John Williams is a keen rail enthusiast who was Maidenhead based for much of the 70’s. Here he headed the Maidenhead Grammar School Railway Society where he took groups of 20 plus kids to depots across the country by train and bus. A good few overnights feature, many Deltics. His wife came from Caerphilly which explains the many Reading – Cardiff trips. In 1982 John moved to Leighton Buzzard where he still resides, a good few Cobbler moves and his annual Midland Railrover trips saw more, sometimes exotic haulages. He was never a basher but remains a top rail enthusiast though…Give him a wave passing Linslade allotments where he keeps an eye for rarer WCML workings
From his detailed spotting records i have put together his 196 loco haulages (1975-79) adding train travelled on (something John didn’t record) where available today on various gen websites.
47193 Prestatyn – Crewe 040175
86018 Crewe – Birmingham NS 040175
47475 Birmingham NS – Reading (W35004) 040175
45125 St Pancras – Derby (M5502) 170275
86208 Crewe -Birmingham NS 170275
47096 Birmingham NS – Reading 170275
31118 Maidenhead – Paddington 190275
55016 Kings X – Leeds 220375
46018 York – Birmingham NS 220375
47015 Birmingham NS – Reading 220375
47472 Reading – Cardiff (W6132) 280375
55003 Kings X – Edinburgh (M25336) 25/260475
27204} Edinburgh – Glasgow QS xxxx Edinburgh – Glasgow (Sc9397) 260475
27110}
47427 Glasgow C – Carlisle xxxx Glasgow – Euston (M24446) 260475
50012 Carlisle – Crewe (via Chorley, Wigan) xxxx Glasgow – Euston 270475
47012 Lostock H – Wigan xxxx Glasgow – Euston 270475
85030 Crewe – Euston xxxx Glasgow – Euston 270475
45137 St Pancras – Sheffield 1E40 0750 St Pancras – Sheffield (M5749) 070675
45137 at St Pancras with 1E40 0750 St Pancras – Sheffield on June 7th 1975
47480 Sheffield – Birmingham NS 070675
47257 Birmingham NS – Reading xxxx Birmingham – Paddington 070675
47511 Reading – Cardiff xxxx Padd – Cardiff 180775
47502 Cardiff – Swansea xxxx Padd – Swansea (W19095) 240775
47035 Swansea – Carmarthen (W29982) SW-CM 240775
47484 Swansea – Cardiff xxxx Swansea – Padd 240775
47490 Cardiff – Newport xxxx Cardiff – Padd 250775
47510 Newport – Cardiff xxxx Padd – Swansea 250775
47443 Chester – Prestatyn xxxx Euston – Holyhead 260775
40174 Prestatyn – Chester xxxx Holyhead – Manchester Vic 280775
24092 Prestatyn – Chester xxxx Llandudno – Man Vic (M4993) 290775
25287 Chester – Prestatyn xxxx Crewe – Llandudno (M5500) 290775
47034 Prestatyn – Crewe xxxx Holyhead – Crewe (E26154) 030875
47267 Crewe – Reading? (E4454) 030875
86256 Euston – Crewe xxxx Euston – Liverpool 200975
82007 Crewe – Birmingham NS 1035 Glasgow – Birmingham 200975
87015 then unnamed at New St on September 20th 1975
47490 Birmingham New St – Reading xxxx Birmingham – Padd 200975
1057 Maidenhead – Penzance 1Z15 Padd – Penzance Adex (and back) 041075
1057 “Western Chieftain” at Penzance prior to returning to Paddington with the ADEX on October 4th 1975
55022 Kings X – Doncaster 1S16 0800 Kings X – Edinburgh 311075
47526 Doncaster – Wakefield W xxxx Kings X – Leeds 311075
47519 Wakefield W – Leeds xxxx Kings X – Leeds 311075
45026 Leeds – Birmingham New St xxxx Leeds – Swansea 311075
31257 Birmingham New St – Reading xxxx Birmingham – Padd 311075
47166 Maidenhead – York 1Z58 Padd – York Adex (W25199) (and back) 011175
1048 Maidenhead – Cardiff 1Z33 Padd – Cardiff Adex (W26125) (and back) 081175
47060 Maidenhead – Hull xxxx Padd – Hull Adex (and back) 151175
47526 Kings X – York xxxx Kings X – Newcastle (E 6140) 291175
45009 York – Darlington 291175
46050 Darlington – Birmingham NS 291175
47104 Birmingham New St – Reading 291175
47129 Slough – Birmingham NS xxxx Padd – Liverpool Adex (W9475) (and back) 061275
86025 Birmingham NS – Liverpool xxxx Padd – Liverpool Adex 061275
81014 Liverpool – Birmingham NS xxxx Liverpool – Padd rtn Adex 061275
47105 Reading – Birmingham NS xxxx Padd – Birmingham NS (M4947) 231275
86232 Birmingham NS – Crewe 231275
47450 Prestatyn – Crewe xxxx Bangor – Euston (M5246) 291275
47134 Cardiff – Reading xxx Cardiff – Padd (W4761) via Glos 040176
55019 Kings X – Doncaster 1S16 0800 Kings X – Edinburgh (E9425) 240176
40080 Grimsby T – Kings X 1A34 1738 Cleethorpes – Kings X (E5400) 240176
47254 Reading – Cardiff (W25958) 270376
47013 Cardiff – Reading 270376
55010 Kings X – Edinburgh (overnight) 300476
27107/27209 Edinburgh – Haymarket (Sc 9395) 010576
27208/27103 Haymarket – Glasgow QS 010576
47467 Central – Carlisle xxxx Glasgow – Euston (overnight) 010576
85034 Carlisle – Crewe xxxx Glasgow – Euston (overnight) 010576
81014 Crewe – Euston xxxx Glasgow – Euston (overnight) 020576
47508 Reading – Cardiff (W5821) xxxx Padd – Cardiff 220576
47531 Reading – Oxford (M4857) 290576
45118 St Pancras – Sheffield 120676
55022 Doncaster – Kings X 1A35 1740 Bradford – Kings X 120676
45129 St Pancras – Nottingham (M5593) 040976
45127 Nottingham – Chesterfield 040976
45075 Chesterfield – Birmingham NS 040976
47110 Birmingham NS -Reading (W9468) 040976
33112 Reading – Eastleigh 050976
47087 Slough – Paddington 011076
55004 Kings X – Newcastle 161076
45024 Darlington – Birmingham NS 161076
47031 Birmingham NS – Reading 161076
31225 Kings X – Cambridge 281076
31176 Ely – March 281076
47257 Maidenhead – Norwich xxxx Reading – Norwich adex (via CW) and back 301076
47502 Reading – Birmingham NS 131176
86014 Birmingham NS – Manchester Picc (via Crewe) 131176
86005 Manchester – Birmingham NS 131176
46021 Birmingham NS – Sheffield 041276
45010 Sheffield – Leeds 041276
55005 Doncaster – Kings X 041276
31251 Padd – Maidenhead 081276
47512 Cardiff – Reading xxxx Swansea – Padd 281276
47475 Reading – Birmingham NS 030177
86259 Birmingham NS – Crewe 030177
47443 Colwyn Bay – Crewe (M35332) 080177
86260 Crewe – Birmingham NS (M9438) 080177
47028 Birmingham NS – Reading 080177
45141 St Pancras – Derby 220177
45119 Derby – Birmingham NS 220177
86216 Birmingham NS – Euston 220177
55002 Kings X – Wakefield W (E6158) 250277
47544 Wakefield W – Leeds 250277
45062 Sheffield – Birmingham NS (E5227) 250277
50046 Birmingham NS – Reading 250277
47120 Maidenhead – Kensington O Reading – Hastings Adex 150477
33048 Kensington O – Hastings (via Ashford) 150477
55021 Kings X – Edinburgh 29/300477
27211/27103 Edinburgh – Haymarket (Sc 9395) 300477
27201/27102 Haymarket – Glasgow QS (Sc 5152) 300477
Always a special sight, 87101 then an unnamed celebrity at Glasgow Central on April 30th 1977
47472 Glasgow C – Carlisle xxxx Glasgow – Euston 300477
86038 Carlisle – Euston xxxx Glasgow – Euston 300477
47114 Colchester – Liverpool St xxxx Norwich – Liverpool St 020777
55010 Kings X – York (E14159) 0745 Kings X – Edinburgh 090777
45042 York – Darlington (M24893) 090777
45042 Darlington – New St 090777
47501 New St – Reading (W5452) 090777
47028 Reading – New St (W4773) 270777
86234 New St – Crewe 270777
47197 Crewe – Llandudno 270777
47034 Reading – Basingstoke (M5514) 230877
33032 Basingstoke – Salisbury 230877
47511 Reading – Cardiff (W6068) 290877
45102 St Pancras – Chesterfield 100977
47105 Chesterfield – Derby (M25882) 100977
45130 Derby – New St (M6042) 100977
47129 New St – Reading 100977
86214 Euston – Crewe (M12113) 240977
86212 Liverpool – Birmingham NS (M4949) 240977
47122 Birmingham – Reading (W5460) 240977
31273} Reading – Birmingham NS (W26068) 151077
31117)
46013 Gloucester – Birmingham NS (M5026) 261077
47476 Birmingham NS – Reading (M5272) 261077
47093 Slough – Plymouth Adex (W26077) (and back?) 051177
47498 Slough – Birmingham NS (W25583) 121177
81009 Birmingham NS – Manchester Picc (via Crewe) 121177
86211 Manchester Picc – Birmingham NS (W5078) 121177
55022 Kings X – Doncaster 1S16 0800 Kings X – Edinburgh 261177
47523 Grimsby – Kings X 1A34 1737 Cleethorpes – Kings X (E5909) 261177
50050 Slough – Paddington (W5861) 291277
87033 Euston – Wigan NW (M12028) 210178
85014 Manchester Picc – Birmingham NS (M4957) 210178
47536 Birmingham N – Reading (W9467) 210178
47131 Reading – Norwich (Via Cambridge) (W13298) 040278 (and back)
47002 Paddington – Slough (W26065) 160278
47131 Slough – Cardiff (W26109) 180278
47254 Cardiff – Slough 180278
47080 Slough – Doncaster 1Z00 0700 Cleethorpes – Doncaster Adex (W26098) 040378 (and back)
45125 St Pancras – Sheffield (M5804) 110378
47550 Sheffield – Birmingham NS (W5490) 1V93 1000 Edinburgh – Plymouth 110378
86254 Birmingham NS – Euston (M6018) 110378
47518 Kings X – Edinburgh (E4518) overnight 28/290478
27201} Edinburgh – Falkirk H 290778
27108}
47435 Glas C – Carlisle, via Kilmarnock xxxx Glasgow C – Euston (overnight) 290478
86239 Crewe – Euston xxxx Glasgow C – Euston (overnight) 300478
47032 Maidenhead – Paddington (W5475) 180678
55019 York – Darlington (E5700) 080778
45070 Darlington – Birmingham NS (E5218) 080778
47059 Birmingham NS – Reading (W5436) 080778
47001 Maidenhead – Mitre Br Jn (W26075) Reading – Colwyn Bay Adex 090778
81012 Mitre Br Jn – Crewe (via BNS) Reading – Colwyn Bay Adex 090778
47251 Crewe – Colwyn Bay (and back) Reading – Colwyn Bay Adex 090778
83015 Crewe – Mitre Br Jn Colwyn Bay – Reading rtn Adex 090778
47026 Mitre Br Jn – Maidenhead Colwyn Bay – Reading rtn Adex 090778
50008 Reading – Totnes (W6121) 290878
47496 Totnes – Reading (W6072) 290878
25245} Marylebone – Nuneaton (via Cov) 1Z30 Marylebone – Manchester Railtour 160978
25061}
40186 Nuneaton – Rotherwood (via Derby, Sheff) 1Z30 Marylebone – Manchester Railtour 160978
76028} Rotherwood – Man Picc 1Z30 Marylebone – Manchester Railtour 160978
76025}
76028 and 76025 are caught here at Manchester Picc after the tour was shunt released for the “Tommies” to return to Rotherwood with the “Three Way Special” tour on September 16th 1979
76025} Man Picc – Rotherwood 1Z30 Manchester – Liverpool St Rtn RT 160978
76028}
40186 Rotherwood – Harwich PQ (via Lincoln, March)1Z30 Manchester – Liverpool St rtn RT 160978
40186 Harwich PQ – Liverpool St 1Z30 Manchester – Liverpool St rtn RT 160978
87004 Euston – Liverpool LS (M12086) 071078
86036 Wigan NW – Crewe (M5564) 071078
86030 Crewe – Birmingham NS (M3315) 071078
47115 Birmingham NS – Reading (M25814) 071078
45135 Gloucester – Birmingham NS 241078
86253 Birmingham NS – Coventry (M5549) 241078
47535 Coventry – Reading 241078
47049 Reading – Padd 261078
50019 Padd – Reading (W6126) 261078
47470 Kings X – Peterborough 021278
31243 March – Ipswich 021278
47018 Ipswich – Liverpool St 021278
47101 Slough – Liverpool LS (via BS, CR) Padd – Liverpool Adex 091278
85008 Liverpool LS – Birmingham NS Liverpool – Padd rtn Adex 091278
47088 Birmingham NS – Slough Liverpool – Padd rtn Adex 091278
47081 Cardiff – Reading (W3152) xxxx Cardiff – Padd Relief 271278
47419 Grimsby T – Kings X (E5676) 1737 Cleethorpes – Kings X 270178
50043 Swindon – Gloucester 030279
47485 Maidenhead – Reading (M15674) 160279
47140 Reading – Cardiff (W25167) 160279
87030 Euston – Carlisle (M12159) 220279
47508 Reading – Birmingham NS 100379
47473 Birmingham NS – Reading 100379
47447 St Pancras – Leeds 240379
47444 St Pancras – Sheffield 310379
47123 Sheffield – Birmingham NS 310379
47129 Reading – Birmingham NS 190479
86232 Birmingham NS – Crewe 190479
47488 Colwyn Bay – Crewe 240479
86217 Crewe – Birmingham NS 240479
47423 Birmingham NS – Reading 240479
31286 Maidenhead – Padd 270479
46051 Kings X – Grantham (failed here) xxxx Kings X – Aberdeen overnight 040579
31402 Grantham – York xxxx Kings X – Aberdeen overnight 050579
46044 York – Edinburgh xxxx Kings X – Aberdeen 050579
26026} Edinburgh – Haymarket 1N21 0945 Edinburgh – Inverness 050579
26045}
27107} Haymarket – Glasgow QS 050579
27212}
47547 Glasgow C – Carlisle 1M10 2150 Glasgow – Euston 050579
85021 Carlisle – Euston 1M10 2150 (5/5) Glasgow – Euston 060579
47030 Reading – Oxford 300579
47426 Maidenhead – Padd 310579
45102 St Pancras – Long Eaton 090679
45120 Leicester – Long Eaton 090679
20042} Long Eaton – Derby 1M35 1258 Skegness – Derby 090679
20172}
31248 Derby – Birmingham NS 1V94 1439 Leeds – Plymouth 090679
47521 Birmingham NS – Reading 1V64 1623 Manchester Picc – Padd 090679
86233 Euston – Preston 020879
45025 Leeds – Sheffield 020879
45114 Sheffield – Nottingham 020879
45111 Nottingham – St Pancras 020879
87009 Euston – Stoke 030879
86225 Crewe – Wigan NW 030879
47044 Chester – Crewe 030879
87024 Crewe – Birmingham NS 030879
50008 Birmingham NS – Reading 030879
45131 St Pancras – Derby 1E11 0750 St Pancras -Sheffield 040879
45031 Derby – Wakefield W 1E33 0935 Birmingham NS – Scarborough 040879
47510 Leeds – Man Vic 040879
86027 Man Pic – Euston 040879
86226 Euston – Birmingham NS 050879
47069 Birmingham NS – Man Picc (via Crewe) 050879
86017 Man Picc – Birmingham NS 050879
47500 Birmingham NS – Reading 050879
87034 Euston – Carlisle 060879
55018 “Ballymoss” at Carlisle with the diverted 0550 Kings X – Edinburgh on August 6th 1979. 40098 is in the background on the 0715 Nottingham – Glasgow. A wow phot from John Williams!.
86218 Lancaster – Preston 060879
87003 Preston – New St 060879
47244 New St – Reading 060879
86207 Euston – Liverpool LS 070879
45107 Sheffield – Nottingham 070879
45133 Nottingham – St Pancras 070879
45146 St Pancras – Derby 080879
46041 Derby – Cheserfield 080879
45025 Sheffield – Man Picc 080879
46055 Stalybridge – Liverpool LS 1M26 1217 Newcastle – Liverpool 080879
87018 Liverpool LS – Birmingham NS 080879
47432 Birmingham NS – Reading 1V78 Manchester Picc – Didcot 080879
86242 Euston – Liverpool LS 220979
86226 Crewe – Birmingham NS 220979
47015 Birmingham NS – Reading 220979
47487 Gloucester – Birmingham NS 231079
86255 Birmingham NS – Euston 231079
55022 1L42 1220 Kings X – York Doncaster – York 011279
47524 York – Birmingham NS 1V98 1616 Newcastle – Cardiff 011279
47033 Birmingham NS – Reading 011279
1975-1979 (196 locos)
20042, 20172
24092,
25287,
26026, 26045,
27102, 27103, 27107, 27108, 27110
27201, 27204, 27208, 27209, 27211, 27212
31117, 31118, 31176, 31225, 31248, 31251, 31257, 31273, 31288, 31402
33032, 33048, 33112,
40080, 40174
45009, 45010, 45024, 45025, 45026, 45031, 45042, 45062, 45070, 45075, 45102, 45107, 45111, 45114, 45118, 45119, 45120, 45125, 45127, 45129, 45130, 45131, 45133, 45137, 45141, 45146,
46013, 46018, 46021, 46041, 46044, 46050, 46051, 46055,
47002, 47012, 47013, 47015, 47028, 47030, 47031, 47032, 47033, 47034, 47035, 47044, 47059, 47060, 47069, 47080, 47087, 47093, 47096, 47104, 47105, 47110, 47114, 47120,
47122, 47123, 47129, 47131, 47134, 47166, 47193, 47197, 47244, 47254, 47257, 47267,
47423, 47426, 47427, 47432, 47435, 47443, 47444, 47447, 47450, 47467, 47498, 47472,
47473, 47475, 47476, 47480, 47484, 47487, 47488, 47490, 47498, 47500, 47501, 47502, 47508, 47510, 47511, 47512, 47518, 47519, 47521, 47523, 47524, 47526, 47531, 47536, 47544, 47547, 47550,
50008, 50012, 50046, 50050
55002, 55003, 55004, 55005, 55010, 55016, 55019, 55021, 55022,
1048, 1057
81009, 81014
82007
85014, 85021, 85030, 85034
86005, 86014, 86017, 86018, 86025, 86027, 86038
86207, 86208, 86211, 86212, 86214, 86216, 86217, 86218, 86225, 86226, 86232, 86233, 86234, 86239, 86242, 86254, 86255, 86256, 86259, 86260,
87003, 87009, 87018, 87024, 87030, 87033, 87034 .
Link to John William’s 1972 – 1974 haulages with a few phots too
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