Back in the day...

[Sultan1056]

Saturday 26th May 1979

Having had 40063 on he first leg of my journey out of Glasgow I wondered what would take the train forward from Perth. This is where the Edinburgh and Glasgow portions joined, with Edinburgh loco booked to take the train forward to Inverness. There was a very big risk that it could be a Class 47 but today 40184 performed the duty. Onto Inverness and a string of 26s only interrupted by an unwanted but required 47 heading “The Clansman”. After taking my seventh 26 of the day, unexpectedly on an Aberdeen service, I headed back to Edinburgh to cover the overnight services south.

40184 Perth-Inverness (2330 Glasgow QS-Inverness)
26013 Inverness-Dingwall (0615 Inverness-Wick)
26043 Dingwall-Achnasheen (0705 Dingwall-Kyle of Lochalsh)
26015 Achnasheen-Dingwall (0700 Kyle of Lochalsh-Inverness)
26030 Dingwall-Inverness (0530 Wick-Inverness)
47427 Inverness-Aviemore (1030 Inverness-Euston)
26018 Aviemore-Perth (1105 Inverness-Carlisle)
26034 Perth-Dundee (1244 Glasgow QS-Dundee)
26036 Dundee-Arbroath (1335 Glasgow QS-Aberdeen)
47467 Arbroath-Edinburgh (1437 Aberdeen-Edinburgh)
47705 Edinburgh-Haymarket (1735 Edinburgh-Birmingham NS)
25247 Haymarket-Edinburgh (1650 Glasgow QS-Edinburgh)
55021 Edinburgh-Dunbar (1755 Edinburgh-Dunbar)
55021 Dunbar-Edinburgh (1845 Dunbar-Edinburgh)
27205+27209 Edinburgh-Haymarket (2130 Edinburgh-Glasgow QS)
27203+27204 Haymarket-Edinburgh (2100 Glasgow QS-Edinburgh)
55019 Edinburgh-Kings Cross (1925 Aberdeen-Kings Cross)
via Carlisle, High Level Bridge, Lincoln, Sleaford & Hertford North

Monday 26th May 1980

A bank holiday so I took the opportunity to cover the Mondays Only 0055 Man Vic to York. It was meant to be a good bet for a class 40 but whenever I took this train it was either a 45 or 47. It was booked an engine change at Leeds and I always had more joy with this, today being no exception in the shape of a non boilered 31.

45012 Manchester Vic-Leeds (0055 Manchester Vic-York)
31281 Leeds-York (0055 Manchester Vic-York)
55012 York-Doncaster (1925 Aberdeen-Kings Cross)
31407 Doncaster-Leeds (0110 Kings Cross-Leeds)
47072 Leeds-Sheffield (0632 Leeds-Paignton)
45027 Sheffield-York (0730 Birmingham NS-Newcastle)
47381 York-Leeds (1149 York-Liverpool LS)
47177 Leeds-Keighley (1031 Nottingham-Glasgow C)
E50603 Keighley-Bradford FS (1311 Keighley-Bradford FS)
E51434+51503 Bradford Exchange-Leeds (1350 Bradford Exchange-York)
45004 Leeds-Sheffield (1431 Leeds-Plymouth)
47242 Sheffield-Doncaster (0955 Weymouth-Leeds)
43061+43077 Doncaster-York (1535 Kings Cross-Newcastle)
45112 York-Darlington (1740 Manchester Vic-Newcastle) Relief
45020 Darlington-York (1935 Newcastle-Bristol TM)

Tuesday 26th May 1981

Day 3 All Line Rover

Having taken a Deltic hauled sleeper to Edinburgh I headed over to Glasgow to cover the Dundee and Aberdeen services. I found that some days in Scotland everything dropped into place and then others fell flat. This was a flat day! After picking up only one new 27 and with class 47s being in abundance I decided to head for the safe haven of the West Highland Line. I headed out to Tyndrum with a required 37 and on my return to Glasgow I had two options open to me. Option 1 was to stay on the train that I had just arrived into Queen St. It included sleeping and seating accommodation and would be routed out to Mossend Yard before it was attached to the Inverness-Euston service. The only problem with this choice was that the train could often be very busy. The alternative option was to take a diesel unit out to Larbert and pick up the Perth-Euston which was a fairly quiet service. I chose the second option but the question would be, which was the best choice?

55009 Kings Cross-Edinburgh (2355 Kings Cross-Edinburgh)
40173 Edinburgh-Glasgow QS (0805 Edinburgh-Glasgow QS)
47210 Glasgow QS-Stirling (0935 Glasgow QS-Aberdeen)
27016 Stirling-Larbert (0939 Dundee-Glasgow QS)
27014 Larbert-Dundee (1044 Glasgow QS-Dundee)
47418 Dundee-Edinburgh (1240 Aberdeen-Edinburgh)
47706 Edinburgh-Glasgow QS (1530 Edinburgh-Glasgow QS)
37108 Glasgow QS-Tyndrum Upper (1635 Glasgow QS-Mallaig)
37085 Tyndrum Lower-Arrochar & Tarbet (1748 Oban-Glasgow QS)
27034 Arrochar & Tarbet-Crianlarich (1821 Glasgow QS-Oban)
37081 Crianlarich-Glasgow QS (1603 Mallaig-Glasgow QS)
Sc51457+51535 Glasgow QS-Larbert (2244 Glasgow QS-Dunblane)
47051 Larbert-Mossend Yard (2220 Perth-Euston)

Sunday 26th May 1984

47524 Darlington-York (2355 Edinburgh-Kings Cross) ex 25/5

Monday 26th May 1986

47567 York-Newcastle via High Level Bridge
47625 Newcastle-York

 

[Sultan1056]

Monday 27th May 1974

A family day trip to Edinburgh where I spent most of my time in Princes Street Gardens, spotting. On my return I had my first ever class 40 for haulage.

46050 York-Edinburgh (0718 York-Aberdeen)
40065 Edinburgh-York (1710 Edinburgh-Leeds)

Tuesday 27th May 1975

One year later and I have my first ever class 50 for haulage. It was the only time I had one whilst based on the LMR.

DMU York-Leeds (0705 Scarborough-Leeds)
DMU Leeds-Liverpool LS (0740 Hull-Liverpool LS)
EMU Liverpool James St-Birkenhead Central
EMU Birkenhead Central-Liverpool James St
50034 Liverpool LS-Wigan NW (1241 Liverpool LS-Edinburgh)
DMU Wigan NW-Liverpool LS (1524 Wigan NW-Liverpool LS)
46003 Liverpool LS-York (1710 Liverpool LS-Newcastle)

Friday 27th May 1977

40080 York-Leeds (2150 York-Shrewsbury)
47080 Leeds-Plymouth (2330 Leeds-Plymouth) ADEX
via Huddersfield-reverse,Wakefield K, Cudworth, Beighton Jnc & St Andrews J

Sunday 27th May 1979

55018 Kings Cross-Grantham (0840 Kings Cross-Newcastle)
37054 Grantham-Sleaford (0840 Cambridge-Skegness)
E50041 Sleaford-Grantham (1037 Boston-Nottingham)
55007 Grantham-York (1005 Kings Cross-York)
45056 York-Sheffield (1238 Newcastle-Plymouth)
45106 Sheffield-York (0850 Plymouth-Berwick)
45018 York-Leeds (1618 Newcastle-Liverpool LS)
47544 Leeds-York (1605 Liverpool LS-Newcastle)

Tuesday 27th May 1980

40118 York-Sheffield (1726 York-Birmingham NS) Relief
E50616 Sheffield-Retford (1854 Sheffield-Lincoln C)
55021 Retford-York (1805 Kings Cross-York)

Wednesday 27th May 1981

Day 4 All Line Rover
I arrived into Euston unexpectedly about an hour late unaware that an earlier overnight service had got into difficulties. As I got off the train I could hear the distinctive sound of a Class 40. I walked onto the station concourse where I bumped into a class 40 basher who explained that the Inverness/Fort William-Euston service, the train I had already been on earlier, had been hauled by a class 40 between Carlisle and Crewe and replaced by another between Crewe and Euston! IIRC the two locos concerned were 40013 & 40069.

85013 Mossend Yard-Euston (2220 Perth-Euston)
37025 Liverpool St-Audley End (0936 Liverpool St-Cambridge)
31241 Audley End-Bishops Stortford (1039 Cambridge-Liverpool St)
37075 Bishops Stortford-Audley End (1136 Liverpool St-Kings Lynn)
31291 Audley End-Cambridge (1205 Liverpool St-Cambridge)
37092 Cambridge-Ely (1236 Liverpool St-Kings Lynn)
E50013 Ely-March (1350 Cambridge-Doncaster)
31229 March-Peterborough (1316 Norwich-Birmingham NS)
55010 Peterborough-York (1405 Kings Cross-York)
55022 York-Kings Cross (1955 York-Kings Cross)

 

[xotGD]

the Inverness/Fort William-Euston service, the train I had already been on earlier, had been hauled by a class 40 between Carlisle and Crewe and replaced by another between Crewe and Euston! IIRC the two locos concerned were 40013 & 40069.

Withered!

All part of the sport.

 

[Sultan1056]

Withered!

All part of the sport.

I think I have said it before, If only!
It was quite a big miss.

 

[Sultan1056]

Wednesday 28th May 1975

DMU York-Preston (0705 York-Blackpool North)
47453 Preston-Wigan NW (0800 Glasgow C-Liverpool LS))
86254 Wigan NW-Crewe (1220 Blackpool North-Euston)
87020 Crewe-Manchester Pic (1255 Euston-Manchester Pic)
46037 Manchester Vic-York (1710 Liverpool LS-Newcastle)

Saturday 28th May 1977

50022 Plymouth-Penzance (0840 Plymouth-Penzance)
50026 Penzance-Plymouth (1222 Penzance-Paddington)
47080 Plymouth-Leeds (1630 Plymouth-Leeds) Return ADEX
via St Andrews J, Beighton J, Cudworth & Wakefield K
DMU Leeds-York (0030 Leeds-York) Additional 29/5/77

Monday 28th May 1979

One of the many alterations to the bank holiday timetable in 1979 involved the 1005 Kings Cross-York being extended to Scarborough. With Deltics now relegated to semi-fast services the opportunity now arose to travel with one to the east coast holiday resort. Half expecting a class 47 to be allocated to the service I was extremely pleased when Deltic 13 arrived into York station.

55013 York-Scarborough (1005 Kings Cross-Scarborough)
55013 Scarborough-York (1445 Scarborough-Kings Cross)
55005 York-Newark Northgate(1811 York-Kings Cross)
47410 Newark Northgate-York (1805 Kings Cross-York)

Wednesday 28th May 1979

31191 York-Leeds (1802 Scarborough-Huddersfield) Relief
E50606 Leeds-Keighley (1935 Leeds-Nottingham)
47562 Keighley-Leeds (1610 Glasgow C-Nottingham)
47490 Leeds-York (1905 Liverpool LS-York)

Thursday 28th May 1981

Day 5 All Line Rover

50004 Paddington-Exeter St Davids (0002 Paddington-Penzance)
31422+50004 Exeter St Davids-Plymouth (0002 Paddington-Penzance)
47561 Plymouth-Newton Abbot (0600 Plymouth-Liverpool Lime Street)
50043 Newton Abbot-Exeter St Davids (0652 Newton Abbot-Exeter St Davids)
50004 Exeter St Davids-Waterloo (0737 Exeter St Davids-Waterloo)
37099 Liverpool St-Bishops Stortford (1136 Liverpool St-Kings Lynn)
37011 Bishops Stortford-Newport (1205 Liverpool St-Cambridge)
31241 Newport-Liverpool St (1239 Cambridge-Liverpool St)
S54+61 Bank-Waterloo (1434 Bank-Waterloo)
5019+5653 Waterloo East-East Croydon (1450 Charing Cross-Tattenham Corner)
33037 East Croydon-Woldingham (1553 East Croydon-East Grinstead)
1108+1109+1116 Woldingham-East Croydon (1512 Uckfield-Victoria)
5020+5406 East Croydon-London Bridge (1610 Tattenham Corner-London Bridge)
33046 London Bridge-East Croydon (1720 London Bridge-Uckfield)
33035 East Croydon-Oxted (1750 London Bridge-East Grinstead)
1110 Oxted-Woldingham (1820 East Grinstead-East Croydon)
33205 Woldingham-Oxted (1818 London Bridge-East Grinstead)
1115+1123 Oxted-Clapham Jnc (1812 Uckfield-Victoria)
508028 Clapham Jnc-Waterloo (1848 Waterloo-Waterloo via Kingston)
33116 Waterloo-Basingstoke (2005 Waterloo-Weymouth Quay)
50038 Basingstoke-Waterloo (1820 Exeter St Davids-Waterloo)
55013 Kings Cross-Edinburgh (2315 Kings Cross-Aberdeen)

 

[Sultan1056]

Wednesday 29th May 1974

55005 York-Kings Cross (0912 Newcastle-Kings Cross)
EMU Victoria-Dover Marine (1440 Victoria-Dover Marine)

Saturday 29th May 1976

45030 York-Derby (0701 Newcastle-Poole)
46033 Derby-Sheffield (1139 Poole-Leeds)
47477 Sheffield-York (1742 Sheffield-Newcastle)

Tuesday 29th May 1979

55003 York-Newark Northgate(1811 York-Kings Cross)
47543 Newark Northgate-York (1805 Kings Cross-York)

Thursday 29th May 1980

55007 York-Selby (1956 York-Kings Cross)
31314 Selby-Leeds (2039 Hull-Leeds)
E50619+50646 Leeds-York (2200 Leeds-York)

Friday 29th May 1981

Day 6 All Line Rover

55015 Edinburgh-Newcastle (0730 Edinburgh-Newcastle)
55011 Newcastle-York (0950 Edinburgh-Plymouth)
55022 York-Kings Cross (1410 York-Kings Cross)
55022 Kings Cross-Edinburgh (2015 Kings Cross-Edinburgh)

 

[Sultan1056]

Tuesday 30th May 1972

My first Deltic haulage was had going on a family holiday to Jersey. The journey also took in the Channel Island Boat Train between Waterloo and Weymouth taking in the street operation to the harbour. Unfortunately I have no details of the traction involved.

9004 York-Kings Cross (1910 Aberdeen-Kings Cross) ex29/5

Friday 30th May 1975

DMU York-Preston (0705 York-Blackpool North)
47445 Preston-Wigan NW (0800 Glasgow C-Liverpool LS)
86009 Wigan NW-Crewe (0715 Glasgow C-Euston)
86212 Crewe-Liverpool LS (1450 Euston-Liverpool LS)
DMU Liverpool LS-Leeds (1810 Liverpool LS-Hull)
DMU Leeds-York (1957 Manchester Vic-York)

Wednesday 30th May 1979

55008 York-Newark Northgate(1811 York-Kings Cross)
47522 Newark Northgate-York (1805 Kings Cross-York)

Friday 30th May 1980

An evening bash that took in two buses taking me from Pontefract to Castleford and then onto Garforth.

47193 York-Pontefract Baghill (1931 York-Birmingham NS)
Bus Pontefract-Castleford
Bus Castleford-Garforth
31113 Garforth-Leeds (2039 Hull-Leeds)
46056 Leeds-York (2040 Liverpool LS-York)
47213 York-Darlington (2000 Kings Cross-Aberdeen)

Saturday 30th May 1981

Day 7 All Line Rover
I was hoping that the Glasgow-Scarborough would be Deltic hauled from Edinburgh. It wasn’t so I had to settle for one on the Edinburgh-Plymouth service.

47707 Edinburgh-Linlithgow (0610 Edinburgh-Glasgow QS)
25049 Linlithgow-Edinburgh (0555 Stirling-Edinburgh)
47708 Edinburgh-Falkirk High(0800 Edinburgh-Glasgow QS)
25076 Falkirk High-Edinburgh (0810 Glasgow QS-Scarborough)
55022 Edinburgh-York (0950 Edinburgh-Plymouth)
40096 York-Manchester Vic (1300 Scarborough-Manchester Vic)
85011 Manchester Pic-Birmingham NS (1623 Manchester Pic-Paddington)
31217 Birmingham NS-Peterborough (1835 Birmingham NS-Norwich)
55008 Peterborough-York (2100 Kings Cross-Edinburgh)
via Sleaford, Lincoln & Askern

Wednesday 30th May 1984

By 1984 my travels had taken a back seat but when I found out that Cardiff based 37225 was out and about, I couldn’t resist

37225 York-Church Fenton (1840 Scarborough-Sheffield) Relief
31427 Church Fenton-Leeds (1845 Scarborough-Leeds)
45127 Leeds-York (1413 Portsmouth H-York)

 

[D6130]

The journey also took in the Channel Island Boat Train between Waterloo and Weymouth taking in the street operation to the harbour. Unfortunately I have no details of the traction involved

During that period it would almost certainly have been a class 74 'super electro-diesel' from Waterloo to Bournemouth and then a class 33/1 onwards to Weymouth Quay.

 

[Sultan1056]

During that period it would almost certainly have been a class 74 'super electro-diesel' from Waterloo to Bournemouth and then a class 33/1 onwards to Weymouth Quay.

I assumed the boat train would have probably been hauled by a Class 74. I wasn’t sure when the Class 03s stopped working the tramway. I also remember travelling the tramway on an earlier holiday to Guernsey in 1970.

 

[Sultan1056]

Saturday 31st May 1975

47526 York-Darlington (0900 Kings Cross-Newcastle)
47411 Darlington-York (1140 Edinburgh-Kings Cross)

Thursday 31st May 1979

31253 York-Leeds (1822 Scarborough-Huddersfield)
47520 Leeds-York (1805 Liverpool LS-York)

Saturday 31st May 1980

Slim pickings for me today with 37132 & 40011 being the highlights of the day.

55013 Darlington-Doncaster (2230 Edinburgh-Kings Cross)
31214 Doncaster-Leeds (0110 Kings Cross-Leeds)
45012 Leeds-Sheffield (0632 Leeds-Weston super Mare)
31239 Sheffield-Chesterfield (0747 Sheffield-Skegness)
45101 Chesterfield-Sheffield (0730 Birmingham NS-Newcastle)
37132 Sheffield-Barnsley (0922 Sheffield-Blackpool North)
E50620 Barnsley-Leeds (0936 Sheffield-Leeds)
47411 Leeds-Huddersfield (0928 Newcastle-Liverpool LS)
40011 Huddersfield-York (0900 Llandudno-York)
55018 York-Doncaster (0912 Dundee-Kings Cross)
E51952+51956+51968 Doncaster-Sheffield (1433 Hull-Sheffield)
47017 Sheffield-Chesterfield (1515 Manchester Pic-Harwich PQ)
47536 Chesterfield-Sheffield (1501 St Pancras-Sheffield)
47443 Sheffield-Leeds (1026 Penzance- Bradford Exchange)
E50289+51559 Leeds-Cross Gates (2114 Leeds-Hull)
31196 Cross Gates-Leeds (2039 Hull-Leeds)
47525 Leeds-York (2040 Liverpool LS-York)

Sunday 31st May 1981

55019 York-Grantham (1550 York-Kings Cross)
55009 Grantham-York (1605 Kings Cross-York

Monday 31st May 1982

The Pope was visiting the UK for a few days and today he was coming to York. I remember there were many additional trains from various destinations. I managed to pick up a required 40 with an in bound service from Hull before travelling via the Durham coast with a 37.

43089+43162 York-Selby (0630 Newcastle-Kings Cross)
40087 Selby-York (0910 Hull-York) Additional
via Gascoigne Wood
31202 York-Northallerton (1653 York-Newcastle) Additional
37192 Northallerton-Newcastle (1726 York-Newcastle) Additional
via Sunderland
46023 Newcastle-York (2100 Newcastle-Kings Cross)

 

[xotGD]

31202 York-Northallerton (1653 York-Newcastle) Additional

I boarded this train at Darlo. Having missed the 40 on the Poole - Newcastle.

 

[D6130]

I boarded this train at Darlo. Having missed the 40 on the Poole - Newcastle.

Did you get back into Newcastle the same evening?

 

[xotGD]

Did you get back into Newcastle the same evening?

A remarkably trouble-free run behind the Goyle. But I'd have rather had the 40.

 

[Sultan1056]

I boarded this train at Darlo. Having missed the 40 on the Poole - Newcastle.

If 37192 hadn’t been following on the next additional I would have taken the 31 to Darlo.

 

[Sultan1056]

Thursday 1st June 1978

55014 York-Edinburgh (2230 Kings Cross-Edinburgh) ex31/5
27107+27207 Edinburgh-Glasgow QS (0700 Edinburgh-Glasgow QS)
27107+27207 Glasgow QS-Haymarket (0800 Glasgow QS-Edinburgh)
DMU Haymarket-Cowdenbeath (0923 Edinburgh-Cowdenbeath)
DMU Cowdenbeath-Edinburgh (1010 Cowdenbeath-Edinburgh)
27105+27208 Edinburgh-Glasgow QS (1100 Edinburgh-Glasgow QS)
EMU Glasgow QS LL-Springburn (1220 Milngavie-Springburn)
EMU Barnhill-Glasgow QS LL (1508 Springburn-Milngavie)
EMU Glasgow C-Glasgow C via Hamilton & Motherwell (1545 Glasgow C-Glasgow C)
27112+27209 Glasgow QS-Edinburgh (1650 Glasgow QS-Edinburgh)
47543 Edinburgh-York (1755 Edinburgh-Leeds)

Friday 1st June 1979

47093 York-Leeds (1749 York-Liverpool LS)
47525 Leeds-York (1705 Liverpool LS-Newcastle)
55018 York-Doncaster (1956 York-Kings Cross)
43064+43065 Doncaster-York (1900 Kings Cross-Newcastle)

Sunday 1st June 1980

40022 York-Darlington (1040 Liverpool LS-Newcastle)
55005 Darlington-York (1120 Edinburgh-Plymouth)
E50381 York-Sheffield (1709 York-Sheffield)
45071 Sheffield-York (1555 Cardiff C-Newcastle)

Monday 1st June 1981

55009 York-Selby (2019 York-Kings Cross)
47519 Selby-York (1740 Kings Cross-York)

Saturday 1st June 1985

43057+43123 York-Kings Cross (0735 Edinburgh-Kings Cross)
73138+9104 Victoria-Gatwick Airport (1445 Victoria-Gatwick Airport)

 

[Magdalia]

Monday 31st May 1982

The Pope was visiting the UK for a few days and today he was coming to York. I remember there were many additional trains from various destinations. I managed to pick up a required 40 with an in bound service from Hull before travelling via the Durham coast with a 37.


31202 York-Northallerton (1653 York-Newcastle) Additional
37192 Northallerton-Newcastle (1726 York-Newcastle) Additional
via Sunderland

I boarded this train at Darlo. Having missed the 40 on the Poole - Newcastle.

There was a queuing system in place at York to manage the crowds. This made it difficult for anyone wanting to travel on a specific train. The way to travel on a specific train was to get out of York early wait at Northallerton or Darlington.

 

[Sultan1056]

There was a queuing system in place at York to manage the crowds. This made it difficult for anyone wanting to travel on a specific train. The way to travel on a specific train was to get out of York early wait at Northallerton or Darlington.

I don’t remember having to queue for my train. Having said that during the afternoon I did head off to the racecourse to see the Pope, in his Popemobile, but returned early to choose my train. I remember that 31202 was the only loco I required. Perhaps once you managed to get onto the platform you could pick your train.

 

[Sultan1056]

Saturday 2nd June 1979

A typical summer Saturday around the Sheffield/Chesterfield axis, straying off to Nottingham for the “Skeggy 20s”. I had to board the SAGA service with a very disappointing 47414 only to get myself back in position for two required 37s.

47158 York-Leeds (0747 York-Liverpool LS)
31289 Leeds-Doncaster (0910 Leeds-Yarmouth)
55013 Doncaster-Retford (0935 Hull-Kings Cross)
E50013 Retford-Sheffield (0951 Cleethorpes-Sheffield)
47087 Sheffield-Rotherham (0730 Swansea-Leeds)
45135 Rotherham-Nottingham via Derby (0935 Carlisle-Nottingham)
20077+20090 Nottingham-Derby (1258 Skegness-Derby)
47414 Derby-Sheffield (1002 Folkestone C-Newcastle SAGA)
37262 Sheffield-Chesterfield (1515 Manchester Pic-Harwich PQ)
37134 Chesterfield-Derby (1338 Newcastle-Swansea)
47047 Derby-Sheffield (1000 Newquay-Sheffield)
E50258 Sheffield-Retford (1838 Sheffield-Lincoln C)
31227 Retford-Sheffield (1522 Yarmouth-Sheffield)
E51810+51830 Sheffield-York (2022 Sheffield-York)

Monday 2nd June 1980

Having arrived into Leeds off the Hull-Leeds service I would normally take the 2200 DMU back to York but today the 1905 Liverpool-York was in trouble. It eventually arrived with 37165 and a lifeless 47525.

55003 York-Selby (1955 York-Kings Cross)
31180 Selby-Leeds (2039 Hull-Leeds)
37165+(47525) Leeds-York (1905 Liverpool LS-York)

 

[Sultan1056]

Saturday 3rd June 1978

47525 York-Edinburgh (0550 Kings Cross-Aberdeen)
27010 Edinburgh-Haymarket (1250 Edinburgh-Perth)
27105+27212 Haymarket-Glasgow QS (1300 Edinburgh-Glasgow QS)
EMU Glasgow C-Glasgow C via Hamilton & Motherwell (1415 Glasgow C-Glasgow C)
27104+27206 Glasgow QS-Edinburgh (1530 Glasgow QS-Edinburgh)
DMU Edinburgh-Inverkeithing (1630 Edinburgh-Cardenden)
47269 Inverkeithing-Edinburgh (1435 Aberdeen-Edinburgh)
47525 Edinburgh-York (1755 Edinburgh-Leeds)

Tuesday 3rd June 1980

55002 York-Selby (1955 York-Kings Cross)
31239 Selby-Cross Gates (2039 Hull-Leeds)
E50632+E50643 Cross Gates-York (2200 Leeds-York)

 

[Sultan1056]

Tuesday 4th June 1974

EMU Dover Marine-Victoria (1414 Dover Marine-Victoria)
via Faversham
55017 Kings Cross-York (1700 Kings Cross-Newcastle)

Friday 4th June 1976

A spotting trip to Reading in the search for Westerns. I met up with a friend and was trying to persuade him to travel into Paddington to experience a Western for haulage but he wouldn’t. I decided to stay with him and so rejected 1056 Western Sultan on the 1225 Birmingham-Paddington, never getting it for haulage. Later in the afternoon with the Western count being low I decided to head off home early taking in a 47 to Paddington. If I had waited for the next service from Plymouth I would have enjoyed 1021 Western Cavalier.

45013 York-Doncaster (0700 York-Doncaster)
55007 Doncaster-Kings Cross (0650 Hull-Kings Cross)
47252 Paddington-Reading (1030 Paddington-Paignton)
47146 Reading-Paddington (1425 Birmingham NS-Paddington)
46037 Kings Cross-York (1830 Kings Cross-Newcastle)

Wednesday 4th June 1980

47314 York-Darlington (1135 Poole-Newcastle)
47079 Darlington-York (1935 Newcastle-Bristol TM)

 

[xotGD]

rejected 1056 Western Sultan on the 1225 Birmingham-Paddington, never getting it for haulage.

Going by your user name, this has cast a shadow ever since!

 

[Sultan1056]

Going by your user name, this has cast a shadow ever since!

Yes, mentally scarred for life!

 

[D6130]

decided to stay with him and so rejected 1056 Western Sultan on the 1225 Birmingham-Paddington, never getting it for haulage.

Don't know whether I should say this, but I had her twice....once from Plymouth to Penzance on the overnight and once from Reading to Paddington.

Yes, mentally scarred for life!

I could point you in the direction of an excellent psychiatrist!

 

[Sultan1056]

Don't know whether I should say this, but I had her twice....once from Plymouth to Penzance on the overnight and once from Reading to Paddington.

I could point you in the direction of an excellent psychiatrist!

Thanks for the offer of help. However I don’t think that the psychiatrist’s therapy would be to compare your success with my failure!

 

[Sultan1056]

Thursday 5th June 1980

The 2039 Hull-Leeds was booked for a class 31 but anything could turn up on it, today was one of the most disappointing days with a Laira Class 46!

55002 York-Selby (1955 York-Kings Cross)
46019 Selby-Leeds (2039 Hull-Leeds)
E50637+E50638 Leeds-York (2200 Leeds-York)

 

[Sultan1056]

Friday 6th June 1980

55017 York-Selby (1955 York-Kings Cross)
55021 Selby-York (1805 Kings Cross-York)
47542 York-Stalybridge (2150 York-Shrewsbury)

Saturday 6th June 1981

With this being the last summer of the Deltics I was trying to get as much mileage from them as possible. However with a required Class 40 on the Scarborough-Glasgow I had to forfeit a little bit of mileage from Deltic 14.

55018 York-Edinburgh (2015 Kings Cross-Edinburgh)
47272 Edinburgh-Dundee (2315 Kings Cross-Aberdeen)
55018 Dundee-York (0910 Dundee-Kings Cross)
55014 York-Newcastle (0736 Plymouth-Edinburgh)
40185 Newcastle-Edinburgh (1508 Scarborough-Glasgow QS)
55014 Edinburgh-Kings Cross (1915 Aberdeen-Kings Cross)
via Stockton & Askern

 

[Sultan1056]

Saturday 7th June 1980

I had purposely gone to cover 0120 Piccadilly-Cleethorpes, a non-advertised train carrying newspapers. It was booked for a Longsight boilered class 40, but today no heat 40153 was allocated to the train. Little to shout about for the rest of the day other than 37125 on the Newcastle-Yarmouth and 37018 working a St Pancras service to Nottingham..

47529 Stalybridge-Manchester Vic (2150 York-Manchester Vic)
40153 Manchester Pic-Doncaster (0120 Manchester Pic-Cleethorpes NEWS)
31223 Doncaster-Leeds (0110 Kings Cross-Leeds)
45003 Leeds-Sheffield (0632 Leeds-Weston super Mare)
45032 Sheffield-Doncaster (0737 Sheffield-Bridlington)
47540 Doncaster-York (0550 Kings Cross-Aberdeen)
37125 York-Doncaster (0835 Newcastle-Yarmouth)
E51953+51976+52096 Doncaster-Sheffield (1033 Hull-Manchester Pic)
37018 Sheffield-Nottingham (1300 Sheffield-St Pancras)
20040+20169 Nottingham-Derby (1258 Skegness-Derby)
31321 Derby-Chesterfield (1055 Weymouth-Leeds)
47227 Chesterfield-York (1140 Poole-Newcastle)

Sunday 7th June 1981

55008 Kings Cross-Newcastle (0840 Kings Cross-Newcastle)
via Stockton
55017 Newcastle-York (1125 Edinburgh-Plymouth)
via Stockton
55009 York-Doncaster (1550 York-Kings Cross)
55014 Doncaster-York (1405 Kings Cross-York)

 

[Sultan1056]

Sunday 8th June 1980

The SuO 1615 Birmingham-Leeds could produce anything and today the required non-boilered 40155 was turned out by Saltley.

55011 York-Newcastle (0840 Kings Cross-Newcastle)
55018 Newcastle-York (1120 Edinburgh-Plymouth)
47053 York-Sheffield (1440 Newcastle-Poole)
40155 Sheffield-Leeds (1615 Birmingham NS-Leeds)
47542 Leeds-York (1705 Liverpool LS-York)

 

[Sultan1056]

Thursday 9th June 1977

DMU York-Leeds (0657 York-Leeds)
DMU Leeds-Stalybridge (0745 Leeds-Liverpool LS)
DMU Stalybridge-Stockport (0852 Stalybridge-Stockport)
86228 Stockport-Crewe (0912 Manchester Pic-Euston)
87011 Crewe-Manchester Pic (1625 Euston-Manchester Pic)
DMU Manchester Vic-York (1957 Manchester Vic-York)

Saturday 9th June 1979

47431 York-Doncaster (0606 York-Kings Cross)
E51967+51970+52093 Doncaster- Sheffield (0600 Hull-Manchester Pic)
31156 Sheffield-Rotherham (0736 Sheffield-Bridlington)
45051 Rotherham-Sheffield (0754 Leeds-Weymouth)
37101 Sheffield-Barnsley (0925 Sheffield-Blackpool North)
E50277+50284 Barnsley-Sheffield (0930 Leeds-Sheffield)
45030 Sheffield-Rotherham (0730 Swansea-Leeds)
E50258+52088+52105 Rotherham-Doncaster (1145 Manchester Pic-Hull)
37212 Doncaster-York (0915 Yarmouth-Newcastle)
46014 York-Sheffield (1338 Newcastle-Swansea)
47118 Sheffield-Chesterfield (1515 Manchester Pic-Harwich PQ)
31274 Chesterfield-Nottingham (1150 Glasgow C-Nottingham)
47487 Nottingham-Sheffield (1601 St Pancras-Sheffield)
45041 Sheffield-Rotherham (0736 Weston super Mare-Leeds)
E50257 Sheffield-York (2022 Sheffield-York)

Monday 9th June 1980

47468 York-Leeds (1525 Edinburgh-Liverpool LS)
E50554+50575 Leeds-Bradford Exchange (1935 Leeds-Bradford Exchange)
E50557+50583 Bradford Exchange-Leeds (1918 Manchester Vic-Leeds)
E51818+51839 Leeds-Cross Gates (2114 Leeds-Hull)
37134 Cross Gates-Leeds (2039 Hull-Leeds)
47416 Leeds-York (2040 Liverpool LS-York)

 

[xotGD]

37212 Doncaster-York (0915 Yarmouth-Newcastle)

A big Gateshead 37 that I never had. Mind, 1979 was before my time.