MIB’s NW weekend leaps, June 17-19th 1983
Thanks to MIB for the detailed gen and phots
Friday 17 June 1983:
TO 45117 xe – 1820 Bedford to Kettering 1848 (1820 Bedford to
Kettering – off 2F02 1728 ex St Pancras)
HST – 1907 Kettering to Leicester 1933 (1815 St Pancras to Derby)
MR 31414 xd – 1940 Leicester to Birmingham NS 2044 (1M76 1645 Norwich
to Birmingham)
CE 85029 xe- 2120 Birmingham NS to Crewe 2219 (1F60 2120 Birmingham
to Liverpool)
WN 86258* xe- 2258 Crewe to Wigan NW 2335 (1P51 2258 Crewe to Preston)
WN 87021* xe – (2359) 0014 Wigan NW to Crewe (0043) 0058 (1K16 2150
Barrow-in-Furness to Crewe)
Saturday 18 June 1983:
GD 47413 xd + WN 86226 xe – 0110 Crewe to Preston (0204) 0304 via
Chester (1S19 2124 Bristol TM to Glasgow C) retimed
CD 40172* xi + 86006 xe – (0254) 0309 Preston to Wigan NW (0311) 0326
(1V60 2306 Edinburgh to Bristol TM) on load 13 Mk1’s
CF 47096 xb + 86324 xe – 0428 Wigan NW to Crewe (0507) 0600 via
Chester (1M14 2200 Stranraer to Euston) retimed to run 60 mins later
CD 47227* xis – 0605 Crewe to Llandudno 0747 (1D04 0605 Crewe to Llandudno)
TO 45041* xi – 0930 Llandudno to Rhyl 1006 (1E08 0930 Llandudno to Scarborough)
45041 at Llandudno with the 0930 to Scarborough.
CD 47563* xe – 1017 Rhyl to Prestatyn 1025 (1A41 0940 Llandudno to Euston)
TO 45127 xe – (1103) 1113 Prestatyn to Colwyn Bay (1133) 1143 (1M53
0754 York to Llandudno)
LO 40028 xb – 1148 Colwyn Bay to Prestatyn 1216 (1E99 1123 Bangor to
Scarborough) 7 Mk2’s
40028 powering towards Penmaenrhos Tunnel shortly after leaving Colwyn Bay on the 1123 Bangor to Scarborough.
GD 47420* xd – 1302 Prestatyn to Rhyl 1310 (1M58 0850 Scarborough to Llandudno)
CD 47563 xe – 1424 Rhyl to Llandudno Jcn 1447 (1D53 1100 Euston to Llandudno)
ED 47570* xe – 1513 Llandudno Jcn to Rhyl 1534 (1K14 1425 Holyhead to
Stoke-on-Trent)
GD 47420 xd – 1548 Rhyl to Chester 1632 (1E16 1512 Llandudno to Scarborough)
LO 40169* xo + WN 86322 xem – 1720 Chester to Preston 1840 (1P63 1405
Euston to Carlisle) retimed on load 13 Mk3’s
40169 drags 86322 through Chester on the 1405 Euston to Carlisle on load 13. After turning on the triangle much to my surprise the train stopped in the opposite platform presumably for a crew change so i quickly got on!
KD 40158 xi – (1957) 2007 Preston to Wigan NW (2013) 2023 (1F32 1823
Barrow-in-Furness to Liverpool from Carnforth) on 7 Mk2’s
40158 at Wigan on the 1823 Barrow to Liverpool which started at
Carnforth to replace 47243.
CF 47078* xi – (1944) 2044 Wigan NW to Preston (2000) 2100 (1P19 1910
Crewe to Preston) retimed
BS 47531 xe – 2141 Preston to Wigan NW 2157 (1M40 1806 Edinburgh to
Liverpool LS)
BS 47468* xe + WN 87003 xe – (2151) 2251 Wigan NW to Preston (2208)
2308 (1P49 1915 Euston to Carlisle) retimed
CD 47194* xbs – 2342 Preston to Crewe 0121 via Chester (1K16 2150
Barrow-in-Furness to Crewe)
Sunday 19 June 1983:
CD 47437* xe + WN 86212 xe – 0127 Crewe to Wigan NW 0254 via Chester
(1S19 2124 Bristol TM to Glasgow C)
CD 47561 xe + WN 86039 xem – 0351 Wigan NW to Crewe (0522) 0512 via
Manchester Picc (1V61 2355 Glasgow C to Bristol TM)
CD 47449* xe – 0952 Crewe to Preston 1200 via Chester (1P06 0830
Birmingham NS to Blackpool North)
BS 47337 xos + WN 86237 xe – 1227 Preston to Crewe (1425) 1415 via
Manchester Picc (1M35 0810 Glasgow C to Euston) 10 mins early
DMU – 1422 Crewe to Stoke on Trent 1459 (1422 Crewe to Nottingham)
BS 47339* xos – 1513 Stoke on Trent to Birmingham NS 1638 (1G06 1425
Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham NS)
WN 87004 ae – 1718 Birmingham NS to Coventry 1740 (1A31 1700
Wolverhampton to Euston)
KD 40158 xi – 1812 Coventry to Birmingham NS 1841 (1M15 1548
Paddington to Manchester Piccadilly)
MR 31114 xb – 2010 Birmingham NS to Leicester 2113 (1E81 Birmingham
NS to Cambridge)
HST – 2145 Leicester to Bedford 2231 (2035 Sheffield to St Pancras)
Many thanks to “MIB” for the gen ad photos, anybody else with NW drag weekend memoriees to share.
Link to our original North west drag weekend feature here
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