Back in the day...

[D1537]

Sunday 7 June 1987

Whichever side of the "is 47901 a 47?" argument you stood on, I decided it was probably best to red pen it anyway, especially as I only needed 12 at the time. Also, I was a sucker for a bit of 56 noise.

1Z37 "The Meldon Quarryman"

56081 (TI) B'ham NS-Rugby-Bletchley-Oxford-Didcot avoider-Swindon-Melksham-Westbury
47901 (BR) Westbury-Yeovil PM-Yeovil Jc-Exeter
37698 (CF) Exeter SD-Meldon Quarry
08584 (LA) Shunt at Meldon
37698 (CF) Meldon Quarry-Exeter SD
47901 (BR) Exeter SD-Taunton-Castle Cary-Westbury
56081 (TI) Westbury-Bath-Dr Days-Cheltenham-Worcester-Camp Hill-B'ham NS

Probably OK to say this 36 years later, but the driver on 901 on the return really wanted to see how fast it would go. Some people claimed it nearly reached 100 but the quickest I clocked for a mile was 91. 901 was restricted to 75mph, I believe.

 

[D6130]

SUNDAY 8th JUNE 1986:

Car: Wiesbaden-Mainz Hbf
103 165-6 Mainz Hbf-Koeln Hbf
110 313-4 Koeln Hbf-Aachen Hbf
2736 Aachen Hbf-Oostende
M. V. "Prinses Clementine" Oostende-Dover Western Docks
47 625 Dover Western Docks-Bromley South via Tonbridge and Orpington
EMU Bromley South-Victoria via Kent House
EMU Victoria-Lewes


MONDAY 8th JUNE 1987:

86 245 Liverpool Street-Harwich Parkeston Quay
M.V. "St Nicholas" Harwich Parkeston Quay-Hoek van Holland
1214 Hoek van Holland-Utrecht CS
1610 Utrecht CS-Amersfoort

 

[QJ]

Saturday 08 June 1985 (during the Crewe Remodelling blockade)
47450 GD 1V01 0138 Stafford - Cardiff central (Stafford to Abergavenny)
via Oxley Chord, Wellington Down Main Through, Shrewsbury (RM) and Hereford
33048 HG 1M68 0533 Cardiff Central - Nantwich (Abergavenny to Nantwich)
rail replacement bus from Nantwich to Crewe then rail replacement bus from Crewe to Warrington Bank Quay
1*312 EMU 1G71 1027 Preston - Birmingham New Street (Warrington Bank Quay to Stafford)
via Weaver Junction, Up Liverpool Independent, Up slow Independent, Basford Hall SS North, Up Independent, Basford Hall Junction
86248 WN 1M88 0633 Poole - Manchester Piccadilly via Stoke (Stafford to Stockport)
47135 CD 1V05 1345 Manchester Piccadilly - Cardiff Central (Stockport to Shrewsbury)
via Wilmslow, Sandbach, Up Manchester Independent, Gresty Lane No.1, Wem
47616 CF 1A63 1537 Shrewsbury - London Euston (Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton)
86235 WN 1A63 1537 Shrewsbury - London Euston (Wolverhampton to Birmingham New Street)
85035 CE 1M23 1440 Poole - Liverpool Lime Street (Birmingham New Street to Hartford)
rail replacement bus from Hartford to Crewe the BR staff van Crewe to Stafford
86251 WN 1S07 2100 London Euston - Inverness (Stafford to Preston)
via Stafford, Basford Hall Jn, Down Fast Independent, Down Liverpool Independent, Crewe Coal Yard, Weaver Jn, Warrington Bank Quay and Wigan North Western

 

[D6130]

TUESDAY 9th JUNE 1987:

1109 Amersfoort-Hengelo
1632 Hengelo-Bad Bentheim
112 493-2 Bad Bentheim-Hamburg Hbf
218 338-2+218 180-8 Hamburg Hbf-Puttgarden
Train ferry "Danmark" Puttgarden-Rodby Faerige
Mz 1455 Rodby Faerige-Kobenhavn HB

 

[Harvester]

Monday 9th June 1997

158806 11:24 Thornaby-York
43084+43??? 13:05 York-Derby
156411 15:32 Derby-Beeston

 

[CW2]

Apologies for the delayed posting:
Monday 07/06/04
87010 0833 Euston – Crewe
Another work trip. The journey home was quite eventful …
87004 1549 Crewe – Milton Keynes Central
This was the 1323 Holyhead – Euston. It started off 50’ late from Crewe due to some issues on the North Wales Coast. Further south the Slow Lines were closed for work to extend the platforms at Tring. Unfortunately a 390 then failed on the Up Fast at Cheddington, stopping the job. My train was terminated at Milton Keynes Central. Cheers then!
87006 1843 Milton Keynes Central – Euston
78’ late, and called additionally at Leighton Buzzard to pick up passengers off the failed 390. Arrived Euston 2056, which was 166’ late on the timings of the 1323 ex Holyhead on which I had started the journey.

Thursday 08/06/00
A work trip to Doncaster:
91025 0830 Kings Cross – Doncaster
After work, instead of heading home immediately, I was distracted by the prospect of having 90039 to Bradford Forster Square. I’d only had one run with that loco 10 years previously, so this was quite a bonus – and it was required class 90 track beyond Leeds for me too:
90039 1722 Doncaster – Bradford Forster Square
90039 1938 Bradford Forster Square – Kings Cross
This remains the only occasion I ever managed to have a class 90 to Bradford.
I’ve had 1 x class 89, 1 x class 90 and 1 x class 91 to Bradford. I don’t expect I’ll be able to expand the numerical sequence by getting an 88 or a 92 there, but you never know …

 

[D6130]

WEDNESDAY 10th JUNE 1987:

Mz 1417 Kobenhavn HB-Helsingor
M.V. "Kronborg" Helsingor-Helsingborg
Rc4 1179 Helsingborg-Stockholm Central
M.V. "Svea" Stockholm-Abo/Turku (overnight)

 

[Harvester]

Friday 11th June 1982

31406 16:29 Market Rasen-Lincoln
DMU 17:22 Lincoln-Market Rasen

Saturday 11th June 1988
47613 08:49 Derby-York
43049+43??? 11:07 York-Darlington

 

[D6130]

THURSDAY 11th JUNE 1987:

My first - and so far only - visit to Finland:

2317 Turku Harbour-Turku station
DMU. Turku-Uusikaupunki
DMU. Uusikaupunki-Kalaranta
DMU. Kalaranta-Turku

 

[CW2]

Thursday 11/06/02
A visit to relatives in Plymouth. Another carefully chosen train:
57601 1645 Reading – Plymouth via Bath, Bristol, Weston-super-Mare

Saturday 11/06/05
71000 0629 Kings Cross – Scarborough
71000 1715 Scarborough – Doncaster RMT
67030 1946 Doncaster RMT – Kings Cross

 

[xotGD]

2317 Turku Harbour-Turku station

What's the Finnish translation of "Desperate Ned Leap"?

 

[D6130]

What's the Finnish translation of "Desperate Ned Leap"?

Ha, ha! A necessary move to reach the town station from the ferry terminal. (The boat train was continuing to Helsinki....but I had a date in Turku that evening with a young Finnish lady whom I had met on Darlington station the previous autumn!)

Meanwhile:

FRIDAY 12th JUNE 1987:

2335 Turku-Jyvaskyla via Tampere


SUNDAY 12th JUNE 1988:

EMU Ryde Esplanade-Ryde Pierhead
Wightlink catamaran Ryde Pierhead-Portsmouth Harbour
EMU Portsmouth Harbour-Waterloo
43 074+43 063 Kings Cross-Grantham
DMU Grantham-Skegness
20 209+20 190 Skegness-Nottingham
DMU Nottingham-Coventry via Nuneaton

 

[Falcon1200]

2317 Turku Harbour-Turku station

What's the Finnish translation of "Desperate Ned Leap"?

@D6130 is not alone! In September 1985, with two friends, I toured Scandinavia, and on the 22nd we walked from Turku town to the Harbour ('Sataama' IIRC) and had 2759 and 2543 on the 2035 to Helsinki, just back to Turku Central station. Our next move, in the morning, was the ferry to Stockholm so as I have not been back to Finland since that was my last VR haulage.

 

[CW2]

Saturday 12/06/10
40145 0755 Crewe – Dee Marsh Reception Sidings via Crewe South Yard, Basford Hall Up Reception Siding, Oxley Chord, Wrexham General
67018 1120 Dee Marsh Reception Siding – Croes Newydd North Fork
40145 1230 Croes Newydd North Fork – Weaste via Chester Up and Down Goods, Warrington Bank Quay, Earlestown
67018 1413 Weaste – Eccles Up Goods Loop
40145 1431 Eccles Up Goods Loop – Castleton East Jn
67018 1500 Castleton East Jn – Bury Bolton St
40145 1630 Bury Bolton St – Metrolink Gates
67018 1645 Metrolink Gates – Rawtenstall
40145 1805 Rawtenstall – Crewe via Bury Bolton St, Castleton West Jn, Brewery Curve, Denton, Stockport

 

[D1537]

Friday 12 June 1987

47532 (CD) Oxford-Bham NS 1S39
47486 (BS) Bham NS-Oxford 1Z43 (via Solihull)
47473 (BS) Oxford-Man Picc 1M07
87030 (WN) Man Picc-Stockport 1A77
47594 (OC) Stockport-Bolton 1M12
47204 (KD) Bolton-Derby 1M54
47575 (CF) Derby-Bristol TM 1V22

 

[CD]

Saturday 12th June 1976

33009 Yeovil Jn-Exeter St.D
1028 Exeter St.D-Truro
50002 Truro-Plymouth
50040 Plymouth-Exeter St.D
33115 Exeter St.D-Yeovil Jn

 

[D6130]

MONDAY 13th JUNE 1988:

86 408 Coventry-Birmingham New Street
DMU Birmingham New Street-Hereford
37 431 Hereford-Cardiff Central
150 270 Cardiff Central-Rhymney
150 270 Rhymney-Cardiff Queen Street
DMU Cardiff Queen Street - Bute Road
DMU Bute Road-Cardiff Queen Street
150 269 Cardiff-Queen Street-Penarth
150 269 Penarth-Coryton
150 269 Coryton-Cardiff Central
43 138+43 007 Cardiff Central-Paddington
50 050 Waterloo-Woking
EMU Woking-Portsmouth Harbour
Wightlink catamaran Portsmouth Harbour-Ryde Pierhead
EMU Ryde Pierhead-Ryde Esplanade

 

[Harvester]

Monday 13th June 1988

43082+43091 14:06 Darlington-Doncaster
150237 15:13 Doncaster-Sheffield
47552 15:57 Sheffield-Derby

 

[CW2]

Friday 15/06/01
Another Doncaster work trip, and another well-chosen train:
90024 0910 Kings Cross – Doncaster
The journey home was less interesting:
43093 + 43198 1631 Doncaster – Birmingham New Street
47849 1906 Birmingham New Street – Reading

 

[Harvester]

Sunday 16th June 2002

91011 14:05 Darlington-Doncaster
158??? 15:20 Doncaster-Sheffield
43056+43050 16:16 Sheffield-Derby

 

[gabrielhj07]

15JUN2022

A Thames Branches Day Ranger was cheaper than an Off-Peak return to Henley, so I got to Paddington early and played IET bingo.

800305 PAD-RDG
802009 RDG-PAD
800318 PAD-RDG
802013+802018 RDG-PAD
802102 PAD-RDG
345031 RDG-TWY
165119 TWY-HOT
165119 HOT-TWY
387162+387145 TWY-RDG
802102 RDG-PAD
800027+800030 PAD-RDG
802009 RDG-PAD

 

[CW2]

Thursday 16/06/05
I’ve largely omitted my numerous Reading – Paddington HST commuting moves from this thread, as it would very quickly become overwhelmingly repetitive and boring. I make an exception here:
43009 + 43139 1822 Paddington – Reading
This was my first run with an MTU re-engined HST power car, 43009. It was so much quieter than the standard Paxmans that I was unsure at first that it was even running!

 

[1971martin]

Saturday 16th June 2012

317672+UID317 0855 Stratford - Liverpool St
90015 0930 Liverpool St - Ipswich
90008 1109 Ipswich - Norwich
90007 1230 Norwich - Ipswich
90012 1343 Ipswich - Chelmsford
321446+321304 1426 Chelmsford - Liverpool St
315845+315833 1520 Liverpool St - Stratford
321314+321362 1545 Stratford - Chelmsford
321333 1622 Chelmsford - Witham
360119+360122 1700 Witham - Chelmsford
90013 1722 Chelmsford- Liverpool St
315835+315860 1820 Liverpool St - Stratford
317886+317501 1844 Stratford - Broxbourne
317504 1930 Broxbourne - Stratford

 

[CW2]

Tuesday 17/06/03
87008 1800 Euston – Crewe
87009 2010 Crewe – Euston

 

[D6130]

WEDNESDAY 17th JUNE 1987:

Continuing my ramblings around Finland after a few days of bus and car travel:

3022 Imatra-Helsinki
2335 Helsinki-Turku/Abo Satama
M.V. "Wellamo" Turku/Abo-Stockholm (overnight)

 

[1971martin]

Sunday 17th June 2012

My first visit to the Epping Ongar Railway, reopened in May

One set running between North Weald and Ongar in the hands of 31438 and GWR Pannier Tank 6430 top and tailing 3 Mk1s & 2 Mk2s. 3 round trips on this set.

One set running between North Weald and Coopersale in the hands of 03170 and class 37 D6729 top and tailing Southern Region 3CIG unit 1498. 3 round trips on this set.

 

[Peter Sarf]

Sunday 17th June 2012

My first visit to the Epping Ongar Railway, reopened in May

One set running between North Weald and Ongar in the hands of 31438 and GWR Pannier Tank 6430 top and tailing 3 Mk1s & 2 Mk2s. 3 round trips on this set.

One set running between North Weald and Coopersale in the hands of 03170 and class 37 D6729 top and tailing Southern Region 3CIG unit 1498. 3 round trips on this set.

Awww, thanks for giving me an idea. I better take the granddaughter there. Suppose we can reach that on our old gits and whippersnappers oyster cards.

 

[D6130]

THURSDAY 18th JUNE 1987:

Rc4 1395 Stockholm Central-Goteborg
Rc4 1107 Goteborg-Helsingborg
Train ferry "Najaden" Helsingborg-Helsingor

 

[1971martin]

Awww, thanks for giving me an idea. I better take the granddaughter there. Suppose we can reach that on our old gits and whippersnappers oyster cards.

Oh yes, you can get there using your Oyster cards. Central line to Epping and then vintage buses to North Weald/Ongar which are included in the railway fares.

 

[D6130]

FRIDAY 19th JUNE 1987:

Mz 1508 Helsingor-Kobenhavn HB
Mz 1519 Kobenhavn HB-Rodby Faerge
Train Ferry "Prins Henrik" Rodby Faerge-Puttgarden
2 x unidentified 218 Puttgarden-Hamburg Hbf
112 500-4 Hamburg Hbf-Osnabruck
110 419-9 Osnabruck-Bad Bentheim
1135 Bad Bentheim-Amersfoort


SATURDAY 20th JUNE 1987:

1648 Amersfoort-Utrecht CS
1305 Utrecht CS-Hoek van Holland
M.V. "Koningin Beatrix" Hoek van Holland-Harwich Parkeston Quay
86 208 Harwich Parkeston Quay-Liverpool Street