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.
14/03/2010
Details of this weeks update to be found on our home page.  To be moved here next time.

07/03/2010
This weeks update centres on the Classic Haulage pages.
NEW THIS WEEK :  Two new listings of Additonal trains from 1984.
1.  1F90 0700 SUN London Euston - Liverpool Lime Street Additonal... which not only often
produced a Roarer, but also featured a varity of divertions and diesel dragging.
2. 1E75 1521 Bristol Temple Meads - Leeds Additonal... often ran on Fridays
Further reports or memories of these turns welcome.  Also updated, further listings from 1984,
1V31 10:30 York - Plymouth (or Penzance Penzance) Relief
,
1E81 0930/1030 Poole - Reading - York Relief , 1V49 14:20 York - Plymouth Additional &
1E50 17:09 Bristol TM - Leeds Additional .

Also Updated :  Info Required  together with a few minor corrections hear and there.

Main Index?

28/02/2010
Further  Diary Page  update this week with 250+ new workings added to...  April 1987.
Also updated :  1D90 / 1G90 0925 Birmingham - Llandudno & rtn Additonals  from 1984.
Why not take a look at :  Info Required  And... loads more to see from here !

21/02/2010
Further  Diary Page  updates have now added 600+ new workings to...
January , February & March 1987 are updated at last.
14/02/2010
  Diary Page  updates restricted to the removel of a small number of errors this week.
Updated this week are : 1V49 1420 York - Plymouth / Paignton Additional ,
 
1E50 17:09 Bristol TM - Leeds Additional  &
1V31 York - Plymouth / Penzance Additional  all from 1984.
And from 1987 
1M31 07:50 Great Yarmouth - Liverpool Lime Street & 1E52 16:45 Lime Street - Sheffield (Summer Saturdays).
Long promised notes, timings and listing of
3E25 09:12 Stoke-on-Trent - Peterborough Vans added.

09/02/2010
Slight problems with the updated Diary Pages now fixed  :  From 1977 January , February , March & April. now accessable!
07/02/2010
100+ new workings added to the following Diary Pages  :  From 1977 January , February , March & April.
Also updated  :  Info Required
  &  QUESTIONS with Answers .  And besides, loads more to see from here !
A lot of time is still being spent on the database, and I still haven't found my photos for the promised feature...





Main Index?

31/01/2010
Only had time for a few small changes, most notably to 1D90 / 1G90 0925 Birmingham - Llandudno & rtn Additonals  &
1E50 17:09 Bristol TM - Leeds Additional both from 1984 .  Plus, work on the 1977 data in prpepration for future updates.
 NEW THIS WEEK:  listing of  1E28 08:35 Glasgow Queen Street - Scarborough & 1S51 15:20 Rtn (Not Advertised) 1985
as prommised last time out.
Out of time again for the promised mini - Crewe Works Open Day photo feature  (Still not found or scanned my photos.) 


24/01/2010
Only had time for a few small changes, most notably to 1V31 York - Plymouth / Penzance Additional listing from 1984.
Out of time for the promised listing of  1E28 08:35 Glasgow Queen Street - Scarborough & 1S51 15:20 Rtn (Not Advertised) 1985
and mini - Crewe Works Open Day photo feature  (Still not found or scanned my photos.)  Both these will follow as time allows.
 So why not take a look at... Info Required
, can you help?  And besides, loads more to see from here !



17/01/2010
New this week  :  Classic Haulage service listing  1E81 Poole / Reading - York Reliefs 1984.
Togeher with updates to  :  1V31 York - Plymouth / Penzance Additionals &
1D90 / 1G90 0925 Birmingham - Llandudno & rtn Additonals  also from 1984.


10/01/2010
New this week  :  Where Were You  : Saturday 22nd September 1979 - Crewe Open Day.
Also updated  :  Conflicting Reports , Conflicts Resolved , QUESTIONS with Answers &
Info Required .
Together  with A small number of corrections and minor amendements as usual.


03/01/2010
This weeks difficult update adds around 700 new workings to the August 86  Diary Page , plus the usual corrections.
Service listing updated - 1D90 09:25 Birmingham New Street - Llandudno and 1G90 16:40 Additional workings of 1984.

  Also updated once again, Info Required  -  Crewe Works Openday 1979 list required, more WCML STN extract posers, can you help!


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27/12/2009
No Update... Out on the Bash!

20/12/2009
Once again this weeks available time spent investigating and removing false info and preparing the data for
the next Diary Page update - as our database gets bigger, it takes more and more time...
Updated : 
Info Required - can you help!



13/12/2009
Most of this weeks available time spent investigating and removing false info and preparing the data for the next Diary Page update.
Only other page updated this week - 
Info Required dragging in and out of Euston 1984 missing gen, STN's required - can you help!


06/12/2009
Over 600 workings added this week to the following Diary Page  :
July 1986 which gets a much overdue major update for the first time in months.
Some memories of the 'Potter' evening rover... pages revised.


Main Index?

29/11/2009
Spent all available time working on the database... no time left to update any pages.

22/11/2009
Over 1500 workings added this week to the following Diary Pages  :
April May  &  June  1986  while a dozen other Diaries have had odd items of dud gen removed.
The Features Menu has been revised and updated together with a few minor changes elsewhere
plus some broken links repaired/removed..  Why not take a look at...
Info Required !


15/11/2009
Efforts have again been directed towards various behind the scenes work...
Updated this week :   Questions WITH Answers , Links Page & Local Pages (corrections).



08/11/2009
Spent a good few hours Processing data for April 1986, then decided to have a go at May...
took hours more, left with no time to put the pages together for upload...


01/11/2009

Efforts have again been directed towards processing the backlog of info that as built up...
A small number of corrections and an update for
Info Required is all we've time for this week.

Main Index?

25/10/2009
Over the last few weeks, our efforts have been directed towards processing the backlog of info that as arrived with us in formats
difficult and time consuming to add to our system...  While some progress has been made in this direction, there is still more to do...

The first proper update for a few weeks, and  1,300+ workings have been added to various Diary Pages   :
January , February & March 1986 are all updated at last.
Also updated  :  Info Required , Links Page & Where Were You :  3rd August 1968 .

18/10/2009
All available time spent adding data to the system again -  still editing that awkward data...
11/10/2009
All available time spent adding data to the system -  still editing that awkward data...
04/10/2009
All available time spent adding data to the system - typing up gen from scanned documents.

Main Index?

27/09/2009
Not much info coming in of late, so I've decided it's about time I tackled some of the backlog of really awkward files that have built up...
Some of these files are going to take many hours of work before I can add the gen to the system and there won't be time left to update the pages...

All available time spent adding data to the system and correcting some pages online.
20/09/2009
This week, the first Diary update for awhile  :
With over 800 + new workings and now with added Roar gen from elsewhere on the site ...
A Number of corrections to, amongst others January 1989 & July 1980 Diaries .
Updated :  Class 50's through Sheffield  &  Crewe - Derby 31st July - 13th August 1989 .
Do have memories of 'that' fortnight where no less than 35 Class 20's worked the Crewe - Derby route ?
All  accounts received to form  a sequence of new Where Were you pages .


13/09/2009
All available time spent adding data to the system and correcting errors.

06/09/2009
This week, the first Diary update for awhile  :
With over 800 + new workings and now with added Roar gen from elsewhere on the site ... January 1989.
Also updated this week  :  Info Required  & QUESTIONS with answers .


Main Index?

30/08/2009
This week more summer dated holiday train service listings receive long overdue updates.
1E26 08:23 SUN Leicester - Skegness & 1M88 18:35 return. &
1E28 08:48 SUN Derby - Skegness & 1M83 17:58 return both again from 1985.
Also updated this week  :  Info Required  .


23/08/2009
Often when we update a page, it will immediately prompt further new info...
As a result of such 1O92 15:21 SUN Leeds - Portsmouth Harbour (summer 1985) is again updated.
 Also updated 1O92 15:21 SUN Leeds - Portsmouth Harbour Spring & Autumn 1985
(And no, I don't know why it's not all on one page either? !? )
Other long overdue updated to...  1E85 09:29 SO Derby - Skegness &
1E14 10:25 SO Portsmouth Harbour - Leeds (via Leicester, Nottingham & Alfreton) from 1985.
See also  :  Questions WITH Answers  &  Conflicting Reports .

A small number of inacurate reports have been removed from various Diary Pages .


16/08/2009
Often when we update a page, it will immediately prompt further new info...
As a result of such
1V31 10:30/1V32 10:32 York - Plymouth Additional &
1E22 12:46 FO Portsmouth Harbour - Leeds  pages from 1985 are again updated.
While 
1E28 10:05 SO Weymouth - Bradford  Interchange page also from 1985
receives a long overdue update and is now an all but complete record of this service.
Conflicting train reporting codes from 1984?   Please see 
Info Required and see if you can help?
A small number of inacurate reports have been removed from various Diary Pages .


09/08/2009
Another time consuming update (lots of behind the scenes work again)...
By 1985, with more locos than ever before now fitted with an ETS supply and more still to come, the use on the
day to day passenger services of none ETS fitted machines was becoming noticeably rarer than in the then, still recent, past.
More and more often, you had to seek out those often elusive Additional services for your daily NB fix, and even then,
the curse of the oft dreaded orange box could still strike...
Updated this week :  Further long overdue updates of Classic service listings from the 1980's...
1V31 10:30/1V32 10:32 York - Plymouth Additional &
1V21 14:25 York - Plymouth Additional both from 1985.

02/08/2009
Updated this week :  Further long overdue update of a single Classic service listing from the 1980's...
From 1989 :  2D59 08:15 Derby - Llandudno  / 2P86 12:47 SO Llandudno - Derby /
2D16 12:04 SX Llandudno - Blaenau Ffestiniog / 2D19 1418 SX Blaenau Ffestiniog - Llandudno / 2P82 17:27 SX Llandudno - Derby

This listing now also contains details of the units used and hauled stock formations where known.
This diagram started out as a 'Heritage' DMU turn, but was then turned over to loco haulage at the end of May.  A few
weeks later and units started to return, but from mid August it was back a solid loco hauled turn until the end of that summer.  (Also features what was almost certainly the only timetabled appearance of Class 20's to ever at Blaenau Ffestiniog
on a scheduled passenger train?)
Also updated  :   Where Were You ... Saturday 1st August 1981 .



Main Index?

26/07/2009
Updated this week :  Further long overdue updates of Classic service listings from the 1980's...
 
More of those once familiar, Classic Summer Saturday train listings updated at last...
1E28 08:20 SO Glasgow Queen Street - Scarborough &
1S51 15:12 SO Scarborough - Glasgow Queen Street plus photos.
This week a number of small updates to Links , Info Required can you help & Local pages
Together with a number of corrections and minor amendments here and there and work behind the scenes.


19/07/2009
Updated this week :  Further long overdue updates of Classic service listings from the 1980's...
Another of those once famillar, Classic Summer Saturday train listings updated at last...
1N13 09:10 SO Great Yarmouth - Newcastle from 1984.


12/07/2009
Further long overdue updates of Classic service listings from the 1980's...
A service introduced from the May 1982 timetable and ran for 4 years after that.
Until May 1984, produced booked Class 33's (plus a few surprises too) into New Street and something of a kick out north thereof...

1E22 12:46 FO Portsmouth Harbour - Leeds  1982
1E22 12:46 FO Portsmouth Harbour - Leeds  1983
1E22 12:46 FO Portsmouth Harbour - Leeds  1984
1E22 12:46 FO Portsmouth Harbour - Leeds  1985
The service ran until May 1986... but not much info about for the last few months... can you help?


05/07/2009
Updated this week :  Further long overdue updates of Classic service listings from 1984 & 1985.
1E28 08:55 SO Weymouth - Bradford Interchange
A summer Saturday turn that could pull a few surprises after a Reading loco change.
1O92 15:18 SUN Leeds - Portsmouth Harbour  1984 until May
Complete listing except :- 13/05/84 unknown loco between Derby & Birmingham New Street
1O92 15:21 SUN Leeds - Portsmouth Harbour (May-December 1984)
Complete listing North of Birmingham except :- 14/10/84. but still many gaps south thereof.
1O92 15:21 SUN Leeds - Portsmouth Harbour (May-Sept 1985)
Complete North of Birmingham but still many gaps south thereof.
As with 1E08 last week, 1O92 was another Sunday service that was
a popular turn to cover when seeking out non-ETS
haulage during the early 1980's. 
Again as with 1E08, see how the less 'rateable' ETS fitted motive power
became more commonplace in 1985 as it had been in 1984 also note how it didn't go off quite as quickly as 1E08.

And  prompted by last weeks update, also from 1984 & 85 :
1E08 13:25 SUN Weston-Super-Mare - York from the summer of 1984, more gen added.


Main Index?

28/06/2009

1E08 13:25 SUN Weston-Super-Mare - York from the summer of 1984 & the equivilent the following year
1E08 13:15 SUN Weston-Super-Mare - York from the summer with the winter equivelant service
1E08 16:16 SUN Birmingham New Street - York (via Leeds)  from 
from Autumn 1985 .
1E08 was a popular turn to cover when seeking non-ETS haulage during the early 1980's.  As a look at the summer listing from summer '84 will reveal that after an initial flurry of eh locos they became the exception.  Normal service continued into the Autumn months, but come December and it seamed that 'Control' would roster  31/4's rather than a none ETS loco.  Look how much less 'rateable' the motive power was during the summer of 1985... how quickly it all went off...
Also updated :  From 1977 : 1E83 0810 Derby - Yarmouth  &  1M37 1430 Yarmouth - Derby to/from Norwich .
And  prompted by last weeks update, from 1985 :
  1M88 06:25 SX / 06:33 SO Poole - Manchester Piccadilly & 1V16 17:25 Manchester Piccadilly - London Paddington return, more gen added..

  Also updated   :    Info Required ... can you help?

21/06/2009
This week: still working on a full and accurate database of the regular hauled passenger turns from 1985.
(To be used to auto fill missing headcodes in Timewarp data & and to auto weed out inaccurate entries within our data.)

NEW : This week  :  Where Were You ...  Monday 24th - Friday 28th June 1985.
Updated this week :  Two long overdue updates of Classic service listings from 1985.

1E85 09:40 TWO Derby - Skegness / MThO Burton-on-Trent - Skegness & 1M47 19:00 Returns &
1M88 06:25 SX / 06:33 SO Poole - Manchester Piccadilly & 1V16 17:25 Manchester Piccadilly - London Paddington rtn .
The first turn linked to above features many appearances by pairs of Class 20's as one would expect.  For a time it looked as if this would be the last year that  would feature regular weekday hauled turns to Skegness but thankfully this would prove not to be the case.
For more details with regard regular booked hauled turns to Skegness during the period covered by this site and links to listings of working were they exist please follow this link .
The second turn above is typical of many hauled turns of the mid 1980s.  For although booked for ETS fitted locos, this turn could still be relied upon to produce a fair few NB locos during the summer months too.   There are still many gaps in this listing for a service which ran six days a week... can you help fill in the blanks?


14/06/2009
This weeks update is confined to a few minor updates of various Diary pages.
Over the last few weeks I've been spending loads of time on the databases leaving little time left for updating the actual pages!


07/06/2009
Spent so much time working on the data that there was no time left for any page updates...



Main Index?

31/05/2009
800+  new workings have been added this week to the July 1985 Diary.

24/05/2009
  This week -   450+  new workings have been added this week to the June 1985 Diary.
Also updated  :  Info Required .

17/05/2009
This week  350+  new workings have been added this week to the May 1985 Diary.
(The last update was to the April 1985, but the link from this page was missing...)
The updates to the 1985 Diary Pages are proving rather heavy going at the moment... due to the amount of tiding up of the data that is required.


10/05/2009
No update due to family commitments.

03/05/2009
This week  200+  new workings have been added this week to the April 1985 Diary.

Main Index?

26/04/2009
This week -   Almost 500  new workings have been added this week to the January , February & March 1985 Diaries.
  Why not take a look at   :  Info Required which is also updated... can you help?

19/04/2009
200+  new workings added this week to the November & December 1984 Diary Pages  .
Moving forward onto 1985 next time...
  Also  updated  :  Info Required ...

12/04/2009
No update due to other commitments.


05/04/2009

This week -  Around 400  new workings added this week to the  September  &  October  1984 Diary Pages  .
 
See Also   :  Info Required ... can you help?



Main Index?

29/03/2009
This week -  Around 700  new workings added this week to the July  &  August  1984 Diary Pages  .
Plus, a small number of small changes here and there.  Links page &
Info Required
updated.

22/03/2009
This week -  Another 500+  new workings added to the May & June 1984 Diary Pages  .
The Service listings on this site have been long neglected due to time issues  -
Updated this week, A classic SO turn listing  :  1E85 09:22 Derby - Skegness & 1M35 12:58 rtn  from 1980.
A New Service Listing  :   1V85 0922/0923 Newcastle - Penzance (Jan-Dec) from 1985 is added.

See Also  :  The Classic Haulage Menu  with links to all of this sites service listings.


15/03/2009
This week -  Almost 500  new workings added to the April 1984 Diary Page  .
The Service listings on this site are often neglected due to time issues  -
However, updated is the listing featuring  the 1D21 08:40 SX Stafford - Llandudno via Stoke-on-Trent & 1K22 16:35 return of 1992 which, I believe,
is now complete (unless. you know of any further failures / loco swaps not shown?)


08/03/2009
  This week 200+ new workings added across 3 Diary Pages  :  January , February & March 1984 .
Also Updated  -  Info Required .



01/03/2009
This week -  200+ new workings added across 3 Diary Pages  :  October , November & December 1983 .


Main Index?

22/02/2009
  This week 500+ new workings added across 4 Diary Pages  :  June , July , August & September 1983.

15/02/2009
  This week - with limited time available most work as again centered on the database.
Just so there is something new to look at, see a small 'Table 80 Vice Sprinter' feature.


08/02/2009
This weeks Diary Pages update limited to a single page, May 1983 .
Also updated  :  Where Were You ... page dated 10th June 1989  & Info Required pages.   More soon...


01/02/2009
Moving on now to 1983 and around 200 workings have been added to Diary Pages -
January , February , March and April 1983 in addition, there as been a good few hours spent on the database once again.
Also updated the updated  Info Required page.




Main Index?

25/01/2009
Received a lot of new info this week and thus spent a fair amount of time adding it to the system.
  Around 200 workings have been added across these Diary Pages - November & December 1982.
Next week we shall be moving on to 1983...
New info has allowed an updates to Conflicting Reports & Conflicts Resolved .
Further new info as allowed a small number of amendments to be made here and there too.
Also updated :  Links Page &
  Info Required .


18/01/2009
Around 300 workings added across these Diary Pages - September & October 1982 .
A couple of errors removed from 1987...  and why not take a look at  :  Info Required .



11/01/2009
Almost 1000 workings added across three Diary Pages - These are :  June , July & August 1982.
Also updated Questions WITH Answers  .


04/01/2009
The first update of the new year is a rather thin one...  8 hour stint updating and cross-checking the database...
So no time left to update any pages...  always lots of work to do and still gets updated more often than most...
Almost ten years now...  updated almost every week during that time... and still the gen keeps on coming...
A big thank you and a happy new year to all who've contributed so far!!!


Updated  - Links pages - and a few errors corrected here and there around the site.
Why not take a look around anyway.   See Info Required  , Questions WITH Answers and Recent updates too.



Main Index?

28/12/2008
NEW :  Where Were You page 28th January 1987 ... Just how did 50027 end up in Manchester with a service from Portsmouth ?
Amended - History of the SX Stoke-on-Trent - Llandudno service with links.

See also Info Required  and  Questions WITH Answers (updated).


21/12/2008
Most of this weeks efforts have again gone into updating the Timewarp Databases...
Updated this week  200+  New / amended entries from April 1982 .
Plus a small number of minor alterations here and there.
Just how long as this site been going?   Site early origin details can be found here .

14/12/2008
Updated this  week, service listing from 1986 :
1V85 0923 Newcastle - Penzance until May 10th .
1V65 0943 SO / 0950 SX Newcastle - Penzance from May 12th .

Once again this weeks efforts have gone into updating the Timewarp Databases...


07/12/2008
Most of this weeks efforts have gone into updating the Timewarp Databases...
200+ new workings added to the May 1982   Diary pages .




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30/11/2008
Two new service listing from 1986 :
1V85 0923 Newcastle - Penzance until May 10th .
1V65 0943 SO / 0950 SX Newcastle - Penzance from May 12th .

Also updated again this week :  Questions WITH Answers and  Info Required  .

Plus a small number of minor corrections made and errors removed and lots of work adding new data to the system for future updates.

23/11/2008
This week 400 workings Approx. added to the Diary Pages from 1982 :  January , February & March .
Also updated :  Questions WITH Answers and  Info Required  .
Plus a small number of minor corrections made and errors removed. as usual.  

16/11/2008
This week 600+ workings added to the remaining Diary Pages from 1981 :  August , September , October , November & December  .
Plus a small number of minor corrections made and errors removed. as usual.  

09/11/2008
This week 500 workings approx added.   Updated from 1981 are Diary pages ...  May  ,  June  &  July .
Service listings updated : 1V85  10:10 Newcastle - Cardiff Central further workings from 1967 & 1968 added.
1E22 1246 FO Portsmouth Harbour - Leeds  listing featuring workings from 1985.
Also updated this week  :  Info Required  .
Plus a small number of minor corrections made and errors removed.


02/11/2008

This week 1000+ workings added.   Updated are 1981 Diary pages ... January , February , March & April 1981.
Plus a small number of minor corrections made and errors removed.

Main Index?

26/10/2008
This week 700+ workings added.   Updated are the rest of 1980... August , September , October , November & December .
Plus a small number of minor corrections made and errors removed.

19/10/2008
This week, another  450+ workings added.   Updated are...   May  , June & July 1980.
NEW THIS WEEK :  Service listing featuring
1V85  10:10 Newcastle - Cardiff Central from 1968!
Plus a small number of corrections made and errors removed.

12/10/2008
Back to the eighties after several weeks updating the late 70's gen...
Around 400 new workings added.  Updated this week  :   January , February , March & April  from 1980.
Plus a small number of corrections made and errors removed.

05/10/2008
250+ New workings added.  Updated this week  :  October , Novermber and December 1979.
And why not take a look at the  :   Where Were You  or Conflicting Gen pages .

Main Index?

28/09/2008
Not much of an update this week... decided to go on a bit of a new track bash instead..
A number of amendments and clarifications to recent updates have been added however.


21/09/2008
More updates from 1979...  arround 500 new workings added to 2  Diary Pages .
This week it's the  August & September 1979 Diaries that are updated .


14/09/2008
More from 1979... updates -  350+ new workings added to 2  Diary Pages .
 June & July 1979 Diaries are updated .


07/09/2008
More from 1979... updates -  250+ new workings added to 2  Diary Pages .
 April & May 1979 Diaries are updated .



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31/08/2008
On now to to 1979... updates -  250+ new workings added to 3  Diary Pages .
January , February & March 1979 are updated .
"Dont' worry... nobody noticed!  At least nobody said anything, anyway!"

24/08/2008
Finishing off the 1978 updates -  500+ new workings added to 3  Diary Pages .
October , November & December 1978 updated.


17/08/2008
No update due to family commitments.

10/08/2008
1978 again get the treatment this week & 1100+ new workings added to 3  Diary Pages .
July  ,  August  &  September 1978 updated.


03/08/2008
Back to 1978 this week & 1000+ new workings added to 6  Diary Pages .
JanuaryFebruary , March , April , May & June 1978 updated.


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27/07/2008
We've gone right back to 1977 again this week & another 1100+ new workings added to 8  Diary pages .
MayJuneJulyAugust , September , October , November & December 1977 updated.


20/07/2008
Back to 1977 this week, is it really 31 years ago... 400+ new workings added to 4x 1977  Diary pages .
January , February , March &April 1977 updated.
Also updated this week :
  Info Required  plus the usual small number of minor corrections.

13/07/2008
We've gone right back to the beginning again... 2000 approx new workings added!  Complete NEW year 1976 added  to the Diary pages .
January , February , March , April , May , June , July , August , September , October , November & December 1976 all NEW.
More NEW CONTENT:  Where Were You pages for Saturday 14tt July 1979 & Saturday 11th July 1981 - (both dates feature Stratford Depot listings).


06/07/2008
Updated Diary pages have 200+ new workings added  October & November 1987 plus corrections.
NEW:  Service listing
1D21 08:40 SX Stafford - Llandudno & 1K22 16:35 return service listing from 1992 .


04/07/2008
THIS SITE IS NINE YEARS OLD !

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29/06/2008
This week, I've spent most of my available time working on the database after receiving several major new contributions...
From the Diary pages I've removed a number of errors that have come to light, from November & December 1983,  March , April & May 1984 .
NEW : this week :  Where Were You for Saturday 17th May 1975.  Also updated  : 
Conflicting Gen & Links pages . 

22/06/2008

As promised last week, we've gone right back to the beginning... 1700+ new workings added!  Complete NEW year 1975 added  to the Diary pages .
January , February , March , April , May , June , July , August , September , October , November & December 1975 all added.
A special thanks to all those who contributed gen from 1975 to make this possible and many apologies for taking so long to post it here.
Also updated  :  Info Required  and Conflicting Gen .   


15/06/2008
200+ new workings (plus about 500 roarer workings moved here) plus corrections and missing codes added to  Diary Page's  :  May 1989 .
Also updated  :  Info Required  &  QUESTIONS with answers  .
As usual, a small collection of corrections and amendments have also been made.
NEXT WEEK  :  Decided to leave 1989 for now and go right back to the earliest years covered...



08/06/2008
150+ new workings (plus about 500 roarer workings moved here) across one  Diary Page  :  April  1989 .
As usual, a small collection of corrections and amendments have also been made.
"A lot of  work and not much to show for it."

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31/05/2008
200+ new workings (plus about 800 roarer workings moved here) across two  Diary Page's  :   February & March 1989 .
Also updated  :     1980's Cambrian turns 
details of hauled turns to Aberystwyth & Pwllheli ...  missing headcodes added.

25/05/2008
700+ new workings added across four  Diary Page's  :  October  ,  November  ,  December  1988  &  January 1989 .
Also updated, the 2L24 08:33 SX Sheffield - Scarborough & 2J12 19:10 SX Scarborough - Sheffield rtn listing from 1983.
As usual, a small collection of corrections and amendments have also been made across the site.

18/05/2008
250+ new workings added to the September 1988 Diary page.
PC problems this week... and that's all I've had time for, but expect the rest of 1988 next time...

10/05/2008
Due to time presures, the Service Listings within the Classic Haulage section of the site tend to get neglected.
'Back in the day', this would quite possibly be the 1st summer Saturday of a new timetable, here, by way of a reminder of how things used to be
are updated SO listings as follows  :    1E34 09:12 Manchester P - Yarmouth   from 1982.
And from 1983  :  1E62 08:04 SO Birmingham NS - Yarmouth & 1M68 13:38 return ,
1E64 10:15 SO Birmingham NS - Yarmouth & 1M76 15:57 return ,
1N13 09:10 SO Yarmouth - Newcastle ,    1P14 08:50 SO Newcastle - Yarmouth ,
1E73 09:35 SO Yarmouth - Leeds  ,    1P18 08:15 SO Leeds - Yarmouth  &
1E06 13:46 SO Yarmouth - Chesterfield .


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 as 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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