Back in the day...

[1971martin]

So a whole four coaches on the Marston Vale !. Things were different then as I think only a pair of 20m coaches max are allowed these days !.

Unfortunately I did not note the coach numbers on that day, but I seem to remember it was a right mish-mash, at least two classes. Another trip later that year with a single bubble-car!

 

[Peterthegreat]

18th January 2023

No Cat for me this morning. 1U28 caped at York. With the 08:00 off Leeds already a planned cancellation, it is a pair of Northern 195s taking me to Manchester - a repeat of Monday.

TPE are a joke.

A joke yes. Funny no!

 

[1971martin]

Monday 18th January 1988

73113 1230 Victoria - Gatwick Apt
1267 1307 Gatwick Apt - E Croydon
1277+1718 1617 E Croydon - Gatwick Apt
73120 1705 Gatwick Apt - Victoria

Saturday 18th January 2003

90015 0725 Euston - M Keynes
87009 0809 M Keynes - Euston
90040 0930 Euston - Carlisle (via Bescot)
87024 1457 Carlisle - Crewe
87006 1718 Crewe - Coventry (via Bescot)
321437 1858 Coventry - Rugby
86212 1940 Rugby - M Keynes
87016 2009 M Keynes - Euston

Saturday 18th January 2004

90006 1605 Euston - M Keynes
87015 1747 M Keynes - Euston

 

[1971martin]

Thursday 19th January 1989

500?? 0910 Waterloo - Basingstoke
50001 1458 Basingstoke - Waterloo

Any help with the missing 50 would be appreciated. Thanks

Saturday 19th January 2002

90238 0810 Kings X - Grantham
91021 0942 Grantham - York
91015 1130 York - Kings X
91106 1430 Kings X - Doncaster
91103 1638 Doncaster - Peterborough
91021 1748 Peterborough - Kings X
87032 1850 Euston - M Keynes
86425 2004 M Keynes - Euston

Sunday 19th January 2003

90012 1125 Euston - Macclesfield (via Bescot)
43123+34094 1446 Macclesfield - Stoke
87003 1512 Stoke - Euston (via Stafford & Nuneaton)

 

[Harvester]

Friday 20th January 1978

47466 11:20 Grantham-Peterborough
47452 13:40 Peterborough-Huntingdon
47466 16:57 Huntingdon-Grantham

 

[1971martin]

Wednesday 20th January 2016

90007 1130 Liverpool St - Ipswich
90005 1309 Ipswich - Liverpool St
90004 1430 Liverpool St - Colchester
90003 1530 Colchester - Stratford*
* terminated Stratford vice Liverpool St - PHBT @ Bethnal Green

 

[1971martin]

Thursday 21st January 2016

90010 1500 Liverpool St - Colchester
90008 1603 Colchester - Liverpool St

 

[CW2]

Sunday 21/01/07
Birmingham – Nuneaton drags. Sadly the days of random 58s being provided by Saltley were long since gone, and it’s all 57s, but still worth it for the variety.
390 039 1420 Rugby – Nuneaton
57305 1449 Nuneaton – Birmingham New Street
57316 1545 Birmingham New Street – Nuneaton
57306 1649 Nuneaton – Wolverhampton
57308 1818 Wolverhampton – Nuneaton
390 043 1926 Nuneaton – Rugby

 

[Harvester]

Sunday 22nd January 1989

47652 15:03 Derby-Birmingham NS
43010+43165 16:42 Birmingham NS-Derby

 

[xotGD]

random 58s

Were they random? I had always assumed that they were carefully selected to match somebody's red pen requirements.

 

[CW2]

Were they random? I had always assumed that they were carefully selected to match somebody's red pen requirements.

You may well be right. If so, then "somebody" did very well out of it. They were always entirely random as far as my book was concerned.

Meanwhile ...
Thursday 22/01/04
I was attending some sort of meeting or event at Milton Keynes, so I decided the trip from Euston would be by HST, by way of a change:
43065 + 43098 0840 Euston – Milton Keynes Central
Many hours later, I rolled up to take my chance on the first service back to London. I dropped straight onto this, running 110 minutes late:
90015 1417 Milton Keynes Central – Euston

Monday 22/01/07
Required 57314 was supposedly allocated to the 2239 Wolverhampton – Euston drag, so I went to cover it.
350 114 2120 Rugby – Birmingham New Street
57302 2301 Birmingham New Street – Rugby
This ran booked route (i.e. via Coventry). The diesel was provided because of an OLE isolation further south – possibly unravelling / replacing some of the OLE spaghetti carnage at Ledburn Junction after the wires came down around my ears a few days previously. 57314 never appeared, but I required 57302 as well, so I was happy.

 

[xotGD]

25th January 2023

I went to bed last night happy to note that 1U28 was not shown as cancelled, and required 68033 was ending the day in the platforms at Scarbados...

...Up at 6am to discover that 033 was working 1U24 and 1U28 was plastic.

However, better news for my return across the Pennines:

68029 MAN – LDS 1U71

So after a 5/5 failure rate last week, I have finally managed to catch a Cat on this service.

I have another shot at 1U28 on Friday morning...

 

[D6130]

MONDAY 26th JANUARY 1987:

47 621 Brighton-Newhaven Marine (Empty stock)
47 621 Newhaven Marine-Willesden West London Junction

 

[Big Jumby 74]

Any help with the missing 50 would be appreciated. Thanks

A lot of 'IF's' here, as in possible on the day hick ups, but back then I believe the loco diagram for 09.10 SX Waterloo took it to EX, back with the 14.20 to Waterloo, then Down to Salisbury/Yeovil with 2038 Waterloo, and finished back at Salisbury. On the following (SX) day the first turn for same loco (and stock set) was the 07.04 Salisbury to Waterloo.

I can list several occasions when this was the case, ie: 2038 loco (day 1) did indeed work the 0704 on day 2.

Whilst I can't comment about 19th Jan, I can say that the 07.04 on Friday the 20th was worked by 50029. Hope that may be of some use

 

[D6130]

MONDAY 26th JANUARY 1987:

47 621 Brighton-Newhaven Marine (Empty stock)
47 621 Newhaven Marine-Willesden West London Junction

 

[12LDA28C]

MONDAY 26th JANUARY 1987:

47 621 Brighton-Newhaven Marine (Empty stock)
47 621 Newhaven Marine-Willesden West London Junction

A nice move, not sure it's good enough to warrant posting twice though!

 

[12LDA28C]

Monday 26th January 1998

47640 Oxford - Reading (1V96 0910 Edinburgh - Reading)
47640 Reading - Birmingham New Street (1M79 1647 Reading - Liverpool)
47640 Birmingham New Street - Oxford (1V98 1608 Glasgow - Paddington)

 

[D6130]

A nice move, not sure it's good enough to warrant posting twice though!

Hmmm.....not sure exactly what happened there!

Ah yes, now I remember....after posting the first time I clicked on the back button a couple of times to see what the next topic was and then - after reading it - I clicked on the back button again and found an unfinished version of the 'Back in the Day' post. Therefore I finished it and clicked on 'Post reply', not realising that it had already been posted. Like a lot of people my age, I sometimes struggle with technology....not to mention memory!

 

[D6130]

TUESDAY 27th JANUARY 1987:

47 466 Gatwick Airport-East Croydon
73 119 Redhill-Brighton

 

[CW2]

Thursday 27/01/00
Another high-mileage work trip to Mossend …
43144 + 43164 2240 Reading – Paddington
90020 2355 Euston – Carstairs
Friday 28/01/00
90038 05xx Carstairs – Edinburgh Waverley
91031 0920 Edinburgh Waverley – Motherwell
91005 1458 Motherwell – Glasgow Central
87014 1538 Glasgow Central – Euston
43151 + 43004 2200 Paddington – Reading

 

[SteveM70]

27/1/84 (I think - incomplete notes only have the day and month)

31424 08:05 Birmingham - Norwich

31424 ??:?? Norwich - Birmingham. Delayed 65 minutes at Thetford with what I noted as "sticking brakes", carried on to Peterborough where some much tastier haulage would no doubt be waiting. Forward with 31421

 

[1971martin]

A couple of late entries due to having just a few days up in Scotland

Between 1987-1989 BR ran special offers for railcard holders offering cheap travel early in the year. In early 1987 I was travelling on a Family Railcard. In May 1987 I acquired a Young Person's Railcard

Saturday 24th January 1987 (Family RC promotion)

43117+43161 0930 Kings X - Leeds
Class 101 DMU 1228 Leeds - Bradford I
Class 104 DMU 1720 Bradford I - Leeds
43040+43152 1755 Leeds - Kings X

Tuesday 24th January 1989 (Work related)

1254+3002 1045 Waterloo - Eastleigh
73112+73134 1400 Eastleigh - Waterloo

Saturday 24th January 2004

91112 0915 Kings X - York
40145 1303 York - Scarborough
40145 1632 Scarborough - York
91112 1826 York - Kings X
The only occasion that I had have a Class 40 on the main line! (Pathfinder Tours charter)

Friday 25th January 1991

1548+1590 0611 Folkestone W - Dover Priory
47802 1420 Dover Priory - Folkestone C

 

[D6130]

TUESDAY 29th JANUARY 1985;

73 001 Redhill-Crawley New Yard


THURSDAY 29th JANUARY 1987:

33 047 Redhill-Brighton

 

[CW2]

Monday 29/01/01
A trip to Doncaster. I chose my train very carefully!
43177 + 43xxx 0706 Reading – Paddington
90021 0840 Kings Cross – Doncaster
After that, it all went a bit Sulzery …
47828 1431 Doncaster – Birmingham New Street via Swinton, Masborough, Sheffield
47848 1706 Birmingham New Street – Reading via Coventry

 

[D6130]

FRIDAY 30th JANUARY 1987:

33 028 Brighton-Salisbury via Netley

 

[1971martin]

Sunday 30th January 2011

90047 1145 Euston - Birmingham NS
90047 1350 Birmingham NS - Euston
90047 1558 Euston - Birmingham NS
90047 1750 Birmingham NS - Euston

Which nicely takes me to 49/50 for Class 90.

 

[CW2]

Sunday 30th January 2011

90047 1145 Euston - Birmingham NS
90047 1350 Birmingham NS - Euston
90047 1558 Euston - Birmingham NS
90047 1750 Birmingham NS - Euston

Which nicely takes me to 49/50 for Class 90.

I'm glad it wasn't just me that found 90047 elusive!

Saturday 30/01/10
A weekend of spectacular diversions involving the 67-hauled WSMR services. There was a block somewhere on the Chilterns, but WSMR were determined to run through to / from Marylebone. (You might need to get the rail atlas out for this bit!).
67010 0901 Tame Bridge Parkway – London Marylebone via Aston, Stechford, Weedon, Acton Canal Wharf, Greenford, South Ruislip (reverse).
After a visit to relatives in Reading (HST both ways) I returned to Marylebone later that day for the journey back north:
67014 1922 London Marylebone – Tame Bridge Parkway via South Ruislip (reverse), Greenford, Acton Main Line, Acton Wells, SW Sidings, Mitre Bridge (reverse), Weedon, Stechford, Aston.

Sunday 31/01/10
The next day, another (even rarer) route variation:
67012 1854 Tame Bridge Parkway – London Marylebone via Aston, Stechford, Weedon, Acton Canal Wharf (reverse), Neasden Junction (reverse).
A more normal route back home.
390 043 2155 Euston – Rugby via Northampton.

 

[12LDA28C]

Sunday 30th January 2011

90047 1145 Euston - Birmingham NS
90047 1350 Birmingham NS - Euston
90047 1558 Euston - Birmingham NS
90047 1750 Birmingham NS - Euston

Which nicely takes me to 49/50 for Class 90.

90047 was my last one for haulage. It was certainly regarded as the rarest on passenger work for a number of years.

 

[xotGD]

90047 was my last one for haulage. It was certainly regarded as the rarest on passenger work for a number of years.

I had it twice in 1990 in the West Midlands. 48, 49 and 50 are still required by me.

 

[12LDA28C]

I had it twice in 1990 in the West Midlands. 48, 49 and 50 are still required by me.

I had 90048 in 1990 but scored 049 and 050 in Anglia much later. Had them both on the same day if I recall.