Page last Updated :  11-06-06 Pip Dunn writes... "So, the first summer saturday of the year.  To be honest I was not looking forward to it - there were no booked Class 20 hauled trains,   so I really couldn't get too overjoyed - but I never anticipated I'd be home in time for lunch!   That said, I made a morning leap in the hope there may be something to enjoy but when I saw 37426 on the 0725 Brum-Aber I thought   "that's it, it's all gone crap". Not so much the 37 (it was winner!) but the realisation that trains booked for NB were now going to be ETH.   37427/429 were also out on the Pwllheli - rateable in 2006 - flaggable 20 years ago!   I did 37426 to Wolves and then went shopping in Brum before heading home. In fairness, 1986 was, personally, an appalling year (only   surpassed by 1987) for moves, but the reality wasn't so much the trains, it was a change in my social life - more drinking, first   serious girlfriend and going to more and more gigs seemed to have dovetailed with the loss of the Skegs.   I carried on coming out when 20s went to Skeg (couple of winning pairs - 20032/039, 20022/092)  - which they did a bit more regularly   as the year progressed - but it was to be 1988 when 20s got a booked job and i got a resurgent interest in doing moves. I sometimes regret   not doing more in 1986/87 - there was still a lot to do, it's just after years of NB, you kind of took too much for granted, and so   86/87 seemed poor by comparison. In fact there were still 25s, 26s, 27s, 31s, 33s, 37s, 45s, 47s, 50s and 73s to enjoy! I just didn't see   the point, although the afore mentioned beer/Deb/gigs combo explains a lot (and i don't regret any of them!).   Made up for it in 1988/89 though - when first full time job (= cash) meant I would leap for 20s all the time!" Mark Skidmore says... "My Saturday as always started the night before,   31464 Sheffield - Manchester Picc on 2346 Sheffield - Manchester Picc 1M60   08914 shunt release   31464 Manchester Picc - Sheffield on 0210 Manchester - Cleethorpes 1E62   31238 Sheffield - Peterborough on 0630 Sheffield - Yarmouth 1E93   31286 Peterborough - Liverpool Lime St on 0815 Yarmouth - Liverpool 1M31   31135 Liverpool Lime St - Hull on 1545 Liverpool - Hull 1E47   31135 Hull - Sheffield on 2035 Hull - Manchester 1M57   470.5 NB 31 miles, try doing THAT now.   Happy daze!!" Alan Baylis recalls... " 37426 Birmingham New St. - Sandwell & Dudley (1J18 0725 Birmingham - Aberystwyth)    81022 Sandwell & Dudley - Birmingham New St. (1O34 0615 Liverpool - Portsmouth)    47346 Birmingham New St. - Nuneaton (0819 Birmingham - Yarmouth)    45118 Nuneaton - Birmingham New St. (1V45 0829 Nottingham - Paignton)    47085 Birmingham New St. - Leicester (1E72 1030 Birmingham - Yarmouth)    HST (4/111) Leicester - Sheffield ( 1E11 1020 St. Pancras - Sheffield)    31456 Sheffield - Doncaster (1E42 1145 Liverpool - Cleethorpes)    That should have been a move to cover a "new engine" but it didn't appear.  Dud gen! So back home for a few more "Roarer" miles.    HST Doncaster - Birmingham New St. (1320 Newcastle - Paignton)    47412 Birmingham New St. - Leamington Spa (1O46 1510 Liverpool - Portsmouth)    31410 Leamington Spa - Birmingham New St. (1M20 1457 Poole - Derby)    85035 Birmingham New St. - Coventry (1A81 1540 Aberystwyth - Euston)    47422 Coventry - Birmingham New St. (1M40 1710 Poole - Manchester)" Colin 'Yogz' Partington remembers... "This is all I've got written down for this day, I've no idea how or what I had to Shrewsbury.   37427&37429 Shrewsbury-Pwllheli (1J20 London-Pwllheli)   37429&37427 Pwllheli-Porthmadog (2J26 Pwllheli-Porthmadog)   37429&37427 Porthmadog-Shrewsbury (1A85 Porthmadog-London)" John Mills recorded the following... "Teignmouth  50021 1V29 22.50 Glasgow Central – Paignton  HST 1A33 09.00 Paignton – London Paddington  HST 1C11 07.00 Swindon – Penzance  47613 1M86 09.15 Paignton – Liverpool Lime Street  50014 1C09 06.35 Bristol Temple Meads – Plymouth  43192+43166 1V30 06.00 Derby – Paignton  43035+43136 1A35 07.20 Penzance – London Paddington  50028 1S84 09.50 Paignton – Glasgow Central  43xxx+43188 1C14 07.45 London Paddington – Penzance  50001 1S71 07.35 Penzance – Glasgow Central  50049 1E56 10.15 Paignton – Newcastle Central  50007 1C17 08.15 Cardiff Central – Paignton  50021 1A42 10.30 Paignton – London Paddington  47567 1V32 23.50 Glasgow Central – Penzance  43028+43024 1C19 08.45 London Paddington – Penzance  142015 2C14 10.55 Exeter St David's – Newton Abbot  47625+43140+43036 1A38 08.45 Penzance – London Paddington  43166+43192 1M85 11.05 Paignton – Manchester Piccadilly  47603 1V36 07.15 Milton Keynes Central – Penzance  50006 1A43 11.20 Paignton – London Paddington  47455 1C20 08.30 Swansea – Penzance        (Large Logo Livery)  47419 1E65 09.18 Newquay – Newcastle Central  50033 1C21 08.50 London Paddington – Paignton  later...  47575 1E78 10.10 Penzance – Leeds  43138+43144 1V43 06.57 Newcastle Central – Paignton  50007 1A52 12.48 Paignton – London Paddington  43016+43171 1C32 10.50 London Paddington – Penzance  45118 1V45 08.29 Nottingham – Paignton  50029 1M83 10.30 Penzance – Liverpool Lime Street  50037 1O86 10.50 Penzance – Brighton  31416+31459 1V49 08.40 Liverpool Lime Street – Paignton Newton Abbot  50050 1A60 11.35 Newquay – London Paddington  47371  Stand-by Loco?  43034+43180 1A61 14.00 Paignton – London Paddington  50005 1V10 09.13 Brighton – Penzance  50011 1C36 11.23 London Paddington – Newquay  50033 1B36 14.15 Paignton – Swansea  47592 1C38 11.35 London Paddington – Paignton  43019+43xxx 1E37 14.30 Paignton – Newcastle Central Torquay  43144+43138 1E70 15.00 Paignton – York Paignton  45118 1M28 15.15 Paignton – Nottingham Teignmouth  50045 1C44 12.45 London Paddington – Paignton  50041 1E06 15.00 Plymouth – Leeds Postal  43124+43009 1V59 10.55 Manchester Piccadilly – Paignton  43136+43xxx 1C46 13.25 London Paddington – Penzance  142015 2C45 16.10 Newton Abbot – Exeter St David's  50049 1V60 09.26 Bradford – Penzance  43188+43187 1A73 13.53 Penzance – London Paddington  47592 1A77 16.10 Paignton – London Paddington  43186+43135 1V64 12.00 Liverpool Lime Street – Penzance  31459+31416 1M65 16.25 Paignton – Liverpool Lime Street  Later...  43139+43017 1V76 13.40 Leeds – Plymouth  43014+43189 1C62 16.45 London Paddington – Plymouth  47432  ECS, Down (to Newton Abbot?)  47476 1M79 17.10 Newquay – Wolverhampton  47012 3C20 05.20 London Paddington – Plymouth    Vans  50013  Newton Abbot – Exeter St David's        Special  47432  Light Diesel, Up (Newton Abbot to ?)  43146+43031 1V78 13.20 Newcastle Central – Paignton        30 Late  43036+43127 1C66 17.45 London Paddington – Penzance  50039 1M82 15.40 Penzance – Milton Keynes Central          130 Late  50041 2C25 20.10 Exeter St David's – Totnes  43171+43016 1A84 16.26 Penzance – London Paddington    Late!" Chris Chadwick writes... "My memory is a bit sketchy, but I remember doing the following move; 37426 New St - Sandwell -&- Dudley 85??? Sandwell -&- Dudley - New st 47346 0815 New St - Yarmouth , New St-Nuneaton 45118 Notts - Paignton? Nuneaton - New St 47085 1030 New St - Yarmouth , New St - Nuneaton Tram back to New St Sorry it's a bit vague but these are all definite as it was the 1st summer sat. and 47346 was very 'big' at the time." 'UD' adds... "I also had 37426, it was on 1J18 BNS - Aber, which it worked throughout. For some reason I did it to Telford Central?  The only gen that I had early on that day was for 47085 -&- 47346 as detailed above.  Did 085 on 1E72, also only to Nuneaton, with hindsight taking it out to meet 346 would have been the best thing to do, but I was sure that more NB stuff must have been on offer, so I returned to BNS on 1M30, 0740 ex Norwich, which was 31417.  Then it was fester mode, with  the odd 'TC' move until 1E80 1621 BNS - NR, with 31411+31446, which was taken to Nuneaton for 346 back on 1M68, the 1245 ex Yarmouth.  If there was more NB out, it wasn't on anything through BNS as far as I knew. Here follows a list of ETH turns that I noted that day: 47423 1O03 0710 Liverpool - Poole 47475 1M10 0658 Paddington - Llandudno 31417 1M30 0740 Norwich - BNS 45150 1O08 0912 York - Poole, to BNS 31410 1O08 0912 York - Poole, from BNS 81022 1S39 0834 Poole - Glasgow, from Cov 47628 1O09 0812 Newcastle - Weymouth, from BNS 47509 1E61 0940 Poole - Bradford, to BNS 31413+31430 1M  0842 Yarmouth - BNS 31413+31430 1E76 1420 BNS - Ipswich 31411+31446 1M67 1050 Yarmouth - BNS 31411+31446 1E80 1621 BNS - Norwich 47346 1M68 1245 Yarmouth - BNS 47639 1M23 1357 Poole - Manchester P 81020 1M45 1210 Penzance - Manchester P, from BNS 50032 1S61 0735 Cardiff - Glasgow C 47627 1O05 0558 Bradford - Poole, to BNS 47620 1O05 0558 Bradford - Poole, from BNS 45118 1V45 0829 Nottingham - Paignton 31416+31459 1V49 0840 Liverpool - Paignton, from BNS Elsewhere, 37430 worked 1J24 -&- 1A81 to/from Aber, while 37427+37429 worked 1J20, 2J26 -&- 1A85 to/from Pwllheli. Other workings reported previously are:   47298 1E55 1045 Liverpool LS - Yarmouth   47346 1E66 0819 Birmingham NS - Yarmouth, to Norwich   47346 1E82 1825 Birmingham NS - Norwich   45046 1V29 2250(16/5)Glasgow - Paington, between Birmingham NS - Bristol TM   45051 1V60 0926 Bradford - Penzance, into Bristol TM"

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