Trains you've seen working

Techniquest · 18 Mar 2014

I did hear it was not booked to come off Edge Hill all day on Monday.

Missed it somehow, but welcome to the thread nat_43

I have got my full list of observations ready to upload on the laptop, shall post after I've had some sleep

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AndrewR232 · 18 Mar 2014

Techniquest said:
I have got my full list of observations ready to upload on the laptop, shall post after I've had some sleep

Same here.

And what a shift it has been! On a train suffering from SBS* syndrome for the best part of an hour, then getting home an hour earlier than planned as a direct result. But I'll explain that later.

*SBS = Stuck Between Stations

Techniquest · 18 Mar 2014

AndrewR232 said:
Same here.

And what a shift it has been! On a train suffering from SBS* syndrome for the best part of an hour, then getting home an hour earlier than planned as a direct result. But I'll explain that later.

*SBS = Stuck Between Stations

Now that is interesting, just begs for a story to be told on how you managed that

Now I've had some sleep I'm feeling awake enough to get on the laptop, so here's the full list from yesterday. Note the ones I've previously posted on the move yesterday are repeated on this list, but some trains were noted on other services afterwards so it makes sense to just do the whole lot. Not typed them up in my usual fashion of splitting them up by TOC though, however I've broken them all up into separate sections for slightly easier reading. Anyway...

175114 0555 Crewe-Carmarthen
175008 0503 Carmarthen-Manchester Piccadilly
175004 0425 Holyhead-Cardiff Central
175104 0721 Cardiff Central-Holyhead
170514+153371 0659 Birmingham New Street-Hereford,0849 Hereford-Birmingham New Street,1042 Birmingham New Street-Walsall,1212 Birmingham New Street-Rugeley Trent Valley

175103 0630 Manchester Piccadilly to Milford Haven
170517 0749 Birmingham New Street-Hereford
170631 0849 Birmingham New Street-Hereford,1249 Birmingham New Street-Hereford
350242 1036 Birmingham New Street-Liverpool Lime Street, 1234 Liverpool Lime Street-Birmingham New Street, 1436 Birmingham New Street-Liverpool Lime Street
390046 1030 Birmingham New Street-London Euston
390128 0903 London Euston-Birmingham New Street
172335 1019 Whitlocks End-Worcester Shrub Hill
67013 1055 Birmingham New Street-London Marylebone

56312 0923 Chaddesden-Eastleigh (31190 DIT)
168107 1112 Birmingham Snow Hill-London Marylebone
168113 0945 London Marylebone-Birmingham Snow Hill
172217+172218 1016 Worcester Foregate Street-Dorridge
172337 1103 Stratford-upon-Avon-Stourbridge Junction
165020 1134 Birmingham Moor Street-Leamington Spa
67008 1015 London Marylebone-Birmingham Moor Street
168108 1155 Birmingham Moor Street-London Marylebone
172340 1140 Whitlocks End-Kidderminster
172212+172211 1127 Stourbridge Junction-Stratford-upon-Avon

390013 1230 Birmingham New Street-London Euston
390151 0800 Glasgow Central-London Euston
350238 1149 Wolverhampton-Walsall, 1420 Wolverhampton-Birmingham New Street
350120 1236 Birmingham New Street-Liverpool Lime Street, 1636 Birmingham New Street-Liverpool Lime Street
390157 1043 London Euston-Edinburgh
350128 1233 Birmingham New Street-London Euston
158832+158818 1208 Birmingham International-Barmouth & Aberystwyth
220026 1107 Manchester Piccadilly to Bristol Temple Meads
350111 1254 Birmingham New Street-London Euston
390050 1250 Birmingham New Street-London Euston
170523+170112 1045 Cardiff Central-Nottingham

390002 1123 London Euston-Birmingham New Street, 1330 Birmingham New Street-London Euston
323241 1219 Wolverhampton-Walsall
350119 1301 Birmingham New Street-Liverpool Lime Street, 1701 Birmingham New Street-Liverpool Lime Street
220011 0945 Bournemouth-Manchester Piccadilly
170633 1305 Birmingham New Street-Shrewsbury
220027 1127 Manchester Piccadilly-Bournemouth
350106 1314 Birmingham New Street-London Euston
170503 1312 Birmingham New Street-Rugeley Trent Valley
221102 1143 London Euston-Glasgow Central
323203 1249 Wolverhampton-Walsall

158837+158838+158819 1308 Birmingham International-Holyhead (158819 detached at Shrewsbury)
350104 1336 Birmingham New Street-Liverpool Lime Street, 1534 Liverpool Lime Street-Birmingham New Street
221101 1000 Glasgow Central-London Euston
350254 1349 Wolverhampton-Walsall
350257 1401 Birmingham New Street- Liverpool Lime Street, 1604 Liverpool Lime Street-Birmingham New Street, 1801 Birmingham New Street-Liverpool Lime Street
350117 1433 Birmingham New Street-London Euston
390148 1450 Birmingham New Street-London Euston
158825+158830 1508 Birmingham International-Holyhead
323205 1517 Birmingham International-Birmingham New Street
350103 1313 London Euston-Birmingham New Street
350235 1454 Birmingham New Street-London Euston
220024 1327 Manchester Piccadilly-Bournemouth
390039 1403 London Euston-Birmingham New Street, 1550 Birmingham New Street-London Euston

390042 1051 Edinburgh-London Euston
153356 1542 Coventry-Nuneaton
390011 1443 London Euston-Edinburgh
350263 1554 Birmingham New Street-London Euston
158835+158820+158819 1608 Birmingham International-Aberystwyth
390013 1630 Birmingham New Street-London Euston
221141 1527 Manchester Piccadilly-Bournemouth
390136 1251 Edinburgh-London Euston
323210 1649 Wolverhampton-Walsall
220026 1500 Bristol Temple Meads-Manchester Piccadilly
66956 1103 Avonmouth-Rugeley B Power Station

220008 1607 Manchester Piccadilly-Bristol Temple Meads
170515+170501 1705 Birmingham New Street-Shrewsbury
323204+323206 1827 Redditch-Lichfield Trent Valley
323243 1824 Lichfield City-Longbridge (was cancelled from Lichfield Trent Valley according to RealTimeTrains)
170101 1919 Birmingham New Street-Nottingham
221125 1300 Glasgow Central-Exeter St Davids
323214 1847 Four Oaks-Redditch
390126 1930 Birmingham New Street-London Euston
153365+170517 1740 Hereford-Birmingham New Street, 1919 Birmingham New Street-Hereford

AndrewR232 · 18 Mar 2014

Monday 17 March 2014
2L21 1706 Larkhall to Dalmuir - 320319 [PTK]
2H54 1710 Helensburgh Central to Edinburgh - 334035/334018
2J50 1824 Glasgow Queen Street to Falkirk Grahamston - 170431 [Terminated between SPR and SPS]
2J61 1844 Falkirk Grahamston to Glasgow Queen Street - 170396
2S26 1942 Milngavie to Lanark - 320305 [GLC]
2L07 1936 Larkhall to Dalmuir - 320319 [GLC]
2C49 1923 Lanark to Partick - 318267
2B50 2040 Partick to Lanark - 318267
2F23 2053 Lanark to Milngavie - 318261/320307
2N49 2248 Glasgow Queen Street to Dundee - 170396

Now then!

Shortly after leaving Springburn station on 2J50/170431, the train sounded like it hit something on the line, leading the driver to apply the emergency brakes. 10 minutes later, the conductor announced that we "hit a small pile of building supplies" and should be "on the move soon". We did move for a few seconds, then stopped again, at which point it was announced they were "trying to clear debris from underneath the train".

About 50 minutes later, we hadn't moved more than a few feet, and I could see a train just ahead of us on the other track. The drivers were standing on the track talking for a while, then the other train pulled up beside ours. A set of doors on each unit opened, a ramp was laid down between the two trains, and passengers were transferred onto the train back to Glasgow! Has anyone here ever had this happen to them before?

Apparently, once back at Glasgow, buses and taxis were ordered for people trying to get towards Cumbernauld, but I didn't stick around and walked straight to GLC to get the train I should have been on to Partick (my plan was 1824 GLQ-CUB, 1910 CUB-MTH, 1948 MTH-PTK, 2040 PTK-LNK, 2153 LNK-AGS, then get the 2330 bus home, and would have been home just after midnight).

I only took the 2040 as far as Motherwell, then headed straight back to Glasgow. I did this because, being the inquisitive rail enthusiast that I am, I wanted to know what happened to 170431 after the passengers left, and I knew that the 2248 GLQ - DEE service ran with the same conductor, so I had to get that train so I could ask!! I got off at LNZ, where I live, then got a taxi to the house (it's a half hour walk which I would never do at night), and that's how I got home an hour earlier than expected!!

user15681 · 18 Mar 2014

AndrewR232 said:
Now then!

Shortly after leaving Springburn station on 2J50/170431, the train sounded like it hit something on the line, leading the driver to apply the emergency brakes. 10 minutes later, the conductor announced that we "hit a small pile of building supplies" and should be "on the move soon". We did move for a few seconds, then stopped again, at which point it was announced they were "trying to clear debris from underneath the train".

About 50 minutes later, we hadn't moved more than a few feet, and I could see a train just ahead of us on the other track. The drivers were standing on the track talking for a while, then the other train pulled up beside ours. A set of doors on each unit opened, a ramp was laid down between the two trains, and passengers were transferred onto the train back to Glasgow! Has anyone here ever had this happen to them before?

Yes, I've had to do it once, but it is an accepted procedure if a train is stranded to pull another alongside and transfer passengers via a bridge. There was an amusing occurrence recently when the bridge/ramp just wasn't long enough and wouldn't reach the adjacent train.

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When I first saw this thread it made me wonder about how many units I see in a typical day of commuting, as I know I see a lot. Now, it was difficult for me to get an actual figure as, personally, I'm not one for spotting or collecting unit numbers. However, for one day only today I noted every unit I saw on my commute to and from the city. I'm pretty surprised at the results. (p.s it'd be way too long to match each to their diagram, so I've only included units seen)

319s
319009, 319215, 319357, 319422, 319456.

375s
375310, 375606, 375608, 375610, 375611, 375613, 375702, 375705, 375709, 375804, 375809, 375811, 375813, 375822, 375824, 375827, 375918.

377s
377115, 377144, 377317, 377433, 377437, 377460, 377463, 377604, 377612, 377619.

378s
378257.

442s
442402.

444s
444044.

455s
455815, 455841.

465s
465003, 465009, 465012, 465015, 465016, 465018, 465027, 465029, 465033, 465044, 465159, 465160, 465162, 465178, 465179, 465184, 465188, 465237, 465241, 465905, 465928.

466s
466002, 466012, 466031, 466035, 466040.

Overall, I saw 93 units, although only identified the above 63. I'm quite pleasantly surprised if I see that many in one day, I could probably do the entire SE fleet of 465/466s and 375s in a week.

Strathclyder · 18 Mar 2014

Tuesday 18th March 2014
2E55 1326 Airdrie to Balloch - 318255
2E58 1353 Balloch to Airdrie - 320316
2L07 1336 Larkhall to Dalmuir & 2L14 1501 Dalmuir to Larkhall - 318257
2L12 1431 Dalmuir to Larkhall - 320319
603Q 0635 North Blyth Alcan Gbrf to Fort William Alcan Gbrf - 66735
1Y24 1211 Oban and Mallaig to Glasgow Queen Street - 156493/156485
Location: Singer

03_179 · 18 Mar 2014

Todays offerings now online with thanks to TCM1106

http://spottingby03179.blog.com/

ValleyLines142 · 19 Mar 2014

Tuesday 18th March 2014:
1F07 0830 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour: 158953
1V32 0555 Crewe to Carmarthen: 175108
1L34 0728 Swansea to London Paddington: 43142/43159
1V58 0900 Glasgow Central to Exeter St Davids: 220031
1S55 1518 Exeter St Davids to Edinburgh: 220015
2F98 1646 Bristol Parkway to Warminster: 150123
1F29 1730 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour: 158766

Wednesday 19th March 2014:
1W52 0602 Milford Haven to Manchester Piccadilly: 175108
1B04 0645 Frome to Cardiff Central: 158957
2T08 0836 Cardiff Central to Treherbert: 142082/143622 (terminated at Porth due to signalling problems)
2C69 0900 Cardiff Central to Taunton: 150126
2A12 0742 Bridgend to Aberdare: 150264
2F10 0742 Rhymney to Cardiff Central: 150230/150241
2G54 0758 Maesteg to Cheltenham: 150237/150240
1B05 0645 London Paddington to Swansea: 43005/43122
1L38 0758 Swansea to London Paddington: 43137/43180
2C11 0935 Bristol Parkway to Bristol Temple Meads: 153325/150128
1L76 1528 Swansea to London Paddington: 43179/43040
1W20 1510 Milford Haven to Manchester Piccadilly: 175115
2Y73 1652 Aberdare to Barry Island: 150284
1L88 1755 Cardiff Central to London Paddington: 43034/43181
2U22 1505 Taunton to Cardiff Central: 150246
2B69 1804 Cardiff Central to Swansea: 150229

43074 · 21 Mar 2014

Friday 21st March
222007 17:05 Nottingham to London St Pancras
222023 16:49 Sheffield to London St Pancras
222015+222017 16:29 London St Pancras to Nottingham
43043/43059 17:32 Nottingham to London St Pancras
222003 15:55 London St Pancras to Sheffield

170105 15:27 Stansted Airport to Birmingham New Street
170636 16:52 Birmingham New Street to Cambridge

fishquinn · 21 Mar 2014

Techniquest · 21 Mar 2014

Wahey, some EMT observations

If you've not posted in this thread before 43074 then welcome to the thread and hope you'll post some more on it

If you have previously joined in the thread, my apologies for obviously forgetting!

TheJRB · 22 Mar 2014

For Sunday 16th March:

Code:

[B]Ashford International[/B]
171727			1G14 0816 Ashford International to Eastbourne
375707+375703		5W16 0817 Ashford Up Sidings to Tonbridge
375702			2W22 0824 Ashford International to Tonbridge
375912			2W20 0805 Canterbury West to London Cannon Street
375816			2W19 0742 Deal to Ashford International

[B]Chislehurst[/B]
465168+465010		2S22 0905 London Cannon Street to Orpington

[B]New Cross[/B]
466008+465022		2N22 0928 London Cannon Street to Gravesend

[B]London Bridge[/B]
376021			2E23 0952 London Bridge to Plumstead

[B]London Cannon Street[/B]
376011+376009		2Y28 1000 London Cannon Street to London Charing Cross
465171+465243		2D22 0902 Gravesend to London Cannon Street

[B]London Charing Cross[/B]
465008+465246+466030	2Y29 1030 London Charing Cross to London Cannon Street

[B]London Waterloo[/B]
455854			1S27 1050 London Waterloo to Woking
450034+450108+450100	2L28 0916 Basingstoke and Alton to London Waterloo
455914+455730		2F24 0957 Guildford to London Waterloo

[B]Vauxhall[/B]
450036+450013+450016	1W28 0927 Southampton Airport Parkway to London Waterloo

[B]Queenstown Road (Battersea)[/B]
450037			2U26 1001 Windsor & Eton Riverside to London Waterloo
159019+159010		1L28 0854 Gillingham (Dorset) to London Waterloo

[B]Clapham Junction[/B]
444035+444038		1B27 1054 London Waterloo to Southampton Airport Parkway and Portsmouth Harbour
377204			2O31 1017 Watford Junction to Clapham Junction
458010+458012		2C26 0954 Reading to London Waterloo
444007			1P30 1035 Guildford to London Waterloo
444043			2P29 1100 London Waterloo to Guildford
377204			2M35 1107 Clapham Junction to Watford Junction
378228			2Y17 1054 Shepherds Bush to Clapham Junction
455730+455914		1D25 1102 London Waterloo to Dorking
455713+455870		2F26 1027 Guildford to London Waterloo
450127			1U28 1034 Windsor & Eton Riverside to London Waterloo
458023+458013		2C29 1109 London Waterloo to Reading
455739+455702		2D26 1020 Guildford to London Waterloo
450085+450548+450005	2L32 1016 Basingstoke and Alton to London Waterloo
159010+159019		1L29 1116 London Waterloo to Exeter St Davids
455719+455855		2K21 1018 London Waterloo to London Waterloo
455728+455737		2O25 1114 London Waterloo to London Waterloo
455919+455873		2K25 1118 London Waterloo to London Waterloo
458014+458004		2C28 1024 Reading to London Waterloo
450037			1U29 1125 London Waterloo to Windsor & Eton Riverside
455870+455713		2D27 1132 London Waterloo to Guildford

[B]Earlsfield[/B]
450031+450556+450002	1W32 1027 Southampton Airport Parkway to London Waterloo

[B]Wimbledon[/B]
450016+450013+450036	1W31 1135 London Waterloo to Southampton Airport Parkway
319001			2O42 1137 Sutton (Surrey) to Luton
455853			2M27 1208 Wimbledon to Chessington South
455702+455739		2F27 1141 London Waterloo to Guildford
450001+450552		1P34 1135 Guildford to London Waterloo
455849+455916		2H27 1148 London Waterloo to Shepperton

[B]Raynes Park[/B]
455724+455705		2D30 1120 Guildford to London Waterloo

[B]Teddington[/B]
455737+455728		2H31 1248 London Waterloo to Shepperton
455916+455849		2H38 1311 Shepperton to London Waterloo

[B]Wimbledon[/B]
319385			2O58 1337 Sutton (Surrey) to Luton
455858+455867		2F35 1341 London Waterloo to Guildford

[B]East Croydon[/B]
319428			2W41 1250 Bedford to Three Bridges
375810+375801		1Z29 1425 London Cannon Street to Robertsbridge

[B]Purley[/B]
455806			2P35 1435 Caterham to Purley

[B]Redhill[/B]
375915+375921		1Z85 1405 Robertsbridge to London Cannon Street
377431			2D18 1510 Redhill to Tonbridge
377415+377404		2C79 1435 London Bridge to Horsham
377128+377408		2C37 1444 Horsham to London Bridge
165103			1V53 1509 Gatwick Airport to Reading
375703+375707		1Z31 1455 London Cannon Street to Robertsbridge

[B]Tonbridge[/B]
465908			2R72 1553 Tonbridge to Ashford International

ValleyLines142 · 22 Mar 2014

Thursday 20th March 2014:
2V05 0745 Coryton to Radyr: 142069
2C07 0804 Radyr to Coryton: 153367
1W52 0602 Milford Haven to Manchester Piccadilly: 175104
2G54 0759 Maesteg to Cheltenham: 150282/150262
2C69 0900 Cardiff Central to Taunton: 150106
1B04 0645 Frome to Cardiff Central: 158952
1V32 0555 Crewe to Carmarthen: 175112
1L38 0758 Swansea to London Paddington: 43020/43188
2P19 0815 Bargoed to Penarth: 143604/142074
2L47 0746 Cheltenham to Maesteg: 158831
2U06 0737 Weston-super-Mare to Cardiff Central: 158951
1B09 0715 London Paddington to Cardiff Central: 43187/43198
1V03 0600 Nottingham to Cardiff Central: 170520
2D05 0640 Weymouth to Bristol Parkway / 2C11 0935 Bristol Parkway to Bristol Temple Meads: 153373/150120
1S41 0820 Exeter St Davids to Edinburgh: 220008
1B40 1345 London Paddington to Swansea: 43053/43134
1V56 0750 Glasgow Central to Exeter St Davids: 220019
2D17 1438 Westbury to Bristol Parkway / 2R98 1553 Bristol Parkway to Bath Spa: 150243
2E24 1308 Weymouth to Gloucester: 150104/150123
1V57 1307 Manchester Piccadilly to Bristol Temple Meads: 220007
1L71 1428 Swansea to London Paddington: 43128/43127
2D18 1510 Weston-super-Mare to Bristol Parkway / 2Y24 1612 Bristol Parkway to Weston-super-Mare: 150249
1W18 1510 Swansea to Chester: 175004

Friday 21st March 2014:
1W52 0602 Milford Haven to Manchester Piccadilly: 175107
1L38 0758 Swansea to London Paddington: 43151/43017
2G54 0759 Maesteg to Cheltenham Spa: 150237/150282
2C30 1841 Gloucester to Frome: 150124
1V64 1306 Edinburgh to Exeter St Davids: 220005/220027 (220027 detached at Bristol)
1M77 2000 Bristol Temple Meads to Birmingham New Street: 220027/220001
2K41 1933 Avonmouth to Bristol Temple Meads: 150263
1V65 1705 Manchester Piccadilly to Cardiff Central: 221125
2T60 2106 Cardiff Central to Treherbert: 142075/142072

fishquinn · 22 Mar 2014

Trip to London for Sightseeing with parents. Didcot Parkway-Paddington-Liverpool Street-Stratford-Canary Wharf-Greenwich-Embankment-Paddington-Reading-Didcot Parkway

66051+67019+66079+31105 parked up at Didcot Parkway (31105 gone when I got back at 20:17)
1A08 43026+43012 07:25 Weston-Super-Mare-London Paddington. http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/P70015/2014/03/20/advanced
2N16 166204+165110 07:58 London Paddington-Oxford. http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/P72525/2014/03/20/advanced
1B15 43156+43147 08:45 London Paddington-Swansea. http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/P70144/2014/03/20/advanced
1P27 165104 09:01 Oxford-London Paddington. http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/P70744/2014/03/20/advanced
1A09 43128+43127 07:02 Taunton-London Paddington (Traveled). http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/P70017/2014/03/20/advanced
2N18 166206 08:28 London Paddington-Oxford. http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/P72527/2014/03/20/advanced

Reading Depot.
165124+165121+165111+165119+166213.

2C94 (45)8023+(45)8007 09:56 Reading-London Waterloo. http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/W33990/2014/03/20/advanced
2P37 165108+165137 09:48 Reading-London Paddington. http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/P72734/2014/03/20/advanced
2R23 166218+165118 09:12 London Paddington-Reading. http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/P72943/2014/03/20/advanced
2N24 165103+165113 09:27 London Paddington-Reading. http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/P72532/2014/03/20/advanced
2Y56 360203 09:57 Heathrow Airport Terminals 1 and 3-London Paddington. http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/P60120/2014/03/20/advanced
2R25 166205 09:42 London Paddington-Reading. http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/P72946/2014/03/20/advanced

Acton,Southall and Old Oak Common yards.

66092,66182,57313,59005,66140,43182,43018,43023,43181

I saw a few things at Paddington But I just didn't have a clue what they were on. Here is the list though.
165124,180103,166220,43002,43197,43032.

2O26 319367 09:37 Sutton-Luton. http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/G40406/2014/03/20/advanced
Here is the things I saw at Liverpool Street.
321314,321443,317657,317668,321426,321315,321307.
2K36 321338 11:13 London Liverpool Street-Southend Victoria (Traveled). http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/G87409/2014/03/20/advanced
1P25 90005+82118 09:30 Norwich-London Liverpool Street. http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/G81064/2014/03/20/advanced
1W59 315834+315834 10:34 Shenfield-London Liverpool Street. http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/G84613/2014/03/20/advanced
2T47 317885+317504 10:55 Chingford-London Liverpool Street. http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/G83665/2014/03/20/advanced
1Y16 360111 12:02 London Liverpool Street-Ipswich. http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/G81215/2014/03/20/advanced

Docklands Light Railway numbers (I have put T in front of the numbers of the ones I traveled on)
147,122,T53,T9,T61,92,82,138,144,104,54,42,15,48,123,6,47,93,99,78,58,13,83,91,86,136,126,114,T132,T152,T112,51,52,31,74,84,85,49,95.

1T80 332002 09:10 London Paddington-Heathrow Airport Terminal 5. http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/P61168/2014/03/20/advanced
1T81 332009 19:25 London Paddington-Heathrow Airport Terminal 5. http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/P61171/2014/03/20/advanced
1W09 43168+43195 19:22 London Paddington-Hereford (Traveled). http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/P70897/2014/03/20/advanced
1C28 43186+43176 19:30 London Paddington-Weston-Super-Mare (Traveled). http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/P70273/2014/03/20/advanced
1V96 220015 15:03 Newcastle-Reading. http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/P70273/2014/03/20/advanced
Reading yard (on way back).
165112, 166217, 165120, 166219.

All in all a pretty good day.

Techniquest · 22 Mar 2014

A few from this morning:

175107 0721 Cardiff Central-Wrexham General
170515+170514 0840 Hereford-Birmingham New Street (believe they also did the 1049 back to Hereford)
170631 0749 Birmingham New Street-Hereford
170516 1005 Birmingham New Street-Shrewsbury
220003 0645 Newcastle-Exeter St Davids
390103 1030 Birmingham New Street-London Euston
390152 0943 London Euston-Glasgow Central
390047 1130 Birmingham New Street-London Euston
350118 1133 Birmingham New Street-London Euston
220015 0940 Reading-Newcastle
220021 0700 Edinburgh-Reading

More when I can get them done later

Strathclyder · 22 Mar 2014

Saturday 22nd March 2014

Just gonna list the unit & loco numbers this time. Far too many workings to go through.

Class 318
318261, 318267, 318258, 318262, 318259, 318250, 318269, 318254, 318252, 318263, 318253, 318266 & 318256.

Class 320
320302, 320309, 320310, 320316, 320315, 320308, 320318 & 320304.

Class 334
334018, 334017, 334020, 344036, 334025, 334012, 334029, 334024, 334039, 334033, 334038, 334003, 334021, 334022, 334010*, 334009 & 334001.

Class 158
158739 & 158868.

Class 170
170478 (The last 170 in SPT colors, if I'm not entirely mistaken).

Class 55
55022.

* Dead in tow behind Royal Scots Grey.

Bold text denotes units I traveled on.

Techniquest · 22 Mar 2014

Know the feeling, it's gonna take me forever to get the whole lot done for my day, let alone the rest of the trip! Been very busy today and just not had chance to type them all up and get service info off RTT!

techno-phobe · 23 Mar 2014

Wellingborough - 23-03-14

66737 light engine on the 14:13 - Peterborough Maintenance Shed Gbrf to Wellingborough Up Tc Gbrf

66709 stabled at GBRf Wellingborough

ValleyLines142 · 24 Mar 2014

Monday 24th March 2014:
1W91 0721 Cardiff Central to Holyhead: 175115
2U02 0619 Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central: 150126
2C03 0653 Taffs Well to Coryton: 143604
1V01 0500 Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central: 170111
1L24 0628 Swansea to London Paddington: 43138/43031
1F05 0730 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour: 150239/158959
2M08 0655 Barry Island to Merthyr Tydfil: 143607
2R00 0717 Penarth to Rhymney: 143624/143601 (with 143601 detaching at Cardiff Central and forming 2T04 below)
2T04 0736 Cardiff Central to Treherbert: 143601 (from above 2R00) (did not know this was normal procedure)
2P07 0632 Rhymney to Penarth: 150217
2F02 0640 Ebbw Vale Parkway to Cardiff Central: 150279
1C01 0520 London Paddington to Swansea: 43030/43164 (upon reversal from Bristol Temple Meads; 43164 leading from Paddington)
2S04 0552 Taunton to Cardiff Central: 150120
1V63 1607 Manchester Piccadilly to Bristol Temple Meads: 220029 (absolutely flew through Filton Abbey Wood!)
2C30 1841 Gloucester to Frome: 150232
1F37 2030 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour: 158957

Techniquest · 24 Mar 2014

I haven't forgotten the rest of my observations from Red Pen Fest, just I have so many to process they'll be up soon

43074 · 25 Mar 2014

More from me, not much but every little helps

Monday 24th March
222020+013 16:29 London St Pancras to Nottingham
66740 12:03 Tunstead Sidings to Brentford
222001 16:55 London St Pancras to Sheffield
222004 17:27 Sheffield to London St Pancras
222103 18:05 Nottingham to London St Pancras

a few hours later...

66152+66074 21:42 Mountsorrel to Doncaster
222018 21:31 Nottingham to London St Pancras
158770 21:35 Nottingham to Leicester (770 would previously have worked 05:50 Norwich to Liverpool Lime Street, 11:52 Liverpool Lime Street to Norwich & 17:54 Norwich to Nottingham)

03_179 · 25 Mar 2014

A couple of days worth popsted this evening

http://spottingby03179.blog.com/

Hope you like

Techniquest · 26 Mar 2014

Well it's taken ages, with everything going on at the moment here, but day 1 of Red Pen Fest's observations have been processed and are as follows:

22nd March 2014

175107 0721 Cardiff Central-Wrexham General
170515+170514 0840 Hereford-Birmingham New Street
170631 0749 Birmingham New Street-Hereford
170516 1005 Birmingham New Street-Shrewsbury
220003 0645 Newcastle-Exeter St Davids
390103 1030 Birmingham New Street-London Euston
390152 0943 London Euston-Glasgow Central
390047 1130 Birmingham New Street-London Euston
220015 0940 Newcastle-Reading
220021 0700 Edinburgh-Reading
350118 1133 Birmingham New Street-London Euston
350115 0949 London Euston-Birmingham New Street
350103 1013 London Euston-Birmingham New Street
350252 1125 Northampton-Birmingham New Street
92011 1119 Wembley EUFOC-Daventry
377206 1313 Milton Keynes Central-South Croydon
172003 1403 Barking-Gospel Oak, 1450 Gospel Oak-Barking
172002 1405 Gospel Oak-Barking
172007 1420 Gospel Oak-Barking
172004 1418 Barking-Gospel Oak, 1505 Gospel Oak-Barking
172006 1433 Gospel Oak-Barking
175005 1433 Barking-Gospel Oak
378230 1438 Richmond-Stratford
319012 1438 Sutton-St Albans
319367 1444 Luton-Sutton
319431+319220 1407 Brighton-Bedford
319214+3179428 1440 Bedford-Brighton
377101+377205 1553 London Victoria-East Grinstead
377112 1603 London Bridge-Horsham
377608 1543 London Victoria-Caterham
377107+377147 1606 London Victoria-Brighton
442409 1705 Gatwick Airport-London Victoria
455823 1651 Tattenham Corner-London Bridge
377127+377116 1649 Brighton-London Victoria
DR98868 pass Purley Oaks, southbound, 1720
377431 1630 Horsham-London Bridge
455801 1709 Caterham-London Bridge
455831 1643 London Victoria-Caterham, 1756 Caterham-London Victoria
455833 1706 London Bridge-Caterham
455807 1739 Caterham-London Bridge
455811 1713 London Victoria-Caterham
377462+377133 1753 London Victoria-East Grinstead
171805 1734 Uckfield-London Bridge
171804 1808 London Bridge-Uckfield
377152+377104 1807 East Grinstead-London Victoria
377432 1833 London Bridge-Horsham
455813 1851 Tattenham Corner-London Bridge, 1950 London Bridge-Tattenham Corner, 2051 Tattenham Corner-London Bridge
455830 1850 London Bridge-Tattenham Corner, 2050 London Bridge-Tattenham Corner
455824 1921 Tattenham Corner-London Bridge, 2020 London Bridge-Tattenham Corner
455843 1920 London Bridge-Tattenham Corner, 2021 Tattenham Corner-London Bridge
455844 2002 Purley-Tattenham Corner, 2033 Tattenham Corner-Purley
377112 2032 Horsham-London Victoria
377209+377438 2109 Caterham-London Bridge

Days 2 and 3 are on the way, but as there are a LOT to do for day 2 don't expect them too soon!
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Well then here's day 2 at last!

23rd March 2014

377460+377473 0914 Crawley-London Victoria
455842 0956 Purley-South Bermondsey
319455+319434 0914 Brighton-Bedford
357010 1120 London Fenchurch-Stanford-le-Hope
172004 1253 Barking-Gospel Oak
357012 1232 Basildon-London Fenchurch Street
357039 1240 London Fenchurch Street-Basildon
172007 1323 Barking-Gospel Oak, 1410 Gospel Oak-Barking
357216 1302 Basildon-London Fenchurch Street
357005 1310 London Fenchurch Street-Basildon
357022 1312 Stanford-le-Hope-London Fenchurch Street
172006 1353 Barking-Gospel Oak
172004 1340 Gospel Oak-Barking
172002 1408 Barking-Gospel Oak
172003 1355 Gospel Oak-Barking
315848+315802 1427 Enfield Town-London Liverpool Street
315805+315819 1430 London Liverpool Street-Enfield Town, 1527 Enfield Town-London Liverpool Street
315860+315827 1457 Enfield Town-London Liverpool Street
315803+315849 1500 London Liverpool Street-Enfield Town, 1543 Enfield Town-London Liverpool Street
317658+317885 1455 Hertford East-London Liverpool Street
315809+315818 1600 London Liverpool Street-Enfield Town
315847+315850 1557 Enfield Town-London Liverpool Street, 1725 Chingford-London Liverpool Street
317671 1610 Chingford-London Liverpool Street
317650+317652 1622 London Liverpool Street-Hertford East
315848 1630 London Liverpool Street-Enfield Town
379025+379024 1600 Stansted Airport-London Liverpool Street, 2030 Stansted Airport-London Liverpool Street
317665+317660 1625 Hertford East-London Liverpool Street
317892+890 1703 London Liverpool Street-Chingford
317656 1710 Chingford-London Liverpool Street
317504 1740 Chingford-London Liverpool Street, 2033 London Liverpool Street-Chingford
378213 1716 Clapham Junction-Stratford, 1835 Stratford-Clapham Junction
378222 1729 Richmond-Stratford
378221 1746 Clapham Junction-Stratford
378216 1759 Richmond-Stratford
378211 1845 Stratford-Richmond
315844+315826 1841 Gidea Park-London Liverpool Street, 1935 London Liverpool Street-Shenfield
321446 1914 London Liverpool Street-Southend Victoria
315807+315861 1917 London Liverpool Street-Gidea Park
315823+315808 1913 Shenfield-London Liverpool Street
321316+321430 1932 London Liverpool Street-Marks Tey
315813+315843 1941 Gidea Park-London Liverpool Street
360102+360104 1912 Marks Tey-London Liverpool Street
321428+321358 2002 London Liverpool Street-Marks Tey
315817+315846 1943 Shenfield-London Liverpool Street
379004+379015 1945 Stansted Airport-London Liverpool Street
379005+379012 2040 London Liverpool Street-Stansted Airport
379013+379016 2045 Stratford-Cambridge
379019+379026 2125 London Liverpool Street-Stansted Airport
377414+377406 2232 London Victoria-Brighton
377431+377413 2214 Crawley-London Victoria
319448+319010 2214 Brighton-Bedford
455838 2256 Purley-South Bermondsey
455842 2240 South Bermondsey-Purley

Day 3 is coming soon, I'm about to start transferring those notes from my phone to the laptop, so it won't be long until they're up. Really getting fed up of going through these notes now, didn't expect it to take this long to do! :-x
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And so then here are my Day 3 sightings! About damn time they were done, now it's just the much, much easier smaller tasks to do tomorrow with the two Baker atlases and the Platform 5 EMU book!

24th March 2014

377602 0926 Caterham-London Victoria
455833+455808 0906 London Bridge-Caterham
377623 0913 London Victoria-Caterham
377123+377133 0932 London Bridge-Horsham
377428 0919 Tonbridge-London Bridge
377214 1007 South Croydon-Milton Keynes Central
455837+455822 1043 Beckenham Junction-London Bridge
455812+455840 1025 London Bridge-Beckenham Junction, 1113 Beckenham Junction-London Bridge
465241 1040 London Victoria-Orpington, 1125 Orpington-London Victoria, 1225 London Victoria-Orpington, 1310 Orpington-London Victoria
375817+375821 1052 London Victoria-Ramsgate and Dover Priory
465928 1032 Gillingham (Kent)-London Victoria
319443+319459 1026 Kentish Town-Sevenoaks
319001+319380 1102 Sevenoaks-Kentish Town
465901 1058 London Victoria-Gillingham
465196 1125 London Victoria-Orpington
465159 1140 Orpington-London Victoria
465157 1155 Orpington-London Victoria
375804+375923 1025 Dover Priory and Canterbury West-London Victoria
465039 5Z52 1200 Orpington-Grove Park CS
375710+375702 1140 London Charing Cross-Ramsgate and Ramsgate
376004 1203 Orpington-London Cannon Street
465019+465248 1136 London Charing Cross to Sevenoaks (465248 removed at Orpington)
375927+375902 1114 Robertsbridge-London Charing Cross
375610+375827 1145 London Charing Cross-Robertsbridge
465029+465002 1206 Sevenoaks-London Charing Cross
376027 1233 Orpington-London Cannon Street
376035 1220 London Cannon Street-Orpington, 1303 Orpington-London Cannon Street
466030+465909 1230 London Charing Cross-Tunbridge Wells
465019 1236 Sevenoaks-London Charing Cross
465932+466041+465918 1221 Tunbridge Wells-London Charing Cross
465249 1255 Orpington-London Victoria
375923+375804 1240 London Charing Cross-Ramsgate and Ramsgate
375916+375628 1214 Robertsbridge-London Charing Cross
319442 1210 Bedford-Brighton
377215+377415 1307 East Grinstead-London Victoria
377452+377451 1402 London Victoria-Portsmouth Harbour and Bognor Regis
321412 1356 Tring-London Euston
350120 1449 London Euston-Birmingham New Street
221114+221109 1200 Glasgow Central-London Euston
153366 1615 Nuneaton-Coventry
170635+170515 1719 Birmingham New Street-Hereford (should have been on 1950 Hereford to Birmingham New Street next)
221126 1100 Glasgow Central-Exeter St Davids
323242+323212 1647 Four Oaks-Redditch
390137 1730 Birmingham New Street-London Euston
66150 1401 Avonmouth-Ratcliffe Power Station
150109 1640 Hereford-Birmingham New Street
180102 1552 London Paddington-Worcester Shrub Hill
175105 1510 Milford Haven-Manchester Piccadilly

More observations due from the Liverpool area on Friday and Saturday, hopefully it doesn't take me so many days to get them uploaded as the above lot did!

03_179 · 27 Mar 2014

Flipping 'eck Techni ... that is a Big Post!!!!!

I note you passed through my neck of the woods ... Selhurst ! It's uninspiring around there.

My recent notings and trips are: http://spottingby03179.blog.com/ as usual.

ValleyLines142 · 27 Mar 2014

I second that....that is a chuffing lot of sightings Techniquest! Sounds like you had a very busy day!

Tuesday 25th March 2014:
2U00 0554 Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central: 158953/150234
1W48 0503 Carmarthen to Manchester Piccadilly: 175007
2C01 0651 Cardiff Central to Coryton: 153362
1L20 0558 Swansea to London Paddington: 43136/43154
2M06 0625 Barry Island to Merthyr Tydfil: 150240
2Y07 0526 Hereford to Barry Island: 150235
1M25 0700 Cardiff Central to Manchester Piccadilly: 220011
2L43 0537 Cheltenham to Maesteg: 150259/150285
2G52 0706 Cardiff Central to Cheltenham: 143604
2B55 0714 Cardiff Central to Swansea: 153312/153353
1V01 0500 Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central: 170116
2E16 0638 Westbury to Gloucester: 150265
2K40 1815 Weston-super-Mare to Avonmouth: 150108
1F28 1623 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central: 158960
1M69 1900 Bristol Temple Meads to Manchester Piccadilly: 220022
2F74 1840 Ebbw Vale Parkway to Cardiff Central: 1533xx/150253

Wednesday 26th March 2014:
2G54 0759 Maesteg to Cheltenham: 150264/150284
1B05 0645 London Paddington to Swansea: 43162/43018
1V32 0555 Crewe to Carmarthen: 175106
2U06 0737 Weston-super-Mare to Cardiff Central: 158958
1B09 0715 London Paddington to Cardiff Central: 43012/43026
1V03 0600 Nottingham to Cardiff Central: 170521
2D05 0640 Weymouth to Bristol Parkway / 2C11 0935 Bristol Parkway to Bristol Temple Meads: 150249/150265
1S41 0820 Exeter St Davids to Edinburgh: 221137
1L60 1255 Cardiff Central to London Paddington: 43033/43183

Thursday 27th March 2014:
2N05 0644 Maesteg to Ebbw Vale Parkway: 150282
1V31 0454 Crewe to Milford Haven: 175105
1L34 0728 Swansea to London Paddington: 43192/43036
1V89 0610 Shrewsbury to Maesteg: 158828
2N07 0808 Bridgend to Ebbw Vale Parkway: 150230
2F46 1540 Ebbw Vale Parkway to Bridgend: 153303/150230
1W20 1510 Milford Haven to Manchester Piccadilly: 175110

Techniquest · 27 Mar 2014

03_179 said:
Flipping 'eck Techni ... that is a Big Post!!!!!

I note you passed through my neck of the woods ... Selhurst ! It's uninspiring around there.

My recent notings and trips are: http://spottingby03179.blog.com/ as usual.

It is a big post, and it took me hours to get it done! Hopefully the next lot won't be so bad! Good to see you're continuing to contribute to this thread

Aye Selhurst isn't much fun by the looks of it, that being said it's still better than where I am...
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DanTrainMan185 said:
I second that....that is a chuffing lot of sightings Techniquest! Sounds like you had a very busy day!

Agreed, it was a very busy few days. Dread to think how long it would have taken if I'd noted the rest of the trains I'd seen, or the ones I couldn't ID!

Tuesday 25th March 2014:
2Y07 0526 Hereford to Barry Island: 150235[/QUOTE]

The damn thing was up my way, although admittedly I'd have had no chance of getting it in! Hopefully it goes up north tomorrow and gets onto the Bidston services, or even better onto the 0721 Cardiff Central to Holyhead tomorrow morning. Or the 1530 Manchester Piccadilly to Carmarthen on Saturday...Yeah right! :lol:

fishquinn · 27 Mar 2014

Techniquest said:
It is a big post, and it took me hours to get it done! Hopefully the next lot won't be so bad! Good to see you're continuing to contribute to this thread

Aye Selhurst isn't much fun by the looks of it, that being said it's still better than where I am...
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Agreed, it was a very busy few days. Dread to think how long it would have taken if I'd noted the rest of the trains I'd seen, or the ones I couldn't ID!

Tuesday 25th March 2014:
2Y07 0526 Hereford to Barry Island: 150235

The damn thing was up my way, although admittedly I'd have had no chance of getting it in! Hopefully it goes up north tomorrow and gets onto the Bidston services, or even better onto the 0721 Cardiff Central to Holyhead tomorrow morning. Or the 1530 Manchester Piccadilly to Carmarthen on Saturday...Yeah right! :lol:

[/QUOTE]

EEK... That is a huge post Techniquest!

My grandparents live up at Penyffordd on the Wrexham-Bidston line so when I am up there next I will check what 2 150s are working and post them.
I should be at Leamington Spa tomorrow from about half 2 until 16:23 where I will be catching the 16:23 service to London Marylebone through to Bicester North and back at Lem at 20:03.
Will post after.

ValleyLines142 · 27 Mar 2014

Techniquest said:
The damn thing was up my way, although admittedly I'd have had no chance of getting it in! Hopefully it goes up north tomorrow and gets onto the Bidston services, or even better onto the 0721 Cardiff Central to Holyhead tomorrow morning. Or the 1530 Manchester Piccadilly to Carmarthen on Saturday...Yeah right!

Of course, I forgot that the 0655 Cardiff to Barry Island originates as the 0526 from Hereford!

Fingers crossed you'll catch it soon!

The only other hope you've got is that it straddles out onto the Welsh Marches this weekend. Quite a few of the Cardiff to Manchesters are booked for a mixture of 150s and 153s on Sundays, so you never knew!

Will keep you posted.

techno-phobe · 27 Mar 2014

Thursday 27th March 2014

222020 - 13:49 - Sheffield to St Pancras International
222012 - 14:29 St Pancras International to Nottingham
73201 - 10:15 Hoo Junction Up Yard to Derby R.T.C.(Network Rail)
43073, 43083 - 14:32 Nottingham to St Pancras International
222022 - 15:16 Corby to St Pancras International
222006 - 14:29 Sheffield to St Pancras International

Just hoping to get the power cars working the 08:51 Derby R.T.C.(Network Rail) to Derby R.T.C.(Network Rail) working off of the TOPS thread and then I'll add them too

Techniquest · 28 Mar 2014

fishquinn said:
EEK... That is a huge post Techniquest!

My grandparents live up at Penyffordd on the Wrexham-Bidston line so when I am up there next I will check what 2 150s are working and post them.
I should be at Leamington Spa tomorrow from about half 2 until 16:23 where I will be catching the 16:23 service to London Marylebone through to Bicester North and back at Lem at 20:03.
Will post after.

Thanks, hopefully I'll get the dang thing in the book before then

I'll be making plenty of observations tomorrow and Saturday, with the aim to have them uploaded Saturday evening, as I'm due home by 1915 on Saturday night so should have some time to get online. If not, they'll be up sometime on Sunday

Looking forward to reading your notes from Leamington Spa

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A few from this morning:

28th March 2014

175114 0425 Holyhead-Cardiff Central (should next work 1121 Cardiff-Holyhead)
175104 0721 Cardiff Central-Holyhead (should next work 1232 Holyhead-Cardiff Central)
170509+153334 0659 Birmingham New Street (next working being 0849 Hereford to Birmingham New Street)
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175007 0630 Manchester Piccadilly-Milford Haven
175004 0730 Manchester Piccadilly-Carmarthen
158822+158835 0808 Birmingham International-Barmouth+Aberystwyth
175009 0838 Llandudno Junction-Cardiff Central (believe this next does the 1321 from Cardiff)

More later

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