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Alan Baylis recalls..."47599 Birmingham NS – Derby 0853 Penzance – Newcastle 1E91 37002 Derby – Birmingham NS 1420 York – Plymouth 1V49 86006 Birmingham NS – Wolverhampton 1710 Euston – Wolverhampton 1G39 86239 Wolverhampton – Birmingham NS 1620 Holyhead – Euston 1A78 A phone call in the afternoon told me I had a new 37 to go for so I took the rest of the day off and went to get it from Derby. However the train from Penzance was running late, so late there was doubt we would make it at Derby. Further signal stops en-route reduced us to quivering wrecks as we slipped into Derby a mere minute before the 37 was due to depart. It was running 45 minutes late and now we were worried about it being a loco failure! Frantic phone calls were made to ascertain its whereabouts and we were in luck. It went no further than Birmingham so I was grateful that I had taken the afternoon off rather than risked a southbound move! On return from Wolves I found they were dragging the Euston trains but I rejected these locos and went home." Captain Grey remembers... "I wasn't out on the Saturday but had 37002 on the Friday. Did the usual move to Sheffield for a SYPTE card to ned around South Yorks on the goils and on the off chance anything NB would produce. Word soon got out regarding the reliefs and a fast leap to the booking office was made for a single Sheff-Derby. The pair of goils were done and I couldn't help wonder if they'd make it all the way to Plymouth as this pair would be pretty massive on the South West main line on a Class 1 train. Anybody know? Probably only to BTM is my guess. Time for a quick fill in move on a unit to Belper to see my grandad for a couple of pints and back in time to witness that familiar platform 4 atmosphere at Derby. 'The next train to arrive on platform 4 will be a relief train for Plymouth'. That quote still almost sends shivers up my spine. Round it came at the top of the station... big filthy eyes (split box) and snout. What a state 37002 was in. I think just about every one of the roadshow present scored it. I was NV to New Street... not too bad on the outward as these rarely got gripped, but I do remember having to bog it on the tram on the way back! Good times! Scored everything bar 45127 that day! July 6, 1984 45127 ALFRETON SHEFFIELD 0739LEICESTER-LEEDS 1E05 22.50 July 6, 1984 31431 SHEFFIELD MEXBOROUGH 0841MAN PICC-CLEE 11.50 * July 6, 1984 31405 MEXBOROUGH SHEFFIELD 0846CLEE-MAN PICC 11.50 * July 6, 1984 31435 SHEFFIELD ROTHERHAM MAS 0941MAN PICC-HULL 5.50 * July 6, 1984 31125 SHEFFIELD DERBY 1030YK-PLYM RELIEF 1V31 36.50 * M31234 July 6, 1984 31234 SHEFFIELD DERBY 1030YK-PLYM RELIEF 1V31 36.50 * M31125 July 6, 1984 37002 DERBY BIRMINGHAM NEW ST 1420YK-PLYM RELIEF 1V49 41.00 * " For the most up to date listing of workings on this day see July 1984 Diary Page and scroll down the page to the 6th. - Where Were You 7th July 1984 . |
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