Driver Phil’s 1978 moves

Driver Phil’s 1978 moves

Thanks to Ian Saunders for researching and compiling these classic moves

Monday 2nd January 1978

45101 06.50 Derby – St. Pancras……. Bedford – St. Pancras 49.75
302285+302287 Fenchurch Street (10.35) – Shoeburyness (12.03)…. Fenchurch Street – Shoeburyness (Via Tilbury Riverside, Southend Central) 46
302301+302305 Shoeburyness (13.00) – Southend Central (13.09)…. Shoeburyness – Southend Central 3.75
302290+302310 Southend Central (13.20) – Chalkwell (13.24)…. Southend Central – Chalkwell 1.75
302299+302309 Chalkwell (13.44) – Benfleet (13.52)…. Chalkwell – Benfleet 4.5
302294 Benfleet (14.12) – Tilbury Riverside (14.27)….. Benfleet – Tilbury Riverside 13
302250+302251 Tilbury Riverside (15.02) – Barking (15.27)…. Tilbury Riverside – Barking 15
302301+302305 Barking (16.53) – Fenchurch Street (17.06) ….Barking – Fenchurch Street 7
45141 18.20 St. Pancras – Leicester…. St. Pancras – Bedford 49.75

Notes:
Timings don’t match the timetable, assume Bank holiday service, listed as per Phil’s timings.

Saturday 21st January 1978

45141 11.10 Nottingham – St. Pancras…..Bedford – St. Pancras 49.75
45123 17.16 St. Pancras – Nottingham…..St. Pancras – Bedford 49.75

Saturday 28th January 1978 – “Merrymaker Trip A1” Euston – Wembley Central – Mystery Destination

DMU 05.45 Kettering – St. Pancras…. Bedford – St. Pancras 49.75

86248 Euston (08.15) – Birmingham NS (10.24)….. Euston – Birmingham NS 113.25
47446 Birmingham NS (10.34) – Cheltenham (11.20)…..Birmingham NS – Cheltenham 45.50

47537 09.23 Paddington – Worcester Shrub Hill…. Cheltenham – Worcester Shrub Hill 21.5
45040 12.23 Manchester Pic – Taunton…… Worcester Shrub Hill – Cheltenham 21.5

47446 Cheltenham (16.53) – Birmingham NS (19.57)…… Cheltenham – Birmingham NS
(Via Kemble, Swindon, Foxhall Jn.,
Oxford, Tyseley) 142.5
86248 Birmingham NS (20.07) – Euston (22.23)….. Birmingham NS – Euston 113.25 5043 23.14 Charing Cross – Sevenoaks Charing Cross – Grove Park 9

Notes:
No record of the DMU cars.

Sunday 29th January 1978 – R.P.P.R. “The Deltic Dragon”

5181 Grove Park (06.58) – Charing Cross (07.20)…..Grove Park – Charing Cross 9

55018 Paddington – Cardiff Central…. (Via Oxford, Evesham, Worcester Shrub Hill, Gloucester) 205
20030+20142 Cardiff Central – Treherbert…. (Via Leckwith Jn., Radyr, Pontypridd) 23.25
20030+20142 Treherbert – Cardiff Central….. (Via Pontypridd, Radyr, Leckwith Jn.) 23.25
55018 Cardiff Central – Paddington …..(Via Gloucester, Kemble, Swindon) 170.25 47531 20.30 St. Pancras – Derby St. Pancras – Bedford 49.75

Saturday 18th February 1978

50391+56452 15.00 Bedford St. Johns – Bletchley… Bedford St. Johns – Bletchley 16
50387+56148 17.20 Bletchley – Bedford St. Johns….Bletchley – Bedford St. Johns 16

Saturday 25th March 1978

51618+59595+59616+51631 11.10 Bedford – St. Pancras…. Bedford – St. Pancras 49.75
306065+306083+306089 12.58 Liverpool St. – Gidea Park…. Liverpool St. – Stratford 4
307108+307113 12.45 Southend Vic. – Liverpool St…… Stratford – Liverpool St. 4
61188+70188+75188 14.14 Broad St. – Richmond….Broad St. – Willesden Junction HL 10.75
61148+70148+75148 14.34 Watford Junction – Euston…. Willesden Junction LL – Queens Park 1.75
45111 17.16 St. Pancras – Nottingham…. St. Pancras – Bedford 49.75

Saturday 1st April 1978

51630+59607+59614+51631 05.45 Kettering – St. Pancras….. Bedford – St. Pancras 49.75
47523 08.15 Kings Cross – Leeds….. Kings Cross – Wakefield Westgate 175.75
51425+51504 11.32 Wakefield Westgate – Huddersfield….Wakefield Westgate – Huddersfield
(Via Wakefield Kirkgate) 15
51960+51975+59768+51965 11.10 Liverpool – Hull….. Huddersfield – Leeds 17
51951+51978+59770+51966 12.10 Liverpool – York….. Leeds – York 25.25
47433 12.15 Kings Cross – Aberdeen…… York – Edinburgh 205
55021 20.40 Edinburgh – Kings Cross….. Edinburgh – Kings Cross
(Via York, Ferrybridge North Jn.,
Knottingley, Shaftholme Jn., Doncaster) 395.25

Sunday 2nd April 1978 – Lee Valley Railway Club “Atlantic Coast Express”

33105 t&t 33108 Waterloo – Meeth…. (Via Salisbury, Exeter St. Davids, Meldon Quarry, Crediton) 276
33105 t&t 33108 Meeth – Waterloo… (Via Crediton, Exeter St. Davids, Salisbury) 234.75 86035 23.35 Euston – Perth….. Euston – Mossend Yard 391

Monday 3rd April 1978

47493 23.35 (PN) Euston – 08.02 Perth….. Mossend Yard – Perth 59.25
40034 Perth (09.13) – Glasgow QS (10.22)…… Perth – Glasgow QS 62.5
86261 11.23 Glasgow – Birmingham NS…… Glasgow – Crewe 243.25
25043 16.00 Crewe – Cardiff….. Crewe – Cardiff Central 138.75
43033+43050 18.43 Swansea – Paddington…… Cardiff Central – Paddington 145.25

Tuesday 4th April 1978

47166 00.05 Paddington – Penzance……. Paddington – Penzance
(Via Bristol TM) 325.25
50027+50030 08.35 Penzance – Paddington….. Penzance – Par 44.75
47166 10.20 Penzance – Leeds….. Par – Plymouth 34.5
46026 10.20 Penzance – Leeds….. Plymouth – Taunton 83
47119+46026 10.20 Penzance – Leeds…… Taunton – Bristol TM 44.75
43024+43025 16.00 Bristol TM – Paddington…… Bristol TM – Paddington 118.5
45131 18.20 St. Pancras – Leicester….. St. Pancras – Bedford 49.75

Wednesday 5th April 1978

50075+59504+50893 05.45 Kettering – St. Pancras….. Bedford – St. Pancras 49.75
55018 08.00 Kings Cross – Edinburgh….. Kings Cross – Edinburgh 393
27112 t&t 27211 14.30 Edinburgh – Glasgow QS…. Edinburgh – Glasgow QS
(Via Falkirk Grahamston) 48.5
51022+79470+51042 17.25 Glasgow – Stranraer Harbour….. Glasgow – Stranraer Harbour 101
47443 22.00 Stranraer Harbour – Euston….. Stranraer Harbour – Carlisle 166.25

Notes:
Class 117 trailer car 59504 shown on railcar.co.uk as based at Cricklewood from November 1977 to November 1978.
Phil notes that the 14.30 Edinburgh – Glasgow QS ran via Falkirk Grahamston, the timetable has it booked via Falkirk High (14.55).

Thursday 6th April 1978

86037 22.00 (PN) Stranraer Harbour – Euston….. Carlisle – Euston 299
43011+43051 09.15 Paddington – Swansea….. Paddington – Swansea 191
37191 12.12 Swansea – Fishguard Harbour…… Swansea – Carmarthen 33.5
37176 12.12 Swansea – Fishguard Harbour…… Carmarthen – Fishguard Harbour 41.5
37176 15.03 Fishguard Harbour – Swansea….. Fishguard Harbour – Swansea 72.5
43048+43049 17.43 Swansea – Paddington….. Swansea – Cardiff Central 45.5
46039 20.05 Cardiff Central – Crewe…. Cardiff Central – Crewe 138.75

Friday 7th April 1978

47439 02.18 Crewe – Holyhead……. Crewe – Holyhead 105.5
47439 06.35 Holyhead – Euston……Holyhead – Crewe 105.5
86218 08.10 Birmingham NS – Glasgow/Edinburgh…… Crewe – Carstairs 214.5
47494 12.10 Carstairs – Edinburgh….. Carstairs – Edinburgh
(Portion off 08.10 ex Birmingham NS) 28.75
47521 13.47 Edinburgh – Kings Cross…… Edinburgh – Kings Cross 393
45111 20.17 St. Pancras – Derby…… St. Pancras – Bedford 49.75

Monday 1st May 1978

45055+45146 11.10 Nottingham – St. Pancras….. Bedford – St. Pancras 49.75
45121 15.20 St. Pancras – 15.40 Cricklewood ECS…. St. Pancras – Cricklewood 5
45119 16.05 Cricklewood – 16.20 St. Pancras ECS….. Cricklewood – St. Pancras 5
45119 17.26 St. Pancras – Derby….. St. Pancras – Kettering 72
47456 21.25 Kettering – 22.50 St. Pancras….. Kettering – St. Pancras 72

Notes:
45121/45119/47456 all shown in black which was Phil’s code for “worked on”. I assume this was an unofficial trip out with a friendly driver as this was before Phil started on the railway.
Nothing in 1978 timetable or WTT to identify 47456’s working.

Tuesday 2nd May 1978

45123 00.05 St. Pancras – Sheffield….. St. Pancras – Bedford 49.75

Friday 5th May 1978 – Sunday 7th May 1978

DMU 20.11 Bedford St. Johns – Bletchley…. Bedford St. Johns – Bletchley 16

        Merrymaker Trip to Penzance

86034 Bletchley (21.47) – Mitre Bridge Jn. (00.02)….. Bletchley – Mitre Bridge Jn. 41.75
47266 Mitre Bridge Jn. (00.10) – Penzance (07.10)…. Mitre Bridge Jn. – Penzance
(Via Westbury) 307
47266 Penzance (21.10) – Plymouth (23.00)……. Penzance – Plymouth 79.5
46032 Plymouth (23.32) – Bristol TM (02.05)…….Plymouth – Bristol TM 127.5
47063 Bristol TM (03.30) – Newbury (06.15)…. Bristol TM – Newbury
(Via Hawkeridge Jn.) 77
47476+47063 Newbury (07.04) – Kensington Olympia ((08.15)….. Newbury – Kensington Olympia 38
47269 Kensington Olympia (08.54) – Mitre Bridge Jn. (09.03)
Kensington Olympia – Mitre Bridge Jn. 2.5
81013 Mitre Bridge (09.10) – Bletchley (10.20)…. Mitre Bridge Jn. – Bletchley 41.75

Notes:
Unable to find a ticket for this Merrymaker. Phil has 47476 shown as assisting 47063, times as per Phil’s file.
No record of the DMU from Bedford – Bletchley.

Sunday 18th June 1978

51618+59598+59642+51636 06.20 Bedford – St. Pancras Bedford – St. Pancras 49.75

        R.P.P.R. “The Doncaster Detour”

50016 Paddington – Birmingham NS…. (Via Oxford, Worcester Shrub Hill, Barnt Green) 146.5
20186+20187 Birmingham NS – Doncaster…. (Via Derby, Chesterfield, Beighton Jn., Rotherham) 94
20186+20187 Doncaster – Birmingham NS…. (Via Rotherham, Beighton Jn., Chesterfield, Derby) 94
50016 Birmingham NS – Paddington…. (Via Tyseley, Oxford) 130

45022 23.05 St. Pancras – Nottingham… St. Pancras – Bedford 49.75

Friday 11th August 1978

45106 23.05 St. Pancras – Nottingham….. Bedford – Loughborough 61.75

Saturday 12th August 1978

45141 23.59 (PN) Sheffield – St. Pancras….. Loughborough – St. Pancras 111.5
47542 05.50 Kings Cross – Aberdeen…… Kings Cross – Doncaster 156
50253+59073+50265 07.23 Hull – Manchester Pic…. Doncaster – Sheffield 18.25
40023 08.43 Manchester – Skegness…. Sheffield – Skegness (Via Lincoln) 112.5
20141+20158 13.02 Skegness – Derby….. Skegness – Derby 94
46047 14.39 Leeds – Plymouth…… Derby – Birmingham NS 41
47029 15.21 Liverpool – Poole….. Birmingham NS – Birmingham Int. 8.5
86256 17.29 Wolverhampton – Euston………. Birmingham Int. – Euston 104.75
310080 19.35 Euston – Milton Keynes….. Euston – Watford Junction 17.5
86023 16.07 Llandudno – Euston…. Watford Junction – Euston 17.5
86244 22.15 Euston – Glasgow…. Euston – Crewe 158

Sunday 13th August 1978

47445 22.15 (PN) Euston – Glasgow……. Crewe – Preston (Via Manchester Pic,
Golborne Jn., Drag 86244) 67.75
86244 Preston – Carlisle 90
47550 Carlisle – Glasgow (Via Kilmarnock) 115.25
27105 t&t 27208 09.00 Glasgow QS – Edinburgh…. Glasgow QS – Edinburgh
(Via Winchburgh Jn, & Dalmeny (reverse)) 49.5
43085+43092 10.10 Edinburgh – Kings Cross…. Edinburgh – Kings Cross 393
1012 17.45 Charing Cross – Hastings….. Charing Cross – Orpington 13.75
5348 18.01 Sevenoaks – Charing Cross…. Orpington – Grove Park 4.75
5184 20.56 Gillingham – Charing Cross….. Lewisham – Charing Cross 6
86023 23.35 Euston – Perth….. Euston – Mossend Yard 391

Monday 14th August 1978

47469 23.35 (PN) Euston – Perth….. Mossend Yard – Gleneagles 43.5
25085+26008 06.57 Dundee – Glasgow QS……. Gleneagles – Glasgow QS 46.75
27105 t&t 27208 09.00 Glasgow QS – Edinburgh….. Glasgow QS – Edinburgh 47.25
47431 10.21 Edinburgh – Carstairs….. Edinburgh – Carstairs
(Portion for 10.35 Glasgow – Manchester Vic. / Liverpool) 28.75
87005 10.35 Glasgow – Manchester Vic. / Liverpool…… Carstairs – Preston 163.75
47540 13.36 Preston – Liverpool….. Preston – Liverpool (Via Wigan NW)
(Portion off 10.35 from Glasgow – Manchester Vic. / Liverpool) 37
46036 15.10 Liverpool – Newcastle…. Liverpool – Newcastle
(Via Manchester Vic., Leeds, York) 180.25
55014 15.00 Kings Cross – Aberdeen……. Newcastle – Edinburgh
(At least 20 late) 124.5
55021 19.30 Aberdeen – Kings Cross…… Edinburgh – Kings Cross 393

Tuesday 15th August 1978

7315 07.05 Victoria – Three Bridges….. Victoria – East Croydon 10.5
33042 07.29 East Croydon – East Grinstead….. East Croydon – Hurst Green 11
1117+1123+1316 07.53 East Grinstead – London Bridge…. Hurst Green – East Croydon 11
7313 08.00 Gatwick Airport – Victoria….. East Croydon – Victoria 10.5
86246 09.30 Euston – Holyhead……..Euston – Crewe 158
47483 Crewe – Holyhead 105.5
47483 15.04 Holyhead – Manchester Vic….. Holyhead – Warrington BQ 102.5
86243 17.47 Preston – Crewe…… Warrington BQ – Crewe 24
87027 18.12 Manchester – Euston…… Crewe – Stafford 24.5
86258 18.55 Birmingham NS – Liverpool….. Stafford – Crewe 24.5
86259 17.54 Carlisle – Euston…… Crewe – Rugby 75.5
85010 20.55 Euston – Stranraer Harbour….. Rugby – Carlisle 216.5

Wednesday 16th August 1978

47529 20.55 (PN) Euston – Stranraer Harbour……. Carlisle – Stranraer Harbour 166.25
51018+59392+51038 07.27 Stranraer Harbour – Glasgow….. Stranraer Harbour – Ayr 59
51015+59411+51036+51018+59392+51038
07.27 Stranraer Harbour – Glasgow….. Ayr – Glasgow 41.25
47211 10.35 Glasgow QS – Inverness…… Glasgow QS – Perth 62.5
27018 10.44 Glasgow QS – Dundee….. Perth – Dundee 20.75
40074 11.17 Aberdeen – Glasgow QS… Dundee – Glasgow QS 83.25
25083 14.44 Glasgow QS – Dundee…. Glasgow QS – Dundee 83.25
47550 15.30 Aberdeen – Glasgow QS…. Dundee – Stirling 54.25
47272 17.35 Glasgow QS – Aberdeen…. Stirling – Montrose 85
47166 19.30 Aberdeen – Kings Cross….. Montrose – Dundee 31.25
40074 19.50 Aberdeen – Glasgow QS…. Dundee – Perth 20.75
26022+26024 22.20 Perth – Euston…. Perth – Mossend Yard 59.5

Notes:
26042 and 27019 both noted as banking Glasgow QS – Cowlairs West Jn, one on the 10.35 and one on the 14.44. Unable to say which loco banked which service.

Thursday 17th August 1978

81022 22.20 (PN) Perth – Euston….. Mossend Yard – Euston 391
47503 08.04 Kings Cross – Hull….. Kings Cross – Hull (Via Doncaster) 197
51953+51973+51976+59769+51961 11.45 Hull – Liverpool….. Hull – Selby 31
47432 10.04 Kings Cross – York….. Selby – York 13.5
47410 10.50 Kings Cross – Newcastle….. York – Newcastle 80.5
51205+56071 15.00 Newcastle – South Shields….. Newcastle – Pelaw 3.5
51211+56093 14.56 Sunderland – Newcastle….. Pelaw – Newcastle 3.5
55015 11.55 Kings Cross – Aberdeen…… Newcastle – Edinburgh 124.5
47546 11.55 Kings Cross – Aberdeen…… Edinburgh – Montrose 89.75
40115 19.30 Aberdeen – Kings Cross…… Montrose – Dundee 31.25
40087 19.50 Aberdeen – Glasgow QS…… Dundee – Perth 20.75
26008+26030 22.20 Perth – Euston…… Perth – Mossend Yard 59.5

Friday 18th August 1978

86015 22.20 (PN) Perth – Euston….. Mossend Yard – Euston 391
43078+43079 07.40 Kings Cross – Newcastle….. Kings Cross – Newcastle 268.5
50373+56121 11.15 Newcastle – Sunderland….. Newcastle – Felling 2.25
51221+56374 14.26 Sunderland – Newcastle….. Felling – Newcastle 2.25
47520 15.28 Newcastle – Kings Cross…… Newcastle – Kings Cross 268.5
45118 20.17 St. Pancras – Derby….. St. Pancras – Bedford 49.75

Monday 21st August 1978

45102 07.34 Bedford – St. Pancras…… Bedford – St. Pancras 49.75
50050 09.35 Paddington – Penzance….. Paddington – Penzance 305.25
50050 16.07 Penzance – Paddington……. Penzance – Plymouth 79.5
50004 Plymouth – Paddington 225.75
47521 23.45 Kings Cross – Aberdeen…… Kings Cross – Edinburgh 393

Tuesday 22nd August 1978

43078+43079 08.10 Edinburgh – Kings Cross….. Edinburgh – Darlington 160.5
50219+56375 10.47 Darlington – Saltburn….. Darlington – Thornaby 11.5
50178+59104+50182 10.55 Saltburn – Darlington….. Thornaby – Darlington 11.5
46009 09.40 Edinburgh – Plymouth….. Darlington – York 44
50275+59232+50280 13.50 York – Leeds….. York – Leeds 25.25
51820+59813+51833 14.50 Leeds – Bradford Exchange….. Leeds – Bradford Exchange 9.25
51813+59709+51832 14.15 Manchester Victoria – Leeds…. Bradford Exchange – Leeds 9.25
50198+56220 16.20 Leeds – Huddersfield….. Leeds – Huddersfield 17
50198+56220 17.40 Huddersfield – Wakefield Westgate…. Huddersfield – Wakefield Westgate
(Via Wakefield Kirkgate) 15
55019 17.30 Leeds – Kings Cross…. Wakefield Westgate – Kings Cross 175.5
86031 22.35 Euston – Perth…. Euston – Mossend Yard 391

Wednesday 23rd August 1978

47216 22.35 (PN) Euston – Perth….. Mossend Yard – Perth 59.25
25068 07.38 Dundee – Glasgow QS….. Perth – Glasgow ~QS 62.5
87020 10.10 Glasgow – Euston….. Glasgow – Preston 192.25
87033 11.04 Barrow – Crewe….. Preston – Crewe 51
87022 13.12 Manchester – Euston….. Crewe – Rugby 75.5
310067 14.20 Birmingham NS – Euston….. Rugby – Bletchley (Via Northampton) 38.25
50390+56146 16.10 Bletchley – Bedford….. Bletchley – Bedford 16

Thursday 24th August 1978

51596+59606+59636+51642 09.10 Bedford – St. Pancras….. Bedford – St. Pancras 49.75
55021 10.55 Kings Cross – Edinburgh….. Kings Cross – Edinburgh 393
47553 11.55 Kings Cross – Aberdeen…… Edinburgh – Montrose 89.75
47414 19.30 Aberdeen – Kings Cross….. Montrose – Dundee 30.5
47269 19.50 Aberdeen – Glasgow QS….. Dundee – Perth 20.75
47090 22.20 Perth – Euston….. Perth – Mossend Yard 59.25

Friday 25th August 1978

86001 22.20 (PN) Perth – Euston….. Mossend Yard – Euston 390.75
43024+43025 08.20 Paddington – Bristol TM….. Paddington – Bristol TM 118.5
51062+59421+51090 10.28 Bristol TM – Cardiff….. Bristol TM – Cardiff 38.25
43012+43013 11.42 Swansea – Paddington…. Cardiff – Paddington 145.25
45107 16.22 St. Pancras – Derby…. St. Pancras – Bedford 49.75

Sunday 27th August 1978

51613+59614+59645+51622 07.20 Bedford – St. Pancras….. Bedford – St. Pancras 49.75

        D.A.A. & D.E.G. “Vulcan Voyager”

50044 Victoria – Weymouth (Via Clapham Junction, Point Pleasant Jn., East Putney, Wimbledon) 143
50044 Weymouth – Westbury 58.75
37158+37231 Westbury – Bristol TM 28
37270+37289 Bristol TM – Birmingham NS 89.75
20150+20152 Birmingham NS – Victoria (Via Tyseley, Reading, Kensington Olympia, Latchmere Jn.) 135

45105 23.05 St. Pancras – Nottingham……. St. Pancras – Bedford 49.75

Friday 8th September 1978

51591+59594+59643+51633 09.10 Bedford – St. Pancras…… Bedford – St. Pancras 49.75
47485 12.04 St. Pancras – Derby….. St. Pancras – Bedford 49.75

Saturday 16th September 1978

51603+5961459645+51613 05.05 Bedford – St. Pancras….. Bedford – St. Pancras 49.75

        Thompson B1 Loco Society “The Three Way special”

25061+25245 Marylebone – Nuneaton (Via Banbury & Coventry) 108.75
40186 Nuneaton – Rotherwood (Via Leicester, Derby, Sheffield, Woodburn Jn.) 89.5
76025+76028 Rotherwood – Manchester Pic. (Via Penistone, Woodhead) 45.75
76025+76028 Manchester Pic. – Rotherwood (Via Woodhead, Penistone) 45.75
40186 Rotherwood – Harwich PQ (Via Worksdop, Lincoln, Spalding, March, Ipswich) 188.5
40186 Harwich PQ – Liverpool St. 68.75

45136 23.30 St. Pancras – Sheffield……. St. Pancras – Bedford 49.75

Saturday 4th November 1978

51619+59616+59637+51635 05.05 Bedford – St. Pancras…. Bedford – St. Pancras 49.75

        R.P.P.R. “The Lincolnshire Coaster”

45008 Paddington – Doncaster (Via Greenford South Jn., Ealing Broadway, Acton Wells Jn.,
Brent Curve Jn., Leicester, Toton, Sheffield) 187.75
37024+37252 Doncaster – Barnetby 34.25
20029+20144 Barnetby – Cleethorpes (Via Ulceby, Immingham, Marsh East Jn.) 22
37024+37252 Cleethorpes – Barnetby – Lincoln Pelham Street Jn. 46.75
45008 Lincoln Pelham Street Jn. – St. Albans (Via Newark Castle, Nottingham) 139.5

47450 20.20 St. Pancras – Derby….. St. Albans – Bedford 29.75