Page last Updated :  05-11-06 Captain Grey says... "Back down West for more Hoover bashing from my native Nottingham.    Tram was done on the last Notts-Panny, circus line to Padd for a total bowl out in the    shape of Duff 477 on the down beds. This had to be done to get into West of England    railrover land. I had my very first girlfriend in tow for this jaunt so had to do semi-normal    stuff in between moves. A look around Penzance and swim and beach moves for the most part of    the day meant having to suffer a tram to Liskeard to pick up the Padd-Newquay which turned up    with a steam heat peak. This was done anyway to get to 50012 which was required for the Newquay    line. Apart from Benbow on the branch, the most interesting part of the day was the move    afterwards. A bail at Liskeard for a unit to St Germans for two days at the Elephant Fayre hippy    festival to see The Cure headline that night and finish with 'The Hills Are Alive With The Sound    Of Music'! I distinctly remember seeing a pair of Hoovers on the Sunday night on the 1840 SuO    Penzance - Padd accelerate over the viaduct in twilight shortly before seeing the final evenings    concert and wishing I could have been omnipresent at that moment. Both this train and the    2135 Penzance - Padd sleepers had been issued special stop orders at St Germans in relation to    the festival. I stayed on and made my escape on the Monday morning with 50008 on the 0700 Exeter    - Penzance.  47477   LONDON PADDINGTON     PENZANCE         0005 PAD-PZ SLEEPERS     1B02     324.25  45020   LISKEARD     NEWQUAY                                   0947 PAD-NEWQUAY                         37.75  50012   NEWQUAY     LISKEARD                                   1740 NEWQUAY-PLYM       2C86      37.75"       Trevor Machell logged the following... Fri. 29 Jul. 1983 Chaloner's Whin Jn.            1901-2155 2L63 DU 19/01 17:48 Sheffield - York DN 2 1x2 Derby 9Z02   73/203  19/03 UN Tamper 2E92 DU 19/05 16:45 Manchester V - York DN 3 1x3 BRCW 1M79 45143 19/08 17:18 Newcastle - Liverpool L St UL 6+1 1A31 HST 19/22 17:55 Newcastle - Kings Cross UD 1-8-1 43089/049 1E16 47070 19/26 15:05 Bangor - Scarborough DL 7 1N07 HST 19/27 16:37 Kings Cross - Middlesbrough - Newcastle DD 1-8-1 43123/117 6O44 47128 19/27 16:05 Tyneside CFD - Hoo Jn UD 20 ZRA, 3 PCA, TTA, 15 Ferry Vans 6E31 47144 19/30 15:20 Weaste Jn - Port Clarence DL 14 14x100t ety oil 1S33 HST 19/30 17:00 Kings Cross - Edinburgh DD 1-8-1 43072/053 6O49  ( 31257 19/34 16:05 Haverton Hill - Eastleigh Yard UN 9 3 VDA, 1x4 ety Cartic, 2 ety BDA cpld    ( 31153 1E37 HST 19/36 13:28 Paignton - Newcastle DL 1-7-1 43191/192 1L20 31411 19/43 18:40 Scarborough - Leeds UL 6 1N08 HST 19/54 17:30 Kings Cross - Newcastle DD 1-7-1 43060/041 1L58 DU 19/58 19:18 Leeds - York DL 2 1x2 Met Camm. 1E20 HST 20/03 17:00 Edinburgh - Kings Cross UD 1-8-1 43071/100 2L49 DU 20/05 18:41 Doncaster - York DD 2 1x2 Met Camm. 1L91 40174 20/05 18:55 Scarborough - Wakefield W UL 8 1D89 DU 20/07 19:55 York - Hull UN 2 1x2 Derby 1E31 HST 20/08 16:03 Bristol TM - Newcastle DN 1-7-1 43186/185 1V37 45116 20/09 19:49 York - Bristol TM UL 8 all 1st class Mk1 2J12 31113 20/16 19:10 Scarborough - Sheffield UN 8 5… 31169 20/24 UN 9 Addl ECS 4S93 37134 20/30 13:22 Parkeston Quay - Paisley U DD 1 PLA cars 1E59 45037 20/30 18:05 Liverpool L St - York DL 6+1 1M80 47555 20/35 19:25 Scarborough - Liverpool L St UL 6+1 7E42 31128 20/35 16:50 Toton - Dringhouses DN 17 Mxd 1S34 HST 20/40 18:00 Kings Cross - Edinburgh DD 1-8-1 43056/088 1L58 DU 20/44 20:35 York - Leeds UL 3 1x3 BRCW 6M29 47093 20/56 Lackenby BSC - Toton UN 10 2300 x Lackenby retimed. BAA coil 2L58 DU 20/56 20:18 Leeds - York DL 4 1x4 Derby 4L68 47068 21/06 18:34 Hull FLT - Dringhouses DN 5 1x5 freightliner set (full) 4M55 47352 21/07 18:25 Newcastle FLT - Trafford Park FLT UN 10 2x5 freightliner sets 4V73 47146 21/12 19:00 Newcastle FLT - Pengam FLT UN 10 2x5 freightliner sets 2J63 DU 21/19 21:10 York - Sheffield UL 2 1x2 Derby 1E25 HST 21/20 18:00 Edinburgh - Kings Cross UD 1-8-1 43105/062 6S96 37009 21/22 14:10 Parkeston Quay - Mossend DD 1 1 Campbell Soup van 6M64 37136 21/30 18:45 Haverton Hill - Ellersmere Port UN 24 Mxd incl ety HAA, ety HBA, ety POA, ety TEA, 2 BDA steel 4S86 45063 21/30 19:27 Nottingham FLT - Coatbridge FLT DN 15 3x5 freightliner sets 1E93 45108 21/34 17:10 Bangor - York DL 6+1 6S71 37209 21/36 18:21 Whitemoor US - Mossend DD 18 3 Polybulk, 2 PAA, 6 VDA, 5 OCA concrete sleepers, 2 TTB 1N09 HST 21/55 19:00 Kings Cross - Newcastle DD 1-8-1 43xxx/076

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