Back in the day...

[D6130]

Saturday 3rd June 1973:

One of our regular Saturday bashes round Polmadie and Eastfield started off in an unprecedented way with a green-liveried Longsight 25 on the morning Oban-Glasgow. I can only assume that it must have gone down to Oban on the previous night's 01 00 passenger and news from Queen Street or the overnight Cadder-Oban freight.

Helensburgh Upper-Queen Street: 5204

Polmadie Depot: 12, 208, 397, 408/13/17/21/32, 1606/57/97, 1721/52, 1811/30/61, 5006/10, 5388, 5414, 7579, 8046/89, 8107/12.

Eastfield Depot: 2413, 3211/41/84, 3391/95, 3417/18, 3545, 3860/95, 5007/13/19, 5100/12/47/50/55/60, 5347/54/59/60/62/63/68/69/72/73/79/80/84/86/89, 5400/01/03/13, 6846/48/49/55, 6937, 7544, 8027/80, 8108/10/18/25/79. (Plus 5392+5394 seen passing on the main line with a push-pull service).

Usually we would return home to Helensburgh Upper on either the 16 38 Queen Street-Mallaig or the 18 35 to Oban but, on this occasion, one of us must have had an evening engagement as we returned to Helensburgh Central on an EMU. Seen en route were 1976 at Queen Street High-Level and 3392 and 3889 at Yoker Yard.

Wednesday 3rd June 1981:

By this time I was working in the Scottish Region Train Planning Section, Buchanan House, Glasgow and living in the city's West End. This particular evening, for some reason, I decided to go back to my parents' house near Garelochhead for the night....which meant an early start the following morning to catch the bus connecting with the 07 47 EMU from Helensburgh Central.

Hyndland-Glasgow Queen Street (LL): EMU

18 23 Queen Street-Garelochhead: 37 081 (Stock: TSO SC4110, TSO SC4145, TSO SC4133, BFK SC14055).

 

[xotGD]

I never had any 85/1s, although I had 85102 as 85009 previously.
I've never ventured to the North Norfolk Railway. One to bookmark for the future.
Getting the high-numbered class 90s wasn't particularly easy, so picking up both 90041 and 90043 on the same day was good going.

I hadn't previously had 102 as 009, so it was a line in the book.

I managed to pick up most of the 90s around this time, but not 48, 49 or 50. The last of these is going to be a struggle...

I returned to the North Norfolk two years ago. Standing on an open veranda right behind 37032 was an invigorating experience!

 

[CW2]

I hadn't previously had 102 as 009, so it was a line in the book.

I managed to pick up most of the 90s around this time, but not 48, 49 or 50. The last of these is going to be a struggle...

I returned to the North Norfolk two years ago. Standing on an open veranda right behind 37032 was an invigorating experience!

My last 90 was 90047. It took me until 2011 to get it. I'm surprised 90050 hasn't been scrapped yet. Maybe there is some bookkeeping reason, rather than any logistical one.

 

[xotGD]

My last 90 was 90047. It took me until 2011 to get it. I'm surprised 90050 hasn't been scrapped yet. Maybe there is some bookkeeping reason, rather than any logistical one.

And it allows me to keep making daft posts about it returning to service!

 

[Techniquest]

And it allows me to keep making daft posts about it returning to service!

Maybe we should all chip in and try to get it running just long enough to do a special trip. A one way run from Euston to Carlisle perhaps? Or perhaps we ought to be nice and make it a return trip, so those in the north can do a trip on it too.

Wouldn't want to think of how much such a project would cost! Shall we just renumber a long term stored but serviceable 90 to 90050 instead?

 

[CW2]

I was fortunate to have 90050 for a round trip Liverpool Street to Norwich and return. I'm not expecting to get it again.

 

[MDB1images]

Saturday 3rd June 1973:

One of our regular Saturday bashes round Polmadie and Eastfield started off in an unprecedented way with a green-liveried Longsight 25 on the morning Oban-Glasgow. I can only assume that it must have gone down to Oban on the previous night's 01 00 passenger and news from Queen Street or the overnight Cadder-Oban freight.

Helensburgh Upper-Queen Street: 5204

Polmadie Depot: 12, 208, 397, 408/13/17/21/32, 1606/57/97, 1721/52, 1811/30/61, 5006/10, 5388, 5414, 7579, 8046/89, 8107/12.

Eastfield Depot: 2413, 3211/41/84, 3391/95, 3417/18, 3545, 3860/95, 5007/13/19, 5100/12/47/50/55/60, 5347/54/59/60/62/63/68/69/72/73/79/80/84/86/89, 5400/01/03/13, 6846/48/49/55, 6937, 7544, 8027/80, 8108/10/18/25/79. (Plus 5392+5394 seen passing on the main line with a push-pull service).

Usually we would return home to Helensburgh Upper on either the 16 38 Queen Street-Mallaig or the 18 35 to Oban but, on this occasion, one of us must have had an evening engagement as we returned to Helensburgh Central on an EMU. Seen en route were 1976 at Queen Street High-Level and 3392 and 3889 at Yoker Yard.

Wednesday 3rd June 1981:

By this time I was working in the Scottish Region Train Planning Section, Buchanan House, Glasgow and living in the city's West End. This particular evening, for some reason, I decided to go back to my parents' house near Garelochhead for the night....which meant an early start the following morning to catch the bus connecting with the 07 47 EMU from Helensburgh Central.

Hyndland-Glasgow Queen Street (LL): EMU

18 23 Queen Street-Garelochhead: 37 081 (Stock: TSO SC4110, TSO SC4145, TSO SC4133, BFK SC14055).

Some interesting much missed coaching stock in 81.
Must admit when looking back at the old stuff I wish I'd kept better records of the general scene(tbh I wish I'd kept/could fine more than an a odd moves book).
Wish I'd also logged things I'd worked on from day 1 as well.

 

[MDB1images]

I hadn't previously had 102 as 009, so it was a line in the book.

I managed to pick up most of the 90s around this time, but not 48, 49 or 50. The last of these is going to be a struggle...

I returned to the North Norfolk two years ago. Standing on an open veranda right behind 37032 was an invigorating experience!

I thought I'd had 90050 on its first run Crewe to Altrincham on a Network NW day in Oct 1990 but on reading this thread I checked and it was actually 90049(I had 050 on it's second run which I think was the Southbound Clansman), only reason I checked was I remember it had a class 85/1 on the other end of the stock which took the train back to Manchester (I didn't log it, but Google and Flickr has it as 85109).

 

[NorthWestRover]

Saturday 4th June 1983

87019 Warrington BQ to Crewe
87016 Crewe to Preston
85038 Preston to Warrington BQ
86238 Warrington BQ to Preston
Unit Preston to Kirkham
47471 Kirkham to Blackpool N

Then onto a service which, I seem to remember, did turn out a Syphon fairly frequently but it wasn't anything I did more than this single time (I think)

37109 Blackpool N to Sheffield, 1E57 13.59 departure
47200 Sheffield to Leeds, 10.53 Weymouth to Bradford
45114 Leeds to Man Vic
Unit Man Vic to Warrington BQ

That's it for 4th June.

 

[CW2]

Monday 04/06/79
I was on my way to college in Harrogate when I got distracted …
40149 0925 York – Darlington
The 40 was 21 minutes late leaving York, due to late arrival of the ECS from Clifton CS. (The train was terminating at Berwick due to the Penmanshiel Tunnel collapse).
45126 1043 Darlington – York
DMU York – Harrogate
43110 + 43111 1710 Harrogate – Leeds
47525 1759 Leeds – York

Saturday 04/06/83
47501 0710 York – Leeds
45063 0801 Leeds – Sheffield
37249 0933 Sheffield – Peterborough via Retford
37078 1146 Peterborough – York
I think this was done on a York – Peterborough return, with the diversion via Leeds to maximise loco haulage. The 37s were on the Manchester – Yarmouth and Yarmouth – Newcastle respectively, and both were new for haulage.

Monday 04/06/84
After a stay with the in-laws, I had to report for duty in Leeds for night shift, after first going home to York. This is how it turned out …
47249 0825 Abergavenny – Crewe
87023 1045 Crewe – Warrington BQ
47459 1113 Warrington BQ – York
Home for a bit, then out again for …
40122 1455 York – Leeds
45115 1600 Leeds – York
37073 1755 York – Darlington (SAGA special!)
43xxx + 43107 1845 Darlington – York
31324 1942 York – Leeds
So a new 31, 37 and 47 for haulage, and 40122 thrown in for good measure.

Wednesday 04/06/86
37151 1003 Glasgow QS – Larbert
43162 + 43076 1044 Larbert – Haymarket
27055 1126 Haymarket – Dunblane
DMU Dunblane – Glasgow QS

Thursday 04/06/87
37430 0620 Crewe – Cardiff
33002 1010 Cardiff – Bristol TM
33209 1105 Bristol TM – Trowbridge
33206 1206 Trowbridge – Bristol TM
37427 1250 Bristol TM – Swansea
DMU Swansea – Shrewsbury via Central Wales Line
47481 1950 Shrewsbury – Crewe
Some good 37/4 mileage, scored some 33s, including a couple of Slims, and a scenic run over the Central Wales Line. A nice way to spend a rest day.

Friday 04/06/99
I don’t usually list all my commuting moves, as that would be simply too tedious for all concerned, but I include this one as a novelty:
47813 piloting 43187 + 43176 2033 Paddington – Reading.
The HST set was allegedly defective and was being hauled back to Plymouth for repairs. Rather surprisingly the HST wasn’t simply dragged, but ran in tandem with the 47, with both power cars seemingly working perfectly and pushing the 47 along the GWML!

 

[Techniquest]

That HST drag with the 47, perhaps it was an ATP fault? Or indeed something simple like windscreen wiper failures and it was just easier to drag it to Plymouth in service and fix it there, ready to start the next day's diagram.

That must have been a bizarre mix of sound on the ears!

 

[CW2]

That HST drag with the 47, perhaps it was an ATP fault? Or indeed something simple like windscreen wiper failures and it was just easier to drag it to Plymouth in service and fix it there, ready to start the next day's diagram.

That must have been a bizarre mix of sound on the ears!

Yes, what I was expecting was a gentle ride home at a leisurely pace to the sound of Sulzer. What I got was Paxman versus Sulzer, and an unusually fast rate of acceleration.
Any minor repairs such as you suggested would normally be carried out at Old Oak Common, or even in Paddington station by the station fitters. Dragging a set all the way to Plymouth would be very much a last resort, as it would cause late arrivals en route.

 

[Techniquest]

Yes, what I was expecting was a gentle ride home at a leisurely pace to the sound of Sulzer. What I got was Paxman versus Sulzer, and an unusually fast rate of acceleration.
Any minor repairs such as you suggested would normally be carried out at Old Oak Common, or even in Paddington station by the station fitters. Dragging a set all the way to Plymouth would be very much a last resort, as it would cause late arrivals en route.

True, who knows whether it was just deemed easier to drag it along to do whatever works needed doing at Laira rather than waste time at OOC first, or what might have happened.

Anyway, I was also going to ask the 1986 entry. It has me curious, was it just trying one's luck with the trip from Larbert to Haymarket, going for services known to chuck out interesting stuff? Or actioning movements based on gen? Just wondering more than owt else.

 

[CW2]

Anyway, I was also going to ask the 1986 entry. It has me curious, was it just trying one's luck with the trip from Larbert to Haymarket, going for services known to chuck out interesting stuff? Or actioning movements based on gen? Just wondering more than owt else.

I worked in Glasgow Control at the time. I think these moves were following a night shift, so I would be fully genned-up. Ideally I would have done 37151 all the way to Inverness, but my wife was 8 months pregnant with our first child, so I was on a short leash.

 

[Techniquest]

I worked in Glasgow Control at the time. I think these moves were following a night shift, so I would be fully genned-up. Ideally I would have done 37151 all the way to Inverness, but my wife was 8 months pregnant with our first child, so I was on a short leash.

Ah fair enough, definitely wise not to go too far then!

 

[xotGD]

4th June 1982 - making further use of my Northumbrian Ranger:

31278 Sunderland - Newcastle 1N04
45057 Newcastle - Durham 1M67
47489 Durham - Newcastle 1S12 (Remember when this was a regular Deltic turn!)
45002 Newcastle - Darlo 1???
47293 Darlo - Newcastle 1E94
47556 Newcastle - York 1M75
47559 York - Newcastle 1E55

It is at this point that I discovered that this would have been a good day to have gone to Carlisle and back on 1M04/1S15. But all was not lost:

40158 Newcastle - Chathill 1S15
47409 Chathill - Newcastle 1E21

4th June 1983 - a low cost summer Saturday:

46047 Sunderland - Newcastle 1N35
37078 Durham - Newcastle 1N13 (Slightly lower mileage than CW2 managed earlier in the day!)
45114 Newcastle- Durham 1M79
45147 Durham - Newcastle 1E74

4th June 1988 - a day faffing about the West Midlands following a trip on the Cambrian:

86434 New St - Wolves 1J19
47533 Wolves - Shrewsbury 1J19
37008 + 37197 Shrewsbury - Welshpool 1J19
37678 + 37684 Welshpool - Wolves 1A44

Highlights during the rest of the day were:

85036 New St - International 1G12
85028 Coventry - Wolves 1S87
85007 New St - Wolves 1M65

I also had 86257, 86433, 86233, 47543, 86205, 86423, 86241. I wonder where all the 87s were? Four Syphons and three Roarers; not a bad day!

 

[D6130]

Saturday 4th June 1977:

A friend and I travelled on a Southern Region "Pleasure Seeker" ADEX from Clapham Junction to Shrewsbury, joining and alighting at Woking. The outward route was via Havant, Salisbury, Westbury, Severn Tunnel, Cardiff (loco change), Swansea District and Central Wales; returning via Hereford and Newport (loco change again), then as outward. The train was load 10 (Southern Region vacuum brake/dual heat stock):

BSK S35012
CK S16205
TSO S5024
TSO S4913
RB S1766
TSO S4902
TSO S4911
TSO S4907
CK S16210
BSK S34925

33 044 was on the front as far as Cardiff Central, where we expected to be met by a pair of Landore boiler/headlight fitted syphons....but were very surprised to find that 37 188 was flying solo. The noise climbing to Sugar Loaf summit - cleared at around 15 mph - was phenomenal and after a two hour break in Salop, she whizzed us back down to Newport in fine style, before being replaced there by 33 044 for the journey home. With glorious Summer weather throughout, the trip was memorable for the scenery as much as for the haulage. Locos seen en route were:

Southampton: 31 250.
Salisbury: 31 176.
Westbury: 08 411/951.
Bristol East: 08 668.
Severn Tunnel Junction: 08 639/654, 20 178/188, 37 293/297, 45 048/072, 47 094.
Ebbw Junction Depot: 08 634, 37 142/223/235/290, 47 359.
Cardiff Central: 08 592/594, 37 188/286.
Canton Depot: 08 362, 25 263, 33 044, 37 185/227/251/256/272/275/276/282, 45 070, 46 047, 47 081/105/119/122/186/245.
Llantrisant: 37 158/280.
Margam Depot and yards: 37 300/307/308, 45 059, 46 028, 47 238.
Port Talbot: 08 359.
Briton Ferry: 08 645.
Llandarcy: 37 230.
Pantyffynon: 08 661, 37 181/187/189/271.
Shrewsbury: 08 068/220/633, 25 131/143/188/212, 46 048.
Hereford: 47 231.
Severn Tunnel Junction: 08 639/940, 46 008, 47 158.
Lawrence Hill: 47 247.
Bristol East: 08 668, 31 273.
Westbury: 47 087/129/146/226/488.
Salisbury: 31 136.

I wondered whether 37 185, seen at Canton on the outward journey, had been diagrammed to multi with 37 188 on the Welsh and Marches section of the trip, but had developed a fault. N.B. HSTs were not recorded as they were officially considered to be multiple units at that time.

Thursday 4th June 1981:

More 37 action for an after work trip for a drink with a schoolfriend in Helensburgh:

37 114 18 23 Queen Street-Helensburgh Upper (TSO SC4152, TSO SC4249, TSO SC4201, BFK SC14009)
EMU 21 52 Helensburgh Central-Hyndland.

 

[CW2]

I think 33s were quite rare at Cardiff back in 1977, weren't they?
Single 37 on load 10 up the Central Wales Line would have been fun!
A very nice day out - and given the prices of that era, a very cost-effective one too.

 

[Techniquest]

A solo 37 going up those banks on a pretty significant load would indeed have been pretty noisy! Very impressive!

 

[D6130]

I think 33s were quite rare at Cardiff back in 1977, weren't they?

Yes, the Portsmouth-Bristols were still diagrammed for 31s at that time, having taken over from DMUs two or three years earlier and IIRC, the Cardiff-Crewes were hauled by 25s in the main. Of course the 33s gravitated onto both services a few years later (1981-82?), although I think that a lot of the Portsmouth-Cardiffs - as they had become by then - were worked by 47s between Temple Meads and Cardiff, as Cardiff men didn't sign 33s at first.

 

[NorthWestRover]

I've been looking at some summer 1982 moves and I had a fortnight holiday based in Cardiff. The Cardiff - Portsmouths were a mix of 31s and 33s those two weeks.

 

[CW2]

Tuesday 05/06/79
31156 0110 York – Leeds
31408 0300 Leeds – Selby
55015 0340 Selby – York
The 0110 York – Leeds was a parcels train. There were two passengers from London to Leeds who had missed their connection at Doncaster off the 2000 Kings Cross – Aberdeen, which was very late running. The passengers had been told to carry on through to York where a train would convey them to Leeds. (Nowadays it would just be a taxi job). The train conveyed 3 parcels vans and one ex-works TSO added for those two passengers. I joined them, for the hell of it (and for the required 31).
31408 arrived at Leeds at 0307 on the 2300 Kings Cross – Bradford, about 30 minutes late. They did well to get the 0300 to Hull away only 14 minutes late. I had a wait at Selby for my Deltic back to York, as that was also 30 minutes late.

Sunday 05/06/83
Some days are absolutely faultless, where nothing you do can go wrong. Others however …
43119 + 43077 1538 York – Doncaster
43096 + 43050 1653 Doncaster – Newark Northgate
40029 was allocated to the 1637 Kings Cross – Newcastle. I already knew that 40029 was one of the worst 40s I had ever encountered – it was feeble and gutless. (See 10th May entry earlier in this thread). In hindsight, I should have known better than to go out to chase it. 40029 set off from Kings Cross and made it as far as Peterborough before the driver declared it a failure. Never mind, we’ve got ex-works 37035 on the depot, we’ll use that instead. So shiny new 37035 replaced knackered old 40029, with some delay, and off they set again. Meanwhile, having arrived by HST, I festered at Newark. Shiny new 37035 made it all the way from Peterborough to somewhere near Grantham before it too failed. There the train sat for a while longer, until 47002 came to its rescue. Meanwhile, I festered at Newark some more, not knowing what loco was on the front of the train. The departure had been retimed from 1755 to 1824, and the actual departure time was 2034. We had further loss of time at Doncaster, where dead 37035 was shunted off the train and returned to Doncaster Works for rectification.
47002 1824 Newark Northgate – York, 2½ hours late.
To summarise the day: 2 HSTs, a dud Duff, and a very long fester - one of those days where it would have been better off staying at home with a good book.

Friday 05/06/87
EMU Crewe – Preston
87020 0825 Preston – Glasgow Central

 

[Techniquest]

Good grief how on Earth did you manage to fill the time festering at Newark?! It's not the most exciting place after all, in my experience!

 

[NorthWestRover]

Saturday 5th June 1982

North Wales Coast Summer Saturday....

Duff on the Bangor wasn't a great start and that made moves a little trickier than usual.

47564 Warrington BQ to Colwyn Bay, 1D34 The Bangor
40020 Colwyn Bay to Warrington BQ, 1J66 09.44 off Llandudno
Unit back to Colwyn Bay
40008 Colwyn Bay to Chester, 1E82 13.53 Llandudno to York
Unit back to Rhyl
40020 Rhyl to Chester, 1J39 16.52 Bangor to Man Vic
40052 Chester to Llandudno Jct, 1D65 17.45 off Man Vic
Unit back to Warrington. I'd have baled earlier for the Bangor if it had been a 40.

Sunday 5th June 1983

North Wales Coast Summer Sunday...

45128 Warrington BQ to Chester, 1D34 09.50 (or 09.40 if you ask @CW2) Man Vic to Llandudno
45148 Chester to Earlestown
Where did those come from?!
40082 Earlestown to Bangor, 1D38 12.20 Man Vic to Holyhead
47411 Bangor to Rhyl
25194/25305 Rhyl to Prestatyn, 1T05 18.00 Rhyl to Birmingham NS return ADEX
47561 Prestatyn to Rhyl
40082 Rhyl to Chester, 1K36 18.10 Holyhead to Crewe
45148 Chester to Warrington BQ

Scored the Rats, didn't score the Peaks, couple of runs behind 40082 (100+ miles).

 

[xotGD]

5th June 1982 - the last day of my Northumbrian Ranger.

So while some folks were enjoying a trio of Class 40s on the North Wales Coast, this is what the North East of England had to offer :

31183 Sunderland - Newcastle 1N04
46004 Newcastle - Durham 1M67
45057 Durham - Darlington 1M66
45130 Darlington - York 1O19 (Completed the Three Peaks Challenge!)
47157 York - Newcastle (via the Durham Coast) 1G13

Well that was all a bit rubbish, but then 40015 rolled in from Carlisle...

40015 Newcastle - Cramlington 1S15

We made a premature exit from the train at Cramlington after discovering that teenage cranks and football fans on their way home are not a harmonious combination.

5th June 1989 - I was attending a job interview in London:

47616 Newcastle - Leeds
91002 Leeds - King's Cross
91004 King's Cross - Doncaster
47597 Darlington - Newcastle (Don't know why I didn't change at York - maybe we overtook the Duff on the four track section?)

 

[CW2]

Good grief how on Earth did you manage to fill the time festering at Newark?! It's not the most exciting place after all, in my experience!

Exactly. I passed the time by constructing anagrams of NEWARK, and considering their appropriateness to my situation!

 

[xotGD]

Exactly. I passed the time by constructing anagrams of NEWARK, and considering their appropriateness to my situation!

I've never noticed that anagram before!

 

[D6130]

Exactly. I passed the time by constructing anagrams of NEWARK, and considering their appropriateness to my situation!

I think I would have adjourned to the pub across the road....which is now the "Robin Hood and Little John Guesthouse"!

Monday 5th June 1978:

At this time I was working in the Special Traffic Section of the Southern Region's South Western Division at 19 Worple Road, Wimbledon (which, incidentally is now Lidl's UK Headquarters) and residing in Petersfield, Hampshire, on the Portsmouth Direct Line. For some long-forgotten reason, I had taken a day off to do a circular track bash to/from Cambridge and take in a Waterloo-Exeter on the way home:

7826/7820/7388 06 57 Petersfield-Waterloo
S61/84/71/73/62 Waterloo-Bank
Walk Bank-Liverpool Street
31 291 08 36 Liverpool Street-Cambridge (rather surprisingly, as the King's Lynn service was booked for a Stratford 47/0 - but the 31 was required!).
E56073/51442 10 07 Cambridge-Royston
312 009/020 10 32 Royston-Kings Cross
Victoria Line: Kings Cross-Oxford Circus
Bakerloo Line: Oxford Circus-Waterloo
33 020 15 00 Waterloo-Woking
7712 Woking-Guildford
7396/5938 Guildford-Petersfield

Formation of 08 36 Liverpool Street-Kings Lynn: TSO E5204/E5122, BSO E9337, TSO E5186, FK E13371, RE E1106, BSO E9372, TSO E5249/E5098.

As you can imagine, with a 31 hauling load 9 it was a bit of a stagger, especially on the hillier section North of Bishops Stortford, but we did well to arrive in Cambridge only 6 minutes down. The very rare griddle car - the first one I had seen outside of Scotland - produced a very acceptable breakfast roll and a very unacceptable Maxpax coffee .

Formation of 15 00 Waterloo-Exeter St Davids: TSO W5035/W5194/W5079/W5175, BFK W14062/W14060, RU(B) W1904, TSO W5040/W5032.

Interesting that, as was common at the time on South-East England 'regional express' services, both trains were composed of a mixture of vacuum braked mark 1 and early mark 2 stock.

Edit: I've now remembered why I was off work that day: It was the first day of my Summer annual leave and later in the week, I was to head off on my first ever trip to Ireland. Watch this space!

 

[NorthWestRover]

So while some folks were enjoying a trio of Class 40s on the North Wales Coast

There's a lot more of that to come. We really were privileged that summer on the North Wales Coast.

 

[NorthWestRover]

I was having a week off in 1982, presumably for O-Levels, so...

Monday 6th June 1983

After a day at Sixth Form...

86252 Warrington BQ to Crewe
87004 Crewe to Preston
40164 Preston to Liverpool Lime Street on 1M22, of course
Unit Liverpool to Warrington C

Monday 6th June 1988

Not sure what the purpose of this day was...track/shack bashing by the looks of it and maybe a bit of a day trip to Worcester and/or Great Malvern.

86230 Wolverhampton to Birmingham NS
150124 New St to Worcester FS
155325 Worcester FS to Great Malvern
150102 Great Malvern to New St
150139 New St to Nuneaton
150133 Nuneaton to Coventry
47451 Coventry to Leamington Spa
Unit Leamington Spa to Solihull
Unit Solihull to Wilmcote
Unit Wilmcote to Hatton
Unit Hatton to Snow Hill
Unit New St to Redditch
Unit Redditch to New St
85023 New St to Wolverhampton

Well, a roarer to end was OK.