Saturday September 4th 1982 remembered
I left the house late at 0455, it was a 15 minute down hill sprint to the station and the “milk empties” usually left around 0510. So i jogged down the hill to the station, Adidas bag swinging, i heard nothing so i thought i’d made it and on seeing the station “night watchman” Jock waiting on the platform by the steps, i knew i’d made it. Seconds later 85010 roared in on the usual load 3, (2 vans and a BSK) we joined the empty BSK , Jock advising it had been quiet once the papers had been offloaded and he fed “the wee mouses!” that lived on the down slowline.
A short wait at Bletchley and our 310 unit soon arrived, Jock joining me again and as booked the unit stopped at Denbigh Hall Jn to allow Jock to bail out. Happened most mornings all very routine.
Doss followed but i awoke by Cov to leap off to endure 86240 on the Manchester. At New St 31299 and 31325 were viewed on the Yarmouth, knowing they should return late afternoon. I had planned to do the 0740 Aber forward which got 25259/25285 from Wolves.
The monstrous 47376 once of Knottingley but now Immingham at New St with the 0815 Wolves – Portsmouth H on September 4th 1982
When the monstrous ex Knottingley (IM by 1982) 47376 rolled in i couldn’t flag this monster, the old Knottingley duffs had an aura of huge rarity about them. A short 8 mile run to Solihull for a DMU back but having missed the Aber it was a tram to Derby.
The annual works open day was on , spotters were everywhere but it was a good few bashers who cheered on joining 37228 on the York – Tenby. This comfortably made the “12 o’clock rats” 25298 and 25322 off New St and as usual was a complete wedge out with bashers everywhere!
Spotters everywhere at Open day Derby as 37228 arrives with the York – Tenby
A disappointing “roarer bowler” in 86324 back to New St to view the afternoon procession of Northbound Inter Regionals. 31303 was joined on a Norwich to Nuneaton for Canton xos monster 47232 to Leicester. 47335 forward from Leicester for crash rebuild 47190 on the Llandudno – Notts ex Long Eaton, i was hoping for a “rat” on this.
From Leicester it was the big “peds” viewed that morning back to Nuneaton (31299/31325) where i flagged 303050 on the up Trent Valley flyer as the following Llandudno – Euston was a good bet for a roarer, to much disappointment 86224 produced. A 310 unit home from Rugby there was time to reflect on a good day of varied Summer Saturday power of which 10 were new! Happy days on the “Mid”
303050 was unfortunately flagged at Nuneaton for the following Ludo – Euston which got a rancid can!
Former Liverpool St – Gidea park unit 306050 at Leicester awaiting scrapping at Berry’s
85010 2A23 0350 Euston-Bletchley L.Buzzard – Bletchley
EMU 0435 Euston-Birmingham Bletchley – Coventry
86240 1H03 0726 Coventry-Manchester Coventry – New St
47091 1O01 0600 Derby-Poole
47490 1V58 0835 Birmingham-Padd
31299} 1E62 0804 Birmingham-Yarmouth
31325}
47376 1O05 0815 Wolverhampton-Portsmouth H New St – Solihull
DMU 0825 Leamington-Moor St Solihull – Moor St
47353 1E64 1015 Birmingham-Yarmouth
31262 1M30 0740 Norwich-Birmingham
31161 1M67 1133 Norwich-Birmingham
47320 1O09 0833 Nottingham-Poole
47218 1O11 0710 Bradford-Weymouth
47290 1O03 0720 Liverpool-Weymouth
47533 1O74 0730 Manchester-Brighton
47560 1S61 0650 Padd-Edin/Glas
50032 1M49 0745 Bristol-Manchester
37038 1P14 0855 Newcastle-Yarmouth
47235 1E23 0908 Tenby-York
45143 1V69 0656 Leeds-Newquay
HST 0652 Swansea-Newcastle New St – Derby
37228 1V22 0823 York-Tenby Derby – New St
25298} 1J24 1010 Euston-Aberystwyth New St – Wolves
25322}
37174 1E83 0833 Derby-Yarmouth
86324 1A41 0930 Llandudno-Euston Wolves – New St
45038 1E29 0900 Paignton-Sheffield
31303 1E66 1315 Birmingham-Norwich New St – Nuneaton
31115 1M80 0949 Norwich-Birmingham
47232 1M81 0912 Poole-Nottingham Nuneaton – Leicester
31164 1E34 0912 Manchester P-Yarmouth
31180 1P18 0810 Leeds-Yarmouth
40124 1E67 0818 Manchester-Skegness
47186 1E47 0739 Luton-Scarborough
20041/20141-phot
47335 1E14 1020 Portsmouth-Leeds Leicester – Nottingham
20157} 1M02 1235 Skegness-Leicester
20172}
DMU 1435 Lincoln-Derby Nottingham – Long Eaton
47190 1D17 1233 Llandudno-Notingham Long Eaton – Beeston
Recently ex works after a crash rebuild 47190 arrives at Long Eaton with the Ludo – Notts
DMU 1630 Nottingham-Leicester Beeston – Leicester
31299} 1M68 1338 Yarmouth-Birmingham Leicester – Nuneaton
31325}
303050-phot – Stafford – Rugby
86224 1A73 1608 Llandudno-Euston Nuneaton – Rugby
31115 1E82 1818 Birmingham-Norwich
EMU 1838 Birmingham-Euston Rugby – L.Buzzard
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