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
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