Saturday 25th May 1985.
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      "UD" recalls the following...

"My first summer Saturday out `on the bash` of the year.  I went out blind after 1E83 hoping for something useful, but after a 31/4 turned up,
I cut my losses by bailing at Long Eaton and headed off to New Street.  Here I got word of a couple of 45/0's and half a dozen NB 47's.
that I wanted and worked out a set of moves spread out over eight hours to get them all in.  I felt sure something would go wrong.  Off 1E28 I hoped to make a -3 at Derby for 1O86, but didn't, (31465 on time - load 8) thankfully the 1440 dmu ex Nottingham was late and right behind it,
so I caught up with 1O86 at New street and after a desperate dash across the bridge and just made it with seconds to spare.
 More `Bus stop` moves between New street and the NEC than I would have liked, but it just had to be done to get the stuff i wanted.

That days moves in full:"

31435  1E83 07:23 SO Chesterfield - Yarmouth  Derby - Long Eaton
dmu  ? - ?  Long Eaton - Derby
45101  1O27 06:45 York - Portsmouth  Derby - New Street
47234  1O27 06:45 York - Portsmouth  New Street - NEC
078
 Coventry - New Street  NEC - New Street
45066  ? 07:42 Exeter - Sheffield relief  New Street - Derby
45069  ? 10:32 York - Plymouth relief   Derby - New Street
312203
 ? - ?  New Street - NEC
47124  1E28 10:05 SO Weymouth - Bradford  NEC - New Street
47003  1E28 10:05 SO Weymouth - Bradford  New Street - Derby
dmu  14:40 Nottingham - New Street  Derby - New Street
47258  1O86 14:00 Leeds - Brighton  New Street - NEC
47187  1E31 14:13 Portsmouth - York  NEC - New Street
47298  1E82 18:20 Birmingham NS - Norwich  New Street - Nuneaton
31428  2M07 17:28 Peterborough - Birmingham NS  Nuneaton - New Street

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