Back in the day...

[NorthWestRover]

Certainly a few years earlier, they did. I was not really taking as much notice by 1989.

 

[1971martin]

Saturday 22nd June 2002 - day 12 of a 14 day all line rail rover, although to be fair not much rovering today as much of today was taken up with Past Time Rail's Spinning Staite 3 from Finsbury Park to York and back involving classes 56, 58, 60, 66, 67 & 92. Full details on sixbellsjunction.co.uk

365522 0545 Peterborough - Kings X (76.25)
317315 0751 Kings X - Alexandra Palace (5.00)
317667 0825 Alexandra Palace - Finsbury Park (2.50)
365528 2024 Finsbury Park - Kings X (2.50)
3583+3575 2107 London Br - Folkestone W
Day 12 153.75 miles

Mileage so far 7161.75

Tuesday 22nd June 2004

91103 0700 Kings X - Edinburgh
90024 1134 Edinburgh - North Berwick
90024 1217 North Berwick - Wallyford
90026 1245 Wallyford - North Berwick
90026 1317 North Berwick - Edinburgh
91103 1500 Edinburgh - Kings X (loco hauling DVT due to a fault. 45L/S after running loco round. 75L/A due to speed restriction when loco flat end leading.

Saturday 22nd June 2019

91115 0730 Kings X - Durham
91108 1142 Durham - York
91129 1235 York - Northallerton
91111 1309 Northallerton - York
43315+43208 1354 York - Darlington
43309+43308 1428 Darlington - York
91115 1531 York - Doncaster
91121 1619 Doncaster - Kings X

 

[37166]

Saturday 24 June 1989

37408 Crewe - Shrewsbury
37431 Shrewsbury - Welshpool
37238 /071 Welshpool - Shrewsbury*
DMU Shrewsbury - Crewe
90010 Crewe - Liverpool Lime Street
85035 Liverpool Lime Street - Crewe

* A nice return of NB37s on a Summer Saturday Aberystwyth


** Im a day early on this one, whoops!

 

[37166]

What train was the 90 on, stopping at Hartford? That's quite unusual, isn't it?

Moves book states it was the 1M14 1240 Poole-Liverpool Lime Street

 

[1971martin]

Friday 23rd June 2000

87028 2205 Euston - Crewe

Continued tomorrow.


Saturday 23rd June 2001

90004 0745 Euston - Crewe
47789 1031 Crewe - Chester
47851 1107 Chester - Crewe
90040 1142 Crewe - Rugby (same set as 47851)
87035 1312 Rugby - Euston
90040 1520 Euston - Wilmslow
87018 1845 Wilmslow - Euston


Sunday 23rd June 2002 - day 13 of a 14 day all line rover (actually the last day as I did not go out on the 13th. Not sure why)

Major disruption on the WCML due to OHLE problems following engineering work, unable to restore power between Tring and Bletchley. Very erratic service during late morning with Class 47s used through the affected area. Even after current was restored heavy delays continued through the day

3553+1592 0738 Folkestone W - London Br (67.50)
90002 0930 Euston - Tring (31.75) Note 1
47806 (1226) Tring - Bletchley (15.00) (90002 DIT) Note 1
90002 (1304) Bletchley - Milton Keynes (3.00) Note 1
47784 1229 Milton Keynes - Rugby (34.75) (90004 DIT) (via Northampton) Note 2
90004 1307 Rugby - Birmingham NS (30.75) Note 2
86243 1509 Birmingham NS - Rugby (30.75)
90011 1532 Rugby - Nuneaton (14.50)
87026 1500 Nuneaton - Milton Keynes (49.25) (via Northampton)
87019 1643 Milton Keynes - Euston (49.75)
73201 1945 Victoria - Gatwick Airport (26.75)
73201 2035 Gatwick Airport - Victoria (26.75)
465009 2141 Victoria - Orpington (15.00)
3451+3472 2223 Orpington - Folkestone W (55.00)

Note 1 - 0930 Euston - Holyhead departed at 1117 (1hr 47mins late), arrived at Tring at 1213, attached 47806 departed at 1226, arrived at Bletchley at 1254, detached 47806, departed at 1304, arrived at MK at 1309

Note 2 - 1135 Euston - Wolves hauled by 47784 from Tring to Rugby in order to dispose of the diesel loco somewhere sensible as power was now restored and diesels no longer required. 49 mins late at Mk. Approx 1 hr late at rugby. Besides ETH locos, Freightliners 47150 was also in use.
Day 13 450.50 miles

Final mileage for 13/14 day rover 7612.25


Wednesday 23rd June 2004

90014 0839 Euston - Crewe
47828 1049 Crewe - Holyhead (same set as 90014)
47828 1323 Holyhead - Euston

Diesel hauled throughout with slight loss of time as far as Milton Keynes, assumed no electric loco available at Crewe. Heard later that 47828 worked to Euston as it was required at it's then home depot (Willesden) for an exam. Heard later still that it was actually 47826 that was due an exam and not 47828. Oops! Further time lost south of MK due to a freight train having problems and a signalling failure. Sat near Ledburn Junction (38.5mp) from 1750-1825. Arrived at Euston approx 85 late (1930 vice 1805)


Saturday 23rd June 2018 - a trip to the KWVR

91111 0903 Kings X - Leeds
333012 1126 Leeds - Keighley
333010 1731 Keighley - Leeds
43272+43295 1815 Leeds - Doncaster
91121 1917 Doncaster - Kings X

LMS Black 5 45212 Keighley - Oxenhope and back, Keighley - Ingrow and back, Keighley - Haworth and back

 

[Harvester]

Saturday 24th June 1989

A visit to Grosmont, and a trip to Pickering and back on the NYMR. Due to fire risks, the middle section of the journey was diesel hauled, and consequently I had Warship haulage that day; - my first and only time.


142022 10:00 Middlesbrough-Grosmont
6619 11:55 Grosmont-Goathland
D821 Goathland-Levisham
45428 Levisham-Pickering

45428 13:25 Pickering-Levisham
D821 Levisham-Goathland
6619 Goathland-Grosmont
142021 16:21 Grosmont-Middlesbrough

 

[1971martin]

Saturday 24th June 2000

37412 0043 Crewe - Holyhead
43157+43065 0332 Holyhead - Crewe
158755+156429 0626 Crewe - Chester
37428 0706 Chester - Holyhead
47841 0919 Holyhead - Crewe
86209 1142 Crewe - Euston (same set as 47841)
87033 1439 Euston - Stafford
90014 1728 Stafford - Euston (25 minute early arrival)
73209 2000 Victoria - Gatwick Airport
73205 2035 Gatwick Airport - Victoria

Sunday 24th June 2001

87020 0930 Euston - Nuneaton
47854 1125 Nuneaton - Birmingham NS (87020 DIT)
47806 1229 Birmingham NS - Nuneaton (86261 DIT)
47786 1328 Nuneaton - Birmingham NS (86260 DIT)
47786 1446 Birmingham NS - Nuneaton (86229 DIT)
47760 1530 Nuneaton - Birmingham NS (87016 DIT)
47784 1645 Birmingham NS - Nuneaton (86243 DIT)
47806 1727 Nuneaton - Birmingham NS (86261 DIT)
47806 1845 Birmingham NS - Nuneaton (86254 DIT)
86254 1929 Nuneaton - Euston

Monday 24th July 2019

91111 0700 Kings X - Peterborough
91118 0753 Peterborough - Doncaster
91124 0902 Doncaster - York
91101 0935 York - Edinburgh
334002+334005 1224 Edinburgh - Bathgate
334032+334004 1301 Bathgate - Edinburgh
91120 1400 Edinburgh - York
91117 1658 York - Kings X

 

[Harvester]

Thursday 25th June 1981

A trip to Looe, while holidaying in Somerset.

43137+43138 09:22 Taunton-Liskeard
DMU 11:47 Liskeard-Looe
DMU 14:10 Looe-Liskeard
43138+43137 14:53 Liskeard-Exeter
47497 16:26 Exeter-Taunton

 

[37166]

Sunday 25 June 1989

08635 Crewe P1 - Crewe P5 1A01
47561 Crewe - Stockport
47632 Stockport - Preston
37194 Preston - Manchester Piccadilly 1M08
47119 Manchester Piccadilly - Liverpool Lime Street*
47522 Liverpool Lime Street - Crewe

* Right place right time again!

 

[1971martin]

Thursday 25th June 1992

90004 0725 Euston - Crewe
31411 0942 Crewe - Llandudno
units Llandudno - Manchester P
47357 1714 Manchester V - Bolton
150201 1745 Bolton - Manchester P
87032 1830 Manchester P - Euston

Thursday 25th June 2008

90028 1651 Euston - Birmingham NS
90028 1900 Birmingham NS - Euston

Tuesday 25th June 2019

90011 1100 Liverpool St - Norwich (Norwich in 90)
37424 (37407) 1236 Norwich - G Yarmouth
37407 (37424) 1317 G Yarmouth - Norwich
321406+321410 1400 Norwich - Colchester
90005 1523 Colchester - Ipswich
90001 1609 Ipswich - Colchester
90012 1647 Colchester - Ipswich
90011 1733 Ipswich - Liverpool St (Norwich in 90)

 

[1971martin]

Saturday 26th June 1999

90039 0810 Kings X - Doncaster
90039 1136 Doncaster - Kings X
43040+43034 1400 Paddington - Reading
D9000 (55022) 1447 Reading - Birmingham NS
86242 1705 Birmingham NS - Crewe
90004 1913 Crewe - Watford Jn
319008 2152 Watford Jn - Clapham Jn

Monday 26th June 2017

90036 1305 Kings X - Doncaster
43277+43320 1504 Doncaster - York
43320+43277 1602 York - Grantham
90036 1718 Grantham - Kings X

 

[37166]

Monday 26 June 1989

DMU Crewe - Longton
20065 Longton - Stoke On Trent*
20132/133 Stoke On Trent - Stafford*
20133/132 Stafford - Crewe*
87005 Crewe - Manchester Piccadilly
EMU Manchester Piccadilly - Guide Bridge#
EMU Guide Bridge - Manchester Piccadilly
EMU Manchester Piccadilly - Crewe

* 1T08 0935 Blythe Bridge - Blackpool North - I think 20117 had failed leaving 20065 on its own to Stoke, here a failed freight blocked the line to Crewe so 20132/133 were taken off the stabling point to get to Crewe via a runround at Stafford, at Crewe a 37/7 was due to replace the 20s but driver didnt sign them so 47439 was used instead.
# Wish i recorded emu's etc fully at the time, but this was a move to visit a Laurel & Hardy club meeting in Guide Bridge.

 

[Harvester]

Saturday 26th June 1999


D9000 (55022) 1447 Reading - Birmingham NS

Was this when 55022 was on hire to Virgin for a short period? I remember it working the New Street-Reading stretch on a few occasions around that time, when “Duff” availability was low.

 

[Magdalia]

Monday 26 June 1989



* 1T08 0935 Blythe Bridge - Blackpool North

That one belongs in the random termination points discussion.

# Wish i recorded emu's etc fully at the time, but this was a move to visit a Laurel & Hardy club meeting in Guide Bridge.

Another fine mess you got yourself into.

 

[37166]

Tuesday 27 June 1989

DMU Crewe - Kidsgrove
47517 Kidsgrove - Crewe*
85015 Crewe - Liverpool Lime Street
EMU Liverpool Lime Street Low Level - Hooton
EMU Hooton - Chester
31423 Chester - Crewe
31412 Crewe - Stoke On Trent
87013 Stoke On Trent - Stafford
86240 Stafford - Crewe

*Blythe Bridge-Blackpools both EH 47s this day!

 

[47403]

For a while the 0835 Liverpool Street to Kings Lynn was booked for a Gateshead class 47 and most, if not all, of 47401-420 worked it at least once.

Wow. I can imagine those at Stratford turning their noses up at the muck encrusted GD locos generally wore, aside their pristine white roofed examples.

 

[1971martin]

Was this when 55022 was on hire to Virgin for a short period? I remember it working the New Street-Reading stretch on a few occasions around that time, when “Duff” availability was low.

Correct. During Summer of 1998 & 1999 it regularly did the SO 0658 Birmingham NS - Ramsgate & 1210 Ramsgate - Edinburgh (to Birmingham). Not sure of the headcodes but possibly 1O99 & 1S87.

 

[1971martin]

Monday 27th June 2016

90013 1100 Liverpool St - Norwich
90009 1300 Norwich - Colchester
90004 1423 Colchester - Ipswich
90034 1508 Ipswich - Norwich
90004 1600 Norwich - Manningtree
90034 1719 Manningtree - Liverpool St

 

[Harvester]

Wow. I can imagine those at Stratford turning their noses up at the muck encrusted GD locos generally wore, aside their pristine white roofed examples.

As did Top Shed years earlier when a Gateshead Pacific turned up for servicing, and stood next to their gleaming A4s. In fact if the 52A engine was booked to return on a prestige train from Kings Cross, the Top Shed cleaning gang would spruce it up before it left shed.

 

[47403]

As did Top Shed years earlier when a Gateshead Pacific turned up for servicing, and stood next to their gleaming A4s. In fact if the 52A engine was booked to return on a prestige train from Kings Cross, the Top Shed cleaning gang would spruce it up before it left shed.

Rumour has it the foreman would say, do they run? If so let someone else wash em. In fact from the bank side, I think i only ever seen the washplant used once, ironically a 47, in the mid 80s till the early 90s. I never ever saw anything else use it at Gateshead. I mean they mustve cleaned the Gennies at some point, especially when they named them. Think that week after naming was as clean as they ever got.

 

[CW2]

Rumour has it the foreman would say, do they run? If so let someone else wash em. In fact from the bank side, I think i only ever seen the washplant used once, ironically a 47, in the mid 80s till the early 90s. I never ever saw anything else use it at Gateshead. I mean they mustve cleaned the Gennies at some point, especially when they named them. Think that week after naming was as clean as they ever got.

I believe (in the latter years) there was an issue with the wash plant at Gateshead, rendering it unusable. Something like - the Metro tunnelled straight through the feed water pipes, or some such. Can anybody confirm?

 

[Harvester]

Sunday 28th June 1981

Returning from holiday in Somerset.

45040 13:46 Taunton-Bristol TM
47475 14:50 Bristol TM-Derby

Thursday 28th June 1984

A trip to York while holidaying in Scarborough.

31438 11:53 Scarborough-York
47094 16:40 York-Scarborough

 

[xotGD]

26th June 2022

We had a day out on the KWVR to sample the "Vintage Trains". Certainly a different feel travelling in a L&Y 6-wheeler compared to a Mark 1.

Here is 52044 on the old stock after arrival into Oxenhope - the Haworth Brass Band were performing further down the platform...



Taff Vale 85 was also in action. Here it is arriving into Haworth...



Two locos dating from the 19th Century still doing their stuff. As always, a good day out on the KWVR.

27th June 2022

Yesterday I was working in Leeds, and got back to the station in time to see the westbound Cat. First time I've seen 68034 working one of these services...



My next outing will be the East Lancs on Saturday - looking forward to it!

 

[NorthWestRover]

Have you become a time traveller, @xotGD ?

 

[xotGD]

Have you become a time traveller, @xotGD ?

June / July - Near enough!

 

[QJ]

Meanwhile back in the day. 28 June 1977 and a typical Tuesday on the sea wall at Dawlish in the late 1970s.
45036 HO 1E21 1020 Penzance to Leeds (Plymouth to Exeter Saint Davids)
47246 CF 1V82 1023 Manchester to Plymouth (Exeter Saint Davids to Newton Abbot)
50015 LA 1B76 1230 London Paddington to Paignton (Newton Abbot to Paignton)
50015 LA 2B31 1638 Paignton to Exeter Saint Davids (Paignton to Newton Abbot)
50044 BR 1A55 1500 Penzance to London Paddington (Newton Abbot to Exeter Saint Davids)
50015 LA 2B38 1845 Exeter Saint Davids to Paignton (Exeter Saint Davids to Dawlish)
46056 GD 1C86 1805 Plymouth to Cardiff (Dawlish to Exeter Saint Davids)
25080 LA 2B44 1935 Exeter Saint Davids to Paignton (Exeter Saint Davids to Dawlish)
50026 LA 2B48 2020 Exeter Saint Davids to Newton Abbot (Dawlish to Newton Abbot)
46039 GD 1V94 1440 Leeds to Plymouth (Newton to Plymouth)

Then a positioning move after work on Saturday 28 June 1980.
7416-7050-7417 (4CIG-4BIG-4CIG) 1250 London Waterloo to Portsmouth Harbour (Waterloo to Woking)
33051 HG 1L90 1210 Salisbury to London Waterloo (Woking to Waterloo)
40006 HM 1S66 2100 London Kings Cross to Edinburgh (Kings Cross to Doncaster via Sleaford and Lincoln)

Followed by a desperate leap on Thursday 28 June 1984.
47328 CD 2B06 0717 Reading to Newbury (Reading to Reading West)
50025 OC 1F07 0712 Newbury to London Paddington (Reading West to Reading)

Saturday 28 June 1986 track bash (thanks to a friend and his car and working night shifts that week).
47403 GD 1M10 0658 London Paddington to Llandudno (Reading to Oxford via Didcot)
Class 115 DMU 0935 Thame to High Wycombe (Thame to High Wycombe)
Class 121 DMU 1050 High Wycombe to Thame (High Wycombe to Thame)
Bowaters Railway Sittingbourne No4 Superior (2'6" gauge Great Whipsnade Railway)
86257 WN 1O90 1615 Manchester to Newhaven Harbour Marine (Watford Junction to Mitre Bridge Jn)
47562 ED 1O90 1615 Manchester to Newhaven Harbour Marine (Mitre Bridge Jn to Clapham Junction p17)
8TC+2002 (4REP) 1945 London Waterloo to Bournemouth (Clapham Jn to Basingstoke)
3H DMU 2124 Basingstoke to Reading (Basingstoke to Reading)
3H DMU 2155 Reading to Basingstoke (Reading to Reading West)

Sunday 28 June 1992
NSE/FSS/SLOA Devon Belle charter - Steam from Eastleigh to Exeter Central and return. My notes on what locos worked which legs of the journey somewhat differ from the listing on Six Bells probably because I was in the dining section at the rear of the train leaving Basingstoke and again from Exeter Central. 75069 was supposed to be replaced at Salisbury by 34027 for the journey back to Eastleigh but I have a recollection of an announcement on the train that 75069 would not be replaced but would carry on to Eastleigh. So the switch could have taken place despite the announcement. I do agree that 37047 worked back to London though which was definitely unexpected. I also need to confirm to my satisfaction the motive power on the outward journey from London. My notes suggest 50007 piloted 50050 (D400) on the train to Eastleigh in the morning and a You Tube clip seems to confirm this.

 

[1971martin]

Sunday 28th June 1992

Mostly Southern EMUs and therein mostly 4Veps, although a 4EPB and a 455 did apppear

The star of the show was 47711 on the 1510 Woking - Southampton Central. This was the 1440 Waterloo - Exeter diverted via Southampton due to engineering work.

Saturday 28th June 1997

90005 0725 Euston - Crewe
90008 1005 Crewe - Liverpool LS
90008 1145 Liverpool LS - Crewe
37419 1318 Crewe - Llandudno Jn
37429 1441 Llandudno Jn - Rhyl
37426 1511 Rhyl - Bangor
37426 1622 Bangor - Crewe
87018 1810 Crewe - Euston

Saturday 28th June 2008 - KWVR 40th Anniversary gala

91109 0710 Kings X - Leeds
333014 0956 Leeds - Keighley
333011 1631 Keighley - Leeds
91122 1705 Leeds - Newark NG
BUS 1815 Newark NG - Grantham
91107 1855 Grantham - Kings X

KWVR locos in use - 957, 41241, 45212, 47279, 90733, Sir Berkeley, Nunlow

Tuesday 28th June 2016

90014 1030 Liverpool St - Diss
90034 1217 Diss - Liverpool St

 

[Harvester]

Saturday 29th June 1991

20071+20135 12:27 Nottingham-Sheffield (10:38 Skegness-Sheffield)
43023+43166 14:06 Sheffield-Derby
154002 16:35 Derby-Nottingham

 

[QJ]

Wednesday 29 June 1977 Another typical late 70s bashing along the Dawlish Sea Wall
46039 GD 1E30 0810 Plymouth - Leeds (Plymouth to Exeter Saints Davids)
46012 LA 1B20 0805 Bristol - Penzance (Exeter Saint Davids to Newton Abbot)
45045 CW 1M85 0742 Penzance - Liverpool (Newton Abbot to Exeter Saint Davids)
45074 TO 1V62 0820 Birmingham - Plymouth (Exeter Saint Davids to Newton Abbot)
50012 LA 1A67 1200 Paignton - London Paddington (Newton Abbot to Exeter Saint Davids)
47510 LE 1B56 1030 London Paddington - Plymouth (Exeter Saint Davids to Newton Abbot)
50047 LA 1A03 1348 Plymouth - London Paddington (Newton Abbot to Exeter Saint Davids)
45069 TO 1V82 1023 Manchester - Plymouth (Exeter Saint Davids to Newton Abbot)
46044 GD 1M60 1510 Plymouth - Manchester (Newton Abbot to Exeter Saint Davids)
31265 BR 1O24 1955 Exeter Saint Davids - Basingstoke (Exeter Saint DAvids to Exeter Central) at least it was uphill + chip shop move
50009 LA 1B22 1732 London Paddington - Plymouth (Exeter Saint Davids to Plymouth)

Friday 29 June 1979 Positioning Move
85023 CE 2035 London Euston - Inverness (Euston to Birmingham New Street)
85018 CE 2208 Birmingham New Street - Holyhead (Birmingham New Street to Wolverhampton)

Sunday 29 June 1980 after stepping off 1S66 at Doncaster
47219 IM 2315(PD) London Kings Cross - Bradford (Doncaster to Leeds via Hare Park Jn - Wakefield Kirkgate - Westgate curve - Gelderd Road Jn - Holbeck Jn)
08766 HS shunt Leeds sleeper coaches into west facing bay
45048 TI 0614 Hellifield to Windsor and Eton Riverside Adex (Leeds to Windsor and Eton Riverside) - taken for the novelty factor and required track in the Hendon Chord and from Kew East to Old Kew Jn
7711(4VEP) 1335 Windsor and Eton Riverside - London Waterloo (Windsor to Clapham Junction)
4657(4SUB) 1438 London Waterloo to Hampton Court (Clapham Junction to Hampton Court)
4657(4SUB) 1547 Hampton Court to London Waterloo (Hampton Court to Surbiton)
7830+7762 (2*4VEP) 1455 Alton - London Waterloo (Surbiton to Wimbledon)
4631(4SUB) 1542 Chessington South - London Waterloo (Wimbledon to Clapham Junction)
4657(4SUB) 1547 Hampton Court - London Waterloo (Clapham Junction to London Waterloo)
50014 LA 1V17 1710 London Waterloo - Exeter Saint Davids (Waterloo to Woking)
7749+7848 (2*4VEP) 1655 Alton - London Waterloo (Woking to Surbiton)
4657(4SUB) 1748 London Waterloo to Hampton Court (Surbiton to Hampton Court)
50049 LA 1Z40 1900 Hampton Court to Manchester (Hampton Court to Clapham Junction via East Putney) - more novelty factor with the late Wellington and his entourage on this train
4651(4SUB) 1912 Chessington South - London Waterloo (Clapham Junction to London Waterloo)

 

[xotGD]

Exeter Saint Davids)
31265 BR 1O24 1955 Exeter Saint Davids - Basingstoke (Exeter Saint DAvids to Exeter Central) at least it was uphill + chip shop move

Noteworthy for the fact that a 31 managed to get up the hill!