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 loco haulages adding train travelled on (something John didn’t record) where available today on various gen websites.
1980-1992 (210 locos)
03129
25034, 25044, 25055
31108, 31114, 31159, 31214, 31233, 31239, 31251, 31263, 31279, 31292,
31403, 31422, 31433
33111, 33112, 33208
40028, 40065,
45046, 45048, 45064
45104, 45105, 45107, 45111, 45113, 45114, 45115, 45116, 45130, 45136, 45137, 45139, 45145, 45149,
46028,
47012, 47013, 47014, 47055, 47060, 47076, 47088, 47097, 47098, 47136, 47145, 47184, 47197, 47211, 47268, 47270, 47279, 47298, 47336, 47359, 47413, 47416, 47420, 47423, 47430, 47433, 47435, 47437, 47439, 47445, 47459, 47465, 47477, 47480, 47485, 47501,
47508, 47509, 47510, 47525, 47528, 47530, 47531, 47532, 47538, 47542, 47543, 47562, 47564, 47566, 47567, 47578, 47589, 47607, 47621, 47623, 47708, 47711,
50009, 50022, 50025, 50029, 50030, 50048, 50050
55008, 55017, 55021,
56055
73105, 73129,
81002, 81006, 81009, 81010, 81011, 81014, 81020, 81021
83012
85002, 85005, 85010, 85014, 85015, 85018, 85019, 85021, 85022, 85023, 85024, 85025, 85032, 85035, 85037, 85038, 85040,
86101, 86204, 86207, 86209, 86216, 86218, 86220, 86221, 86222, 86224, 86225, 86228, 86229, 86230, 86231, 86232, 86234, 86235, 86236, 86237, 86238, 86240 86242, 86243, 86245, 86247, 86248, 86249, 86250, 86251, 86253, 86256, 86257, 86258, 86259, 86260, 86261
86314, 86318, 86324, 86326, 86328, 86329,
86403, 86405, 86412, 86413, 86421, 86422, 86424, 86428, 86431, 86432, 86433, 86434,
87001, 87003, 87004, 87009, 87011, 87014, 87016, 87017, 87024, 87025, 87031, 87101
91004, 91017
97804
55008 Kings X – Peterborough 1D03 1305 Kings X – Cleethorpes 190180
31263 Peterborough – March 1E76 1236 Birmingham – Norwich 190180
31251 March – Ipswich 1638 Peterborough – Ipswich 190180
47184 Ipswich – Liverpool St 1844 Norwich – Liverpool St 190180
55021 Kings X – Peterborough 1D00 0805 Kings X – Hull 190280
47279 Peterborough – Nottingham 0717 Harwich PQ – Nottingham 190280
45114 Derby – St Pancras 190280
47530 Reading – Leamington Spa 040380
47145 Leamington Spa – Reading 040380
47542 York – Darlington 220380
47542 Darlington – Birmingham NS 220380
47088 Birmingham NS – Reading 220380
46028 Cardiff – Newport 110480
25055 Cardiff – Newport 120480 1M70 0750 Cardiff – Crewe
55017 Kings X – Edinburgh 1S72 2230 Kings X – Edinburgh 020580
40065 Edinburgh – Haymarket 030580
47270 Haymarket – Dundee 030580
47197 Dundee – Glasgow QS 1T58 1949 Aberdeen – Glasgow QS 030580
47211 Glasgow C – Carlisle xxxx Glasgow – Euston (overnight) 030580
81010 Carlisle – Euston xxxx Glasgow – Euston 040580
47508 Reading – Coventry 200580
47359 Coventry – Reading 200580
47012 Reading – Birmingham NS 1M02 0842 Poole – Liverpool 240580
86237 Birmingham NS – Stafford 240580
47437 Stafford – Crewe 240580
40028 Rhyll – Chester 1J66 0942 Llandudno – Man Vic 290580
87025 Crewe – New St 290580
47423 New St – Maidenhead 290580
47532 Reading – Leamington 050780
86228 Birmingham NS – Euston 050780
47055 Maidenhead – Reading 010980
03129 Barrow Hill Open Day shuttle 051080
86229 Euston – Nuneaton 291080
47420 Nuneaton – Manchester Picc 291080
86231 Manchester Picc – Birmingham NS 291080
47477 ? 291080
47433 Birmingham NS – Reading 291080
47528 Grimsby T – Kings X 1A32 1743 Cleethorpes – Kings X 291180
45107 Sheffield – Birmingham NS 170281
47538 Birmingham NS – Reading 170281
45145 York – Darlington 1V98 1617 Newcastle – Kings X 210381
50009 Birmingham NS – Reading 1V88 2042 Birmingham – Padd 210381
47014 Reading – Didcot 190481
47013 Maidenhead – Oxford 060581
47430 Kings X – Edinburgh 220581 (overnight)
47711 Edinburgh – Glasgow QS 230581
47708 Glasgow QS – Falkirk H 230581
47268 Falkirk G – Edinburgh 230581
47413 Edinburgh – Kings X 23/240581 (overnight)
87001 Euston – Wigan NW 060681
86253 Wigan NW – Crewe 060681
86328 Crewe – Birmingham NS 1A73 1605 Llandudno – Euston 060681
47480 Birmingham NS – Reading 060681
47298 Reading – Leamington Spa 1M38 0600 Weymouth – Manchester P 040781
87024 Birmingham NS – Euston 040781
50025 Reading – Bristol TM Hayes – Weston S.M Adex (and back) 150781
47437}Reading – Birmingham NS 1M11 0830 Padd – Manchester P 170781
50030} (50 on test to Oxford)
83012 Birmingham NS – Crewe 170781
47567 Crewe – Chester 170781
47465 Chester – Crewe 170781
86207 Crewe – Birmingham NS 170781
47098 Reading – Swindon 240781
47097 Slough – Paddington 060881
47076 Reading – Cardiff 100881
50029 Slough – Paddington 1630 Oxford – Padd 140881
6960 (k) Bewdley – Bridgnorth 130981
03189 Barrow Hill depot shuttle 041081
50048 Maidenhead – Reading 271081
47501 Reading – Coventry 1M10 0620 Padd – Manchester P 271081
86259 Coventry – Man picc (via Crewe) 1M10 0620 Padd – Manchester 271081
86259 Man Picc – Euston 271081
47060 Padd – Maidenhead 1703 Padd – Oxford 271081
47562 Swansea – Carmarthen 281181
45064 Birmingham New St-Bristol P 1V67 0637 Leeds – Paignton 240482
45104 Cardiff – Birmingham NS 240482
86245 M.Keynes – Nuneaton 020882
31233 Nuneaton – Leicester 1E62 0804 Birmingham – Norwich 020882
86204 M.Keynes – Nuneaton 030882
31114 Nuneaton – Leicester 1E62 0804 Birmingham – Norwich 030882
45115 Leicester – Derby 030882
47531 Sheffield – Tamworth 030882
86254 M.Keynes – Nuneaton 040882
31214 Nuneaton – Leicester 1E62 0804 Birmingham – Norwich 040882
45105 Leicester – Sheffield 040882
45048 Sheffield – Leicester 040882
31114 Leicester – Nuneaton 1M76 1645 Norwich – Birmingham 040882
86224 M.Keynes – Nuneaton 050882
31239 Nuneaton – Leicester 1E62 0804 Birmingham – Norwich 050882
45136 Leicester – Sheffield 050882
45130 Sheffield – Derby 1M78 1510 Sheffield – St Pancras 050882
86218 M.Keynes – Nuneaton 060882
31108 Nuneaton – Leicester 1E62 0804 Birmingham – Norwich 060882
45137 Leicester – Derby 060882
46028 Doncaster – Birmingham NS 1M82 1715 York – Bimingham 060882
86235 M.Keynes – Nuneaton 070882
31239} Nuneaton – Leicester 1E62 0804 Birmingham – Norwich 070882
31233}
45111 Leicester – Chesterfield 070882
45137 Chesterfield – Derby 070882
45114 Derby – Loughboro 1C59 1410 Derby – St Pancras 070882
45040 Loughboro – Leicester 070882
47336 Leicester – Nuneaton 1M76 1602 Yarmouth – Birmingham NS 070882
85038 L.Buzzard – Euston xxxx Northampton – Euston 251082
86258 Euston – L.Buzzard xxxx Euston – Northampton 251082
86240 M.Keynes – Rugby 010683
86220 Rugby – Crewe 010683
47530 Crewe – Rhyll 010683
47510 Rhyll – Crewe 010683
86248 Crewe – M.Keynes 010683
50022 Coventry – New St 030883
87003 M.Keynes – Crewe 040883
45116 Derby – Tamworth 1V92 1428 York – Plymouth 040883
85032 Rugby – M.Keynes 1035 Stranraer – Euston 040883
86251 M.Keynes – Crewe 050883
33208 Crewe – Shrewsbury 1V06 1606 Crewe – Cardiff 050883
86216 Wolves – M.Keynes 050883
87011 M.Keynes – Nuneaton 1G24 1000 Euston – Wolves 070883
45149 Nuneaton – Birmingham NS 1G24 1000 Euston – Wolves 070883
47578 Birmingham NS – Stafford 070883
87101 Stafford – Crewe 070883
86314 Crewe – M.Keynes (via BNS?) 070883
56055 Birmingham NS – Nuneaton? 070883
87011 M.Keynes – Nuneaton 080883
31422 Nuneaton – Leicester 1E64 1015 Birmingham – Norwich 080883
47589 Derby – Birmingham NS 1V92 1428 York – Plymouth 080883
87017 Birmingham NS – M.Keynes 080883
87016 M.Keynes – Crewe 090883
47525 Chester – Crewe 1K14 1425 Holyhead – Crewe 090883
86324 Crewe – M.Keynes 090883
85040 M.Keynes – L.Buzzard 1A76 1730 Birmingham – Euston 090883
47439 Bournemouth – Poole 160883
33111} Poole – Bournemouth 160883
33112}
86329 xxxx Northampton – Euston 250883
86251 L.Buzzard – Birmingham NS 1G20 0635 Euston – Birmingham 241083
86326 Birmingham NS – L.Buzzard 1A76 1730 Birmingham – Euston 241083
86101 M.Keynes – Liverpool LS 050184
86248 Crewe – M.Keynes 050184
86222 M.Keynes – Nuneaton 180284
31433 Nuneaton – Leicester 1E62 0804 Birmingham NS – Norwich 180284
31279 Chesterfield – Nottingham 180284
45105 Leicester – New St 1M76 1645 Norwich – Birmingham NS 180284
86247 New St – M.Keynes 180284
47136 Luton – Newton Abbot Kettering – Paignton LNERex 290484 (and back)
85018 L.Buzzard – Euston xxxx Northampton – Euston 300584
86209 M.Keynes – Crewe 020684
303036/303057 Crewe – Crewe Works shuttle (and back) 020684
86232 Crewe – M.Keynes 020684
85032 L.Buzzard – Euston xxxx Northampton – Euston 300884
85035 Euston – L.Buzzard 1B09 1815 Euston – Northampton 300884
45139 Birmingham NS – Sheffield 1E54 0650 Padd – Hull 150984
86224 M.Keynes – Nuneaton 290984
31403 Nuneaton – Leicester 1E66 0804 Birmingham – Norwich 290984
45113 Leicester – Loughboro 1P08 0810 St Pancras – Derby 290984
31292} Leicester – Nuneaton 1M67 1043 Yarmouth – Birmingham 290984
31159}
86228 Nuneaton – M.Keynes 290984
85019 L.Buzzard – Euston xxxx Northampton – Euston 261084
73105 Victoria – Gatwick 261084
73129 Gatwick -Victoria 261084
81010 Euston – L.Buzzard 1B07 1718 Euston – Northampton 261084
85040 L.Buzzard – Euston xxxx Northampton – Euston 190285
50050 Padd – Reading 190285
25044} St Pancras – Stafford St Pancras – Nottingham RESL Railtour 230285
25034}
25044 and 25034 at Stafford with the RESL St Pancras – Nottingham Railtour on February 23rd 2025
45048 Stafford – Derby St Pancras – Nottingham RESL Railtour 230285
45048 at Derby with the RESL St Pancras – Nottingham Railtour on February 23rd 1985
Derby Works, 230285 (JW)
08685, 20023, 20058, 20059, 20087, 20108, 20118, 20132, 20147, 20157, 25037, 25093, 25164, 25234, 25248, 25260, 25312, 25319, 31124, 31217, 31275, 40132, 40163, 45023, 45043, 45045, 45050, 45055, 45059, 45066, 45102, 45104, 45108, 45113, 45117, 45120, 45121, 45123, 45126, 45130, 45141, 45143, 45148, 49004, 43181, 43154, 43029, 43099, 43064, 43097, 43028, 43024, 43098
Toton, 230285 (JW)
08157, 08597, 08610, 08666, 08677, 08697, 08757, 08829, 08894, 20041, 20045, 20047, 20053, 20065, 20071, 20082, 20094, 20121, 20129, 20141, 20143, 20163, 20166, 20178, 20179, 20183, 20190, 20191, 20196, 20198, 20199, 20216, 20217, 20226, 20227, 25151, 25182, 25185, 25196, 25206, 25323, 31195, 21237, 45002, 45003, 45017, 45036, 45038, 45042, 45051, 45054, 45065, 45075, 45103, 45106, 45107, 45114, 45125, 45131, 45136, 45140, 45142, 45145, 46023, 46035, 47196, 56042, 56059, 56060, 56063, 56065, 56069, 56072, 56083, 56084, 56089, 56090, 56093, 56095, 58001, 58006, 58009, 58010, 58011, 58014, 58017, 58019, 58020, 58022, 58023, 58024,
John also logged the following “rats” on the tour, a good few for early 85
25034, 25044, 25059, 25060, 25095, 25189, 25231, 25256,
25034} Derby – St Pancras Nottingham – St Pancras Rtn RESL Railtour 230285
25055}
86318 L.Buzzard – Euston xxxx Northampton – Euston 110485
86314 Euston – L.Buzzard 1B07 1718 Euston – Northampton 110485
81021 L.Buzzard – Euston xxxx Northampton – Euston 290585
85018 Euston – L.Buzzard 1B07 1718 Euston – Northampton 290585
47416 Padd – Reading 010685
97804 Reading Open Day cab ride? 010685
45113 Rhyll – Llandudno Jn 1D34 0742 Man Vic – Bangor 250785
86230 L.Buzzard – Northampton xxxx Euston – Northampton 100885
86250 M.Keynes – Rugby 140985
81014 L.Buzzard – Euton xxxx Northampton – Euston 251085
81009 L.Buzzard – Euston 0806 Northampton – Euston (4857) 030186
85015 Euston – L.Buzzard 1B07 1718 Euston – Northampton (18884) 030186
87014 M.Keynes – Rugby 190486
86249 L.Buzzard – Euston xxxx Northampton – Euston 030586
47445 Cardiff – Newport xxxx Cardiff – Padd 050586
81020 xxxx Northampton – Euston 280586
81020 roars into Leighton with 1B09 1815 Euston – Northampton Cobbler on 120586, JW having this fine machine on an Up Cobbler 2 weeks later…..
86316 L.Buzard – Northampton 1B01 0930 Euston – Northampton (M4981) 290586
81009 Northampton – L.Buzzard 1A35 1313 Northampton – Euston (M4891) 290586
87009 Watford – Mitre Br Jn (5804) 0749 Liverpool – Dover 070686
47564 Mitre Br Jn – Ashford 0749 Liverpool – Dover 070686
47435 Ashford? – Mitre Br Jn 1345 Dover – Liverpool 070686
86236 Mitre Br Jn – Watford 1345 Dover – Liverpool 070686
87025 Watford – Mitre Br Jn 0644 Manchester – Brighton 210686
47621 Mitre Br Jn – Brighton 0644 Manchester – Brighton 210686
81006 L.Buzzard – Northampton 1B02 1110 Euston – Northampton (M4884) 070886
86242 Northampton – L.Buzzard 1A53 1611 Northampton – Euston (M4869) 070886
85019 Euston – L.Buzzard 1B10 1935 Euston – Northampton 110886
47509 Coventry – New St 180886
85010 L.Buzzard – Euston xxxx Northampton – Euston (M4857) 230886
85005 Euston – L.Buzzard xxxx Euston – Northampton (M4951) 230886
81011 Euston – L.Buzzard xxxx Euston – Northampton 270886
86257 L.Buzzard – Euston xxxx Northampton – Euston 130986
47607 Basingstoke – Bomo 130986
85037 Euston – L.Buzzard 1B06 1710 Euston – Northampton 111086
85025 L.Buzzard – Northampton 1B07 1718 Euston – Northampton 291086
86237 L.Buzzard – Euston xxxx Euston – Northampton 011186
86253 Euston – L.Buzzard 1B06 1710 Euston – Northampton 151186
86252 Euston – L.Buzzard 1B06 1710 Euston – Northampton 131286
85024 Euston – L.Buzzard 1B06 1710 Euston – Northampton 030187
86242 M.Keynes – Crewe 170187
47543 Chester – Rhyll 170187
47459 Rhyll – Crewe 170187
86256 Crewe – M.Keynes 170187
86248 Euston – L.Buzzard 1B06 1710 Euston – Northampton 240187
86421 M.Keynes – Man Picc 070287
86432 Man Picc – M.Keynes 070287
86234 L.Buzzard – Euston 1A30 0745 Northampton – Euston 140287
47501 Brighton – East Croydon 1826 Brighton – Liverpool 140287
87031 M.Keynes – Preston 210287
86232 Preston – M.Keynes 210287
86221 Euston – L.Buzzard (M18771) xxxx Euston – Northampton 280287
86247 L.Buzzard – Northampton xxxx Euston – Northampton 210387
87004 Northampton – M.Keynes xxxx Crewe – Euston 210387
86261 Watford – Mitre Br Jn 0749 Liverpool – Dover 110487
47566 Mitre Br – Canterbury W 0749 Liverpool – Dover 110487
47623 Canterbury W – Bromley S 1745 Dover – Manchester 110487
86256 L.Buzzard – Euston xxxx Northampton – Euston 150487
86238 L.Buzzard – Euston xxxx Northampton – Euston 040587
85022 Euston – L.Buzzard xxxx Euston – Northampton 040587
86405 L.Buzzard – Euston xxxx Northampton – Euston 300587
85021 Euston – L.Buzzard 1650 Euston – Northampton 300587
81002 Euston – L.Buzzard 1650 Euston – Northampton 270687
81002 is seen on a “Cobbler” like JW had her, heres she’s seen at Northampton on 200886 having worked 1B10 1935 Euston – Northampton Cobbler
86230 M.Keynes – Crewe 040787
86432 Crewe – M.Keynes 040787
86260 L.Buzzard – Euston xxxx Northampton – Euston 180787
85002 Euston – L.Buzzard 1650 Euston – Northampton 180787
Also on a Cobbler albeit a year or so earlier, 85002 is seen at Northampton with 1B09 1815 ex Euston on 290486
86403 L.Buzzard – Euston xxxx Northampton – Euston 220887
86433 Euston – L.Buzzard 1650 Euston – Northampton 220887
86225 L.Buzzard – Northampton 1100 Euston – Northampton 280887
86238 Northampton – L.Buzzard 1555 Northampton – Euston 280887
86428 L.Buzzard – Euston xxxx Northampton – Euston 050987
86260 L.Buzzard – Euston xxxx Northampton – Euston 190987
86422 L.Buzzard – Northampton xxxx Euston – Northampton 261087
86403 L.Buzzard – Euston xxxx Northampton – Euston 271087
86434 L.Buzzard – Euston xxxx Northampton – Euston 071187
86421 Euston – L.Buzzard xxxx Euston – Northampton 071187
86204 L.Buzzard – Euston 0740 Northampton – Euston 051287
85014 Euston – L.Buzzard 1650 Euston – Northampton 051287
86433 L.Buzzard – Northampton xxxx Euston – Northampton 301287
86413 L.Buzzard – Northampton xxxx Euston – Northampton 160188
86234 L.Buzzard – Euston 0740 Northampton – Euston 230188
85023 Euston – L.Buzzard 1650 Euston – Northampton 230188
86432 L.Buzzard – Euston 0740 Northampton – Euston 260388
86412 Euston – L.Buzzard 1650 Euston – Northampton 260388
86243 Watford – Mitre Br Jn 0720 Liverpool – Brighton 160488
47485 Mitre Br Jn – Brighton 0720 Liverpool – Brighton 160488
86238 L.Buzzard – Euston 0740 Northampton – Euston 230488
86424 Euston – L.Buzzard 1650 Euston – Northampton 230488
86220 Liverpool St – Colchester xxxx Liverpool St – Norwich 020588
86242 Colchester – Liverpool St xxxx Norwich – Liverpool St 020588
86248 M.Keynes – New St xxxx Euston – New St 141089
91017 Peterborough – Doncaster 120792
91004 Doncaster – Peterborough 120792
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