Back in the day...

[D6130]

Am I the only person who hasn't baled in the centre road at York?

No, me neither! Although I did once leave a train while stopped on the Up Avoiding Line at Didcot......

Possibly. I once did a move from the up centre road onto the down centre road which at least had the advantage of being invisible from either platform.

I've never had to either. Though I've done just adjacent to Saltley depot, when some sadist in control replaced our nice no-heat 47 with a 45/1.

A former colleague of mine did that and almost lost their job as a result.

I've never done any of those moves....but I may be the only person on here who's baled out of the Summer Saturday Fort William-Euston at Cowlairs North Junction in 1983. I and a friend had originally planned to change at Dumbarton Central for an EMU back to Hyndland, where I was living at the time. However - fuelled by two or three cans of McEwan's Export from the buffet car - we decided that we would rather enjoy the company of 37 192 all the way to Queen Street. It was only when passing through Singer that I remembered that the Saturday night train didn't go into that station. With the connivance of the guard - who was considerably more drunk than we were - we climbed down from the brake vehicle while the loco crews were changing over.

There then followed a difficult scramble up the cutting side, through a hedge into somebody's front garden - hoping that they didn't have a large fierce dog - tiptoeing down their gravel driveway and out through their front gate onto Ashfield Street....where the new Ashfield station is now situated. Unfortunately we were too late for the last buses in that part of Glasgow, so we were faced with a very long walk (about 2 hours) through some very scary parts of the city (looking at you Possilpark!), before arriving home at almost 02 00. The things that we did when we were young and foolish!

 

[Falcon1200]

A former colleague of mine did that and almost lost their job as a result.

I was still at school at the time, so young and stupid.....

 

[Sultan1056]

Saturday 29th July 1978

33115 Bournemouth-Hamworthy (0630 Bournemouth-Weymouth)
33119 Hamworthy-Bournemouth (0615 Weymouth-Waterloo)
47182 Bournemouth-Birmingham NS (0845 Weymouth-Crewe) Relief
via Reading avoiding line & Coventry
47029 Birmingham NS-York (0910 Tenby-York)

Sunday 29th July 1979

I headed south to Birmingham and then onto Northampton. This morning the juice was off and the local services were being hauled by Class 25s. After a profitable morning I headed out of Kings Cross to Skegness to find out what was on offer there. Scoring with four more new engines on “The Skeggies” I rounded off the day by heading into East Anglia.

86036 Carstairs-Preston (2355 Glasgow C-Bristol TM)
47225+(86036) Preston-Crewe via Manchester Pic (2355 Glasgow C-Bristol TM)
86036 Crewe-Birmingham NS (2355 Glasgow C-Bristol TM)
062 Birmingham NS-Northampton (0745 Birmingham NS-Euston)
25218+25288+(062) Northampton-Bletchley (0745 Birmingham NS-Euston)
25210+(065) Bletchley-Wolverton (0918 Euston-Rugby)
25117+(055) Wolverton-Bletchley (1033 Rugby-Euston)
25099+(075) Bletchley-Wolverton (1030 Euston-Northampton)
47236+(86221) Wolverton-Bletchley (0705 Blackpool N-Euston)
86221 Bletchley-Euston (0705 Blackpool N-Euston)
55003 Kings Cross-Grantham (1405 Kings Cross-York)
E50018+50037 Grantham-Skegness (1448 Nottingham-Skegness)
25261+25321 Skegness-Boston (1815 Skegness-Derby)
20045+20197 Boston-Sleaford (1830 Skegness-Leicester)
37092 Sleaford-Grantham (1850 Skegness-Cambridge)
55003 Grantham-Peterborough (1911 York-Kings Cross)
31315 Peterborough-Thetford (1837 Birmingham NS-Norwich)
37017 Thetford-Ely (2257 Norwich-Liverpool St)

Wednesday 29th July 1981

After a brief jaunt into South Wales I returned to Kings Cross to resume my Deltic activities. I took Deltic 8 on the 0100 sleeper. This had the benefit of through sleeping cars to Edinburgh and with an arrival there sometime after 9, I was ready to start the day fully refreshed. I travelled south with Deltic 22 with the intention of going all the way to London but as what happened two days earlier the Deltic was removed at Newcastle. Fortunately for me I was awake today to see the proceedings and was able to leave the train there. It was however a blessing in disguise because after heading back to Edinburgh I returned to Newcastle to find Deltic 22 working the 2120 to Darlington via Sunderland.

55008 Kings Cross-Newcastle (0100 Kings Cross-Newcastle)
55008 Newcastle-Edinburgh (0705 Newcastle-Edinburgh)
55022 Edinburgh-Newcastle (0910 Dundee-Kings Cross)
45020 Newcastle-Durham (1344 Newcastle-Swansea)
55002 Durham-Edinburgh (0940 Kings Cross-Edinburgh)
55017 Edinburgh-Newcastle (1718 Edinburgh-Newcastle)
55022 Newcastle-Darlington via Sunderland (2120 Newcastle-Darlington)

 

[Cheshire Scot]

I've never done any of those moves....but I may be the only person on here who's baled out of the Summer Saturday Fort William-Euston at Cowlairs North Junction in 1983. I and a friend had originally planned to change at Dumbarton Central for an EMU back to Hyndland, where I was living at the time. However - fuelled by two or three cans of McEwan's Export from the buffet car - we decided that we would rather enjoy the company of 37 192 all the way to Queen Street. It was only when passing through Singer that I remembered that the Saturday night train didn't go into that station. With the connivance of the guard - who was considerably more drunk than we were - we climbed down from the brake vehicle while the loco crews were changing over.

Some years earlier in my late 'teens I baled from the 17.25 summer Sat Fort William to Kings Cross on the up goods at Bellgrove - on a Freedom of Scotland and planning an overnight trip from Edinburgh to Carlisle and back (23.45 from Edinburgh) when, having made the booked call at Queen St Low Level, we were put onto the Goods at High St Jn and stopped opposite Bellgrove station to await assistance. As the clock ticked on it became obvious I would not make it to Edinburgh in time for what should have been a very comfortable connection into the 23.45. Having spoken to the Guard who responded 'I didn't see you' I made my way across the down goods and up main to the platform at Bellgrove, took an EMU back to Queen St and across to Central to 23.50 Bristol as far as Carlisle.

Another occasion when a Queen St Guard said 'I didn't see you' involved baling on the down branch at Craigendoran from the 18.35 Qn St to Oban once it became obvious there was to be a lengthy delay and I would get home much quicker on foot from there rather than waiting for the train to eventually reach my planned destination of Helensburgh Upper.

My logic behind telling the Guard what I planned to do was to avoid departing unannounced and then being spotted potentially resulting in some follow up whilst the Guards, by not seeing me were protecting themselves from any blame in this conspiracy.

 

[D6130]

Some years earlier in my late 'teens I baled from the 17.25 summer Sat Fort William to Kings Cross on the up goods at Bellgrove - on a Freedom of Scotland and planning an overnight trip from Edinburgh to Carlisle and back (23.45 from Edinburgh) when, having made the booked call at Queen St Low Level, we were put onto the Goods at High St Jn and stopped opposite Bellgrove station to await assistance. As the clock ticked on it became obvious I would not make it to Edinburgh in time for what should have been a very comfortable connection into the 23.45. Having spoken to the Guard who responded 'I didn't see you' I made my way across the down goods and up main to the platform at Bellgrove, took an EMU back to Queen St and across to Central to 23.50 Bristol as far as Carlisle.

Another occasion when a Queen St Guard said 'I didn't see you' involved baling on the down branch at Craigendoran from the 18.35 Qn St to Oban once it became obvious there was to be a lengthy delay and I would get home much quicker on foot from there rather than waiting for the train to eventually reach my planned destination of Helensburgh Upper.

My logic behind telling the Guard what I planned to do was to avoid departing unannounced and then being spotted potentially resulting in some follow up whilst the Guards, by not seeing me were protecting themselves from any blame in this conspiracy.

Nice one!

 

[xotGD]

See post 965 above for my only baling onto the ballast move...

 

[Sultan1056]

See post 965 above for my only baling onto the ballast move...

Bailing for the pub; good move!

 

[Sultan1056]

Saturday 30th July 1977

46045 York-Sheffield (0700 Newcastle-Poole)
40034 Sheffield-Retford (0845 Manchester Pic-Skegness)
47551 Retford-Doncaster (0815 Kings Cross-Leeds)
55009 Doncaster-York (0900-Kings Cross-Newcastle)
31312 York-Sheffield via Barnsley (1107 Scarborough-Sheffield)
45023 Sheffield-York (0900 Paignton-Newcastle)

Monday 30th July 1979

The 2320 Peterborough-Ipswich had the added benefit of a Class 03 haulage. The station pilot would shunt the train onto the 2345 Norwich-Liverpool St. IIRC the train was scheduled to arrive into London at 0400 where there was a five minute connection onto a Liverpool St-Norwich routed via Cambridge. I believe the train arrived on time but I woke from my slumber having missed my five minute connection. I was now out of position to cover the early morning services out of Cambridge. I don’t think it was a costly mistake because I was still able to pick up non-boilered 31299 and 37079. Later in the afternoon 31211 disgraced itself by failing near Whittlesford. To my benefit the rescue loco 37033 was required. I returned home that evening for a night in bed.

31291 Ely-Ipswich (2320 Peterborough-Ipswich)
03179 Shunt at Ipswich (2320 Peterborough-Ipswich)
47014 Ipswich-Liverpool St (2345 Norwich-Liverpool St)
31108 Liverpool St-Ingatestone (0430 Liverpool St-Norwich)
312115+312796 Ingatestone-Liverpool St (0450 Colchester-Liverpool St-Norwich)
418+517 Liverpool St-Bishops Stortford (0634 Liverpool St-Bishops Stortford)
E50588+50590 Bishops Stortford-Elsenham (0733 Bishops Stortford-Norwich)
37051 Elsenham-Bishops Stortford (0717 Cambridge-Liverpool St)
31299 Bishops Stortford-Liverpool St (0805 Cambridge-Liverpool St)
31299 Liverpool St-Ely (1036 Liverpool St-Kings Lynn)
37079 Ely-Cambridge (1130 Kings Lynn-Liverpool St)
31211 Cambridge-Dernford Crossing (1239 Cambridge-Liverpool St)
Loco failed at MP51.25
37033+(31211) Dernford Crossing-Whittlesford (1239 Cambridge-Liverpool St)
Assisting loco from MP51.25
37052 Whittlesford-Bishops Stortford (1327 Cambridge-Liverpool St)
37023 Bishops Stortford-Newport (1405 Liverpool St-Cambridge)
31295 Newport-Bishops Stortford (1439 Cambridge-Liverpool St)
31305 Bishops Stortford-Liverpool St (1535 Cambridge-Liverpool St)
47011 Kings Cross-York (1805 Kings Cross-York)

Thursday 30th July 1981

Darlington station was not one of my favourite places to fester, especially for an overnight service (Apologies to those who may disagree). 40086 arrived on the next service to Edinburgh so I took it to the Scottish capital. The regular move from here was the 0435 to Glasgow where I decided to head out onto the West Highland Line. On my return to Glasgow 37112 was attached to the front of the train at Crianlarich, the only time that I have had a pair of 37s (excluding Top n Tail workings that have since become a regular operation).

40086 Darlington-Edinburgh (2015 Kings Cross-Edinburgh)
47012 Edinburgh-Glasgow QS (0435 Edinburgh-Glasgow QS)
37051 Glasgow QS-Tyndrum Upper (0600 Glasgow QS-Mallaig)
37014 Tyndrum Lower-Arrochar (0740 Oban-Glasgow QS)
37011 Arrochar-Crianlarich (0806 Glasgow QS-Oban)
37081 Crianlarich-Bridge of Orchy (0837 Glasgow QS-Mallaig)
37025 Bridge of Orchy-Glasgow QS (0700 Mallaig-Glasgow QS)
37112 Crianlarich-Cowlairs (0700 Mallaig-Glasgow QS)
25237 Glasgow QS-Stirling (1444 Glasgow QS-Dundee)
Sc50175+51237 Stirling-Edinburgh (1558 Dunblane-Edinburgh)
Sc50241+51224 Edinburgh-Kirkcaldy (1745 Edinburgh-Kirkcaldy)
55016 Kirkcaldy-Leeds (1630 Aberdeen-Leeds)

 

[Kirkoswald]

Saturday 30th July 1977

46045 York-Sheffield (0700 Newcastle-Poole)
40034 Sheffield-Retford (0845 Manchester Pic-Skegness)
47551 Retford-Doncaster (0815 Kings Cross-Leeds)
55009 Doncaster-York (0900-Kings Cross-Newcastle)
31312 York-Sheffield via Barnsley (1107 Scarborough-Sheffield)
45023 Sheffield-York (0900 Paignton-Newcastle)

Monday 30th July 1979

The 2320 Peterborough-Ipswich had the added benefit of a Class 03 haulage. The station pilot would shunt the train onto the 2345 Norwich-Liverpool St. IIRC the train was scheduled to arrive into London at 0400 where there was a five minute connection onto a Liverpool St-Norwich routed via Cambridge. I believe the train arrived on time but I woke from my slumber having missed my five minute connection. I was now out of position to cover the early morning services out of Cambridge. I don’t think it was a costly mistake because I was still able to pick up non-boilered 31299 and 37079. Later in the afternoon 31211 disgraced itself by failing near Whittlesford. To my benefit the rescue loco 37033 was required. I returned home that evening for a night in bed.

31291 Ely-Ipswich (2320 Peterborough-Ipswich)
03179 Shunt at Ipswich (2320 Peterborough-Ipswich)
47014 Ipswich-Liverpool St (2345 Norwich-Liverpool St)
31108 Liverpool St-Ingatestone (0430 Liverpool St-Norwich)
312115+312796 Ingatestone-Liverpool St (0450 Colchester-Liverpool St-Norwich)
418+517 Liverpool St-Bishops Stortford (0634 Liverpool St-Bishops Stortford)
E50588+50590 Bishops Stortford-Elsenham (0733 Bishops Stortford-Norwich)
37051 Elsenham-Bishops Stortford (0717 Cambridge-Liverpool St)
31299 Bishops Stortford-Liverpool St (0805 Cambridge-Liverpool St)
31299 Liverpool St-Ely (1036 Liverpool St-Kings Lynn)
37079 Ely-Cambridge (1130 Kings Lynn-Liverpool St)
31211 Cambridge-Dernford Crossing (1239 Cambridge-Liverpool St)
Loco failed at MP51.25
37033+(31211) Dernford Crossing-Whittlesford (1239 Cambridge-Liverpool St)
Assisting loco from MP51.25
37052 Whittlesford-Bishops Stortford (1327 Cambridge-Liverpool St)
37023 Bishops Stortford-Newport (1405 Liverpool St-Cambridge)
31295 Newport-Bishops Stortford (1439 Cambridge-Liverpool St)
31305 Bishops Stortford-Liverpool St (1535 Cambridge-Liverpool St)
47011 Kings Cross-York (1805 Kings Cross-York)

Thursday 30th July 1981

Darlington station was not one of my favourite places to fester, especially for an overnight service (Apologies to those who may disagree). 40086 arrived on the next service to Edinburgh so I took it to the Scottish capital. The regular move from here was the 0435 to Glasgow where I decided to head out onto the West Highland Line. On my return to Glasgow 37112 was attached to the front of the train at Crianlarich, the only time that I have had a pair of 37s (excluding Top n Tail workings that have since become a regular operation).

40086 Darlington-Edinburgh (2015 Kings Cross-Edinburgh)
47012 Edinburgh-Glasgow QS (0435 Edinburgh-Glasgow QS)
37051 Glasgow QS-Tyndrum Upper (0600 Glasgow QS-Mallaig)
37014 Tyndrum Lower-Arrochar (0740 Oban-Glasgow QS)
37011 Arrochar-Crianlarich (0806 Glasgow QS-Oban)
37081 Crianlarich-Bridge of Orchy (0837 Glasgow QS-Mallaig)
37025 Bridge of Orchy-Glasgow QS (0700 Mallaig-Glasgow QS)
37112 Crianlarich-Cowlairs (0700 Mallaig-Glasgow QS)
25237 Glasgow QS-Stirling (1444 Glasgow QS-Dundee)
Sc50175+51237 Stirling-Edinburgh (1558 Dunblane-Edinburgh)
Sc50241+51224 Edinburgh-Kirkcaldy (1745 Edinburgh-Kirkcaldy)
55016 Kirkcaldy-Leeds (1630 Aberdeen-Leeds)

Not sure if it will be of interest but 25237 was banked out of Queen Street by 47206.

 

[CW2]

Thursday 30th July 1981

Darlington station was not one of my favourite places to fester, especially for an overnight service (Apologies to those who may disagree). 40086 arrived on the next service to Edinburgh so I took it to the Scottish capital. The regular move from here was the 0435 to Glasgow where I decided to head out onto the West Highland Line. On my return to Glasgow 37112 was attached to the front of the train at Crianlarich, the only time that I have had a pair of 37s (excluding Top n Tail workings that have since become a regular operation).

37025 Bridge of Orchy-Glasgow QS (0700 Mallaig-Glasgow QS)
37112 Crianlarich-Cowlairs (0700 Mallaig-Glasgow QS)

I am a bit surprised by your comment re lack of 37s in pairs.
Did you never do the Highland Sleepers in the early 90s when they were booked for pairs of 37s + genny van? 37505, 37510, 37683 and 37685 were the "dedicated" locos, and received Inter City livery for this purpose, but in reality NB 37s would often turn up in their place.

 

[Sultan1056]

Not sure if it will be of interest but 25237 was banked out of Queen Street by 47206.

I am assuming that as 47206 wasn’t required I ignored it. If I had realised that it was putting in some effort I would’ve recorded it. Were you on the same train?
I will amend my records. Cheers

 

[Sultan1056]

I am a bit surprised by your comment re lack of 37s in pairs.
Did you never do the Highland Sleepers in the early 90s when they were booked for pairs of 37s + genny van? 37505, 37510, 37683 and 37685 were the "dedicated" locos, and received Inter City livery for this purpose, but in reality NB 37s would often turn up in their place.

The 90’s passed me by, family commitments! In fact I have never had a 37/5, 6, 7 or 8 for haulage.

 

[D1537]

Meant to post this yesterday!

25-29 July 1981 East Midlands Rover

We were very much spotters in these days, but had just started the bashing thing... I have no train details, though some should be obvious
We didn't do Sunday by the looks of it, and the page with Thursday and Friday has fallen out of my book, because the next page is 1st August!

Saturday 25 July 1981
25081+25150 Leicester-Nottingham
20186+20188 Nottingham-Skegness
47301 Skegness-Lincoln
40180 Lincoln-Sheffield
47256 Sheffield-Tamworth
304011 Tamworth-Nuneaton

Monday 27 July 1981 (think we went to Tinsley this day)
dmu Nuneaton-Leicester
45123 Leicester-Sheffield
47018 Sheffield-Chesterfield
45016 Chesterfield-Derby
45105 Derby-Leicester
31321 Leicester-Nuneaton

Tuesday 28 July 1981
31216 Nuneaton-Leicester
45129 Leicester-Nottingham
47257 Nottingham-Alfreton
47115 Alfreton-Chesterfield
47555 Chesterfield-Sheffield
45072 Sheffield-Derby
45126 Derby-Leicester
31216 Leicester-Nuneaton

Wednesday 29 July 1981
31249 Nuneaton-P'boro
55002 P'boro-Newark
47422 Newark-P'boro
55010 P'boro-Doncaster
47574 Doncaster-Retford
dmu Retford-Sheffield
47115 Sheffield-Chesterfield
45020 Chesterfield-Derby
45101 Derby-Leicester
31249 Leicester-Nuneaton

 

[Sultan1056]

Wednesday 29 July 1981
31249 Nuneaton-P'boro
55002 P'boro-Newark
47422 Newark-P'boro
55010 P'boro-Doncaster
47574 Doncaster-Retford

55002 worked the 0940 KX-ED; I joined the train at Durham. I was bowled out by 47574 at Newcastle where it replaced 55022 on the 0910 Dundee-KX.
According to Napier Chronicles 55010 worked the 1205 KX-YK. I am assuming 47422 worked the 1047 YK-KX.
If you look at the Railgenarchive website I am sure you will be able to work out some of the trains that you travelled on.

 

[Kirkoswald]

I ignored it. If I had realised that it was putting in some effort I would’ve recorded it. Were you on the same train?
I will amend my records. Cheers

No, I was following 40064 and 160 on Dundee diagrams.

 

[D1537]

55002 worked the 0940 KX-ED; I joined the train at Durham. I was bowled out by 47574 at Newcastle where it replaced 55022 on the 0910 Dundee-KX.
According to Napier Chronicles 55010 worked the 1205 KX-YK. I am assuming 47422 worked the 1047 YK-KX.
If you look at the Railgenarchive website I am sure you will be able to work out some of the trains that you travelled on.

I note you also had 45020 that day on the Newcastle-Swansea, as we did, and so I presume 45016 and 45072 on previous days were also on that. The Stratford 47s (018/115) will have been on the boat train no doubt.

 

[12LDA28C]

Friday 30th July 1999

47839 Oxford to Birmingham New Street (1S54 0550 Bournemouth - Glasgow)
47822 Birmingham New Street to Portsmouth Harbour (1O71 0736 Blackpool North - Portsmouth Harbour)
47712 Portsmouth Harbour to Fratton (failed) (1M32 1435 Portsmouth Harbour - Blackpool North)
47822 Havant to Oxford (1M32 1435 Portsmouth Harbour - Blackpool North) starting at Havant

 

[Sultan1056]

Tuesday 31st July 1979

After getting into Kings Cross I went over to Paddington to try and pick up some Old Oak 31s on the Oxford commuter services. I then made my first journey via Stroud to Gloucester before heading onto Cardiff for some 37 action.

47401 York-Doncaster (1215 York-Kings Cross)
55013 Doncaster-Kings Cross (1248 Hull-Kings Cross)
31254 Paddington-Reading (1706 Paddington-Didcot)
47091 Reading-Didcot (1726 Paddington-Banbury)
31273 Didcot-Oxford (1729 Paddington-Oxford)
47475 Oxford-Reading (1522 Liverpool LS-Poole)
47248 Reading-Gloucester via Swindon (1923 Paddington-Cheltenham Spa)
45113 Gloucester-Cardiff C (1613 Newcastle-Cardiff C)
37181 Cardiff C-Bristol TM (2125 Swansea-Bristol TM)

Friday 31st July 1981

After having 40086 on the Kings Cross-Edinburgh service the night previously, I had it again working the southbound service. This time however its boiler failed and was replaced by a 31 at Peterborough. Looking back at my notes I am puzzled as to why I got off 55014 at Selby, return to York on a DMU and then take 47553 to Darlington before heading back south with 55021.

31260 Leeds-Doncaster (0050 Leeds-Doncaster)
40086 Doncaster-Peterborough (2025 Edinburgh-Kings Cross)
31272 Peterborough-Kings Cross (2025 Edinburgh-Kings Cross)
55004 Kings Cross-York (0550 Kings Cross-Aberdeen)
55014 York-Selby (1047 York-Kings Cross)
E50619 Selby-York (1059 Doncaster-York)
47553 York-Darlington (0740 Cardiff C-Newcastle)
55021 Darlington-Huntingdon (0910 Dundee-Kings Cross)
55002 Huntingdon-Peterborough (1603 Kings Cross-York)
55010 Peterborough-Kings Cross (1550 York-Kings Cross)
73133 Waterloo-Basingstoke (2005 Waterloo-Weymouth Quay)
50027 Basingstoke-Waterloo (1820 Exeter St Davids-Waterloo)
55022 Kings Cross-Edinburgh (2230 Kings Cross-Edinburgh)

 

[Sultan1056]

Tuesday 1st August 1978

There must have been a motive power shortage today with both 47107 and 47369 being turned out to haul air conditioned trains.

47107 York-Selby (1413 York-Kings Cross)
47414 Selby-York (1225 Kings Cross-York)
47369 York-Selby (1816 York-Kings Cross)
55014 Selby-York (1604 Kings Cross-York)

Wednesday 1st August 1979

I was hoping to pick up some required Class 50s but I only succeeded in scoring with 50015. I had to take a bus out to Crediton to pick up Laira’s 25052 on a service from Barnstaple before taking another 25 to Newton Abbot. The hunt for new Class 50s wasn’t going too well and by the early afternoon I was having my second run of the day with 50015. My intention was to enjoy this classic journey as far as Newton Abbot, however because of my body requiring some sleep I awoke as the train entered Bodmin Road! Cornwall was not a place I wanted to be in at this time so I headed east on the next available train. After several overnights on my ALR I was obviously quite tired so rather than planning a long overnight journey I decided to do the opposite by covering the Weymouth-Waterloo Mail train where I would be lucky to expect no more than an hour’s sleep!

50012 Bristol TM-Newton Abbot (0005 Paddington-Penzance)
45045+50012 Newton Abbot-Plymouth (0005 Paddington-Penzance)
47143+50015 Plymouth-Newton Abbot (0547 Plymouth-Paddington)
33005 Newton Abbot-Exeter St D (0645 Newton Abbot-Exeter St D)
Bus Exeter-Crediton
25052 Crediton-Exeter St D (0750 Barnstaple-Exeter St D)
25048 Exeter St D-Newton Abbot (0950 Exeter St D-Paignton)
47105 Newton Abbot-Exeter St D (0747 Penzance-Liverpool LS)
47513 Exeter St D-Newton Abbot (0845 Birmingham NS-Plymouth)
50023 Newton Abbot-Exeter St D (1208 Paignton-Paddington)
50015 Exeter St D-Bodmin Road (1139 Paddington-Penzance)
50005 Bodmin Road-Castle Cary (1501 Penzance-Paddington)
W51074+51086+51307+51322 Castle Cary-Westbury (1750 Weymouth-Bristol TM)
31422 Westbury-Southampton (1914 Bristol TM-Portsmouth H)
73126 Southampton-Bournemouth (2008 Waterloo-Weymouth Quay)
33102 Bournemouth-Poole (2035 Waterloo-Weymouth)
33113 Poole-Bournemouth (2144 Weymouth-Bournemouth)
33113 Bournemouth-Poole (2317 Bournemouth-Weymouth)
33106 Poole-Eastleigh (2238 Weymouth-Waterloo)

Friday 1st August 1980

47228 York-Pontefract Baghill (1931 York-Birmingham NS)
E50618 Pontefract Baghill-York (2027 Sheffield-York)

Saturday 1st August 1981

The last day of my 1981 ALR so I headed onto Glasgow to cover the 0810 Glasgow-Scarborough. I was hoping that Eastfield’s 37151 would be replaced by a Deltic at Edinburgh but 40086 did the honours. I waited for Deltic 22 on the Edinburgh-Plymouth which I took to York before returning back to Edinburgh with it. One final journey of my ALR found Deltic 22 again at the head of my train to York, however for the third time in six days the Deltic is removed from my train at Newcastle, for a very disappointing class 46.

47708 Edinburgh-Glasgow QS via Falkirk G (0610 Edinburgh-Glasgow QS)
37151 Glasgow QS-Edinburgh via Falkirk H (0810 Glasgow QS-Scarborough)
55022 Edinburgh-York (0950 Edinburgh-Plymouth)
55022 York-Edinburgh (0736 Plymouth-Edinburgh)
55022 Edinburgh-Newcastle (2045 Edinburgh-Kings Cross)
46009 Newcastle-York (2045 Edinburgh-Kings Cross)

 

[D1537]

Friday 1 August 1980

31309 Nuneaton-March
dmu March-Peterborough
55006 Peterborough-Doncaster (1D02)
55021 Doncaster-Peterborough (1E10)
31216 Peterborough-Nuneaton

 

[Sultan1056]

Thursday 2nd August 1979

Covering the overnight Weymouth-Waterloo-Bournemouth mail trains meant little chance of any sleep. I successfully managed to leave the up service at Woking with the intention of taking the down service to Eastleigh where I could connect into the 04xx to Portsmouth. I failed at this waking up in Bournemouth. My next move was to cover the 0834 Woking-Waterloo that was booked loco and stock. My Waterloo bound train was not scheduled to stop at Woking so I planned to change trains at Basingstoke. Before the Winchester stop I went into the toilet to freshen up a little, however when I came out the train had filled up considerably from its stop there. The train was now pulling into Basingstoke and rather than heading for one of the closest exits I turned in the opposite direction through the gangway into the next carriage. This however was a buffet car and I had to make my way along the corridor to an exit. The train had now stopped and I had become stuck in the corridor because the carriage was quickly filling with more people boarding. By the time I had fought my way to the door the train was leaving so I was stuck on it until I got to Waterloo. Fortunately once I got to Waterloo I did have time to catch a local service back to Hersham before I got my third required 73 of the day.

73134 Eastleigh-Woking (2238 Weymouth-Waterloo)
73111 Woking-Bournemouth (0245 Waterloo-Bournemouth)
7712+7828 Bournemouth-Eastleigh (0552 Bournemouth-Eastleigh)
3012 Eastleigh-Waterloo (0620 Bournemouth-Waterloo)
7719+7846 Waterloo-Hersham (0822 Waterloo-Guildford)
73124 Hersham-Waterloo (0834 Woking-Waterloo)
31177 Liverpool St-Newport (1005 Liverpool St-Cambridge)
37023 Newport-Bishops Stortford (1039 Cambridge-Liverpool St)
31160 Bishops Stortford-Cambridge (1205 Liverpool St-Cambridge)
37044 Cambridge-Ely (1236 Liverpool St-Kings Lynn)
37052 Ely-Liverpool St (1330 Kings Lynn-Liverpool St)
73128 London Bridge-East Croydon (1755 London Bridge-Brighton)
33206 East Croydon-Saunderstead (1821 London Bridge-East Grinstead)
1115+1117 Saunderstead-East Croydon (1820 East Grinstead-East Croydon)
7805 East Croydon-London Bridge (1820 Three Bridges-London Bridge)
55018 Kings Cross-Edinburgh via Carlisle (2015 Kings Cross-Edinburgh)

Saturday 2nd August 1980

I was heading for North Wales in the search of required Class 40s, however as soon as I had found out what was working I had to return to York to pick up 40178 on the Newcastle-Blackpool, which I took as far as Manchester. After picking up 40030 between Chester & Crewe I was still struggling to find my way into North Wales especially when a required 83 took me to Liverpool. Taking a Merseyrail service to Rock Ferry and a DMU to Chester I finally crossed the border and picked up 40100, my third of the day.

47522 York-Leeds (0710 York-Liverpool LS)
40198 Leeds-Huddersfield (0752 Leeds-Llandudno)
40015 Huddersfield-York via Castleford (0840 Manchester Vic-Scarborough)
40178 York-Manchester Vic (0935 Newcastle-Blackpool N)
M50403+50625+50628+51188 Manchester Vic-Chester (1340 Manchester Vic-Llandudno)
40030 Chester-Crewe (1300 Holyhead-Euston)
25214 Crewe-Longport (1300 Llandudno-Nottingham)
E50444+50449+50502+50503 Longport-Crewe (1334 Lincoln St Marks-Crewe)
83014 Crewe-Liverpool LS (1548 Birmingham Int-Liverpool LS)
M28679+28687+28392 Liverpool LS-Rock Ferry (1746 Moorfields-Rock Ferry)
M50395+51920 Rock Ferry-Chester (1806 Rock Ferry-Chester)
M51191 Chester-Flint (1740 Manchester Vic-Bangor)
40100 Flint-Manchester Vic (1817 Llandudno-Manchester Vic)
47282 Manchester Vic-Preston via Pendleton (2113 Manchester Vic-Blackpool N)
86261 Preston-Crewe (2045 Barrow-Euston)

 

[D1537]

Saturday 2 August 1980

47203 Nuneaton-Leicester
45148 Leicester-Nottingham
47039 Nottingham-Sheffield (1S68)
dmu Sheffield-Retford
55009 Retford-Doncaster (1D02)
55021 Doncaster-Peterborough (1E10)
25116+25129 Peterborough-Leicester (1M66)
31205 Leicester-Nuneaton (1M68)

Saturday 2 August 1986

47602 Coventry-Leamington (1O34)
47517 Leamington-B'ham NS (1M10)
47362 B'ham NS-Norwich (1E72)
47362 Norwich-B'ham NS (1M76)
47542 B'ham NS-Coventry (1V99)

Sunday 2 August 1987

47348 Nuneaton-B'ham NS (1J32)
47348 B'ham NS-Nuneaton (1A32)
47329 Nuneaton-B'ham NS (1H34)
47098 B'ham NS-Oxford (1V81)
47626 Oxford-Coventry (1M53)

 

[Kirkoswald]

Thursday 17-08-1978

• 85022 CE Birmingham New Street to Stafford 2124 Bristol to Glasgow
• 86013 WN Stafford to Crewe 2215 London Euston - Glasgow Central
• 86244 WN Crewe to Preston 2345 London Euston - Barrow in Furness

DMU Preston to Blackburn

• 25140 LO BV ride whilst trip consist put together (loco then commandeered for another freight)
• 25209 LO Blackburn Yard to Preston Dock Exchange Sidings recessing afterwards in North Union Yard 0810 Blackburn East Lancs Sidings - Preston Dock exchange Sidings trip (BV ride)
• 47474 BS Preston to Poulton le Fylde 0900 London Euston to Blackpool North
• 40125 LO Burn Naze to Blackburn Yard 1400 Burn Naze South to Blackburn Yard (BV ride)

DMU (class 105) Blackburn to Preston

• 86240 WN Preston to Carlisle 1405 Birmingham New Street to Glasgow Central
• 87027 WN Carlisle to Glasgow Central 1345 London Euston to Glasgow Central
• 47273 HA Glasgow Queen Street to Stirling 1935 Glasgow to Aberdeen
• 40074 GD banking 1935 Glasgow to Aberdeen to Cowlairs mp1
• 40142 HA Stirling to Glasgow Queen Street 1735 Aberdeen to Glasgow
• 27010 ED Glasgow Queen Street to Croy 2044 Glasgow to Dundee
• 47516 IS Croy to Glasgow Queen Street 1938 Dundee to Glasgow Queen Street

EMU (class 303) Glasgow Queen Street Low Level to Bridgeton Central and return

• 86213 WN Glasgow Central to Preston 2355 Glasgow Central to Bristol

Friday 18-08-1978 (bit of a track bash to start the day then whistling heaven)

• 86007 WN Preston to Lancaster 2345 London Euston - Barrow in Furness
• 47448 CD Lancaster to Barrow 2345 London Euston - Barrow in Furness

DMU Barrow in Furness to Lancaster

• 87034 WN Lancaster to Preston 0632 Carlisle - London Euston

DMU (class 105) Preston to Rose Grove

• 25047 SP Rose Grove to Padiham CEGB 0530 Blackburn Yard to Padiham CEGB (BV ride)
• 25047 SP Padiham CEGB to Rose Grove ---- Padiham CEGB to Blackburn Yard (BV ride)

DMU (class 105) Rose Grove to Blackburn
DMU Blackburn to Manchester Victoria
EMU (class 504) Manchester Victoria to Bury Bolton Street and return
DMU Manchester Victoria to Leeds
DMU (class 124) Leeds to York

• 40074 GD York to Durham 1710 York - Newcastle
• 40017 KD Durham to York 1335 Edinburgh to Liverpool
• 40092 HM York to Wakefield Westgate 1920 Scarborough - Wakefield Westgate
• 55022 HA Wakefield Westgate to Leeds 1940 London Kings Cross to Leeds
• 40067 YK Leeds to Stockport 2150 York - Shrewsbury

Part of an All Line Rover from 15 to 22 August 1978 with the Saturday spent sampling 40s on the North Wales main line.

Apologies for the belated reply but I suspect 40074 was the 15.45 Edinburgh - Lime Street, rather than 13.35.

 

[QJ]

Thursday 02 August 1973
A teenager's trip to London train spotting
D1047 1A29 0505 Penzance - London Paddington (Plymouth to London Paddington)

Amongst the trains caught to get to spotting locations and depots was
5615 London Kings Cross to Finsbury Park

1655 1B43 1830 London Paddington - Plymouth (London Paddington to Westbury)
1655 then declared a failure. Oh dear, how sad, never mind.
D1025 1B43 1830 London Paddington - Plymouth (Westbury to Plymouth)

Saturday 02 August 1986
(day 1 of a track bash around Europe - France)
SNCF
66457 + 66459 0405 Dieppe Maritime - Paris Saint Lazare (Dieppe Maritime to Rouen RD)
16053 0405 Dieppe Maritime - Paris Saint Lazare (Rouen RD to Paris Saint Lazare)
[above edited with thanks to D6130 pointing out my copy and paste schoolboy errror]
6506 0738 Paris Austerlitz - Toulouse Matabiau (Paris Austerlitz to Toulouse Matabiau)
9325 1400 Toulouse Matabiau - Le Tour de Carol (Toulouse Matabiau to Le Tour de Carol)
3*Z100 EMU 1735 Le Tour de Carol - Villefranche Vernet les Bains (Ligne de Cerdagne: Le Tour de Carol to Villefranche Vernet les Bains)
1*Z7300 EMU 1959 Villefranche Vernet les Bains - Perpignan (Villefranche Vernet les Bains to Perpignan)
7285 2248 Cerbère - Genève Cornavin (Hispania Express: Perpignan to Genève Cornavin)

Tuesday 02 August 1988
(last day a track bash around Europe)
SNCF
63930 0640 Paris Lyon - Paris Nord (Paris Lyon to Paris Nord)
via Petite Ceinture
16043 0815 Paris Nord - Tourcoing (Paris Nord to Arras)
16001 0953 Arras - Dunkerque Ville (Arras to Dunkerque Ville)
1*x4630 1210 Dunkerque Ville - Calais Ville (Dunkerque Ville to Calais Ville)
via Dunkerque Ville (terminal) - 5kp (RM) - Dunkerque Ville (through platform) - Grande Synthe freight line - Gravelines - Calais Ville)
Seaspeed
GH-2054 Prince of Wales 1730 Calais Aerogliseurs - Dover Hoverport (Calais Aerogliseurs to Dover Hoverport)
British Rail
47551 BR 1M31 1718 Folkestone Central - Liverpool Lime Street (Dover Priory to Reading)
via Canterbury East - Faversham - Bromley South - Kensington Olympia
47653 BR 1O13 1530 Liverpool Lime Street - Poole (Reading to Basingstoke)

 

[D6130]

1655 1B43 1830 London Paddington - Plymouth (London Paddington to Westbury)
1655 then declared a failure. Oh dear, how sad, never mind.
D1025 1B43 1830 London Paddington - Plymouth (Westbury to Plymouth)

All's well that ends well!

16053 0405 Dieppe Maritime - Paris Saint Lazare (Dieppe Maritime to Rouen RD)

Methinks that should read 'Rouen RD-Paris St Lazare'

 

[Sultan1056]

Thursday 3rd August 1978

40156 York-Seamer (0836 Wakefield W-Scarborough)
DMU Seamer-Hull (0814 Leeds-Hull)
47547 Hull-Doncaster (1235 Hull-Kings Cross)
DMU Doncaster-Sheffield (1343 Doncaster-Sheffield)
46048 Sheffield-Wakefield W (0815 Plymouth-Leeds)
47422 Wakefield W-Doncaster (1540 Leeds-Kings Cross)
47460 Doncaster-York (1404 Kings Cross-York)
45060 York-Sheffield (1620 Newcastle-Cardiff C)
46004 Sheffield-York (1608 Bristol TM-Newcastle)

Friday 3rd August 1979

The last day of my 1979 ALR nicely finished off with a Deltic over Beattock.

27112+27205 Edinburgh-Falkirk G (0615 Edinburgh-Glasgow QS)
Sc50148+51467 Falkirk G-Larbert (0655 Falkirk G-Stirling)
47288 Larbert-Stirling (0640 Glasgow QS-Dundee)
27012 Stirling-Larbert (0738 Dundee-Glasgow QS)
27019 Larbert-Stirling (0844 Glasgow QS-Dundee)
47149 Stirling-Perth (0935 Glasgow QS-Aberdeen)
40184 Perth-Kirkcaldy (0935 Inverness-Edinburgh)
26028 Kirkcaldy-Perth (1247 Edinburgh-Perth)
47211 Perth-Edinburgh (1240 Inverness-Edinburgh)
55019 Edinburgh-York via Carlisle (1825 Edinburgh-York)

Sunday 3rd August 1980

This was the first day of my 1980 ALR and I was hoping to get a class 40 on the Preston-Crewe drags. No 40s on the drags for me today as I ended up with 47571. For some reason I bailed out at Oxford Road only to wait for another 47/4 to Crewe. On my arrival here there was a required non-boilered Duff waiting to drag an 86 southbound so without consulting my bible I jumped aboard. I took the train to Stafford but had by now realised that I could not get a service back to Crewe in time for the first service into North Wales. The whole point of my journey to Crewe was to be able to cover class 40s working along the North Wales coast. Fortunately a Llandudno bound ADEX stopped, another Duff, but hopefully it would get me back to Crewe. The train did get me back to Crewe however it stopped in the through road. I didn’t really want to take the Duff along the North Wales Coast so noting that the station was fairly quiet I bailed out of the train and jumped quickly onto the platform. Another station “ Through Road” in the book! The rest of the day went to plan including a diversion via Wigan on the Bangor-Manchester.

85005 Crewe-Preston (2145 Euston-Inverness)
47571+(81001) Preston-Manchester Ox Rd (1930 Inverness-Euston)
47539 Manchester Pic-Crewe (0715 Manchester Pic-Brighton)
47232+(86215) Crewe-Stafford (0716 Liverpool LS-Euston)
47452 Stafford-Crewe (xxxx Leamington Spa-Llandudno) ADEX
40183 Crewe-Rhyl (0835 Euston-Holyhead)
40143 Rhyl-Bangor (1155 Manchester Vic-Holyhead)
40008 Bangor-Chester (1438 Holyhead-Manchester Vic)
40042 Chester-Bangor (1559 Manchester Vic-Bangor)
40042 Bangor-Manchester Vic (1935 Bangor-Manchester Vic)
via Wigan NW, reverse & Pendleton
81015 Manchester Pic-Stafford via Crewe (2330 Manchester Pic-Brighton)

 

[D1537]

Sunday 3 August 1980

86018 Nuneaton-London Euston
47016 Liverpool Street-Ipswich
47005 Ipswich-Norwich
31263 Norwich-Peterborough
31318 Peterborough-Nuneaton

 

[12LDA28C]

Thursday 3rd August 2000

Standard after-work move:

47712 Oxford to Bournemouth (1O38 0910 Edinburgh Waverley - Bournemouth)
47712 Bournemouth to Banbury (1M81 1818 Bournemouth - Manchester Piccadilly)
47806 Banbury to London Paddington (1V99 1915 Manchester Piccadilly - London Paddington)


Friday 3rd August 2001

47742 Oxford to Macclesfield (1M14 1418 Bournemouth - Manchester Piccadilly)
47741 Macclesfield to Oxford (1V99 1909 Manchester Piccadilly - London Paddington)


Saturday 3rd August 2002

47829 Banbury to Penrith (failed, caped) (1Z54 0829 Banbury - Glasgow Central)
47757 Penrith to Stafford (1M44 1606 Glasgow Central - Birmingham New Street - start Carlisle, terminate Stafford)

Terminating at Stafford due to crew issues led to me having to suffer my first Voyager between Stafford and Birmingham, what a hideous experience that was.

 

[Sultan1056]

Friday 4th August 1978

During the summer months if the Doncaster Works Test Train was unavailable then the 0848 Doncaster-Edinburgh service would be used to test ex-works locos. Today 31226 was on test accompanied by 40197. The use of LMR based 47/4s on Kings Cross services was probably down to low availability of ER locos.

47458 York-Selby (0800 York-Kings Cross)
46027 Selby-York (0812 Doncaster-York)
31226+40197 York-Darlington (0848 Doncaster-Edinburgh)
47181 Darlington-York (1001 Newcastle-Liverpool LS)
47110 York-Darlington (1010 Liverpool LS-Newcastle)
43068+43086 Darlington-York (1100 Edinburgh-Kings Cross)
55009 York-Selby (1413 York-Kings Cross)
47489 Selby-York (1225 Kings Cross-York)
47233 York-Sheffield (1335 Newcastle-Swansea)
47532 Sheffield-York (1608 Birmingham NS-York)
45068 York-Darlington (1135 Poole-Newcastle)
47439 Darlington-York (1700 Edinburgh-Kings Cross)

Saturday 4th August 1979

46040 York-Leeds (1217 Newcastle-Liverpool LS)
45025 Leeds-Sheffield (1439 Leeds-Plymouth)
47120 Sheffield-Chesterfield (1338 Newcastle-Swansea)
47341 Chesterfield-Sheffield (1257 Weston SM-Leeds)
45126 Sheffield-Chesterfield (1150 Glasgow C-Nottingham)
47473 Chesterfield-Leeds (1026 Penzance-Bradford Exchange)
31224 Leeds-New Pudsey (1026 Penzance-Bradford Exchange)
E50136+50624+51548+51549 New Pudsey-Leeds (2000 Bradford Exchange-Leeds)
46040 Leeds-York (1805 Liverpool LS-York)

Monday 4th August 1980

ALR Day 2 I was bound for Scotland and I was rewarded with two new 40s, a good day for me.

85024 Stafford-Crewe (2130 Bristol TM-Glasgow C)
81007 Crewe-Mossend Yard (2235 Euston-Perth)
47432 Mossend Yard-Stirling (2235 Euston-Perth)
37027 Stirling-Dunblane (0640 Glasgow QS-Dundee)
26019 Dunblane-Stirling (0705 Perth-Edinburgh)
27002 Stirling-Larbert (0649 Dundee-Glasgow QS)
40158 Larbert-Perth (0844 Glasgow QS-Dundee)
40117 Perth-Stirling (0925 Aberdeen-Birmingham NS)
40150 Stirling-Dundee (1135 Glasgow QS-Aberdeen)
26015 Dundee-Perth (1339 Dundee-Glasgow QS)
40103 Perth-Dundee (1335 Glasgow QS-Aberdeen)
40184 Dundee-Glasgow QS (1340 Aberdeen-Glasgow QS)
25064 Glasgow QS-Edinburgh via Falkirk G (1710 Glasgow QS-Edinburgh)
27105 Glasgow QS-Cowlairs Banking Loco (1710 Glasgow QS-Edinburgh)
47703 Edinburgh-Falkirk G (1915 Edinburgh-Glasgow QS)
Sc51464+51528 Falkirk G-Dunblane (1959 Falkirk G-Dunblane)
27034 Dunblane-Stirling (1939 Dundee-Glasgow QS)
26041+26044 Stirling-Glasgow QS (1758 Inverness-Glasgow QS)
Sc50268+51240 Glasgow QS-Larbert (2244 Glasgow QS-Dunblane)
25065+25084 Larbert-Mossend Yard (2220 Perth-Euston)

 

[D1537]

Monday 4 August 1980

31313 Nuneaton-Leicester
45104 Leicester-Nottingham
47155 Nottingham-Sheffield
E50002+E56014 Sheffield-Retford
47551 Retford-Doncaster
55013 Doncaster-Peterborough
31216 Peterborough-Nuneaton