“Ped bashing”, Tues September 3rd 1985
Memories from the day
A day off work allowed a rare mid week blast on an East Mids rover. At Leighton station around 5am the legendary 1A23 0350 Euston – Bletchley “milk empties” could be seen on approach. Very wide loco headlights meant bad news, yes it was a “can” and a rancid 86’2 too. This wasn’t a suprise as the diagram mid week saw the loco working a morning”Cobbler” off Northampton. Anyway the “can” was flagged for the 310 unit behind on the 0524.
A 104/110 DMU down a misty branch for a tram to Leicester. I was hoping for a “Peak” on the Leicester – Leeds, but alas today it was 47628. Then it was a good few hours on the new “ped” turns on the Manchester – Cleethorpes. 8 “peds” were raked in, all eh but there was little festering at the likes of Mexborough and Conisborough. A tram South from Sheffield saw the 1321 Norwich – Birmingham raked in which at least had a former steamer in 31294 up front.
At Nuneaton 86230 was laughed at on the Blackpool – Euston, the following Stranraer – Euston was always a good bet for a “roarer” as it was the engine off the 05blip Euston – Stranraer vans. The big yellow front of 85026 got a cheer on approach and was duly joined. A protracted stop at Rugby eventually saw 26 being failed. Rugby did us a favour in kicking out 81018 forward. A screaming “fish” down Weedon way was the last loco of an enjoyable day.
The Moves
073 0430 Euston-Birmingham L.Buzzard – Bletchley
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59206} 0555 Bletchley-Bedford Bletchley -Bedford
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43159} 0600 St.Pancras-Sheffield Bedford – Leicester
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47628 1E05 0740 Leicester-Leeds Leicester – Sheffield
31450 1E29 0841 Manchester-Cleethorpes Sheffield – Mexborough
31443 1M32 0838 Cleethorpes-Manchester Mexborough – Sheffield
31438 1E34 0941 Manchester-Hull Sheffield – Conisborough
31437 1M30 1010 Hull-Manchester Conisborough – Sheffield
31411 1E38 1141 Manchester-Hull Sheffield – Rotherham Masboro
31448 1M31 1208 Hull-Manchester Roherham Masboro – Sheffield
31432 1E42 1241 Manchester-Cleethorpes Sheffield – Mexborough
31465 1M33 1245 Cleethorpes-Manchester Mexborough – Sheffield
43154} 1500 Sheffield-St.Pancras Sheffield – Leicester
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31294 1M68 1321 Norwich-Birmingham Leicester – Nuneaton
85026 1M06 1100 Stranraer-Euston Nuneaton – Rugby (fail)
81018 1M06 1100 Stranraer-Euston Rugby – M.Keynes
092} 1925 M.Keynes-Euston M.Keynes – L.Buzzard
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Other gen
86227 1A23 0350 Euston-Bletchley
45126 1C07 0605 Nottingham-St.Pancras
47614 1E86 0720 Blackpool-Cambridge
47485 1V81 0917 Leeds-Penzance
31461 1E36 1041 Manchester-Sheffield
47575 1V85 0923 Newcastle-Penzance
47570 1S85 0717 Harwich-Glasgow/Edin
31458 1O86 1400 Leeds-Brighton
45132 1O86 1324 Hull-Brighton
47524 1E63 0940 Poole-Newcastle
31419 1E80 1610 Birmingham-Norwich
86230 1A62 1416 Blackpool-Euston
81011 U.Charter (pulls)
A few phots from the day
56079 powers a lengthy eastbound MGR through Mexborough on 030985
47628 in celebration GW 150 livery had returned to Sheffield from Leeds in this afternoon centre road view on 030985
Every picture tells a story, the dolly is off for 85026 to be removed after failing at Rugby with the 1100 Stranraer – Euston on 030985. Fortunately 81018 was the replacement loco.
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