Saturday April 11th 1970 sample gen
Cup Final day in both England and Scotland-Footexs
Chelsea 2 Leeds 2 at Wembley, att 100,000
Leeds sent at least 4 (probably more) Footexs to Kings X for the final
6736, 1108, 1504 and 1761 featured.
Aberdeen 3 Celtic 1 at Hampden, att 108,434
Aberdeen sent at least 8 Footex s to Glasgow Central, for units to Mount Florida station
Dons footex power included 263, 266, 361, 364/5362, 366, 1953, 1971, 5337/7590
Service Trains – Scotland
A quartet of class 29s out! (possibly due power shortage due Aberdeen footexs)
6114 1515 Glasgow QS – Dundee
6113/6123 1540 Dundee – Glasgow QS
6112 1712 Colchester N – Glasgow QS (ex Edin)
Railtours – England
Waterloo – Dinting “Midlands Enterprise” Tour
6517 Waterloo – Willesden (via Kew, Acton Wells)
E3137 Willesden – Stockport and return to Euston
7585/7597 Stockport – Dinting (and back) via Heaton Norris and Guide Bridge
Thames and Cherwell RCTS Tour
50327/59120/50309 New St – Bletchley Flyover – incl Chinnor, High Wycombe-Maidenhead, Radley – Abingdon and Witney branches
Service Trains – England
31 0706 Bradford Ex – Penzance “Cornishman”
171 1542 Newcastle – Liverpool
251 1140 Lincoln C – Newcastle
807 1110 Waterloo – Exeter
855 1530 Padd – Paignton
1017 0830 Padd – Penzance
1642 0110 Bristol – Sheffield
5098 1145 Hull – York
7038 1310 Waterloo – Exeter (vice Warship)
9005 1E05 1000 Edinburgh – Kings X “Flying Scotsman”
E3096 1915 Euston – Liverpool
E3118 0725 Liverpool – Euston
something for everybody!
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