May 26th, moves and memories aplenty!

Saturday May 26th 1984 assorted moves

Dave Spencer (Walsall )

310087  0555 Birmingham NS – Wolves                  New St – Wolves

53837 ect 0645 Wolves – Shrewsbury                      Wolves – Shrewsbury

25037}  0744 Shrewsbury – Aberystwyth                Shrewsbury – Aberystwyth

25315}

25315}  1010 Aberystwyth – Euston                                    Aberystwyth – Shrewsbury

25037}

25245}  1010 Euston – Aberystwyth                                    Shrewsbury – Caersws

25202}

25076}  1400 Aberystwyth – Shrewsbury                Caersws – Shrewsbury

25064}

33019  1600 Crewe – Cardiff                                    Shrewsbury – Church Stretton

33058  1539 Cardiff – Crewe                                    Church Stretton – Shrewsbury

53842 ect 1834 Shrewsbury -Wolves                       Shrewsbury – Wolves

Believe this was the first weekend of the Cambrian Season 1984 and would prove the last with class 25’s. The first Cambrian servce that day was a series 1 and 3 pairing, this was frowned upon as the problem of the locos fighting each other when working in multiple. 25037 and 25315 however performed admirably. The 1010 ex Euston was not a brilliant pair so i opted for the Caersws bail. 47 power on the 1637 ex Shrewsbury didnt appeal so i opted for the bus stop move to Church Stretton and back clawing in 33058, the only time i ever had it. A DMU and the 966 bus got me home happy………..

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The late Tony Ewer (Dunstable)

86206  2140(25/5) Bristol – Glas/Edin NS-WO 260584

85023  2124 (25/5) Bristol – Glas/Edin WO-CR 260584

85014  2350 (25/5) Glas/Aber – Bristol CR-NS 260584

53891/59674/53073 0635 Birmingham – Derby NS-DY 260584

31149  0723 Chesterfield – Yarmouth DY-BE 260584

20216/20227 0739 Leicester – Skegness BE-NO 260584

53725/59287/53685 0833 Lincoln – Crewe NO-BE 260584

47156  0932 Derby – Skegness BE-NO 260584

53743/59531/53656 1022 Nottingham – Derby NO-DY 260584

47213  0900 Bradford – Weymouth DY-NS 260584

37236/37177 1212 Bristol – Glas/Edin Relief NS-WO 260584

86250  1427 Wolves – Euston WO-NS 260584

46047  1004 Newquay – Newcastle NS-DY 260584

43087/43118 1720 Sheffield – St Pancras DY-LR 260584

31255  1720 Peterborough – Birmingham LR-NA 260584

47508  1815 Birmingham – Norwich NA-LR 260584

31246  1559 Yarmouth – Birmingham LR-NU 260584

86324  1827 Blackpool – Euston NU-MK 260584

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Nick’s (yr webmaster) moves  (Leighton Buzzard)

85023  1S19 2124 (25/5) Bristol-Glas/Edin              NS-CR

47453  1D02 0238 Crewe-Holyhead                                    CR Shunt-.75m

85014  1V62 2350 Glas/Edin-Bristol                        CR-NS (via BS)

53891}

59674} 0635 Birmingham-Derby                              NS-DE

53073}

31149  1E83 0723 Chesterfield-Yarmouth              DE-BE

20216} 1E86 0816 Leicester-Skegness                      BE-NO

20227}

53725}

59281} 0833 Lincoln-Crewe                                      NO-BE

53685}

47156  1E85 0932 Derby-Skegness                          BE-NO

53743}

59531} 1022 Nottingham-Derby                               NO-DE

53656}

47213  1O11 0900 Bradford-Weymouth                 DE-NS

37236} 1Z95 1212 Bristol-Glasgow Relief               NS-WO

37177}

86205  1O25 0950 Glasgow-Poole                            WO-NS

85001  1M22 1128 Paignton-Manchester                NS-WO

86207  1A63 1627 Wolverhampton-Euston            WO-NS

45114  1E60 1340 Poole-Sheffield                            NS-LE

31246  1M76 1559 Yarmouth-Birmingham            LE-NU

86324  1A47 1827 Blackpool-Euston                       NU-MK

053      2125 M.Keynes-Euston                                 MK-LB

Looking back this was a pretty dull day bashing wise. The rats were all dud, so courtesy of Smudger Smith’s (aka the Buzzard) gensheet i picked up 4 winners, 20216, 20227, 37236 and 47213. A decent overnight for “roarers” to Crewe and it was good to have the big pair 37236/37177 New St – Wolves. Although dud, 37177 from my late 70’s Swansea days was a bit of a legend for working coal, parcels but few passenger turns…

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Mike Lewis (Bedford)

DMU – 0554 Bedford SJ to Bletchley 0640 (0554 Bedford SJ to Bletchley) 

EMU – 0654 Bletchley to Birmingham NS 0834 (0602 Euston to Birmingham NS) 

wn 86207 – 0916 Birmingham NS to Wolverhampton 0938 (1J20 0735 Euston to Aberystwyth) 

kd 25076 / cd 25064 – 0950 (1005) Wolverhampton to Wellington 1011 (1026) (1J20 0735 Euston to Aberystwyth) 15 late

DMU – 1040 Wellington to Wolverhampton 1119 (1027 Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton) 

wn 86255 – 1127 Wolverhampton to Birmingham NS 1146 (1A36 1127 Wolverhampton to Euston) 

HST – 1216 Birmingham NS to Derby 1257 (0842 Paignton to York) 

DMU – 1305 Derby to Nottingham 1335 (1120 Crewe to Lincoln St Marks) 

to 20227 / to 20216 – 1353 (1405) Nottingham to Toton 1425 (1M02 1158 Skegness to Leicester) 12 late

to 20216 / to 20227 – 1440 Toton to Leicester 1515 (1433) (1M02 1158 Skegness to Leicester) 42 late

cf 47136 – 1540 (1625) Leicester to Nottingham 1658 (1613) (1E14 1025 Portsmouth Hbr to Leeds) 45 late

im 31327 – 1720 Nottingham to Beeston 1728 (1E06 1327 Yarmouth to Chesterfield) 

DMU – 1744 Beeston to Nottingham 1750 (1720 Derby to Lincoln SM) 

HST – 1815 Nottingham to Leicester 1841 (1815 Nottingham to St Pancras) 

mr 31255 – 1837 (1852) Leicester to Narborough 1849 (1904) (2M05 1720 Peterborough to Birmingham NS) 15 late

oc 47508 – 1911 (1924) Narborough to Leicester 1924 (1937) (1E82 1815 Birmingham NS to Norwich) 13 late

im 31246 – 1940 Leicester to Nuneaton 2008 (1M76 1559 Yarmouth to Birmingham NS) 

DMU – 2054 Nuneaton to Leicester 2124 (2020 Birmingham NS to Cambridge) 

HST – 2145 Leicester to Bedford 2231 (2035 Sheffield to St Pancras) 

My winners were 25076, 25064, 20227, 20216, 31327 and 31246.

The intention had been to spend the day on the 25’s until I came across Smudger on the 0735 Aber who spilled the beans about the loanee bombs on the Skeg. So I bailed at Wellington and tore up the script as I didn’t want to miss the 20’s before they returned to Scotland. Now I look back and think was it a good move sacrificing 25245 as I didn’t envisage 20227 becoming EH and common as anything since. 

There were a few bowl outs on this day notably 37293 on the 1015 Bristol to Pad relief. This snout became a thorn in my side and became my last one and it took 13 more years before I got it one week before Diana was killed. 

A bowl out for the 40 crowd on the Skeg to Manchester as it was 31291 apparently. It wasn’t the only Skeg calamity with 47156 on the Derby rather than bombs which personally offended me. 

It says on railgen that 45005 worked Edinburgh to York and back. I guess being the start of a new summer timetable some of the allocations went wonky. I would not have gone home had I known 40152, albeit dud, was allocated to drag the 2100 Euston to Inverness from Stafford. I would have stayed on 31246 to New St to attack the whistler. 

Incidentally 31246 had worked to Norwich with 31189 but only 246 came back. I nearly missed this winner by making the minus 4 onto 31255 for a Narborough fill in move and was close to getting withered by late running. 

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Neil Evans (Leighton Buzzard)

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3100xx LB-New St0600 Eus-New St 
86207New St-Wolves1J20 0735 Euston-Aber 
25064+ 25076Wolves-Welshpool1J20 0735 Euston-Aber 
25315+ 25037Welshpool-Shrews1A46 1010 Aber-Euston 
25245+ 202Shrews-Welshpool1J24 1010 Euston-Aber 
DMUWelshpool-New St11?? Aber-New St 
46047New St-Tamworth1614 off New St, 1E22 (or 64?) Newquay-Newcastle or Paignton-Leeds, can’t remember which! 
    

I’m pretty sure I was on the 0647 EMU LB-New St, as that was the standard move to Brum, but I wasn’t in the habit of recording DMU’s, EMU’s or HST’s at that point, schoolboy error (literally!), so I have no idea how I got home. I’m guessing possibly HST back to New St, & EMU home, or EMU Tamworth-Rug & EMU Rug-LB. Outside chance that I did HST Tamworth-Derby, HST Derby-Bedford, & back to LB, via the branch, but who knows? Lost in the mists of time I’m afraid. No photos either, sorry.

I can still remember a grubby and obviously not long for this world 46047 disappearing off into a hazy early summer evening at Tamworth, it wasn’t wet at that point.

Well gents, how I got home that day is becoming a bit of a mystery. I’ve had a look in my 84-5 timetable, and unless I’m missing something, I’d have had an hour long fester at Tamworth, for a cart back to New St. Assuming I did that, I’d have been in New St at 1750. The logical way home would then have been the 1818 New St-Euston, but I’d have a record of the loco if I did that.

Going the other way, I could have gone on to DY for a tram to Bedford and home via the branch, but why didn’t I stay on 047 to DY? I definitely didn’t, I clearly remember standing next to it at Tamworth, and watching it pull out.
The only other way is via the WCML, but the only train I can find is an EMU that terminates at Nuneaton

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Phil’s moves (Bedford):

86251 00.10 Euston – Wolverhampton Bletchley – Wolverhampton 81.75

86215 23.15 (PN) Edinburgh – Bristol TM Wolverhampton – Birmingham NS 12.75

31421 05.30 Wolverhampton – Harwich PQ Birmingham NS – Leicester 39.5

20216+20227 08.16 Leicester – Skegness Leicester – Beeston 24.25

53692+59301+53708 07.33 Lincoln St. Marks – Birmingham NS Beeston – Derby 12.75

47510 08.29 Leeds – Tenby Derby – Birmingham NS 41

53651+59127+53706 11.06 Birmingham NS – Nottingham Birmingham NS – Burton 30

47213 09.00 Bradford Int. – Weymouth Burton – Birmingham NS 30

37177+37236 12.06 Bristol TM – Glasgow Central (Relief) Birmingham NS – Wolverhampton 12.75

85001 13.11 Manchester – Paignton Wolverhampton – Birmingham NS 12.75

47136 10.25 Portsmouth Harbour – Leeds Birmingham NS – Leicester

(At least 45 late, via Five Ways, Bourneville,

Lifford East Jn., Landor Street. 48.75

47508 12.56 Yarmouth – Birmingham NS Leicester – Birmingham NS 39.5

85037 11.25 Penzance – Manchester Birmingham NS – Wolverhampton 12.75

86246 18.27 Wolverhampton – Euston Wolverhampton – Milton Keynes 76.25

310073 18.37 Birmingham NS – Euston Milton Keynes – Bletchley 3.25

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TC’s moves (Bedford) moves

HST 06.00 St. Pancras – Sheffield Bedford – Leicester 49.25

20216+20227 08.16 Leicester – Skegness Leicester – Beeston 24.25

53692+59301+53708 07.33 Lincoln St. Marks – Birmingham NS Beeston – Derby 12.75

47156 09.32 Derby – Skegness Derby – Long Eaton 8.25

53725+59287+53685 08.33 Lincoln St. Marks – Crewe Long Eaton – Derby 8.25

47510 08.29 Leeds – Tenby Derby – Burton 11

45036 08.21 Bradford – Paignton Burton – Tamworth 13

53651+59127+53706 11.06 Birmingham NS – Nottingham Tamworth – Burton 13

47213 09.00 Bradford – Weymouth Burton – Birmingham NS 24

37177+37236 12.06 Bristol TM – Glasgow (Relief) Birmingham NS – Wolverhampton 12.75

86250 14.27 Wolverhampton – Euston Wolverhampton – Birmingham NS 12.75

45133 10.40 Poole – Newcastle Birmingham NS – Derby 41

45057 14.20 York – Plymouth (Relief) Derby – Birmingham NS 41

47508 18.15 Birmingham NS – Norwich Birmingham NS – Leicester 39.5

45102 15.04 Paignton – Nottingham Leicester – Loughborough 12.5

HST 20.25 Derby – St. Pancras Loughborough – Bedford 61.75

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JF (Exeter) Barny bash

33119 1245 Exeter – Barnstaple (stock 5 x Mk I’s 7215, 35176, 18963, 18971, 34551)

33119 1410 Barnstaple – Exeter (eh on!)

33119 1526 Exeter – Barnstaple

33119 1645 Barnstaple – Exeter

Other known gen from the day, Saturday May 26th 1984

86240    1V43 2217 Manchester-Penzance

45107    1V43 2217 Manchester-Penzance

86254    1V45 2315 Liverpool-Penzance

47444    1M41 2234 York-Shrewsbury

85037    1V58 2220 Glasgow-Paignton

87032    1S22 2335 Euston-Glasgow N/R

86255    1M09 2310 Glasgow-Euston N/R

86236    1A04 0115 Holyhead-Euston

86229    1F53 2350 Euston-Liverpool

86232    1G00 0350 Crewe-Birmingham

86215    1V60 2315 Edinburgh-Paignton

86258    1M10 2215 Glasgow/Perth-Euston

81017    1M16 1930 Inverness-Euston

45144    1G14 0717 Derby-Penzance

45042    1O13 0530 Bradford-Weymouth

47473    1V81 0921 Leeds-Penzance

45057    1E51 0907 Bristol-York Addit

31255    2E04 1230 Birmingham-Peterboro

47441    1M50 0854 Brighton-Manchester

86212    1M50 0854 Brighton-Manchester

47223    1M51 0903 Poole-Liverpool

25224}   Birmingham-Folkestone Saga

25042}

45133    1O19 0805 Newcastle-Poole

47532    1O19 0805 Newcastle-Poole

25064}   1J20 0735 Euston-Aberyswyth

25076}

25315}   1A46 1010 Aberystwyth-Euston

25037}

25245}   1J24 1010 Euston-Aberystwyth

25202}

47199    1O43 0810 Newcastle-Eastbourne Saga

47528    1V85 0922 Newcastle-Penzance

50012    1M08 0924 Paignton-Birmingham

47195    1E39 0918 Tenby-Hull

45050    1M86 1000 Paignton-Liverpool

85014    1M86 1000 Paignton-Liverpool

86240    1Z95 1212 Bristol-Glasgow Relief              

47086    1E28 0855 Weymouth-Bradford

47213    1E69 1030 Poole-York Relief

47199    Saga

47136    1E14 1025 Portsmouth-Leeds

47452    1M78 0855 Newquay-Manchester

47445    1E27 1040 Poole-Newcastle

45133    1E27 1040 Poole-Newcastle

85001    1V88 1311 Manchester-Paignton

45112    1E25 0910 Penzance-Leeds

31417}   1M67 1043 Yarmouth-Birmingham

31401}

45107    1M22 1128 Paignton-Manchester

47607    1M71 1140 Poole-Manchester

86220    1M71 1140 Poole-Manchester

47607    1O85 1400 Leeds-Brighton

45110    1E64 1035 Penzance-Leeds

45057    1V49 1420 York-Paignton Addit

47575    1E60 1340 Poole-Sheffield

31255    2M05 1720 Peterborough-Birmingham

47508    1E82 1815 Birmingham-Norwich

37293  1015 Bristol TM – Padd Relief

Many thanks to all the contributors to our May 26th 1984 moves page. Some good stuff out. Now weather it was raining a lot or whatever it appears that only two of us took any phots of the day, which is unusual

The Phot (ta to DS)

25037 and 25315 at Aberysytwyth on May 26th 1984 with the 0744 from Shrewsbury. The “rats” will run round the stock here to form 1A46 1010 Aberystwyth – Euston. A Dave Spencer phot recvd with thanks

20227 and 20216 having run round the ECS of the Skegness – Leicester, a Mike Lewis photo recd with thanks

Mike Lewis captures 31246 at Nuneaton ith the 1559 Yarmouth- Birmingham. Look at the extensive engineers sidings and old goods shed behind the 31 too

Tony Marsden has a nice phot of 37236 and 37177 at Wolves that day too

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