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Wednesday 05/07/06
57303 1651 Euston – Birmingham New Street, 0 -> 12’ late.
57303 1900 Birmingham New Street – Euston
The three regular class 87s, 87002, 87006, and 87026, were all defunct, so this 57/3 was sent out on the regular loco-hauled diagram instead. On the return we were 8’ late start from New Street, loco late running round, and were then delayed further by children playing on the lines between Coventry and Rugby. One of the little b*stards stole the tail lamp when we made an emergency stop, so we were stopped again near Weedon to replace it. 34’ late into Euston.
57303 1651 Euston – Birmingham New Street, 0 -> 12’ late.
57303 1900 Birmingham New Street – Euston
The three regular class 87s, 87002, 87006, and 87026, were all defunct, so this 57/3 was sent out on the regular loco-hauled diagram instead. On the return we were 8’ late start from New Street, loco late running round, and were then delayed further by children playing on the lines between Coventry and Rugby. One of the little b*stards stole the tail lamp when we made an emergency stop, so we were stopped again near Weedon to replace it. 34’ late into Euston.
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Saturday 5th July 2014
The Border Raider
90036 0709 Euston - Crewe
60163 Tornado 1012 Crewe - Carlisle
60163 Tornado 1611 Carlisle - Preston via WCML
90036 1853 Preston - Euston
The Border Raider
90036 0709 Euston - Crewe
60163 Tornado 1012 Crewe - Carlisle
60163 Tornado 1611 Carlisle - Preston via WCML
90036 1853 Preston - Euston
Monday 07/07/03
87007 1700 Euston – Crewe
87010 1910 Crewe – Euston
I made a quick connection at Crewe to double back with another 87. The driver of 87010 seemed to be particularly keen to get home in a hurry, reaching 118 mph downhill after Madeley and 113 mph through Bushey. I made the 2133 ex Paddington with ease.
87007 1700 Euston – Crewe
87010 1910 Crewe – Euston
I made a quick connection at Crewe to double back with another 87. The driver of 87010 seemed to be particularly keen to get home in a hurry, reaching 118 mph downhill after Madeley and 113 mph through Bushey. I made the 2133 ex Paddington with ease.
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Friday 8th July 2011
90010 1138 Stratford - Colchester
90007 1247 Colchester - Norwich
90007 1430 Norwich - Colchester
90009 1543 Colchester - Stratford
378209 1650 Stratford - Willesden Jn
Bakerloo line 7 car set (rode in car 4340) 1743 Willesden Jn - Queens Park
(3240-4240-4340-3340-3451-4551-3551)
378230 1751 Queens Park - Euston
90043 1843 Euston - Birmingham Int
390043 2020 Birmingham Int - Euston
90010 1138 Stratford - Colchester
90007 1247 Colchester - Norwich
90007 1430 Norwich - Colchester
90009 1543 Colchester - Stratford
378209 1650 Stratford - Willesden Jn
Bakerloo line 7 car set (rode in car 4340) 1743 Willesden Jn - Queens Park
(3240-4240-4340-3340-3451-4551-3551)
378230 1751 Queens Park - Euston
90043 1843 Euston - Birmingham Int
390043 2020 Birmingham Int - Euston
Friday 09/07/04
90015 0835 Euston – Milton Keynes Central
87007 1146 Milton Keynes Central – Euston
46233 1538 Euston – Manchester Piccadilly via Northampton, Crewe, Crewe Down Potteries, Styal
66138 2108 Crewe – Crewe Down Potteries Loop (draw back loco)
90015 0835 Euston – Milton Keynes Central
87007 1146 Milton Keynes Central – Euston
46233 1538 Euston – Manchester Piccadilly via Northampton, Crewe, Crewe Down Potteries, Styal
66138 2108 Crewe – Crewe Down Potteries Loop (draw back loco)
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Saturday 9th July 2011
43043+43044 1015 St Pancras - Leicester
222009 1135 Leicester - Loughborough
156405 1757 Loughborough - Leicester
222002 1825 Leicester - St Pancras
While in Loughborough, visited the GCR. Had round trips behind Class 31 D5830 & Class 47 D1705. Not sure whether it was a diesel event. Did not travel behind any steam on this day.
43043+43044 1015 St Pancras - Leicester
222009 1135 Leicester - Loughborough
156405 1757 Loughborough - Leicester
222002 1825 Leicester - St Pancras
While in Loughborough, visited the GCR. Had round trips behind Class 31 D5830 & Class 47 D1705. Not sure whether it was a diesel event. Did not travel behind any steam on this day.
Saturday 10/07/04
91103 0620 Doncaster – York
67019 0708 York – Birmingham New Street via Leeds, Moorthorpe, Sheffield, Lichfield Trent Valley
67015 1220 Birmingham New Street – Bristol Temple Meads via Gloucester avoider
43168 + 43188 1410 Bristol Temple Meads – Paddington
43134 + 43027 1930 Paddington – Reading
91103 0620 Doncaster – York
67019 0708 York – Birmingham New Street via Leeds, Moorthorpe, Sheffield, Lichfield Trent Valley
67015 1220 Birmingham New Street – Bristol Temple Meads via Gloucester avoider
43168 + 43188 1410 Bristol Temple Meads – Paddington
43134 + 43027 1930 Paddington – Reading
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Saturday 12 July 1980 (overnight to Scotland for a railtour - what else!)
27102 ED 1T02 0422 Mossend - Glasgow Queen Street (Mossend to Eastfield Up & Down Pass Loop)
27104 ED 1T02 0422 Mossend - Glasgow Queen Street (Mossend to Eastfield Up & Down Pass Loop)
27011 ED + 27016 ED 1B07 0600 Glasgow Queen Street - Mallaig (Glasgow Queen Street to Dumbarton Central)
1*303 EMU 0632 Balloch Central - Springburn (Dumbarton Central to Glasgow Queen Street LL)
47710 HA 1O05 0735 Glasgow Queen Street - Edinburgh Waverley (Glasgow Queen Street - Edinburgh Waverley)
1*101 DMU Edinburgh City Transport Welfare Association Forth Valley Wanderer charter (Edinburgh Waverley to Stirling...train continued back to Edinburgh via Longannet and the Forth Bridge)
via required track including Edinburgh Suburban line, Granton Gas works, Bilston Glen, North Berwick, Leith South, Grangemouth No3, BAC Sidings.
26044 IS 2T37 1539 Dundee - Glasgow Queen Street (Stirling to Larbert)
40060 HA 2L53 1644 Glasgow Queen Street - Dundee (Larbert to Stirling)
1*101 DMU 1744 Dunblane to Falkirk Grahamston (Stirling to Falkirk Grahamston)
47702 HA 1O53 1805 Glasgow Queen Street - Edinburgh Waverley (Falkirk Grahamston to Edinburgh Waverley)
25007 HA 1424 Scarborough - Glasgow Queen Street Additional (Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street)
47703 HA 1O71 2135 Glasgow Queen Street - Edinburgh Waverley (Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley)
1*101 DMU 2252 Edinburgh Waverley - Glasgow Central (Edinburgh Waverley to Haymarket)
40064 HA 1G30 2202 Carstairs - Edinburgh Wavelerley (Haymarket to Edinburgh Waverley)
47411 GD 1C97 2340 Edinburgh Waverley - Carstairs (Edinburgh Waverley to Carstairs)
then off south for another railtour .................................
27102 ED 1T02 0422 Mossend - Glasgow Queen Street (Mossend to Eastfield Up & Down Pass Loop)
27104 ED 1T02 0422 Mossend - Glasgow Queen Street (Mossend to Eastfield Up & Down Pass Loop)
27011 ED + 27016 ED 1B07 0600 Glasgow Queen Street - Mallaig (Glasgow Queen Street to Dumbarton Central)
1*303 EMU 0632 Balloch Central - Springburn (Dumbarton Central to Glasgow Queen Street LL)
47710 HA 1O05 0735 Glasgow Queen Street - Edinburgh Waverley (Glasgow Queen Street - Edinburgh Waverley)
1*101 DMU Edinburgh City Transport Welfare Association Forth Valley Wanderer charter (Edinburgh Waverley to Stirling...train continued back to Edinburgh via Longannet and the Forth Bridge)
via required track including Edinburgh Suburban line, Granton Gas works, Bilston Glen, North Berwick, Leith South, Grangemouth No3, BAC Sidings.
26044 IS 2T37 1539 Dundee - Glasgow Queen Street (Stirling to Larbert)
40060 HA 2L53 1644 Glasgow Queen Street - Dundee (Larbert to Stirling)
1*101 DMU 1744 Dunblane to Falkirk Grahamston (Stirling to Falkirk Grahamston)
47702 HA 1O53 1805 Glasgow Queen Street - Edinburgh Waverley (Falkirk Grahamston to Edinburgh Waverley)
25007 HA 1424 Scarborough - Glasgow Queen Street Additional (Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street)
47703 HA 1O71 2135 Glasgow Queen Street - Edinburgh Waverley (Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley)
1*101 DMU 2252 Edinburgh Waverley - Glasgow Central (Edinburgh Waverley to Haymarket)
40064 HA 1G30 2202 Carstairs - Edinburgh Wavelerley (Haymarket to Edinburgh Waverley)
47411 GD 1C97 2340 Edinburgh Waverley - Carstairs (Edinburgh Waverley to Carstairs)
then off south for another railtour .................................
Saturday 13/07/02
50031 + 50049 0810 Reading – York via Worcester Shrub Hill, Lickey, Camp Hill, Derby, Beighton
50049 + 50031 1542 York – York via Leeds, Harrogate
50049 + 50031 1730 York – Reading via Moorthorpe, Sheffield, Birmingham New Street, Lickey, Worcester Shrub Hill
50031 + 50049 0810 Reading – York via Worcester Shrub Hill, Lickey, Camp Hill, Derby, Beighton
50049 + 50031 1542 York – York via Leeds, Harrogate
50049 + 50031 1730 York – Reading via Moorthorpe, Sheffield, Birmingham New Street, Lickey, Worcester Shrub Hill
QJ
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Friday 13 July 1979 (an evening nedding in the West Midlands)
86257 WN 1710 London Euston - Wolverhampton (London Euston to Coventry)
47142 BR 1507 Brighton - Manchester Piccadilly (Coventry to Birmingham New Street)
81014 GW 1723 London Euston - Northampton extended to Wolverhampton (Birmingham New Street to Wolverhampton)
86259 WN 1921 Liverpool Lime Street - Birmingham New Street (Wolverhampton to Birmingham New Street)
83010 LG 2208 Birmingham New Street - Holyhead (Birmingham New Street to Wolverhampton)
86227 WN 2137 Manchester Piccadilly - Newquay (Wolverhampton to Birmingham New Street)
85039 CE 2130 Bristol Temple Meads - Edinburgh Waverley (Birmingham New Street to Wolverhampton)
Sunday 13 July 1980 (overnight from Scotland for a railtour)
86235 WN 1V56 2355 (12/07) Glasgow Central - Bristol Temple Meads (Carstairs to Preston) with 86221 DIT
40128 SP 1M16 1930 (12/07) Inverness - London Euston (Preston to Crewe via Parkside Junction, Manchester Piccadilly and Styal) with 86235 DIT
very strange that 86235 was plonked in the consist of 1M16 but became train engine to 1V56 at Crewe
86235 WN 1V56 2355 (12/07) Glasgow Central - Bristol Temple Meads (Crewe to Birmingham New Street)
should have carried on to Bristol but got distracted somewhat
56067 TO 1A05 0800 Wolverhampton - London Euston (Birmingham New Street to Nuneaton)
86210 WN 1A05 0800 Wolverhampton - London Euston (Nuneaton to Rugby)
86215 WN 1G24 0940 London Euston - Wolverhampton (Rugby to Nuneaton)
47076 CF 1G24 0940 London Euston - Wolverhampton (Nuneaton to Birmingham New Street)
47367 CD 1V83 1030 Liverpool Lime Street - Plymouth (Birmingham New Street to Bristol Temple Meads)
1*HST 1510 Weston super Mare - London Paddington (Bristol Temple Meads to Bath Spa)
then taxi to Westbury and another taxi to Radstock chasing the railtour
37224 BR + 37233 BR 1Z61 Cranmore - Cheltenham Spa (Radstock to Westbury)
37138 BR 1Z61 Cranmore - Cheltenham Spa (Westbury to Birmingham New Street)
Friday 13 July 1984 (a diversion from going home after work for some reason - saves going to Budapest)
1*3T DMU 0759 Portsmouth Harbour - Reading (Basingstoke to Reading)
47375 TI 1Z22 1330 Penzance - London Paddington Additional (Reading to London Paddington)
47507 OC 1F54 1950 London Paddington - Oxford (London Paddington to Reading)
1*3T DMU 2053 Reading - Portsmouth Harbour (Reading to Basingstoke)
86257 WN 1710 London Euston - Wolverhampton (London Euston to Coventry)
47142 BR 1507 Brighton - Manchester Piccadilly (Coventry to Birmingham New Street)
81014 GW 1723 London Euston - Northampton extended to Wolverhampton (Birmingham New Street to Wolverhampton)
86259 WN 1921 Liverpool Lime Street - Birmingham New Street (Wolverhampton to Birmingham New Street)
83010 LG 2208 Birmingham New Street - Holyhead (Birmingham New Street to Wolverhampton)
86227 WN 2137 Manchester Piccadilly - Newquay (Wolverhampton to Birmingham New Street)
85039 CE 2130 Bristol Temple Meads - Edinburgh Waverley (Birmingham New Street to Wolverhampton)
Sunday 13 July 1980 (overnight from Scotland for a railtour)
86235 WN 1V56 2355 (12/07) Glasgow Central - Bristol Temple Meads (Carstairs to Preston) with 86221 DIT
40128 SP 1M16 1930 (12/07) Inverness - London Euston (Preston to Crewe via Parkside Junction, Manchester Piccadilly and Styal) with 86235 DIT
very strange that 86235 was plonked in the consist of 1M16 but became train engine to 1V56 at Crewe
86235 WN 1V56 2355 (12/07) Glasgow Central - Bristol Temple Meads (Crewe to Birmingham New Street)
should have carried on to Bristol but got distracted somewhat
56067 TO 1A05 0800 Wolverhampton - London Euston (Birmingham New Street to Nuneaton)
86210 WN 1A05 0800 Wolverhampton - London Euston (Nuneaton to Rugby)
86215 WN 1G24 0940 London Euston - Wolverhampton (Rugby to Nuneaton)
47076 CF 1G24 0940 London Euston - Wolverhampton (Nuneaton to Birmingham New Street)
47367 CD 1V83 1030 Liverpool Lime Street - Plymouth (Birmingham New Street to Bristol Temple Meads)
1*HST 1510 Weston super Mare - London Paddington (Bristol Temple Meads to Bath Spa)
then taxi to Westbury and another taxi to Radstock chasing the railtour
37224 BR + 37233 BR 1Z61 Cranmore - Cheltenham Spa (Radstock to Westbury)
37138 BR 1Z61 Cranmore - Cheltenham Spa (Westbury to Birmingham New Street)
Friday 13 July 1984 (a diversion from going home after work for some reason - saves going to Budapest)
1*3T DMU 0759 Portsmouth Harbour - Reading (Basingstoke to Reading)
47375 TI 1Z22 1330 Penzance - London Paddington Additional (Reading to London Paddington)
47507 OC 1F54 1950 London Paddington - Oxford (London Paddington to Reading)
1*3T DMU 2053 Reading - Portsmouth Harbour (Reading to Basingstoke)
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A 56 was VERY rare on passenger duty back then.
The 1979 moves involving an 81, an 83, and an 85 around the West Midlands caught my eye too, as well as 40128 on the Inverness sleeper drag the year later.
Meanwhile, not much to offer from me today:
Friday 14/07/00
91011 0730 Kings Cross – Doncaster
91009 1556 Doncaster – Kings Cross
Meanwhile, not much to offer from me today:
Friday 14/07/00
91011 0730 Kings Cross – Doncaster
91009 1556 Doncaster – Kings Cross
Tuesday 15/07/03
87005 0830 Euston – Crewe
87007 1650 Crewe – Euston via Bushbury, Bescot, Aston, Stechford.
126’ late, diverted due to 4L92 derailment at Lichfield*, then further delayed at Wolverton due to 90006 deconfiguring on a preceding service.
*Lichfield Trent Valley (WCML), 15 July 2003: At 16:35 hrs the rear 15 wagons of
freight train 4L92, the 13:30 hrs Ditton to Ipswich, derailed at Huddlesford and two
wagons ran down the embankment. The train consisted of 22 loaded container
wagons. No dangerous goods were involved. The cause of the derailment was
attributed to a loss of track integrity resulting from a temperature induced track buckle.
(Extract footnote from RAIB report).
https://assets.publishing.service.g...915d4c10000167/R062010_100325_Cummersdale.pdf
87005 0830 Euston – Crewe
87007 1650 Crewe – Euston via Bushbury, Bescot, Aston, Stechford.
126’ late, diverted due to 4L92 derailment at Lichfield*, then further delayed at Wolverton due to 90006 deconfiguring on a preceding service.
*Lichfield Trent Valley (WCML), 15 July 2003: At 16:35 hrs the rear 15 wagons of
freight train 4L92, the 13:30 hrs Ditton to Ipswich, derailed at Huddlesford and two
wagons ran down the embankment. The train consisted of 22 loaded container
wagons. No dangerous goods were involved. The cause of the derailment was
attributed to a loss of track integrity resulting from a temperature induced track buckle.
(Extract footnote from RAIB report).
https://assets.publishing.service.g...915d4c10000167/R062010_100325_Cummersdale.pdf
QJ
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Sunday 16 July 1978 (and some GN&GE diversions - please excuse the excessive Brush 4 moves)
47422 GD 2315 London Kings Cross - Leeds (Peterborough to Doncaster via Spalding, Sleaford avoiding line and Lincoln Central)
40022 SP 0350 Doncaster - Cleethorpes (Doncaster to Cleethorpes via Carcroft Junction and Skellow Junction)
1*105 + 1*114 DMU 0722 Cleethorpes - Doncaster (Cleethorpes to Doncaster via Skellow Junction and Carcroft Junction)
47458 YK 0755 Bradford Interchange - London Kings Cross (Doncaster to Peterborough via Lincoln Central, Sleaford avoiding line and Spalding)
47421 GD 1104 London Kings Cross - Cleethorpes (Peterborough to Lincoln Central via Spalding, Sleaford avoiding line and Lincoln avoiding line to Boultham Junction)
47544 YK 1205 York - London Kings Cross (Lincoln Central to Peterborough via Sleaford and Spalding)
47423 GD 1404 London Kings Cross - York (Peterborough to Sleaford via Spalding)
1*104 DMU 1555 Grantham - Skegness (Sleaford to Skegness)
20005 TO + 20009 TO 1815 Skegness - Derby (Skegness to Boston)
25125 TO + 25129 TO 1830 Skegness - Leicester (Boston to Sleaford)
37114 MR 1850 Skegness to Cambridge (Sleaford to Peterborough via Spalding)
55013 HA 1230 Aberdeen - London Kings Cross (Peterborough to London Kings Cross)
47422 GD 2315 London Kings Cross - Leeds (Peterborough to Doncaster via Spalding, Sleaford avoiding line and Lincoln Central)
40022 SP 0350 Doncaster - Cleethorpes (Doncaster to Cleethorpes via Carcroft Junction and Skellow Junction)
1*105 + 1*114 DMU 0722 Cleethorpes - Doncaster (Cleethorpes to Doncaster via Skellow Junction and Carcroft Junction)
47458 YK 0755 Bradford Interchange - London Kings Cross (Doncaster to Peterborough via Lincoln Central, Sleaford avoiding line and Spalding)
47421 GD 1104 London Kings Cross - Cleethorpes (Peterborough to Lincoln Central via Spalding, Sleaford avoiding line and Lincoln avoiding line to Boultham Junction)
47544 YK 1205 York - London Kings Cross (Lincoln Central to Peterborough via Sleaford and Spalding)
47423 GD 1404 London Kings Cross - York (Peterborough to Sleaford via Spalding)
1*104 DMU 1555 Grantham - Skegness (Sleaford to Skegness)
20005 TO + 20009 TO 1815 Skegness - Derby (Skegness to Boston)
25125 TO + 25129 TO 1830 Skegness - Leicester (Boston to Sleaford)
37114 MR 1850 Skegness to Cambridge (Sleaford to Peterborough via Spalding)
55013 HA 1230 Aberdeen - London Kings Cross (Peterborough to London Kings Cross)
Wednesday 16/07/03
57308 1345 Euston – Milton Keynes Central
87023 1228 Milton Keynes Central – Euston, 133’ late.
Degraded service due to 4L92 Freightliner derailment at Lichfield, and DVT failure at Rugby.
Saturday 16/07/05
220 018 0835 Reading – Birmingham New Street via Solihull
57313 1443 Birmingham New Street – Wolverhampton
57316 1518 Wolverhampton – Birmingham New Street
57309 1643 Birmingham New Street – Wolverhampton
57315 1718 Wolverhampton – Birmingham New Street
221 141 1803 Birmingham New Street – Reading via Solihull
57308 1345 Euston – Milton Keynes Central
87023 1228 Milton Keynes Central – Euston, 133’ late.
Degraded service due to 4L92 Freightliner derailment at Lichfield, and DVT failure at Rugby.
Saturday 16/07/05
220 018 0835 Reading – Birmingham New Street via Solihull
57313 1443 Birmingham New Street – Wolverhampton
57316 1518 Wolverhampton – Birmingham New Street
57309 1643 Birmingham New Street – Wolverhampton
57315 1718 Wolverhampton – Birmingham New Street
221 141 1803 Birmingham New Street – Reading via Solihull
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Given the 40, the pair of rats, the pair of choppers, the syphon and the Deltic to top it all off, I think we'll forgive you.
QJ
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NorthWestRover - Thankyou for your understanding at the mental anguish that drove me to seek out the charms of Cleethorpes and Skegness for rateable haulage on 16/07/78.
Thursday 17 July 1980
40161 HA 1N05 2330 (16/07) Glasgow Queen Street - Inverness (Perth to Pitlochry)
47272 HA 1T04 2330 (16/07) Inverness - Glasgow Queen Street (Pitlochry to Stirling)
25037 HA 2G10 0555 Stirling - Edinburgh Waverley (Stirling to Edinburgh Waverley)
47064 CD 1C90 0717 Edinburgh Waverley - Carstairs (Edinburgh Waverley to Haymarket)
27014 ED 1O08 0740 Edinburgh Waverley - Glasgow Queen Street (Haymarket to Linlithgow)
47210 ED 1G23 0705 Perth - Edinburgh Waverley (Linlithgow to Edinburgh Waverley)
40184 HA 1A23 0855 Edinburgh Waverley - Aberdeen (Edinburgh Waverley to Haymarket)
47711 HA 1O09 0835 Glasgow Queen Street - Edinburgh Waverley (Haymarket to Edinburgh Waverley)
55003 FP 1V93 0950 Edinburgh Waverley - Plymouth (Edinburgh Waverley to York)
55005 YK 0930 Dundee - London Kings Cross (York to Doncaster)
1*123/4 DMU 1433 Hull - Manchester Piccadilly (Doncaster to Sheffield)
20066 TI + 20095 TI 1G43 1810 Sheffield - Wath Charter (Sheffield to Rotherwood)
76003 RS 1G43 1810 Sheffield - Wath Charter (Rotherwood to Penistone) ** loco 76003 was originally 76036 - renumbered by BR in 1976**
76001 RS 1G43 1810 Sheffield - Wath Charter (Penistone to Wath Reception Siding)
76001 RS 1G43 2030 Wath - Sheffield Charter (Wath Reception Siding to Penistone)
76003 RS 1G43 2030 Wath - Sheffield Charter (Penistone to Rotherwood via a run round in Tinsley EF Yard)
20095 TI + 20066 TI 1G43 2030 Wath - Sheffield Charter (Rotherwood to Sheffield)
45138 TO 1M10 2359 Sheffield - London Saint Pancras (Sheffield to London Saint Pancras)
Saturday 17 July 1998 (part of a family holiday and sneaky North American track bash)
TRCX 803 (MK F40PHL-2 diesel) from Miami Airport to West Palm Beach service as far as Fort Lauderdale
TRCX 809 (MK F40PHC-2C diesel) West Palm Beach to Miami Airport service from Fort Lauderdale to Metrorail Transfer
MDT Budd Universal Transit Vehicle LRT EMU Metrorail Green line from Metro Rail Transfer to Government Center
.. then a fast taxi out of there to my hotel
(not the place to be was the Government Center after the office workers had gone home but the wall to wall security presence and shadows in the night remained - a lesson learned).
Thursday 17 July 1980
40161 HA 1N05 2330 (16/07) Glasgow Queen Street - Inverness (Perth to Pitlochry)
47272 HA 1T04 2330 (16/07) Inverness - Glasgow Queen Street (Pitlochry to Stirling)
25037 HA 2G10 0555 Stirling - Edinburgh Waverley (Stirling to Edinburgh Waverley)
47064 CD 1C90 0717 Edinburgh Waverley - Carstairs (Edinburgh Waverley to Haymarket)
27014 ED 1O08 0740 Edinburgh Waverley - Glasgow Queen Street (Haymarket to Linlithgow)
47210 ED 1G23 0705 Perth - Edinburgh Waverley (Linlithgow to Edinburgh Waverley)
40184 HA 1A23 0855 Edinburgh Waverley - Aberdeen (Edinburgh Waverley to Haymarket)
47711 HA 1O09 0835 Glasgow Queen Street - Edinburgh Waverley (Haymarket to Edinburgh Waverley)
55003 FP 1V93 0950 Edinburgh Waverley - Plymouth (Edinburgh Waverley to York)
55005 YK 0930 Dundee - London Kings Cross (York to Doncaster)
1*123/4 DMU 1433 Hull - Manchester Piccadilly (Doncaster to Sheffield)
20066 TI + 20095 TI 1G43 1810 Sheffield - Wath Charter (Sheffield to Rotherwood)
76003 RS 1G43 1810 Sheffield - Wath Charter (Rotherwood to Penistone) ** loco 76003 was originally 76036 - renumbered by BR in 1976**
76001 RS 1G43 1810 Sheffield - Wath Charter (Penistone to Wath Reception Siding)
76001 RS 1G43 2030 Wath - Sheffield Charter (Wath Reception Siding to Penistone)
76003 RS 1G43 2030 Wath - Sheffield Charter (Penistone to Rotherwood via a run round in Tinsley EF Yard)
20095 TI + 20066 TI 1G43 2030 Wath - Sheffield Charter (Rotherwood to Sheffield)
45138 TO 1M10 2359 Sheffield - London Saint Pancras (Sheffield to London Saint Pancras)
Saturday 17 July 1998 (part of a family holiday and sneaky North American track bash)
TRCX 803 (MK F40PHL-2 diesel) from Miami Airport to West Palm Beach service as far as Fort Lauderdale
TRCX 809 (MK F40PHC-2C diesel) West Palm Beach to Miami Airport service from Fort Lauderdale to Metrorail Transfer
MDT Budd Universal Transit Vehicle LRT EMU Metrorail Green line from Metro Rail Transfer to Government Center
.. then a fast taxi out of there to my hotel
(not the place to be was the Government Center after the office workers had gone home but the wall to wall security presence and shadows in the night remained - a lesson learned).
Wednesday 17/07/02
66704 1635 Euston – Birmingham New Street via Northampton, 45’ -> 100’ late. Another day when the residual electric fleet had collapsed. They couldn’t even provide a 57/3 for it this time!
47810 1906 Birmingham New Street – Reading via Coventry
Thursday 17/07/03
87032 1745 Euston – Milton Keynes Central
57303 1843 Milton Keynes Central – Euston
65’ late, degraded service due to 4L92 Freightliner derailment at Lichfield.
66704 1635 Euston – Birmingham New Street via Northampton, 45’ -> 100’ late. Another day when the residual electric fleet had collapsed. They couldn’t even provide a 57/3 for it this time!
47810 1906 Birmingham New Street – Reading via Coventry
Thursday 17/07/03
87032 1745 Euston – Milton Keynes Central
57303 1843 Milton Keynes Central – Euston
65’ late, degraded service due to 4L92 Freightliner derailment at Lichfield.
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Apologies for posting a few hours before 20th July, but I will be away and off line from early Thursday morning for nearly three weeks.
20th July 1986
Another of my epic European trips has emerged from my archives although sadly this time without any detail of the traction or type of trains used although predominantly loco hauled other than units in Netherlands and on Danish branches. The object of the 12 night trip was to travel over new routes in the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark and to make my fourth visit across the Iron Curtain, having been issued with a Transit Visa for East Germany and Tourist Visas for Poland and Czechoslovakia.
Apologies in advance for the absence of accents etc. on numerous place names, and for any spelling errors.
20 July ‘86
21.45 Harwich to Hoek Van Holland this would with a cabin on Koningen Beatrix, a ship I particularly enjoyed travelling – and eating - on.
21 July 1986
07.31 Hoek to Haarlem
09.01 Haarlem to Hoorn
10.00 Hoorn to Enkhuizen
12.4 ship Enkhuizen to Stavoren
14.14 Stavoren to Leeuwarden
15.18 Leeuwarden to Rotterdam CS
18.31 Rotterdam CS to Brussels Midi
22.26 Brussels Midi to Ulm (sleeper)
22 July 1986
07.53 Ulm to Bebra
14.12 Bebra to Hagen
18.51 Hagen to Dortmund
19.18 Dormund to Hannover
21.03 Hannover to Hamburg Altona
23.54 Hamburg Alt. to Kobenhavn Hovedbanegard (couchette)
23 July 86
07.30 Kobenhavn H to Kalundborg
09.00 ship Kalundburg to Aarhus
Connecting train Aarhus Harbour to Aarhus
12.34 Aarhus to Skjern
15.06 Skjern to Struer
17.03 Struer to Langa
18.35 Langa to Aalborg
22.30 Aalborg to Kobenhavn H (Sleeper) – in this era DSB had a small number of T2s sleepers, later replaced by ex BR Mk3s.
24 July 1986
10.12 Kobenhavn H to Berlin Ost – 3 coaches to Gedser where the single DSB coach was detached and just 2 x DR coaches joined the ferry, just me and two other passengers (an elderly couple) on the through portion to Berlin. On arrival at Warnemunde the DDR Border staff methodically worked through the two coaches all but dismantling each compartment in the two coaches presumably looking for contraband or even stowaways in the roof space (finding neither) although why anybody would want to be smuggled into the DDR remains a mystery.
Ticket wise I was travelling on FIP Coupons but the East German Railways were, I think, along with those of Russia and Albania, the only European Railways not then offering FIP coupons (or Priv Fares), or some other means of obtaining free staff travel. I was therefore in possession of a full price single ticket from Warnemunde Mitte See to Frankfurt Oder Grense as well as my Transit Visa for the DDR.
19.15 Berlin Ost to Frankfurt Oder (overnight in pre booked hotel).
25 July 1986
09.30 Frankfurt Oder to Warszawa Cen (hotel overnight)
26 July 1986
Whilst in Warsaw I visited the Railway Museum and after a while, in true Iron Curtain style, I was approached by an official who indicated I should not be taking photos of the exhibits! By then I had captured quite a few and later also managed to surreptitiously take a photo from the street of a train on an embankment above.
Local Train Warszawa Powisli to W Wschodnia
18.35 W Wschodnia to Praha Hlavni (via Wroclow & Lichkov) – I had a sleeper booked on this train - or thought I had. The standard blue card sleeper reservation (and appropriate price in pounds) but the coach number matched not the sleeping car but the seated coach and it was clear I would not gain entry to the sleeper – on my return I was able to have the sleeper fee refunded.
27 July 1986 – a day in Prague followed by a night in a hotel.
28 July 1986
07.20 Praha Hlavni to Veseli nad Luznici
10.51 Veseli nad Luznici to Ceske Velenice
13.08 Ceske Velenice to Gmund
13.34 Gmund to Wien Franz Josef
29 July 1986
00.15 Wien West to Munchen Hbf (couchette)
07.43 Munchen Hbf to Freiburg (via Buchloe, Memmingen, Herbertingrn, Tuttlingen and Neustadt)
14.14 Freiburg to Offenburg
16.28 Offenburg to Hausach
17.00 Hausach to Horb
18.41 Horb to Stuttgart
21.12 Stuttgart to Hamburg Altona (sleeper)
30 July 1986
09.25 Hamburg Alt to Fredericia
13.33 Fredericia to Odense – visit Danish Railway Museum
16.11 Odense to Kobenhavn H
Why have I come back to Kobenhavn? Well, seeking to travel light for my travels in ‘The East’ I had left a bag in the Left Luggage there, plus the 'all you can eat' buffet in the station restaurant was always worth revisiting, and excellent value for money.
21.10 Kobenhavn to Koln (sleeper).
31 July 1986
08.24 Koln to Trier – via Gerolstein
11.34 Trier to Saarbrucken
13.47 Saarbrucken to Mannheim
15.32 Mannheim to Koln
18.15 Koln to Oostende
22.45 Oostende to Dover Eastern Docks (in cabin)
20th July 1986
Another of my epic European trips has emerged from my archives although sadly this time without any detail of the traction or type of trains used although predominantly loco hauled other than units in Netherlands and on Danish branches. The object of the 12 night trip was to travel over new routes in the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark and to make my fourth visit across the Iron Curtain, having been issued with a Transit Visa for East Germany and Tourist Visas for Poland and Czechoslovakia.
Apologies in advance for the absence of accents etc. on numerous place names, and for any spelling errors.
20 July ‘86
21.45 Harwich to Hoek Van Holland this would with a cabin on Koningen Beatrix, a ship I particularly enjoyed travelling – and eating - on.
21 July 1986
07.31 Hoek to Haarlem
09.01 Haarlem to Hoorn
10.00 Hoorn to Enkhuizen
12.4 ship Enkhuizen to Stavoren
14.14 Stavoren to Leeuwarden
15.18 Leeuwarden to Rotterdam CS
18.31 Rotterdam CS to Brussels Midi
22.26 Brussels Midi to Ulm (sleeper)
22 July 1986
07.53 Ulm to Bebra
14.12 Bebra to Hagen
18.51 Hagen to Dortmund
19.18 Dormund to Hannover
21.03 Hannover to Hamburg Altona
23.54 Hamburg Alt. to Kobenhavn Hovedbanegard (couchette)
23 July 86
07.30 Kobenhavn H to Kalundborg
09.00 ship Kalundburg to Aarhus
Connecting train Aarhus Harbour to Aarhus
12.34 Aarhus to Skjern
15.06 Skjern to Struer
17.03 Struer to Langa
18.35 Langa to Aalborg
22.30 Aalborg to Kobenhavn H (Sleeper) – in this era DSB had a small number of T2s sleepers, later replaced by ex BR Mk3s.
24 July 1986
10.12 Kobenhavn H to Berlin Ost – 3 coaches to Gedser where the single DSB coach was detached and just 2 x DR coaches joined the ferry, just me and two other passengers (an elderly couple) on the through portion to Berlin. On arrival at Warnemunde the DDR Border staff methodically worked through the two coaches all but dismantling each compartment in the two coaches presumably looking for contraband or even stowaways in the roof space (finding neither) although why anybody would want to be smuggled into the DDR remains a mystery.
Ticket wise I was travelling on FIP Coupons but the East German Railways were, I think, along with those of Russia and Albania, the only European Railways not then offering FIP coupons (or Priv Fares), or some other means of obtaining free staff travel. I was therefore in possession of a full price single ticket from Warnemunde Mitte See to Frankfurt Oder Grense as well as my Transit Visa for the DDR.
19.15 Berlin Ost to Frankfurt Oder (overnight in pre booked hotel).
25 July 1986
09.30 Frankfurt Oder to Warszawa Cen (hotel overnight)
26 July 1986
Whilst in Warsaw I visited the Railway Museum and after a while, in true Iron Curtain style, I was approached by an official who indicated I should not be taking photos of the exhibits! By then I had captured quite a few and later also managed to surreptitiously take a photo from the street of a train on an embankment above.
Local Train Warszawa Powisli to W Wschodnia
18.35 W Wschodnia to Praha Hlavni (via Wroclow & Lichkov) – I had a sleeper booked on this train - or thought I had. The standard blue card sleeper reservation (and appropriate price in pounds) but the coach number matched not the sleeping car but the seated coach and it was clear I would not gain entry to the sleeper – on my return I was able to have the sleeper fee refunded.
27 July 1986 – a day in Prague followed by a night in a hotel.
28 July 1986
07.20 Praha Hlavni to Veseli nad Luznici
10.51 Veseli nad Luznici to Ceske Velenice
13.08 Ceske Velenice to Gmund
13.34 Gmund to Wien Franz Josef
29 July 1986
00.15 Wien West to Munchen Hbf (couchette)
07.43 Munchen Hbf to Freiburg (via Buchloe, Memmingen, Herbertingrn, Tuttlingen and Neustadt)
14.14 Freiburg to Offenburg
16.28 Offenburg to Hausach
17.00 Hausach to Horb
18.41 Horb to Stuttgart
21.12 Stuttgart to Hamburg Altona (sleeper)
30 July 1986
09.25 Hamburg Alt to Fredericia
13.33 Fredericia to Odense – visit Danish Railway Museum
16.11 Odense to Kobenhavn H
Why have I come back to Kobenhavn? Well, seeking to travel light for my travels in ‘The East’ I had left a bag in the Left Luggage there, plus the 'all you can eat' buffet in the station restaurant was always worth revisiting, and excellent value for money.
21.10 Kobenhavn to Koln (sleeper).
31 July 1986
08.24 Koln to Trier – via Gerolstein
11.34 Trier to Saarbrucken
13.47 Saarbrucken to Mannheim
15.32 Mannheim to Koln
18.15 Koln to Oostende
22.45 Oostende to Dover Eastern Docks (in cabin)
Thursday 20/07/06
220 014 0735 Reading – Birmingham New Street via Solihull
90017 1248 Birmingham New Street – Manchester Piccadilly via Soho, Perry Barr, Wolverhampton, Stoke on Trent. 17’ -> 30’ late.
90017 1524 Manchester Piccadilly – Birmingham New Street via Stoke on Trent, Wolverhampton. 10’ late.
220 010 1733 Birmingham New Street – Reading via Solihull
Monday 20/07/09
221 109 + 221 102 0846 Rugby – Euston
To Lord’s, for the 5th day of the second Ashes Test, which England won, their first Ashes victory at Lord’s since 1934!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Ashes_series
67013 1633 London Marylebone – Tame Bridge Parkway via Banbury, Coventry, Stechford, Aston
323 220 1907 Tame Bridge Parkway – Birmingham New Street
390 052 1930 Birmingham New Street – Coventry
350 249 2001 Coventry – Rugby
220 014 0735 Reading – Birmingham New Street via Solihull
90017 1248 Birmingham New Street – Manchester Piccadilly via Soho, Perry Barr, Wolverhampton, Stoke on Trent. 17’ -> 30’ late.
90017 1524 Manchester Piccadilly – Birmingham New Street via Stoke on Trent, Wolverhampton. 10’ late.
220 010 1733 Birmingham New Street – Reading via Solihull
Monday 20/07/09
221 109 + 221 102 0846 Rugby – Euston
To Lord’s, for the 5th day of the second Ashes Test, which England won, their first Ashes victory at Lord’s since 1934!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Ashes_series
67013 1633 London Marylebone – Tame Bridge Parkway via Banbury, Coventry, Stechford, Aston
323 220 1907 Tame Bridge Parkway – Birmingham New Street
390 052 1930 Birmingham New Street – Coventry
350 249 2001 Coventry – Rugby
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90013 1309 Ipswich - Colchester
90004 1347 Colchester - Ipswich
90015 1508 Ipswich - Diss
90004 1547 Diss - Liverpool St
90042 1843 Euston - Coventry
390017 2011 Coventry - Euston
90014 1138 Stratford - Ipswich
90013 1309 Ipswich - Colchester
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90004 1547 Diss - Liverpool St
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Saturday 23rd July 2011
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90002 1100 Liverpool St - Ipswich
90006 1243 Ipswich - Stratford
378226 1355 Stratford - Highbury & Islington
378140 1410 Highbury & Islington - Crystal Palace
378140 1513 Crystal Palace - Forest Hill
378143 1525 Forest Hill - West Croydon
378143 1552 West Croydon - Highbury & Islington
378204 1652 Highbury & Islington - Stratford
321363 1001 Stratford - Liverpool St
90002 1100 Liverpool St - Ipswich
90006 1243 Ipswich - Stratford
378226 1355 Stratford - Highbury & Islington
378140 1410 Highbury & Islington - Crystal Palace
378140 1513 Crystal Palace - Forest Hill
378143 1525 Forest Hill - West Croydon
378143 1552 West Croydon - Highbury & Islington
378204 1652 Highbury & Islington - Stratford