Old School Nedding..

[16CSVT2700]

Just to whet your whistles.. here's a bit of "old school" nedding from an evening at Willesden Junction back in 1999/2000;

319005
313102 x2
86247/82118
870??/82105
87027/82114
313009
319001
121409/410
90003/82138 x2
86210/82131
313010
87031/82132 x2
?????/82107
87030+87010/82112
43164+43014
37704
87020/82133
313008 x2
43069+43070
319002 x2
313015
43013+43???
47745+mail
90009/82130
86245/82??? x2
82110/87018
87022/82???
158758+158757
319012
319011
87021/821??
90021 l/e
82137/87002
313006
313023
313011
319007

The good old days......

 

[Techniquest]

Fun-diddly-fun there bud!

Reminds me of the same sort of fun I had in May 2004 on Manchester - Stockport runs. Several HSTs, a couple of 87s, a 90 or two, 31s...The good ol' days! Relived it a touch with 90022 and 82131 on the 1524 to New Street as far as Stockport from Manchester. Great bash!

 

[Guinness]

Only Manchester - Stockport?!? You would of heard them thrash if you went to Macclesfield. 110mph HST. (We on the Northern WCML prefer more curves hence Lower Speed ).

 

[Techniquest]

Greater Manchester Rail Rangers aren't valid beyond Stockport! Hence the bash was only to Stockport. Done the rest of the route before with top and tail 90s anyway!

Besides, there was more important number crunching and haulages to get in the area, so going beyond Stockport was pointless anyway! It was a nice fast run anyway, very enjoyable!

 

[Guinness]

Greater Manchester Rail Rangers aren't valid beyond Stockport! Hence the bash was only to Stockport. Done the rest of the route before with top and tail 90s anyway!

Besides, there was more important number crunching and haulages to get in the area, so going beyond Stockport was pointless anyway! It was a nice fast run anyway, very enjoyable!

Wayfarers are vaild up to Macclesfield. Don't know about Rail Rangers. Stockport or Bramhall sounds about right.

 

[Techniquest]

I wasn't willing to waste money on a Wayfarer. Besides, Hereford's ticket office staff couldn't find the ranger on their system, to the extent they thought I made the fare up! Eventually it was found! So I wasn't willing to ask if my CDR was valid via New Street or waste time with a Wayfarer either!

Rangers are indeed only valid to Stockport on Virgin and FTPX services, valid much more on Northern services to the west and north of Manchester.

 

[87015]

Nice log 50149, got me thinking of recent history...
Opening day of an East Mids in 2003

25/10/03 Sa
90028 2355 Glasgow-Euston
321421 0539 Euston-Birmingham, L.Buzz-M.Keynes
87006 0605 Euston-Glasgow, M.Keynes-Stoke
Bloody glad this (famous S47) produced, was surprised to see stopping at Stoke vice Stafford!
All trains diverted Colwich-Stoke-Kidsgrove with addit stops at Lichfield. (Lichfield had 2-3tph stopping in each direction!)

Crossed 47840 on up emcars at Rugeley
57309} 0710 Liverpool-Euston Stoke-Lichfield
87012d}
Damn, i'd rather have had the seven, soon got bored and bailed off !
87031 0705 Euston-Preston (15L), Lichfield-Stoke
87009 0540 Carlisle-Euston
87022 0640 Carlisle-Euston, Stoke-M.Keynes
This was nasty wedged coffins
87027 1050 Euston-Liverpool,M.keynes-Stoke
47816} 0610 Glasgow-Euston (approx 150L)
xxxxxd} -crossed this at Stone.
Long fester at a monsoonal Stoke. Flagged a grey skoda on some up Manchester
87017} 0934 Glasgow-Euston(35L),Stoke-M.Keynes
87035d}
Rug 47828/57308 47843
87018 1315 Liverpool-Euston
87009 1505 Euston-Glasgow,M.Keynes-Lichfield
Result, this was fresh out of store and worked for just a month or so.
My phone had the right idea and stayed on to Glasgow for mileage!!!-later retreived!
87013 1530 Preston-Euston,Lichfield-M.Keynes
Knew a Lichfield bail was needed for guaranteed seven back-could have had
90039 (IIRC, it was grey anyway) back from Stoke but otherwise i believed it would all be skoda/pendo (by covering diagrams)
321406 1706 Birmingham-Euston,M.Keynes-L.Buzz


There are some phots on my fotopic no doubt if you trawl it!

 

[Coxster]

What were the 158s doing at Willesden?

 

[devon_metro]

Waterloo > Milford Haven i imagine, i believe they took the NLL

 

[37372]

Ah yes 2003, was looking back in an old notepad of mine and brought back memories of a day at Swinton I had on April 16th. This was what I saw from 9:00am-5:00pm (minus 66's)
47737 and 47776 Top and tail Serco
60059-Steel
60009-NP Hoppers
60032-Steel
60098-RMC
60082-Steel Coils
56120-Engineers
37521 and scruffy 37510 and 37515 straight from the Thornaby scrapline to BH.
60079-RMC
60008-Steel
37521-L/E

Wow, so many 60's in one day, they were the days when the Lackenby-Llanwern steel was ALWAYS a 60...

 

[class 313]

What were the 158s doing at Willesden?

There was a 158 service from euston all those years ago

 

[devon_metro]

Was there. I'm pretty sure it's the Wasterloo Milford Haven train which now no longer runs.

 

[class 313]

I know for sure there was, using the 158s with navy and gold stars

 

[87015]

FNW service Euston-Man Vic/Rochdale/Blackpool . Not sure where it split, it only lasted a year or so.
(Virgin didn't like the competition, it was RA Warrington-Tamworth-Watford-Euston to avoid anyone actually using it)

Was solid 158 although a few times a 156 would be kicked out for a WCML thrash.

FNW also did some Euston-Man Apts, lasted a bit longer, 322 operated although a fair few 309s worked thru, these were hellfire runs RA Euston-Tamworth or somewhere on a Clacton!

 

[class 313]

Yup that is very true i remember the 158 trashyness at watford :P

 

[Coxster]

Was there. I'm pretty sure it's the Wasterloo Milford Haven train which now no longer runs.

The Wales and West - as they were then - services from Waterloo to Bristol/Wales ran via the SWML calling at Clapham, Woking and Basingstoke then branching off at Salisbury and travelling via the same route as the current SWT Bristol services via Trowbridge. There were three per day. I remember seeing them pass through Farnbrough. Along with Anglia Railways' 'Crosslink' service they were the only things not to call at Farnborough during the airshows back then when SWT used to make practically all trains call here.

 

[class 313]

The Wales and West - as they were then - services from Waterloo to Bristol/Wales ran via the SWML calling at Clapham, Woking and Basingstoke. There were three per day.

I hardly think any of those stations are in wales

 

[Tom]

Might be because they started in London.

Some W&W services started at London Waterloo and went via the GWML, via Kenny O so had a calling pattern of Kensington Olympia, Reading, Swindon, Bristol Parkway, etc.

 

[class 313]

Just like the voyager just not the waterloo bit

 

[16CSVT2700]

FNW service Euston-Man Vic/Rochdale/Blackpool . Not sure where it split, it only lasted a year or so.

I was wondering why I saw them!! IIRC they were Blue/Gold star ones too

 

[Mushroom]

Greater Manchester Rail Rangers aren't valid beyond Stockport!

They're valid up to either Altricham (My Home Station) or Hale. I not sure whether they go to hale is becauz iv never tried to go there on one!

 

[Julian G]

Waterloo > Milford Haven i imagine, i believe they took the NLL

For a Short Section on the NLL and Latchmere Junction to West London Junction

I agree with You 50149, the good old days when the 319s were allocated to the Watford (Tring) Diagrams
I remember when the Electrostars were allocated on the BEXs so some of 319/2s were allocated on Watfords and it was possible to do first class with a standard class tickets as first class on Watford-Brighton was declassified until those Plastic Green Creatures arrived on the WFJ-Brighton diagram

The Good Old Days (C) Jon Lewis

Speaking of Ex BEX 319s, 319220 is now in Southern Green Livery now still at Wolverton, so that makes 2 Creche Units remaining

 

[class 313]

"london" and "Croydon"? anyway im loving the photo i wish they came back

 

[metrocammel]

Greater Manchester Rail Rangers aren't valid beyond Stockport! Hence the bash was only to Stockport. Done the rest of the route before with top and tail 90s anyway!

Yes, but 9/10 guards (VT, not Northern) dont know where (or more worryingly what) a GM Ranger is, approximately half of VT guards will sell them to you if you ask for one on a Voyager between Macc & Manchester (as a friend of mine does regularly). I did however once hear a story of pleading (over about £2) when a group of bashers had GM Rangers, and a nb tractor had produced on a XC spoon turn, they wanted to travel to Macc, however the guard (who must have been rather desparate) wasn't having it. I'm not sure what happend in the end!

 

[Julian G]

"london" and "Croydon"? anyway im loving the photo i wish they came back

Well 319013 was on it's way to Wolverton today, after helping out the 319 that was allocated on SU702 to strenghten the 06:46 London Bridge-Guildford service to 8 cars

 

[RJ]

Here is a for "new school" journal, for a day in London in late August 2006!

40145 OZ39
66080 7O77
40145 0Z40
47712 + 47832 5Z47
66716 4M23
57009 0L93
90046 4M86
43175
66146
47853 5Z47
47853 5Z47
66143+66079+66201 + 1 ferrywagon
67029 0Z67
66714 4L22
86621 + 86609 4S83
90047 4S88
20306 + 20309 6M69

 

[87015]

I was wondering why I saw them!! IIRC they were Blue/Gold star ones too

Was looking thru an old WTT today and these were the trains
DOWN
1125 Euston-Man Apt
1150 Euston-Man Vic
1440 Euston-Man Apt
1925 Euston-Man Apt
2010 Euston-Blackpool
2155 Euston-Man Apt
UP
0619 Man Apt-Euston
0643 Rochdale-Euston
1019 Man Apt-Euston
1419 Man Apt-Euston
1527 Man Vic-Euston
1819 Man Apt-Euston

Also had regional Eurostar paths, including an overnight 2000 Glasgow-Paris (1O74)!

 

[class 313]

37s where ment to haul a sleeper of some sort but they never did

 

[Techniquest]

Can you imagine that Eurostar service at Glasgow Central? Just picture being on the concourse, at the till in WHSmith buying your newspaper, and the announcer comes on saying something like this:

'The train at platform 1 is the 2000 Eurostar service to Paris Gare Du Nord. Calling at Motherwell, Carlisle, Preston, Crewe, London Waterloo International and Paris Gare Du Nord. First Class accommodation is towards the rear of this train. Would all passengers travelling on this service please have all tickets and passports ready for inspection at the Eurostar check-in point.

Platform 1 for the 2000 Eurostar service to Paris Gare Du Nord.'

I don't know about you lot, but I'd have loved to see it and hear it.

 

[devon_metro]

Wouldn't it be : "The train now standing at platform 1"