All on an Area C, Saturday May 31st 1986
An Area C ticket from a few years earlier (courtesy of “TC”), a big area could be covered too
Below are the late Tony Ewer’s moves for the day and not bad at all eh! Tony died on September 30th 2020 and he kindly let me have all his moves books and huge slide collection on his passing.
Tony started bashing seriously in 1981 but by 1985 he became tired of the “huge numbers of stupid kids” noisily invading any non eth working in the Midlands or wherever.
So Tony became a hardcore “Area C” basher where there were so many trains, still with Mk I stock and quality “Crompton” power but you rarely got joined by “stupid kids”
So here we have Tony doing what he enjoyed best, bashing Cromptons back on Saturday May 31st 1986. Those tight pluses at Fareham, Soton and Warminster are all
here, memories eh….?
33107 2238 (30/5) 1W50 Weymouth – Waterloo – Soton – Eastleigh
73118 2238 (30/5) 1W50 Weymouth – Waterloo – Eastleigh – Basingstoke
33106 1B01 0245 Waterloo – Bournemouth – Basingstoke – Eastleigh
The 0428 Eastleigh – Portsmouth H was only load 2 and on occasions the BSK could be a serious wedge! 33042 is seen at Portsmouth Harbour after working the 0428 ex Eastleigh
33042 1T01 0428 Eastleigh – Portsmouth – Eastleigh – Portsmouth H
33006 2V56 0550 Portsmouth – Bristol – Portsmouth H – Warminster
33050 1O31 0658 Bristol – Portsmouth – Warminster – Fareham
205029 during the rush hour at Fareham where 4 trains met and connected in a few minutes, the “Thumper” is on the 0755 Reading – Portsmouth
33019 thrashes out of a damp Southampton with the 0830 Brighton – Cardiff
33019 1V46 0830 Brighton – Cardiff – Fareham – Soton
Slim on the blocks at Portsmouth Harbour, 33203 has worked the 0800 ex Cardiff South from T.Meads
33203 1O33 0800 Cardiff – Portsmouth – Soton – Portsmouth H
33112 1V62 1210 Portsmouth – Cardiff – Portsmouth H – Romsey
33035 1O40 0950 Swansea – Portsmouth – Romsey – Soton
51415/59486/51373/51410/59520/51368
1410 Weymouth – Bristol – Soton – Salisbury (via Eastleigh)
09015 is yard pilot at Salisbury, Salisbury’s gronks were to see much class 1 action on class 1 “Laverstock looper” turns in Oct 86 linked here
Off an earlier Waterloo turn, 33101 rests in the bay with TC 406
47607 stabled at Salisbury’s loco siding
33011 1O42 1305 Cardiff – Portsmouth – Salisbury – Fareham
With a basher up front, 33011 at Fareham with the 1305 Cardiff – Portsmouth
33035 1V79 1610 Portsmouth – Cardiff- Fareham – Soton
From memory Tony wouldnt have many minutes to phot 33035 at Soton with the 1610 Portsmouth – Cardiff before returning to Fareham on the next Pompey!
33043 1O43 1405 Cardiff – Portsmouth – Soton – Fareham
33205 1V85 1710 Portsmouth – Cardff – Fareham – Salisbury
Tony’s second “slim” of the day, 33205 with the 1710 Portsmouth – Cardiff at Salisbury
33011 1V57 1810 Portsmouth – Cardiff – Salisbury – Warminster
33032 1O48 1810 Cardiff – Portsmouth – Warminster – Soton
33043 1V96 2025 Portsmouth – Cardiff – Soton – Romsey
33002 2O98 2015 Bristol – Portsmouth – Romsey – Soton
421/417/3010 1W49 2045 Waterloo – Weymouth – Soton – Bomo
33117/421/417 1W49 2045 Waterloo – Weymouth – Bomo – Wareham
33116 1W50 2253 Weymouth – Eastleigh – Wareham – Eastleigh
WFH 164S RRS (Duple Coach) – Eastleigh – Basingstoke
Tony’s power sampled that late May Saturday:
33002, 33006, 33011, 33019, 33032, 33035, 33042, 33043, 33050,
33106, 33107, 33112, 33116, 33117,
33203, 33205
73118
Total = 17!
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