Which locomotive and multiple unit classes have you cleared for haulage?

[theblackwatch]

Nothing. I'm sure I'm not alone in regretting many journies in the past which were not recorded.

No you're not the only one - I'm sure most people who record haulage have that regret.

 

[QJ]

Between the mid 1970s and the summer of 1988 I managed haulage behind all of the locos that made up BR classes

33/1, 37/4, 46, 50, 57/6, 73/0, 87/0, 87/1, 89

plus a high percentage of the other locos post TOPS renumbering. If it hadn't been for my interest being track bashing rather than haulage scooping the list would have been a lot higher. I managed 440+ class 47s without trying.

Units cleared for riding in include 430, 442, 491 (yes, I know they were unpowered).

More recently I have cleared all the 159s for rideage. Unfortunately I am likely to have all the Voyagers for rideage in the near future. I am two short with the 444s too.

Incidentally I still require 4 class 86s to clear and in theory I believe they are still in use by Freightliner. If I hadn't regarded them as electric duffs to be avoided if a roarer was available I would have cleared them easily.

I would have a lot more haulages recorded at home and abroad if I hadn't lost my notes for 1988 onward in a house move. The missus chucked them in the bin thinking I no longer had a use for them.

To me the present day class 43 are merely class 253 power cars so don't count as locos.

 

[wensley]

Managed to make a fool of myself there by racing to post before shooting off....'tis gone

 

[theblackwatch]

Let's have a think...

Diesel Locos: 03, 08, 20, 31, 37, 43, 47, 57, 67
Electric Locos: 91
DMUs : 101, 108, 110, 117, 142, 144, 150, 153, 156, 158, 170, 180, 185, 220, 221
EMUs: 321, 333, 380

Think that't the lot

You've had every single class 08 for haulage? Bit of a fudger there I think. :roll:

 

[wensley]

You've had every single class 08 for haulage? Bit of a fudger there I think. :roll:

Reading the entire thread with more than a glance would have been useful...sorry
Bit of a cock-up there....

 

[12CSVT]

You've had every single class 08 for haulage? Bit of a fudger there I think. :roll:

I would very much doubt that every class 08 has hauled a passenger train.

 

[theblackwatch]

I would very much doubt that every class 08 has hauled a passenger train.

I think you're probably right. The poster has now admitted his mistake!

 

[317666]

I've had all of the remaining 1972TS trains on the Bakerloo Line

 

[Class 466]

I've cleared all 43 of the 466s but thats it

 

[noddy1878]

I've not managed to clear much for haulage. Only Class 139, 159 and 220 have been cleared completely.

 

[theblackwatch]

I've not managed to clear much for haulage. Only Class 139, 159 and 220 have been cleared completely.

Did you have the two early casualties (52202/9 from 150202 and 150209)?

 

[noddy1878]

Did you have the two early casualties (52202/9 from 150202 and 150209)?

No but I never said I cleared the 150's!

 

[NIMBUS]

It's surprising how difficult it is to get that last loco or unit. There are several classes that I required an odd one of at withdrawal - or, in some cases, still do (e.g. 357 039), for haulage. I've cleared lots of DMU and EMU sub-classes but I'm not counting sub-classes.

Locos: classes 43, 50, 87, 90 and 91

DMUs: classes 151, original 159s (now 159/0), 165, 166, 168

EMUs: classes 313, 315, 317, 319, 360, 365, 442, 455, 456, 458, 460, 465, 466

IE: class 071

There are also some that I'm pretty sure that I cleared but don't have stock books back that far, to confirm (e.g. the 506s).

 

[33056]

It's surprising how difficult it is to get that last loco or unit. There are several classes that I required an odd one of at withdrawal - or, in some cases, still do (e.g. 357 039), for haulage. I've cleared lots of DMU and EMU sub-classes but I'm not counting sub-classes.

Tell me about it! Took ages for me to get my last 91 (127) which was usually seen when I couldn't do it due to being on a charter or similar.

German 101s were also a pain, especially as my last one was supposedly restricted to certain workings which should have made it easy to get; it just never seemed to be out when I was visiting. Likewise DB 181s, only 25 of them in the production series so should be relatively easy to get.....not :roll: Lost count of the number of times we haunted the Trier / Luxembourg line before it finally put in an appearance.

As it turned out, the easiest class to clear was the Austrian 2095s, only 15 but VERY hard to get being scattered across the country over four narrow gauge systems. The last one was scored by the simple method of viewing the local shed the night before, getting chatting to the supervisor and asking him to put the desired loco out on the only diagram the following morning - he did, top man (One of my late father's favourite sayings "If you don't ask, you don't get" )

 

[Peter Mugridge]

As it turned out, the easiest class to clear was the Austrian 2095s, only 15 but VERY hard to get being scattered across the country over four narrow gauge systems. The last one was scored by the simple method of viewing the local shed the night before, getting chatting to the supervisor and asking him to put the desired loco out on the only diagram the following morning - he did, top man (One of my late father's favourite sayings "If you don't ask, you don't get" )

I managed something very similar in Paris a couple of years ago; needing only one Z6100 to clear those that remained I wrote a very polite letter, translated into French for me by a French person at work, asking if the unit could be diagrammed for the off peak of the day in question and posted it to the depot manager of La Chapelle about two weeks before my day trip over.

It not only duly appeared off peak but was also at the Paris end of a rake of three units and I didn't have to hang around for ages for it either.

Needless to say, I followed this up by posting a brief letter a couple of days after my trip which said simply: "Re: Z61xx - Merci beaucoup, monsieur."

 

[MK Tom]

Is there a version of this thread for people like me who are just into travelling on classes at all and not the entire membership of those classes?