Recent Changes

This page is provided for regular visitors to this site and will detail the changes made to this site over recent weeks.
Below are links to all new and significantly updated pages.
Note that in any one site update, pages other than those listed may have had one or two items amended or updated in addition.

Changes in detail.
10/05/2008
For details of the most recent update see Home Page .
Details of this weeks update to appear here next time.

04/05/2008
Another 800+ new workings added to the Diary Pages  together with more added missing headcodes and assorted corrections :
April 1983 , June , July & August 1988 Diary pages are updated .   Further updates for 1988 to follow...
Also updated this week  :  Info Required  .


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27/04/2008
1000+ new workings added to the Diary Pages  together with added missing headcodes and assorted corrections on top :
 March , April & May 1988 Diary pages are updated .   Further updates from 1988 will follow...


20/04/2008
250+ new workings added to the Diary Pages  :   January & February 1988 .
Further updates to 1988 will follow...


13/04/2008

   
Spent so much time editing and importing a mass of gen new from 1988, much of which we've had on file for some time (because we knew it would be awkward
and difficult to process),
which left not enough time to update any pages...  30 plus hours spent on the site this week and nothing to show for it..
.


06/04/2008

A new Where Were You page for Sunday 23rd December 1984 .
A selection of suggested corrections have been made to March & December 1984 as well as April 1989 Diary pages .
The links page is updated and why not take another
look at the  Info Required   page.

SITE NEWS : Work continues on a database of 1988 services, a year for which we have a mass of new gen, but mostly it's minus headcodes.

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30/03/2008
This weeks update may not seem like much, but once again there is more going on behind the scenes...
Where Were You page for 12th July 1980 now covers the whole weekend 11th -14th July 1980 .
Additional info for a couple of the Questions WITH Answers and you could always take another
look at the  Info Required   page.

SITE NEWS : One of the reasons many behind delays to info we've received appearing online is that we often have to add many missing headcodes or check those provided.
It should be possible to automate this process, but it is not as straight forward to carry out as it could be.
First, we need to 'Normalise' all the new data that we receive... well the good news is that we finally have a process in place to do just that.
With data 'Normalised', in order to automatically fill in missing headcodes we need a database filled with acurate  service details for each year covered by the site.
At the moment, we are working on a database of 1988 services, as this is  year for which we have a large mass of new gen, but mostly it's minus headcodes...


23/03/2008
Diary page updates continue : another  400+ workings added across January , February , March , April , May & June 1983.
Plus the usual small crop of minor amendments and corrections etc.  
Why not take a look at the  Info Required   page? 

16/03/2008
Slow but steady progress updating Diary pages   : another  200+ workings this time spread across October 1983 plus January & February 1984 .
Many more workings have been added to 'the System' for future updates.
NEW :  Where Were You page for Saturday 12th May 1984 while Weekend 28th & 29th June 1985 is updated.


09/03/2008
This week returning to the Diary page updated  :  200+ workings spread across July , AugustSeptember 1983
Plus a small crop of amendments etc.  
Why not take a look at the  Info Required   page? 

02/03/2008
This week we've been working behind the scenes in an attempt at improving the system we use to add new data to the site...
Also our site 'Spring clean' is again underway with some improvements to site navigation - some extra links between pages added.
Our neglected Bashing tales feature is now discontinued and it's former content used to expand the Where Were You section.
New Where Were you pages for Saturday 28th June 1987  plus the weekends of 4th and 5th July and 11th & 12 th July 1987 now added.


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24/02/2008
This weeks update comprises a small number of corrections and clarifications to various Diary pages.
The local pages are now under review... Should they be expanded and improved, or taken down... you decide...


17/02/2008
Approx 700 workings are added to the Diary Pages this week : January and February 1981 are updated.
 Where Were You   page updated this week is :  Saturday & Sunday 11th & 12th September 1982 .
NEW :  Photo of 31305 at Thornaby with a 'Pacer' subsitution duty from 1989.
Also updated again this week  :  The  Info Required   page.

10/02/2008
Approx 450 workings are added to the Diary Pages this week :  October 1989.
Updated again this week is Where Were You   :  Saturday 9th July 1983 .

Also updated again this week  : 
The  Info Required   page.

03/02/2008
Approx 600 workings are added to the Diary Pages this week :  November & December 1989.
Updated again this week is Where Were You   :  Saturday 9th July 1983 .

Also updated again this week  : 
The  Info Required   page.
There as also been a few minor corrections and alterations to the site design, notably the Features Menu has been tidied up.



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27/01/2008

This week's update is again concentrated upon the Where Were You section of the site.
The following new date as been added :  Saturday 9th July 1983 .
The following Where Were You  pages have been updated , the Weekend of  Saturday & Sunday 11th & 12th September 1982  ,
the Weekend of 28-30th June 1985 also Friday 25th October 1985 .
The Saturday 7th May 1983 page  is once again available .
Also updated this week  :  The  Info Required   page.

20/01/2008
This week's update is concentrated upon the Where Were You section of the site, which is now combined with the disbanded Hellfire Day's section.
The following new dates have been added :
The Weekend of  Saturday & Sunday 11th & 12th September 1982  ,
Saturday 28th July 1984 , Friday & Saturday 17th & 18th August 1984   ,  Saturday 3rd November 1984  ,
 Tuesday & Wednesday 16th & 17th July 1985
Thursday - Saturday 18th - 19th July 1985  ,
Thursday 14th August 1986 ,
 Thursday 27th August 1987 ,
Monday 15th - Wednesday 17th February 1988  ,  Saturday 3rd September 1988  &  Saturday 24th September 1988 .
The following Where Were You  pages have been updated :
Saturday 1st September 1984 ,
Saturday 25th May 1985  , Sunday 14th & Monday 15th July 1985 & Saturday 20th July 1985  .
Minor changes to : 
1978 listing :   1D30 07:30 SO Nottingham - Llandudno & 1D17 13:00 rtn  .
1980 listing :  1M71 08:55 SO York - Llandudno ,.

 
13/01/2008
This week, another small but time consuming update :
Last weeks new listingfrom 1978 :   1D30 07:30 SO Nottingham - Llandudno & 1D17 13:00 rtn  is updated.
Plus long overdue updates to these 1980 listings :
1A56 13:00 Holyhead - London Euston, to Crewe ,
1M71 08:55 SO York - Llandudno ,
1A66 09:16 SO Llandudno - Euston, to Crewe and
1K28 09:20 Holyhead - Crewe & 1D41 14:18 Crewe - Holyhead  pages are updated.


06/01/2008
NEW this week:  The first service listings from 1978 :
1D30 07:30 SO Nottingham - Llandudno & 1D17 13:00 rtn ,
1E85 09:20 SO Derby - Skegness & 1M35 13:02 rtn &
1E86 08:52 SO Leicester - Skegness & 1M02 12:32 rtn .
Updated this week :  Where Were You page for Tuesday 24th July 1984.
And why not take a look at   Info Required .

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30/12/2007
NEW this week, two new   Where Were You pages for Tuesday 24th July & Wednesday 25th July 1984.
Also updated : Class 50's through Sheffield feature , Info Required & Questions WITH Answers .
A small number of corrections have been made and a few pages have been tidied up a bit.


23/12/2007
400+ new workings added this week  to the Diary Page for September , October , November & December 1985 .
Also updated:  Where Were You  for  Saturday 7th May 1983 .
And that's all we've got time for this week, but why not take a look at Info Required ?



16/12/2007
No update this week due to work commitments... although a small number of corrections took place plus removal of a couple of errors.

09/12/2007
300+ new workings added this week  to the Diary Page for January , July , August & September 1977.
  Another  new Where Were You page is added this week - Saturday 7th May 1983 .
A new photo featuring 45020&37003 is added this week, while Updated again this time  Info Required .


02/12/2007
800+ new workings added this week (from 30 years ago) to the Diary Page for  February , March , April , May  & June 1977.
  Another  new Where Were You page is added this week - Notes from 1971 including  Crewe Works openday while the 1968 page is updated.
Also Updated  -  Info Required and QUESTIONS wtih Answers .and a small number of corrections have been made here and there.

The local pages have received a small update - all known details of 4M22 Peterborough - Crewe vans now shown.


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25/11/2007
600+ new workings added this week to the Diary Page :   July and August 1985 are updated.
  Another  new Where Were You page is added this week Saturday 10th March 1979 and Saturday 3rd August 1968 (the last weekend of steam on BR)
is updated .
Also updated - The Spalding Flowerex Specials feature.
The local pages have received a small update - details of 4M22 Peterborough - Crewe vans now added.
And why not take a look at 
Info Required  .

18/11/2007

Around 200 new workings added this week to a single Diary Page : this time it's  June 1985 that gets the update treatment.
Two new Where Were You pages added this week this time it's Saturday 7th October and Sunday 22nd October 1978 .
Last weeks new illustrated Feature detailing through services between East Midlands via the S&C should now look as intended when viewed with IE here .
Also updated again this week is  Info Required  plus the usual correction or two...

11/11/2007
Around 200 new workings added this week across 4 Diary Pages :
September , October , November & December 1983 .
A new illustrated Feature detailing the last Saturday of through services from/to the East Midlands via the S&C can be found here .
Two new Where Were You pages are added this week :  Saturday 10th November & Tuesday 20th November 1979.
Also updated this week are Questions WITH Answers
Info Required  plus the usual correction or two...

04/11/2007
500+ new workings added across 5 Diary Pages :
January , February , March , April and May 1985 .
Also updated once again is  
Info Required .

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28/10/2007
Spent all available free time adding data to 'the System' leaving little time for much of an update.
  
Info Required  is updated however and A small number of amendments have also been made here and there.

21/10/2007
Updated this week Diary page with 200+ workings added are July & August 1983.
Also updated this week are
Info Required & Questions WITH Answers .
A small number of amendments have also been made here and there.


14/10/2007
Updated this week Diary page with 200+ workings added are October  ,  November & December 1984.
Three Where Were You  pages are updated this week :  Saturday's  21st June 19869th July  &  16th July 1988.
And why not take a look at the Info Required .

07/10/2007


Updated this week Diary page with around 100 workings is  September  1984.
Also Updated : Classic Haulage service listing for 1G53 1306 Carstairs - Edinburgh & 1C92 1610 Edinburgh - Carstairs .
Info Required & Links pages also updated.
  Last weeks updated Where Were You  page was for Saturday 7th July 1984 but the link was broken... sorry.

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30/09/2007
Updated this week, a Diary page , with around 300 workings added to August 1984 Diary page.
Where Were You  page for Saturday 7th July 1984.is updated.
The 4F02 Nottingham PCD - Liverpool Lime Street Vans page is also slightly amended.


23/09/2007
Updated this week Diary pages with 300+ workings added across June & July  1984 .
And why not take a look at the  Info Required  .pages.

16/09/2007
Updated this week Diary pages with 450+ workings added across April & May 1984 .
Also updated this week  Where Were You ...   Saturday 23rd June 1984 , the Links page &.
    Classic Haulage service listing for the Nottingham - Blackpool's from 1987 and finally, the  Info Required  pages


09/09/2007
This week Diary pages with 500+ workings added across January , February & March 1984 .
Where Were You ...  Saturday 23rd June 1984 & Weekend 14-16 October 1988 .
Also updated again this week :  Classic Haulage service listing for the Nottingham - Blackpool's of 1987 and the  Info Required  .page.


02/09/2007
Updated this week Diary pages with 450+ workings added across August 1981 ,  November & December 1987 .
Also updated :  Classic Haulage service listing for the Nottingham - Blackpool's of 1987  and the  Info Required  .


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26/08/2007
NEW THIS WEEK :  Where Were You  ... Weekend 14th-15th October1988 while the following dates are updated Saturday's  9th July 1988 & 10th June 1989.
Also updated Diary pages with 400+ workings added across June 1983 , September & October 1987 .
Also updated Info Required  & 1D32 Stoke - Llandudno page from 1981 while a few 'Dud Gen' entries have been removed from here and there...


19/08/2007
NEW THIS WEEK :  Photo of 37013 working on the Cambrain 2nd July 1988.
Diary pages updated As promised last time:  May 83 , January , February , March , April , May , June , July & August 1987 - 600+ new workings in total..
4X  Where Were You Updated this week  27th August 1984 again, plus Easter Monday 31st March 86 , Weekend 29th April - 2nd May 88 & Saturday 2nd July 88 .

12/08/2007
NEW THIS WEEK :  Photo of 37680 & 47612 working 1D27 22nd April 1987.
Updated Where Were You...  27th August 1984  also Info Required is again updated.
A lot of time spent updating the 1987 databases... but not left with enough time to update the Diary pages , hopefully next week!



05/08/2007
NEW THIS WEEK :   Where Were You ...  Saturday 14th October 1978 .
Local Pages are ameneded... Freight turns & Trip working arround the Stoke area  c1980.
...also updated this week    Info Required  plus more amended links...

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29/07/2007
NEW THIS WEEK :   Where Were You ...  Saturday 10th June 1989 .
Diary pages updated this week are January , February , March & April from 1986 .
...also updated this week  Erewash notes ,   Info Required & Links pages (broken links removed to here ) plus the usual errors removed.


22/07/2007

Not much free time this weekend I'm afraid.... at least all the service listings link back to the Classic Haulage menu (I hope!)  (that was a 2.5Mb upload!)
...but why not take a look at the Info Required & Questions with Answers which were both last updated two weeks ago.

15/07/2007

300 approx new workings added to Diary Pages  :   January , February & March 1985 are updated this week .
New Where Were You page this week : 
Sunday 29th April 1984-Saturday 5th May 1984 .
... plus the usual couple of corrrections ... the site tidy up is still on going...

08/07/2007
200 approx new workings added to Diary Pages  :   November & December 1983 are updated this week .
Info Required & Questions with Answers are both also updated, plusa couple of  corrections and the
site tidy up is still on going...
More Where Were You pages to be added soon


04/07/2007
This site is now EIGHT YEARS OLD !!!!

01/07/2007
500+ new workings added to Diary Pages  : 
 January , February , March , April , May , June , July , August , September , October , November & December 1977 .
There are 3 X NEW Where Were You pages added :   3rd August 1968 , 10 July 1978 & 2nd September 1978 .

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