With little holiday left this was a desperate “day” trip to Fife to rake in the 26 hauled Kirkcaldys and have a final blast of the Edinburgh – Dundee circuit before the units took over. I was hoping 26002 or 26015 may be out, 26015 had been a few days earlier and as they were both very much required. Hopefully a few roarers would be out to add to the bash.
5/9/86 Fr
81007 1B06 1714 Euston-Northampton
85008 1B07 1718 Euston-Bletchley
85024 1B08 1745 Euston-Northampton
85016 1B09 1815 Euston-Northampton
85022 1B10 1935 Euston-Northampton L.Buzzard-Northampton
The usual 2 other “Cobbler men” were waiting at Leighton advising that 81007, 85008, 85016 and 85024 had all “roared” on the evening Cobblers so it was no suprise when 1B10 roared too. This last evening Cobbler remained a fairly solid “roarer” turn throughout its existence.
048 2125 Northampton-Birmingham Northampton – Rugby
86402 1S06 2110 Euston-Stranraer
This was a serious bowl out at Rugby, 1S06 was, even in 1986 a very regular “roarer” producer but not tonight. Cue much disgust as the can whined into Rugby.
86232 1S07 2100 Euston-Fort William/Inverness
073} 2220 Northampton-Birmingham Rugby – New St
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“S19” bounds to “roar” commented my always optimistic mate, as we enjoyed the screams and bucks of a class 310 power car travel to Brum to intercept 1S19.
85040 1S19 2125 Bristol-Glas/Edin New St – Carstairs
my mate was right, a decent 85 up front, we celebrated by dossing out!
6/9/86 Sa
47649 2125 Bristol-Glas/Edin Carstairs – Waverly
37014 0703 Edinburgh-Keighley charter (steaming)
47586 1H05 0706 Edinburgh-Inverness
27049 2J23 0715 Edinburgh-Dundee Waverly – Dundee
a good start with 27049 steaming nicely all the way to Dundee passing 26046 and 26010 en route
26046 0631 Kirkcaldy-Edinburgh
26010 0656 Cardenren-Edinburgh
27049 2J08 0930 Dundee-Edinburgh Dundee -Waverly
26038 1L35 1123 Edinburgh-Perth Waverly – Haymarket
a pathetic 1.24 miiles out of 26038 today for me!
47209 2J15 1015 Edinburgh-Dundee
From memory 47209 was steaming too
26011 1135 Edinburgh-Kirckaldy Haymarket – Kirkcaldy
26010 1321 Kirkcaldy-Edinburgh Kirkcaldy – Waverly
26046 1335 Edinburgh-Kirkcaldy Waverly – Haymarket
47209 2J02 1230 Dundee-Edinburgh Haymarket – Waverly
47486 1V90 1415 Edinburgh-Cardiff Waverly – Carstairs
85035 1V90 1415 Edin/Glas-Cadiff Carstairs – New St
A big cheer at Carstairs when good old regular 85035 rounded the corner with the Glasgow portion.
85005 1A81 1540 Aberystwyth-Euston New St – M.Keynes
This train didnt roar that often, so a bonus move on the rarer 85005.
056 1921 Birmingham-Euston M.Keynes – L.Buzzard
So no 26002 or 26015, but small blasts on 26010/011/038 and 046. A superb last Circuit run for me on 27049 Edinburgh – Dundee and back the highlight of the Kirkcaldy “Day trip”. The Edinburgh – Dundees were superb little trains and were soon to finish, a great loss to us all.
And some serious “roarer” mileage to and from Scotland, happy days!!!
No phots though i’m afraid, camera issues but good memories none the less!!!
Heres the fine machine that raised a cheer a year later, 85035 on Railtour duty at Wigan NW on August 3rd 1985.
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