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Saturday 26th April 1980 This was a “Wrong Move Day”. My plan was to cover the northbound overnight trains from Kings Cross, which were being diverted via Carlisle. I should have taken Deltic 16 to KX where I could have covered all the trains there. Instead I decided to take a risk and go for...

Wednesday 25th April 1979 47524 York-Selby (1816 York-Kings Cross) 55006 Selby-York (1608 Kings Cross-York) Saturday 25th April 1981 55004 York-Peterborough (1810 York-Kings Cross) 55007 Peterborough-York (2000 Kings Cross-Aberdeen) Monday 25th April 1983 45022 York-Manchester Vic (1925...

Without checking it’s probably one of my highest mileage 31s!

Tuesday 24th April 1979 47518 York-Selby (1816 York-Kings Cross) 55002 Selby-York (1608 Kings Cross-York) Friday 24th April 1981 Having endured 47701 out of Aberdeen I woke somewhere south of Edinburgh to the pleasing sound of a Deltic, I quickly went back to sleep now my nightmare was over...

Friday 23rd April 1976 Although this was meant to be a spotting trip to Reading, it turned out to be a mini Western bash. The bashing bug had bit! 40067 York-Doncaster (0700 York-Doncaster) 47524 Doncaster-Kings Cross (0645 Hull-Kings Cross) 50016 Paddington-Reading (1030 Paddington-Paignton)...

Wednesday 22nd April 1981 All Line Rover Day 6 of 7 55015 Doncaster-Leeds (2300 Kings Cross-Bradford Exchange) 40063 Leeds-York (2250 Shrewsbury-York) 55019 York-Newcastle (0002 Kings Cross-Newcastle) 55008 Newcastle-Edinburgh (0705 Newcastle-Edinburgh) 55007 Edinburgh-York (0950...

Thursday 21st April 1977 A trip to Swindon Works and the last opportunity for me to see several Westerns before they were scrapped. And the first of many journeys with an HST. 47425 York-Doncaster (0700 York-Doncaster) 55016 Doncaster-Kings Cross (0650 Hull-Kings Cross) EMU Liverpool...

Friday 20th April 1979 E50630+50641 York-Leeds (1553 York-Leeds) E50137+50276 Leeds-Doncaster (1710 Leeds-Doncaster) 47407 Doncaster-Peterborough (1730 Bradford Exchange-Kings Cross) 31144 Peterborough-Kings Cross (1730 Cleethorpes-Kings Cross) Sunday 20th April 1980 55013 Edinburgh-York...

I am assuming you travelled to York on an ADEX. According to Railgen Archives 40025 worked the 0855 Coventry-York from Stockport. The train returned at 1758 with 40059 as far as Stockport. I am also assuming the train arrived into York around 1300. One of the first trains you would have seen was...

Saturday 19th April 1975 46031 York-Leeds (0758 Newcastle-Liverpool LS) DMU Leeds-York Thursday 19th April 1979 47520 York-Selby (1816 York-Kings Cross) 55012 Selby-York (1608 Kings Cross-York) Saturday 19th April 1980 50040 Paddington-Exeter St Davids (0005 Paddington-Penzance) 50040+46014...

Wednesday 18th April 1979 55003 York-Selby (1413 York-Kings Cross) 47404 Selby-York (1225 Kings Cross-York) 47543 York-Selby (1816 York-Kings Cross) 55022 Selby-York (1608 Kings Cross-York) Friday 18th April 1980 55003 York-Kings Cross (1956 York-Kings Cross) Saturday 18th April 1981 All...

Friday 17th April 1981 All Line Rover Day 1 of 7 55022 Doncaster-Kings Cross (1925 Aberdeen-Kings Cross) 55015 Kings Cross-Grantham (0805 Kings Cross-Hull) 55008 Grantham-Kings Cross (0808 York-Kings Cross) 55022 Kings Cross-Doncaster (1205 Kings Cross-Hull) 55016 Doncaster-York (1220 Kings...

Thursday 16th April 1981 55004 York-Kings Cross (1810 York-Kings Cross) 55004 Kings Cross-Doncaster (2315 Kings Cross-Aberdeen) Friday 16th April 1982 The only time I had a class 50 out of Leeds. I believe this had become the usual train to return ex-works 50s to the Western Region after the...

Thursday 14th April 1977 DMU York-Leeds (0657 York-Leeds) DMU Leeds-Stalybridge (0745 Leeds-Liverpool LS) DMU Stalybridge-Stockport (0852 Stalybridge-Stockport) 86228 Stockport-Crewe (0912 Manchester Pic-Euston) 86208 Crewe-Preston (0900 Euston-Carlisle) 86241 Preston-Crewe (1219 Blackpool...

Yes, you could say so. It could get any sort of traction, anything that was spare at York. However I covered the train three times in this particular week and it was a unit twice. The usual Mark I set was probably being used on Easter relief trains.