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Page last Updated : 19-08-07 Trevor Machell observed and logged the following...Pip Dunn writes...
"Just one thing on my mind today – the appearance of a pair of Tinsley vacuum-braked only 20s, just reinstated from months in store in Scotland – 20013/108 on the Leicester-Skegness Usually, as a rule, my parents were not too keen on me covering the returning Leicester train because I wouldn’t get home until midnight, although I was able to cover the Derby train and get home an hour earlier. (they had to pick me up from the station, so you can understand their stance!) But today I just had to have the Leicester train. I am not sure, 23 years, on if I ‘told a fib’ and told the folks we were running late, or if I had pleaded with them because of the enormity of the two 20s… either way, they were on my radar all day. Off school and on a Midland Railtourer, there were a few leaps to do beforehand.40104 was on the 0925 Brum-Ludo, so I did a fill in move on this before returning to Brum to see 31102 on the 1020 to Norwich. Out to Nuneaton, 31415 back. A couple of other fill-in moves, 47600 for 47530 until I got the gen that 31292 – a no heat TE machine, - was on the 1210 Cambridge-BNS, so I did 31403 out to Nuneaton to scoop the big 31. Another Birmingham International fill in move - an 85 for ‘IKB’ (47484) then off to Nottingham for the 20s via an HST to Derby. There was obviously a farce brewing as the DMU only made Beeston, but I was not too bothered as the big pair of shabby 20s were duly scratched to Leicester. A fifth 31 of the day – 31401 – took me back to Brum and then a 310 back to Tile Hill. 20108 was huge, and I think virtually everyone scored it this week. 20013/108 predictably worked for the next two days, but on the Wednesday I am told they worked the Leicester only to return on an adex to Redditch! Monday August 27 1984 310087 ae BY 2G01 0545 Euston-Birmingham NS Tile Hill Birmingham NS 15.5 40104 xi LO 1D90 0925 Birmingham NS-Llandudno Birmingham NS Sandwell & Dudley 5.25 87032 ae WN 1G03 0820 Liverpool-Birmingham Int Sandwell & Dudley Birmingham NS 5.25 31102 vb MR 1E64 1020 Birmingham NS-Norwich Birmingham NS Nuneaton 20.75 31415 xd MR 1M30 0740 Norwich-Birmingham NS Nuneaton Birmingham NS 20.75 86227 xe WN 1A36 1127 Wolverhampton-Euston Birmingham NS Coventry 19.25 47600 xe CF 1O74 0958 Manchester-Brighton Coventry Leamington Spa 9.5 47530 xe CD 1E63 0940 Poole-Newcastle Leamington Spa Birmingham NS 28.75 31403 xei MR 1E76 1420 Birmingham NS-Norwich Birmingham NS Nuneaton 20.75 31292 xo TE 1M67 1210 Cambridge-Birmingham NS Nuneaton Birmingham NS 20.75 85014 xe CE 1A60 1618 Birmingham NS-Euston Birmingham NS Birmingham Int 8.5 47484 xe OC 1M07 1254 Brighton-Manchester Birmingham Int Birmingham NS 8.5 43186 ae LA 1E70 1511 Plymouth-York Birmingham NS Derby 41 43185 ae LA DMU ve DY 2Exx 1830 Crewe-Lincoln Derby Beeston 12.75 20013 vo TI 1M22 1900 Skegness-Leicester Beeston Leicester 24.25 20108 vo TI 31401 xe MR 1M81 1803 Harwich-Wolverhampton Leicester Birmingham NS 39.5 310063 ae BY 2B02 2321 Birmingham NS-Northampton Birmingham NS Tile Hill 15.5" David Wilson <43100> recalls... "I was on a Freedom of Scotland...
27017 Edinburgh Inverkeithing 2L32 09:18 Edinburgh Dundee 13.25 47093 Inverkeithing Edinburgh 1E36 08:40 Dundee King's Cross 13.25 27018 Edinburgh Haymarket 2L34 10:18 Edinburgh Dundee 1.25 DMU Haymarket Edinburgh 08:50 Glasgow Central Edinburgh 1.25 47711 Edinburgh Glasgow Queen St 1O22 10:30 Edinburgh Glasgow Queen St 47.25 EMU Glasgow Central LL Lanark 11:21 Partick Lanark 28.75 BUS Lanark Carstairs Lanark Forth Central Scottish T429 (TSU652W) Leyland Leopard/Alexander Y 37133 Carstairs Edinburgh 1G53 13:03 Carstairs Edinburgh 28.75 27008 Edinburgh Dundee 2L44 14:17 Edinburgh Dundee 59.25 27008 Dundee Inverkeithing 2G84 16:21 Dundee Edinburgh 28.75 Failed at Thornton UPL. Dragged (Dead) by 20224 from Thornton UPL 20224 Thornton UPL Inverkeithing 2G84 16:21 Dundee Edinburgh 17.25 Dragging 27008 (Dead) 40060 Inverkeithing Aberdeen 1S27 10:59 King's Cross Aberdeen 117.25 47604 Aberdeen Perth 1P22 22:35 Aberdeen Perth 92.00 448.25" Sean Marshall Remembers...
"Moves for me on an early Midland Railtourer :
Nothing overly exciting, inparticular
the lack of 87s on the WCML would have rankled, but 31167 was welcome
near the end. At the time, I was under parental instruction to be back
in Nottingham before 9pm......!"
Richard Boyd recalls
"My moves for Bank Holiday Monday 27 August 1984. These were as follows: 47125 Manchester-York on 09.05 Liverpool-Scarborough 45148 York-Leeds on 14.00 Scarborough-Liverpool 40099 Leeds-Settle on 15.55 Leeds-Carlisle 47110 Settle-Leeds on 16.35 Carlisle-Hull 47125 Leeds-Manchester on 18.00 Scarborough-Liverpool The day started on 47125, which I'd only had new a couple of days earlier. However, as is the way, by Monday evening it felt like I'd had little else over the Pennines. Although I can't recall it, I obviously must have received some gen that required 47110 was on the S&C and therefore took the first train back to Leeds. OK, it was 45148 but no doubt I tried to put this out of my mind. Anyway, having arrived at Leeds, what I do recall was an absolute throng of bashers. Doubtless this was because of the 40 on the Carlisle-bound train. By late summer 1984, 40's were in terminal decline and pursued vigorously by all and sundry. Except me. I got off at Settle, took a few pictures of the station (since the S&C was at the time slated for closure) and eventually scratched in 47110. Home was by the omnipresent 47125. I think the thing that strikes me about writing this is the way some things stick in your mind and others don't. That I've had to guess a bit here is an indication of how long ago it happened."
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