Much variety- July 30 and 31 moves, 1983
Saturday July 30th
I joined the overnight at Haymarket to get a reasonable seat before the hordes incl many German Interailers piled on at Waverly. Further South with 47406 storming round the curves at Dunbar a metal framed rucksack fell onto some sleeping Jock’s head. Without a word Jock proceeded to pull down all the remaining rucksacks from the nearby racks without even a murmur from their terrified German owners!
After a Doncaster bail, it was a cart to Sheffield where a mass group of bashers were assembled on the footbridge steps, Every snippet of gen was passed on, unlike the footbridge gen scene at New St where some “main men” were often less forthcoming, especially the Gloucester/Cheltenham based “gods!!!”.
With just the “Sheffield – Blackpool” yet to be allocated, dud but large 47372 was taken to Nottingham for a required 31113 forward to Peterborough. Namer 47077 “North Star” was joined here on the Brum-Yarmouth, for what i think was a busy crew change only stop. 37046 and 37098 were the afternoon beasts and i was to eventually end up on a comfortable “Trans Pennine” DMU through the Hope Valley for “cans” home from Manchester.
A reasonable day with 12 locos sampled ( newies underlined) with 37098 on the ECML the highlight.
31113, 31401, 31414, 37046, 37098, 47197, 47269, 47077, 47372, 47406, 86218, 86256
Moves and other known gen, 300783
47406 1E41 1920 (29/7) Aberdeen-Kings X Haymarket -York
47269 1E41 1920 (29/7) Aberdeen-Kings X York – Doncaster (via Leeds)
47479 1S08 0005 Kings X-Edinburgh
47490 1E43 2050 Aberdeen-Kings X
31107 2D70 0555 Doncaster-Lincoln
47405 1E48 2200 Aberdeen-Kings X
DMU 0633 Doncaster-Sheffield Doncaster – Sheffield
31272 2L24 0805 Chesterfield-Scarborough
47372 1E17 0732 Sheffield-Skegness Sheffield – Nottingham
47372 at Nottingham with 1E17, 0732 Sheffield – Skegness
45142 1E05 0748 Leicester-Leeds
31113 1E83 0739 Chesterfield-Yarmouth Nottingham – Peterborough
31160 1M66 0905 Cambridge-Birmingham
47077 1E62 0804 Birmingham-Yarmouth Peterborough – March
47077 at March with 1E62 0804 Birmingham – Yarmouth
31401} 1M80 0935 Norwich-Birmingham March – Peterborough
31414}
37098 1N13 0910 Yarmouth-Newcastle Peterborough – Doncaster
31312 1E73 0935 Yarmouth-Leeds
DMU 1213 Cleethorpes-Manchester Doncaster – Sheffield
HST 1500 Sheffield-St.Pancras Sheffield – Chesterfield
47527 1E63 0940 Poole-Newcastle
47267 1E60 1005 Paignton-Leeds
47497 1E28 0850 Weymouth-Sheffield Chesterfield – Sheffield
40194 1M54 1320 Skegness-Manchester
40194 arrives at Sheffield with 1M54, 1320 Skegness- Manchester
DMU 1620 Sheffield-York Sheffield – Rotherham
46032 1E27 1005 Weymouth-Leeds
37046 1E57 1359 Blackpool-Sheffield Rotherham – Sheffield
47473 1E69 1053 Weymouth-Leeds
DMU 1505 Cleethorpes-Manchester Sheffield – Manchester P
86256 1V19 1840 Manchester-Padd Manchester P – Crewe
33034 1V07 1930 Crewe-Cardiff
86218 1M39 1610 Glasgow-Euston Crewe – Watford Jn
074 2059 Euston-Birmingham Watford Jn – L.Buzzard
Sunday July 31st
Awaiting the 310 at Leighton our local senior railman “Cliff” advised me of a booked down line isolation North of Bletchley. Cliff’s gen, was as ever, spot on and there was an impressive line of drag power in Bletchleys platform 6. This included 2 single and a pair of “rats” and 47093.
25266, then 25079/25176 were raked in on Bletchley – Rugby “drags” and 310073 was joined at Rugby for a “safe” plus 20 onto 25265 on the last drag. off the Keynes. Unfortunately a traction motor fire on the 310 whilst standing at Northampton saw me literally hauled out of the power car by the ever miserable Northampton station supervisor. All a very “OTT” as the “fire”, was just a smoking traction motor.
After a prolonged flap for a replacement unit and reversal because of an isolated crossover South of the station we were 30 late off Northampton. (not good going for a plus 20!)
Inevitably we crossed 25265 and its train in tow at Roade, much gnashing of teeth. At Nottingham later in the evening vast crowds were out for the evening 20’s. 20172/20163 took me to Leicester whilst the Stranraer/F.William was joined at Nuneaton where a seat was just bagged on a very wedged train with people dossed in doorways, under tables and in the corridors…Every Mk I must have a few travellers tales perhaps!
An excellent day with 10 locos sampled ( newies underlined) with solo 25266’s drag (on load 12 plus dead “seven” via Weedon the highlight.
20163, 20172, 25079, 25176, 25266 31422, 85040, 86238, 86248, 87025
Moves and other known gen, 310783
070 0913 Euston-Bletchley L.Buzzard – Bletchley
DMUs were working Bletchley – Northampton vv locals, a BY based 104 heads South in the Castlethorpe area.
25266} 1P02 0945 Euston-Glasgow Bletchley – Rugby
86207}
86238 1A11 0900 Manchester-Euston Rugby – Watford Jn
87025 1S63 1245 Euston-Glasgow Watford Jn – Bletchley
25079} 1S63 1245 Euston-Glasgow Bletchley – Rugby
25176}
87025(d)}
Classic Rugby, 25176 and 25079 rest after dragging 87025 on 1S63 1245 Euston – Glasgow
47093 1F28 1255 Euston-Liverpool
862xx(d}
073 1436 Rugby-Euston Rugby – Northampton (fail-fire)
084 1436 Rugby-Euston Northampton – M.Keynes
25265} 1P31 1300 Euston-Blackpool
862xx(d)}
86248 1P32 1600 Euston-Carlisle M.Keynes – Nuneaton
47563 1715 St.Pancras-Derby
DMU 1730 Birmingham-Peterborough Nuneaton – Leicester
HST 1800 St.Pancras-Sheffield Leicester – Nottingham
20160} 1M83 1800 Skegness-Derby
20180}
20163} 1M88 1850 Skegness-Leicester Nottingham – Leicester
20172}
47536 1D22 1850 St.Pancras-Nottingham
45052 Bridlington-Wellinborough Charter
31160 1E81 2010 Birmingham-Cambridge
31422 1M76 1830 Norwich-Birmingham Leicester – Nuneaton
20159} 1M06 1915 Skegness-Derby Addit
20190}
37019 1P61 1826 Skegness-Cambridge
85040 1S06 2100 Euston-Stranraer/Fort William Nuneaton – Mossend
Link to moves and gen from 290783 in Scotland
More Aug 83 moves to follow….
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