Back in the day...

[Sultan1056]

Sunday 22nd February 1981

After having 50s via Southampton I returned to KX for the 1605 to York. Today I would be disappointed to see a 47 on the train. The next possible Deltic would not be until one of the overnight trains to Edinburgh so I decided to take an alternative route home via the Midland Main Line.

50013 Waterloo-Salisbury (0910 Waterloo-Exeter St Davids)
via Southampton
50022 Salisbury-Waterloo (0945 Exeter St Davids-Waterloo)
via Southampton
45140 St Pancras-Sheffield (1600 St Pancras-Sheffield
45016 Sheffield-York (1650 Birmingham NS-York)

Tuesday 22nd February 1983

50034 Exeter St Davids-Waterloo (1220 Exeter St David’s-Waterloo)
43061+43090 Kings Cross-York (1637 Kings Cross-Middlesbrough)

 

[Sultan1056]

Saturday 23rd February 1980

One of my favourite trains, although I only ever travelled on it between Haymarket and Edinburgh, was the 0643 Carstairs to Edinburgh. On weekdays it consisted of several coaches carrying mail and parcels. On a Saturday however it was just one coach, a BCK (Brake Corridor Composite, I think). Nobody else travelling, it was like having your own private train.

55011 York-Edinburgh (2230 Kings Cross-Edinburgh)
47701 Edinburgh-Haymarket (0700 Edinburgh-Glasgow))
26036 Haymarket-Edinburgh (0643 Carstairs-Edinburgh)
55011 Edinburgh-Berwick (0950 Edinburgh-Plymouth)
55009 Berwick-Edinburgh (0550 Kings Cross-Aberdeen)
55022 Edinburgh-Newcastle (1425 Edinburgh-Newcastle)
55022 Newcastle-Edinburgh (1734 Newcastle-Edinburgh)
55018 Edinburgh-York (1915 Aberdeen-Kings Cross)

Monday 23rd February 1981

55002 York-Doncaster (1810 York-Kings Cross)
43114+43155 Doncaster-York (1700 Kings Cross-Edinburgh)
55022 York-Newark Northgate (1955 York-Kings Cross)
55012 Newark Northgate-Doncaster (1935 Kings Cross-Hull)
47411 Doncaster-York (2000 Kings Cross-Aberdeen)

 

[Sultan1056]

Saturday 24th February 1979

The highlight of the day was getting a required 31 on the Newcastle portion of the Poole-Leeds service. The 31 quickly succumbed at Rotherham Masbrough where it made an unscheduled stop. 40074 came quickly (presumably from Tinsley) to our rescue and took the train forward to Newcastle with a relatively short delay.

55002 York-Doncaster (0612 Newcastle-Kings Cross)
E50230+51217 Doncaster-Sheffield (0723 Hull-Manchester Pic)
45027 Sheffield-Chesterfield (0700 Newcastle-Poole)
47143 Chesterfield-Sheffield (0730 Worcester SH-Leeds)
45123 Sheffield-Chesterfield (1100 Sheffield-St Pancras)
45071 Chesterfield-Sheffield (0727 Swansea-Leeds)
45141 Sheffield-Chesterfield (1300 Sheffield-St Pancras)
45140 Chesterfield-Sheffield (1101 St Pancras-Sheffield)
47054 Sheffield-Rotherham (0815 Plymouth-Leeds)
E50622 Rotherham-Sheffield (1332 Hull-Sheffield)
46022 Sheffield-Chesterfield (1439 Leeds-Plymouth)
47490 Chesterfield-Rotherham (1551 Nottingham-Carlisle)
47143 Rotherham-Sheffield (1639 Leeds-Bristol TM)
31173 Sheffield-Rotherham (1742 Sheffield-Newcastle)
Loco failure at Rotherham
40074 Rotherham-York (1742 Sheffield-Newcastle)

Sunday 24th February 1980

55004 York-Grantham (1550 York-Kings Cross)
55006 Grantham- York (1605 Kings Cross-York)

 

[CD]

Saturday 25th February 1984

33017 Yeovil PM-Bristol TM (2V55 0550 Weymouth-Bristol)
45126 Bristol TM-Derby (1E30 0653 Plymouth-York)
47492 Derby-Birmingham NS (1O19 0950 Newcastle-Poole)
45145 Birmingham NS-Derby (1E63 0940 Poole-Newcastle)
45104 Derby-Gloucester (1V92 1428 York-Bristol)
45116 Gloucester-Bristol TM (1V92)
33037 Bristol TM-Westbury (2O95 1940 Weston-Super-Mare-Portsmouth Hbr)
DMU Westbury-Yeovil PM (2110 Westbury-Weymouth)

 

[Sultan1056]

Sunday 25th February 1979

43097+43107 York-Doncaster(1222 Newcastle-Kings Cross)
43104+43108 Doncaster-York (1300 Kings Cross-Aberdeen)

Monday 25th February 1980

55012 York-Newark Northgate (1811 York-Kings Cross)
47543 Newark Northgate-York (1805 Kings Cross-York)

Saturday 25th February 1984

A trip to Reading to watch York City play Reading. A disappointing day football wise; City got beat 1-0.

47529 York-Manchester Vic (0710 York-Liverpool LS)
86317 Manchester Pic-Crewe (0920 Manchester Pic-Poole)
86327 Crewe-Birmingham NS (0920 Liverpool LS-Penzance)
50009 Birmingham NS-Bristol TM (0920 Liverpool LS-Penzance)
43129+43130 Bristol TM-Reading (1300 Bristol TM-Paddington)
1129 Reading West-Reading (1458 Portsmouth Hbr-Reading)
43020+43021 Reading-Paddington (1600 Bristol TM-Paddington)
43082+43084 Kings Cross-York (1900 Kings Cross-Newcastle)

 

[QJ]

Saturday 25 February 1978
1* 310 EMU 2A11 0636 London Euston - Tring (London Euston to Tring)
86034 WN 1Z75 0730 Tring - Plymouth ADEX (Tring to Mitre Bridge Junction)
47128 LA 1Z75 0730 Tring - Plymouth ADEX (Mitre Bridge Junction to Plymouth)
via Kensington Olympia (reverse) - Old Oak East Junction - Reading - Berks and Hants
47159 BR 1Z75 1730 Plymouth - Tring return ADEX (Plymouth to Kensington Olympia)
via Berks and Hants - Reading - Old Oak East Junction
25324 CW + 25269 TO 1Z75 1730 Plymouth - Tring return ADEX (Kensington Olympia to Tring)
1* 310 EMU 2A54 2222 Bletchley - London Euston (Tring to London Euston)

 

[Sultan1056]

Monday 26th February 1979

55021 York-Selby (1816 York-Kings Cross)
55002 Selby-York (1608 Kings Cross-York)

Tuesday 26th February 1980

55009 York-Retford (1811 York-Kings Cross)
55016 Retford-Doncaster (1705 Kings Cross-Hull)
55004 Doncaster-York (1805 Kings Cross-York)

Thursday 26th February 1981

55008 York-Newark Northgate (1810 York-Kings Cross)
55022 Newark Northgate-York (1805 Kings Cross-York)

Saturday 26th February 1983

I went to watch Man Utd play Liverpool, the result, 1-1.

47427 York-Manchester Vic (0850 Scarborough-Liverpool LS)
47410 Manchester Vic-York (1705 Liverpool LS-Scarborough)

 

[Sultan1056]

Tuesday 27th February 1979

55007 York-Selby (1816 York-Kings Cross)
47433 Selby-York (1608 Kings Cross-York)

Wednesday 27th February 1980

47404 York-Leeds (0746 Newcastle-Liverpool LS)
40024 Leeds-York (1010 Liverpool LS-Newcastle)

Friday 27th February 1981

During this timetable the 1630 Aberdeen-Leeds was given an additional stop at Church Fenton. I took the opportunity to have a Deltic to an unusual stop.

55016 York-Church Fenton (1630 Aberdeen-Leeds)
E51542+51552 Church Fenton-York (2315 Leeds-York)

Monday 27th February 1984

31428 York-Scarborough (0728 Huddersfield-Scarborough)
47532 Scarborough-York (1405 Scarborough-York)

 

[QJ]

Saturday 28 February 1981 (one of those weekends where I didn't go home after a late shift at work)
After a late shift work early on this day in history found me at Peterborough (having got off the Friday overnight 1L22 2300 London Kings Cross to Bradford Interchange hauled by 55013)

55002 YK 1N12 0002 London Kings Cross - Newcastle (Peterborough to Doncaster)
31407 FP 1L00 0110 London Kings Cross - Leeds (Doncaster to Leeds)
47458 FP 5V71 0600 Neville Hill - Bradford Interchange (Leeds to Bradford Interchange)
a polite request to the guard to jump aboard 5V71 to stave off hypothermia
47458 FP 1V71 0649 Bradford Interchange - Penzance (Bradford Interchange to Derby)
for the track innit (Wakefield Kirkgate - Calder Bridge Junction - Oakenshaw Jn - Oakenshaw South Jn)
45141 1C21 1005 Derby - London Saint Pancras (Derby to London Saint Pancras)
for another late shift at work then...
40081 HM 1L22 2315 London Kings Cross - Bradford Interchange (London Kings Cross to Doncaster)
(via the GN&GC)
then wait till 01/03 for a duff haulage back to London

 

[Sultan1056]

Wednesday 28th February 1979

47147 York-Sheffield (1613 Newcastle-Cardiff C)
45010 Sheffield-York (1608 Bristol TM-Newcastle)

Saturday 28th February 1981

There was engineering work taking place somewhere along the WCML which restricted the number of direct Euston-Birmingham/Wolves services. IIRC there were several additional services booked to run from Paddington. The 0755 additional was booked for a Class 50. At the time a 50 was quite rare at Wolverhampton so I decided that I would sample this. I returned via Bristol and Salisbury before resuming with some Deltic haulage.

40025 York-Darlington (2000 Kings Cross-Aberdeen)
55009 Darlington-Kings Cross (1915 Aberdeen-Kings Cross)
50029 Paddington-Wolverhampton via Coventry (0755 Paddington-Wolverhampton) Additional
86209 Wolverhampton-Birmingham NS (0920 Liverpool LS-Penzance)
50003 Birmingham NS-Bristol TM (1023 Manchester Pic-Plymouth)
33007 Bristol TM-Bath (1400 Bristol TM-Salisbury)
33019 Bath-Bristol TM (1215 Portsmouth Hbr-Bristol TM))
33101 Bristol TM-Salisbury (1505 Bristol TM-Portsmouth Hbr)
33004 Salisbury-Waterloo (1710 Salisbury-Waterloo)
55013 Kings Cross-Edinburgh (2215 Kings Cross-Edinburgh)
via Lincoln, Askern, Leamside & Bedlington Jnc

 

[Cheshire Scot]

Apologies, I am one day late with this one!
Monday 27th February 1978

Having completed my Guards Training, been passed out and signed for the route from Mallaig to Garelochhead this was my first shift as a Guard bases in Fort William.
01.40 Fort William (Mallaig Jn) to Cadder - worked to Tyndrum Upper. (04.10)
27021 - 23 wagons plus Brake Van B954187 354 tonnes including loco, 30 SLU
30 SLU was the length limit for the West Highland line although due to the shortest loops being 24 SLU when an up train was over 24 SLU the down trains it would meet had to be limited to 24 SLU and vice versa.
01.10 Cadder to Fort William (Mallaig Jn) worked from Tyndrum (04.20)
27111 - 12 wagons plus Brake Van B951351, 461 tonnes including loco 14 SLU (max load for a class 27 was 495 tonnes).

I spent that full first week on the night freights (01.40 and 02.30 from Fort William and 01.10 and 01.50 from Cadder and again the second week.
Booked changeover point on both workings was Tyndrum Upper although in reality due to late running of the down train changeover was twice at Crianlarich and once at Ardlui and although both excursions to Crianlarich resulted in arrivals back in Fort Wlliam around 50 mins late (but still well within the 8 hour day) on the Ardlui trip we left there 1 hr 26mins late but with a clean run arrived home just 20 mins late. On one occasion in the second week I also worked my first overtime on the 07.25 ballast with 9 x 2 axle ballast hoppers plus brake van to drop stone in section between Rannoch and Bridge of Orchy, booking off after 11hrs 40 mins on duty.

Over these two weeks traction was surprisingly varied given that at that time there was one train each each direction booked for 2 x cl 20 with the others three freights each way all booked single class 27 (nominally a 27/0 although two of those three diagrams required a dual braked cl 27/0 and there were only four of these so a cl 27/1 or 27/2 would normally substitute).
cl 27/0 - 3 times (all VB only)
cl 27/1 - 5 times
cl 27/2 - 2 times
cl 20 - 2 times
2 x cl 20 - 6 times
2 x cl 25 - 1 time
cl 20 + cl 25 - 1 time
And the above mentioned Ballast working was 20049
During these two weeks I rode in 13 different brake vans - 4 of them twice including the Ballast - and on the other four occasions with a fully fitted train I rode in the back cab of a cl27 three times and in the trailing class 20 on the fourth trip.

Happy days

 

[D6130]

Apologies, I am one day late with this one!
Monday 27th February 1978

Having completed my Guards Training, been passed out and signed for the route from Mallaig to Garelochhead this was my first shift as a Guard bases in Fort William.
01.40 Fort William (Mallaig Jn) to Cadder - worked to Tyndrum Upper. (04.10)
27021 - 23 wagons plus Brake Van B954187 354 tonnes including loco, 30 SLU
30 SLU was the length limit for the West Highland line although due to the shortest loops being 24 SLU when an up train was over 24 SLU the down trains it would meet had to be limited to 24 SLU and vice versa.
01.10 Cadder to Fort William (Mallaig Jn) worked from Tyndrum (04.20)
27111 - 12 wagons plus Brake Van B951351, 461 tonnes including loco 14 SLU (max load for a class 27 was 495 tonnes).

I spent that full first week on the night freights (01.40 and 02.30 from Fort William and 01.10 and 01.50 from Cadder and again the second week.
Booked changeover point on both workings was Tyndrum Upper although in reality due to late running of the down train changeover was twice at Crianlarich and once at Ardlui and although both excursions to Crianlarich resulted in arrivals back in Fort Wlliam around 50 mins late (but still well within the 8 hour day) on the Ardlui trip we left there 1 hr 26mins late but with a clean run arrived home just 20 mins late. On one occasion in the second week I also worked my first overtime on the 07.25 ballast with 9 x 2 axle ballast hoppers plus brake van to drop stone in section between Rannoch and Bridge of Orchy, booking off after 11hrs 40 mins on duty.

Over these two weeks traction was surprisingly varied given that at that time there was one train each each direction booked for 2 x cl 20 with the others three freights each way all booked single class 27 (nominally a 27/0 although two of those three diagrams required a dual braked cl 27/0 and there were only four of these so a cl 27/1 or 27/2 would normally substitute).
cl 27/0 - 3 times (all VB only)
cl 27/1 - 5 times
cl 27/2 - 2 times
cl 20 - 2 times
2 x cl 20 - 6 times
2 x cl 25 - 1 time
cl 20 + cl 25 - 1 time
And the above mentioned Ballast working was 20049
During these two weeks I rode in 13 different brake vans - 4 of them twice including the Ballast - and on the other four occasions with a fully fitted train I rode in the back cab of a cl27 three times and in the trailing class 20 on the fourth trip.

Happy days

A good week out on the WHL with a variety of traction and rolling stock. Was there snow on the ground?

 

[Cheshire Scot]

A good TWO weekS out on the WHL with a variety of traction and rolling stock. Was there snow on the ground?

Recurring comments under 'weather' are mild, drizzle and wet, just one day recorded as cold which perhaps meant frost rather than snow although possibly the latter higher up. I imagine I would only have recorded snow if it were falling or creating difficult underfoot conditions.
I note I did record snow on 13th April (Crianlarich Timber train, 2 class 20 with gross load 666t for 33 SLU (+ 3 SLU specially authorised for this working)), and several times during the 78/79 winter.

it does cross my mind that this sample two weeks may give the impression appearances of classes 25 (at least on freight), 27/1 and particularly 27/2 were much more common than the reality over a 52 week sample, likewise single class 20 working on freights. I would guess it coincided with a period of very low class 27/0 availability!

I would add as far as comfort for riding in the back cab class 27 provided a much more comfortable seat than cl 20, 25 or 37.

 

[Sultan1056]

Friday 29th February 1980

A leap year and knowing this would be the last chance to have a Deltic on this day I set out to do this. The only problem was that I had to attend college until 1900 and would have little chance of achieving this once I had missed the 1955 York-KX. However I just managed it by the skin of my teeth when Deltic 15 worked the Bradford-KX from Doncaster a little after 2300.

47211 York-Doncaster (2030 Newcastle-Kings Cross)
55015 Doncaster-Peterborough (2120 Bradford Exchange-Kings Cross)

 

[xotGD]

Friday 29th February 1980

A leap year and knowing this would be the last chance to have a Deltic on this day I set out to do this. The only problem was that I had to attend college until 1900 and would have little chance of achieving this once I had missed the 1955 York-KX. However I just managed it by the skin of my teeth when Deltic 15 worked the Bradford-KX from Doncaster a little after 2300.

47211 York-Doncaster (2030 Newcastle-Kings Cross)
55015 Doncaster-Peterborough (2120 Bradford Exchange-Kings Cross)

Dedication!

 

[Sultan1056]

Dedication!

 

[Sultan1056]

Thursday 1st March 1979

47408 York-Selby (1816 York-Kings Cross)
55017 Selby-York (1608 Kings Cross-York)

Saturday 1st March 1980

Today I managed to travel behind 10 different Deltics in a single day. I never managed to beat this achievement.

55003 Peterborough-Doncaster (2315 Kings Cross-Aberdeen)
55008 Doncaster-Hull (0355 Doncaster-Hull)
55008 Hull-Doncaster (0700 Hull-Kings Cross)
55019 Doncaster-Newark Northgate (0805 York-Kings Cross)
55012 Newark Northgate-Retford (0805 Kings Cross-Hull)
55021 Retford-Huntingdon (0935 Hull-Kings Cross)
55015 Huntingdon-Grantham (1205 Kings Cross-Hull)
55004 Grantham-Huntingdon (1215 York-Kings Cross)
55014 Huntingdon-Doncaster (1405 Kings Cross-York)
55007 Doncaster-Grantham (1550 York-Kings Cross)
55018 Grantham-Doncaster (1605 Kings Cross-York)
55004 Doncaster-Hull (1705 Kings Cross-Hull)
55004 Hull-Doncaster (2100 Hull-Kings Doncaster)
47211 Doncaster-York (2000 Kings Cross-Aberdeen)

Sunday 1st March 1981

55011 Edinburgh-York via Leamside (1120 Edinburgh-Plymouth)
55007 York-Retford (1550 York-Kings Cross)
55012 Retford-York (1505 Kings Cross-York)

 

[Sultan1056]

Sunday 2nd March 1980

55011 York-Huntingdon (1143 York-Kings Cross)
55008 Huntingdon-Retford (1405 Kings Cross-York)
55014 Retford-Grantham (1550 York-Kings Cross)
55015 Grantham-York (1605 Kings Cross-Newcastle)

Saturday 2nd March 1985

45118 York-Leeds (0750 Scarborough -Liverpool LS)
47465 Leeds-York (0805 Liverpool LS-Newcastle)

 

[Sultan1056]

Saturday 3rd March 1979

This was my second attempt to get a Deltic over Beattock, in the down direction, this time successful. I even managed to get a gronk on a drag back at York.

55019 York-Kings Cross (1040 Aberdeen-Kings Cross)
55006 Kings Cross-Edinburgh (2100 Kings Cross-Edinburgh)
via Lincoln, York Yard South, Stockton & Carlisle)
08245 York-Holgate South Junction (2100 Kings Cross-Edinburgh)

Monday 3rd March 1980

55007 York-Newark Northgate (1811 York-Kings Cross)
55002 Newark Northgate-York (1805 Kings Cross-York)

Tuesday 3rd March 1981

55016 York-Newark Northgate (1810 York-Kings Cross)
55022 Newark Northgate-York (1805 Kings Cross-York)

 

[Sultan1056]

Sunday 4th March 1979

After having Deltic 6 northbound over Beattock I made a fill in move to Glasgow before having No.6 southbound over Beattock.

40063 Edinburgh-Haymarket (0900 Edinburgh-Inverness)
27210+27211 Haymarket-Glasgow QS (0930 Edinburgh-Glasgow QS)
via Falkirk Grahamston
27210+27211 Glasgow QS-Edinburgh (1100 Glasgow QS-Edinburgh)
via Falkirk Grahamston
27210+27211 Edinburgh-Haymarket (1230 Edinburgh-Glasgow QS)
47466 Haymarket-Edinburgh (1030 Aberdeen-Kings Cross)
55006 Edinburgh-York (1030 Aberdeen-Kings Cross)
via Carlisle

 

[QJ]

Sunday 05 March 1978 (when you could do railtours over a weekend starting in different parts of the country with rail transport overnight to connect)

Having found myself at Crewe on the Saturday night off the return LCGB (NW) Caledonian Railtour No4 it was off to Paddington for the RPPR Deltic Ranger Rerun

86039 WN 2045 (04/03) Barrow in Furness - London Euston (Crewe to Rugby)
47200 BS 2045 (04/03) Barrow in Furness - London Euston (Rugby to Bletchley 86039 drag)
86039 WN 2045 (04/03) Barrow in Furness - London Euston (Bletchley to London Euston)

a brisk walk followed on the mean streets of London from Euston to Victoria via the Mall and Buckingham Palace for

73106 SL 1A96 0445 London Victoria - Eastbourne (London Victoria to East Croydon)
73126 SL 1C00 0450 London Victoria - Horsham (East Croydon to Three Bridges)
1*4VEP EMU 0528 Brighton - London Victoria (Three Bridges to London Victoria)

which afforded plenty of time to make my way to Paddington in time for the 0815 departure of MELD to Paignton. Sadly lacking from this second more successful attempt of getting a Deltic to Paignton was haulage by Western Ranger over T&DR metals to Kingswear; a washed out bridge in the aftermath of the issues that befell the first attempt putting paid to that. Instead we enjoyed a run to Par behind a class 46. Joy!!!!!

As an aside in my notes I have Meld running through Exeter Saint Davids on the through line and Newton Abbot on the Down Main (non platform road?) enroute to Paignton. And after leaving Paignton for the trip into Cornwall I have the train running to Hackney Sidings via the Up Main at Newton Abbot before running back to Newton Abbot to facilitate the loco change. I hope I didn't imagine that.

Thursday 05 March 1981
After finishing an early shift at would I go home .....Nah!
5*487 EMU 1436 London Waterloo - Bank (London Waterloo - Bank)
1*313 EMU 1453 London Moorgate to Letchworth (London Moorgate to Stevenage via Hertford loop)
2*312 EMU 1535 Royston - London Kings Cross (Stevenage to London Kings Cross via Potters Bar)
40025 LO 1B20 1630 London Kings Cross - Peterborough (London Kings Cross to Peterborough) As they say where I hail from - Proper job!
55018 FP 1L45 1805 London Kings Cross - York (Peterborough to York)
then owing to a fatality north of Selby plans to head to Scotland were put on hold in favour of
46029 GD 1A40 2030 Newcastle - London Kings Cross (York to Doncaster)
via Gascoigne Wood and Selby Canal curve - thank you and goodnight except I still had to head north. Some not too shabby haulages too but that's another day.

 

[CD]

Saturday 5th March 1983

DMU Yeovil PM-Westbury (0700 Weymouth-Westbury)
33049 Westbury-Bristol TM (2V58 0656 Portsmouth Hbr-Bristol)
50020 Bristol TM-Birmingham NS (1S39 0735 Plymouth-Glasgow C)
47492 Birmingham NS-Bristol TM (1V84 1136 Manchester P-Plymouth)
45143 Bristol TM-Weymouth (2O60 1622 Bristol-Weymouth)
45143 Weymouth-Yeovil PM (2V72 1955 Weymouth-Bristol)

 

[Sultan1056]

Wednesday 5th March 1980

55010 York-Newark Northgate (1811 York-Kings Cross)
55019 Newark Northgate-York (1805 Kings Cross-York)

Thursday 5th March 1981

55012 York-Selby (1955 York-Kings Cross)
55018 Selby-York (1805 Kings Cross-York)

 

[CD]

Saturday 6th March 1976

BR ADEX "Central Wales Explorer"

86243 Watford Jn-Mitre Bridge Jn
47267 Mitre Bridge Jn-Barry Town
37177 Barry Town-Shrewsbury (via Vale of Glamorgan/ Central Wales line)
47207 Shrewsbury-Mitre Bridge Jn (via Birmingham NS/Oxford)
85034 Mitre Bridge Jn-Watford Jn

Friday 6th March 1981/Saturday 7th March 1981

55012 Kings Cross-Edinburgh (1S60 2000 Kings Cross-Aberdeen)
26028+26029 Edinburgh-Dundee (1S60)
40167 Dundee-Perth (2T08 0643 Dundee-Glasgow QS)
47460 Perth-Inverness (1S25 2235 Euston-Inverness)
26042 Inverness-Kyle (2K08 1025 Inverness-Kyle)

 

[QJ]

Friday 06 March 1981 (after a slight change in plan as noted above)
55015 FP 1S72 2230 (05/03) London Kings Cross - Edinburgh (Doncaster to Edinburgh)
40162 HA 1S79 2315 (05/03) London Kings Cross - Aberdeen (Edinburgh to Aberdeen)
47704 HA 1T28 1140 Aberdeen - Glasgow Queen Street (Aberdeen to Dundee)
40101 HA 2T31 1339 Dundee - Glasgow Queen Street (Dundee to Perth)
27004 ED 2L41 1244 Glasgow Queen Street - Dundee (Perth to Dundee)
40167 HA 1T35 1340 Aberdeen - Glasgow Queen Street (Dundee to Perth)
40168 HA 2L46 1444 Glasgow Queen Street - Dundee (Perth to Dundee)
1*101(3) DMU 1720 Dundee - Edinburgh (Dundee to Cupar) - anyone recorded the rest of the set at the time of which Sc50189 was part?
40162 HA 1A51 1700 Edinburgh - Aberdeen (Cupar to Stonehaven)
40068 GD 1E40 1925 Aberdeen - London Kings Cross (Stonehaven to Edinburgh)
40068 GD 1C97 2340 Edinburgh - Carstairs (Edinburgh to Carstairs)
to head south for 1T07 LVRC Tubular Belle charter and a bit more class 40 haulage

 

[Sultan1056]

Tuesday 6th March 1979

47544 York-Selby (1816 York-Kings Cross)
55002 Selby-York (1608 Kings Cross-York)
46055 York-Darlington (1710 Liverpool LS-Newcastle)
45074 Darlington-York (1930 Newcastle-Bristol TM)

Friday 6th March 1981

The 2000 KX-Aberdeen was probably the worst overnight train to take to Edinburgh. It was usually very busy, the sleeping cars were at the front so you couldn’t get a seat close to the loco, and with arrival into Edinburgh sometime before 4 the chance of getting any sleep was limited. However at the time Deltic 12 was slated as the next candidate for withdrawal so I had to take it.

55021 York-Newark Northgate (1810 York-Kings Cross)
55007 Newark Northgate-Peterborough (1743 Cleethorpes-Kings Cross)
55022 Peterborough-Doncaster(1935 Kings Cross-Hull)
55012 Doncaster-Edinburgh (2000 Kings Cross-Aberdeen)

Saturday 6th March 1982

Just two months after the withdrawal of the last Deltics a get together was arranged for the many Deltic bashers. The location a pub in Wellingborough, I can’t remember which one. After time was called we all said our goodbyes, a lot of them I never saw again. I headed off to the West Country and the Old Cider Bar in Newton Abbot.

E51436 York-Sheffield (0714 York-Sheffield)
45138 Sheffield-Nottingham (0758 Leeds-St Pancras)
45112 Nottingham-Leicester (0758 Leeds-St Pancras)
45150 Leicester-Wellingborough (1005 Derby-St Pancras)
45111 Wellingborough-St Pancras (1407 Derby-St Pancras)
50039 Waterloo-Exeter St Davids (1710 Waterloo-Exeter St Davids)
50039 Exeter St Davids-Newton Abbot (2110 Exeter St Davids-Newton Abbot)

 

[Sultan1056]

Wednesday 7th March 1979

47433 York-Selby (1816 York-Kings Cross)
55007 Selby-York (1608 Kings Cross-York)
47166 York-Darlington (1710 Liverpool LS-Newcastle)
45016 Darlington-York (1930 Newcastle-Bristol TM)

Friday 7th March 1980

55007 York-Grantham (1956 York-Kings Cross)
40160 Grantham-York (2000 Kings Cross-Aberdeen)

Saturday 7th March 1981

Having arrived into Edinburgh in the early hours I thought that I would be kicking my heels for a while. However rather than the expected class 47 waiting to take the train to Aberdeen I was very pleased to see (and hear) a pair of 26s ready for the journey instead. A good day was had with various traction including the one and only time I had a 27 out of Scotland.

26028+26029 Edinburgh-Aberdeen (2000 Kings Cross-Aberdeen)
27001 Aberdeen-Inverurie (0737 Aberdeen-Inverness)
27008 Inverurie-Aberdeen (0545 Inverness-Aberdeen)
40027 Aberdeen-Dundee (0950 Aberdeen Glasgow QS)
37043 Dundee-Glasgow QS (1139 Dundee-Glasgow QS)
27002 Glasgow C-Carlisle (1400 Glasgow C-Carlisle)
via Kilmarnock
87007 Carlisle-Penrith (1502 Glasgow C-Liverpool LS)
87014 Penrith-Carlisle (1345 Euston-Glasgow C)
86238 Carlisle-Carstairs (1615 Manchester Vic-Glasgow C)
47712 Carstairs-Edinburgh (1931 Carstairs-Edinburgh)
55017 Edinburgh-Kings Cross (1915 Aberdeen-Kings Cross)
via Leamside, Askern, Lincoln & Hertford North)

Sunday 7th March 1982

The Up Midnight arrived into Newton Abbot with a pair of 50s although this didn’t mean they would both be working through to Paddington. The train was being diverted via Salisbury so at Exeter 50015 ran around the train and headed off up to Salisbury with 50003 banking the train to Central. Shortly afterwards I fell asleep; the next thing I noticed was travelling between Reading and Paddington feeling very cold. I later found out that 50015 was replaced by the non-boilered 47267! I travelled over to Liverpool St to cover the Clacton services which, due to engineering work, were booked to be loco hauled.

50003+50015 Newton Abbot-Exeter St Davids (2045 Penzance-Paddington)
50015 Exeter St Davids-Salisbury (2045 Penzance-Paddington)
47267 Salisbury-Paddington (2045 Penzance-Paddington)
via Westbury & Melksham
37110 Liverpool St-Clacton (1002 Liverpool St-Clacton
37110 Clacton-Colchester (1224 Clacton-Liverpool St)
37261 Colchester-Clacton (1202 Liverpool St-Clacton)
37261 Clacton-Liverpool St (1424 Clacton-Liverpool St)
86101 Euston-Manchester Pic (1655 Euston-Manchester Pic)
45074 Manchester Vic-York (1910 Liverpool LS-York)

 

[Sultan1056]

Thursday 8th March 1979

46033 York-Darlington (1139 Poole-Newcastle)
46020 Darlington-York (1930 Newcastle-Bristol TM)

Saturday 8th March 1980

55004 York-Newark Northgate (1215 York-Kings Cross)
55005 Newark Northgate-Doncaster (1205 Kings Cross-Hull)
55006 Doncaster-York (1220 Kings Cross-York)
55006 York-Doncaster (1550 York-Kings Cross)
55022 Doncaster-York (1405 Kings Cross-York)
55022 York-Kings Cross (1814 York-Kings Cross)
40084 Kings Cross-York (2100 Kings Cross-Edinburgh)
via Sleaford & Lincoln

Sunday 8th March 1981

55021 Kings Cross-Retford (1005 Kings Cross-York)
55015 Retford-Kings Cross (1143 York-Kings Cross)
via Hertford North
55011 Kings Cross-York (1605 Kings Cross-York)

 

[nw1]

Tuesday 22nd February 1983

50034 Exeter St Davids-Waterloo (1220 Exeter St David’s-Waterloo)
43061+43090 Kings Cross-York (1637 Kings Cross-Middlesbrough)

Interesting, I spent Tues Feb 22 at Woking (from around midday to late afternoon) and this was my first visit to Woking, so must have seen 50034 as one of my first 50s unless it was running seriously late. Probably the second: I'd have presumably see three 50s that day, the 1521 Woking-Waterloo (this service) and 1336 and 1536 Woking-Exeter (1310 and 1510 ex-Waterloo).

No actual records of loco or unit numbers on that day but I do remember that the 1230 Guildford-Waterloo stopper (the service I used to reach Woking) was formed of a single 2HAP (normal stock 8VEP).

 

[Sultan1056]

Interesting, I spent Tues Feb 22 at Woking (from around midday to late afternoon) and this was my first visit to Woking, so must have seen 50034 as one of my first 50s unless it was running seriously late. Probably the second: I'd have presumably see three 50s that day, the 1521 Woking-Waterloo (this service) and 1336 and 1536 Woking-Exeter (1310 and 1510 ex-Waterloo).

No actual records of loco or unit numbers on that day but I do remember that the 1230 Guildford-Waterloo stopper (the service I used to reach Woking) was formed of a single 2HAP (normal stock 8VEP).

Although I do not have any details of timekeeping for the day, I am presuming the train was not seriously delayed because the service would have made a comfortable connection, via the underground, with my next train the 1637 out of Kings Cross.