Thanks to Jim Bourton for the memories and logs
Let’s turn our attention to Summer Saturdays – there were some dated services which could be relied on (most of the time!!!) to provide something interesting in the way of motive power. One such departure from Edinburgh Waverley was 1M94 0915 SO to Blackpool North. I usually travelled on this only to Carlisle, but the following represents the only time I covered it throughout. One of those runs where the performance was nigh irrelevant – the joy lay in the haulage!! There are days in one’s records, which provide justification for all the expense and suffering cause in pursuit of our hobby/obsession. 28/06/80 was one of these days!!
DATE :- Saturday, June 28,1980
TRAIN :- 1M94 0915 SO Edinburgh Waverley-Blackpool North
LOCOMOTIVES :- 37096 (GD). to Carstairs
81021 (GW) to Preston
40079 (LO) to Blackpool North
A busy scene at Stirling North, 47413 arrives with 1C89 Aberdeen – Carstairs mail whilst 37096 waits for the road after working tanks to Alloa on June 1st 1982
“Roaring beast” at rest. 81021 has screamed and howled most of the way from Euston to Northampton with 1B07 1718 “Cobbler” from Euston on September 9th 1985.
40181 and 40079 are on rare track for a passenger train in coming off the embankment on the far West of Kingmoor yard with RESL’s epic Waverly tour on October 13th 1984
LOAD :- 9 vehicles, 317 tons tare
TIMING LOAD :- D315. Waverley-Carstairs ; Preston-Blackpool North
E315 Carstairs-Preston
DEPART WAVERLEY :- 11.25 minutes late
ARRIVE HAYMARKET :- 11.75 minutes late
DEPART HAYMARKET :- 12.25 minutes late
ARRIVE CARSTAIRS :- 9.75 minutes late
DEPART CARSTAIRS :- 11 minutes late
ARRIVE CARLISLE ;- 10 minutes late
ARRIVE LANCASTER :- 10.5 minutes late
DEPART LANCASTER :- 5 minutes late
ARRIVE PRESTON :- 2 minutes late
DEPART PRESTON :- 2.5 minutes late
ARRIVE BLACKPOOL NORTH :- 1 minute late
0.00. Edinburgh Waverley. 0 0. 00 –
0.56. Haymarket Tunnel E 1. 51
1.18. Haymarket 3 3. 36
0.00 0 0 00
1.35. Slateford Junction 3 2. 47 31.5/37.5
1.67. Slateford 3. 16 43.5
SIGNAL STOP
4. 28) *0
4. 32)
2.60. Kingsknowe 7. 18 *7
5.11. Curriehill 11. 30 30.5/37/41/43/44
7.31. Ravelrig Junction 14. 19 45/47/46.5
8.83. Camps Junction 16. 06. 47/48.5/50
9.70. Midcalder 17. 06 53/53
SIGNALS 54.5/37.5
10.90. Midcalder Junction 18 19. 46 *14
31/36/39
14.95. Harburn 26. 55 41/41/41
18.01. Cobbinshaw 31 17. 42/42/42/45
21.16. Auchengray (4) 34. 07 53/62/69/72/73.5
25.31. Carnwath 37. 32 71/76.5/77/73.5/62
26.82. Dolphinton Junction 39. 15 26/27.5
27.12. Carstairs 44.5 41. 58 31/16/-
0.00 0 0. 00 –
0.45. Strawfrank Junction 1. 33 34.5
55/72/75
5.11. Thankerton 5. 28 80/87.5/90
6.77. Symington 6. 40. 86/85
10.38. Lamington 9 04 92.5/89/90.5/88/
86.5/87.5/
15.16. Abington 12.5 12. 42 90/90/91
18.45. Crawford 14. 31 90.5/88/83
21.00. Elvanfoot 16. 14 87.5/92
23.92. Beattock Summit 18.5 18. 13 87/86/86/87.5
28.22. Greskine 21. 09 89.5/91/91/87.5/89
33.77. Beattock 25.5 25. 26 95/91/92.5/69/47
PWS *40
39.11. Wamphray 29. 35 *46/63.5/78/86/90
41.83. Dinwoodie 31. 23 88/90.5/90
44.90. Nethercleuch 33. 35. 90/90/90/90
47.78. Lockerbie 34.5 35. 26 88/90
50.83. Castlemilk 37. 33 92.5/90
53.48. Ecclecfechan 39. 08 92.5/90
56.90. Kirtlebridge (4) 41. 25 93/87.5/88
60.61. Kirkpatrick 43. 57 88/90/90
63.45. Quintinshill 49 45. 44 90/89/90
65.04. Gretna Junction 50 46. 52 87.5/90
66.37. Mossband 47. 30 90
67.57. Floriston 48. 34 86/85
69.53. Rockcliffe 49. 53 90/90/91/
90/88/74.5/
SIGNAL STOP 36/
54. 11) *0
54. 27)
73.61. Carlisle 57.5 56. 33 –
0.00 0 0. 00 –
4.91. Wreay 4. 42
7.58. Southwaite 7. 33
SIGNALS
13.08. Plumpton 13. 44
SIGNALS
17.89. Penrith 20. 01
21.14. Eden Valley Junction 23. 11
26.12. Thrumby Grange Junc. 26. 48
29.39. Shap 29. 13
31.50. Shap Summit 30. 45
36.99. Tebay 34. 27
41.20. Low Gill 37. 41
42.99. Grayrigg 39. 10
44.87. Lambrigg Crossing 40. 26
SIGNALS
49.98. Oxenholme 47. 57
55.58. Milnthorpe 52. 14
58.37. Burton & Holme 54. 07
62.87. Carnforth 57. 04
66.08. Hest Bank 59. 09
67.21 Morecambe South Junction 60. 01
SIGNAL STOP
62. 25)
62. 56)
69.12. Lancaster 65 65. 34
0.00 0 0. 00
5.74. Bay Horse 6. 35
9.29. Scorton 9. 05
11.61. Garstang 10. 25
13.61. Brock 11. 39
16.24 Barton 13. 24
20.99. Preston 22 18. 56
0.00 0 0. 00
38/*20/37.5
5.21. Salwick 7. 46 45/50/58.5
64/60/62/
SIGNALS 40/*25
7.84. Kirkham & Wesham 11. 33 33
8.38. Kirkham North Junction 12. 25. 38
12.41. Singleton 16. 33. 47/52/58/67/69/63
14.39. Poulton-le-Fylde 18. 55 66/52/*20
15.56. Carleton 20. 55 39/43/43
16.40. Layton 22. 01. 48
SIGNAL STOP
24. 05) *0
26. 39)
17.56. Blackpool North 30. 26 19/-
Now for the return journey………
DATE :- Saturday June 28,1980
TRAIN :- 1S44. 1505 SO Blackpool North-Glasgow Central
LOCOMOTIVE :- 40143 (SP)
Apologies for quality but my only phot of power on the Carlisle avoider. 40143 is on chemical tanks heading North on May 24th 1982. We used to spend hours near this spot prior to starting Scottish rovers until the “avoider” was closed after May 84’s horrific runaway liner crash
LOAD :- 11 vehicles, 375 tons tare
TIMING LOAD :- D455
DEPART BLACKPOOL NORTH :- 4.75 minutes late
ARRIVE KIRKHAM & WESHAM :- 7.5 minutes late
DEPART KIRKHAM & WESHAM :- 7 minutes late
ARRIVE PRESTON :- 5.5 minutes late
0.00. Blackpool North 0 0. 00 –
SIGNALS
1.16. Layton 3. 52 22/*5/41.5
2.00. Carleton 5. 46 *19.5/23
3.17 Poulton-le-Fylde 8. 59 23.5/*20
5.15. Singleton 11. 58 34.5/43.5/46/51.5
7.45. Weeton 14. 24 55/56/58/58
9.18. Kirkham North Junction 16. 12 56/*19
9.72. Kirkham & Wesham 16 18. 43. 33/19.5/-
0.00 0 0. 00. –
2.63. Salwick 4. 13 29.5/44/52.5
57/60/62/64.5/
6.77. Maudland Viaduct 8. 53 66/64/33.5
7.84. Preston 12. 37 *15/22/-
DATE :- Saturday June 28,1980
TRAIN :- 1S61. 1408 New Street-Glasgow Central/Aberdeen
LOCOMOTIVE :- 87003 Patriot (WN)
87003 passes Leighton Buzzard with an up express on September 26th 1983. Everything has changed in this view, the station has been rebuilt with all the buildings flattened, the foreground tree, the footbridge the phot was taken from have gone too! 87003 survives in Bulgaria though…
LOAD :- 13 vehicles, 429 tons tare
TIMING LOAD :- E455
DEPART PRESTON :- 13 minutes late
ARRIVE LANCASTER :- 11.25 minutes late
DEPART LANCASTER :- 12.5 minutes late
ARRIVE CARLISLE :- 7.25 minutes late
0.00. Preston 0 0. 00 –
4.75. Barton 4. 53
7.38. Brock 6. 34
9.38. Garstang 7. 50
15.25. Bay Horse 11. 19
20.99. Lancaster 19 17. 16
0.00 0 0. 00 –
1.51. Morecambe South Junction 2. 58
3.04 Hest Bank 3. 49
4.40. Bolton-le-Sands 4. 41
6.24. Carnforth 5. 55
10.75. Burton & Holme 8. 44
13.54. Milnthorpe 10 56
19.14. Oxenholme 14. 16
24.25. Lambrigg Crossing 18. 03
26.13. Grayrigg 19. 26
27.92. Low Gill 20. 59
32.13. Tebay 24. 29
37.62. Shap Summit 28. 01
39.73. Shap 29. 30
43.00 Thrimby Grange Junction 31. 33
47.98. Eden Valley Junction 35. 01
51.23. Penrith 38. 51
56.04. Plumpton 42. 31
61.54. Southwaite 46. 42
64.21. Wreay 48. 15
68.02. Upperby Junction 50. 38
69.12. Carlisle 58 52. 44
DATE : Saturday, June 28,1980
TRAIN :- 1Z36. 1403 RELIEF New Street-Glasgow Central
LOCOMOTIVE : 85039 (CE)
Thanks to Glenn Jones for this fine view of 85039 at Glasgow Central on December 1st 1983
LOAD :- 9 vehicle, 299 tons tare
DEPART CARLISLE :- 7 minutes late
ARRIVE CARSTAIRS :- 9 minutes late
0.00. Carlisle 0 0. 00 –
40.5/53/59/
4.08. Rockcliffe 5. 18 64/67.5/75
6.04. Floriston 6. 41. 81.5/82/81.5
SIGNALS. *34.5
8.57. Gretna Junction 10. 18 54.5/62
10.16. Quintinshill 11. 46 66/76.5
13.00. Kirkpatrick 13. 39 85/87.5/86
16.71. Kirtlebridge 16. 08 90/90/93
20.13. Ecclefechan 18. 46 87/81.5/72
PWS *40 *46
25.83. Lockerbie 24 11 73.5/89/90
28.71. Nethercleuch 26. 04 91/95/92.5
31.73. Dinwoodie 28. 07 90/90/90/90
34.50. Wamphray 30. 00 89/86/87.5/90
39.74. Beattock 33. 41 90/87/5/81.5/84.5
86/85/82/
45.39. Greskine 37. 49 80/78/78
75/77/74.5/
49.69. Breattock Summit 41. 18 72/74.5
52.61. Elvanfoot 43. 22 84/86/88
55.16. Crawford 45. 11 81/86
57.85. Abington 47. 54 83/86/86/86
63.23. Lamington 50. 49 84/86/87.5
66.84. Symington 53. 22 87/5/84.5//83.5
68.50. Thankerton 54. 28 86/92/90/91
73.16. Strawfrank Junction 58. 44. 82/78/64/39
73.61. Carstairs 58 60. 04 –
DATE :- Saturday, June 28, 1980
TRAIN :- 1S58. 1525 SO Blackpool North-Edinburgh Waverley
LOCOMOTIVE:- 37096(GD)
LOAD :- 9 vehicles, 317 tons tare
TIMING LOAD :- D315
DEPART CARSTAIRS :- 4 minutes late
ARRIVE HAYMARKET :- 7 minutes early
DEPART HAYMARKET :- 6 minutes early
ARRIVE WAVERLEY :- 4.75 minutes early
0.00. Carstairs 0 0. 00. –
0.61. Carstairs East Junction 2. 19 29
1.71. Carnwath 3. 58 36.5/39/
45/51.5/
5.96. Auchengray (2) 8. 38 54/62/62
60.5/58
9.11. Cobbinshaw 11. 56 58/56/53.5
55.5/60/65.5/
12.17. Harburn 14. 47 69/72
16.22. Midcalder Junction 22.5 18. 22 67.5/69/71.5/62
17.42. Midcalder 19. 26 61/71.5
18.29. Camps Junction 20. 10 72
19.81. Ravelrig Junction 21. 41 73/72/72
22.01. Curriehill (4) 23. 18 73.5/76/68
24.52. Kingsknowe 25. 35 71.5/66/60.5/62
25.35. Slateford ((2.5)) 26. 35 61/52
25.77. Slateford Junction 38 27. 00 42
27.12. Haymarket 40.5 29. 37 42/38/-
0.00 0 0. 00 –
0.62. Haymarket Tunnel East 1. 40
1.18. Edinburgh Waverley 3 4. 17
(arrival at Waverley – PLATFORM 1)
The final “score” – 1 Class 37 ; 1 Class 81 ; 1 Class 87 ; 1 Class 85 + whist neither of the 40s were required they were rare enough to keep me happy!!
Thanks again to Jim Bourton for the memories and logs
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