Friday 17/11/78
On my way home from college, I forsook the rattling DMU direct to York in favour of something rather better:
55017 1620 Harrogate – Leeds
46038 1707 Leeds – York
Just occasionally, the 2150 York – Shrewsbury would produce a class 40, so I decided to cover it that evening to see what it produced. Wow, a Deltic! How far will it work?
55015 2150 York – Stockport via OA&GB Jn, Denton Jn.
I had a “Zone F Bullseye” ticket which was used for journeys to / from college, and which was valid as far as Marsden. Thereafter ticketing got a bit confusing, since I also held a Student Railcard, but that had a minimum fare applicable on weekdays. So when the guard came around gripping I showed my Zone F Bullseye (valid to the PTE boundary at Marsden), and asked for:
1) A full price single Marsden to Stalybridge (where we arrived just after midnight, so the weekday minimum price restriction no longer applied); and
2) A student day return Stalybridge to Stockport; and
3) A student single Stalybridge to Marsden.
The guard rolled his eyes, checked that I would be travelling back on the Shrewsbury – York with him, charged me the excess from Marsden to Stalybridge and forgot about the rest, since he couldn’t find the details in his fares manual! 63p well spent.
(Saturday 18/11/78)
55015 0151 Stockport – Leeds via Denton Jn, OA&GB Jn.*
33’ late ex Stockport due to slow shunting and attaching of vehicles at Stockport.
The Deltic came off at Leeds to work a Leeds – Kings Cross service later in the morning (so putting a Deltic on the York – Shrewsbury diagram was really just an elegant way of moving it from the home depot of York to Leeds for the services on the following morning).
31312 0236 Leeds – York
*(Incidentally, the direct route from Stalybridge to Guide Bridge was barred to loco-hauled trains due to a weight restriction over a dodgy bridge, hence during this era the loco-hauled passenger and freight services ran via OA&GB Jn, avoiding Guide Bridge station entirely. Once the dodgy bridge was sorted out, the route via OA&GB Junction was closed, and the signalbox abolished).
Saturday 17/11/79
Another ECML Saturday night diversion jamboree, with a Deltic this time:
55006 2100 London Kings Cross – Edinburgh via:
ECML to Peterborough
Joint Lines & Lincoln Central to Doncaster
ECML (Selby) to Northallerton
Stockton AND Leamside to Newcastle
Scotswood and Carlisle to Edinburgh
Tuesday 17/11/81
55008 1940 Kings Cross – Huntingdon
55016 2044 Huntingdon – Kings Cross
On my way home from college, I forsook the rattling DMU direct to York in favour of something rather better:
55017 1620 Harrogate – Leeds
46038 1707 Leeds – York
Just occasionally, the 2150 York – Shrewsbury would produce a class 40, so I decided to cover it that evening to see what it produced. Wow, a Deltic! How far will it work?
55015 2150 York – Stockport via OA&GB Jn, Denton Jn.
I had a “Zone F Bullseye” ticket which was used for journeys to / from college, and which was valid as far as Marsden. Thereafter ticketing got a bit confusing, since I also held a Student Railcard, but that had a minimum fare applicable on weekdays. So when the guard came around gripping I showed my Zone F Bullseye (valid to the PTE boundary at Marsden), and asked for:
1) A full price single Marsden to Stalybridge (where we arrived just after midnight, so the weekday minimum price restriction no longer applied); and
2) A student day return Stalybridge to Stockport; and
3) A student single Stalybridge to Marsden.
The guard rolled his eyes, checked that I would be travelling back on the Shrewsbury – York with him, charged me the excess from Marsden to Stalybridge and forgot about the rest, since he couldn’t find the details in his fares manual! 63p well spent.
(Saturday 18/11/78)
55015 0151 Stockport – Leeds via Denton Jn, OA&GB Jn.*
33’ late ex Stockport due to slow shunting and attaching of vehicles at Stockport.
The Deltic came off at Leeds to work a Leeds – Kings Cross service later in the morning (so putting a Deltic on the York – Shrewsbury diagram was really just an elegant way of moving it from the home depot of York to Leeds for the services on the following morning).
31312 0236 Leeds – York
*(Incidentally, the direct route from Stalybridge to Guide Bridge was barred to loco-hauled trains due to a weight restriction over a dodgy bridge, hence during this era the loco-hauled passenger and freight services ran via OA&GB Jn, avoiding Guide Bridge station entirely. Once the dodgy bridge was sorted out, the route via OA&GB Junction was closed, and the signalbox abolished).
Saturday 17/11/79
Another ECML Saturday night diversion jamboree, with a Deltic this time:
55006 2100 London Kings Cross – Edinburgh via:
ECML to Peterborough
Joint Lines & Lincoln Central to Doncaster
ECML (Selby) to Northallerton
Stockton AND Leamside to Newcastle
Scotswood and Carlisle to Edinburgh
Tuesday 17/11/81
55008 1940 Kings Cross – Huntingdon
55016 2044 Huntingdon – Kings Cross
