May 1978

This page last updated :    07/05/06
 
 

May 1st.

  25036+25074 1ZXX 1850 Skegness - Leicester Relief
  25240 ???? ???? ? - Edinburgh , from ?
  25246 ???? 1730 Edinburgh - Cardenden
  47081 1ZXX ???? Swansea - Spalding ADEX
  31220 ???? 1756 Spalding - Kings Cross Return Adex
  31220 ???? 1015 Kings Cross - Spalding Adex

May 2nd.

  31418 ???? 1652 Harrogate - London Kings Cross , to Leeds
  40007 ???? ???? Poole - Newcastle , from Birmingham New Street
  40033 ???? 1003 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  46009 ???? 1710 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  47403 ???? 1652 Harrogate - London Kings Cross , from Leeds
  50013 1M15 1550 Paddington - New St

May 3rd.

  47076 1A01 1506 Worcester SH - Paddington
  47266 1C54 1500 Paddington - Hereford
  47440 1V48 1438 Birmingham NS - Paddington

May 4th.

  40074 ???? 1805 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  45118 ???? 1652 Harrogate - London Kings Cross , to Leeds
  46041 ???? 1710 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  55013 ???? 1652 Harrogate - London Kings Cross , from Leeds

May 5th.

  40058 ???? 1010 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  45069 ???? 1003 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  47020 1V38 1225 New St - Paddington
  50029 1B78 1250 Paddington - Worcester SH

May 6th.

  25073+25074 ???? ???? Swansea - Spalding
  25087+25072 ???? 0930 Glasgow Cen. ? - Mount Florida FOOTEX outward leg
  25227+25033 ???? 1000 Glasgow Cen. ? - Mount Florida FOOTEX outward leg
  25247 ???? 1710 Edinburgh - Newcastle
  33034 ???? ???? Brighton - Spalding
  37021 ???? ???? Southend - Spalding
  37036 ???? ???? Ramsgate - Spalding
  37084 ???? ???? Dover - Spalding
  37175 ???? 0114 Bristol TM - Milford Haven from Swansea to Carmarthen
  37183 ???? 0114 Bristol TM - Milford Haven to Swansea
  40057 ???? 0525 Ealing Broadway - Grosmont , from York charter
  40081 ???? ???? Poole - Newcastle , from Birmingham New Street
  40118 ???? 0950 Cardiff C - Didcot Charter via Exeter SD, Yeovil Jn and Basingstoke
  47020 ???? ???? Gloucester - Spalding
  47026 ???? ???? Burton-on-Trent - Spalding
  47043 ???? ???? Bath - Spalding
  47069 ???? ???? Weston-super-Mare - Spalding
  47109 ???? ???? Ealing - Spalding
  47120 ???? ???? Treherbert - Spalding
  47134 ???? 0828 Swansea - Manchester Piccadilly , to Birmingham NS+
  47265 ???? ???? Hartford North - Spalding
  47409 ???? ???? Kings Cross - Spalding
  47496 ???? ???? Hereford - Spalding
  47524 ???? ???? Poole - Spalding
  55016 ???? ???? Newcastle - Spalding
* 55016 1G?? ???? Spalding - Newcastle rtn ADEX

May 7th.

* 33061 ???? 1052 Waterloo - Exeter St David's
* 33061 ???? 1555 Exeter St David's - Waterloo
  40113 ???? 0929 Manchester Piccadilly - Birmingham New Street

May 8th.
 

May 9th.

  33020 ???? 1659 East Grinstead - London Bridge
  33045 2U19 1720 London Bridge - Uckfield
  37049 1E87 1515 Manchester Picc - Harwich from Sheffield
  37049 1M72 0728 Harwich - Manchester Picc to Sheffield
  45040 1M72 0728 Harwich - Manchester Picc from Sheffield
  45040 1E87 1515 Manchester Picc - Harwich to Sheffield
  45040 1J67 0908 Leeds - Sheffield portion for Newcastle to Poole
  45069 1E37 1053 Paignton - Leeds

May 10th.

  25039+25040 ???? ???? ? - Birmingham New St. Cambrian line ADEX, from ?
  40197 1V92 0940 Edinburgh Waverley - Plymouth , between Birmingham New Street - Bristol Parkway & fail

May 11th.
 
  50026 ???? 0730 Paddington - Penzance

May 12th.

  45009 ???? 1510 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  46037 ???? 1710 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  47420 ???? 1608 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street

May 13th.

  25207 ???? ???? ? - Meeth 'Lundy Island Boat Train' RTR out and back from/to?
* 31423 ???? 1658 Bristol TM - Portsmouth Harbour
  37189 ???? 0114 Bristol TM - Milford Haven
  40075 ???? 0940 Yarmouth - Newcastle , from
  40097 ???? 0942 Llandudno - Manchester Victoria
  40104 ???? 1111 Manchester Victoria - Llandudno
  40111 ???? 0929 Manchester Victoria - Llandudno
  40119 1D40 1430 Manchester Victoria - Llandudno
  40120 ???? 1033 Manchester Victoria - Llandudno
  40194 1J39 1720 Llandudno - Manchester Victoria
  46038 ???? 0147 Crewe - Cardiff C
  47254 ???? 0110 Fishguard Harbour - Paddington
  47446 1AXX 1320 Holyhead - Euston to Crewe
  47552 ???? 18xx Wembley Central - York Return Ruggex charter (Rugby League Cup Final).
  55006 ???? 1413 York - London Kings Cross

May 14th.

  33012 1O02 0740 Yeovil Jn - Waterloo
  33102 2Oxx 0922 Basingstoke - Portsmouth Hbr
  33116 2V46 2105 Portsmouth Hbr - Reading
  33210 1V09 0900 Waterloo - Exeter St D (0852 in WTT)
  37234+37294 1Z21 0750 Worcester SH - Brighton "The Sussex Downsman" railtour
  37294+37234 1Z21 1810 Brighton - Worcester SH "The Sussex Downsman" railtour
  46037 ???? 1905 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  47017 1Zxx xxxx Brighton - Colchester adex
  47416 ???? 1900 London Kings Cross - Newcastle

May 15th.

  25058 ???? ???? Barnstaple - Exeter St. Davids
  25159 1V03 1000 Crewe - Cardiff
  45027 1V59 0600 Sheffield - Cardiff
  45145 1E73 1745 Cardiff - Sheffield
  47005 ???? 1510 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  47430 ???? 1620 Harrogate - London Kings Cross , to Leeds at least

May 16th.

  47411 ???? 1608 London Kings Cross - York
  47507 ???? 1834 York - London Kings Cross

May 17th.

  45025 ???? 1150 Glasgow Central - Nottingham , into Leeds
  47004 ???? 1510 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle

May 18th.

  20087+20172 ???? 0655 Gloucester - Leeds , between ? - Sheffield
  47461 ???? 1608 London Kings Cross - York

May 19th.
 

May 20th.

  25107+25270 1Z49 0618 Nelson - Cheltenham Spa , between ? - Cheltenham
  25131 ???? ???? ? - ? , between Leeds - ? "RTR ""Thames-Forth Express"" (LVRC)"
  25247 ???? ???? Dundee - Glasgow Queen St.
  37037+37102 ???? ???? Scarborough - Kings Cross East Coast Pullman Salute Charter via Bridlington and Goole
  37037+37102 ???? 0840 Kings Cross - Scarborough East Coast Pullman Salute Charter from Leeds via Harrogate and York(RR)
  40100 1D38 1033 Manchester Victoria - Llandudno
  40113 1D11 1118 Crewe - Llandudno
  40173 ???? ???? Falkirk - Dufftown SRPS charter
  47050 1O18 1420 Exeter St D - Waterloo (1428 in WTT)
  47408 ???? 2315 Kings Cross - Leeds via Sleaford and Lincoln C
  55012 ???? 0840 Kings Cross - Scarborough East Coast Pullman Salute Charter to Leeds

May 21st.
 
  55003 ???? 2225(20/05) Edinburgh - Kings Cross via Lincoln C, Sleaford and Hertford N

May 22nd.
 

May 23rd.

  40100 ???? 1605 Nottingham - Carlisle
  46029 ???? 1001 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street

May 24th.

  45039 1E30 0815 Plymouth - Leeds
  47051 ???? 1510 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  47414 ???? 1540 Leeds - London Kings Cross
  47552 ???? 1834 York - London Kings Cross
  55017 ???? 1608 London Kings Cross - York

May 25th.

  25082 ???? 0836 Glasgow Queen St. - Fort William , to Spean Bridge Loco failed and dragged by 27025
  27104+27210 ???? 1530 Edinburgh - Glasgow QS (Push-Pull)
  40146 ???? ???? Hull - Stratford-on-Avon adex
  46022 ???? ???? York - Edinburgh Relief
  46049 ???? 0730 Birmingham NS - Newcastle via Moorthorpe
  47432 ???? 1809 London Kings Cross - York
  47439 ???? 1608 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  55003 ???? 1755 Edinburgh Waverley - Leeds
  55003 ???? 0900 Kings Cross - Edinburgh
  55006 ???? 0800 Kings Cross - Edinburgh

May 26th.

  24082 ???? 1330 Manchester Vic. - Llandudno Town , to Chester & Failed.
  25161 ???? 1642 Llandudno Town - Crewe
  25161 ???? 2030 Crewe - Bangor
  25161 ???? 2245 Bangor - Llandudno Jnct.
  25161 ???? 1330 Manchester Vic. - Llandudno Town , from Chester 24082 failed and replaced
  26029 ???? 1752 Fort William - Inverness
  26045 ???? 1737 Wick - Inverness
  27009 ???? 0600 Glasgow QS - Mallaig , from Fort William
  27011+27032 ???? 0600 Glasgow QS - Mallaig , to Fort William
  37108 ???? 1638 Glasgow QS - Fort Wiliam
  37108 ???? 0700 Mallaig - Glasgow QS
  40026 ???? 1816 Durham - Manchester Victoria Relief.
  40029 ???? 1545 Manchester Victoria - Newcastle Relief.
  40084 ???? 1515 York - Liverpool Lime Street
  40154 ???? 1210 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle 'DMU service to York extended to Newcastle'
  40161 ???? 1710 York - Manchester Victoria "Started back from Newcastle, timings unknown."
  47015 2D95 0840? Cleethorpes - Doncaster
  47121 ???? 1832 Paddington - Paignton relief
  47535 ???? 1833 Paddington - Plymouth

May 27th.

  20037+20193 ???? 1302 Skegness - Derby
  20037+20193 ???? 0920 Derby - Skegness
  25027+25199 1E34 0919 Manchester P - Yarmouth , to Lincoln
  25027+25199 1M74 0915 Yarmouth - Manchester P , from Lincoln
  25042 1V01 0604 Crewe - Cardiff 
  25061 ???? ???? Cardiff - Crewe
* 25054+25236 ???? 08:52 Leicester - Skegness
  25129+25136 1E91 0800 Walsall - Yarmouth
  25129+25136 1M37 1415 Yarmouth - Derby 
  25213 1D30 0730 Nottingham - Llandudno
  27104+27207 ???? 1600 Glasgow QS - Edinburgh (Push-Pull)
  31153+31221 ???? 0912 Kings Cross - Skegness
  31153+31221 ???? 1340 Skegness - Kings Cross Additional
  31178 ???? 0742 Leeds - Cleethorpes
  31180 1D20 0800 Leeds - Skegness
  31180 1L19 1220 Skegness - Leeds
  31229 1E66 1236 Birmingham NS - Norwich
  31244+31308 1E83 0832 Derby - Yarmouth, to Norwich
  31244+31308 1M?? 1430 Yarmouth - Walsall , from Norwich
  31250 ???? 1522 Yarmouth - Sheffield , from Grassmoor
  31250 1P12 0708 Chesterfield - Yarmouth , to Grassmoor
  31266 ???? 0747 Sheffield - Bridlington
  31266 1M76 1832 Norwich - Birmingham NS
  31268 ???? 0911 Leeds - Yarmouth , to Grassmoor
  31285 ???? 0843 Scarborough - Sheffield
  31294 1M??1230 Scarborough - Leicester , to Nottingham
  31298 ???? 0840 Sheffield - Huddersfield
  31317 1E80 1638 Birmingham NS - Norwich
  31317 1M30 0754 Norwich - Birmingham NS
  31322 1E62 0805 Birmingham NS - Norwich
* 33016 ???? 0900 Waterloo - Exeter St David's
  33020 ???? 0700 Newcastle - Poole , from Reading
  37013 ???? 0923 Sheffield - Blackpool
  37036 1E34 0919 Manchester P - Yarmouth , from Lincoln
  37082 ???? 1219 Newcastle - Scarborough
  37102 1P14 0825 Newcastle - Yarmouth , to Grassmoor
  37112 1E02 1138 Skegness - Sheffield
  37112 1E17 0747 Sheffield - Skegness
  37136 1J24 1254 Skegness - Sheffield
  37136 1D23 0835 Chesterfield - Skegness
  40012 1M34 1322 Skegness - Manchester P
  40012 1E67 0845 Manchester P - Skegness
  40029 1M71 0841 York - Llandudno
  40047 ???? 1710 Edinburgh - Newcastle
  40050 1J39 1720 Llandudno - Manchester Victoria
  40050 1M59 0908? Scarborough - Llandudno
  40070 1D11 1118 Crewe - Llandudno
  40075 ???? 1608 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  40075 ???? 1010 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  40093 ???? 1040 Manchester V - Newcastle
  40096 1J66 0942 Llandudno - Manchester Victoria (2J62?)
  40096 1D40 1440 Manchester Victoria - Llandudno (2D62?)
  40096 2J62 1842 Llandudno - Manchester V
  40097 1K28 0925 Holyhead - Crewe
  40097 1D41 1418 Crewe - Holyhead
  40099 1D38 1033 Manchester Victoria - Llandudno
  40099 ???? 1352 Llandudno - Llandudno Junc
  40109 1D31 1111 Manchester Victoria - Holyhead
  40163 ???? 1045 Birmingham NS - Holyhead , from Crewe
  40176 1N13 0940 Yarmouth - Newcastle , from Grassmoor
  40195 ???? 0929 Manchester V - Llandudno
  40199 ???? 1627 York - London Kings Cross
  45022 ???? 0700 Newcastle - Poole , to Birmingham NS
  45024 1E33 0907 Birmingham NS - Scarborough
  45042 1E47 0705 Wellingborough - Scarborough , from Nottingham
  46017 ???? 0817 Edinburgh - Newcastle
  46035 1MXX 1220 Paignton - Nottingham to Nottingham
  46037 ???? 0705 Newcastle - Edinburgh
  46051 ???? 1710 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  46051 ???? 0740 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  47048 ???? 0755 Leeds - Weymouth , from Birmingham NS
  47066 1M72 0728 Harwich PQ - Sheffield
  47066 1E87 1515 Manchester Picc - Harwich from Sheffield
  47144 ???? 0710 Birmingham NS - Weymouth
  47149 ???? 0815 Inverness - Glasgow QS
  47152 ???? 0930 Manchester P - Weymouth , from Wolverhampton
  47181 ???? 0810 Liverpool Lime Street - Edinburgh
  47181 ???? 1545 Edinburgh - Liverpool Lime Street
  47196 ???? 0841 Stoke-on-Trent - Holyhead
  47201 1E04 0730 Birmingham NS - Newcastle
  47210 1E62 0210 Manchester P - Cleethorpes THROUGHOUT
  47211 ???? 1235 Inverness - Edinburgh via Kirkaldy
  47228 ???? 0902 Birmingham NS - Weymouth
  47254 ???? 1014 Scarborough - Birmingham NS
  47276 1M72 0728 Harwich - Manchester P , from Sheffield
  47297 ???? 0755 Leeds - Weymouth , to Birmingham NS
  47343 ???? 0801 Nottingham - Poole , to Birmingham NS
  47347 ???? 0801 Nottingham - Poole , from Birmingham NS
  47444 ???? 1320 Holyhead - Euston
  47454 ???? 0930 Euston - Holyhead , from Crewe
  47454 ???? 1504 Holyhead - Euston , to Crewe
  47456 ???? 1248 Holyhead - Euston , to Crewe
  47456 ???? 1300 Euston - Holyhead , from Crewe
  47491 ???? 0928 Birmingham NS - Llandudno , from Crewe
  47499 ???? 0700 Newcastle - Poole , between Birmingham NS - Reading
  47503 ???? 1000 Euston - Holyhead , from Crewe
  47503 ???? 0804 Holyhead - Euston , to Crewe
  47517 ???? 1035 Inverness - Euston
  47519 ???? 1413 York - London Kings Cross
  47521 ???? 1404 London Kings Cross - York
  47530 ???? 1510 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  47555 ???? 1025 Euston - Llandudno , from Crewe
  47555 ???? 1607 Llandudno - Euston , to Crewe
  55007 ???? 0800 Newcastle - Edinburgh
  55022 ???? 1700 Edinburgh - Kings Cross
  83007 ???? 0930 Manchester P - Weymouth , to Wolverhampton

May 28th.

  20032+20131 ???? 0915 Derby - Skegness
  20032+20131 ???? 1815 Skegness - Derby
  20077+20194 ???? 1830 Skegness - Leicester
  20077+20194 ???? 0840 Leicester - Skegness
  20178+20189 ???? 1815 Skegness - Nottingham
  20178+20189 ???? 0953 Nottingham - Skegness

May 29th.

  20032+20131 ???? 1808 Skegness - Leicester
  20032+20131 1MXX 0824 Leicester - Skegness
  20037+20193 ???? 1850 Skegness - Burton
  20037+20193 ???? 0850 Burton - Skegness
  20077+20194 ???? 0824 Leicester - Skegness
  20077+20194+20142+20159 ???? 1830 Skegness - Leicester , to Nottingham
  20178+20189 ???? 1015 Nottingham - Skegness
  20178+20189 ???? 1905 Skegness - Nottingham
* 25142+25267 1M60 ???? Plymouth - Manchester Piccadilly , between Gloucester - Birmingham New Street
* 25184+25196 ???? 09:29 Manchester - Llandudno
  25196+25184 ???? 1720 Llandudno Town - Manchester Vic.
  25196+25184 ???? 0920 Manchester Vic. - Llandudno Town
  25297+25272 ???? 1111 Manchester Vic. - Holyhead
  40044 2D95 0840? Cleethorpes - Doncaster
  40116 ???? ???? Sunderland - Scarborough adex
  45025 1V86 1035 Leeds - Paignton
  47098 ???? 1720 York - London Paddington Route not recorded. Return excursion.

May 30th.

  20032+20131 ???? 1830 Skegness - Leicester
  20032+20131 ???? 0824 Leicester - Skegness
  20037+20193 ???? 0928 Derby - Skegness
  20037+20193 ???? 1850 Skegness - Derby
  20178+20189 ???? 0953 Nottingham - Skegness
  20178+20189 ???? 1815 Skegness - Nottingham
  25043 ???? 1600 Crewe - Cardiff , between Dinmore Tunnel - Morton on Lugg 47042 pushed train to Moreton on Lugg
  25219 ???? 1508 Cardiff - Crewe , from Hereford Loco failed and dragged by 37292
  31238 2V59 0900 Weymouth - Bristol TM
  31238 2OXX 0500 Bristol TM - Weymouth
* 31302 1M60 ???? Plymouth - Manchester Piccadilly , between Gloucester - Birmingham New Street
* 33053 ???? 0948 Eastbourne - Victoria Relief "The loco & stock had worked an Adex the previous day which ended at Eastbourne so was used for this relief"

May 31st.

  20032+20131 ???? 0953 Nottingham - Skegness
  20032+20131 ???? 1815 Skegness - Nottingham
  20045+20047 ???? 1850 Skegness - Derby
  20045+20047 ???? 0928 Derby - Skegness
  20142+20159 ???? 1830 Skegness - Leicester
  20142+20159 ???? 0824 Leicester - Skegness
  25048 ???? 1640 Plymouth - Paignton
* 25166 1M60 ???? Plymouth - Manchester Piccadilly , between Gloucester - Birmingham New Street
  31311 ???? 1930 Exeter SD - Paignton
  47125 1A34 1803 London Paddington - Oxford
  47452 ???? 1500 Penzance - Paddington
  47504 ???? 1732 Paddington - Plymouth


Thanks to :  Steve Jones, Clive Barlow, 'Ginger Gorilla', Nick B, Andy Young, Neil Cannon, Pip Dunn, Alan Baylis, Ric, Andy Pullar,
"Duffield", Phil Wormald, Stephen Ford & 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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