20/05/19
This time my haulage from Epsom to Waterloo was 455 714 + 455 859 + 456 007 and went through without any problems; then swiftly over to King's Cross via the Bakerloo ( 3242 + 3466 ) and Victoria ( 11051 + 11052 ) Lines, using the Oxford Circus cross platform interchange. At King's Cross, 67 012 was on Thunderbird standby while my haulage to Leeds was 91 121 with the rake consisting of 82205 + 11410 + 11310 + 11282 + 10331 + 12305 + 12443 + 12488 + 12419 + 12214.
There was little of note observed on the way north but brand new "ghost" 717 018 was at Hornsey and another one, 717 014, was seen at Potter's Bar. The next sighting was 66 780 at the GBRf depot at Peterborough, but at Doncaster things were not surprisingly somewhat busier. 66 136, 66 709, 66 702 and 08 724 were all noted on the locomotive front while I grabbed a picture of 220 012 while we were sitting at a signal waiting for that to cross. 331 105 and 331 107 were present as well. Further along, we passed 331 102 at Wakefield.
My reason for going to Leeds was to clear one of my two remaining 158s from my photo hit list; while I was waiting for it I took the opportunity to get pictures of a number of units before the scene changed with all the new stock arriving, these being 144 016, 170 459, 170 454, 185 118, 142 096 and 322 484, so quite a variety. 66 705 also trundled through, but was not in photographic position from where I was. Then something more modern showed up as 800 113 arrived from London; a few pictures were swiftly obtained of it. At this stage, there was only the one diagram for the "zoomy things" and it had only been in traffic for a few days. A quick bit of checking with Real Time Trains showed that it would be leaving just four minutes after my target 158 arrived from York. Alert! Alert! Planning mode status: overdrive!
Noting that the 158 would arrive adjacent to the 800, I positioned myself on the next platform over but right next to the shorter north footbridge; the idea being to grab the picture of the 158 as it arrived and then dash over to bag the 800 for haulage. This was tight, but just about do-able. Fortunately 158 784 arrived on time and *click* went the camera, followed by the thunder of hooves across the footbridge - I got on board the 800 just one minute before the doors closed.
I rode this as far as Doncaster, where I disembarked in order to get pictures of the 331s in the yard that I mentioned earlier. I managed a bit more as well and the photographic tally was 331 102, 331 105, 800 110, 91 110, 67 006, 331 107 and 802 203 in that order, plus eleven Mk4 carriages. Pictures gained, I waited for the next London service; this turned out to be 43314 + 43274 with the rake 41066 + 41164 + 40742 + 42355 + 42116 + 42357 + 42134 + 42122 + 44031 between them. Just below the station I noted 66 755 and 66 782.
Passing Peterborough, I grabbed pictures of 66 780, 66 601, 66 749, 66 769 and 700 131. Passing Hornsey I noted 90 014 moving southwards with a rake of Mk3s returning to their normal territory after maintenance. Once at King's Cross, I walked across to St Pancras for 700 016 to Sutton, thence 377 603 + 377 623 back to Epsom.
As usual, below will be found a selection of the pictures from the day.