Keith Jarrett
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Having had some feedback on the way I report things, I am changing the way that I report my haulage acquisitions. No longer will I list every single item that warrants an entry in the comments column of my own personal log. Instead I hope to focus on the big trips rather than things that I garner as part of the daily commute from South London (neatly wedged between South West Trains, Thameslink and Southern territory).
I have been logging haulages, shack visited, track traversed and the like since the mid 70s and for a while Ive had the objective of travelling on every passenger unit and behind every passenger loco on the GB network for at least 10 miles, preferably more. London Underground, DLR and Tramlink stock gets the same treatment but I have still to venture onto other urban networks in any seriousness. As time permits, I hope to pick up more preserved locos & DMUs (still need plenty of those) but my main interest is in the active fleet.
Sunday 5th October - An East London Saunter
One of my regular Sunday afternoon jaunts saw me head to Wimbledon to pick up the Basingstoke stopper from Fort Knox (aka the fast line platforms at Wimbledon). I was pleasantly surprised to see 450120 roll up as this had only been scored all time a few weeks ago but I needed to go all the way to Waterloo to get the requisite 10 miles. Noting that the Windsors were 455 worked, I opted to give SWT a miss and head back to Clapham and give the East London Line a try. At least SWT had the decency to offer up one of my last 458s for the magic 10 for the run back to Clapham Junction! A normal service on the East London Line dictated the remainder of the afternoon knocking out 378s for the 10 mile threshold (engineering works gave a severely reduced service elsewhere on London Overground). 378151 kicked proceedings off nicely and throughout the afternoon I slowly ate my way through various DC only units such that I need only five of them to clear for 10 miles, one of them being 149 which I bailed off of too early. But had I gone through to Highbury with it, I would have missed 138 but thats bashing! I also noted required 145 and 217 amongst others in traffic. Not wanting to do the trek back from the East London Line proper to Clapham Junction on a dud unit when there were winners to be had, I engineered my last move such that I fell into 256. A nice little bonus for the final rail leg was 450569 from Clapham Junction back to Wimbledon. Id never had this as a 450/5 before only 450560 to go and I will have had all the Dessies as 5s.
All the afternoons moves are here
450120+450127 Wimbledon to Waterloo 450120 Cleared for 10 miles
8008+8027 Waterloo to Clapham Junction 8027 Cleared for 10 miles
378151 Clapham Junction to Peckham Rye Cleared for 10 miles
378154 Peckham Rye to Wandsworth Road ---
378142 Wandsworth Road to Surrey Quays Cleared for 10 miles
378139 Surrey Quays to Shadwell ---
378154 Shadwell to Hoxton Cleared for 10 miles
378141 Hoxton to Whitechapel Cleared for 10 miles
378138 Whitechapel to Canonbury Cleared for 10 miles
378226 Canonbury to Highbury & Islington Cleared for 10 miles
378210 Highbury & Islington to Canonbury ---
378138 Canonbury to Wapping Cleared for 10 miles
378149 Wapping to Canonbury ---
378208 Canonbury to Brockley Cleared for 10 miles
378136 Brockley to Surrey Quays ---
378256 Surrey Quays to Clapham Junction Cleared for 10 miles
450119+450569 Clapham Junction to Wimbledon 450569 required as 450/5
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Saturday 11th October Manchester here we come
A chance of a full day out on a Saturday meant a rapid inspection of the requirements book to determine where I might go. Within seconds, the destination was sorted. Manchester here we come on account of still needing 40+ 142s for the magic 10 miles (and a quarter of them required outright) as well as most Northern 323s for 10 (including five outright requirements in this department). It was a no brainer.
So tube to Euston where I persuaded the Virgin ticket office to issue my Greater Manchester Rail Ranger excellent value at a fiver in case I needed to move quickly at Stockport. A required 390115 whisked me to Stockport where we ran in parallel to a pair of pacers but neither 142033 or 037 were on my lists so I had to make do with 185111 into Piccadilly. At least that was a winner! Wandering over to check out the Marples, 142027 quickly attracted my attention so off to Romiley along with a train load of ramblers obviously heading for a days hill bashing. Doubling back to Brinnington (required shack) saw me bag 142048 and then 142054 back to Piccadilly. I was on a roll. 142049 was sat on the blocks but no indication as to when it might move and I needed a decent run off of that one. Id also seen required 142036 floating around but could not fathom out the diagram for 036.
What next? 323231, an outright winner, got me out of that quandary so off to the Airport we went. Within a millisecond of arriving, 150226 chugs out and more to the point, without me. Ah well, that outright winner will have to wait but at least the Liverpools normal stick all day so hopefully Ill bag that later. A required 185110 gets me out of trouble and thinking that I need to check out the north side of town, a conveniently placed pair of 156s saw me in Bolton in no time with 156441 having clocked up the requisite 10 miles. In the past Id had a great deal of luck on the Salford-Bolton corridor but this time, while I found some joy on the 150 front including outright winner 150214, there was hardly a pacer to be seen. So a dilemma presented itself. Should I stick this side of town or go back south side where Id seen several required 323s, the aforementioned 150226 and another outright winner on Liverpool-Airport in the form of 150111? A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush so back south side it was.
Outright winner 185138 helped my decision as Id knew that Id drop straight onto 150226 at Piccadilly for a run into the Airport. Outright winner 185148 soon saw me back at Piccadilly with a few minutes to spare before 150111 showed up for the third spin of the day into the Airport and yet another winning 185, 147 this time back out. With all these runs to the Airport, anyone would think I was a plane spotter.
There was one Marple turn and a Sheffield turn that I had yet to see. I had noted that 142049 had run out to Marple and a guard had just opened up 142036 for the next Marple working.Just as I had selected my seat, out came the cry Everybody off. Not this train. Theres one in front. Unnoticed, 150136 had wandered in thus solving the mystery of the final unit on Marples. At least I wanted it so out to Woodley for the second new shack of the day and 142049 (at last) back to Piccadilly. Id already had the pleasure of seeing outright requirement 156472 on the Hazel Grove run (twice) and I had about ½ hour to get to Stockport for it. But could I get something required? Yes, 156491 should have been coming down from Preston. But that soon went out the window as it was 18 late and likely to be at best a zero connection at Stockport. So the big question was, could I get something worthwhile out of this? Yes, Vomit Comet 221128 was soon to leave so at least I got an outright winner out of it. 156472 duly produced with the original plan being to jump at Deansgate for the next inbound Hazel Grove back to Stockport and my Pendolino home. Checked the inbound working and I could make it at Salford Crescent on account of late running. But I was not expecting to stay at the Crescent for less than ½ a minute though and out of one guards door into another. That was tight and thank goodness for island platforms! 156461 was a most welcome end to the days bashing. But where were all the pacers? Manchester used to be crawling with them as apart from the Marples /Sheffield stoppers, very few were to be seen?
Despite the poor performance on the Pacer front, a good day overall and heres the list of moves.
390115 Euston to Stockport New as 390/1, cleared for 100 miles
185111 Stockport to Manchester Piccadilly New
142027 Manchester Piccadilly to Romiley Cleared for 10 miles
142038 Romiley to Brinnington ---
142048 Brinnington to Romiley Cleared for 10 miles
142054 Romiley to Manchester Piccadilly Cleared for 10 miles
323231 Manchester Piccadilly to Manchester Airport New, cleared for 10 miles
185110 Manchester Airport to Manchester Piccadilly New, cleared for 10 miles
156441+156482 Manchester Piccadilly to Bolton 156441 Cleared for 10 miles
150110 Bolton to Salford Crescent Cleared for 10 miles
150133+150134 Salford Crescent to Bolton 150133 Cleared for 10 miles
150214+156487 Bolton to Salford Crescent 150214 New
185138+185150 Salford Crescent to Manchester Piccadilly 185138 New
150226 Manchester Piccadilly to Manchester Airport New, cleared for 10 miles
185148 Manchester Airport to Manchester Piccadilly New, cleared for 10 miles
150111 Manchester Piccadilly to Manchester Airport New, cleared for 10 miles
185147 Manchester Airport to Manchester Piccadilly New, cleared for 10 miles
150136 Manchester Piccadilly to Woodley Cleared for 10 miles
142049 Woodley to Manchester Piccadilly Cleared for 10 miles
221128 Manchester Piccadilly to Stockport ---
156472 Stockport to Salford Crescent ---
156461 Salford Crescent to Stockport Cleared for 10 miles
390135 Stockport to Euston Cleared for 100 miles
I have been logging haulages, shack visited, track traversed and the like since the mid 70s and for a while Ive had the objective of travelling on every passenger unit and behind every passenger loco on the GB network for at least 10 miles, preferably more. London Underground, DLR and Tramlink stock gets the same treatment but I have still to venture onto other urban networks in any seriousness. As time permits, I hope to pick up more preserved locos & DMUs (still need plenty of those) but my main interest is in the active fleet.
Sunday 5th October - An East London Saunter
One of my regular Sunday afternoon jaunts saw me head to Wimbledon to pick up the Basingstoke stopper from Fort Knox (aka the fast line platforms at Wimbledon). I was pleasantly surprised to see 450120 roll up as this had only been scored all time a few weeks ago but I needed to go all the way to Waterloo to get the requisite 10 miles. Noting that the Windsors were 455 worked, I opted to give SWT a miss and head back to Clapham and give the East London Line a try. At least SWT had the decency to offer up one of my last 458s for the magic 10 for the run back to Clapham Junction! A normal service on the East London Line dictated the remainder of the afternoon knocking out 378s for the 10 mile threshold (engineering works gave a severely reduced service elsewhere on London Overground). 378151 kicked proceedings off nicely and throughout the afternoon I slowly ate my way through various DC only units such that I need only five of them to clear for 10 miles, one of them being 149 which I bailed off of too early. But had I gone through to Highbury with it, I would have missed 138 but thats bashing! I also noted required 145 and 217 amongst others in traffic. Not wanting to do the trek back from the East London Line proper to Clapham Junction on a dud unit when there were winners to be had, I engineered my last move such that I fell into 256. A nice little bonus for the final rail leg was 450569 from Clapham Junction back to Wimbledon. Id never had this as a 450/5 before only 450560 to go and I will have had all the Dessies as 5s.
All the afternoons moves are here
450120+450127 Wimbledon to Waterloo 450120 Cleared for 10 miles
8008+8027 Waterloo to Clapham Junction 8027 Cleared for 10 miles
378151 Clapham Junction to Peckham Rye Cleared for 10 miles
378154 Peckham Rye to Wandsworth Road ---
378142 Wandsworth Road to Surrey Quays Cleared for 10 miles
378139 Surrey Quays to Shadwell ---
378154 Shadwell to Hoxton Cleared for 10 miles
378141 Hoxton to Whitechapel Cleared for 10 miles
378138 Whitechapel to Canonbury Cleared for 10 miles
378226 Canonbury to Highbury & Islington Cleared for 10 miles
378210 Highbury & Islington to Canonbury ---
378138 Canonbury to Wapping Cleared for 10 miles
378149 Wapping to Canonbury ---
378208 Canonbury to Brockley Cleared for 10 miles
378136 Brockley to Surrey Quays ---
378256 Surrey Quays to Clapham Junction Cleared for 10 miles
450119+450569 Clapham Junction to Wimbledon 450569 required as 450/5
--- old post above --- --- new post below ---
Saturday 11th October Manchester here we come
A chance of a full day out on a Saturday meant a rapid inspection of the requirements book to determine where I might go. Within seconds, the destination was sorted. Manchester here we come on account of still needing 40+ 142s for the magic 10 miles (and a quarter of them required outright) as well as most Northern 323s for 10 (including five outright requirements in this department). It was a no brainer.
So tube to Euston where I persuaded the Virgin ticket office to issue my Greater Manchester Rail Ranger excellent value at a fiver in case I needed to move quickly at Stockport. A required 390115 whisked me to Stockport where we ran in parallel to a pair of pacers but neither 142033 or 037 were on my lists so I had to make do with 185111 into Piccadilly. At least that was a winner! Wandering over to check out the Marples, 142027 quickly attracted my attention so off to Romiley along with a train load of ramblers obviously heading for a days hill bashing. Doubling back to Brinnington (required shack) saw me bag 142048 and then 142054 back to Piccadilly. I was on a roll. 142049 was sat on the blocks but no indication as to when it might move and I needed a decent run off of that one. Id also seen required 142036 floating around but could not fathom out the diagram for 036.
What next? 323231, an outright winner, got me out of that quandary so off to the Airport we went. Within a millisecond of arriving, 150226 chugs out and more to the point, without me. Ah well, that outright winner will have to wait but at least the Liverpools normal stick all day so hopefully Ill bag that later. A required 185110 gets me out of trouble and thinking that I need to check out the north side of town, a conveniently placed pair of 156s saw me in Bolton in no time with 156441 having clocked up the requisite 10 miles. In the past Id had a great deal of luck on the Salford-Bolton corridor but this time, while I found some joy on the 150 front including outright winner 150214, there was hardly a pacer to be seen. So a dilemma presented itself. Should I stick this side of town or go back south side where Id seen several required 323s, the aforementioned 150226 and another outright winner on Liverpool-Airport in the form of 150111? A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush so back south side it was.
Outright winner 185138 helped my decision as Id knew that Id drop straight onto 150226 at Piccadilly for a run into the Airport. Outright winner 185148 soon saw me back at Piccadilly with a few minutes to spare before 150111 showed up for the third spin of the day into the Airport and yet another winning 185, 147 this time back out. With all these runs to the Airport, anyone would think I was a plane spotter.
There was one Marple turn and a Sheffield turn that I had yet to see. I had noted that 142049 had run out to Marple and a guard had just opened up 142036 for the next Marple working.Just as I had selected my seat, out came the cry Everybody off. Not this train. Theres one in front. Unnoticed, 150136 had wandered in thus solving the mystery of the final unit on Marples. At least I wanted it so out to Woodley for the second new shack of the day and 142049 (at last) back to Piccadilly. Id already had the pleasure of seeing outright requirement 156472 on the Hazel Grove run (twice) and I had about ½ hour to get to Stockport for it. But could I get something required? Yes, 156491 should have been coming down from Preston. But that soon went out the window as it was 18 late and likely to be at best a zero connection at Stockport. So the big question was, could I get something worthwhile out of this? Yes, Vomit Comet 221128 was soon to leave so at least I got an outright winner out of it. 156472 duly produced with the original plan being to jump at Deansgate for the next inbound Hazel Grove back to Stockport and my Pendolino home. Checked the inbound working and I could make it at Salford Crescent on account of late running. But I was not expecting to stay at the Crescent for less than ½ a minute though and out of one guards door into another. That was tight and thank goodness for island platforms! 156461 was a most welcome end to the days bashing. But where were all the pacers? Manchester used to be crawling with them as apart from the Marples /Sheffield stoppers, very few were to be seen?
Despite the poor performance on the Pacer front, a good day overall and heres the list of moves.
390115 Euston to Stockport New as 390/1, cleared for 100 miles
185111 Stockport to Manchester Piccadilly New
142027 Manchester Piccadilly to Romiley Cleared for 10 miles
142038 Romiley to Brinnington ---
142048 Brinnington to Romiley Cleared for 10 miles
142054 Romiley to Manchester Piccadilly Cleared for 10 miles
323231 Manchester Piccadilly to Manchester Airport New, cleared for 10 miles
185110 Manchester Airport to Manchester Piccadilly New, cleared for 10 miles
156441+156482 Manchester Piccadilly to Bolton 156441 Cleared for 10 miles
150110 Bolton to Salford Crescent Cleared for 10 miles
150133+150134 Salford Crescent to Bolton 150133 Cleared for 10 miles
150214+156487 Bolton to Salford Crescent 150214 New
185138+185150 Salford Crescent to Manchester Piccadilly 185138 New
150226 Manchester Piccadilly to Manchester Airport New, cleared for 10 miles
185148 Manchester Airport to Manchester Piccadilly New, cleared for 10 miles
150111 Manchester Piccadilly to Manchester Airport New, cleared for 10 miles
185147 Manchester Airport to Manchester Piccadilly New, cleared for 10 miles
150136 Manchester Piccadilly to Woodley Cleared for 10 miles
142049 Woodley to Manchester Piccadilly Cleared for 10 miles
221128 Manchester Piccadilly to Stockport ---
156472 Stockport to Salford Crescent ---
156461 Salford Crescent to Stockport Cleared for 10 miles
390135 Stockport to Euston Cleared for 100 miles