Thanks to the late Tony Ewer for this contribution to our long now out of print “Bashing Years – Tales from 1984 booklet.
24th August 1984 (Fri)
Targets ; Lots of NEW loco’s, especially any non boilered (incl 86’0’s) or small engines (20’s or 25’s).
Top Trains ; Additional trains, York being a very good origination point. But keep an eye in the Nuneaton direction.
Gen : Word of mouth from TOPS extracts, Smudger’s extensive free gen sheets or pure luck, mobile phones were still in the distant future realm of Star Trek.
Highlight of the Day ; 37275 and 37295 both arrived with enough flailing arms to almost take off! Health and Safety, eat your heart out!
Disappointment of the Day ; the failure being rescued by an 86 – I’dhoped for something a little more exotic.
87004 0840 Euston – Wolves MK-NS
43148/131 0700 Plymouth – Newcastle NS-DY
37275 1030 York – Plymouth Relief DY-NS
45023 0930 Poole – York Relief NS-DY
This was one of Tony’s favourite phots that he ever took, seems to be a few flailing! as 37295 arrives at Derby with the 1255 York – Bristol Relief which Tony did to New St on August 24th 1984
37295 1255 York – Bristol Relief DY-NS
47196 1246 Portsmouth – Leeds NS-BU
53662/59089/53700 1620 Nottingham – Birmingham BU-NS
31165 1815 Birmingham – Norwich NS-NU
31212 1720 Peterborough – Birmingham NU-NS
86224 1620 Holyhead – Euston NS-AP (fail)
86244 1620 Holyhead – Euston AP-INT (rear end assist)
47284 1902 Manchester – Reading INT-CO
47510 1848 Brighton – Derby CO-NS
45007 1848 Brighton – Derby NS-DY
8 locos scored, all non eh
25th August 1984 (Sat)
47375 was a good score, as were the 31s. Although 9 scores, Summer Saturdays could often produce much more. Perhaps the rather odd overnight with substantial festers at Derby and Wolverhampton dulled the brain a bit, or maybe there was not much else out.
47354 2237 (24/8) Bradford – Paignton DY-NS
86102 0010 Euston – Wolves NS-WO
85030 1V60 2325 (24/8) Glas/Edin – Paignton WO-NS
47375 0621 Wolves – Poole NS-LE
Large 47375 at Leamington with the 0621 Wolves – Poole which Tony took from New St on August 25th 1984
47575 0555 Padd – Liverpool LE-CO
86216 0555 Padd – Liverpool CO-NS
85032 1P14 0910 Birmingham – Blackpool NS-WO
25230/25037 0735 Euston – Aberystwyth WO-SH
53716/59091/53675 1040 Shrewsbury – Chester SH-GO
53686/59526/53732 1110 Chester – Shrewsbury GO-SH
25268/25288 1010 Aberystwyth – Euston SH-WO
85002 1010 Aberystwyth – Euston WO-NS
31301/31170 1250 Bristol – Glasgow Relief NS-WO
86261 1020 Glas/Edin – Birmingham WO-NS
47421 1040 Poole – Newcastle NS-DY
37266 1420 York – Paignton Relief DY-NS
45029 1504 Paignton – Nottingham NS-NU
Big Sulzer sounds as 45029 leaves Nuneaton with the 1504 Paignton – Nottingham which Tony had bashed from New St on August 25th 1984
86242 1827 Blackpool – Euston NU-MK
9 loco’s scored (only 1 eh)
26th August 1984 (Sun)
Today’s feature was a private track bash for 47532 due a reported broken rail between Coventry and Leamington. It was decided it would be quicker to run round and start again. The second appearance at BNS being non stop being quite a rarity. As far as i can remember the following train managed to get through OK, and followed us into Leamington. It was all worth it as 47222 was a very big score.
092 0915 Euston – Rugby MK-RU
87004 0950 Euston – Manchester RU-ST
47344/87004 (d) 0950 Euston – Manchester ST-STO
47538/86252(d) 1245 Manchester – Euston STO-ST
47358 1G06 1305 Manchester – Birmingham ST-NS
37197 1E08 1725 W.S.Mare – Leeds NS-BU
37197 eases out of Burton with the 1725 Weston Super Mare – Leeds, Tony having bashed the tractor from New St on August 26th 1984
46052 1521 Leeds – Portsmouth BU-NS
47532 1521 Leeds – Portsmouth NS-LE
47529 1746 Liverpool – Brighton LE-BA
47222 1921 Gatwick – Derby BA-CO
089 2300 Birmingham – Euston CO-MK
4 Loco’s scored (no eh)
27th August 1984 (BH Mon)
Bank Holidays often seemed to be a bit of a disappointment. With the reduced services and not as many additionals on the day there was a certain amount of scratching around waiting for something to happen – as can be seen by the lack of interesting engines scored. The 40 being an exception with a chase down to Chester to get it in the book properly, as the only previous experience was a cab ride, shunting at south end of Crewe station in the middle of the night.
86227 0840 Euston – Wolves MK-NS
86217 0858 Manchester – Poole NS-CO
50022 0858 Manchester – Poole CO-LE
Nicely framed Tony Ewer style, 50022 about to leave Leamington with the 0858 Manchester – Poole which Tony had bashed from Cov on August 27th 1984
47529 0850 Brighton – Manchester LE-NS
47424 0805 Newcastle – Poole NS-CO
47530 0940 Poole – Newcastle CO-NS
85010 1411 Birmingham – Liverpool NS-SnD
86250 1427 Wolves – Euston SnD-CO
47451 1140 Poole – Manchester CO-NS
31292 1610 Birmingham – Norwich NS-NU
87017 1600 Euston – Liverpool NU-CR
53306/53325/54343/51189 1818 Crewe – Chester CR-CH
40143 1800 Llandudno – Stoke CH-CR
85038 1838 Blackpool – Birmingham CR-NS
048 2221 Birmingham – Euston NS-MK
4 locos scored (only one non eh)
28 August 1984 (Tue)
This extra day’s holiday from work proved worthwhile with five scored and all in the good category, except 45068 which was often quoted as being very rare on passenger services. There were quite a few disappointed customers when she was removed from the York – Plymouth Relief at Birmingham New St.
86229 0840 Euston – Wolves MK-NS
37206 0907 Bristol – York Relief NS-DY
47340 1034 Derby – Poole Relief DY-NS
47291 1100 Cardiff – York Relief NS-BU
47249 0930 Poole – York Relief BU-DY
45068 1420 York – Plymouth Relief DY-NS
To the disappointment of a fair few 45068 is removed at New St from the 1420 York – Plymouth Relief, 45113 going forward. Tony had bashed winning 45068 from Derby that day, namely August 28th 1984
86035 1540 Liverpool – Poole NS-INT
066 1630 Bletchley – Birmingham INT-NS
31415 1815 Birmingham – Norwich NS-NU
31167 1720 Peterborough – Birmingham NU-NS
86250 1A78 1620 Holyhead – Euston NS-CO
059/078 2221 Birmingham – Euston CO-MK
5 locos scored
Total loco scored = 30 (class 25 = 3, 31 =6, 37 =4, 45’0 =4, 47’0 = 4, 47’3 = 4, 47’4 = 2,
50 = 1, 85 = 1, 86’0 = 1)
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