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    TOPS Requests (including headcodes, allocations, traction, etc) [Instructions in Post 2]

    1P85 please 31/08- 1845 TPE from Huddersfield heading to Middlesboro Spent too much time looking for those well known cats !
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    Shack Attack 2019- Revenge of Shippea Hill

    3/8 Hatton Warwick Bearley(followed by a very long 4 mile footpathless walk to Claverdon and a very long wait as the 10.56 was cancelled(next service 12.57!)) Claverdon Acocks Green Olton Widney Manor Dorridge Lapworth
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    Shack Attack 2019- Revenge of Shippea Hill

    Sat 13th July Banbury Goring and Streatley Tilehurst Cholsey Pangbourne Didcot Parkway Radley Appleford Culham ( nice pint in the Railway inn next door) Heyford ( cafe with canal/railway side garden a good place to while away the 50 min) Tackley ( picnic on the hillside field by the station)...
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    Shack Attack 2019- Revenge of Shippea Hill

    26/06 Bamford Hathersage Edale Grindleford Hope Dore and Totley Chinley Tried this lot a couple of times on Saturdays this year but not been able to get on the services at Sheffield. A relaxed/uncrowded day out in midweek with a couple of pub stops on the longer station dwell times (Edale and...
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    Shack Attack 2019- Revenge of Shippea Hill

    15/06 Leyland Euxton Kirkham & Wesham Blackpool South Squires Gate ( was planning all but one of shacks on this branch but cancellations changed plan) Poulton Le Fylde Layton Rufford Croston Burscough Junc Burscough Bridge Bescar Lane New Lane Meols Cop Gathurst Appley Bridge
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    Shack Attack 2019- Revenge of Shippea Hill

    04 May Thorne North Stainforth & Hatfield Thorne South Kirk Sandall Adwick Bentley South Elmsall Goldthorpe Swinton Takes me past the 500 mark
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    Shack Attack 2019- Revenge of Shippea Hill

    13/04 Ystrad Mynach Llanbradach Rhymney Aber Caerphilly Barry Docks Barry Island Barry Bridgend Maesteg Ewenny Road Garth ( Mid Glam) Cadoxton Eastbrook Dinas Powys Cogan Kite- If you recall in your mop up of the Nott - Newark shacks in Jan we shared the same 153 at different points in our...
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    TOPS Requests (including headcodes, allocations, traction, etc) [Instructions in Post 2]

    Hi After the two pacers on 2O97 Lime St - Oxford Road 23/03 please Thanks in advance
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    Shack Attack 2019- Revenge of Shippea Hill

    23/03 Reddish South Denton Belle Vue Brinnington Reddish North Bredbury Hyde North Flowery Field Broadbottom Newton For Hyde Godley Chassen Road Flixton Padgate Irlam Glazebrook
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    TOPS Requests (including headcodes, allocations, traction, etc) [Instructions in Post 2]

    Recommended from another thread so here goes Suffered number blindness when travelling on 1N53 07.40 Manchester Airport - Preston on 16/02 ( I noted 156433 which must be incorrect). Any ideas on true unit no please ? Thanks
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    Northern: The Great Unit Cascade

    To Philipe,Dan and Steve ,thank you for the information that has led me to conclude that i did indeed mis-id the unit. Now deleted 156433 from my travel log - up in Glasgow in May for a Central Scot Rover so hopefully may re enter my haulage spreadsheet then Meanwhile another visit booked -...
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    Northern: The Great Unit Cascade

    Not sure if this is the right place to post this so here goes I am sure i travelled on 156433 08.02 Piccadilly to Salford Crescent on my outing around Northern territory on 16/02.Looked as though recently refurb in Northern Livery/interior. All the records i have access to show this as a...
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    Shack Attack 2019- Revenge of Shippea Hill

    16/02 Prestbury Smithy Bridge Rochdale Todmorden Littleborough Accrington Burnley Manch Road Burnley Barracks Colne Hapton Brierfield Rose Grove Nelson Burnley Central Blackburn Darwen Bromley Cross
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    Northern Class 142 sightings

    On yesterdays wanderings 142017 08.18 Salford Cres- Victoria ( Wallgate - Victoria) 142004/042 09.06 Smithy Br- Rochdale (Bburn - Southport) 142039/057 09.55 Todmorden Littleborough( Bburn - Southport) ( Looks like you may have this service further down the line...
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    Shack Attack 2019- Revenge of Shippea Hill

    Our shared dogbox had a similar problem at Duffield. When boarding at the rear door the TM did comment on how cosy the train would be for our trip to Derby. ( nothing beats a Whitchurch- Radyr single dogbox when Stereophonics playing Ninian Park last year. Left Central with people sitting 3 on...
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    Shack Attack 2019- Revenge of Shippea Hill

    In a similar area to Kite I kicked off 2019 with the following:- Peartree Uttoxeter Willington Duffield Spondon Last two used 156403 and 153326, possibly sat in the same seat a couple of hours after the grand master of station clearance !
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    Long journey without a ticket check.

    Not long journeys but no ticket checks on yesterdays jaunts- some from unattended/TVM stations. Also gates open at Stockport all day ( I had a GM Wayfarer) Macclesfield- Stockport- Poynton- Cheadle H- Ald Edge- Holmes Chap- Chelford- Goostrey- Stockport-Woodsmoor- Hazel Gr- Stockport- Handforth...

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