March 1978

This page last updated :    07/05/06
 
 

March 1st.
 

March 2nd.

  37179 ???? 1810 Swansea - Carmarthen
  45010 ???? 1510 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  46032 ???? 1710 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  47445 ???? 1615 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  47523 ???? 1555 York - London Kings Cross

March 3rd.

  40057 ???? 1805 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  45040 ???? 1510 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  46046 ???? 1710 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle

March 4th.
 
  25226+25241 1Z09 ???? Alloa - Glasgow Central LCGB Charter ""Caledonian No.3"" via Longannet, Fife Circle ,Dalmeny
  25226+25241 1Z09 ???? Glasgow Central - Alloa LCGB Charter ""Caledonian No.3"" via Rutherglen and Coatbridge
  47199 2D95 0840? Cleethorpes - Doncaster
  47524 ???? 0823 Manchester - Swansea , from Birmingham NS
  85008 1Z09 0755 Crewe - Glasgow Central LCGB Charter via Earlestown
  85008 1Z09 ???? Glasgow Central - Crewe LCGB Charter via Earlestown
  86014 1F01 0150 Euston - Liverpool Lime St
  86022 1H02 0300 Stafford - Manchester Piccadilly via Stoke detached from 1F01

March 5th.

  46003 1Z15 0815 Paddington - Par "Deltic Ranger" railtour, from Newton Abbot
  46003 1Z15 1535 Par - Paddington "Deltic Ranger" railtour, to Newton Abbot
  55003 1Z15 1535 Par - Paddington "Deltic Ranger" railtour, from Newton Abbot
  55003 1Z15 0815 Paddington - Par "Deltic Ranger" railtour, to Newton Abbot via Paignton
    73106 1A96 0445 Victoria - Eastbourne
  73128 1C00 0450 Victoria - Horsham
  86039 1A?? 2045(04/03) Barrow in Furness - Euston from Preston dragged by 47200 from Rugby to Bletchley

March 6th.
 

March 7th.

  46056 ???? 1003 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  47445 ???? 1010 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle

March 8th.

  45019 ???? 1510 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  46032 ???? 1150 Glasgow Central - Nottingham

March 9th.

  31410 ???? 1652 Harrogate - London Kings Cross , to Leeds

March 10th.

  45007 ???? 2110 Bristol TM - Edin/Glas , to Birmingham NS
  45021 ???? 1640 Leeds - Bristol TM
  45026 ???? 1745 Cardiff - Sheffield
  45048 ???? 1408 Newcastle - Swansea
  46038 ???? 1742 Leeds - Bristol TM
  46056 ???? 1710 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  47088 ???? 1428 Swansea - Manchester , to Birmingham NS
  47109 ???? 1710 Cardiff - Crewe
  47445 ???? 1615 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  50017 ???? 1723 Paddington - Cheltenham
  55006 ???? 1804 London Kings Cross - Bradford Exchange
  55006 ???? 2204 Bradford Exchange - Leeds

March 11th.

  31256 ???? 0110 Fishguard H - Paddington
  33107 1Z03 0824 Waterloo - North Woolwich BR [SR] Crosstown IV Railtour plus 4TC+RMB+4TC
  33107 1Z03 ???? North Woolwich - Waterloo BR [SR] Crosstown IV Railtour plus 4TC+RMB+4TC
  37175 ???? 0114 Bristol TM - Milford H
  40120 ???? ???? Crewe - Ebbw Vale Charter
  45020 ???? 0532 Cardiff - Crewe
  45021 ???? 1358 Penzance - Birmingham , from Gloucester
  45031 ???? 0639 Leeds - Paignton
  45035 ???? 1433 Paignton - Leeds
  45049 ???? 1358 Penzance - Birmingham , into Gloucester
  45074+47550 ???? 1000 Edinburgh - Plymouth , into Bristol TM
  45077 ???? 1320 Liverpool - Plymouth , between Birmingham NS - Gloucester
  46026 ???? 0147 Crewe - Cardiff
  46040 ???? 1640 Leeds - Bristol
  46047 ???? 1805 Plymouth - Cardiff
  47075 ???? 1428 Swansea - Manchester , to Birmingham NS
  47100 ???? 0920 Liverpool - Penzance
  47101 ???? 0830 Manchester - Swansea , from Birmingham NS
  47108 ???? 0050 Paddington - Milford H
  47136 ???? 1608 Newcastle - Cardiff
  47144 ???? 1423 Manchester - Swansea , from Birmingham NS
  47256 ???? ???? Portsmouth - Swansea Adex
  47263 ???? 1110 Plymouth - Manchester , between Gloucester - Birmingham BS
  47496 ???? 0808 Hereford - Paddington
  47509 ???? 0712 Hereford - Paddington
  50022 ???? 0923 Paddington - Cheltenham
  50034 ???? 1110 Plymouth - Manchester , into Gloucester

March 12th.
 

March 13th.
 

March 14th.

  40113 ???? 0755 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  45001 ???? 0810 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  46032 ???? 1710 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  46055 ???? 1003 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  47449 ???? 1615 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  47449 ???? 1010 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle

March 15th.

  40084 ???? 0810 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  40167 ???? 0705 Glasgow Central - London Euston ,to Carlisle via G&SW
  46032 ???? 0755 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street

March 16th.

  31410 ???? 1652 Harrogate - London Kings Cross , to Leeds
  40078 ???? 2150 York - Shrewsbury , to Stockport
  46032 ???? 1710 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  55010 ???? 1652 Harrogate - London Kings Cross , from Leeds

March 17th.
 

March 18th.

  20050+20172 1Z15 1504 Matlock - Paddington "Derby Double" railtour, to Derby 
  20172+20050 1Z15 0810 Paddington - Matlock "Derby Double" railtour, from Derby
* 25185+45108 ???? 1207 Derby - St.Pancras , to Leicester
  25221 ???? 1600 Crewe - Cardiff
  25270 - Brake Van Special at Wellingborough
  37180 ???? 1410 Newport - Cardiff Relief
  37191 ???? 1005 Llanelli - Cardiff Relief
  40118 2D95 0840? Cleethorpes - Doncaster
* 45015 ???? 0736 Leeds - Penzance
  45018 ???? 1145 Cardiff - Newcastle
  45061 ???? 1745 Cardiff - Sheffield
* 45108 ???? 1207 Derby - St.Pancras , from Leicester
* 46018 ???? 1510 Plymouth - Manchester P , between Gloucester - Birmingham NS
  46043 ???? 1408 Newcastle - Swansea
  46051 ???? 1012 Newcastle - Cardiff
  47001 ???? 0933 Swansea - Cardiff Relief
  47030 1M17 1735 Paddington - New St
  47068 ???? 1428 Swansea - Manchester , to Birmingham NS
  47072 ???? 1005 Swansea - Cardiff Relief
  47087 ???? 1645 Cardiff - Carmarthen Relief
  47089 ???? 1030 Swansea - Cardiff Relief
* 47125 ???? 0830 Manchester P - Swansea , from Birmingham NS
  47446 1M15 1550 Paddington - New St
  50010+50048 1Z15 1504 Matlock - Paddington "Derby Double" railtour, from Derby
  50015 ???? 1120 Hereford - Cardiff Relief
  50048+50010 1Z15 0810 Paddington - Matlock "Derby Double" railtour, to Derby

March 19th.

  40108 ???? 1548 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  45019 ???? 1905 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  47273 ???? 1800 Manchester Victoria - Newcastle
  55015 ???? 1900 London Kings Cross - Newcastle

March 20th.

  33024 ???? 1815 London Bridge - East Grinstead
  33037 ???? 1719 London Bridge - Uckfield
  33111 ???? 0700 Newcastle - Poole , from Reading
  40058 ???? 1003 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  45143 ???? 2017 St.Pancras - Derby
  47052 ???? 0823 Swansea - Manchester , to Birmingham NS
  50038 ???? 1200 Paignton - Paddington

March 21st.

  40131 ???? 0740 Morecambe - Leeds drag DMU

March 22nd.
 
  25080 2B99 1620 Exeter SD - Barnstaple Jn
  25080 2B99 1745 Barnstaple Jn - Exeter SD
  47102 1V93 1000 Edinburgh - Plymouth
  47144 ???? 1323 Paddington - Penzance relief
  50030 ???? 1330 Paddington - Penzance

March 23rd.

  31406 ???? 1555 York - London Kings Cross
  33052 ???? 1733 London Bridge - East Grinstead
  33055 ???? 1815 London Bridge - East Grinstead
  40033 ???? 1545 Manchester Victoria - Newcastle Relief.
  40057 ???? 1805 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  40117 2D95 0840? Cleethorpes - Doncaster
  45115 ???? 1519 St.Pancras - Nottingham
  45117 ???? 1207 Derby - St.Pancras
  45139 ???? 1407 Derby - St.Pancras
  46033 ???? 1710 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  47027 1E21 1020 Penzance - Leeds
  47449 ???? 1615 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  50010 1B20 0805 Bristol TM - Penzance
  50012 2B10 0840 Plymouth - Penzance
  50041 ???? 0835 Penzance - Paddington

March 24th.
 
  40078 2D95 0840? Cleethorpes - Doncaster
* 47020 ???? 0728 Swansea - Leeds

March 25th.

  40027 2D95 0840? Cleethorpes - Doncaster
  47015 ???? 1805 York - London Paddington Route?.

March 26th.

  47085 ???? 1750 Bournemouth - Leeds Route not recorded. Return excursion.
  47486 1M02 1730 Southampton - Liverpool Lime Street
  55007 1Z80 0925 Victoria - Victoria "The Man of Kent" railtour, to Bognor Regis and from Littlehampton
  73127 1Z80 0925 Victoria - Victoria "The Man of Kent" railtour, from Bognor Regis to Littlehampton

March 27th.

  45022 ???? 1510 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  46010 ???? 1805 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  47130 ???? 1745 Manchester Victoria - Newcastle Relief.
  47222 ???? 0040 Leeds - London Kings Cross
  47485 ???? 1615 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  47523 ???? 2240 London Kings Cross - Edinburgh Waverley

March 28th.

  33023 ???? 0900 Waterloo - Exeter SD
  33025 ???? 1225 Exeter SD - Waterloo
  40007 ???? 1040 Manchester Victoria - Newcastle Relief.
  40109 ???? 0942 Newcastle - Manchester Victoria Relief.
* 45032 ???? 1338 Newcastle - Swansea
  46043 ???? 1710 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  47445 ???? 0955 Plymouth - Paddington relief
* 47543 ???? 1515 Manchester P - Harwich PQ , from Sheffield
  47554 ???? 1838 Birmingham NS - Paddington
  50032 ???? 1055 Penzance - Paddington Cornish Riviera
  50034 ???? 1638 Paddington - Exeter SD

March 29th.

  47428 ???? 1555 York - London Kings Cross
  47530 ???? 1010 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle

March 30th.

  31406 ???? 1555 York - London Kings Cross
* 33046 ???? 1945 Tonbridge - Redhill
* 33046 ???? 1841 Redhill - Tonbridge
  47202 ???? 1510 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle

March 31st.

  25086 ???? 1935 Glasgow Queen St. - Aberdeen Replaced 27009 at Dundee but subsequently failed at Arbroath and train terminated
  46006 1V58 1638 New St - Paddington
  46031 ???? 0755 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  47218 ???? 1510 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  47430 ???? 1555 York - London Kings Cross
  47530 ???? 1010 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  50048 1Zxx 2110 Paddington - Mallaig "Skye Train" railtour, to New St
  86244 ???? 2315 Euston - Manchester Piccadilly
  86253 1Zxx 2110 Paddington - Mallaig "Skye Train" railtour, from New St to Mossend

Thanks to :  Steve Jones, Clive Barlow, 'Ginger Gorilla', Alan Baylis, Ric, Nick Ross, Andy Pullar "Duffield", Phil Wormald & John Clifford
who have added to 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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