Red Pen 2015 - your new haulages

[bb21]

Another productive few days Brian

It's not been too bad, considering that I only start cranking from noon onwards normally.

But that is nothing compared to your efforts.

 

[Techniquest]

Bad luck in the past I would say! You're only 8 GN 313s behind me, and that's after I had a massive session on clearing them out last month. You think Kings Cross to Stevenage is bad, you want to see how boring Finsbury Park to Harringay and also to Drayton Park gets!

I see you're building the suspense on what you have planned next, certainly I await the read eagerly!

Aye it's all swings and roundabouts I suppose. Monday *should* be more productive in terms of filling the books, but that's a whole other story!

I was thinking about going out tomorrow and Saturday but I'm not too sure as the last two days I have been clearing out my Mum's back garden, hence the wait for my second trip report and just completed my first walk after my incident on a walk at the end of February and I now need to nip in to work for a few hours tomorrow so I'm thinking of a quite Saturday at home with some catching up and on the Sunday a quiet morning before attending an organised city walk around Manchester visiting a few watering holes....

But my next trip is now scheduled for next Monday and is another over night stay in Exeter to try and get the few remaining 143's that I need of Great Western.

Need to plan an London Overground trip as I hardly have anything of theirs.

Fair games, and good to hear of the successful completion of the first walk after the injury to your foot, that must have been most satisfying!

Anyway we're heading way off-topic here now. bb21 is making me jealous of such a good haul, I might be having similar luck next month. Certainly will do when I have an entirely London-focused bash again, currently lined up for July.

 

[55013]

Friday the 24th of April:

68010
68013

150107
165025
168107
170517

350107
350240
350267

 

[theblackwatch]

A new loco for me today:
6960 Raveningham Hall at the Great Central Railway.

Also scored a DMU centre car, 59575, even though it's unpowered it counts in my book (providing it's not being used as hauled stock) like all other Heritage DMUs! It was really good to see this unique vehicle restored and back in action, I remember seeing it in MC Metals scrapyard in a rather forlorn state about 20 years ago.

 

[bb21]

Unpowered?!

Hmm, let me dig out what you said about driving vans a while back.

 

[Kite159]

25th April:

171730
313205
313211
313215
375705
377104
377110
377119
377134
377159
377303
377427
377428
377434
377445
377456
377464
377472

Main focus of today was scoring stations, although no 313s on the Seafords (double 377s due to football I can only assume, although nice to score another 377/3, those things pop up anywhere)

 

[TEW]

17th April
158856

18th April
375604
DLR: 104, 114, 147, 153

20th April
142020
142024
142093
144001
144004
144010
144014
158790
170305
170306
180109
222010
222022

21st April
458505 (as a 458/5)

Total(YTD):142

A successful couple of days off. The majority of winners coming on a South Yorkshire Travelmaster bash. Cleared the Hull Trains 180s and made some much needed progress with the 144s.

 

[33056]

Had a good day yesterday scoring D4167, 37059 and 37605.

 

[37038]

Mega update!

25/03:
150268 153331 322481

11/04:
50008 56104 60001 66757

18/04:
03066 27066 D832 43046 43052 60002 60092 66754 68001

19/04:
03062 08164 08479 09024 73001 WD132(S) WD75008(S) 150112 150149 150227 156429 156455 175109 323232 390006 390117 390130

24/04:
390002 390013

25/04:
37059 153354 165026 168111 170111 172101 172102 172332 172341 221108 221136 390134

Plenty of locos etc and some dents made in the Northern fleet plus 221136 means all the XC vomiters out the way at last!

YTD: 131

 

[Techniquest]

My congratulations on clearing the XC Voyagers at last, welcome to the club!

Will I have a good turnout to post in this thread tomorrow night? I'm rather hoping so, I'm aiming to have the details all posted by 1725 and no later tomorrow, with the trip report following suit.

Wish me luck all, I'm going to need it for #techsgoinginblind

 

[bb21]

plus 221136 means all the XC vomiters out the way at last!

You must be glad about that I reckon

 

[37038]

Been a pest for bloody ages! Thank god that's done

 

[andyb2706]

Congrats 37038 on clearing the Voyagers. I've been deliberately avoiding them but I'm off to Exeter tomorrow so unless I go via London I am going to have to bite the bullet and suffer

But the aim is to clear the 143's down there, need to keep my eye on the target .

 

[bb21]

Red Pen 26/4/15

387103
387126
LU96098
LU96094
LU96027
LU96012
LU96046
LU96039
LU96054
LU96063
LU96026
LU96066
LU96083
387122
387128

YTD: 197

 

[childwallblues]

0558 37605/37059 Crewe-Okehampton 260.36 miles
1400 08937 Okehampton-Meldon Viaduct 2.10 miles
1430 08937 Meldon Viaduct-Okehampton 2.10 miles
1550 37605/37059 Okehampton-Crewe 281.47 miles

Tour Mileage was 546.03 miles
All three locos were winners for haulage
There was a change to the tour routing. FGW would not allow the train to go through St Phillips Marsh Depot, so credit to Network Rail we were sent down the freight line from Bristol Parkway to Hallon Marsh and on to the Severn Beach line. This was a good substitute and saved the train from sitting in Bristol Temple Meads Station for 40 minutes. The return journey was along the Southern route to Yeovil, and then taking the rarely used connection between Junction and Pen Mill to return to Bristol via Westbury.

 

[Techniquest]

27/04/2015

390137

Yep, that's it. See the trip report (already on the forum) for the full story.

 

[andyb2706]

27th April
43207
43301
143603
143611
143620
143621
150106
150124
150128
150129

 

[Kite159]

Productive day in Exeter area I assume Andy.

I need to get down that way again later in May when the summer timetable starts, to try and get my last 2 FGW 143s, and clear some additional 150s

 

[andyb2706]

Hopefully I will get the other two FGW 143's tomorrow. I've seen them both today. 143617 was parked under a tent all day at the sidings at Exeter while 143618 arrived at Exeter St Davids while I was departing on a red pen and then it went out of service.

28th April
43028
43063
43078
43088
43164
43180
150101
150232
150248
150925
153329
153370
153373
158763
158953
159019

 

[Techniquest]

Not bad at all there!

29th April 2015

67023

Yep, I did indeed go for it and thankfully it produced! Just 67007 and 67030 to hopefully get one day to clear the class!

 

[FQ]

Where did you take it to? If it were a winner for me it would be Cardiff!

 

[37038]

Not bad at all there!

29th April 2015

67023

Yep, I did indeed go for it and thankfully it produced! Just 67007 and 67030 to hopefully get one day to clear the class!

Easy peasy, welded to the sleepers so get up there! 030 was on the Aberdeen last night I think!

 

[Techniquest]

Where did you take it to? If it were a winner for me it would be Cardiff!

Hereford to Newport for me, couldn't do Cardiff and back it back in time for work!

37038: If I had the money I'd be up there!

 

[andyb2706]

29th April 2015

67023

Yep, I did indeed go for it and thankfully it produced! Just 67007 and 67030 to hopefully get one day to clear the class!

Congrats on getting it. After the amount of bad luck you have had recently you deserved a turn in fortune on the red pen front.

 

[Techniquest]

Congrats on getting it. After the amount of bad luck you have had recently you deserved a turn in fortune on the red pen front.

Thanks, and aye a change of fortunes was welcome! So long as I don't have the bad luck return on May's Southern DaySave all will be good!

In the meantime there's a more important decision to make and needs to be decided upon tomorrow!

 

[crehld]

29 April

43274
43290
156406
222002
222011
313035
313063
317338
319373
319425

 

[childwallblues]

0714 350120 Liverpool South Parkway-Crewe 29.96 miles
0759 323235 Crewe-Wilmslow 18.68 miles
0821 323231 Wilmslow-Crewe 18.68 miles
0907 153381 Crewe-Stoke-on-Trent 14.99 miles
0944 220024 Stoke-on-Trent-Birmingham New Street 44.36 miles WINNER!
1055 67014 Birmingham Moor Street-Warwick Parkway 19.78 miles
1132 68010 Warwick Parkway-Solihull 13.27 miles WINNER!
1231 68013 Solihull-Birmingham Moor Street 6.51 miles WINNER!
1249 172222 Birmingham Moor Street-Smethwick GB 4.55 miles
1307 350265 Smethwick GB-Birmingham New Street 4.04 miles
1336 158824 Birmingham New St-Birmingham Intl 8.22 miles WINNER!
1418 323212 Birmingham Intl-Birmingham New Street 8.22 miles
1501 350238 Birmingham New Street-Liverpool South Parkway 82.63 miles

273.89 miles travelled
68010 68013 158824 and 220024 were winners for haulage
All carriages ridden: 350238
220024 was my penultimate Class 220. Just 220010 now required for haulage.

DD

 

[ValleyLines142]

0714 350120 Liverpool South Parkway-Crewe 29.96 miles
0759 323235 Crewe-Wilmslow 18.68 miles
0821 323231 Wilmslow-Crewe 18.68 miles
0907 153381 Crewe-Stoke-on-Trent 14.99 miles
0944 220024 Stoke-on-Trent-Birmingham New Street 44.36 miles WINNER!
1055 67014 Birmingham Moor Street-Warwick Parkway 19.78 miles
1132 68010 Warwick Parkway-Solihull 13.27 miles WINNER!
1231 68013 Solihull-Birmingham Moor Street 6.51 miles WINNER!
1249 172222 Birmingham Moor Street-Smethwick GB 4.55 miles
1307 350265 Smethwick GB-Birmingham New Street 4.04 miles
1336 158824 Birmingham New St-Birmingham Intl 8.22 miles WINNER!
1418 323212 Birmingham Intl-Birmingham New Street 8.22 miles
1501 350238 Birmingham New Street-Liverpool South Parkway 82.63 miles

273.89 miles travelled
68010 68013 158824 and 220024 were winners for haulage
All carriages ridden: 350238
220024 was my penultimate Class 220. Just 220010 now required for haulage.

DD

Good luck getting 220010. Obviously XC end up all over the country!

My last unit was 220003. Luckily, and purely by chance, I managed to get it on a short hop between Bristol Temple Meads and Bristol Parkway after trying about two weeks to get it!

 

[12CSVT]

April update

4/4/2015
Class 31 - 31530
Class 378 five car extensions - 378135/136/137/139/140/143/147/149/151/152/154/203/204/207
Underground S7 - 21429 + 21430

10/04/2015
Class 350 - 350371/375/376 (all 350s cleared for haulage)

11/04/2015
Class 60 - 60001
Class 66 - 66757

18/04/2015
Class 09 - 09024
Class 66 - 66754
Class 68 - 68001
Manchester Metrolink M5000 - 3093

19/04/2015
Class 08 - 08483
Class 378 extensions - 378141/144/145/146/201/205/206/208

27/04/2015
Class 387 - 387128

 

[FQ]

1/5/15
170630