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East Anglian Ranger 79

Two account of East Anglian Ranger's from around Easter 1979.

East Anglian Ranger. by Nick Ross.

April 11^th-17^th 1979

Wednesday 11/4/79.

The 0830 peak hour restriction meant the first inbound train was the 0841 to the Street with the atmospheric teak interior of 306 unit 089. 37050 on the 0936 Liverpool St-Cambridge was the first loco of the trip with a morning session on the Audley End-Bishops Stortford circuit. At least there were no worries re the desperate Bishops Stortford footbridge grip with a rover in hand. 37022 to March, for 31237 onto Norwich with the 1236 from Birmingham. SF steam heat 47’s then a bonus with 37049 on the 1944 Norwich-Liverpool St back to Shenfield.

089     0841 Gidea Park - Liverpool St    GP-LS
37050 0936 Liverpool St - Cambridge    LS-AE
37047 0925 Kings Lynn - Liverpool St AE-BS
31291 1036 Liverpool St - Kings Lynn BS-AE
37050 1126 Cambridge - Liverpool St    AE-BS
37023 1136 Liverpool St - Cambridge    BS-AE
31151 1236 Liverpool St - Kings Lynn AE-EL
37022 1240 Harwich - Peterborough      EL-MA
47118 1742 Norwich - Colchester           NO-CO
47170 1812 Liverpool St - Yarmouth      CO-IP
47169 1844 Norwich - Liverpool St        IP-CO
47114 1930 Liverpool St - Yarmouth      CO-IP
37049 1944 Norwich - Liverpool St        IP-SH
128 2205 Southend - Liverpool St          SH-GP

Thursday 12/4/79

A heatwave was developing with Colchester basking in 80 degrees plus, so the boilers were off. Easter Ipswich-Liverpool St reliefs got nb 31212,37014 and 47117. The late afternoon/evening Cambridge circuit included the rare skinhead 31133 on an 1820 Cambridge-Liverpool St relief.

078     0825 Gidea Park - Liverpool St    GP-LS
47255 0930 Liverpool St - Norwich       LS-CO
47170 1030 Liverpool St - Norwich       CO-MA
47114 1032 Norwich - Liverpool St       MA-CO
47018 1230 Liverpool St - Norwich       CO-IP
37014 1415 Ipswich - Liverpool St Relief   IP-CO
47117 1424 Liverpool St - Ipswich Relief   CO-MA
31212 1515 Ipswich - Liverpool St Relief   MA-LS
37109 1659 Liverpool St - Ipswich         LS-BS
37038 1734 Liverpool St - Cambridge    BS-AE
31133 1820 Camnbridge - Liverpool St AE-BS
37034 1822 Liverpool St - Cambridge    BS-CA
37092 2008 Cambridge - Liverpool St    CA-LS
103} 2152 Liverpool St-Southend          LS-GP
203}

Friday 13/4/79

The local bashers were rejoined on 37014 on the lightly loaded 0924 Liverpool St-Ipswich Relief. They advised on the desperate Norwich 03 haulage move. This was to hide in the bogs, pray it was just a pull back and not a trip to the carriage sidings and claim a "touch of diarrhoea" if challenged! 37037 was taken forward to Stowmarket for a pub move. Walking back from the pub other pubs had drunks crashed out in car parks, beaten up yobs etc…country boys. Nb 31276 on the 1624 Liverpool St-Ipswich Relief was the beast of the day; the loco number was also etched onto the headcode box of this Thornaby machine

215     0851 Gidea Park - Liverpool St       GP-LS
37014 0924 Liverpool St - Ipswich Relief LS-CO
47117 1030 Liverpool St-Norwich             CO-MA
47169 1032 Norwich - Liverpool St           MA-CO
47172 1130 Liverpool St - Norwich           CO-IP
37037 1240 Harwich - Peterborough         IP-ST
47150 1230 Liverpool St - Norwich           ST-NO
47150 1548 Norwich - Liverpool St           NO-CO
31276 1624 Liverpool St - Ipswich Relief CO-MA
47117 1639 Norwich - Liverpool St           MA-LS
156} 1852 Liverpool St - Southend           LS-GP
157}

Saturday 14/4/79

A normal day out with 37014 for the third time of the trip. The heat wave was continuing so there were many tourists looking around the University grounds and punters on the river. On the return journey we leapt at Audley End. In a first venture from the station we found a tiny village with a nice church but the sole pub was yet to open that evening despite it nearing 1900. This was to the disgust of some American who had strayed from his many compatriots in Cambridge. To my immense joy and with a ritualistic leap to the concern of the train crew and girlfriend my last boilered SF 37’0 took us back to the Street in 37051 on the 1732 from King’s Lynn.

125     0805 Southend - Liverpool St     GP-LS
37014 0936 Liverpool St - Cambridge   LS-CA
37037 1726 Cambridge - Liverpool St   CA-AE
37051 1732 Audley End - Liverpool St AE-LS
205     2112 Liverpool St - Southend     LS-GP

Sunday 15/4/79

A late start and a surprise in a 306 unit straying onto an Alleged Chelmsford-Liverpool St early morning service. New 47’s in abundance today then the anticipated plus 90 at Thetford on the Norwich-Birmingham goyle leap. This eventually became a worrying plus 10 after a swing bridge failure at Trowse.

029     0822 Chelmsford - Liverpool St GP-LS
47172 0830 Liverpool St - Norwich        LS-IP
47158 0857 Yarmouth - Liverpool St      IP-CH
47014 1100 Liverpool St - Norwich        CH-NO
31177 1458 Norwich - Birmingham         NO-TH
31160 1244 Birmingham - Norwich         TH-NO
47180 1820 Norwich - Liverpool St        NO-MA
47150 1900 Norwich - Liverpool St        MA-SH
155     2045 Southend - Liverpool St     SH-GP

Monday 16/4/79

Met up with the local duff bashers on 47018 on the 0930 Liverpool St-Norwich which they remained on for mileage whilst I leapt at Colchester expecting to meet up with them again on the Harwich-Peterborough. A rapid change of plan here when 37262 arrived on a Wolverhampton-Clacton ADEX. The central headcode boxed SF specimens such as 262 were rarer because of their virtual exclusion from Cambridge line services because of Clapton tunnel clearance restrictions.

37262 was then taken on new track to Clacton for Clacton unit 612 straight back to the street. Compo stock, quality ride and fast running made my first Clacton unit ride a memorable one. The evening Cambridge power saw some further variety with 31108 on the Cambridge-Liverpool St relief.

155     0705 Southend - Liverpool St   GP-LS
47018 0930 Liverpool St - Norwich     LS-CO
47130 1030 Liverpool St - Norwich     CO-IP
47011 1032 Norwich - Liverpool St     IP-CO
37262 xxxx Wolverhampton-Clacton ADEX CO-CL
612     1250 Clacton - Liverpool St      CL-LS
37021 1436 Liverpool St-Kings Lynn LS-CA
37097 1620 Cambridge - Liverpool St CA-AE
31255 1530 Kings Lynn-Liverpool St AE-BS
37102 1736 Liverpool St - Cambridge BS-AE
31108 1820 Cambridge - Liverpool St AE-BS
37021 1732 Kings Lynn-Liverpool St BS-LS
115     2012 Liverpool St - Southend   LS-GP

Tuesday 17/4/79

A 12 car 306 beast in 052/077/078 took me to the Street for non required 47’s in abundance until newie 47009 produced on the 1142 Norwich-Liverpool St. The Cambridge evening rush hour followed where new goyles and syphons were still appearing despite it being the last day of the rover.

The rover finally ended with a noisy run behind 37102 on the 2008 Cambridge-Liverpool St.

052}
077} 0822 Gidea Park –Liverpool St GP-LS
078}
47130 0930 Liverpool St-Norwich LS-CO
47117 1030 Liverpool –Norwich CO-MA
47255 1032 Norwich-Liverpool St MA-CO
47009 1142 Norwich-Liverpool St CO-LS
37102 1336 Liverpool St-Cambridge LS-AE
31239 1325 Kings Lynn-Liverpool St AE-BS
31182 1436 Liverpool St-Kings Lynn BS-CA
37075 1525 Kings Lynn-Liverpool St CA-BS
31251 1712 Liverpool St-Cambridge BS-AE
31239 1822 Liverpool St-Cambridge BS-AE
37087 1836 Liverpool St-Kings Lynn AE-CA
37102 2008 Cambridge-Liverpool St CA-LS
126 2152 Liverpool St-Southend LS-GP

Rover Mileage 2218

Haulages 46

31108/133,151,160,177,182,212,237,239,251,255,276,291
37014/021/022/023/043/037/038/047/049/050/051/075/087/092/097/102/109/262
47009/011/014/018/114/117/118/130/150/158/169/170/172/180/255

East Anglian Ranger. (12 to 18/04/1979) by Andrew Pullar.

I was intrigued to discover within the pages of your website an article from Nick Ross describing an Anglian Rover bash around Easter 1979. As I was doing the same thing I thought it of interest to compare weeks. We even shared one or two train journeys. When 37262 turned up at Colchester we probably shared the same thought - MY LORDS!!! I'M HAVING SOME OF THAT. As will be apparent from the list of moves I was somewhat preoccupied with clearing required passenger track rather than maximising haulages. Some dubious moves ensued including diesel units on an overnight fester between Shenfield and Liverpool Street.

Rover Mileage	2401miles 33 chains.

Loco mileage [Rover]	1616miles 65 chains
Unit mileage [Rover]	788 miles 39 chains

Other mileage	189miles 62 chains

Loco haulage on Rover summary
New 31017/103/33/69/82/95/204/12/40/55/76 - 37012/4/38/47/9/92/9/118/262 - 47006/11/4/114/150/5/69/72/80/4
Dud 31019 - 37075/87 - 47085/118/30/58/255
Also new that week 73127/36

Traction	alloc?	Train Details				Entrain at	Detrain at	Mileage
								[dec. chains]
Thursday 12 April 1979
Good start to the Rover with nine required locos and haulage over the Ilford flyover with boiler isolated 31212. Having travelled on the Toffeeapple Farewell Railtour on 22/10/1977 I was certainly not expecting to fall onto 31017 enjoying a last fling up the main line.
37092	MR	0936	London Liverpool Street	Cambridge		London Liverpool Street	Audley End	41.7000
31195	FP xb	0925	Kings Lynn	London Liverpool Street		Audley End	Bishops Stortford	11.3625
31204	MR vb	1036	London Liverpool Street	Kings Lynn		Bishops Stortford	Audley End	11.3625
37092	MR	1126	Cambridge	London Liverpool Street		Audley End	Bishops Stortford	11.3625
160		1204	Bishops Stortford	London Liverpool Street		Bishops Stortford	London Liverpool Street	30.8125
31212	SF xi	1324	London Liverpool Street	Ipswich	Additional	London Liverpool Street	Colchester	51.6000
37014	SF	1415	Ipswich	London Liverpool Street	Additional	Colchester	London Liverpool Street	51.6000
37049	SF	1536	London Liverpool Street	Cambridge		London Liverpool Street	Tottenham Hale	6.0125
448		1204	Bishops Stortford	London Liverpool Street		Bishops Stortford	London Liverpool Street	6.0125
37014	SF	1623	London Liverpool Street	Ipswich		London Liverpool Street	Colchester	51.6000
31017	SF vb	1715	Ipswich	London Liverpool Street		Colchester	London Liverpool Street	51.6000
47011	SF	1930	London Liverpool Street	Yarmouth		London Liverpool Street	Ipswich	68.7375
47255	SF	1952	Norwich	London Liverpool Street		Ipswich	Witham	30.1375
142		2136	Witham	Braintree		Witham	Braintree	6.3000
142		2214	Braintree	Witham		Braintree	Witham	6.3000
37047	MR	2145	Ipswich	London Liverpool Street		Witham	London Liverpool Street	38.6000

Friday 13 April 1979
Tinsley no boiler Goyle 31276 was the treat for the Friday in between clearing a bit more required line. Only six required locos in the book in between the line bashing but the Boat Trains were well worth the price of the Anglia Rover.
47006	SF	0930	London Liverpool Street	Norwich		London Liverpool Street	Colchester	51.6000
31204	MR vb	1024	London Liverpool Street	Ipswich	Additional	Colchester	Manningtree	7.8375
E51127-[]		1140	Manningtree	Harwich Town		Manningtree	Harwich Town	11.5750
37118	SF	1300	Harwich Parkeston Quay	London Liverpool Street		Harwich Parkeston Quay	London Liverpool Street	68.9000
31103	SF vb	1532	London Liverpool Street	Harwich Parkeston Quay		London Liverpool Street	Harwich Parkeston Quay	68.9000
E51271-E56185		1703	Harwich Parkeston Quay	Manningtree		Harwich Parkeston Quay	Manningtree	9.7125
31276	TI xo	1624	London Liverpool Street	Ipswich		Manningtree	Ipswich	9.3000
47169	SF	1630	London Liverpool Street	Norwich		Ipswich	Norwich	46.4750
E561881-E50595		1915	Harwich Parkeston Quay	Manningtree		Norwich	Sheringham	30.3500
E561881-E50595		2020	Harwich Parkeston Quay	Manningtree		Sheringham	Norwich	30.3500
47172	SF	1930	London Liverpool Street	Yarmouth		Norwich	Lingwood	7.9750
E51271-E56185		1703	Yarmouth	Norwich		Lingwood	Norwich	7.9750
47006	SF	2345	Norwich	London Liverpool Street		Norwich	Ipswich	46.4750

Saturday 14 April 1979
Having tickets for the DAA Suburban Venturer meant I had to be south of the Thames by mid morning. Just enough time for a couple of moves out of Cambridge before suffering 8TC to Alton and Windsor amongst other places. What I wasn't expecting was another Toffeeapple (even if it was dud off the previously mentioned railtour).
The evening was spent knocking off some more required track in Essex suburbia before the first of four Adex workings were boarded. I had somehow got hold of a special working notice and reasoned that if I covered these trains I might get haulage that would otherwise not be around. Thus Saturday evening found me leaping at Barking onto the returning Adex from Barnstaple to Shoeburyness. The only regret was I had to leap at Southend as there were no trains back from Shoeburyness. Also the station staff at Barking had spotted me leaping on the train and were intent on throwing me off. They thought better of it when some of the passengers in the train insisted I stay on. Those were the days when I had some charisma.
31169	MR vb	2300	London Liverpool Street	Peterborough		Ipswich	Peterborough	81.0375
E56187-E51290		0543	Peterborough	Ipswich		Peterborough	Cambridge	45.2250
31019	SF vb	0708	Cambridge	London Liverpool Street		Cambridge	Newport [Cambs]	15.7250
E56434-E50377		0740	Bishops Stortford	Peterborough		Newport [Cambs]	Audley End	1.7625
37038	MR	0758	Cambridge	London Liverpool Street		Audley End	Bishops Stortford	11.3625
37049	SF	0808	Cambridge	London Liverpool Street		Bishops Stortford	London Liverpool Street	30.3375
73127 + 8TC[402+421]	SL	1023	London Victoria	Norwood Junction	Charter	London Victoria	Norwood Junction	29.5500
73136 + 8TC[402+421]	SL	[]	Norwood Junction	London Waterloo	Charter	Norwood Junction	Clapham Junction	156.3375
5104		1742	London Waterloo	London Waterloo		Clapham Junction	London Waterloo	3.8875
126-125		1932	London Liverpool Street	Shenfield		London Liverpool Street	Romford	12.3875
E56416-E50363		1958	Romford	Upminster		Romford	Upminster	3.3500
239		2024	Upminster	Grays		Upminster	Grays	7.7500
267-311		2005	London Fenchurch Street	Shoeburyness		Grays	Shoeburyness	26.1875
313-307		2150	Shoeburyness	London Fenchurch Street		Shoeburyness	Upminster	24.2000
47184	SF	1900	Barnstaple Junction	Shoeburyness	Adex	Barking	Southend Central	28.1375

Sunday 15 April 1979
Can someone kindly explain to me what I was doing for most of this particular day. I cannot believe I was bashing a class 116 cart into the Street for a 105 back out as the juice was switched off for engineering work. The Adex was dud and I only fell on three required haulages. I seem to have spent most of the day carting myself around yet more required track though it has to be said Clacton units were somewhat rateable.
068-052-077		0217	Southend Victoria	Shenfield		Southend Victoria	Shenfield	21.2875
[]-E59375-[]		[]	Shenfield	London Liverpool Street		Shenfield	London Liverpool Street	20.2000
E56138-E50368		0345	London Liverpool Street	Shenfield		London Liverpool Street	Shenfield	20.2000
059-012-016		0407	Shenfield	London Liverpool Street		Shenfield	London Liverpool Street	20.2000
509		0542	London Liverpool Street	Bishops Stortford		London Liverpool Street	Broxbourne	17.6750
404		0628	Broxbourne	Hertford East		Broxbourne	Hertford East	7.0625
404		0700	Hertford East	Broxbourne		Hertford East	Broxbourne	7.0625
430		0729	Broxbourne	London Liverpool Street		Broxbourne	London Liverpool Street	17.2000
430		0729	London Liverpool Street	Broxbourne		London Liverpool Street	Broxbourne	17.2000
47118	SF	0815	Elsenham	Newport (Gwent)	Adex	Broxbourne	Cheshunt	3.1875
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