Its amazing what you can dig out from a tatty old note book!!, a 1030-1630 ish session , The Padd-Swansea/Swansea-Padd’s account for most of the eh 47’s viewed. On return 1200 was on Ebbw .
So much power and traffic lost to “progress”…
08580 parcels pilot
25172 parcels
25117/25122 light
37239 coal,
Thanks to John Williams of 37239 once again on coal duties passing Cardiff General with an up service on July 29th 1975
37224 coal
37243 light
37271/37269 bolsters,
47119 pass,
37295 ballast,
47082 pass,
47229 pass-excursion,
45013 pass-excursion
37255 light,
47505 pass,
47496 pass-excursion,
47478 pass,
46014 freight,
37287 freight,
47499 light,
37301/37307freightliner,
37273 coal,
25154 light,
46044 pass,
Thanks to John Williams for this classic view of 46006 at Cardiff General with a down service (i think) on December 22nd 1976
37210 coal,
37232 coal,
37233 MGR,
37281 light
37288 ballast,
47477 pass,
47095 light,
25270 pass 2B32 1245 Cardiff – Taunton-
37272 coal,
37208 freight,
37217 freight,
47035 pass,
37222 pass-1V72 0830 Manchester – Cardiff
47513 pass,
47258 light,
46028 light,
37244 light
47502 pass,
37210 coal,
37269/37271light,
25172 parcels,
37225 coal,
37273 light,
37233 light,
37278 ballast,
47465 pass,
37295 light,
37158 MGR,
47502 pass,
25122/25117 light,
47507 pass,
47142 freight
45039 light,
37300 light,
37241 parcels,
37181 freight,
1027 pass 1315 Padd – Cardiff (possibly)
Thanks to John Williams for this April 6th 1974 view of 1023 Western Fusilier at Cardiff General with a steam special
47479 pass,
08361 up side pilot,
47265 light ,
37217 breakdown train
47478 pass,
37227 ballast,
47103 light
37181 light,
47103/47345 oil,
47119 pass
37290 light
47509 pass
37213 coal
45113 1M71 1540 Cardiff- Manchester,
37180 pass 2C09 1430 Swansea-Cardiff?
37222 light for freight turns,
47496 pass,
47001 coal,
37288 coal,
37296-dmu drag
37307/37301freightliner,
45039 light engine to work 4S86 ex Pengam,
37225 light,
45003 pass
that’s it…here’s the 32 “engie 3’s” viewed that day, not that 32 was particularly high..
158, 180, 181, 208, 210, 213, 217, 222, 224, 225, 227, 232, 233, 239, 241, 243, 244, 255, 269, 271, 272, 273, 278, 281, 287, 288, 290, 295, 296, 300, 301, 307
the rest…
08361, 08580…..2
25117, 25122, 25154, 25172, 25270…5
45003, 45013, 45039, 45113, 46014, 46028, 46044….7
47001, 47035, 47082, 47095, 47103, 47119, 47142, 47229, 47258, 47265, 47345, 47465, 47477, 47478, 47479, 47496, 47499, 47502, 47505, 47507, 47509, 47513,….22
1027…1
Total locos…69 .
1975 still a real railway…
Loads more early 70s spotting logs here, enjoy the nostalgia
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