Old Oak Common open day and more, Sep 72
The 61 bus was joined in Dunstable just before 8am. Half an hour later i was at Luton station with 2 of my mates awaiting the 0910 to Luton. 1C10 the 0650 Derby – St Pancras soon arrived with “yet another Peak” 114 up front.
The usual routine on arrival at St Pancras was to visit Kings Cross Models then the busy station and loco yard itself…The following were logged there..
Kings X
5609,5650,5622,5592,1777,1565,1511,9020,9012,9000,175,1512,5624,1881,1887
1881 and 1887 were uncommon , both cops and well received by the platform enders. The usual slow Metropolitan tube to Paddington where the open day Edmonson ticket to the Open Day was purchased. A packed 117 DMU soon had us on the move with the following power logged en route
1028,5535,1647,1936,1679,55991,1637,1918,824,1753,1936,5530,1598,1642,1927,1875,1632,1061,5536,1614, 7001.
Rare track crossing the Old Oak flyover excited a few aboard but we were well impressed with the power on show at our first ever Open Day.
Old Oak Common Open Day, Saturday Sep 2nd 1972
Carriage Sidings
3599, 5690
Main Shed
83010, 7677, E6104, 3965, 5655, 7011, 6997, 820, 1654, 1071
(all the above locos had steps for cabbing by the masses), 7019,
Servicing Shed
5689, 5814, 5818, 5803, 7018, 1599, 7050
Turntable
7036(withdrawn-help yourself to bits for 10p!), 5812, 7026, 7028, 5682, 1031, 1941, 1594, 5528, 7037, 5687, 5686, 1658
Pullman Shed
3966, 3955, 1648 4177, 1681, 5809, 3953 – all under maintenance, 1 x pullman unit
depot Shuttles
6000 (k), 6106(k)
Thanks to John Williams for this nostalgia ouzing image of Warship 820 Grenville at the busy Open day on September 2nd 1972. For me 820 was my last class 42 Warship for sight and my first Warship cabbed! Memories!
At Paddington off the return special DMU were the following
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Paddington
1673,1614,1598,1021,3602,814,1060,1662
The afternoon saw us at Waterloo, Clapham Jn (2 busy hours) and Victoria. Locos viewed were
E6014, 6523, 6518, 4102, E6107, E6047, 6539, 4104, 3720, 6574, E6106, 6516, 6503, E6024,6554, 6546, 6533, 6533, E6043, 6574, 6517, E6047, 6574, E6018 and an awful lot of units!
Back at Kings X late afternoon were
1510,1111,1508,9010,1536,5612,9018,1973,1985,1559,1781,1999,9021,9014,
A 127 “bog cart” home the front seats of 51620 behind the driver were bagged, at Luton were Crompton 6586 on the Dunstable – Northfleet cement empties and Luton gronk 4139 plus local “Bo-Bo” 7567. The bus home to Dunstable, then the long walk home saw me contemplating a wonderful day out..
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