Red Pen 2014 - your new haulages

[craig87034]

Now 350371 other recentish winners 350369,373 and 377. In Scotland recent winners have been also some 156 i before much better MV Loch Nevis and MV Isle of Mull trips to tue Small Isles highly recomended also some kettle 45407 on a make the boat from the sleeper move.

 

[Techniquest]

A very successful day indeed! Congratulations on clearing the 185s, I still need 11 of them. Might have to do some MAN-MIA leaps again next time I venture north Jealous you got 156420, one of my last AN 156s.

Does your Northern count include the 319s coming up, or the EMUs on the Yorkshire side? Doing very well either way!

Was stuck on 3 for absolutely ages Chanced across 129 when on a family trip to York. 142 appeared about a month ago when doing SHF-MHS insect leaps. 130 was by far the luckiest though! I knew I was missing it as I had other plans and it was far away up the west coast. The signalling commotion resulted in a diagram change and then I managed a -11 onto it thanks to the unit waiting at Man OR for bloody ages for 185113 to attach!

All my AN 156s were required until Saturday and made good inroads there

I'd forgotten about the 319s! How many are Northern getting so I can add then to the list. Never had a 319 so most definitely required

Thanks

Can't recall how many 319s are coming north, and you've been missing out with 319s!

 

[37038]

Can't recall how many 319s are coming north, and you've been missing out with 319s!

I usually ignore EMU's, can't stand the things so that's probably why. Nothing to like in them at all. Same with electrics for me as well unfortunately although it's nice to see 87s etc where they belong on WCML on occasion!

11/11/2014:
144004 144014
150275
158795
170304
222003 222101

Went out for a quick out and back to Chesterfield to see if anything needing the red pen treatment was about. Managed 222003 straight away but a bit of a wait brought 222101 out. Timing was perfect on arrival in Sheff and I was tempted in to buying a MHS return as 150275 was sat waiting. Continued riding my luck and managed 7 consecutive winners!

Northern Fleet down to 131 plus 14x 319s due by mid 2015 so lets call it:
NT - 131 (145)

Was planning an ELR bash on 37418 but 31466 deputising (yawnn....... :-x) so another (cheaper) day bashing in Manchester by the looks of it

Thanks

 

[childwallblues]

Friday 07 November 2014

0615 142030 Broad Green-Liverpool Lime Street 3.59 miles
0700 390107 Liverpool Lime Street-Euston 193.70 miles
1022 43053/135 Paddington-Reading 35.91 miles

Saturday 08 November 2014

0739 455712 Reading-Twickenham 32.11 miles WINNER!
0854 455712 Twickenham-Richmond 1.57 miles WINNER!
0904 450101 Richmond-Clapham Junction 5.78 miles WINNER!
0927 458531 Clapham Junction-Waterloo 3.93 miles EXTENDED WINNER!
0952 458502 Waterloo-Clapham Junction 3.93 miles EXTENDED WINNER!
1008 450120 Clapham Junction-Waterloo 3.93 miles WINNER!
1027 455913 Waterloo-Clapham Junction 3.93 miles
1038 377315 Clapham Junction-Victoria 2.71 miles WINNER!
1047 377419 Victoria-Clapham Junction 2.71 miles WINNER!
1100 450118 Clapham Junction-Waterloo 3.93 miles WINNER!
1207 390002 Euston-Liverpool Lime Street 193.70 miles

DD

 

[Kite159]

Looks like a 315/317 bashing day will soon be on the cards for me. Sadly I bashed the track before I started taking numbers down so I have 1x315 recorded and 3x 317s (Greater Anglia). To Liverpool Street!

 

[TEW]

10th November
43059
43277
43305
43311
142078
142091
142092
155343
158908
185151

11th November
142096
150225
153358
158752

12th November
91111
142027
142066
142067
142090
321902
333001
333013
333014

Total(YTD):468

A successful last 3 days of a North East Rover with 23 winners in total. Made some inroads to the Heaton based 142s, units I've barely had any of in the past.

 

[childwallblues]

Sunday 09 November 2014

1247 390127 Liverpool Lime Street-Stafford 60.12 miles
1422 220011 Stafford-Oxford 94.87 miles


Monday 10 November 2014

1145 165113 Oxford-Banbury 22.75 miles
1243 168113 Banbury-Birmingham Moor Street 66.19 miles
1401 350243 Birmingham New Street-Liverpool South Parkway 82.63 miles

 

[Kite159]

Not the best day for me, both 150/0s were working (and the Voyager was a dud)

43070/43036 Reading to Hungerford
166218 Hungerford to Reading

 

[andyb2706]

Well hot of the press having just returned from two stonking days in the Cardiff area. Although the travel there and back wasn't that good as my records show I have done two return trips over the years to South Wales and three of those journeys have been on 175108

Anyhow my trip included 34 new cops for haulage and all by one were Arriva trains Wales

Along with loads of new stations visited, on thatnote does anyone know whether there is a thread somewhere that records stations visited or do we just jot them down on here.

Here is the list

Thursday 13th November

142069
142075
142076
143609
143614
143624
150208
150251
150255
150256
150262
153320
158959

Friday 14th November

142002
142010
142072
142074
142080
142082
142085
143605
143607
143608
143610
143622
143623
150217
150229
150235
150257
150281
150283
153353
158826

The only Arriva Train Wales Pacers I need now are 4 142's and 5 143's.

 

[D841 Roebuck]

14/11/14
350402 and Metrolink trams 3014, 3042, 3062, 3064, 3081 and 3086.

 

[Kite159]

Mixed bag of a day for me on a Lincoln day-ranger (not the best rover if you want to bash units owing to the slightly limited services):

Southern:
377131/377150 (first 377/1s with High-den seating) Clapham to Victoria

EMT:
222002 (first 7-car 222) St Pancras to Nottingham
156408 Lincoln to Doncaster (4 dud units)

Northern:
150144 Lincoln to Saxilby (could have had 142028 on the way back if I decided to push my luck with a 3 minute connection at Lincoln for the Doncaster train)
142057 Bentley to Adwick
321902 Doncaster to Bentley
322482 Adwick to Doncaster (first 322, just need that Chiltern 121 to complete the set )

Grand Central:
180107 Doncaster to Kings Cross

FGW:
165103 Paddington to Slough
165104/165114 Slough to Reading.

3 more Turbos ticked off

 

[childwallblues]

0714 350103 Liverpool South Parkway-Crewe 29.96 miles
0755 323239 Crewe-Alderley Edge 15.29 miles
0825 323227 Alderley Edge-Crewe 15.29 miles
0901 221117 Crewe-Wolverhampton 39.78 miles
1017 172342 Smethwick Galton Bridge-Birmingham Moor Street 4.55 miles
1055 67014 Birmingham Moor Street-Marylebone 111.49 miles
1430 3338 Cross-Marylebone 2.35 miles
1515 168106 Marylebone-Birmingham Snow Hill 112.19 miles
1736 350127 Birmingham New Street-Liverpool South Parkway 82.63 miles

DD

 

[37038]

ELR 31466 Avoidance Move / GM Day Ranger:

15/11/2014:
142039 142040 142044 142054 142063
150114 150116 150118 150136 150140 150145 150201 150218 150277
158774
170302 170306
175114
323224 323230
350407 350409
390128

Cracking day with plenty cleared including the Chat Moss line with the 350s. Making serious inroads into the NT 150 fleet and I managed to get 4/6 required TP units inc. clearing the 170/3s. Only 350402/403 to go! Plenty of little bits and bobs there and a nice surprise in 158774 dropping to take my EMT 158 req. tally to 2.

Instead of a YTD tally I thought, after a pretty productive week, I'd put my WTD tally!

08-15 Nov 2014: 54!

TPE stands on 2
NTR stands on 115 (129)

 

[87015]

Just awaiting the flight back from Geneva, 14 SBB 460 and 4 11xxx locos harvested today. Had a 450 as well on the s-bahn but think that's being struck off as not being a loco despite being in the correct numbering scheme...

 

[Kite159]

Good day for me with some electrostars & other winning units on a little day trip to the seaside at Ramsgate.

Southern:
171725, 377404, 3777127, 377425, 377106, 377405

SWT:
444025

Thameslink:
319440 & 319454

Southeastern:
375812; 375708; 395008; 375823; 375615; 375915 & 375815


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With regards to a Thameslink unit bash, which 2 stations would be better in terms of frequency & platform cross-over time (on a sunday)?

 

[childwallblues]

Was stuck on 3 for absolutely ages Chanced across 129 when on a family trip to York. 142 appeared about a month ago when doing SHF-MHS insect leaps. 130 was by far the luckiest though! I knew I was missing it as I had other plans and it was far away up the west coast. The signalling commotion resulted in a diagram change and then I managed a -11 onto it thanks to the unit waiting at Man OR for bloody ages for 185113 to attach!

All my AN 156s were required until Saturday and made good inroads there

I'd forgotten about the 319s! How many are Northern getting so I can add then to the list. Never had a 319 so most definitely required

Thanks

14 Class 319s are initially going to Northern. 319361/63 are already there. Also 319380 is currently at Allerton on loan.

 

[33056]

Had a 450 as well on the s-bahn but think that's being struck off as not being a loco despite being in the correct numbering scheme...

Well that would discount 2/3 of my Swiss scores for this year then! (It hasn't got passenger accomodation in the loco bit so it is a loco IMO )

 

[FQ]

I did some spotting at Leamington Spa and an out of back to both Warwick and Warwick parkway.

Here are the winners.

17/11/14

165026
168110

 

[noddy1878]

Finished sorting out last weeks trip and here's what I scored.

8th November
66030
66151
377106
377705
465003
465239
465175
466001
375714
375914
465197
465244
466033

9th November
91122
43305
43308
67011 (only three left now!)
170426
158731
170420
158733
156485
334029
334035
320306
334040
320312
318269
334014
334023
320318
320302

10th November
43277
156447
170412
156449
156430
158712
170424
170405
334027
320313
318251
314211
314206
314203
314215
334033
318266
318258
318268

11th November
170395
158713
158722
170413
170471
158706
170422
170461
170409
170402
334032
334005
350410
380103
334037
380104
334015
380115
380112
390157

12th November
170428
158718

13th November
90021
90006
319454
319451
377212
377207
377211
319367
319458
319442
377520
321301
315844 (Class Completed!)
360113
321448
321308
321319
321311
321303
321434
360117

Very pleased with the weeks efforts! 95 new trains but that's the last multi day trip of the year. I was gutted however when I saw 378257 at Stratford as I was leaving it! It's my last one and it was gone upon my return and I didn't have time to chase it as I needed to get to Paddington for train home. Hoping to get a couple of day trips to London before Christmas providing work doesn't change my days off.

 

[bb21]

Genuinely pleased to say that I scored my last FGW HST today - 43088 - and my last 180 - 180103 - thanks to the help from 43094.

It did not go smoothly though and at one point it looked as if it was going to be one or the other for me yet again, but it turned out alright at the end, albeit with a few tight connections along the way.

So my sole remaining HST still in passenger service is 43468. I am not in a hurry to get it though as it is at least relatively easy for me to get compared to the FGW ones.

 

[87015]

Well that would discount 2/3 of my Swiss scores for this year then! (It hasn't got passenger accomodation in the loco bit so it is a loco IMO )

Gangwayed to the stock, no proper couplings and single ended....definitely dubious!

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Monday 17/11/14:

S7: 21439/40

377 701
377 707
377 708

That clears the 377s for me for haulage - just in time for the 387s to come on stream!

It was rather a good literal "dropping on" clearance as well; I'd just gained the S7 from Edgware Road to Paddington ( Bishop's Road ), headed back and made my way via Earl's Court to West Brompton and 377 702 turned up on the 14.47 to Shepherd's Bush; 377 701 produced on the 15.22 return to Imperial Wharf, 377 707 on the 15.44 back to the Bush, used the ( known dud ) 8 car diagram at 16.22 back to Olympia then change for the 16.35 "short run" that starts there - which turned out to be 377 708.

So I got all three in number order in just over an hour!

( For good measure I'd cleared the DLR photographically earlier in the day by finally nailing 133 for photo, again without much effort. )

 

[33056]

Gangwayed to the stock, no proper couplings and single ended....definitely dubious!

Well, at least we can all have our own rules about bashing; as my old man was fond of saying "it's a good job that we're not all the same"

Anyway, I only need about 20 of them now and unless I can catch up with RhB 703, MOB 6005 or a couple of MGB locos I won't be scoring much on my next trip to Switzerland other than a couple of kettles.

 

[Kite159]

I'm hoping to try and score some of my required FGW 180s (102, 103, 106 & 108) on a Thames branch ticket on the 22nd December. Probably going back and forward between Reading & Slough. I hope FGW don't change around with the diagrams (using the diagrams in use currently).

I'm assuming with the Thames Rover you can't use it for intercity services between 4pm & 7pm but it is allowed on the Turbos between Pad & Reading?

 

[ValleyLines142]

221134 is another one in the book for me! Currently on it now on the 1705 Manchester to Cardiff

 

[childwallblues]

0829 156429 Broad Green-Manchester Victoria 28.04 miles
1540 156440 Manchester Airport-St Helens Junction 30.02 miles
1632 150277 St Helens Junction-Broad Green 8.29 miles

Todays trip was for me to travel to Rochdale Town Centre and Manchester Airport, whilst my colleague also required East Didsbury and Ashton.

3046 Shudehill-St Peters Square WINNER!
3082 St Peters Square-Deansgate Castlefield WINNER!
3056 Deansgate Castlefield-Cornbrook WINNER!
3043 Cornbrook-East Didsbury
3020 East Didsbury-Westwood
3010 Westwood-Rochdale Town Centre WINNER!
3087 Ashton-Cornbrook WINNER!
3080 Cornbrook-Firswood WINNER!
3060 Firswood-Cornbrook WINNER!
3068 Cornbrook-Manchester Airport

3087/89/90 were new sightings.
3010/46/56/60/80/82/87 were winners for haulage.

 

[andyb2706]

Another Northern 156 knocked off my list last Saturday with a trip from Manchester Piccadilly to Disley on 156424

 

[Kite159]

Quite a good day with a couple splits to & from the forum meal:

Thameslink:
319010; 319373; 319449; 319457; 377506; 377508

SWT:
444044; 450013; 450033; 450125; 455701; 455707

SE:
465906; 466041

2 electric duds though, so not quite 100% winner day [excluding the 159s off course]

I'm attempting a 5-way spilt tomorrow on a little journey from Romsey to Winchester (although coming back I think it might be 6 trains), so hopefully I can get a couple new units ticked off in my little book

 

[37038]

Excellent and cold trip home from uni tonight (last night seeing as it's 1am :P)

I could have taken the 1S51 direct back to Darlington but chose instead to leap at York for the following Grand Central service which I could take to Eaglescliffe for a unit home. It was in vague hope that one of my last three (I'll come back to this dubious figure ) power cars would turn out!

43304+43301 turned out to pile on some miles with that particular pair before changing at York. Unfortunately the 1N94 went from 5L to 12L on arrival in York, turning my connection at Eaglescliffe from a healthy +7 to +2 and finally a -5... Some red pen action should hopefully make up for that then. I didn't have my books to hand so I duly leapt aboard 43468/43423 for the stop start run through to Eaglescliffe.

I'd missed the connection by a mile so a chilly and foggy half hour fester ensued when, and probably the first and only time, I was pleased to see 142066 trundle into view which duly got me on my way home.

All well and good and I was eager to check my books for the power cars as I was sure that 423 was one of the missing. Sure enough, 423 AND 468 needed the red pen treatment

Now, going back to that dubious figure of three... At this point I had a gap next to 484 for red pen treatment which was slightly irritating and obviously meant I'd have to traipse out again at some point to scratch it in. However, whilst doing my mileages for individual locos/units, I came across an entry for 43484 from last summer, hmm....

Quick check of the handwritten notes and the year mileage books corroborated this and so it seemed did the phone gallery! Turns out I'd forgotten to mark up 484 in the bible and then taken it as fact. Result: GC HST's and thus all HSTs from 43206 onwards (i.e. the renumbered ones!) cleared

So, winners for this evening:

20/11/2014:
43423 43468 and erm... 43484 :P

Sorry for the mini-report!

 

[bb21]

That's all the ScotRail 170s for me, after all four remaining ones scored yesterday and today: 170417 on a Queen Street - Waverley shuttle and 170477 on a Haymarket - Edinburgh Park leap yesterday, and 170451 on the 1341 Queen Street - Aberdeen to Stirling and finally 170433 on the 1944 Waverley - Inverness for a stop hop to Haymarket today.