Vectron’s Trip Logs

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EDIT: For those with an aversion/no interest in European railways there are reports of UK trips (recent and historic) further down.


Every year I spend a week in Germany aiming to cover all the lines in an area used by regular services but my priority is always lines that are threatened with closure, so frequently my trips are to two or three places. Recently I've also started to include diversionary routes and other rare track in my itineraries.

I keep a trip log of trains and routes, and anything else that’s of interest. The notes are occasionally written during the day but more usually in the evening or days later - assuming I can decipher my scribbled notes! The log also includes comments about the itinerary, and for my own amusement I usually give each trip and each day a title, which can be a challenge after a dull day.

For those that like to follow routes a map is available here:
http://www.bueker.net/trainspotting/map.php?file=maps/germany/germany.gif

The German railways numbering system can be found here:
http://www.railfaneurope.net/misc_index.html

A useful guide to rolling stock used by TOCs (not just in Germany) is:
http://www.railfaneurope.net/list/germany.html

 

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Hamburg & Bremen Avoiders
26-28 October 2017
IC2411

This year I made two trips to Germany and this is the second of them. I have made minor edits but otherwise this is the trip log as originally written.

The Itinerary

IC2410 (07.59 Düsseldorf Hbf to Fehmarn-Burg) and the return working IC2411 (08.24 Fehmarn-Burg to Köln Hbf) use the Hamburg and Bremen avoiders. The trains run daily in August and Saturdays until 28 October.

I decided to combine a journey on IC2411 with a day in Berlin filling in gaps. Instead of the usual early start the plan was to to fly to Berlin Schönefeld (SXF) on easyJet’s 13.40 flight from Luton. At least that was the plan……..

Plan A had no new track on day 1 and I hadn’t been able to find an alternative route to Berlin that didn't require a very early start or a late finish, and so decided to completely revise the itinerary. I still needed to go to Berlin to buy Frankenwein and catch the 16.52 Berlin Ostbahnhof to Hamburg (the first part of my return journey ticket).

Locomore’s Stuttgart-Berlin service has resumed and with its rarely used routing through Hannover and Berlin is an ideal alternative, arriving in Berlin-Lichtenberg at 13.32 and allowing time for get to KaDeWe for the Frankenwein. [KaDeWe is a famous department store in Berlin. Frankenwein is a German wine from Franconia (mainly in Bavaria) that I have never found in the UK and the dry white is recommended.]

……..but with all the expected Ryanair cancellations (Plan B involved Stansted to Bremen) due to pilot shortages, strikes and work-to-rules it was back to Plan A but I couldn’t cancel my hotel in Göttingen in time (I hadn’t realised it was only free cancellation until one month rather than one day before arrival when I booked).

Day 1 Thursday 26th October
Aussenring Bonus

easyJet's 13.40 LTN-SXF arrived on time. 'Speedy Boarding' involved being first on the bus at both LTN and SXF, lucky I didn't pay for it this time.

The first DB train of the trip was the 17.27 to Michendorf (442124). The service from Potsdam to Schönefeld and Königs Wusterhausen (route RB22) is suspended while the bridge over the Templiner See between Saarmund and Potsdam-Pirschheide is reconstructed. During this period the Potsdam to Michendorf service (RB23) is being extended to SXF using a connection on to the Aussenring at Saarmund (other engineering works had prevented me from getting the service in May). The diversion was scheduled to finish in mid-October so this is a bonus that I didn't know about until a few days ago.

Then it was on to Berlin Zoologischer Garten (442326) and a long search for KaDeWe. The food and drink section is on the sixth floor and not where I remembered it, maybe I went to Karstadt last year. [I did. Karstadt is a big department store chain and is much close to Zoo station.]

U9 to Turmstrasse and overnight at the Apple City hotel again, this time there were blinds covering both the windows. [I stayed here last year for a week with only a blind opposite my bed but the occupants of the flats opposite didn’t mind that the other window wasn’t…..]

 

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Day 2 Friday 27th October
Filling Gaps

There are moleworks [engineering works] on the S-Bahn ring so I've planned on using the SEV [bus replacement service] from Turmstrasse U-Bahn to Jungfernheide but a M27 route bus arrived first, so on the principle of 'a bus on the road is worth two on the timetable' I hopped on. We arrived at the same time as the late running SEV. I caught the ODEG 08.06 to Wustermark (445111) and then the 08.38 to Potsdam Hbf (442122/127) for the connection on to the Aussenring.

The lovely smell of fresh pastry was wafting down on to the platform when I arrived at Potsdam but I resisted the temptation and went outside to photograph trams.

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The 09.42 to Michendorf (442125) uses the Ferch-Lienewitz to Seddin curve, filling another gap at the third attempt. My pen suddenly gave out leaving Potsdam Hbf so now I have something to do at Michendorf. Fortunately there is a Netto 200m from the station.

On to Jüterbog on the ODEG 10.29 departure (646041), the line runs along the eastern side of the Seddin Yards and past the depot where 232105 was stabled. Jüterbog bahnhof has no redeeming features – it’s windswept with little shelter and the Restaurant am Bahnhof is closed for restoration. The 11.36 to Berlin Südkreuz (114005) reduced our suffering by arriving two minutes early.

S42 to Ostkreuz. I was surprised that the 12.47 S3 to Erkner had not arrived by 12.45 (I thought it still started/finished here) and concerned that it was not even showing on the indicator board on the platform. Having checked on the concourse I returned to the platform where the Erkner train was now showing as the second train, it then promptly disappeared only to reappear a minute later.

We overtook the 12.37 Berlin Hbf to Warszawa (PKP 370007) twice and it passed through Erkner at the same time the S-Bahn arrived (13.16). When I caught this train last year it also took a long time to reach Erkner. At Friedrichshagen and Rahnsdorf the outer-suburban trams were waiting to connect with the S-Bahn. The Regional European Reailway Atlas doesn’t show either line but they are still both on my ‘if I have time’ list.

From Erkner I caught took a Magdeburg-Cottbus train (182015) to Fürstenwalde(Spree). The NEB 13.52 to Bad Saarow Klinikum and 14.29 return were operated by 650539.

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Trains on the branch appear to be well used. During the 20 minute layover I walked over to the hospital cafeteria for a coffee. 232404, numbered VT300-001 and in some sort of green livery was on the branch to the FGL Handelsgesellschaft works.

Back to Berlin on the 14.50 to Ostbahnhof. PKP 370004 had arrived from Warszawa on EC44 and 370003 was on the 16.54 departure. There are fewer shops at Ostbahnhof than Berlin Hbf but still plenty of places to eat as well as two supermarkets (REWE and Penny Am Markt).

Catching the 16.52 IRE [Inter Regional Express] to Hamburg (185213) from Ostbahnhof is a very good idea. The train only has two coaches with unreserved seating and the hordes all get on at Berlin Hbf. I'm in a compartment marked 'Dienstraum', no idea what this means but I have a seat and that's all that matters. At Jungfernheide 66003 was on a cereal train.

We took the fast line all the way to Stendal and are four minutes late leaving which has increased to ten at Salzwedel, and with a fifteen minute connection at Luneburg I’m starting to be concerned. The internet connection is very bad and I haven’t been able to investigate alternatives. There are no lights in the compartment, only those in the corridor.

At Uelzen the train uses the direct curve from the Stendal line to the east side of the station but it’s dark albeit I could see a train held at signals on the Hannover line. I’ll have to come back again in daylight. We’re still ten late but at least it hasn't got any worse. However, there is a lot of recovery time in the schedule and we are only two minutes late at Lüneburg.

The phone signal has been very poor and the train wi-fi didn't work at all so I didn't receive the delay alerts from DB until I arrived at Lüneburg; I didn’t need them but being able to check the alternatives if the connection wasn’t held would have been good. DB and OBB use to provide an offline timetable which I would download on to my laptop so this would not have been a problem.

The 19.45 to Lübeck (648048) was full even before the IRE arrived and it was standing room only when it departed. Hotel Baltic is opposite Lübeck bus station and less than five minutes walk from the station.

 

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Day 3 Saturday 28th October
Raison d'être

I had time for a walk around the old town before heading to the station for the 10.19 Lübeck Hbf to Köln Hbf (IC2411). The train arrived behind 218470 which was replaced by 101093.

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The route is:
Hamburg-Wandsbek –
Hamburg-Harburg (Abzw Oberhafen) via Horn and Rothenburgsort –
Bremen avoider (Sagehorn to Gabelung) –
Recklinghausen – Duisburg – Köln Hbf.

I have a compartment to myself with a window seat on the right hand side to see the Hamburg avoider curves and the Bremen avoider connections. The train is relatively empty at the moment, will it last? Watch this space....

At Hamburg-Harburg the the train filled up and I discovered that four of the seats in the compartment, including mine, are reserved but fortunately the other two are still free. I later discovered there are spare seats in the next coach which looked more comfortable and had more leg room. Oh well.

The family of four that came into the compartment had four huge suitcases and somehow managed to put them on the luggae racks. One was so big that the train conductor told them to take it down! My other travelling companion liked to pack light and had bought an old fashioned suitcase (locks, no wheels) for €20 on eBay.

The Hamburg avoider (the eastern ring) took about 10 minutes and the Bremen one 20 minutes including a delay of seven minutes due to a signalling problem. I nearly missed the start of the Bremen avoider at Sagehorn (I was now sitting on the corridor side of the compartment); at Gabelung the Osnabruck line is joined by crossing it on a bridge. The Schweers & Wall Eisenbahn atlas shows this as separate alignment but I don’t feel the need to do the line in the other direction. At Kirchweyhe an unidentified steam loco was being prepared for use on (I presume) the Kleinbahn-Leeste line. Non-stop through Osnabrück Hbf and Münster(Westf) Hbf.

After being nine minutes late at Recklinghausen we arrived in Köln Hbf three minutes early. There was just enough time in Köln to get to the konditorei [a pâtisserie] I’d found on an earlier trip and to very quickly eat a currywurst.

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The 15.42 ICE to Bruxelles-Midi was full as usual and I had to change seat shortly after Köln Hbf as the seat information didn’t show between which stations the seat is reserved. I think I’ll start booking a seat on this train in the future.

Although the 19.52 Eurostar was not too full when leaving Bruxelles-Midi the train manager announced the train is fully booked and "there are 400 people joining at Lille" (or something like that). We departed Lille 12 minutes late apparently due to a late running TGV. There's was an empty Eurostar set in the adjacent platform at Lille, presumably the 15.22 from Marseille. The train (an e320, one of the new sets) was cold and I wore my coat for most of the journey. On time arrival in St. Pancras.

 

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Scotland
Easter 1973

In 1973 I was a member of my local railway society. It had an active memberships with a wide range of interests - that year there were trips to West Germany (for steam), the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway, industrial railways in the East Midlands (including Corby and Glendon steel works with ex-BR D95xx (class 14) locos), Derby Litchurch Lane works and shed visits (‘shed bashing’ trips).

Every year there was a long trip over the Easter weekend and that year it was a five day trip to Scotland. To the dedicated Stevenage trainspotter this was IT. I still remember much of this trip without checking my notebook and the society’s magazine (although I have for this post and discovered the trip was the week before Easter).

Day 1 Saturday

There was no fixed itinerary for today only the need to reach Ayr by the evening. I was in a car with two school friends and the driver was still a dedicated trainspotter himself.

Our first stop was Bescot. We stayed on the station platform rather than using the foot crossing to the depot but could still get most of the loco numbers in the yard, most were Brush Type 4s (class 47), BRCW ‘Sulzer’ Type 2s (class 25s) and (class 08) shunters.

Then it was on to Crewe. We didn’t get permission to look around the depot but managed to see most of the locos from the station platform and when we went to ask to look around. I always expected a ‘no’ here but going to ask was a good excuse to get some of the numbers. There was the usual collection of EE Type 4s (407/408/409/412/421/424/425/429/443/444/449), Sulzer Type 2s (class 24s this time), Brush 4s, shunters and the older type of EE Type 4s (class 40, we called them ‘Boxes’). At the station 417+418 were probably on a Euston-Glasgow train (at this time the WCML electrification from Crewe to Glasgow wasn’t complete). We also saw plenty of EMUs, DMUs and electric locos working in a short time.

Next stop was Warrington. Central for DMUs on Manchester-Liverpool trains, and Bank Quay station and yard where there were nine Sulzer Type 2s and six Boxes. Wigan Springs Branch depot had more of the same as well as 12075/76/77 (class 11 shunters).

At Preston one of us became rather too enthusiastic to get the number of a loco (possibly D342) in a yard and climbed over a wall to get it, attracting the attention of a passing police car! Fortunately he was only taken to our waiting chariot. Suitably chastened we headed for Carnforth (and even visited Steamtown) and Carlisle.

First stop was the station where there were plenty of DMUs and five EE Type 4s (we’d seen two of these at Crewe earlier and later saw them at New Yard, and one at Warrington BQ). Then it was Kingmoor depot and New Yard. At New Yard there was the usual collection of Sulzers and Boxes as well as an EE Type 3 6857 (class 37) and two Peaks 14/133 (class 45s).

And finally to Ayr but we weren’t finished yet. After a visit to the chippy there was still time to visit the station where we found 28 DMUs.

Totals for the day: Locos/units 304, new 176. class 50s 18

 

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All those old locos & units, things were more varied back in the day.

 

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All those old locos & units, things were more varied back in the day.

....and most of them looked better as well! But then I generally prefer green liveries to corporate blue so what do I know? French locos were probably the most stylish anyway.

 

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Day 2 Sunday

Back to Ayr station (26 DMUs new from last night), then the depot for more DMUs, also Sulzers, EE Type 1s (class 20s) and four shunters, and the docks. Next was Ardrossan Harbour (four shunters) and station (nine DMUs). Two years earlier there had also been numerous withdrawn Claytons (class 17s). Damn!

After Kilmarnock it was time for some serious Glasgow shed bashing. First was Hamilton, a grotty shed building, where there were 75 DMUs and three shunters. Motherwell was a diesel depot, 16 locos including 5414 the first BRCW Type 2 (class 27) of the trip.

Glasgow Works included 28 Claytons (yippie!), 6 D24xx shunters (class 06), numerous Sulzers and BRCW Type 2s (5327 was the first class 26 of the trip) as well as DMUs and EMUs. 86 locos and units all together.

Eastfield had 43 locos (lots more Type 2s and a few EE Type 1s), 11 shunters (inc. 2421) and 11 DMUs. Back across the Clyde to Polmardie (44 locos, 3 shunters), another grotty building - 15 Claytons, plenty of Type 2s and Type 1s again: not that we were complaining!

Next stop was Shields (the electric depot – EMUs and seven locos E3052/72/82/96, E3161, 83005, 84005; five more electrics (E3018/91, E3200, 83013, 84002) had been at Kingmoor yesterday). Nearby was Smithy Lye EMU sidings where the only access was through a locked gate and down some steps but we were not to be denied, someone had brought an allen key and we were in!

And finally to Corkerhill which contained a small cross selection of the usual suspects.

Totals for the day: Locos/units 445, new 416

 

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Day 3 Monday

Update for yesterday – the first 26 of the trip was 5327 in Glasgow Works.

There wasn’t a fixed itinerary for today except for calling at Fort William on the way to Inverness. We started the day at Hyndland station for the morning rush hour. I recorded 46 units so we were probably there for about 90 minutes. We then caught (class 303) 075 to Queen Street low level. At the main station there were BRCW Type 2s, DMUs and a Brush 4 (1972) which may have been working an Edinburgh train.

We walked to Central where 427+429 were on a Euston train, there was also plenty of DMUs and EMUs including three from the later build (class 311s). Only nine were new from the 37 locos/units recorded (shocking!!). Then it was back to Hyndland (038) and an unsuccessful visit to the depot.

After crossing the city to Coatbridge depot (8 locos from 7 classes) and docks we started the long journey north but it was sunny so the journey was enjoyable. Our driver had done his homework and stops were made at Tarbet, Ardlui and Spean Bridge to see trains (not surprisingly all 53xx). There was only one loco at Fort William depot.

Finally we looked in at Inverness station and depot (how could we not?).

Totals for the day: Locos/units 152, new 103

 

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Day 4 Tuesday

The first stops were Inverness station and depot. Three more BRCWs had arrived on the depot since yesterday evening and two more in the station (and two Sulzers as well). A good start to the day.

On the way to Aberdeen we called in at Nairn, Lhanbryde and Pitcaple to see a Aberdeen-Inverness trains and Elgin where (class 40) 254 was in the yard. Aberdeen depot seemed empty (or maybe we weren’t alllowed to look around) – only seven locos including two Brush 4s 1895 and 1962.

Next were Stonehaven, Montrose and Arbroath. There was a Sulzer and shunter at the latter two, and 363 followed us down from Stonehaven to Montrose.

Dundee depot was mainly DMUs (22) and Type 2s but 263 added some variety. At Perth there were two more class 40s (Haymarket had an allocation of these, something like 260-266, 360-369 but don’t quote me), two class 50s (413/433) and six more Type 2s. We had also seen 433 at Polmardie on Sunday and others had seen it at Carlisle on Friday as well.

We called in at Ladybank, Markinch, Thornton and Kirkcaldy to see service trains and see what was stabled there. also 60009 (Union of South Africa, obviously!) in the goods shed at Kirkcaldy. Thornton is so memorable that I had forgotten we had visited it until I looked in my note book.

The last stop was Grangemouth depot which included four ‘Scottish’ EE Type 3s (6845/52/51/57) - I think the depot had an allocation of class 37s for working oil trains - and four class 20s. As I recall it was another late (dark) finish – we’d visited Corkerhill at 20.45 on Sunday according to the Society magazine and it was certainly dark when we were at Ayr on Saturday. We weren’t going to waist a minute!

 

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Day 5 Wednesday

First stop was Edinburgh Waverley. We were probably there for about an hour and my notes suggest we saw three pairs of BRCWs which would have been working the Glasgow trains (they did this for a period as a push-pull operation) and so the Brush 4 seen at Queen Street on Monday had arrived from somewhere else.

Then to Haymarket depot where we found 28 locos (class 20/24/25/26/27/40/47/55), 27 DMUs and two class 08s. Stops at Granton, South Leith and Craigintinny Carriage Sidings were all for 08s before our final Scottish depot – Millerhill Marshalling Yard. Along with the locos there were 36 (withdrawn) 79xxx Inter-City DMUs.

We may have finished our Scottish visit but the trip was far from finished for us. While others went via Berwick and NCB mines to see ex-class 11/14s we headed for depots and stabling points.

Blyth was first, only three 37s (there had been eight when I’d visited the previous October but that had been at 5.30 AM on a Sunday morning). There were 60 DMUs at South Gosforth depot despite it being mid-week. Next stop was Newcastle station for lots more DMUs and nine locos but no Deltics (in those days this was good!) followed by Tyne Yard, Thornaby, York and Knottingley. Phew.

Updating my Ian Allan Combined Volume obviously took a long time!

THE END

Don’t expect any more historic trip reports anytime soon - I need time to recover from this one and do some trips (home and away).

 

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Cumbrian Coast
13 January 2018

My first UK trip of the Millennium (no, that's not a typo)!!

I had planned on a trip to ride behind the 37s on the Cumbrian Coast services before they are replaced by class 68s in May, but not until March when there would be more daylight. When I discovered a few days ago that the changeover will now happen on the 27th January I decided to go anyway. The 10-day weather forecast indicated that the best time to go would be this weekend and so hastily planned a trip albeit less adventurous than I originally envisaged.

Alarm at 06.15 (breakfast, no shower[I had that last night]) and the 07.17 East Midlands Train to St. Pancras (222020). After an on-time arrival, it took 7 minutes to walk to the Victoria line platform; I walked straight on to a train and was at Euston by 08.10 – concourse to concourse in about 12 minutes.

After a visit to Costa Coffee I caught the 08.30 to Carlisle (390104). My requested forward facing table was actually a backwards facing duo (at least it was a window) in Coach A. I moved to Coach B, then C and at the second attempt found a table with a working power socket, my phone didn’t need charging but I was using it to check our timekeeping. The floor heating was very warm and I soon moved to the aisle seat. Useful learning points for future journeys. The ‘humorous’ message in the toilet is very annoying.

92032 was on Willesden depot and an unidentified class 37 (possible 37601) in the yards at Wembley. At Rugby 37605 passed light engine heading towards Northampton. I was surprised (but shouldn’t have been) at the number of class 66s running under the wires. 319367 and 319380 were at Wigan North Western, I wonder how many times I travelled on these in the past.

I was relieved to see a Driving Trailer as we arrived in Carlise two minutes late. With only a ten minute connection a 153+156 or similar substitution was almost as worrying as missing the train, the 11.56 to Lancaster. 37402 was at the other one ticking over but not too quietly.

I was very surprised to find a spare seat on a table at the very back of the coach closest to the 37 but even with the door windows open (obviously) the only time ‘402 could be heard was accelerating away from the stations and climbing out of Grange-over-Sands.

We ran two minutes late for most of the journey which made getting off at stations to take photos slightly risky, nonetheless I did this at Workington and Grange where the coach door swung closed so I ran back to the train. I should probably have risked being left behind at Ulverston as well. There were five minute stops at Barrow and Carnforth so no problems there.

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37403 passed us at Whitehaven on the 11.38 from Barrow-in-Furness. There were ten 68s/88s including 68027 and 88009/10 were at Sellafield.

The weather stayed dry all day. The scenery was bleak and the sections along the coast and across Morecambe Bay wonderful. _toommm_ posted two very nice pictures in his report
https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/toms-ridonculous-rambles-roverings.159381/#post-3287347

At Lancaster there was the expected crowd photographing 37402.

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90048+90045 passed through on a northbound freightliner before I headed to Costa for refreshment (their Sicilian Lemon Muffin is much better than Starbucks) and then catch the 16.38 to Euston (390128). I only had 19 minutes to get to St. Pancras so I walked through the train (not all the way) and caught the 19.29 EMT (222012) with three minutes to spare.

In the absence of any other statistics here is the trips playlist:

Motorhead – Ace Of Spades
Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
Rush – Clockwork Angels
Bob Dylan - Trouble No More: The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 / 1979-1981

 

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Might have been quicker walking to Euston from St Pancras than to take the Victoria line

Sounded like a good little day trip, a farewell to the 37s on the coast (although at least they are getting replaced by 68s, could have been worse, could have been 67s)

 

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Docklands Light Railway
27 February 2018

I have a Robin Trower concert in London tonight so despite predictions of a snowy Armageddon I decided to make a day of it travelling on the DLR. I’ve probably made more than 2,000 journeys between Bank and Canary Wharf, initially using the North Quay Junction (invariably waiting for a Stratford service) and the rest on the West India Down Viaduct but only a few journeys elsewhere.

I waited until after 10.00 so I could get my Network Card discount and caught the 10.10 to West Hampstead Thameslink (700041). Over at West Hampstead, Stratford trains were being cancelled due to “predicted severe weather” although the only white stuff on the platform was salt. It turned out that there was a 15 minute interval service rather than the usual 10 minutes. While waitng for the 11.20 service (378206) 59205 passed through on a Purfleet Foster Yeoman to Acton freight.

Although the train trundled across town it arrived in Stratford 5 minutes early and I eventually found my way to the Canary Wharf line DLR platforms.

Stratford-Canary Wharf 82+43
Canary Wharf-Bank 50+69+89

and then off to the Waterloo & City Line for 4 minutes down the drain (65508+57508+57507+65507).

Upstairs at Waterloo East most services were disrupted. I took the first service to Charing Cross (465004+465169) and back to London Bridge on the same units, then onto New Cross (465012+465174) on the on-time 13.27 departure. At New Cross the snow arrived just as the 13.45 Dalston Junction train to Shadwell (378139) departed.

More DLRing:
Shadwell-Tower Gateway 02+59
Tower Gateway-Westferry 59+02
Westferry-Lewisham 26+69+94

While waiting at Westferry there was a sudden gust of wind which blew all the snow on to the eastbound platform where I was standing; by Greenwich it was sun and clear blue skies.

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At Lewisham 66848 passed on a Cliffe Brett Marine to Stewarts Lane freight and 66704 on a Ferme Park to Grain Foster Yeoman working. Things then went wrong: I was concentrating on finding somewhere to take a picture of the incoming train in the sun and didn’t notice my train was now the second one due so I found myself heading to Hither Green (465162+465159)! Fortunately I only had a few minutes to wait before the 15.06 back to London Bridge (465155+465190) and the 15.20 to Woolwich Arsenal (465049).

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Finally back to the DLR about 40 minutes later than planned:
Woolwich Arsenal-Westferry 29+64+09
Westferry-Beckton 59+02
Beckton-Canning Town 02+59
Canning Town-West Silvertown 153+120+108
West Silvertown-Stratford International 151+143
Stratford International-Stratford 143+151

The final journey was the 17.36 Stratford-Liverpool Street (360112+360105). It was then off to the concert on the Underground as it was too cold to walk over to Moorgate for a train to Highbury and Islington.