February 1979

This page last updated :  28/01/07
 
 

February 1st.
 

February 2nd.

* 31133 ???? 1530 Kings Lynn - London Liverpool Street
* 31176 ???? 0950 Norwich - Birmingham New Street
* 31249 ???? 0754 Norwich - Birmingham New Street
* 31269 ???? 1317 Norwich - Birmingham New Street
* 31318 ???? 1236 Birmingham New Street - Norwich
  40030 1E91 0810 Liverpool - Newcastle
  40058 ???? 2150 York - Shrewsbury , to Stockport
* 45039 ???? 1023 Manchester Piccadilly - Plymouth from Birmingham New Street
* 45039 ???? 0700 Newcastle - Poole to Birmingham New Street
* 45123 ???? 1312 Nottingham - London St Pancras
* 46020 ???? 0725 Plymouth - Edinburgh to York?
* 47144 ???? 1225 Birmingham New Street - London Paddington
* 47145 ???? 0700 Newcastle - Poole between Birmingham New Street - Reading?
* 47458 ???? 1235 Hull - London Kings Cross
  47525 ???? 1510 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
* 86028 ???? 1023 Manchester Piccadilly - Plymouth to Birmingham New Street
* 86212 ???? 1010 London Euston - Birmingham New Street
* 86223 ???? 0827 Swansea - Manchester Piccadilly from Birmingham New Street
* 86232 ???? 1205 Birmingham New Street - Glasgow Central
* 86256 ???? 1129 Wolverhampton - London Euston
* 87021 ???? 0740 Glasgow Central - Birmingham New Street

February 3rd.

  27103+27205 ???? 1650 Glasgow Queen Street - Edinburgh Waverley push-pull
  31198+31225 ???? 2040 Edinburgh Waverley - London Kings Cross , between Newcastle - York at least
  31404 ???? 2230 Kings Cross - Edinburgh Train loco shunt release plat 8 to 6
  40058 ???? 2250 Shrewsbury - York , from Stockport
  40068 ???? 0715 Nottingham - Glasgow Central, between Leeds - Annan  & Failed due to a burnt out load regulator
  45002 ???? 2040 Edinburgh Waverley - London Kings Cross, to Newcastle - removed due to boiler failure.
  46029 ???? 1740 Cardiff - Swansea Relief
  46033 1V05 1222 Crewe - Cardiff
  46039 1E95 1145 Cardiff - Newcastle
  47041 ???? 0930 Swansea - Cardiff Relief
  47063 ???? 1005 Llanelli - Cardiff Relief
  47086 ???? 1002 Swansea - Cardiff Relief
  47106 1V03 1010 Crewe - Cardiff
  47125 ???? 1030 Swansea - Cardiff Relief
* 47193 1M60 1515 Plymouth - Manchester Piccadilly , between Gloucester - Birmingham New Street
  47349+40068(Failed) ???? 0715 Nottingham - Glasgow Central, from Annan
  47431 1M71 1427 Swansea - Manchester
  50032 1A53 0726 Oxford - Paddington
  55018 ???? 0405 London Kings Cross - Leeds
  55018 ???? 2230 Kings Cross - Edinburgh via Sleaford Stn, Lincoln C, Doncaster, Dn Longlands Lp, Stockton, Ferryhill, Newcastle(RR), Carlisle, Carstairs AL
  55019 ???? 1930 Aberdeen - London Kings Cross

February 4th.

* 31249 ???? 1720 Birmingham New Street - Norwich
* 31286 ???? 1244 Birmingham New Street - Norwich
* 31295 ???? 1458 Norwich - Birmingham New Street
* 31408 ???? 1604 London Kings Cross - York
* 31417 ???? 1815 Peterborough - London Kings Cross
  40008 ???? 2100 London Kings Cross - Edinburgh Waverley
  40064 1A06 1100 Edinburgh - Aberdeen
  40079+86259(Drag) 1G06 1249 Manchester P - Birmingham NS
* 40123 1M06 0910 Brighton - Manchester Piccadilly
  40162 1N20 0900 Edinburgh - Inverness
* 45053 ???? 1655 Bradford - Birmingham New Street
* 45143 ???? 1740 Derby - London St Pancras
  46020 ???? 1125 Edinburgh - Plymouth via Carstairs AL, Carlisle
* 47111 ???? 1450 Plymouth - York
  47429 ???? 1030 Aberdeen - London Kings Cross, to Edinburgh
  47459 ???? 1030 Aberdeen - London Kings Cross, from Edinburgh.
* 47499 ???? 2025 Birmingham New Street - London Paddington
  47542 ???? 1010 Edinburgh - Kings Cross via Carstairs AL, Carlisle
* 81001 ???? 1816 Manchester Piccadilly - Birmingham New Street
* 86024 1V94 1715 Manchester Piccadilly - Cardiff to Birmingham New Street
* 86215 ???? 1805 London Euston - Carlisle
* 86234 ???? 1840 London Euston - Wolverhampton
* 87031 ???? 2029 Wolverhampton - London Euston

February 5th.
 

February 6th.
 

February 7th.

  40115 ???? 1001 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  46002 ???? 0631 Penzance - Paddington , from Exeter
  47534 ???? 1010 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  50039 ???? 0631 Penzance - Paddington , to Exeter & FAILED.

February 8th.
 

February 9th.

  46048 ???? 1510 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  47264+47463 1A53 1248 Holyhead - Euston , to Crewe

February 10th.

  20030+20043 ???? 1317 Annesley - Marylebone Charter, to Nottingham
  20030+20043 1Z71 0730 St.Pancras - Annesley Charter, from Nottingham
  25071+25074 ???? 1317 Annesley - Marylebone Charter, from Nottingham via Trowell Jn, Tinsley Yd, Rotherwood, Shirebrook, Toton, Bedford M
  25071+25302 1Z71 0730 St.Pancras - Annesley Charter, to Nottingham via Sharnbrrok Tunnel, Coalville, Castle Donington  "The Nottinghamshire Collier"
* 31117 ???? 1518 Norwich - Birmingham New Street
* 31169 ???? 1645 Peterborough - Harwich Parkeston Quay
* 31286 ???? 1015 Birmingham New Street - Norwich
* 45040 1V67 0638 Leeds - Paignton to Gloucester
* 45063 ???? 0738 Leeds - Penzance to ?
* 46044 ???? 0740 Cardiff - Newcastle
* 47043 ???? 1745 Cardiff - Sheffield
* 47066 1Z15 ???? ? - Exeter St David`s seen at Birmingham New Street
* 47091 ???? 1639 Leeds - Bristol Temple Meads
* 47282 ???? 1735 London Paddington - Birmingham New Street
* 47435 ???? 1055 Leeds - London Kings Cross
* 47459 ???? 0705 Edinburgh Waverley - London Kings Cross
* 47459 ???? 1545 London Kings Cross - Leeds
* 47477 ???? 0730 Bristol Temple Meads - Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham New Street
* 47487 ???? 0645 London Paddington - Birmingham New Street
* 47512 ???? 0721 Liverpool Lime Street - Poole between Birmingham New Street - Reading?
* 47525 ???? 1204 London Kings Cross - Hull
* 55011 ???? 1020 Newcastle - London Kings Cross
* 55018 ???? 1245 London Kings Cross - Bradford to Leeds?
* 85003 ???? 0814 Rugby - Liverpool Lime Street
* 86103 ???? 1018 Birmingham New Street - London Euston
* 86218 ???? 1721 Liverpool Lime Street - Birmingham New Street
* 86221 ???? 1740 London Euston - Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton
* 86233 ???? 0721 Liverpool Lime Street - Poole to Birmingham New Street
* 86233 ???? 0730 Bristol Temple Meads - Manchester Piccadilly from Birmingham New Street
* 86237 ???? 0740 London Euston - Wolverhampton
* 86241 ???? 0759 Wolverhampton - London Euston
* 86242 ???? 0823 Manchester Piccadilly - Swansea to Birmingham New Street
* 86247 ???? 1810 London Euston - Wolverhampton
* 86251 ???? 0840 London Euston - Wolverhampton
* 87003 ???? 0929 Wolverhampton - London Euston
* 87004 ???? 0859 Wolverhampton - London Euston
* 87020 ???? 1940 Wolverhampton - London Euston

February 11th.
 
  25277+25282 1Z68 1700 Crewe - Paddington Charter, to Birmingham NS via Bushbury Jn, Bescot, Aston
  31208+31256 1Z68+ 0735 Paddington - Crewe Charter, to Birmingham NS via Evesham, Worcester SH, Old Hill 
  31326+50001 1Z68 1700+ Crewe - Paddington railtour, from Birmingham NS via Solihull, Oxford
* 25277 1Z69 0820 London Paddington - Crewe , from Birmingham New Street "D/H 25282: ""The Crewe Campaigner Relief"" (RPPR) RTR outward leg"
* 25282 1Z69 0820 London Paddington - Crewe , from Birmingham New Street "D/H 25277: ""The Crewe Campaigner Relief"" (RPPR) RTR outward leg"
  40013 1E13 1800 Manchester Vic - Newcastle 
  40113+40144 1Z68+ 0735 Paddington - Crewe Charter, between Birmingham NS - Crewe via Soho, Bescot, Shrewsbury, Wem
  50031 1BXX 2023 Paddington - Cheltenham Spa

February 12th.

  47551 ???? 1816 York - London Kings Cross
  55012 ???? 1608 London Kings Cross - York

February 13th.

  46020 ???? 0547 Plymouth - Paddington thoughout

February 14th.

  45027 ???? 1001 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  46025 ???? 2135 Penzance - Paddington , to Bristol TM
  46041 1V96 1545 York - Swansea
  47186 1E54 0727 Swansea - Leeds
  47436 ???? 2135 Penzance - Paddington , from Bristol TM
* 86248 ???? 1618 Birmingham New Street - London Euston

February 15th.

  40109 ???? 1657 Leeds - York

February 16th.

* 25034 ???? 2215 Euston - Glasgow Cen. , from Dumfries 47185 failed: 25078 added to train at Kilmarnock
* 25078 ???? 2215 Euston - Glasgow Cen. , from Kilmarnock D/H 25034: Loco added to train that was running over four hours late following 47185's failure at Dumfries
  46051 ???? 1510 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle

February 17th.

  33053 1OXX 1358 Exeter St D - Brighton
  46023 1M74 1359 Penzance - New St , from Plymouth
  47143 1A55 1458 Penzance - Paddington , from Reading West to Reading, assisting 50032
  50023 1BXX 0830 Paddington - Plymouth
  50027 2BXX 1844 Exeter St D - Paignton
  50029 1BXX 1330 Paddington - Penzance
  50032 1A55 1458 Penzance - Paddington , from Plymouth, failed at Reading West, assisted by 47143 to Reading
  50036 1AXX 1355 Plymouth - Paddington
  50036 2BXX 1054 Penzance - Plymouth
  50039 1A55 1458 Penzance - Paddington , to Plymouth
  50039 1B24 0730 Paddington - Penzance
  50040 1E21 1021 Penzance - Leeds , to Plymouth
  50041 1B66 1130 Paddington - Penzance
  50044 1A81 1255 Plymouth - Paddington

February 18th.

  47467 1BXX 1830 Paddington - Plymouth
  47489 ???? 1542 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  50036 1C52 1825 Paddington - Hereford

February 19th.

  47528 ???? 2230 London Kings Cross - Edinburgh Waverley
  47551 ???? 1608 London Kings Cross - York
  55007 ???? 0040 Leeds - London Kings Cross
  55010 ???? 1816 York - London Kings Cross

February 20th.
 
  46002 ???? 0756 Cardiff - Plymouth

February 21st.

  20090+20163 1M60 1507 Plymouth - Manchester P , between Gloucester - Birmingham NS

February 22nd.

  31417 ???? 0405 London Kings Cross - Leeds
  40081 ???? 2020 Edinburgh Waverley - London Kings Cross
  40160 ???? 2355 London Kings Cross - Newcastle
  55010 ???? 1930 Aberdeen - London Kings Cross
* 86003 ???? 1618 Birmingham New Street - London Euston
* 86206 ???? 1510 London Euston - Birmingham New Street

February 23rd.

* 25042 ???? ???? Manchester Vic. - Rochdale DMU substitution with loco hauled stock?
* 25131 ???? 0810 Manchester Vic. - Southport DMU substitution with loco hauled stock?
* 31204 ???? 1317 Norwich - Birmingham New Street
* 31244 ???? 1436 London Liverpool Street - Kings Lynn
* 31246 ???? 1353 Leicester - Peterborough vice dmu
* 31305 ???? 0754 Norwich - Birmingham New Street
* 31313 ???? 1252 Harwich Parkston Quay - Peterborough
* 31317 ???? 1236 Birmingham New Street - Norwich
* 31322 ???? 1536 London Liverpool Street - Cambridge
* 45014 ???? 0725 Plymouth - Edinburgh
  45017 ???? 1001 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
* 45039 ???? 0800 Newcastle - Bristol Temple Meads
* 45131 ???? 0700 Newcastle - Poole to Birmingham New Street
  46020 ???? 1510 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle "10' late, weak loco."
* 47269 ???? 0700 Newcastle - Poole between Birmingham New Street - Reading?
* 47421 ???? 1404 London Kings Cross - York
* 47447 ???? 1312 Nottingham - London St Pancras
* 47526 ???? 1235 Hull - London Kings Cross
  47527 ???? 1040 Aberdeen - London Kings Cross 67' late.
* 50030 ???? 1225 Birmingham New Street - London Paddington
  55002 ???? 2245 Kings Cross - Newcastle additional to replace the cancelled 2230 to Aberdeen
  55011 ???? 1608 London Kings Cross - York  , running One Engine Only
* 86035 ???? 1205 Birmingham New Street - Glasgow Central
* 86038 ???? 1040 London Euston - Wolverhampton
* 86204 ???? 1218 Birmingham New Street - London Euston
* 86204 1J24 1010 London Euston - Birmingham New Street
* 86217 ???? 1110 London Euston - Birmingham New Street
* 86221 ???? 1129 Wolverhampton - London Euston
* 86225 ???? 1029 Wolverhampton - London Euston
* 86230 ???? 0740 Glasgow Central - Birmingham New Street
* 86258 ???? 1023 Manchester Piccadilly - Plymouth to Birmingham New Street

February 24th.

  37068 ???? 1655 Newcastle - Sunderland Footex
  37212 ???? 1725 Newcastle - Hartlepool Additional
  40032 ???? 1001 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street, from Leeds
  45064 1E32 0745 Cardiff - Newcastle
  45104 1V71 0700 Bradford Exchange - Penzance , From Leeds
  45131 1S19 2118 Bristol TM - Glas/Edin
  46012 1B24 0756 Cardiff - Plymouth
  46012 1C74 1805 Plymouth - Cardiff
  46022 1V94 1432 Leeds - Plymouth , to Gloucester
  46039 ???? 0750 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  46040 1V94 1432 Leeds - Plymouth , from Gloucester
  46040 1E70 1435 Paignton - Leeds , to Gloucester
  46054 ???? 1001 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street, to Leeds
  47128 ???? 0115 Kings Cross - Bradford I
  47343 ???? 1020 Newcastle - London Kings Cross, to York
  47459 ???? 1700 Edinburgh - Kings Cross
  47480 ???? 0810 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  47499 1AXX 1355 Plymouth - Paddington
  47510 1B24 0730 Paddington - Penzance , to Plymouth
  47510 1B26 0730 Paddington - Penzance,
  47547 ???? 1020 Newcastle - London Kings Cross, from York
  50010 1AXX 1224 Penzance - Paddington , from Plymouth
  50021 1AXX 1055 Penzance - Paddington , from Plymouth
  50029 1BXX 1230 Paddington - Paignton
* 55002 ???? 2345 London Kings Cross - Newcastle
  55017 ???? 2300 Kings Cross - Bradford I

February 25th.

* 31194 ???? 1458 Norwich - Birmingham New Street
* 31252 ???? 1815 Peterborough - London Kings Cross
* 31317 ???? 1244 Birmingham New Street - Norwich
* 33006 ???? 2025 Birmingham New Street - London Paddington
  40012 ???? 1555 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  40119 ???? 1800 Manchester Victoria - Newcastle, to Leeds due to boiler pipe fracture.
  45064 ???? 1815 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle "40' late, due to diversion via Todmorden."
* 45074 ???? 1655 Bradford - Birmingham New Street
* 46012 ???? 1600 Swansea - Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham New Street
* 46022 ???? 1610 Paignton - Derby
* 46055 ???? 1450 Plymouth - York
* 47035 ???? 1503 London Kings Cross - ? relief
* 47184 ???? 1313 Grimsby - London Kings Cross
* 47405 ???? 1110 Edinburgh Waverley - London Kings Cross
* 47433 ???? 1456 York - London Kings Cross
* 47468 ???? 1440 Newcastle - Poole between Birmingham New Street - Reading?
* 47526 ???? 1404 London Kings Cross - York
* 47527 ???? 1350 Leeds - London Kings Cross
* 55005 ???? 1440 London Kings Cross - Bradford to Leeds?
* 55017 ???? 1500 London Kings Cross - Edinburgh
* 86226 ???? 1840 London Euston - Wolverhampton
* 86236 ???? 2029 Wolverhampton - London Euston
* 86237 ???? 1600 Swansea - Manchester Piccadilly from Birmingham New Street
* 87016 ???? 1816 Manchester Piccadilly - Birmingham New Street
* 87021 ???? 1910 London Euston - Wolverhampton
* 87035 ???? 1940 London Euston - Wolverhampton

February 26th.

  20204 ???? ???? Kirkcaldy - Edinburgh , from ?
  25063 1V05 1222 Crewe - Cardiff Central
  47458 ???? 1413 York - London Kings Cross
  55005 ???? 1225 London Kings Cross - York

February 27th.

  37186 2C50 1705 Newport - Swansea
* 45004 1M60 1515 Plymouth - Manchester Piccadilly , between Gloucester - Birmingham New Street
  46036 1V75 0800 Newcastle - Bristol TM
  47075 1E95 1145 Cardiff - Newcastle
  47521 1V72 0830 Manchester - Swansea

February 28th.

  25224 1M84 1130 Cardiff Central - Crewe
  40070 ???? 1710 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
* 45019 ???? 0748 Penzance - Liverpool Lime Street between ? - Birmingham New Street
* 45063 ???? 1053 Paignton - Leeds
* 45076 ???? 1623 Manchester Piccadilly - Coventry
* 45121 ???? 1335 Glasgow Central - Taunton from Birmingham New Street
* 47077 ???? 1428 Swansea - Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham New Street
  47439 ???? 1608 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
* 47440 ???? 1838 Birmingham New Street - London Paddington
* 47463 ???? 1150 London Paddington - Birmingham New Street
  47519 ???? 1510 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
* 86012 ???? 1818 Birmingham New Street - London Euston
* 86213 ???? 1428 Swansea - Manchester Piccadilly from Birmingham New Street
* 86216 ???? 1429 Wolverhampton - London Euston
* 86221 ???? 1310 London Euston - Birmingham New Street
* 86227 ???? 1805 Birmingham New Street - Glasgow Central
* 86258 ???? 1418 Birmingham New Street - London Euston
* 86261 ???? 1321 Liverpool Lime Street - Plymouth to Birmingham New Street
* 87017 ???? 1640 London Euston - Wolverhampton
* 87017 ???? 1329 Wolverhampton - London Euston
* 87031 ???? 1710 London Euston - Wolverhampton
* 87101 ???? 1335 Glasgow Central - Taunton to Birmingham New Street


Thanks to :  Clive Barlow, Chris Short, Kevin McCarthy, Nick B, Nick Ross, 'Ginger Gorilla', David Rapson, Andy Young, Andy Pullar, Pip Dunn,
Reg Atkins, Chris Parkinson (c/o Andrew Wilson), Alan Baylis & 'The Timelord' for their help with this listing.


If you can add any workings or missing details to the list above or spot any errors, please Contact us and we'll update this page asap.


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