1533 Camden Road - Stratford

 

[1971martin]

Friday 4th July 2014

90009 0633 Stratford - Witham
321444+321443 0729 Witham - Chelmsford
90002 0803 Chelmsford - Ipswich
90013 0908 Ipswich - Norwich
90002 1000 Norwich - Ipswich
90008 1108 Ipswich - Norwich
47805+(47828) 1236 Norwich - G Yarmouth
47828+(47805) 1317 G Yarmouth - Norwich
90009 1400 Norwich - Ipswich
90007 1509 Ipswich - Liverpool St
360117+360119 1632 Liverpool St - Chelmsford
90011 1721 Chelmsford - Stratford

 

[AJM580]

4 July 1987

NENTA - The Shakespeare Connection

47591 Norwich - West Ruislip via Cambridge, Bishops Stortford, North London Line & Greenford
4498 "Sir Nigel Gresley" West Ruislip - Banbury (60 mph exceeded somewhat - 85 mph before Bicester)
47338 Banbury - Stratford-upon-Avon
4498 "Sir Nigel Gresley" Stratford-upon-Avon - West Ruislip (71 mph max)
47481 West Ruislip - Acton Wells Jn
47481 + 47645 Acton Wells Jn - Temple Mills Jn
47481 Temple Mills Jn - Norwich