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Tracks<br />
the monthly magazine of the<br />
Inter City <strong>Railway</strong> <strong>Society</strong><br />
Volume 39 No.10<br />
<strong>October</strong> 2011
Inter City <strong>Railway</strong> <strong>Society</strong><br />
founded 1973<br />
www.icrs.org.uk<br />
The content of the magazine is the copyright of the <strong>Society</strong><br />
No part of this magazine may be reproduced without prior permission of the copyright holder<br />
President: Simon Mutten (01603 715701)<br />
Coppercoin, 12 Blofield Corner Rd, Blofield, Norwich, Norfolk NR13 4RT<br />
Chairman:<br />
Carl Watson - chairman@icrs.org.uk<br />
14, Partridge Gardens, Waterlooville, Hampshire PO8 9XG<br />
Secretary: Gary Mutten - secretary@icrs.org.uk (01953 600445)<br />
11 Speedwell Road, Wymondham, Norfolk NR18 0XQ<br />
Treasurer: Gary Mutten - treasurer@icrs.org.uk details as above<br />
Membership Secretary: Trevor Roots - editor@icrs.org.uk (01466 760724) (07765337700)<br />
Mill of Botary, Cairnie, Huntly, Aberdeenshire AB54 4UD<br />
Editorial Manager:<br />
Trevor Roots - editor@icrs.org.uk details as above<br />
Website Manager:<br />
Mark Richards - website.manager@icrs.org.uk<br />
7 Parkside, Furzton, Milton Keynes, Bucks. MK4 1BX<br />
Publications Manager:<br />
Carl Watson - publications@icrs.org.uk details as above<br />
Editorial Team: Sightings: James Holloway - sightings@icrs.org.uk (0121 744 2351)<br />
246 Longmore Road, Shirley, Solihull B90 3ES<br />
News: John Barton - traffic.news@icrs.org.uk (0121 770 2205)<br />
46, Arbor Way, Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham B37 7LD<br />
Wagons & Trams: Martin Hall - wagon.corner@icrs.org.uk (0115 930 2775)<br />
5 Sunninghill Close, West Hallam, Ilkeston, Derbyshire DE7 6LS<br />
Europe (website): vacant<br />
Publications Team:<br />
UK Combine / Pocket Book / Irish: Carl Watson - ukbooks@icrs.org.uk details as above<br />
UK Wagons: Scott Yeates - wagon.compiler@icrs.org.uk<br />
Name Directory: Eddie Rathmill / Trevor Roots<br />
USF: Scott Yeates / Carl Watson / Trevor Roots<br />
Contents:<br />
Officials Contact List ......................................2<br />
<strong>Society</strong> Notice Board .................................. 3-5<br />
Publications ..................................................40<br />
GBBG Advert ................................................32<br />
Current News / Sightings:<br />
Gloucester / Stirling Sightings ......... 29-32<br />
Light Rail & Metro News ........................12<br />
Network News ..........................................7<br />
Open Day News .....................................23<br />
Out and About Sightings .................. 20-23<br />
Revised Liveries............................... 38-39<br />
Stock Changes.......................................38<br />
Traffic and Traction News ................ 16-18<br />
Freight Corner ....................................... 37<br />
Feature Articles:<br />
Days Out – 1 .................................... 24-26<br />
Days Out – 2 .................................... 27-28<br />
Eastleigh Works Report ....................... 5-6<br />
Network SouthEast ............................... 28<br />
Open Day Report ............................... 8-12<br />
Out with the New, in with Old ................ 17<br />
<strong>Railway</strong> Globetrotters ....................... 33-36<br />
Rail Tour News ................................. 18-19<br />
Ramblings of a Rail Enthusiast ........ 13-15<br />
Front Cover Photo:<br />
Southeastern Javelin 395002 arriving into St Pancras International, 27 th July 2011<br />
£1.50 where sold separately (post free)<br />
Printed & distributed in the UK by Henry Ling Limited, at the Dorset Press, Dorchester DT1 1HD
<strong>Society</strong> Notice Board<br />
Editor’s Comments:<br />
I do hope you all generally approve of a 40 page magazine…unfortunately the cover title banner got a<br />
bit lost in background of trees, looked clearer on screen !! I also hope you like the professional<br />
distribution with the carrier sheet (address sheet). The fun part is filling the 40 pages and as I‘ve<br />
pleaded before, don’t be shy in coming forward with info and photos, it is great to feature more from<br />
you, the members and it is particularly pleasing that a high proportion of new members are so<br />
doing…come on you veterans, you must have something to share ?<br />
With the introduction of the new timetable on 5 th Sep yet more interesting workings are now available.<br />
The new Chiltern <strong>Railway</strong>s mainline service from Marylebone – Birmingham Moor Street has been<br />
strengthened and coaches rebranded (see Revised Liveries). London Midland Trains now has use of<br />
Cl.172 DMUs and the new DLR connection between Canning Town and Stratford International is now<br />
in use. With the opening of the Westfield Shopping Centre, towering over Stratford, Southeastern also<br />
took the opportunity to operate 2 additional services an hour between St Pancras Int. and Ebbsfleet<br />
Int. to test its Olympic plans, hence the appropriate cover photo of a Javelin.<br />
As I write this, the bulk of the country is basking<br />
in a late heat wave and even up here it is quite<br />
warm, allowing the ‘estate’ to be mowed before<br />
I hit the road south again, which is where we<br />
will be when you read this. Those that do, I<br />
hope you are out making the most of it. We plan<br />
to call in on some preserved sites that not been<br />
visited before, so that should add more material<br />
to the increasing stockpile of future articles and<br />
photo spots. Hopefully I can also get up to<br />
London this time as so much has happened in<br />
the last few months that I’ve got withdrawal<br />
symptoms ! Haven’t even seen a Cl.379 yet, let<br />
alone a Cl.172 in any TOC livery.<br />
Warley National Model <strong>Railway</strong><br />
Exhibition 2011, NEC Birmingham:<br />
As last year we are going to have a stand at<br />
this 2 day show on the 19 th – 20 th November, to<br />
promote membership and sell our books. Carl<br />
and myself should be there all weekend, with<br />
James Holloway on Sat. and Mark Richards on<br />
Sun. so if any members are going, please visit<br />
us.<br />
Membership Matters:<br />
Subscriptions: Annual - £16.00, Five year - £75.00 (saving £5.00 & hedging against annual rise)<br />
ICRS Membership gives you:<br />
• a high quality full colour 40 page monthly magazine Tracks - covering all aspects of railways.<br />
• an informative website, with access to previous editions of the magazine.<br />
• 20% discount on all ICRS publications (8 published).<br />
• 10% discount on lan Allan books & first time mag subs (not additional to discount for IA Subs Club members).<br />
New Members:<br />
David Brooks (Crewe), James Clarke (Lostock Hall), Ian Costello (Holywell, Wales), Howard Craven<br />
(Keighley), Paul Hazelwood (Dunbar, Scotland), Eric Leeke (Cambridge), Ian Read (Stockport), Peter<br />
Stanton (Derby) - a warm welcome to you all.<br />
Obituary:<br />
It is sad to report the death of Peter Pay from Acomb, York. Our sincere condolences go to his family.
Payment / Renewal: If paying by cheque / postal order, please make payable to ICRS. Please note<br />
we cannot accept credit card payments over the telephone, however you can pay by credit card<br />
through our online PayPal facility. In a few clicks you can be signed up for another year, or take<br />
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subscription rises in that time. Select ‘Join ICRS’ from the menu on the homepage at icrs.org.uk<br />
Please provide your first name whether joining or renewing. If you renew at the very end of or in the<br />
first week of the month you may receive a renewal reminder form but do not worry as the admin<br />
process will naturally see things cross in the post. Please ignore the reminder if you have renewed.<br />
Please also note that cheques are not presented to the bank until usually the first week of the<br />
following month. With the change in Tracks distribution, please note that reminder / renewal forms<br />
will now be sent in a separate envelope so will no longer be in with Tracks.<br />
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Also use the comments box if buying or renewing a subscription for someone else.<br />
Membership Cards: Your membership is valid until the end of month as shown by the first two<br />
numbers. For those who joined from mid 2009, the second two numbers are the year. With the change<br />
in Tracks distribution, please note that cards will now be sent as soon as practicable following your<br />
renewal in a separate envelope.<br />
Website Matters:<br />
Members Area: Access requires a username and password. From the start of 2011 the username is<br />
now your 6 figure membership number and the password a random word provided by Mark Richards.<br />
For new members this will be in the welcome letter. For existing members, email a request to Mark at<br />
website.manager@icrs.org.uk Please remember to include your ICRS membership number.<br />
NB. The username / password is personal to you and should not be given to a non-member.<br />
Flickr Photo Gallery: As previously stated, Mark Richards has established our photo gallery on<br />
Flickr, so please have a look www.flickr.com/photos/intercity-railway-society. However the<br />
success of this site relies on your support, so please send Mark your photos.<br />
ICRS Yahoo Group: address is: finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/intercityrailwaysociety/<br />
We have our own Yahoo Group, established in March 2004, open to members and non-members alike<br />
to post sightings and observations, share comments and debate about the current railway scene. To<br />
join please email Mark Richards at website.manager@icrs.org.uk<br />
Facebook: For those of you who've become part of the social networking revolution online, ICRS now<br />
has a Facebook page. Search for ICRS and request us to be your friend and you'll be connected to<br />
what we do. As yet I'm not sure exactly how best to use this new avenue of communication as not all<br />
of our members have computers but if you can and want to get in touch then please do so and we'll<br />
see where it takes us.<br />
Magazine:<br />
Submissions: Any information / article on any railway related item will always be most welcome for<br />
inclusion in the magazine. Your visits, travel stories or anecdotes about any part of the railway<br />
network, past or present, home or abroad can give pleasure to others or inform of places to visit. This<br />
railway hobby of ours is made all that more enjoyable by the sharing of information, knowledge and<br />
experiences. Neatly hand written submissions are perfectly acceptable, but ideally a typed document<br />
is preferable. Better still, if you have a PC and internet connection then send an email. Good quality<br />
photographs are always welcome, either prints or preferably high res digital photographs via e-mail<br />
(not compressed please). Please include full contact details with any submissions, including your<br />
first name.<br />
The latest date for articles / info for the next issue is Friday 28 th <strong>October</strong> 2011<br />
with delivery to members after Friday 11 th November 2011<br />
Magazine Distribution: Tracks is now distributed direct from the printers (as from Sep 2011) to<br />
members in a clear plastic wrapping with an address carrier sheet. If any member fails to receive their<br />
copy after one week from the above estimated delivery date then please contact the editor.
Magazine Contributors: Thanks to Andrew Woodcock, Paul Tarrant, Mike Rumens, Brian<br />
Derricote, Ian McAlpine, Paul Bright, Ron Sansome, Geoff Hope, Eric Leeke, Roger Francis, Ian<br />
Sant, Mark Richards, Derek Sneddon, Nigel Hoskins, John Barton, James Holloway, Ray Smith,<br />
Martin Hall, Scott Yeates, Carl Watson & Trevor Roots. We are sorry if anyone has been missed.<br />
All photos by Trevor Roots unless shown otherwise.<br />
Eastleigh Works Report<br />
by Carl Watson<br />
Misc News:<br />
The new sidings in Bay 5 have now been extended into the south section, giving more storage room<br />
for Underground sets.<br />
The first public tour of the Works since the Eastleigh 100 event took place on 22 nd Sep. and was well<br />
received by all, including at least one ICRS Member. The next three tours on 20 th Oct. 17 th Nov and 8 th<br />
Dec. are fully booked. Assuming no problems arise with unauthorised photographs being published<br />
etc, dates for 2012 will be released via the KRS website www.rail-services.net in early Nov.<br />
Locos:<br />
35005 ‘Canadian Pacific’ arrived from the Mid Hants <strong>Railway</strong> behind 47500 (using 4905, 99318 and<br />
4994 for brake force) on 22 nd Sep. for storage.<br />
57312 + 57310 + 57306 arriving 57312 in the paint shop
57306, 310 and 312 (all minus nameplates) arrived on 9 th Sep. for minor modifications and a repaint<br />
into NR yellow. 57310 left a few days later for driver training duties in the Eastleigh area. 57312 will be<br />
the first completed in NR yellow and should be complete by the time you read this.<br />
Repainted Colas Rail Freight 66847 and 66848 departed for Rugby on 30 th August.<br />
66846 is now also painted in Colas livery and awaits an E exam before returning to traffic.<br />
73119 has lost its nameplates following sale to GBRf. It departed on the 26 th Sep. behind 66708 for St.<br />
Leonards via Tonbridge.<br />
31465 stabled in the Works with a Test Train on 20 th Sep. comprising 72612, 999605 & DBSO 9701.<br />
Overhauls are progressing on 47813 and 47853.<br />
Progress is being made in re-assembling SR Schools Class 925 ‘Cheltenham’ with the leading bogie<br />
now back on its wheels.<br />
47813 47853 (D1733)<br />
Units:<br />
450038, 014, 015, 027, 087 and 543 have<br />
received replacement traction motors<br />
150209 (57209 + 57212) arrived for storage on<br />
23 rd Sep. (see Stock Report)<br />
GLV 68504 (see photo right) is the first to<br />
receive door modifications with two sets of<br />
doors on each side being plated over and roller<br />
shutter doors being installed in the middle on<br />
each side. All three (68501, 504 and 505) are<br />
now back on overhauled bogies<br />
Coaching Stock:<br />
47500 departed with recent WCRC acquisitions 5943, 5978, 6009, 6012, 6021, 6029, 6050, 6175,<br />
6179 and the three Mk1s (used to move 35005) on 22 nd Sep.<br />
Mk2s 5940, 6031, 6101 and 6150 have been disposed of.<br />
Track Machines: DR98914+DR98964 is the latest MPV set to be overhauled by DBS.<br />
Wagons:<br />
IVBs 2398 517-5, 591-0 arrived for repairs on 1 st Sep. and repaired IVB 2398 547-2 departed.<br />
66213 arrived on 15 th Sep. with KPA 6905 026-4 for repair and departed with repaired IVBs 2398 517-<br />
5, 591-0 and KFAs 92543, 92548, 92552, 92558, 92647.<br />
London Underground: 3086 and 4086 have arrived for storage.<br />
5136, 5137, 5140, 5141, 6136, 6137, 6140 and 6141 have arrived and been disposed of.<br />
DLR: Engineers flat wagon 999 has finally departed during September following overhaul, it has been<br />
replaced by 996, another flat wagon.<br />
(all photos by Carl Watson)
Network News<br />
Allerton Depot:<br />
Having reported the sad loss of Thornaby it seems all is not lost for our traditional depots as it appears<br />
Allerton is to re-open, albeit to service Northern Rail DMUs.<br />
<strong>Railway</strong> Booking Office Closures by Andrew Woodcock:<br />
The proposal to close hundreds (675) of booking offices in the McNulty Report has prompted much<br />
debate in the media. What a catastrophe this will be in the rush to embrace new technology. By no<br />
means has everyone got a computer be they young or old or even wants one. Many that have are not<br />
very computer literate in using the internet. Many also do not trust booking and giving credit / debit<br />
card details online. How much will it cost in terms of time and money to travel to larger stations to book<br />
your tickets. I wonder if those in the halls of power ever travel by train ? My recent experience at the<br />
beginning of the month on a trip to Porthmadog for the narrow gauge railways show how hard things<br />
are for travellers.<br />
I booked my North and Mid Wales rover ticket at Hebden Bridge one Sunday whilst on my dinner<br />
break from work. A helpful chap assisted me in finding and booking the ticket I required. My ticket to<br />
and from Chester was booked on the internet. With reasonable computer knowledge I still managed in<br />
my search for a cheap ticket to travel from Manchester to Chester the long way round via Northwich.<br />
Other idiosyncrasies appeared on my return journey. Catching a train just after 11.00 from Holyhead I<br />
found an Arriva 2 car Cl.158 packed out with passengers and luggage from the Irish Ferries. Our train<br />
was bound for Birmingham Int. Passengers for the West Coast main line were told to change at<br />
Bangor for the Virgin service. The on-train announcements did not allow for request stops with people<br />
trying to get off at Valley thinking it was Bangor. When they did change at Bangor, the station was<br />
shrouded in scaffolding and lifts and the footbridge were difficult to find. Either of which they had to<br />
use to change platforms. Why does the Virgin train not start at Holyhead save all this hassle ? Also<br />
why not tell people to change at Llandudno Jnct or Chester where the following Virgin train stops at<br />
the same island platform ? Too easy I guess....been there before with my travels, ed. In my own case I<br />
was routed to change at Manchester Oxford Road for my Huddersfield train. I had to change platforms<br />
using the footbridge, no lifts. Not convenient for people less mobile or who have heavy luggage.<br />
Many of you I know will echo Andy’s thoughts and particularly those of us brought up (and survived)<br />
without computers and used to dealing face to face with a human being. Nothing wrong with bringing<br />
in technology to improve efficiency (couldn’t produce Tracks without it), but it should be an aid not a<br />
replacement to people. Even worse when it does away with local knowledge to be replaced with a<br />
system devoid of common sense and the inability to provide all relevant conditions of travel as with<br />
vending machines...and they can’t suggest alternative travel arrangements.<br />
In a similar vein, ICRS has been contacted by Barry Watson concerned over the loss of Ledbury<br />
booking office. His plea highlights the human face of railways that so many unstaffed stations have<br />
lost and desperately needs to be maintained to encourage train travel, particularly from lesser used<br />
rural stations.<br />
“For those that have ever visited the little town of Ledbury on the west of the Malvern Hills or travelled<br />
from there you will be aware of the great little independently run ticket office run from the lovingly<br />
maintained hut on the platform. It has been there for years and the people who staff it are wonderful in<br />
helping people with their tickets to travel not only in the UK but abroad. Under Network Rails<br />
governance this office is set to close. Why, nobody really knows.<br />
Can you give any advice as to how to stop this happening and who to lobby to make most effect. We<br />
have lost our tourist information office and now this...where will it all end. So with the loss of the rail<br />
ticket office Ledbury will lose even more of its identity which makes it such a lovely place to visit on the<br />
train”.<br />
If anyone has any bright ideas or feels impassioned enough to start an online campaign (there you go,<br />
technology to the rescue v technology !!) contact Carl our Chairman who will contact Barry.
Open Day Report<br />
Long Marston Open Weekend, 17 th - 18 th Sep 2011 by Neil Dix:<br />
The annual Long Marston Open Weekend took place this year over the 17 th & 18 th September and<br />
despite the late notice (It was not advertised until early August) there was still a decent turnout.<br />
This year more of the site was open to the public and guided tours lasting almost two hours were<br />
available to see the 'out-of-bounds' areas.<br />
86215 heads a line up of electric locos 86217, 86247 (Europhoenix), 86229, 86242, 87009<br />
86235, 86228, & 86231<br />
The Open weekend was billed as the 70 th anniversary of the Long Marston complex. Opened in 1941,<br />
the site was used as the Central Engineers Depot for the MOD. When the MOD closed the site 1999 it<br />
was purchased by St.Modwen Developments and was re-opened to rail traffic in 2005. Today, Motorail<br />
logistics are responsible for operating the railway at Long Marston. At just under 500 acres, the site is<br />
vast and has a mixture of warehousing, sidings, woodlands, drainage channels, Remnants from the<br />
MOD days and a plentiful supply of rabbit holes! If nature is your thing, it's not just rabbits that will<br />
interest you. Whilst photographing redundant Virgin DVTs, I turned around to see the delightful sight of<br />
two young deer gracefully making their way through the nearby trees. Graceful that is until they saw<br />
me....and then all hell broke loose as they charged full tilt in the opposite direction!<br />
37696 20088 (RFS 2017)
20016 heads a line of locos to 20903, 7 x industrial shunters, 37696, 47829,<br />
20088 (RFS 2017), 20081 & 20057<br />
the other end of the line with<br />
20057, 20081, 20088 (RFS 2017) & 47829<br />
Due to its vast size you really needed to be<br />
there all day if you wanted to see everything as<br />
well as go for a ride on the resident DMU and<br />
join the afternoon tour. It was good to see the<br />
two Europhoenix Cl. 87s on show and not far<br />
away was the test track complete with overhead<br />
wires - something I had not seen at Long<br />
Marston before. Both days were predominantly<br />
dry although Saturday appears to have had<br />
more sunshine. For my visit on Sunday it was<br />
mostly cloudy with a little hazy sunshine and a<br />
short shower mid way through the guided tour<br />
which incidentally was excellently given by<br />
Motorail UK Ltd Chief Executive Ruth Flack-<br />
Dunmore.<br />
unidentified Wickham trolley<br />
tour vehicle DMU 51376 + 59505 + 51352<br />
alongside the temp platform
Europhoenix 87017 ‘Iron Duke’ & 87023 ‘Velocity’<br />
Mk3 sleeper 10727 ex EPS Nightstar generator 96373<br />
An informative programme and stock list was also available, which for some reason listed a number of<br />
locos now in scrap yards or even cut up, however there were plenty of locomotives still on site (see<br />
below). There was also a good supply of industrial shunters and literally hundreds of stored carriages<br />
and wagons, including some of the ill fated EPS Nightstar generator coaches.<br />
bogie oil tanks<br />
Mainline Locos:<br />
01552 / 20016 / 20057 / 20081 / 20088 (RFS 2017) / 20903 / 20904 / 37415 / 37428 / 37696 /47829<br />
86215 / 86217 / 86228 / 86229 / 86231 / 86233 / 86234 / 86235 / 86242 / 86246 / 86247 / 86251<br />
87009 / 87017 / 87023 / 87025 Another Cl.20 believed to be 20092 was covered in a tarpaulin.
two of the three Cl.37s on site were 37415 &, 37428 (with RMC 0-6-0 industrial shunter)<br />
the unique Police liveried 47829
line up of industrial shunters between 20903 & 37696<br />
5 x 0-6-0 – ‘Emma’, National Smokeless Fuels No.7, N/K, N/K, No.28<br />
0-4-0 Fleetwood Loco Depot No.5 & 0-6-0, Kemira 2 (X7202)<br />
0-4-0 Sentinel HO14 0-6-0s ‘Rachael’, N/K & NCB 503<br />
In some press reports it has been indicated that this was to be the last Open Weekend at long<br />
Marston. There are a number of projects in the pipeline and some new storage sidings planned so<br />
even if there are other Open Weekends in the future, this probably was the last time the public would<br />
see Long Marston in its current form. For me personally, old MOD sites hold great interest and Long<br />
Marston is one of the best.<br />
(all photos by Neil Dix)<br />
Light Rail, Metro & Tram News<br />
Blackpool: 8 th Sep saw launch of new Flexity2 tram 001 outside Starr Gate Depot, an articulated 5<br />
piece tram with seating for 72. It is the first of its kind in the world and is the first of a 16 strong order<br />
from Bombardier to bring the Blackpool fleet in line with new accessibility regulations, due to come into<br />
force in 2019. It will undergo extensive testing with tram 002 arriving later in the year.<br />
Edinburgh: The sorry tale of this blighted project continues with a new agreement reached between<br />
the contractors and Edinburgh City Council after the Scottish Government stepped in. Transport for<br />
Scotland is to help. Following the council decision on 2 nd Sep, at least the tracks will now extend<br />
beyond Haymarket from the Airport into St Andrew Square adjacent Waverley Station. However at<br />
least 20 ordered trams may now be surplus to requirements if planned extensions are not now built.<br />
Princes Street is now being ripped up again to repair the track / road interface which has crumbled<br />
with the constant bus traffic...without a tram yet having run !!!<br />
Docklands Light <strong>Railway</strong>: The former East London Line from Stratford to Canning Town has now reopened<br />
as a further part of the DLR and extends through to Stratford International. This new extension<br />
to the DLR system opened on the 31 st August.<br />
Manchester Metrolink: With 6 years still on its contract. Stagecoach Metrolink has been sold to<br />
RATP Regie Autonome des Transports Parisiens). This is the third operator in 4 years, previously<br />
Serco up to 2007 and is yet another British transport undertaking in non UK hands.
Ramblings of a Rail Enthusiast<br />
by David Spencer – 1964 Part 3<br />
May: This was very much a Celtic month with three Welsh trips, including two rail tours and a week in<br />
Scotland which began on the 2 nd with the SLS 'Last train to Brecon'. For my haulage from Birmingham<br />
to Gloucester I have written two type 4 diesels, which I assume means a double headed Peak. This<br />
was followed by D1072 haulage to Cardiff. I've mentioned ticket hunting before and to fill in time I went<br />
to Penarth, Dingle Road and Sully before a trip to Barry Town and back to Cardiff. Leaving at 11.15<br />
behind 6606 we travelled up to Merthyr Tydfil where we reversed and changed engines to 3650 and<br />
4555 for the main tour. We set off via Cefn Coed and Pontsticill Junction with photo stops at Torpantu<br />
and Talybont and then onto Brecon. There was a brand new TV channel called BBC2 which I had<br />
never seen as it was only available in the London area but it had a programme on hobbies and so<br />
cameras were at Brecon to witness our departure. As Roger and I hogged the windows on the last<br />
coach, we must have appeared on TV as we leaned out to take a final picture of the station. On the<br />
return we stopped at Pontsticill Junction then on to Dowlais Central. Two more reversals got us back<br />
to Merthyr and 6606 was waiting to return us to Cardiff. It was a sad day as almost all of my beloved<br />
B&M was closed although I still had two thirds of it to walk, which I did by the end of the year, and<br />
thumbed a lift on one of the remaining sections later on. Bassaleg Junction to Machen of course still<br />
survives today. We returned home on a cross country DMU via Hereford.<br />
On the 7 th the following Thursday, I was back in South Wales again with D49 haulage to Gloucester<br />
and D1025 on to Cardiff where I got a DMU up to Treherbert the aim was the remaining bits of the<br />
South Wales Mineral <strong>Railway</strong> lines to Tonmawr and Glyncorrwg both of which I achieved. First I went<br />
round the shed to seek out the crew and get permission to travel, which as usual was given and my<br />
train was two brake vans propelled by 9606 and 9787, formed this way to save the guards from smoke<br />
inhalation whilst going through Rhondda Tunnel. At Cymmer Afan the train split. I remained with 9787<br />
whilst 9606 took the other brake van elsewhere; Duffryn Rhondda if I recall correctly.<br />
Hawksworth 0-6-0PT 9787 (w/d 09/64), Cwmavon, 7 May 1964
We went down the Avon valley to Cwmavon (Glam) station on ex Rhondda and Swansea Bay tracks<br />
and there I had to wait whilst the crew had a breakfast break. To kill time I went into the box and was<br />
given the gradient profile off the wall. Which was a blessing as the weather broke later on and it<br />
helped me keep dry! Demolition trains were already lifting track after Cwmavon and it would not be<br />
long before they started on the tracks I was travelling over. Then we set off back up the valley to<br />
Oakwood and branched onto the PTR track across the valley to join the SWMR line to the colliery at<br />
Tonmawr, photographing various relics of former prosperous times. After thanking the crew we set off<br />
to walk the track bed to Cymmer. Tonmawr Tunnel was bricked up so I had to go round and so<br />
inspected the wreck of Pontrhydyfan station on the R&SB and found a GWR ticket issuing book in<br />
good condition. The SWMR track bed was an unprotected shelf on the hillside and when the heavens<br />
opened I had nowhere to hide so had no choice but to walk on until I reached Cymmercorrwg where a<br />
link from the GW Lynfi valley line came across Cymmer Viaduct. I had to catch a bus up to<br />
Glyncorrwgto find an unadvertised workman’s service worked by 3654 up to North Rhondda Halt<br />
which had no road connection. It provided a continuous shuttle at shift change times and I went up<br />
and down three times before walking down the track to Cymmercorrwg and across the viaduct to catch<br />
a train down to Maesteg. I had walked part of the Port Talbot <strong>Railway</strong> as far as Cwmdu where the<br />
track ended before but today I decided to do the whole line. Thirty two years after closure it was not<br />
the easiest walk often just a soggy bog in the cuttings. At the intermediate station of Letty Brongu the<br />
station was intact and fenced off so I photographed what I could and made my way round to continue<br />
when an irate Welshman came running after me accusing me of being a council spy and taking<br />
sneaky pictures of his home. I convinced him after a while that I was a harmless railway buff and that I<br />
was just walking from Maesteg to Llangeinor and so I continued….yeah we’ve all been there, ed.<br />
Nothing to do with railways but an amazing coincidence then occurred, a real 'it's a small world' event.<br />
I reached Llangeinor Junction on the GWR Garw Valley line from Tondu and Bridgend and I asked a<br />
motorist if there were any buses into Bridgend to which he offered a me a lift. The conversation went<br />
'Where do you come from?' Birmingham 'Oh whereabouts' Well its Solihull actually Oh whereabouts'<br />
Olton 'Oh what road' I said Kineton Green Road. In our local paper there had been an article about a<br />
little girl taking a lamb for a walk who I had seen regularly as they only lived about ten houses from me<br />
and it was the couple in the car who had given the girl that lamb. The odds must have been many<br />
thousands to one of me meeting them like that! A Western took me back to Cardiff and bed.<br />
The next day, the 8 th was part two of my walking the B&M. A DMU took me to Bargoed and I set off up<br />
what started off as Rhymney track as far as Deri Junction where the B&M had an end on junction. This<br />
was still double track in use and I was lucky to see two coal trains both with bankers heading for<br />
Ogilvie Colliery. This section had only three stations and very much over desolate moorland but it was<br />
still a very enjoyable walk as far as Dowlais Top, I then inspected the remains of the LNWR Dowlais<br />
High Street before heading for Dowlais Cae Harris. Hoping for a lift, I was lucky and had a cab ride as<br />
5655 went down to Nelson and Llancaich where 3634 took me on a normal passenger train to<br />
Pontypool Road. From there D1722 was haulage to Hereford where a DMU got me home.<br />
On the 12 th I am intrigued to read I went photographing (to see girls?) certainly I took a photo of 3834<br />
but who the girls where I haven't a clue and they appear equally mysteriously later in the year!<br />
The SLS ran another great South Wales rail tour on 16 th well its west Wales actually and we set off the<br />
night before the usual way with D51 to Gloucester and D1032 onto Cardiff and Swansea. After<br />
reversal we had D1064 and D7038 onto Llanelly but we must have arrived very early in the morning<br />
as the rail tour was due to leave Pembury and Burry Port at 10.00 and we had time to look around and<br />
photograph Llanelly dock, the two train engines on Llanelly shed, catch a DMU to and have a look<br />
around Gowerton, change stations and get a train to Pontardulas Junction with 9654 and back to<br />
Swansea Victoria behind 45154 and get another DMU to catch the special at Pembury on time.<br />
Starting at Burry Port BPGV station we had 1665 for haulage and a mixture of mineral wagons and<br />
brake vans to take us up the BPGV line to Cwmmawr. This line later became well known for triple<br />
headed Cl.03s and later the cut down cab 08s in the 0899X series, which are still with us today.<br />
Constructed on the bed of a canal it had very restricted headroom and apart from their own BPGV<br />
engines only the 2021 class and later 16XX panniers could work the line.
Hawksworth 0-6-0PT 1665 (w/d 07/64), Burry Port, 16 May 1964<br />
At Cwmmawr we had to walk up to Cross Hands the terminus of the L&MM line and had 1665 and<br />
more brake vans and wagons down to Sandy Junction. We then switched to a DMU to cover the<br />
Newcastle Ernlyn and Aberayron branches, both of which branched off the Carmarthen to Aberystwyth<br />
line which in itself I had only visited once before. It was a great trip with each of the four branches<br />
being new to me. Home then beckoned and we had D7029 to Swansea, D1035 onto Gloucester and<br />
D19 to Birmingham.<br />
1665 + brake van, 2 x 5pl mineral wagons + brake van, SLS tour, Tumble 16 May 1964<br />
(note ladders for access to mineral wagons)<br />
The month ended with a Freedom of Scotland ticket and whilst the last one was a spotting trip this one<br />
was strictly a track bash…but that’s for next installment…and a fascinating read it is of long lost<br />
branches and some great photos of early Scottish based diesels, ed.<br />
all photos by David Spencer (to be cont)
Traffic & Traction News<br />
by John Barton<br />
September 1<br />
66723 + 66734 + 66737 arrived at Longport at<br />
13.40 with 66734 + 66737 moved 25 mins later<br />
inside the building by British Gypsum No2 (0-4-<br />
0 shunter).<br />
73138 t&t 73201 through Hoo Junction at 12.56<br />
heading towards London on Serco train.<br />
66588 on 4054 06.13 Leeds - Southampton<br />
Intermodal passed Elford Loop near Tamworth<br />
at 06.13 (photo below by Roger Thomas).<br />
66522 on 6Z65 Ratcliff Power Station - Daw Mill<br />
Colliery HTA coal hoppers passed Elford near<br />
Tamworth at 13.23 (photo below by Roger<br />
Thomas).<br />
97303 t&t 97304 on 3Q03 Derby - Machynlleth<br />
NR test train was seen in Elford loop near<br />
Tamworth at 18.30 (photo below by Roger<br />
Thomas).<br />
September 2<br />
47773 leading a poorly 47760 headed<br />
southbound through Milton Keynes nice and<br />
slowly at 21.00.<br />
20308 + 20309 passed Gromford (south of<br />
Saxmundham) at 16.58 with 6M69 Sizewell-<br />
Willesden flasks.<br />
70003 was seen storming through Barrow-on-<br />
Trent with the delayed 6U77 Mountsorrel -<br />
Basford Hall.<br />
September 3<br />
55022 ‘Royal Scots Grey’ passed through<br />
Bromsgrove at 20.37 with 1Z76 Weymouth -<br />
Crewe.<br />
66172 + 465174 passed Denmark Hill at 19.26.<br />
37510 passed Cambridge at 16.38 en route to<br />
Norwich light engine.<br />
92041 + 66123 + 66010 were seen passing<br />
Wandsworth Road at 13.35.<br />
34067 'Tangmere' passed Hanwell at12.58 light<br />
engine with no support coach.<br />
September 4<br />
70013 ‘Oliver Cromwell’ departed Paddock<br />
Wood at 19.20 after a water stop heading to<br />
Kensington Olympia.<br />
67005 passed Leamington Spa at 16.24 with<br />
6M48 Eastleigh - Bescot STVA car carriers<br />
running 10 minutes early and taking the<br />
Coventry branch.<br />
September 5<br />
92037 + 66027 departed a wet Carlisle heading<br />
southbound at 12.19 working 4M63 Mossend -<br />
Hams Hall.<br />
September 6<br />
47500 working 1Z96 Exeter St David’s - London<br />
Victoria passed Basingstoke at 20.42’<br />
31106 passed Water Orton with one yellow<br />
coach heading towards Birmingham at 12.14.<br />
September 7<br />
With LMT Cl.172's now in service, they have so<br />
far only worked south to Stratford on Avon and<br />
not between Tyseley and Leamington Spa.<br />
172345 was seen at Birmingham Moor Street<br />
working the 13.30 to Whitlocks End (photo<br />
below from James Holloway).<br />
Also noted at Birmingham Moor Street, 150005<br />
is once again re-formed as a 3 car set with car<br />
52210 back in the middle.<br />
September 8<br />
33207 + 34067 on 5Z72 Bishops Lydeard -<br />
Carnforth passed through Bishton at 17.00.<br />
57301 + 57303 + 57305 arrived at<br />
Loughborough at 15.36 with 0Z47 ex Wembley.
September 8 (cont)<br />
37510 was seen stabled in the yard outside<br />
Stowmarket station.<br />
September 9<br />
66074 passed Tamworth HL at 15.32 on<br />
Wolverhampton - Immingham steel.<br />
Noted at Cardiff were 66144 with 60019<br />
heading west on a mixed steel rake and 66098<br />
and 66181 also waiting to head west on loaded<br />
steel at 14.59.<br />
September 10<br />
D123 t&t with D5401 was seen at Quorn at<br />
13.53 on a southbound GCR service.<br />
D2158 t&t 3101 + 10119 was seen at Quorn<br />
14.28 on a northbound GCR service.<br />
6201 ‘Princess Elizabeth’ headed through<br />
Guide Bridge with support coach 99040 at<br />
15.22 on Crewe HC - York NRM.<br />
September 11<br />
5029 ‘Nunney Castle’ and 47500 passed Long<br />
Dyke Jnct at 19.25 with 1Z26 Pembroke Dock -<br />
Bristol Temple Meads.<br />
47832 t&t 47790 on 5Z54 Tyne Yd - Crewe CS.<br />
12 ‘Sarah Siddons’ t&t 20027 with coaches<br />
76297 71163 70823 76324 arrived at<br />
Amersham at 16.11 before departing south to<br />
West Ruislip at 16.38.<br />
September 12<br />
DR75407 passed slowly through Stroud at<br />
23.55.<br />
70006 t&t 66546 on 6Y60 Gresty Lane -<br />
Warrington Bank Quay passed through<br />
Winsford at 22.22.<br />
20309 + 20308 passed Gromford (south of<br />
Saxmundham) at 16.47 with 6M69 Sizewell-<br />
Willesden flasks.<br />
08662 was seen on the A1M passing Wetherby<br />
services northbound on a low loader at 13.14.<br />
September 13<br />
70013 ‘Oliver Cromwell’ worked the 1Z94<br />
London Victoria - Weymouth passing Eastleigh<br />
at 11.42.<br />
September 14<br />
20309 + 20308 passed Wolverton at 20.41<br />
working Willesden – Crewe.<br />
60007 ‘The Spirit of Tom Kendell’ was seen<br />
approaching Plumley station whilst working<br />
6F05 Tunstead – Oakleigh.<br />
33012 + 73136 passed Alfreton at 18.24<br />
heading for Barrow Hill.<br />
66087 arrived at Carlisle at 09.06 and departed<br />
09.11 heading north on Drax – New Cumnock<br />
empty HTA hoppers.<br />
September 15<br />
70009 headed west through Ilford at 16.37 with<br />
4M93 to Lawley Street.<br />
142020 worked the 13.44 service from York to<br />
Hull today.<br />
September 16<br />
66097 + 66213 + 66012 working 0O68 Didcot -<br />
Eastleigh passed Basingstoke at 19.19.<br />
47826 t&t 47580 on Nenta ecs from Carnforth –<br />
Norwich passed through Ely at 15.33.<br />
156412 was noted passing through Frisby at<br />
13.15 working ecs from Norwich - Derby Etches<br />
Park for tyre turning.<br />
After catching fire at Warwick station yesterday,<br />
66518 was seen being towed through Tyseley<br />
station at 13.40 by 66589.<br />
September 17<br />
172214/331/332/334 were seen just outside<br />
shed near entrance in Litchurch Lane.<br />
37229 t&t 37510 on a Pathfinder charter from<br />
Crewe to the London area was seen at<br />
Stratford at 12.13 (photos below by James<br />
Holloway).<br />
September 18<br />
66043 + 66114 + 66113 headed south through<br />
Leyland at 18.02 on Carlisle Yard - Warrington<br />
Arpley light engine convoy.<br />
37087 passed through Carlisle at 19.20 on York<br />
- Carlisle Kingmoor wagon move.<br />
September 19<br />
67003 has been through the paint facility at<br />
Toton to receive a coat of Arriva blue. No<br />
decals have been attached yet.<br />
September 21<br />
20305 + 20302 worked out of Princes<br />
Risborough at 23.47.<br />
September 22<br />
08571 was noted at Bounds Green Depot<br />
shunting a rake of silver Mk4 stock with DVT<br />
82207.
September 22 (cont)<br />
66729 on 6L28 Carlisle Yard - Whitemoor<br />
arrived Warrington Bank Quay at 06.55 some<br />
76 minutes early and departed at 08.42.<br />
Rail Tour News<br />
The Pompey Pacific by Mark Richards:<br />
56302 was seen making its way to Dereham<br />
piloting 37219 on maroon stock from<br />
Wymondham Abbey, after running as 0Z56<br />
from Barrow Hill today.<br />
On Saturday 10 th September 2011, BR Standard Class 7 70000 ‘Britannia’ made its first visit to<br />
Portsmouth with 1Z34 07.00 Taunton to Portsmouth Harbour ‘The Pompey Pacific.’ Not only was this<br />
Britannia’s first visit to Portsmouth, it was also the first visit of a steam loco to Portsmouth Harbour for<br />
some years.<br />
Due to weight restrictions on the pier, loco hauled trains are<br />
prohibited from using platforms 1 and 3 at Portsmouth<br />
Harbour. This caused a few operational issues on the day<br />
as an HST with 43030 and 43181 working a private charter<br />
from Hereford was also booked into Portsmouth Harbour.<br />
As both this and ‘The Pompey Pacific’ had to use platform<br />
4, this required the HST to be disembarked and dispatched<br />
to Fratton in under 10 minutes!<br />
Running a few minutes down on<br />
its booked 12.39 arrival, 70000<br />
made a magnificent sight, even<br />
under leaden and drizzly skies,<br />
as it pulled into the Harbour to a<br />
waiting throng of enthusiasts and<br />
residents that had come to see<br />
this historic loco. Resplendent in<br />
BR Black, it was noted that the<br />
nameplates had for some reason<br />
been removed from the smoke<br />
deflectors. However, the engine<br />
was carrying a special ‘The<br />
Pompey Pacific’ headboard.<br />
Built in January 1951, 70000<br />
was initially allocated to<br />
Stratford shed, East London,<br />
for use on the Liverpool Street<br />
to Norwich expresses. For<br />
many years the cab roof was<br />
painted white to mark the fact<br />
that 70000 was used to haul<br />
the funeral train of George VI<br />
from Norfolk to London in 1952.<br />
Britannia was withdrawn from<br />
service in May 1966 and<br />
returned to mainline operation<br />
in July 1991.<br />
70000 ‘Britannia’ arriving at<br />
Portsmouth Harbour<br />
Mark Richards
66197 running light engine from Eastleigh followed the charter from Fratton attaching to the rear of the<br />
train at Portsmouth Harbour. Running as 5Z34, the 66 then took the empty stock and 70000 to Fratton<br />
sidings where. 70000 was serviced and refuelled before being turned as 0Z70 Fratton SS (Stabling<br />
Siding) to Fratton SS running via Portcreek Jnct, Cosham, Fareham, Fareham North Jnct, Fareham,<br />
Cosham, Havant and Portcreek Jnct.<br />
With the return working booked at 16.52 from Portsmouth Harbour, 66197 brought the empty stock<br />
and the turned 70000 into Platform 4 a few minutes after 43030 and 43181 had departed with their<br />
charter back to Hereford. The weather remained unkind, with the departure being under grey skies<br />
with a light drizzle. The dampness caused 70000 to slip as it restarted its load of 10 coaches but what<br />
a terrific sight and sound as it found its footing and stormed its way out of the platform! 66197 was<br />
detached on arrival at the Harbour and followed a few minutes later, light engine to Eastleigh.<br />
Out with the New.... in with the Old !!!<br />
just two days before departing south for Crewe, ‘unwanted’<br />
66412, 66411 & 66413 sit alongside recently arrived C.37s 37427, 37416, 37411, 37417<br />
(with 20310, 20313 behind), DRS Carlisle Kingmoor Depot, 5 September 2011
Out & About<br />
by James Holloway<br />
To be more helpful for those interested in where stock was exactly, can I ask all contributors who list<br />
trip sightings en masse, particularly over long distances, to please add more detail when submitting to<br />
James…ed<br />
Brian Derricote:<br />
27 th August:<br />
English Riviera Statesman<br />
Stourbridge to Kingswear:<br />
43056/092/094/145, 47500/760/804, 66118/164<br />
66535, 143611/9, 150108/126/130/232/239/249<br />
158880/959, 172338/41, DR73907<br />
Paignton & Dartmouth <strong>Railway</strong>:<br />
D2192, Class 117 59503/07/17<br />
5 th September:<br />
Birmingham New Street-Doncaster 07.15-10.30:<br />
43207/304, 57010, 66019/044/167/176/230/506<br />
66534/590/592, 142016/54, 144009/22, 158838<br />
DR73108<br />
Doncaster 10.30-17.00:<br />
08853/69, 37510, 43050/064/206/208/277/299<br />
43302/305/307/308/312/315-317/320/367/465<br />
43467/468/480/484, 66031/077/128/140/145/714<br />
66723/740/741, 67008, 91101-03/05-10/12/21/26<br />
91128-30, 142046/61/67/71/88/96, 144003<br />
153310/6, 158795/796/815/817/849/872/901/902<br />
180114, DVT’s 82102/202-204/207/210/212/213<br />
82217/219/223/225/228, DR75403/79507<br />
Doncaster-Birmingham New Street 17.00-19.30:<br />
08762, 43061/82, 56301/2, 66056/129/534/565<br />
66572, 153313, 158866, 222003/11, DR75404<br />
Mike Rumens:<br />
24 th August:<br />
Nuneaton: 66539/92, DR999800<br />
Croft: 66617<br />
Hinckley: 47501/818, 66070<br />
Leicester 14.14-16.15:<br />
66068/238/585/716, 153321, 156403, 43044/045<br />
43064/075/082/089, 170101/104/107/111/112/116<br />
170397/518/520, 222001-03/06/07/09/11/15/20-22<br />
222101, DR73940<br />
30 th August:<br />
Nuneaton 14.25-17.10:<br />
66103/149/156/188/560/564/592/593/601/721/724<br />
66847/848, 90043, 153365, 170101/102/111/115<br />
170116/520/521/636, 221121, 350101/105/120<br />
350121/128/241, 390041/47<br />
31 st August:<br />
Nuneaton: 66142, 70005, DR73930<br />
Washwood Heath: 66509/587, DR 73108<br />
Lawley Street: 66593/594/956<br />
Birmingham New Street:<br />
43207/303/304/366, 158824/41, 170108/109/113<br />
170114/116/503/504/506/514/515, 220007/22/30<br />
220031/34, 221106/12/13/29/31/33, 323201/03/06<br />
323208-10/14/15/17/19/20/40/41/43, 350121/123<br />
350236/50/63, 390002/30/42<br />
3 rd September:<br />
Lawley Street: 66502/570/590<br />
Birmingham New Street:<br />
158837/38/41, 170632/7, 220022, 221105<br />
Birmingham Moor Street- Kidderminster:<br />
66720, 150005/007/010/012/104/122/214, 168001<br />
168109/213/219, trams 06/07/12<br />
7 th September:<br />
Birmingham Int: 350111/23/28, 390035/51<br />
Soho: 08805<br />
Wolverhampton: 66041, 350102<br />
Crewe:<br />
57308, 66433, 142032, 153355/74, 175112<br />
350111/23/25, 390002/06/14/17, Southport-Cardiff<br />
charter: 47804+6022+6115+6000+6103+1201+<br />
3352+3313+3360+3326+3350+3431+99680+47237<br />
Gresty Lane Sidings: 56049/051/103/104,<br />
DR79241<br />
Shrewsbury: 66144, 158826, 170514/634<br />
Craven Arms: 175111<br />
Llandrindod: 150241<br />
Llandeilo: DR73919<br />
Port Talbot: 142075<br />
Margam: 60015, 66144, 158895/956<br />
Cardiff Canton: 08499, 50044/049/135<br />
re-liveried 50044 ‘Exeter’ & 50049 ‘Defiant’<br />
Mike Rumens<br />
Cardiff Station 14.55-18.10:<br />
43009/015/021/034/038/040/042/056/091/135/137<br />
43144/147/153/164/171/171/177, 57313, 66069<br />
66107/112/144/151/163/165/166/198/510/601/607<br />
142002/10/24/69/72-77/80/82/85, 143601/02/04<br />
143606/07/09/10/14/16/23-25, 150126/217/227<br />
150229-231/236/240/245/247/250/251/253/256<br />
150257/258/261-264/279/281/282/284, 153329/53<br />
158767/798/833/841/895/951/953/957/959<br />
170108/117/636, 175003/004/007/009/010/104<br />
175105/110-112/116<br />
Alexandra Dock Jnct: 66192/200<br />
13 th September:<br />
Nuneaton:<br />
66535, 153364, 350235, 390024/45, DR73914<br />
Wembley: 66200
Euston:<br />
90020/6, 350115/122/234/240/254, 378205/15<br />
390044/7<br />
Waterloo-Eastleigh 08.37-10.00:<br />
159009, 444004/08/12/16/19/23/31/33/41/43<br />
450024/028/035/044/071/076/086/090/094/095<br />
450099/109/121/124/550, 377450, 455724/728<br />
455839/48/69, 458005/10/19/20<br />
Woking:<br />
159016/8, DR73908/23/28, 78231, 79200<br />
Winchester:<br />
66558, 444007, 450002/075/103/106/108/122<br />
Eastleigh 10.00-16.37:<br />
4492 ‘Dominion of New Zealand’+17013, 70013<br />
‘Oliver Cromwell’+4973+1860+99348+99121+3143<br />
+99316+99125+3093+47500 on the Dorset Coast<br />
Express, 08735, 59004, 66003/059/076/084/090<br />
66184/187/206/213/501/518/541/563/565/588/593<br />
67028, 70001/7, 73212/3, 158884/886/887/890<br />
220009-11/13/18/19/26-28/31, 221119/20, 377214<br />
444003/06/08/12/13/17/18-20/22/24-27/29/31/32<br />
444035-37, 450001/007/015/022/036/039/084/090<br />
450104/115<br />
Eastleigh-Waterloo 16.37-18.03:<br />
377130/214, 444015/25, 450002/011/013/033/083<br />
450086/105/118/549/560/563, 455701/721/722<br />
455737/738/740/851/860/902/918<br />
Waterloo 18.05-18.40:<br />
159008/12/13/20, 444019, 450006/026/030/033<br />
450034/079/081/108/120/123/553/565/567<br />
455716-718/729-731/737/750/843/850/853/857<br />
455865/868/871/901/910/918<br />
22 nd September:<br />
Nuneaton 13.50-16.25:<br />
47749, 66088/109/131/135/414/506/510/517/554<br />
66572/704/730, 86604/7, 153356, 170103/108<br />
170114/116/117/397/518/521, 221105/12, 350113<br />
350123/126/130/251/264, 390008/19/32/35/38/46<br />
390047/50/51, DR73930/78221<br />
Paul Bright:<br />
16 th September:<br />
Blackpool: 150148, 156427, 158752, 185142<br />
Preston:<br />
57308, 66238/415/418/429/616, 92003, 142005<br />
142033/61, 150136/138/145/148/149/268, 153328<br />
156424/27/40/44/70/72/89, 158755/759/787/906<br />
180103, 185105/12/14/21/22/24-26/28/31/39/42/43<br />
185145/46/51, 221101/07/12/13/18/42, 390001/03<br />
390009/13/29/31/43/46/47<br />
Paul Tarrant:<br />
2 nd September:<br />
Wandsworth Road 12.08-13.57:<br />
59005, 66066/093/139/542, 92001/41, 390019<br />
Nunhead 16.25<br />
67028+67002 westbound VSOE<br />
15 th September:<br />
Wandsworth Road:<br />
10.57 66597 6O56 FLHH<br />
11.01 66516 4O88 FL<br />
11.22 59005 6Y60 Hansons<br />
11.58 66954 4O86 FL<br />
12.03 66116 6Y41 engineers<br />
12.04 66044 7Y36 sand<br />
12.18 66505 4E24 FL<br />
12.22 66232 6Y08 Bretts<br />
12.44 66154 7L22 Transfesa<br />
12.52 66720 6Z66 CWR<br />
13.10 59005 6V18 Hansons<br />
13.12 66066 7O98 DBS hoppers<br />
13.13 66715 4E19 gypsum<br />
13.39 92001 4E32 steel empties<br />
15.03 66116 6Y42 engineers<br />
15.19 66712 light engine<br />
Stewarts Lane: 67016<br />
16 th September:<br />
Dartford 10.45-12.32: 59005, 66232<br />
Lewisham 13.15 & 15.02: 66232/505<br />
Wandsworth Road 13.26-13.52:<br />
59005, 66066/617, 73141<br />
Stewarts Lane: 47790/832<br />
20 th September:<br />
Stratford 11.43-13.00:<br />
59104, 66516/538/704, 70009, 90049<br />
Liverpool Street 13.30-15.50:<br />
379001/03/07-09/13-22/24-26/29/30<br />
22 nd September:<br />
Stratford 10.33-13.01:<br />
59004, 66084/505/517/539/704, 70009, 86604/07<br />
90047/49<br />
Ron Sansome:<br />
1 st September:<br />
Gloucester: 43193, 150241, 153377, 170397<br />
Cardiff:<br />
43018/137, 66144, 143602/04/16, 150255/6<br />
158955, 175104<br />
Bristol Temple Meads:<br />
43003/070/163/172/303, 143620, 150232/61<br />
153305/80, 158763/798/952, 220010, 221122<br />
9 th September:<br />
Gloucester: 43040/64, 158841, 170111<br />
East Usk Yard: 66086<br />
Newport: 60096, 66086/176<br />
Wentloog: 66569<br />
Cardiff Queen Street:<br />
66054, 121032, 142080, 143602/04/05/09/14<br />
150257/84<br />
Cardiff Central 10.05-10.50/11.15-16.45:<br />
43004/005/010/012/016/017/022/027/034/056/063<br />
43070/087/091/093/097/098/124-126/135/139/143<br />
43149/153/154/170-172/182/197, 57313/5, 60019<br />
66063/093/098/112/130/144/151/186/594/601/607<br />
142002/06/08/16/73-76/80-82/85/90, 143601/02<br />
143604-07/09/10/19/23-25, 150208/29-31/36/40<br />
150242/44/45/51/54-56/58/62/78/79/81/83-85<br />
153327/29, 158798/827/951/952-955/957, 170101<br />
170106-108/110/115/398/520, 175001/002/004/005<br />
175009/010/101/102/104/108/110/113/116<br />
14th September:<br />
Reading:<br />
43175/9, 66004, 166202, 220007, 221128, 458024<br />
West Ealing: 66171
Acton: 66082/203/741<br />
Paddington:<br />
43002/025/028/092/126/147/159/168/194/195<br />
166204, 332002-04/08/12, 360201<br />
Marylebone:<br />
165016/023/028/033/035/039, 168001/002/005/111<br />
168215, 172101/3/4<br />
Wembley Depot & station:<br />
67012/5/8, 165003, 168106/217/219, 172102<br />
Waterloo:<br />
444009/35, 450015/030/033/112/548, 455704/10<br />
455730, 455853<br />
Clapham Junction 12.45-14.30:<br />
33012, 59103, 66603/731, 73136, 159014/015/019<br />
159102/106, 377101/111/113/126/127/130/131/141<br />
377149/150/154/155/157/203/207/308/402/408/410<br />
377412/415/417/420-422/428/431/435/437/445/446<br />
377450/452/458/468/472, 378204/09/13/18/27<br />
444001/05/10/13/17/18/24/25/28/30/43,450001/003<br />
450007/013/017-020/024/028/030/033/034/036/056<br />
450072/080-083/089/091/093-095/107/108/111/121<br />
450543/46/47/52-54/56/58-63/67, 455703-706/708<br />
455709-716/722/724/725/727/728/734/735/737/739<br />
455750/801/805/810/811/814/815/822-825/829/835<br />
455838/844/845/849/851/852/854/861/864/866-870<br />
455872/874/902/904-908/910-912/914/915/919<br />
456006/12/16/23-25, 458003/05/07/10/12/14-17/19<br />
458021/26<br />
Liverpool Street:<br />
90002/5, 315816/17/28/55/56/58/60, 317509/512<br />
317660/663/860/886, 321336/444, 360103/6/8<br />
379001/04/09/13, DVT 82105<br />
Tottenham Hale 16.00-16.40:<br />
317502/504/508/659/729/884, 379003/08/12/19-21<br />
379026/30<br />
Bethnal Green 1700-18.25:<br />
90002/10-12, 315802-04/06/07/09/10/12-16/18/19<br />
315821-23/26/28-30/32-35/37-40/42/44/46-<br />
49/51/52<br />
315854/56-58, 317501/502/504/508/512/649/652<br />
317655/658/663/665/882/884-886/892, 321303/305<br />
321307/309/310/312/315/316/319/322/323/326/327<br />
321329/331/333/335/339/341-343/347/348/356/357<br />
321358/359/364/365/422/423/426/430/433-436/439<br />
321444/445, 360101/02/06/10-12/15-19/21, 379002<br />
379004-11/13-17/22-25/27/28, DVTs 82107/43/52<br />
21 st September:<br />
Bristol Temple Meads:<br />
43029/127/197, 150239/47, 220020, 221132<br />
Westbury: 08737, 59205, 66016<br />
Salisbury depot & station 11.35-14.25:<br />
59203, 158834/880/881/885/886/889/890/952/955<br />
158957, 159001/003/004/009/011-017/020-022/102<br />
159107<br />
Basingstoke 15.00-16.40:<br />
66238/588, 70001, 158883/959, 159002/003/005<br />
159011/012/015/018/019/101/103/104, 165123/34<br />
220003/10/11, 221124, 444012/14/16/25-27/29/33<br />
444036/38/39/44, 450015/038-040/075/081-<br />
083/089<br />
450090/093/103/109, 45 5738<br />
Ian McAlpine:<br />
19 th August:<br />
Peterborough:<br />
37510, 43310/11, 66185/713/728/743/746, 91101<br />
91110/13/14/25, 153385, 170102, DVT’s 82200/05<br />
82216/20, 98906/08/56/58<br />
Doncaster: 66111/142/524, 158901<br />
York: 150141/277, 185139<br />
20 th August:<br />
Newcastle:<br />
43207/77/99, 67001, 91119, 142021/88/90/94<br />
156469, 185106/07/14, 221130, DVT 82215/30<br />
Carlisle:<br />
4-6-0 5XP 44932 + 45305, 37608, 66418/426/549<br />
66551, 156432/443/444/480/514, 185104/10/28/38<br />
185146, 221105/11/18, 390002/13/14/34/37-39/50<br />
21 st August:<br />
York: 43378, 66555, 185139<br />
Peterborough: 66191/710, 73209, 91125, 365512<br />
22 nd August:<br />
Kings Dyke: 66953<br />
King’s Cross: 43206/308, 67025, 91111, 321405<br />
Liverpool Street-Romford:<br />
08750, 315808/14/16-18/21/27/29/37/42/54/56/57<br />
315859, 317670, 321303/304/322/347/432/43<br />
357204, 360104/09/13<br />
Upminster-Hoxton:<br />
172001/6, 357023/220, 378138/144/152/216/229<br />
New Cross Gate-Charing Cross:<br />
319430/5, 377208/410/474/501/505/508/514/52<br />
45 5808/26, 456001/4/6, 465032/038/163/183/188<br />
23 rd August:<br />
Peterborough:<br />
66013/067/704/716/730/737/740/743/746, 73209<br />
91125, 170102<br />
Barnetby:<br />
66069/144/158/525/528/559/711/726, 153326<br />
170308, 185107/29/37/48<br />
Scunthorpe: 08888, 66060/112/151/154, 142056<br />
Doncaster:<br />
08472, 43307/19, 66531/715/728, 67030, 91111<br />
91114/27/28, 142056/70, 144012, 153328<br />
158795, 170308, 180109, DVT’s 82212/7/9<br />
24 th August:<br />
Peterborough:<br />
20301/5, 66152/704/716/743/746, 73209, 91116<br />
153384, 170111, DVT 82211<br />
Water Orton: 66122/547/591<br />
Lawley Street: 66532/38/39/65<br />
Washwood Heath: 08762, 66532/597<br />
Birmingham Moor Street:<br />
150001-003/005/010/014/017-019/106, 168107/8<br />
168110, 172339<br />
Stratford-Leamington-Stourbridge Junction:<br />
139002, 150001-005/007/009/010/011/013/014<br />
150016/018/019/102/104, 165002/012/033<br />
168005/107/108/110/112, 172339<br />
Leicester: 47501/818<br />
27 th August:<br />
Peterborough:<br />
20301/2/4, 66191/704/724/734/737/740/746<br />
73209, 170101/203/207
29 th August:<br />
Whittlesea-Nuneaton:<br />
43044/050/084/467, 66079/736/957, 153371<br />
156404, 158773, 170101/104112/398/521, 321404<br />
321408/18, 350110/30, 390002, 999800<br />
Rugby: 92044, 350256<br />
Daventry: 66302<br />
Milton Keynes:<br />
66068/080, 350111/121/235/245/246/248/253/260<br />
377203, 390004/14/19/23/29/34/49<br />
Derby: 31106/465, 37423, 158799, 170109/397<br />
30 th August:<br />
Peterborough: 43307/20, 91118, 158770, 170204<br />
Hitchin: 66065<br />
Hornsey: 66707/46<br />
King’s Cross:<br />
43251/296/310/314, 67025, 180113, 321418<br />
365522<br />
St Pancras Int:<br />
319001/009/363/366/373/381/424/436438/441<br />
319443/452/457/459, 373205/22, 377514<br />
East Croydon:<br />
171728, 319450, 377117/308/321/325/416/445<br />
377457/468/511/515, 442401, 45 5832<br />
Trams 2536/47/50<br />
31 st August:<br />
Peterborough:<br />
47500, 66723/726/734/737/746, 91119,153385<br />
170204/398, 180105<br />
Lincoln: 66140, 153376, 156403<br />
Barnetby: 66519/29<br />
Hatfield & Stainforth: 66524/28<br />
Doncaster: 08669, 43309/12, 66529/38, 180110<br />
1 st September:<br />
43277/296/299, 66079/704/741/746, 73209<br />
170114<br />
Doncaster:<br />
08669, 66113/506/513/727, 67030, 91118,158903<br />
185150, DVT 82211<br />
March: 66061<br />
11 th September:<br />
Hootton: 507013/16<br />
Chester: 158820/28/35, 175109<br />
Shrewsbury: 97303, 150213/36, 170502/514/631<br />
Soho: 08805<br />
Birmingham New Street:<br />
150003, 158822/5, 170636, 350102/23, 390026<br />
Lawley Street: 66056/516/519<br />
Open Day News<br />
16 th September:<br />
Darlington:<br />
43285/306/313/379/384, 91132, 142019/24<br />
185136, DVT 82229<br />
NRM York: 4-6-0 Hall 5972<br />
York: 66506/740, 91108/16, 142020/71<br />
144007, 150269, 158787/790/910, 185104/11/30<br />
185132/34/40, 220001<br />
18 th September:<br />
Darlington: 142022/91, DVT 82231<br />
York: 150215/269, 158758<br />
Doncaster:<br />
66177/701/710/713/715/725, 150148, 98004/09/10<br />
Peterborough:<br />
66249/707/708/720/722/739/741, 91114, 365536<br />
Geoff Hope:<br />
1 st August:<br />
Manchester Piccadilly 14.00-16.15:<br />
66558/570, 142003/04/14/21/33/34/56/57/71<br />
150137/140/141/143/146/147/149/150/222/224<br />
150225/272/275-277, 156421/55/59/72/73/83/91<br />
158777/785/810/821/846/847/864, 170301/3/5-9<br />
175001/005/113/115, 180103, 185101/05/08-10<br />
185113/18/19/23/30-34/36/37/41/42/46/49/50<br />
220007/10, 221126-28/35, 390010/27/28/36/42/43<br />
13 th August:<br />
Crewe 12.00-14.30:<br />
37069/604/608, 66103, 92012, 150217, 153312/26<br />
153383/84, 175004/005/010/110, 221104/05/09<br />
221113-18/42-43, 323223/25/35/36, 350101/04/06<br />
350107/10/16/18/20/23-25, 390001/02/07/13/16<br />
390017/19/21/25/29/35/37/38/43/49<br />
18 th August:<br />
Doncaster 08.40-16.15:<br />
08669, 43074/206/208/238/239/251/257/290/295<br />
43296/300/302/305/307/309/312/315/316/319/320<br />
43423/467/480/484, 66008/011/029/131/142/162<br />
66199/201/207/249/530/541/555/566/568/706/711<br />
66721/731/741, 67020/6, 91101-06/08-16/18-20<br />
91122/24-26/29-32, 142018/65/87, 144003-05/07<br />
144008, 150133, 153311/24/32, 156403, 158784<br />
158790/792/843/845/861/909/910, 170303/06<br />
18011/09-11/14, 185105/15/33/34/36/40, 220003<br />
220006/21/22/26/29/30/32/33, 321902/3<br />
DVT’s 82200-06/08-17/19/22-24/26-31<br />
It is hoped that as details become known of forthcoming Open Days around the country then info<br />
concerning them will be notified to you. If anyone hears of any such events, please let the editor know.<br />
Acton Depot, London Transport – Family Open Weekend:<br />
London Transport's Acton depot will be open on Saturday, 8 th and Sunday, 9 th <strong>October</strong> between 11.00<br />
and 17.00 both days (last admission 16.00). Tickets prices are: Adults - £10.00, Seniors - £8.00,<br />
Concessions - £8.50, Accompanied Children under 16 are Free. Website for full details is<br />
www.ltmuseum.co.uk Book online or tel 020 7565 7298
Days Out - 1<br />
North York Moors <strong>Railway</strong>, 31 st Aug 2011 by Ian Sant:<br />
I have provided additional information (in italics) and photos particularly of what can be seen at<br />
Grosmont for those wishing to visit...ed.<br />
My wife and I decided to spend a few days in Scarborough. For a day out we decided to try the North<br />
Yorkshire Moors <strong>Railway</strong>. Scarborough to Pickering is about 55 minutes on bus number 128,<br />
departing at 09.45 and getting off at Ropery Road from where it is only a short walk to Pickering<br />
Station. We arrived in good time for the 11.00 departure to Grosmont. At this time of day, trains run<br />
hourly, but at other times of the year they are less frequent.<br />
Q6 0-8-0 63395 running around its train at Pickering before our journey<br />
Ian Sant<br />
The journey to Grosmont takes 1 hour and 5 minutes but we were almost 10 minutes late leaving in<br />
the hands of Q6 0-8-0 63395. Passing through some of the beautiful North Yorkshire Moors scenery,<br />
there were stops at Levisham and Goathland which are both passing places for trains in the opposite<br />
direction. On leaving Pickering we saw shunter 08850 and Cl.24 D5061. At Levisham we passed G2<br />
0-8-0 49395 and at Goathland we passed Standard 4MT 2-6-4T 80072. Also at Goathland was Cl.25<br />
D7628 ‘Sybilla’ and Cl. 31 31128 ‘Charybdis’ and beyond the station we saw Metropolitan Cammell<br />
first generation DMU comprising vehicles 51511, 59539 and 50204. Just before entering Grosmont<br />
Tunnel are the main locomotive sheds and visible outside were 12139 ‘Neil D Barker’, 50027 ‘Lion’<br />
and 37264 (the latter two numbers were not visible, as they were behind other vehicles, but they are<br />
assumed). Also seen were a number of what I presume are Austerity locomotives (one is of Polish<br />
origin) plus the frame of 2-8-0 2884.<br />
Getting off at Grosmont, Black 5 4-6-0 44767 ‘George Stephenson’ was seen sitting on an adjacent<br />
platform. Here there was time to walk back through the oldest horse-drawn railway tunnel (built<br />
between 1833 and 1835 by George Stephenson) alongside Grosmont Tunnel to the shed. Here you
can view the main running shed by way of stairs which lead up to a shop from where there is also a<br />
viewing window to the workshop. Inside the 2 track running shed were A4 4-6-2 60007 ‘Sir Nigel<br />
Gresley’, Black 5 4-6-0 45428 ‘Eric Treacy’, 9F 2-10-0 92214 ‘Cock O’The North’ and Maunsell S15 4-<br />
6-0 825. In the workshop was West Country 4-6-2 34101 ‘Hartland’ plus one other, unidentified.<br />
Walking around the side of the running shed there is further reasonable access to view the other end<br />
of the running shed, stock sidings, a covered ‘Nissan’ style workshop, coaling stage and the Deviation<br />
shed. The walkway to the latter is adjacent the running line with good views of approaching trains from<br />
Pickering and back to Grosmont Tunnel and the workshops. Info on NELPG locos is provided on a<br />
board inside the Deviation shed....ed.<br />
(left) workshops with D7628 ‘Sybilla’ & (right) 9F 2-10-0 92214 ‘Cock O’The North’ & Black 5 4-6-0<br />
45428 ‘Eric Treacy’ in the running shed, 2 May 2011<br />
Grosmont sheds looking north from end of public access walkway alongside Deviation shed with<br />
tunnel on the left of 0-6-2T 6619, D7628 & 0-6-0T 69023 ‘Joem’ under the coaling tower, 2 May 2011
view from Grosmont station south over LX towards access tunnels (foot & rail) to shed<br />
‘Nissan’ style workshop with 75029<br />
undergoing overhaul stock sidings are to<br />
the right of the walkway, 26 May 2011<br />
view into 3 track Deviation shed with<br />
D2207, 50027 ‘Lion’ on the centre track<br />
& 2-6-4T 80135 on the right, the left hand track<br />
had 2 stripped down steam locos, 2 May 2011<br />
Back at the station we waited for the<br />
13.10 to Whitby, which was hauled from<br />
Pickering to Grosmont by G2 0-8-0<br />
49395. This then detached to be<br />
replaced by Black 5 4-6-0 44767<br />
‘George Stephenson’ which continued<br />
on the 25 minute journey to Whitby.<br />
This then gave us 2½ hours in the very<br />
pleasant resort of Whitby.<br />
Northern Rail 156438 arriving at<br />
Grosmont on a service from Whitby,<br />
26 May 2011<br />
the NYM station is to the left<br />
Our return was via Northern Rail 156480 on the 16.05 service to Middlesbrough. Dropping off at<br />
Grosmont, we picked up the 16.30 service headed by 4MT 2-6-4T 80072 back to Pickering where we<br />
arrived at 17.40. One interesting note is that locomotives all face forward when travelling to Pickering<br />
and tender first when travelling towards Grosmont and Whitby.<br />
With an hour to wait for the 18.40 bus back to Scarborough we contemplated what had been a very<br />
pleasant way to spend a day.
Days Out - 2<br />
Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland <strong>Railway</strong>s 5-7 th Sep 2011 by Andy Woodcock:<br />
I decided to go to North Wales to achieve my second aim of 2011 to travel the full length of the Welsh<br />
Highland <strong>Railway</strong> (WHR). The best way was to travel to and stop in Porthmadog. The hotels in the<br />
town are not cheap but this was offset by being able to avoid parking charges of £7.50 a day. I<br />
travelled out on the 5 th via Llandudno Jnct and on to Blaenau to catch the Ffestiniog <strong>Railway</strong> (FR) to<br />
Porthmadog. Officially this year the rover ticket allows you 50% off on both railways but some on train<br />
staff are still using last year’s free travel on the FR. On the FR two Fairlies, ‘Blanche’ and ‘Linda’ were<br />
in use. Stock was seen at Minfford and Boston Lodge.<br />
In Porthmadog there had been heavy rainfall which continued overnight. In view of the weather I<br />
booked in to my hotel and returned to the railway’s Spooners Bar. It makes a substantial contribution<br />
to the railways finances. Alcohol is cheaper than in town and the meals are excellent value as<br />
evidenced by plenty of customers including public, enthusiasts and railway staff after work, the latter<br />
being a good advert. One interesting feature of the Bar is ‘Princess’ an 0-4-0STT in one corner, ed !!<br />
Tuesday 6 th was my day on the WHR with 2 Garratts in use. The day was reasonably dry and the ride<br />
was well worth the money. The scenery was unbelievable with streams and rivers like torrents, fields<br />
flooded with animals stranded on islands, cascading water down the hillsides, hilltops partly shrouded<br />
in mist but with sun glinting through. Truly a memorable trip.<br />
To travel the full line you need to be on the first morning train and the last one back at night. Other<br />
trains stop and start at Pont except for a teatime diesel hauled shuttle in the high season only. The<br />
train working is interesting. The train loco draws the train into the main station and when ready to<br />
leave any available loco attaches at the rear and draws the train onto the Cob where it then detaches<br />
and the train proceeds through the town. On return the same routine takes place.<br />
On my trip due to heavy flooding including the<br />
car park, the open top bus shuttle between Pont<br />
and Porthmadog was cancelled (the details of<br />
this service are not on the main train timetable<br />
but hidden away on another page). Our bus<br />
was replaced by a two coach train top & tailed<br />
by 0-6-0DH ‘Criccieth Castle’ & Bo-Bo ‘Vale of<br />
Ffestiniog’. Someone with a sense of humour<br />
had made a notice ‘BUS REPLACEMENT<br />
SERVICE’ for the cab of Criccieth Castle’ (see<br />
photo right, from Andy Woodcock) which<br />
amused us all.<br />
O n arrival back in Porthmadog I walked to the<br />
BR station and caught a Cl.158 to Minfford. I<br />
was able to ride the FR back to town and check<br />
locos etc I had seen. Then the teatime diesel<br />
Shuttle to Pont and back. After this I retired to<br />
Spooners Bar to eat and drink.<br />
On Wed 7 th I decided to catch the bus to Bangor, in case the Conway Valley line was flooded, then<br />
ride to Holyhead and then home. Noted on the way home was a Cl.66 loading stone at Penmaenmawr<br />
plus 60071 on Warrington depot.<br />
I went armed with an IRS stocklist, but the railway has an excellent stock book (A4size and 40 pages)<br />
full of illustrations and detail. I only had difficulty in identifying just two items; a large steam loco partly<br />
stripped in the yard at Dinas and further down the yard a small yellow diesel No 2. Lists show two ex
Shotton Steel Works Hunslet diesels Nos 1 & 2 of 1985 on site. The railway knows them as ‘Bill’ and<br />
‘Ben’. Logically as it had not been repainted, I guess it was ‘Ben’.<br />
On my way home from Oxford Rd to Huddersfield I had an amusing encounter. A young man on the<br />
opposite table who obviously thought he was better that the rest of us, was spread out with his phone<br />
and laptop etc. At Manchester Piccadilly there was a crew change and it was announced a ticket<br />
check would take place. When the checker appeared he had to interrupt this man who was quite<br />
indignant at having to endure another check. Imagine my amusement when the checker found his<br />
students card was out of date and threatened to charge him full fare cause him to squirm. Sadly the<br />
checker let him off and told him to get it renewed asap.<br />
An enjoyable few days holiday<br />
Network SouthEast<br />
by Trevor Roots<br />
To whet your appetite here is the first in a series on rolling stock in NSE livery.<br />
Cl.08:<br />
Only three Cl.08s were ever painted in NSE livery, 08631 ‘Eagle CURC’, 08600 & 08641. All three<br />
locos are remarkably still extant with one each in preservation, industrial and TOC use.<br />
Of the three, 08631 (D3798) was the first so treated in 1988 when it was also named ‘Eagle CURC’ on<br />
the 2 nd May at Cambridge. It is not known when it was withdrawn from BR but it is now preserved on<br />
the Mid Norfolk <strong>Railway</strong>, where it still carries its NSE livery<br />
(left) 08631 at Cambridge 8 May 1988<br />
(photo by Eric Leeke) and (above)<br />
at Dereham, Mid Norfolk Rly<br />
25 June 2011<br />
08600 (D3767) was withdrawn in Jul 1999 and is now owned by the logistics company AV Dawson in<br />
Middlesborough. It had an interesting career as it became a departmental shunter in 1979 under BR,<br />
re-numbered 97800, it operated at Slade Green depot where it was named ‘Ivor’ between 1 st Jan<br />
1986 and 31 st Dec 1987. In 1990 it returned to capital stock as 08600. It is currently painted red.<br />
08641 (D3808) is still operating on the national network but now as part of the First Great Western<br />
fleet and based at Laira depot. It has carried various names, ‘Laira’ from 1 st Jan 1986 which changed<br />
to ‘Dartmoor’ on 1 st Jan 1987. It is currently painted FGW indigo blue.
Gloucestershire Sightings<br />
by Nigel Hoskins<br />
The following sightings are mostly from Gloucester Station, but also include workings on the avoiding<br />
line southeast of the station between Barnwood and Gloucester Yard Jncts. Only freight and notable<br />
loco hauled workings are shown with the diagram code, time (if known) plus origin and destination<br />
(see location codes).<br />
14 th August<br />
16.50 66144 6E47 LL-TS<br />
66059 6E30 MG-HL<br />
66077 6M75 MG-CL<br />
66160 6Z51 MG-SC<br />
67017 0Z67 TO-BT<br />
15 th August<br />
04.14 66075 6E31 MG-HL<br />
06.08 66113 6M81 MG-RO<br />
09.23 66001 6M96 MG-CY<br />
11.08 60015 6B13 RN-WH<br />
11.27 66119 6V05 RO-MG<br />
11.58 60010 6E41 WH-LY<br />
14.15 37610+20302 6M67 BR-CE<br />
15.27 66177 6V92 CY-MG<br />
19.31 66718 6Z97 BN-CT<br />
16 th August<br />
03.47 66206 6M11 MG-RO<br />
03.58 66204 4V32 MF-ON<br />
04.23 66133 6E31 MG-HL<br />
05.11 66075 6V64 HL-MG<br />
10.18 66597 6Z25 FR-RY<br />
11.11 60015 6B13 RN-WH<br />
11.28 66206 6V05 RO-MG<br />
11.41 66075 4E66 MG-RA<br />
11.46 60010 6E41 WH-LY<br />
13.22 66096 6V67 RA-MG<br />
15.10 66177 6V92 CY-MG<br />
16.05 66047 6M41 MG-RO<br />
20.09 66001 6E30 MG-HL<br />
17 th August<br />
09.18 172338 5T28 WS-GL<br />
10.11 47749 0Z47 RY-CF<br />
10.59 60071 6B13 RN-WH<br />
11.08 66096 6V05 RO-MG<br />
11.29 66093 4E66 MG-RA<br />
12.13 66429/432 6M56 BE-CE<br />
13.23 66075 6V67 RA-MG<br />
14.10 172339 5T98 TY-GL<br />
14.16 47739+DR73931 6J86<br />
CF-RY<br />
14.36 172339 5T41 GL-WS<br />
18 th August<br />
05.25 66552 6Y28 GL-Hackney<br />
05.49 66046 6M81 MG-RO<br />
10.12 66099 6B36 DT-AH<br />
11.20 60010 6E41 WH-LY<br />
11.20 66206 4E66 MG-RA<br />
13.03 66099 6A36 AH-DT<br />
15.10 66133 6V92 CY-MG<br />
15.47 37604/603 6M67 BR-CE<br />
16.06 66177 6M41 GM-RO<br />
37604/603 6V74 CE-BR<br />
19 th August<br />
03.25 66093 6M03 RN-BD<br />
19 th August (cont)<br />
04.14 66718 6Z31 CT-HD<br />
09.12 66177 6M96 MG-CY<br />
10.58 DR75406 6J83 CF-WS<br />
11.14 60049 6B13 RN-WH<br />
11.26 66125 4E66 MG-RA<br />
20308/309 6M56 BE-CE<br />
66206 6V67 RA-MG<br />
60096 6V05 RO-MG<br />
20 th August<br />
11.17 60049 6B13 RN-WH<br />
12.49 66150 4E66 MG-RA<br />
66187 4Z32 RC-AV<br />
22 nd August<br />
06.09 66161 6M81 MG-RO<br />
11.02 66041 6V05 RO-MG<br />
12.05 66193 4A36 AH-DT<br />
12.51 66207 6V67 RA-MG<br />
13.58 66192/60049 6B13 RN-WH<br />
21.10 66050 4Z32 RC-MG<br />
66115 6V66 RA-MG<br />
66119 6V92 CY-MG<br />
66161 6V07 RO-MG<br />
60010 6E41 WH-LY<br />
23 rd August<br />
04.00 60010 6V98 LY-WH<br />
04.32 66161 6E31 MG-HL<br />
09.08 66207 6M96 MG-CY<br />
11.01 66050 6V05 RO-MG<br />
11.07 66192 6B13 RN-WH<br />
11.27 66113 6E66 MG-RA<br />
12.39 66143 6V67 RA-MG<br />
18.21 66718 6Z30 HD-CT<br />
19.32 66107 6V69 BS-AD<br />
21.46 66106 6V06 KY-CT<br />
21.52 66093 6V66 RA-MG<br />
24 th August<br />
19.02 66037 6V07 RO-MG<br />
19.17 66718 6Z30 HD-CT<br />
19.21 60096 6B47 WH-RN<br />
20.16 66106 6E30 MG-HL<br />
22.01 66003 6V66 RA-MG<br />
66031 6V81 RM-CT<br />
66207 6V93 CY-MG<br />
66070 4Z32 RC-MG<br />
66192 6M11 LL-RO<br />
25 th August<br />
18.37 66092 6M41 MG-RO<br />
19.02 66113 6V07 RO-MG<br />
19.04 60096 6B47 WH-RN<br />
20.19 66192 6E30 MG-HL<br />
21.25 66119 6E09 SS-IM<br />
21.55 66041 6V66 RA-MG<br />
22.58 66096/87 6E47 LL-TS<br />
60099 6E41 WH-LY<br />
25 th August (cont)<br />
37602/7 6M67 BR-CE<br />
66070 4E66 MG-RA<br />
26 th August<br />
06.07 66113 6M81 MG-RO<br />
09.08 66037 6M96 MG-CY<br />
10.15 20308/9 1Z20 CE-Kingswear<br />
11.07 60096 6B13 RN-WH<br />
11.13 66023 4E66 MG-RA<br />
15.15 66143 6V92 CY-MG<br />
19.55 66207 6V55 BD-MG<br />
22.03 66090 6V66 RA-MG<br />
66095 6B36 DT-AH<br />
27 th August<br />
10.58 60096 6B13 RN-WH<br />
12.53 66090/106 4E66 MG-RA<br />
17.04 66718 6Z30 HD-CT<br />
18.30 60096 6B47 WH-MG<br />
21.46 66092 6V02 HL-LL<br />
66105 4Z33 RC-AV<br />
28 th August<br />
19.20 66041 6M75 MG-CL<br />
21.27 66151 6V64 TS-CT<br />
23.30 66096 6Z51 MG-SC<br />
66092 6W04 GL-HY<br />
29 th August<br />
01.11 66126 6W06 GL-AD<br />
03.38 66054 6W07 GL-AD<br />
04.07 66120 6W08 GL-AD<br />
04.28 66113 6W05 GL-AD<br />
30 th August<br />
00.48 66192 4E67 MG-RA<br />
00.54 66087 6E49 CT-RM<br />
01.55 66618 6V20 EA-WY<br />
02.19 66137 6V19 IM-MG<br />
03.51 66083 6M11 LL-RO<br />
03.57 66718 6Z31 CT-HD<br />
04.03 66204 6Z94 LY-AW<br />
05.17 66131 4V32 WP-ON<br />
11.42 60096 6B13 RN-WH<br />
12.48 66053 6V67 RA-MG<br />
15.07 66161 6V92 CY-MG<br />
17.07 66718 6Z30 HD-CT<br />
19.03 66204 6Z44 AW-LY<br />
19.40 66086 6V69 BS-AD<br />
20.17 66093 6E30 MG-HL<br />
21.25 66131 6E09 SS-IM<br />
22.26 66192 6V66 RA-MG<br />
31 st August<br />
12.52 57009/12 6M67 BR-CE<br />
19.00 66011 6V07 RO-MG<br />
19.55 66011 6E12 CF-IM<br />
20.16 66127 6E30 MG-HL<br />
20.20 66053 6V66 RA-MG<br />
23.04 66207 6E47 LL-TS
31 st August (cont)<br />
23.10 66133 6Z86 CT-SY<br />
23.20 66544 6Y58 WY-GL<br />
1 st September<br />
11.01 66025 6V05 RO-MG<br />
12.39 66848 0Z80 RY-GL<br />
15.00 66152 6V67 RA-MG<br />
66192 6V92 CY-MG<br />
66105 6M41 MG-RO<br />
66092 6B36 DT-AH<br />
60010 6E41 WH-LY<br />
66718 6Z30 HD-CT<br />
66025 6E30 MG-HL<br />
66095 6V07 RO-MG<br />
60096 6B47 WH-RN<br />
2 nd September<br />
11.11 60096 6B13 RN-WH<br />
11.11 67016 6Z36 DT-LM<br />
11.28 66112 4E66 MG-RA<br />
11.28 66152 6V05 RO-MG<br />
14.00 66192 6V67 RA-MG<br />
14.06 66120 6V92 CY-MG<br />
18.59 66206 6V07 RO-MG<br />
19.04 60096 6B47 WH-RN<br />
19.58 66204 6E12 CF-PC<br />
20.16 66165 6E30 MG-HL<br />
21.27 66041 6V66 RA-MG<br />
23.34 66151 6V81 RM-CT<br />
60010 6E41 WH-LY<br />
3 rd September<br />
09.56 66104 4Z33 RC-AV<br />
11.04 66095/192 6B13 RN-WH<br />
11.29 66059 6M60 EX-BS<br />
16.51 66718 6Z30 HD-CT<br />
66604 6Y12 WY-Eckington<br />
55022 1Z75 CE-Weymouth<br />
66620/06 6Y11 FR-AT<br />
67028 1Z95 VA-WS<br />
4 th September<br />
66606/20 6Y11 AT-FR<br />
66604 6Y12 AT-WY<br />
66097 6M75 MG-Harendale<br />
66165 6E47 LL-TS<br />
66160 6E30 MG-HL<br />
5 th September<br />
08.14 66156 6M81 MG-RO<br />
09.01 66250 6M96 MG-CY<br />
11.22 60096 6B13 RN-WH<br />
11.27 66098 6V05 RO-MG<br />
12.54 66138 6V67 RA-MG<br />
15.08 66106 6V92 CY-MG<br />
16.03 66069 6M41 MG-RO<br />
18.04 60096 6B47 WH-MG<br />
18.11 66423 6Z00 SN-CT<br />
19.02 66156 6V07 RO-MG<br />
19.31 66098 6E30 MG-HL<br />
20.03 66718 6Z97 BN-CT<br />
22.01 66165 6V66 RA-MG<br />
23.12 66192 6E47 LL-TS<br />
60010 6E41 WH-LY<br />
6 th September<br />
11.17 60096 6B13 RN-WH<br />
11.26 66156 6V05 RO-MG<br />
12.54 66144 6V67 RA-MG<br />
18.59 66187 6V07 RO-MG<br />
21.59 66083 6V66 RA-MG<br />
6 th September (cont)<br />
66104 6B36 DT-AH<br />
60010 6E41 WH-LY<br />
7 th September<br />
06.24 77327 7Z09 Lydney-GL<br />
09.09 66070 6M96 MG-CY<br />
11.07 60096 6B13 RN-WH<br />
11.31 66105 4E66 MG-RA<br />
11.34 66095 6V05 RO-MG<br />
12.52 66069 6V67 RA-MG<br />
13.00 66078 6W61 WY-GL<br />
15.08 66063 6V92 CY-MG<br />
66108 6Z36 DT-LM<br />
8 th September<br />
04.05 60065 6V98 LY-WH<br />
04.10 66718 6Z31 CT-HD<br />
04.51 66168 6V72 Liverpool-<br />
SW<br />
11.22 60096 6B13 RN-WH<br />
12.55 66105 6V67 RA-MG<br />
12.59 172214 5Z75 DY-GL<br />
13.59 60065 6E41 WH-LY<br />
16.00 66160 6M41 MG-RO<br />
22.05 66063 6V66 RA-MG<br />
9 th September<br />
09.18 66083 6M96 MG-CY<br />
11.15 60096 6B13 RN-WH<br />
11.30 66165 4E66 MG-RA<br />
12.57 66186 6V67 RA-MG<br />
13.05 66144/60019 6V05 RO-MG<br />
15.19 66105 6V92 CY-MG<br />
19.59 60015 6V55 BD-RN<br />
20.08 66200 6E11 CF-IM<br />
20.19 66250 6E30 MG-HL<br />
23.27 66161 6V81 RM-CT<br />
66194 6W65 AJ-WY<br />
66147 6A36 AH-DT<br />
10 th September<br />
11.05 60015 6B13 RN-WH<br />
11.33 66126 6M60 EX-BS<br />
13.44 66112 4E66 MG-RA<br />
14.25 66186 6V75 Dee Marsh-MG<br />
66250 6V02 HL-LL<br />
60096/66083/119/169/187 0Z98<br />
MG-BS<br />
11 th September<br />
66097 6V64 YS-CT<br />
66176 6E30 MG-HL<br />
66130 6M75 MG-<br />
Harendale<br />
66719 6Z33 CT-BN<br />
66186 6Z51 MG-SC<br />
66126/67/69/70/94 0P01 MG-SC<br />
12 th September<br />
60015 6B13 RN-WH<br />
60010 6E41 WH-LY<br />
66067 6V67 RA-MG<br />
31106 3Z13 DY-BL<br />
66126 6M96 MG-CY<br />
66120 6V06 HD-CT<br />
66711 6Z97 BN-CT<br />
66144 6E30 MG-HL<br />
13 th September<br />
11.27 66161 4E66 MG-RA<br />
13.06 60071 6B13 RN-WH<br />
20.01 66138 6V69 BS-AD<br />
13 th September (cont)<br />
60010 6E41 WH-LY<br />
66197 6W53 Haresfield-WY<br />
14 th September<br />
04.06 66711 6Z31 CT-HD<br />
09.03 66136 6M96 MG-CY<br />
13.11 DR73931 6J86 CF-GL<br />
66142 6V67 RA-MG<br />
60019 6M81 MG-RO<br />
66054 6V55 BD-RN<br />
66156 6V66 RA-MG<br />
37218/611 6V74 CE-BR<br />
66069 6V05 RO-MG<br />
66181 6V92 CY-MG<br />
66069 6V05 RO-MG<br />
172211 5T40 TY-GL<br />
66194 6M41 MG-RO<br />
15 th September<br />
11.25 66121 6V05 RO-MG<br />
12.18 60071 6B13 RN-WH<br />
12.57 66167 6V66 RA-MG<br />
16.03 66104 6M41 MG-RO<br />
66139 6B36 DT-AH<br />
60010 6E41 WH-LY<br />
16 th September<br />
05.43 66172 6M81 MG-RO<br />
06.53 66053 6V72 Liverpool-SW<br />
09.02 66104 6M96 MG-CY<br />
11.13 60071 6B13 RN-WH<br />
11.28 66126 6V05 RO-MG<br />
37409+975025 2Z02 RD-GL<br />
17 th September<br />
11.02 60071 6B13 RN-WH<br />
12.51 66172 4E66 MG-RA<br />
16.09 158746 5W50 TY-BL<br />
18.53 60071 6B47 WH-MG<br />
21.37 66615 6Z11 Killoch-SG<br />
18 th September<br />
17.10 66130 6E47 LL-TS<br />
19.56 66142 6E30 MG-HL<br />
66130 6E47 LL-TS<br />
19 th September<br />
06.08 66092 6M81 MG-RO<br />
09.09 66167 6M96 MG-CY<br />
11.28 66151 6V05 RO-MG<br />
11.44 60071 6B13 RN-WH<br />
12.20 60010 6E41 WH-LY<br />
14.04 66015 6V67 RA-MG<br />
15.10 66181 6V92 CY-MG<br />
20.28 66711 6Z97 BN-CT<br />
20 th September<br />
11.25 66170 4E66 MG-RA<br />
11.26 66181 6V05 RO-MG<br />
13.02 66171 6A36 AH-DT<br />
66081 6Z44 AW-LY<br />
66204 6M81 MG-RO<br />
66171 6B36 DT-AH<br />
60010 6E41 WH-LY<br />
60071 6B13 RN-WH<br />
66544 6Z26 Sandiacre-FR<br />
66077 6V06 HD-CT<br />
66097 6V69 BS-AD
Stirlingshire & Gloucestershire Sightings Location Codes:<br />
AB Aberdeen<br />
AC Achnasheen<br />
AD Alexander Dock<br />
Jnct<br />
AE Attercliffe<br />
AH Ashchurch<br />
AJ Awre Junction<br />
AL Alston<br />
AN Acton<br />
AP Appleford<br />
AR Abercynon<br />
AT Abbotswood Jnct<br />
AV Avonmouth<br />
AW Aberthaw<br />
AY Ayr<br />
BA Blair Atholl<br />
BD Bedworth<br />
BE Berkeley<br />
BH Brierley Hill<br />
BI Burntisland<br />
BL Bristol<br />
BN Beeston<br />
BO Bo’ness<br />
BP Bath<br />
BR Bridgwater<br />
BS Bescot<br />
BT Barton Hill<br />
BW Barrow Hill<br />
BZ St Blazey<br />
BY Barry<br />
CA Calvert<br />
CB Coatbridge<br />
CE Crewe<br />
CD Charfield<br />
CF Cardiff<br />
CH Chaddesden<br />
CL Carlisle<br />
CM Chalmerston<br />
CN Carnforth<br />
CP Chepstow<br />
CQ Croft Quarry<br />
CR Cadder<br />
CS Cheltenham<br />
CT Cardiff Tidal<br />
CV Cliff Vale<br />
CY Corby<br />
DC Dyce<br />
DL Dalmeny<br />
DM Dollands Moor<br />
DR Doncaster<br />
DS Dalston<br />
DT Didcot<br />
DV Daventry<br />
DY Derby<br />
DU Dundee<br />
EA Earles Sidings<br />
ED Edinburgh<br />
EE Elderslie<br />
EH Eastleigh<br />
EL Elgin<br />
EU Euston<br />
EV Evesham<br />
EX Exeter<br />
FB Ferrybridge<br />
FF Fiddlers Ferry<br />
FG Fishguard<br />
FO Forres<br />
FR Fairwater<br />
GC Glasgow Central<br />
GL Gloucester<br />
GM Grangemouth<br />
GR Grange Sidings<br />
GS Gleneagles<br />
GY Grimsby<br />
HA Hayes<br />
HD Handsworth<br />
HF Hereford<br />
HH Holyhead<br />
HL Hartlepool<br />
HR Harwich<br />
HS Hunslet<br />
HT Hastings<br />
HV Haverfordwest<br />
HW Heywood Jnct<br />
HY Hinksey<br />
IM Immingham<br />
IB Ironbridge<br />
IS Inverness<br />
JM Jersey Marine<br />
KB Kittybrewster<br />
KC Kirkcaldy<br />
KK Kilmarnock<br />
KL Kyle of Lochalsh<br />
KN Kennethmont<br />
KS Kingsland Road<br />
KY Kingsbury<br />
LA Laira<br />
LB Ladybank<br />
LC Lincoln<br />
LD Lydney<br />
LG Lairg<br />
LH Leith<br />
LI Linlithgow<br />
LK Lackenby<br />
LL Llanwern<br />
LM Long Marston<br />
LN Laurencekirk<br />
LO Longsight<br />
LS Leeds<br />
LT Longannet<br />
LW Linkswood<br />
LY Lindsey<br />
MC Machen<br />
ME Montrose<br />
MF Milford<br />
MG Margam<br />
MH Millerhill<br />
MN Mossend<br />
ML Motherwell<br />
MO Moreton<br />
MS Maesteg<br />
MT Mountsorrel<br />
MV Manchester Vic<br />
MW Moorswater<br />
NA Nairn<br />
NE Neath<br />
NG Nottingham<br />
NH Newton Heath<br />
NJ Norton Jnct<br />
NL Newtonhill<br />
NT Newport<br />
NV Neville Hill<br />
NW Nantwich<br />
OB Oban<br />
ON Onllwyn<br />
OO Old Oak<br />
Common<br />
OX Oxwellmains<br />
OY Oxley<br />
PA Paisley<br />
PC Port Clarence<br />
PF Peak Forest<br />
PG Pengham<br />
PH Perth<br />
PM St Philips Marsh<br />
PN Paddington<br />
PO Polmadie<br />
PR Preston<br />
PT Paignton<br />
PW Prestwick<br />
PY Portbury<br />
PZ Penzance<br />
RA Redcar<br />
RC Ratcliffe<br />
RD Reading<br />
RE Redmire<br />
RG Rugeley<br />
RM Rotherham<br />
RN Robeston<br />
RO Round Oak<br />
RR Rowley Regis<br />
RV Ravenstruther<br />
RY Rugby<br />
SA Saltley<br />
Stirlingshire Sightings<br />
by Derek Sneddon<br />
SB Stourbridge<br />
SC Scunthorpe<br />
SD Standish Jnct<br />
SG Stoke Gifford<br />
SH Slough<br />
SI Stirling<br />
SK Shirebrook<br />
SN Stockton<br />
SO Southampton<br />
SP Spetchley<br />
SR Stourton<br />
SS Swansea<br />
ST Severn Tunnel Jnct<br />
SV Stevenage<br />
SW Swindon<br />
SY Shipley<br />
TD Tyne Dock<br />
TE Trostre<br />
TH Theale<br />
TK Tavistock Jnct<br />
TL Tilbury<br />
TN Taunton<br />
TO Toton<br />
TR Trishington<br />
TS Tees Yard<br />
TY Tyseley<br />
VA Victoria<br />
WB Wembley<br />
WH Westerleigh<br />
WP Worksop<br />
WR Warrington<br />
WS Worcester<br />
WV Wolverhampton<br />
WW Washwood Heath<br />
WY Westbury<br />
YT Yate<br />
YK York<br />
The following sightings are from Camelon Station & nearby Carmuirs Junction with an occasional<br />
sighting from Falkirk. Only freight and notable loco hauled workings are shown together with the<br />
diagram code, time, origin and destination (see location codes).<br />
16 th August<br />
05.45 66421 4H47 MN-IS<br />
13.00 66302 4A13 GM-AB<br />
13.30 66012 6S36 DS-GM<br />
17 th August<br />
05.45 66421 4H47 MN-IS<br />
07.00 66302 4R75 GM-EE<br />
08.30 66621 6A65 OX-AB<br />
13.00 66301 4A13 GM-AB<br />
13.30 66007 6S36 DS-GM<br />
18 th August<br />
05.30 66621 6H51 OX-IS<br />
05.45 66425 4H47 MN-IS<br />
18 th August (cont)<br />
06.00 66025 6A31 MN-AB<br />
07.00 66301 4R75 GM-EE<br />
11.37 31106 1Q12 MN-IS<br />
13.00 66430 4A13 GM-AB<br />
13.30 66007 6S36 DS-GM<br />
19 th August<br />
05.45 66425 4H47 MN-IS<br />
07.00 66301 4R75 GM-EE<br />
13.00 66427 4A13 GM-AB<br />
23.45 57601+47804 1Z40 ED-SI<br />
20 th August<br />
05.45 66425 4H47 MN-IS<br />
10.05 66102 6A30 MN-AB<br />
11.20 66430 4M16 GM-DV<br />
13.00 66302 4A13 GM-AB<br />
13.30 66106 6S36 DS-GM<br />
14.10 47804+57601 1Z40<br />
SI-Kettering<br />
21 st August<br />
13.00 66301 4A13 GM-AB<br />
13.27 31106 1Q12 IS-MN<br />
13.41 45231 1Z29 LI-DL<br />
18.31 45231 1Z47<br />
DL-Inverkeithing
22 nd August<br />
05.45 66425 4H47 MN-IS<br />
08.30 66621 6A65 OX-AB<br />
10.30 66427 4N66 GM-ML<br />
23 rd August<br />
05.45 66425 4H47 MN-IS<br />
07.00 66430 4R75 GM-EE<br />
10.35 66554 6G05 RV-LT<br />
13.00 66414 4A13 GM-AB<br />
22..55 31465 3Q19 MN-DU<br />
24 th August<br />
05.45 66434 4H47 MN-IS<br />
07.00 66414 4R75 GM-EE<br />
10.35 66520 6G05 RV-LT<br />
13.00 66416 4A13 GM-AB<br />
13.30 66099 6S36 DS-GM<br />
14.20 66221 4A13 LW-MN<br />
25 th August<br />
05.30 66621 6H51 OX-IS<br />
05.45 66434 4H47 MN-IS<br />
06.00 66221 6A31 MN-AB<br />
07.00 66416 4R75 GM-EE<br />
13.00 66424 4A13 GM-AB<br />
13.30 66099 6S36 DS-GM<br />
20.08 66951 6G10 RV-LT<br />
26 th August<br />
05.45 66434 4H47 MN-IS<br />
13.00 66427 4A13 GM-AB<br />
13.30 66099 6S36 DS-GM<br />
20.08 66951 6G10 RV-LT<br />
27 th August<br />
05.45 66434 4H47 MN-IS<br />
10.05 66066 6A30 MN-AB<br />
11.20 66427 4M16 GM-DV<br />
13.00 66414 4A13 GM-AB<br />
13.55 45231 5Z31 BO-CN<br />
28 th August<br />
13.00 66414 4A13 GM-AB<br />
29 th August<br />
05.45 66434 4H47 MN-IS<br />
07.00 66414 4R75 GM-EE<br />
08.30 66621 6A65 OX-AB<br />
10.30 66424 4N66 GM-ML<br />
30 th August<br />
05.45 66434 4H47 MN-IS<br />
06.20 66125 6Z03 MN-DC<br />
07.00 66427 4R75 GM-EE<br />
13.00 66302 4A13 GM-AB<br />
13.30 66078 6S36 DS-GM<br />
18.20 66101 6N44 PW-GM<br />
1 st September<br />
05.30 66621 6H51 OX-IS<br />
05.45 66418 4H47 MN-IS<br />
06.00 66099 6A31 MN-AB<br />
10.35 66545 6G05 RV-LT<br />
13.00 66421 4A13 GM-AB<br />
16.25 66514 6Z08 LH-LT<br />
2 nd September<br />
05.45 66418 4H47 MN-IS<br />
10.35 66545 6G05 RV-LT<br />
13.00 66422 4A13 GM-AB<br />
16.25 66514 6Z08 LH-LT<br />
18.15 66099 6N44 PW-GM<br />
3 rd September<br />
02.30 66421 6H48 MN-IS<br />
05.45 66420 4H47 MN-IS<br />
10.05 66101 6A30 MN-AB<br />
13.00 66426 4A13 GM-AB<br />
13.30 66099 6S36 DS-GM<br />
4 th September<br />
13.00 66302 4A13 GM-AB<br />
66027 6K10<br />
MN-Cumbernauld<br />
5 th September<br />
05.45 66420 4H47 MN-IS<br />
07.00 66302 4R75 GM-EE<br />
10.30 66422 4N66 GM-ML<br />
10.35 66515 6G05 RV-LT<br />
14.10 66421 6D50 IS-MN<br />
16.25 66514 6Z08 LH-LT<br />
6 th September<br />
05.45 66434 4H47 MN-IS<br />
07.00 66415 4R75 GM-EE<br />
08.30 66621 6A65 OX-AB<br />
10.35 66515 6G05 RV-LT<br />
13.00 66414 4A13 GM-AB<br />
13.30 66092 6S36 DS-GM<br />
14.30 37069+37409 5Z40 CL-AB<br />
16.25 66514 6Z08 LH-LT<br />
7 th September<br />
05.45 66434 4H47 MN-IS<br />
07.00 66421 4R75 GM-EE<br />
10.35 66515 6G05 RV-LT<br />
13.00 66416 4A13 GM-AB<br />
13.30 66101 6S36 DS-GM<br />
8 th September<br />
05.30 31602 3Q46 AB-MN<br />
05.30 66621 6H51 OX-IS<br />
05.45 66434 4H47 MN-IS<br />
06.00 66101 6A31 MN-AB<br />
8 th September (cont)<br />
07.00 66421 4R75 GM-EE<br />
08.30 66557 6A65 OX-AB<br />
10.35 66515 6G05 RV-LT<br />
13.00 66426 4A13 GM-AB<br />
16.25 66514 6Z08 LH-LT<br />
9 th September<br />
05.45 66434 4H47 MN-IS<br />
07.00 66416 4R75 GM-EE<br />
10.35 66515 6G05 RV-LT<br />
13.00 66426 4A13 GM-AB<br />
13.30 66099 6S36 DS-GM<br />
16.25 66514 6Z08 LH-LT<br />
10 th September<br />
02.30 66099 6Z48 MN-IS<br />
05.45 66434 4H47 MN-IS<br />
10.05 66101 6A30 MN-AB<br />
11.20 66416+66426 4M16 GM-DV<br />
13.00 66415 4A13 GM-AB<br />
13.30 66096 6S36 DS-GM<br />
11 th September<br />
13.00 66422 4A13 GM-AB<br />
12 th September<br />
05.45 66429 4H47 MN-IS<br />
07.00 66422 4R75 GM-EE<br />
10.30 66302 4N66 GM-ML<br />
10.35 66515 6G05 RV-LT<br />
13 th September<br />
05.45 66429 4H47 MN-IS<br />
06.15 66094 6Z03 MN-DC<br />
07.00 66422 4R75 GM-EE<br />
13.00 66420 4A13 GM-AB<br />
13.30 66099 6S36 DS-GM<br />
14 th September<br />
05.45 66429 4H47 MN-IS<br />
06.00 66055 6L49 MN-LW<br />
07.00 66420 4R75 GM-EE<br />
08.30 66621 6A65 OX-AB<br />
13.00 66418 4A13 GM-AB<br />
18.15 66099 6N44 PW-GM<br />
15 th September<br />
05.30 66621 6H51 OX-IS<br />
05.45 66414 4H47 MN-IS<br />
06.00 66013 6A31 MN-AB<br />
07.00 66418 4R75 GM-EE<br />
10.35 66515 6G05 RV-LT<br />
13.00 66416 4A13 GM-AB<br />
13.30 66055 6S36 DS-GM<br />
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<strong>Railway</strong> Globetrotters<br />
by Ray Smith<br />
JAPAN, 12 th – 27 th May 2011 – Part 2:<br />
Monday 16 th May 2011:<br />
This morning’s coach trip was to the Chubu Sangaku National Park at Kamikochi for tree spotting. It<br />
actually turned out good as the area is home to many wild monkeys that played within yards of us. We<br />
were supposed to take the coach back to Matsumoto. However, there is a private railway halfway<br />
back. A company called the Matsuden so we all got off the coach at the far terminal, Shinshimashima,<br />
then took the train back. Another pleasant 2 hours on the platform sitting in the sun. Of note, the train<br />
announcer almost sings the name Matsumoto over the station announcement system when the trains<br />
arrive, quite fun to hear.<br />
The Kamikochi Line links Matsumoto with<br />
Shinshimashima where unit 3008/7 waits to<br />
depart for Matsumoto, 16 May 2011<br />
a Cl.115/114 unit with 115 1077 leading<br />
leaves the stabling point<br />
Matsumoto, 16 May 2011<br />
Cl.383 units are 6 cars. If 2 sets run together they can be corridor joined when placed<br />
back to back. The 2 photos above show the front non corridor driving end (left) and the<br />
corridor driving end (right), Matsumoto, 16 May 2011<br />
Tuesday 17 th May 2011:<br />
Now onto Okayama via Nagoya again, but via a different route. Our hotel was above the station and<br />
outside was Japans shortest tram system only 4.7km in length. We rode it to the far end where the<br />
depot was. No problem having a look round. At first I kept thinking how strange seeing all the doyen<br />
trams, 7001, 7101, 7201, 7401, 7701 then along came 7102. All became clear. The first 2 numbers<br />
were the year it entered service and the second 2 was the number!<br />
Now to the station. Like many Japanese stations there are 2 levels. The lower for all main line and<br />
local and the higher for the Shinkansens. I chose the lower with more choice and a freight came<br />
through. There are just under 600 electric and 400 diesel locomotives in Japan, nearly all used on<br />
freight which is basically container and fuel trains.
a shinkansen 700 series at Nagoya<br />
17 May 2011<br />
yellow class 115 EMU<br />
departing Okoyama, 17 May 2011<br />
Okoyama has the shortest tram system in Japan<br />
at. 4.7km, here is tram 7102, 17 May 2011<br />
three museum trams are seen in Okoyama<br />
depot yard, 3007, 3005 & 3010, 17 May 2011<br />
Wednesday 18 th May 2011:<br />
On to Shikoku, the other island on our itinerary. After leaving Okayama we crossed the Seto-Ohashi<br />
Bridge on to Shikoku. This is one of three bridges that link Shikoku with Honshu but the only rail one. It<br />
is actually a six section, double deck bridge (road above, rail below) using five small islands as<br />
supports and crossing the Pacific Ocean.<br />
Kochi on Shikoku has a reasonable sized<br />
tram system. I visited one of the depots<br />
and photographed 615 with tram 198<br />
(on the right under cover) which was originally<br />
part of the Oslo system 18 May 2011<br />
we travelled to Uwajima on a single car<br />
unit 54.8 (above) but had to wait at Ekawasaki<br />
for over half an hour for another train to pass<br />
18 May 2011<br />
Our destination was Uwajima and our journey was the clockwise scenic route stopping for nearly two<br />
and a half hours at Kochi for lunch. This station was not a busy one but the town has a large tram<br />
network. Most of us took a ride to one of the termini and happened to pass a large depot which we<br />
went back to and asked to look around. No problem. The system has 68 trams with some imports, 198<br />
from Oslo, 320 from Graz, 735 from Stuttgart and 910 from Lisbon. Back to the station and on to<br />
Uwajima for our overnight stay. The hotel was above the station. This was a very quiet station with<br />
very little happening. Above the hotel was an ‘eat and drink as much as you can’ Japanese buffet, so<br />
the night was spent there.
plinthed outside the station in Uwajima<br />
is 0-6-0 No.1, 19 May 2011<br />
Matsuama has a tram system worked by<br />
38 cars and also runs 2 steam outline trams<br />
(powered by forklift engines), (D)1 and (D)14.<br />
(D)1 waits to depart Dogo Onsen, 19 May 2011<br />
Thursday 19 th May 2011:<br />
An uneventful journey ensued to Matsuyama, the largest city on the island. Adjacent to the station was<br />
the first electric locomotive seen there at the container depot. This was not a busy station. We had a<br />
day pass for the trams and a cable car ride to the castle. After that we were treated to a ride on the<br />
tram system behind a steam outline tram that was powered by a forklift engine (see photographs).<br />
There was a local railway there as well yet I spent some time riding the trams.<br />
our train from Uwajima to Matsuama was<br />
3 car unit 2109, 2210 with 2005 at the rear,<br />
Uwajima, 19 May 2011<br />
an electric class 8000 unit waits to depart<br />
Matsuama, 19 May 2011<br />
the only locomotive I saw on Shikoku was<br />
EF65 1084 at the container terminal beside<br />
the station at Matsuama, 19 May 2011<br />
the area is served by single DMU class<br />
7000 units which can run in multiple with other<br />
class members or with non powered trailers<br />
in the 7100 series, as with 7005 + 7109<br />
above at Matsuama, 19 May 2011
Friday 20 th May 2011: Hiroshima.<br />
We took a local train to the port before boarding a fast ferry to Hiroshima. The tour there started with a<br />
visit to the Peace Memorial Park and museum. This is the site of the A-Bomb Dome that was directly<br />
below the bomb when it exploded, yet the shell remained. Looking at the city today and seeing the<br />
photographs taken after the explosion it is very hard to accept that this was the same place. I had<br />
been here before in 2007, yet I had to see it again.<br />
there is also a local railway serving Matsuama<br />
where one of its lines crosses the main road<br />
here tram 78 waits for unit 3133 to cross<br />
19 May 2011<br />
A view of one of many Hiroshema<br />
tram depots, 20 May 2011<br />
Hiroshima also has the largest tram system in Japan. It has a centralised control system and a fleet of<br />
over 300 cars. We used the trams to get to our hotel from the station. The station is fairly busy with<br />
freights as well as local passenger services. The higher Shinkansen station cannot be seen from the<br />
lower. Adjacent to the station was a shopping complex with a large book department where I found a<br />
book, with CD that detailed numbers and classes for Japan <strong>Railway</strong>s. Pity it was in Japanese. This will<br />
give me something to do in the winter nights.<br />
Cl.103 2502 Hiroshema, 20 May 2011 Cl.115 2018 Hiroshema, 20 May 2011<br />
EF210 129 powers through Hiroshema<br />
station with a container train bound<br />
for the docks, 20 May 2011<br />
unit 111 760 leading at Hiroshema station<br />
20 May 2011<br />
all photos by Ray Smith (to be cont)
Freight Corner<br />
WAGON UPDATES by Scott Yeates (to UKRS No.3 UK Wagons 2011):<br />
To allow members to keep their copy as up to date as possible, it is intended to provide changes via<br />
this spot every month. It is known that various wagons reportedly withdrawn or missing from previous<br />
editions are still in service so if any member can provide information please let Scott know, contact<br />
details on page 2.<br />
Deleted from TOPS:<br />
3227, 17905/15, 19810/12/21/22/35/36/38-40/44/49/54/55/57/66/68/71/87<br />
51408, 54855-57/60-66/68/69, 55002/03/06/08/10/15/16, 55514-19<br />
83172/178/263/586/589/590/593/596/675/678/682/687/691/692/696/765/770<br />
93203/07/14/15/17/25/26/30/37/38, 95782/83, 98000-032<br />
110316, 200341/356/420/443/457/512/619/900, 210270/284/322/384<br />
350347/0386/ 1348/1770/2525/3022/3108/3304/3709/3716/3742/4626/4691/4701/4825/4990/5435/<br />
5646/5699/5979/6013/6199/6202/6662/6759/7018/7572<br />
360093/0112/0210/0846/1712/1724/1799/1801/1819<br />
368000/006/019/020/058/070/071/085/101/108/204/232/299/322/327/413/450<br />
390312, 460128/144/510/552, 975403/498, 977337<br />
72206, 73101/107/216/238/256, 73265/268/269/271/310/403/415/420/426/427/601/901,<br />
77320/21/23/25/30, 78225/233, 81514/515<br />
Scrapped: 3600-3749<br />
FREIGHT NEWS by Trevor Roots<br />
DBS has reported a 15% increase in its share of car traffic for STVA in the first quarter of 2011<br />
compared to the same period in 2010.<br />
66043 t&t 66213 with 7 sets of car transporter wagons (6x2 car IPAs in the 43.87.4333.xxx.x series<br />
and 1x4 car IFA in the 23.87.4376.xxx.x series), in the process of setting back into the yard having first<br />
passed eastbound through the station, Didcot Parkway, 16.15, 2 September 2011
Stock Changes<br />
It is hoped that all major changes recorded below will help you keep the Combine, Pocket Book and<br />
Name Directory up to date, (numerous pool code changes will not be recorded). In order to compile<br />
as accurate and up to date list as possible, can members please pass on their observations,<br />
particularly name changes and multiple unit reformations to the editor, Trevor Roots<br />
Locos Re-numbered:<br />
08133 to D3201 09010 to D3721<br />
DMUs Reformed & Re-numbered:<br />
centre cars removed from LMT 150s<br />
150007 to 150107 150009 to 150109<br />
150016 to 150116 150017 to 150117<br />
150202 (52202 + 57202)<br />
Namings:<br />
08516 Rory<br />
33021 Captain Charles<br />
43024 Great Western <strong>Society</strong> 1961-2011<br />
Didcot <strong>Railway</strong> Centre<br />
60007 The Spirit of Tom Kendell<br />
222022 Invest in Nottingham<br />
321351 London Southend Airport<br />
390022 Beth Tweddle MBE<br />
(name applied on cab front with original name<br />
on side retained)<br />
DR79247 Roger South<br />
Transferred:<br />
Locos:<br />
18000 GWR to DRC<br />
08628 BEW to RSR 09017 (TO) to NRM<br />
03119/D3462/D7523 WSR to EOR<br />
33018 MRB to BU 33035 BH to EVR<br />
66411/412/413 DRS to FL<br />
37413 BKR to BU 73119 ZG to TON<br />
EMUs:<br />
preserved 4BIG 7059 has been disbanded:<br />
62384 GCR to RTC<br />
69339 GCR to Finmere Station<br />
76746/76817 GCR to EMR Kingsbury<br />
APT-P 49006 NRS to COV<br />
Revised Liveries<br />
DMUs:<br />
150101/102 LMT to FGW<br />
57209 + 57212 LMT - ZG (spare centre cars,<br />
original partners scrapped after accidents)<br />
DBSOs:<br />
9704/05/07/09/10 to BAR (stored at (ZG)<br />
Mk2f DBSO 9709 stored at Eastleigh Works<br />
in ex-Anglia livery seen during<br />
Eastleigh Works 100, 23 May 2009<br />
Locos for Scrapping:<br />
J Hirst, Andover 97653 (PWM653)<br />
EMUs for Scrapping:<br />
Booths, Rotherham 70293 (4CEP)<br />
Locos Scrapped:<br />
EMR Kingsbury 08827, 09003, 09008<br />
20902, 37707, 37709<br />
37886, 37895, 37898<br />
DMU Scrapped:<br />
Ron Hull. Rotherham 50627 (977853)<br />
former liveried Stansted<br />
Express NExEA Cl.317/7s are<br />
now appearing in plain white<br />
as with 317886 above at<br />
Tottenham Hale<br />
17 September 2011<br />
James Holloway
ex-Fastline 66303 now in DRS corporate compass livery heading northbound light engine<br />
at Floriston level crossing north of Carlisle Kingmoor Yard, 5 September 2011<br />
ironically DRS 66434 re-liveried as part of its hire arrangement days before Jarvis went bust<br />
is now the only loco remaining in ex-Fastline Freight livery<br />
with the introduction of more loco hauled services by<br />
Chiltern <strong>Railway</strong>s, they have re-branded the ex-<br />
Wrexham & Shropshire Mk3 coaches<br />
RFM 10208 on display<br />
B’ham Moor Street, 7 September 2011<br />
James Holloway
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