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Inter City Railway Society April 2014

Inter City Railway Society founded 1973

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Volume 42 No.4 Issue 496 April 2014

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President: Simon Mutten (01603 715701) Coppercoin, 12 Blofield Corner Rd, Blofield, Norwich, Norfolk NR13 4RT Chairman: Carl Watson - chairman@intercityrailwaysociety.org Mob (07403 040533) 14, Partridge Gardens, Waterlooville, Hampshire PO8 9XG Treasurer: Peter Britcliffe - treasurer@intercityrailwaysociety.org (01429 234180) 9 Voltigeur Drive, Hart, Hartlepool TS27 3BS Membership Sec: Trevor Roots - membership@intercityrailwaysociety.org (01466 760724) Mill of Botary, Cairnie, Huntly, Aberdeenshire AB54 4UD Mob (07765 337700) Secretary: Stuart Moore - secretary@intercityrailwaysociety.org (01603 714735) 64 Blofield Corner Rd, Blofield, Norwich, Norfolk NR13 4SA Events: Louise Watson - events@intercityrailwaysociety.org Mob (07921 587271) 14, Partridge Gardens, Waterlooville, Hampshire PO8 9XG Magazine: Editor: Trevor Roots - editor@intercityrailwaysociety.org details as above Editorial Team: Sightings: James Holloway - sightings@intercityrailwaysociety.org (0121 744 2351) 246 Longmore Road, Shirley, Solihull B90 3ES Traffic News: John Barton - news@intercityrailwaysociety.org (0121 770 2205) 46, Arbor Way, Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham B37 7LD Website: Manager: Mark Richards - website@intercityrailwaysociety.org (01908 520028) 7 Parkside, Furzton, Milton Keynes, Bucks. MK4 1BX Yahoo Administrator: Steve Revill Books: Publications Manager: Carl Watson - publications@intercityrailwaysociety.org details as above Publications Team: Trevor Roots / Carl Watson / Eddie Rathmill / Lee Mason Contents:Officials Contact List ......................................... 2 Society Notice Board ..................................... 2-4 Events .............................................................. 6 ICRS Sales ............................................. 3-4, 48 GBBG Advert ................................................. 38 Current News / Sightings: Gloucester / Stirling Sightings ............... 33-35 Infrastructure News .............................. 27-29 Light Rail & Metro News ............................ 38 Liveries ................................................ 46-47 Out & About Sightings .......................... 23-26

Stock Changes / Transfers ....................44-45 Traffic and Traction News .....................16-22 Freight Matters...........................................43 Feature Articles: Eastleigh Works Report ......................... 5-10 NSE Liveries .........................................30-32 Preservation Galas ...............................14-15 Rail Tour News .....................................36-37 Railway Globetrotters ............................39-43 Ramblings of a Rail Enthusiast ..............11-14

Front Cover Photo: 37605 t&t 37667 approaches Huntly off the single track section at 16.06 returning its test train back to Derby via Aberdeen as 1Q67 from Inverness, 16th March 2014. The ensemble had previously travelled up on the 13th via Aberdeen to Inverness, then undertook a return trip to Thurso on the 14-15th March. £1.70 where sold separately

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SOCIETY NOTICE BOARD

Editor’s Comments: Firstly some good railway news with the breach of the line at Dawlish being repaired ahead of time and should be open by the time you read this, re-connecting the far southwest by rail. Then there is the news that train building in the UK is on the up with Bombardier being awarded the contract to build Crossrail stock and Hitachi opening up a state of the art manufacturing facility in Newton Aycliffe.

With the growing number of events we are planning or will be attending, I have instigated another slight change to the layout in TRACKS so that they are all gathered together under a new header of EVENTS. The AGM details are also included as is the Eastleigh Visit for which you can now book.

Having transformed the books and TRACKS which all members benefit from, the news is that we are to launch a new improved website in May, though we acknowledge it only affects those with internet access. One of the improvements will be to remove the need to sign in to the Members Area which has been a bugbear more so since the change of website address, necessitating switching to the old website. Previous issues of TRACKS (from Dec 2006 to date) will be available to download as pdfs by anyone visiting the site and hopefully this will encourage more to join. However, on a rolling basis, the last 12 months issues will still only be available to members, but instead of the tedious need to sign in to download, these will be emailed on request from the editor. In particular if you so request, the very latest issue will be emailed when it goes off to the printers so you will get it ‘hot off the press’ 10 days before you receive the printed version. That means you have the latest news, some within days of the event occurring. We know many of you do this at present by downloading, but perhaps this has not been widely realised. Not only do we see this as an improved benefit to members, but will also save valuable time in admin allocating and maintaining web access instructions. So prior to the launch can all those members who wish to receive TRACKS in future by email before and in addition to the printed version please email me, Trevor at editor@intercityrailwaysociety.org. Though they will still work until the launch, no more new login details will be allocated in April.

In conjunction with the above if there are any members who actually do not want to receive a printed copy and are just happy with an electronic version then please let me know. There is no reduction in the sub and this is the arrangement with our overseas members.

Another change is the way photos are submitted for our Flickr photo gallery. It is important that all photos be available for inclusion in TRACKS as this is the primary vehicle for reaching members. Please therefore send all your photos of current topical interest, unusual movements, new liveries or just plain old everyday scenes (you never know when they will just vanish) to me as editor. That way no interesting photos will slip through for use on Flickr without getting aired in TRACKS first. So that photos are suitable for TRACKS please send them uncompressed as originally taken. For use then on Flickr they will be re-sized smaller at our end.

One of the new features on the upcoming website is an index of articles (from Dec 2006 to date) which are then linked to the relevant issue of TRACKS. Eventually there will also be a comprehensive index of photos used for the same issues, currently standing at just over 4000, which is growing rapidly. Hopefully this will be a useful reference resource for members.

Publication News: The next new edition to be released towards the end of April will be Irish Railways 2014. See rear cover for prices.

The recent new 2014 editions UK Pocket Book, UK Combine and UK Wagons are all selling extremely well and it should be borne in mind that these strong sales subsidise the production of TRACKS as a 48 page full colour magazine. So please continue to purchase the books and recommend them to friends, even wave them around whilst you are with other enthusiasts, who in their wisdom are not members!! Without the sale of books membership would have to be at least £2 higher.

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New Sundry items for Sale: Pocket Book Protective Covers: We can offer protective covers for the Pocket Book. These are transparent plastic and fit very easily. They are priced at £1.50 for members and £2.50 for non-members. TRACKS Binders: We can now offer A5 cordex binders, which neatly and safely store your copies of TRACKS. They do look smart and are very practical in use. These are blue in two width sizes, both holding 12 issues. The larger takes the current new 48 pages for 2014 onwards, whilst the slightly narrower size (medium) takes the previous 40 page issues of 2012 and 2013 and will also hold the mixed 32 pages and 40 pages of 2011. The photo right shows copies of TRACKS in the large binder laying flat, with an empty one standing alongside 3 medium binders containing years 2011-13. For those who haven’t encountered this type of binder, each magazine slips under a plastic ’string’ which is permanently attached. I have found that if you use a piece of thin stiff plastic you can slip the magazines in easier particularly when you are putting the last few in. The binders have the ICRS logo embossed on the spine and each binder comes with labels covering the years 2011-17 which you can affix accordingly. Both sizes of binder cost £7.50 for members and £9.99 for non-members. Membership Matters: Subscriptions: Annual - £16.00, Five year - £75.00 (saving £5.00 & hedging against future rises) ICRS Membership gives you: • a high quality full colour 48 page monthly magazine TRACKS - covering all aspects of railways. • up to 30% discount on all ICRS books (7 currently available). • the latest issue of TRACKS emailed 10 days in advance of the printed version. • an informative website, with indexes to previous issues of the magazine (Dec 2006 to date). • 10% discount on lan Allan books (direct sales from IA only).

New Members: (* re-joined) Joshua Brown (Ashford), Neil Carter (Bradford on Avon), Roger Childs* (Wotton-under-Edge), John Dorrington (Maidstone), Christine Field (Huntly), Ian Golding (Northampton), Stephen Haynes* (Chard), James Houston (Nottingham), Graham Jones (Grantham), Keith Lee (Rushden), Stuart Marshall (London), Brian Mason (Reading), John Milton (Exeter), Martin Oliver* (Waltham Cross), Michael Potts (Pinner), Leslie Sullivan (London), Peter Turner (Saxilby), Peter Yates (Cullompton) - a warm welcome to you all.

Membership Renewal: When your membership is due for renewal / overdue this will be indicated on the TRACKS address carrier sheet with your expiry date. Therefore please check your address carrier sheet with your copy of TRACKS...before you dispose of it. The reverse of the carrier sheet will be printed with a Renewal form, which can be returned or not depending on the method of payment (see below). If no renewal is forthcoming after a second Final Reminder, your membership will be deemed to have lapsed. Please make sure you complete the Date of Birth section and provide a telephone contact number. If you are ex-directory, don’t worry as it will not be revealed to any third parties but it is important that we have a contact number other than by post, which is a costly way to communicate and not covered by the low membership fee. As a helpful ‘reminder’, members who have set up a bank standing order will have a note to that effect above your name on the front of the carrier sheet but no renewal form on the reverse. Hopefully then no one will renew twice, as has happened !!

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Methods of Payment:

Please note we cannot accept credit card payments over the telephone.

Internet Banking (BACS) / Standing Order: This is the preferred most cost effective, secure and quickest way of paying, for you and the Society and ensures we get the full amount. Bank details will be included on your renewal form.

Cheque or Postal Order: Please make payable to ICRS and return your remittance with the form to: Trevor Roots (Membership Secretary) ICRS Membership Renewal, Mill of Botary, Cairnie, Huntly, Aberdeenshire AB54 4UD

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Please provide your first name and a landline telephone number, whether joining or renewing and your email. If you renew in the first week of the month, whilst TRACKS is at the printers, you may receive a Renewal / Reminder form but do not worry as the admin process will naturally see things cross in the post. Please also note that cheques are not presented to the bank until the first week of the following month. As well as receiving a new card, renewals will be acknowledged where possible by email.

NB. When using PayPal, please remember to provide your home address and email via the comments box, but ONLY if different from the one used ie you may use your partners account or do it from work. Also use the comments box if buying or renewing a subscription for someone else.

Membership Cards: Your membership is valid until the end of month as shown by the first two numbers. For those who joined from mid 2009, the second two numbers are the year. Cards will be sent as soon as practicable following your renewal, separate from TRACKS distribution. No card is sent to overseas members.

Magazine: Submissions: Articles: Any information / article on any railway related item will be most welcome for inclusion in the magazine. Your visits, travel stories or anecdotes about any part of the railway network, past or present, home or abroad can give pleasure to others or inform of places to visit. This railway hobby of ours is made all that more enjoyable by the sharing of information, knowledge and experiences. Neatly hand written submissions are perfectly acceptable, but ideally a typed document is preferable. Better still, if you have a PC and internet connection then send an email.

Photos: Good quality photographs are always welcome, preferably high res digital photographs via email (not compressed please), but prints are acceptable. Please send an SAE if you wish them returned. Please include full contact details with any submissions, including your first name.

The latest date for articles / info for the May 2014 issue is Friday 25th April 2013 with delivery to members after Friday 9th May 2014

Magazine Distribution: TRACKS is distributed direct from the printers to members in a clear plastic wrapping with an address carrier sheet (reverse printed with a Renewal / Reminder form if appropriate). If any member fails to receive their copy after one week from the above estimated delivery date then please contact the editor.

Magazine Contributors: Thanks to John Barton, Ken Bull, Joshua Brown, Neil Dix, Martin Evans, Ian Feather, Tony Flatt, Michael Hayman, James Holloway, Geoff Hope, Nigel Hoskins, Gordon Kirkby, Ian McAlpine, Stuart Moore, Gary Mutten, Colin Pottle, Trevor Prince, Mark Richards, Mike Rumens, Stuart Runciman, Ray Smith, Derek Sneddon, David Spencer, Graham Stockton, Roger Thomas, Carl Watson, Doug Welch & Trevor Roots. We are sorry if anyone has been missed. All photos by Trevor Roots unless shown otherwise.

Website: Members Area: Login details will still function until the launch of the new website in May, after which the Members Area will be revised.

Flickr Photo Gallery: www.flickr.com/photos/intercity-railway-society. We have a photo gallery on Flickr and all photos submitted for inclusion in TRACKS will then be added to the gallery. Please send all photos to editor@intercityrailwaysociety.org

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ICRS Yahoo News Group: We have our own Yahoo News Group, established in March 2004, open to members and non-members alike to post sightings and observations, share comments and debate the current railway scene. To join visit finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/intercityrailwaysociety/ or email Steve Revill at intercityrailwaysociety-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

EVENTS

MEMBER ONLY VISITS

AGM & Crewe Basford Hall Yard Visit: The date is Saturday 26th April 2014 and we are going back to one of our traditional venues at the Crewe Arms Hotel for the AGM which is adjacent to the railway, across the road from the station entrance. Prior to the AGM we have arranged a tour of Basford Hall Yard through Freightliner for which half the £10 fee (donated to Charity) is being subsidised by ICRS, details below. Following the visit sandwiches and coffee will served in the Hotel at 15.00 with the AGM starting at 15.30. It is expected to end by 17.00.

If you wish to go on the visit please send your remittance (cheques made payable to ICRS) to Louise Watson (Events Co-ordinator) and provide either an email or telephone contact to receive confirmation of your application. If you are attending the AGM the please contact Stuart Moore (Secretary). Contact details for Louise and Stuart are on page 2. Please do so asap. At the time of writing it is expected that there will be around 50 members participating, which is excellent.

Eastleigh Works: Following our successful visit in 2013 we have organised a Members Only visit to Eastleigh Works on the 7th June which is expected to start at 13.00 and be 2 hours longer, there being more daylight then. Details have yet to be finalised but where there will be a 100 tickets, access to all areas, cab rides and there will be a hog roast again. The 2013 event cost the society £2500.00 as a one off in our 40th Anniversary year so though we will still be heavily subsidising the event, it will be necessary to make a small charge of £10. Please reserve your place by sending an A5 SAE (normal second class stamp will suffice) with your remittance (cheques made payable to ICRS) to Louise Watson (Events Co-ordinator). Please provide either an email or telephone contact to receive confirmation of your application. Tickets will be posted out at the end of May.

OPEN DAY NEWS

DRS Crewe Gresty Bridge Open Day, 10.00-16.00, 19th July 2014: Tickets are now on sale via the DRS web-shop priced at £5 per adult, children under 16 are free but must be accompanied by an adult at all times. The new Cl.68s will be the highlight with one on display. We will be there with our sales stand. Offers of help to Louise Watson will be gratefully received.

SALES STANDS

Swanage Railway Diesel Gala, 8-11th May 2014: The first event of the year at which we will have our sales stand is going to be the Swanage Railway Diesel Gala on the 8-11th May. Carl and Louise will be there for the whole event based on the platform at Swanage. There isn’t room for our gazebo, just a table but all our books and new sundries will be there and both will be showing off our new white ICRS polo shirts...hope it’s warm ! Myself (Trevor) and my better half Chris will also be there for some parts of Fri and Sat so if anyone else is able to pop along to help relieve Carl and Lou in particular on the Sunday then please let Lou know.

Crewe Basford Hall Yard Visit

Date: 26th April 2014 Start Time: 13.00 Cost: £5 (payable in advance) Meet: (cars & on foot) Freightliner Car Park off Gresty Bridge Lane opposite DRS Depot.

If arriving by train and you need a lift please inform Lou, pick-up will be at 12.30 prompt, meet in reception of Crewe Arms Hotel

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EASTLEIGH WORKS REPORT by Carl Watson

for the period up to 31st March 2014 General: Work on converting the Bosh/Cleaning House into a diesel running shed is well underway with track taken up and work started on relaying the roads into the building (see photo below taken on the 23rd March). Hopefully next month there will be news on who will be moving into the shed, watch this space!

Locos: 66572 was on the Maritime trip on the 3rd which also contained 66540 for repairs. GBRf have started a new train of cars to/from Southampton Docks and the locos come into the Works for refuelling. So far we’ve had 66705 and for most of the time 66710 (see photos below).

47805 and 37423 arrived on 3rd. They departed to the depot next door on the 4th with the two Escort Coaches, 9419 and 9428. 37423 then returned to the Works for repainting (see photo overleaf top taken on the 13th) and 47805 departed back to Crewe with coaches from the depot. 37423 is due to be completed early in April. 68002 arrived in the early hours of 15th with the Escort Coaches 9419 and 9428 behind 47805. Repairs are completed on 57010 and it’s due to depart on 31st, with 57003 due to arrive for an F Exam.

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Wagons: Freightliner trips from/to Maritime are now running sometimes twice a week. The number of wagons is continuing to increase. It’s proving impossible for me to keep tabs on all the comings and goings. 66116 arrived with IGA 4647 007-0 for repairs on the 4th. 66534 was on the Maritime trip on the 12th and the 24th with 70020 on the 17th. IGA 33.80.4647.049-2 was missed coming in for repair but is due to leave by the 31st.

A number of FEAs have arrived for short term storage pending replacement wheelsets and have been stacked in the yard (see photo above). The full list is (top down): 640419/178/177, 640128/127/051, 640203/0204/1061, 640425/0426/1032, 640277/0278/1012, 640420/408/407

stacked FEAs, 17th March 2014

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66079 arrived with JNA 9801 and IVA 23.80.2398.632-2 for repairs on the 19th (see photo below). This is the first of a series of JNAs and more had arrived by the end of the month, 9801/02/11/14/28/34 (see photo right of JNA 9828 taken on the 28th). Wagons arriving are processed very quickly and can be moved almost anywhere on site within hours of arrival and its difficult keeping tabs on them and working out exactly how many and which ones!

Coaches: VSOE Baggage Car 99545 (80207) is almost complete in the Paintshop. LU Inspection Saloon 45029 is back on bogies. Units: Swanage Railway Class 108 DMU 51933 (see photo below left) and 54504 (see photo below right) arrived behind 33207 on the 6th for repairs.

Siemens have completed overhauls on 450010, 006, 020 and 003 with 011 and 074 onsite on the 28th. 450011 was due to depart on the 31st. Wabtec have overhauled 455803 and 804 with 805 arriving on the 28th.

66079 + JNA 9801 + IVA 23.80.2398.632-2 19th March 2014

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London Underground: The LU Asset Inspection Train departed by road over three days; 3213 and 4213 on the 4th, 3079 and 3179 on the 5th (see photos below)and 3313 and 4313 on the 6th. Our last ‘C’ Stock arrived on the 4th, 5705 and 6705. Scrapping of ‘C’ Stock by Raxstar has now finished with the following completed in the month; 5508, 5716, 5604, 6703, 5585, 5540, 6705, 5724, 5506, 5601, 5731, 5518, 5571, 5718, 5705, 5512 and finally 5547 on the 24th.

all photos by Carl Watson

450011 & 450003 with 450020 in the distance, 17th March 2014

3313 and 4213 6th March 2014

3179 and 3079, 5th March 2014

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RAMBLINGS OF A RAIL ENTHUSIAST by David Spencer – 1967 Part 2 (final)

I try to provide extra detail on the items of traction shown in photos, other than number, date and location as provided by Dave…so it’s my fault if errors creep in, ed. We jump now to the 12th May when I went down to King’s Cross from Huntingdon behind a type 4 Sulzer (I assume that was a Peak, later class 46?) and spent the rest of the day photographing at Wimbledon, Clapham Junction or Queenstown Road, Battersea.

Because of my service career I never got to the North West in 1968 like so many did chasing steam and had to make do with the Southern. Next day I took more photographs at Waterloo before I caught a Portsmouth Harbour train and met my lady friend from Gosport. In defence of myself I have to say I was not being disloyal to my future wife Dot really was just a friend....oh yeah, ed !!

Electro-Diesel (Cl.73/0) E6004 (w/d 09/91, scrapped 09/02 EMR Kingsbury) Wimbledon, 12th May 1967

Bulleid BoB 4-6-2 34052 ‘Lord Dowding’ (w/d 07/67), Queenstown Road, Battersea, 12th May 1967

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We went across to the Isle of White and part walked, part bussed to Newport where the steam graveyard was for all the 02 class locos. I counted nine waiting for the reaper with one already half cut up, which along with the ancient stock made a sorry sight. We returned to Ryde where larking about on the beach I fell into the sea, what a berk! Saying farewell to Dot I got an overnight train back to Waterloo and on Sunday went to the Biggin Hill Air Show where it poured down with rain, so there was hardly any flying, but that’s show biz as they say.

Bulleid WC 4-6-2 34104 ‘Bere Alston’ (w/d 06/67) & 34021 ‘Dartmoor’ (w/d 07/67), Waterloo, 13th May 1967

Bulleid MN 4-6-2 35003 ‘Royal Mail’ (w/d 07/67) on 08.10 boat train to Weymouth Quay with an unidentified Electro-Diesel left Waterloo, 13th May 1967

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A brief railway interlude on the 8th July had me photographing Rowington Junction signal box (demolished soon after), Claverdon old station (also long since demolished) and a long look around Stratford upon Avon Old Town, again I expect long gone. Having many friends in Stratford at the time we knew where to go to avoid the tourists and around the old town was such a quiet spot. Birmingham New Street reconstruction was still ongoing and following the mainline activity on the GWR mainline alterations were occurring there too. I was always alert to keeping an up to date record of track alterations and part or total station demolition. On Friday 1st September I managed a very long railway walk for the first time in ages but getting off the train at Cradley Heath and Cradley I got lost and ended up at Lye, the next station. So taking advantage of a bad job I had a look at Stourbridge Junction shed before proceeding to Brettell Lane and from there to Kingswinford Junction, then all the way to Oxley Middle Junction. That last bit alone is over twelve miles so the daily total must have been over fifteen. The line was partly open and I saw what later metamorphosed into class 25s D5293 and D7565 at Kingswinford and D7647 at Pensnett. I think technically the line is still open but mothballed to Pensnett. However it was grossly overgrown and totally impenetrable the last time I visited The line had a very brief passenger life of only about five years, but all the stations and halts were there and some in quite good condition. I returned home from Wolverhampton. Jumping again to the 14th October I got a train down to Newport taking several photos of the demolition of the Severn Bridge following the vandalism by a barge driver. The reason was another South Wales rail tour the first by the Warwickshire Railway Society and imaginatively titled 'South Wales Valley Tour No 1'. It went from Newport High Street to Cardiff General, the pretty route! Out of Newport it made for the B&M line from Bassaleg Junction to Machen, then the former ADR line to Caerphilly as far as Aber Junction where we reversed down the ramp to the Taff Vale main line at Taffs Well. After another reversal up to Stormstown Junction and yet another up what was left of the Ynysybwl branch, which was Lady Windsor Colliery; we reached Treherbert. We continued through Rhondda Tunnel, which the tour notes tell me is 1 mile 1683 yards, then down to Cymmer Afon and left again through the Llynvi Tunnel and down through Maesteg to Tondu. There, after another reversal, we covered both the Ogmore and Garw valleys, both of which I have walked. The one bit that was new to me was the former link to the GWR mainline at Llanharan, now only open as far as Wern Tarw Colliery. It was time for home and after one last reversal we returned to Tondu, down to Bridgend and back to Cardiff via the Vale of Glamorgan line.

Adams O2 0-4-4T 17 (w/d 01/67), 28 (w/d 01/67), 35 (w/d 10/66) and 26 (05/66) Newport, 13th May 1967

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Four weeks later Roger and I took ourselves off on a comprehensive tour around Birmingham Snow Hill into the labyrinth of underground passageways getting a full photographic record before demolition. We then crossed to the Midland and did the same at Birmingham Central Goods depot and walked the line to Church Road Junction. On the 3rd December my note reads started wedding arrangements and the beginning of the end for regular railway outings for a long time to come! Not that I'm complaining we were a true love match and had over twenty one years before she sadly died. Railways always came second and I tried never to disrupt family life with anything I did in all that time. Betty knew this and was always content sometimes to read a book whilst I got my fix looking at trains!

photos by David Spencer (to be cont)

PRESERVATION GALAS

East Coast Giants of Steam, Barrow Hill, 8-9th Feb 2014 by Stuart Moore: I hadn't been to any of the NRM York Mallard 75 events but did want to see the two A4's from 'across the water'. I couldn't see me getting across to Canada or America just to see an A4. So when I heard that the 2 of them were going to be at Barrow Hill for an event I felt it was too good an opportunity to miss. The two A4's, 4489 ‘Dominion of Canada’ and 60008 ‘Dwight D.Eisenhower’ were lined up next to 60532 ‘Blue Peter’ in the yard and 4464 ‘Bittern’ (see photo opposite top) which was being used to run shuttles in the yard. I went on the Saturday and found the event to be very well supported (I've heard 6000 attended over the weekend). The combination of good weather and seeing the loco's a real railway environment rather than at a museum made the East Coast Giants event quite special. All three A4's looked fantastic, it was just a shame that they couldn't have had ‘Tornado’ complete and on show alongside the others rather than cabless on the turntable, but you can't have everything. A nice touch was having Deltic D9009 on view as you arrived at the shed and 89001 also on show in the yard. If they could have got a class 43 HST (there had been a 125 powered tour to the yard the day before) and a class 91 it would have been a real coup. The other advantage of Barrow Hill is being able to see the other loco's in the yard. The trip also gave me a chance to see the ETL and Colas liveried 86/7's and DRS 37422 not long arrived from Glasgow works (see photo opposite).

Swindon DMU on WRS special, Lady Windsor Colliery, 13th May 1967 ....the cows did not participate in the tour !!

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A list of what was seen is given below. This is not a comprehensive list as there were a few shunters that could not be identified. Diesel: 01520, 03066, 08786, D4092, 82 (20066), 20107, 20132, 20901, 20905, 26007, 33108, 37057, 37261, 37275, 37372*, 37422, 37503, 37521, 37669, D212, D213, 45060, 45105, D1916, D9009, D9015, 55019, 56006, 56098, 58016, E5001 Electric: 81002, 82008, E3035, 84001, 85006, 86213, 86701, 86702, 89001 *=in process of conversion to Cl.23 ‘Baby Deltic’ Steam: 4464, 4489, 60008, 60163, 60532 Also noted passing on the freight lines was 66557. All in all this was an excellent event. Credit must go to the staff and organisers at Barrow Hill, especially as I since read that the two A4's were not supposed to be seen away from the NRM's museums. I am glad to be able to say that I've seen the 2 A4's that were shipped to America and Canada and also in such a class setting.

photos by Stuart Moore KWVR Steam Spectacular, 7-9th Mar 2014 by Andy Woodcock: I went along on the first day, Friday, on what started out as a poor day but soon developed into a sunny cold day with a bit of a breeze. The first day was exceptionally well attended. The stars were visiting 2-6-0 61994 ’The Great Marquess’ and the launch of Big Jim S16 95820 back into service. Black 5 4-6-0 45305 did not appear due to overrunning repairs. West Country 34092 was due to make an appearance in Haworth Yard on the Saturday. A colleague went to photograph 4F 0-6-0 43924 during the gala coming up the branch but found it tender first having been turned on the turntable at Keighley. The two main attractions performed well and looked great. On the Friday 0-6-0 1704 ‘Nunlow’ did a solo trip on the first passenger turn from Keighley to Oxenhope and 61994 featured top and tailing an Ingrow shuttle. Very little to report on the railway itself with 0-4-0T Pug 51218 now partly sheeted outside the door of the exhibition shed at Oxenhope. Railbus 79962 has been sold to the VCT at Ingrow and it has been moved still sheeted over, from the back of the DMU siding to the front. After having been out of action for 25 years, restoration including removal of asbestos will now start.

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TRAFFIC & TRACTION NEWS by John Barton

March 1

Track replacement south of Norwich on the London line found 66707 T7t 66733 to the north of the work area and 66522 t&t 66623 and 66515 t&t 66553 in the work area at 14.50 (see photo below by Stuart Moore of the latter two trains with 66522 to the fore)

66168 t&t 66110 passed Long Eaton Town Crossing at 21.57 with Toton - East Midlands Parkway working 57314 t&t 57315 paused at Yate on a Statesman tour. Black 5 44932 t&t 33207 departed Basingstoke at 21.11 on 1Z84 Cardiff Central - Victoria.

March 2 A return visit to the track replacement work site south of Norwich found 66140, 66721 and 66743 queuing to enter the work site at Dunston. 66597 t&t 66607 headed north through Bedford at 10.52 with Mill Hill Broadway - Stapleford HOBC. 66139 t&t 66091 passed Long Eaton Town Crossing 19.52 with Toton - Loughborough North Junction. 66097 finally escaped Toton after weeks of being super shunter when it was seen passing Long Eaton Town Crossing at 22.48 with a Toton - East Midlands Parkway working.

March 3 66197 working 9L90 from Warrington Arpley - Crewe Basford Hall passed through Acton Bridge at 17.57.

March 4 66113 was seen on 6H24 Llanwern - Margam empty steel working at Cardiff Central at 12 05 (photo below by Martin Evans).

Two Colas Rail Cl.56s were seen at Cardiff Central within 25 mins of each other, both heading for Canton Depot: 56113 at 11.30 from Canton depot then 56302 at 11.55 from the east (photos below by Martin Evans).

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66736 with a lengthy Crewe - Toton working passed Long Eaton Town Crossing at 22.24. 31190 + RailVac + 56312 on 6Z42 Totton Yard - Wallers Ash Loop departed Basingstoke at 22.24.

March 5 47854 + 458003 passed through Surbiton at 21.20 on a Wimbledon – Doncaster working. 66135 passed Greenhithe (for Bluewater) with 7U71 Cliffe - Stewarts Lane at 14.22 (photo below by Joshua Brown).

March 6 66553 t&t 66515 with Stapleford SCCE Siding - Hendon HOBC passed through Kettering at 19.39.

March 7 59102 passed Paddock Wood at 20.47 with the VSTP Purley - Acton TC via Maidstone and Gravesend working. 37682 + 37259 passed Stratford at 19.10 on a Sizewell - Crewe flasks working. 66430 powers 4M34 Coatbridge - Daventry intermodal service through Stafford on a very bright morning (photo below by Martin Evans).

March 8 66043 t&t 66095 passed Long Eaton Town Crossing at 22.16 with Toton - East Midlands Parkway working. 57306 on hire to GBRf was seen passing Sytch Lane near Norton Bridge on 6Z80 Warrington Arpley - Tonbridge at 11.40 (photo opposite top by Roger Thomas).

37402 + 37409 t&t 37218 hauled the Pathfinders Tours Mid Norfolk ‘The Navigator’ from Crewe - Hoe on the Mid Norfolk Railway (photo below of the train in Wymondham station before heading back to Crewe as 1Z39, Stuart Moore, see end for photo of 37218). The train was later seen storming out of Nuneaton on the way to Crewe.

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March 9 91125 with the Sky HD set was seen over Sopers Viaduct near Cuffley at 17.00 on 1S26 King’s Cross - Edinburgh diverted via the Hertford loop.

March 10 20132 t&t 20118 hauling tube stock from Dalby to West Ruislip passed Widney Manor at 20.07. 70803 arrived at Bescot at 16.25 with 6M50 from Westbury (see NEW STOCK). 70802 was also in the yard having worked in from Liverpool.

March 11 92039 + 92005 were seen towing cargo wagons through Beckenham Hill at 21.05, on a Wembley - Dollands Moor working. 66183 passed Paddock Wood on 6O32 Margam - Dollands moor loaded steels train. 70802 + 70805 passed Ryecroft Junction at 17.20 on 6M50 Westbury VQ - Bescot VQ (see LIVERIES). 66047 on a Corby - Margam empty steel working was seen passing Abbey Junction, Nuneaton at 12.33 (photo opposite top by Roger Thomas).

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March 12 The last Cl.170/4 in SPT livery was seen at Edinburgh Waverley departing for Dunblane, of note there are no side car numbers (photo below by Gordon Kirkby).

37603 + 6264 + 999606 + 977983 + 9703 on a Derby RTC - Hither Green test train was seen approaching Wellingborough at 12.08 (photo opposite bottom by Colin Pottle). 31190 on 0Z34 Chaddesden Sidings - Stewartby driver training was seen approaching Wellingborough at 12.38 (photo below by Colin Pottle).

20304 + 37601 passed Stratford at 19.06 working 6M69 Sizewell - Crewe Coal Sidings. 66735 passed through Prestonpans at 17.45 with Fort William - North Blyth tanks.

March13 66522 on Harlow Mill - Bardon Hill Quarry passed Wellingborough at 14.00 (photo below by Colin Pottle).

37603 t&t 9703 departed London Bridge at 20.57 with a southbound test train. 37402 arrived at Norwich with 2 Mk.3 coaches being returned from Wolverton following repaint.

March 14 66721 passed Knottingley station at 14.20 almost an hour late on the 4D61 to Doncaster working.

March 15 92010 was seen hauling 350410, the last Cl.350/4 for TransPennine Express through Stafford at 11.22. 66034 working 6D16 Cottam Power Station - Gascoigne Wood Sidings North passed through Doncaster at 12.16 with the following wagons:

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9833/04/19/09/16/00/21/07/10/20, 4405, 4413, 98/98/08, 4419, 4416 Black 5s 45231 + 44871 were seen on 1Z71 Railway Touring Co. Buxton Spa Express from Ealing Broadway – Buxton at Wellingborough at 08.35 (see photo at end) 66183 roared through Paddock Wood at 19.45 working 4O57 Hams Hall - Dollands Moor. 92038 in Europorte livery arrived and stabled at Crewe at 14.30 (photo below by Neil Dix).

A4 4464 ‘Bittern’ t&t 47773 were seen on the Cumbrian Ranger taking on water at Appleby on 1Z46 Carlisle - Carnforth Steamtown. 47773 pulled the train into Carlisle as gauging problems stopped 4464 from entering the station, it waited at Upperby for the return. The stock was 35317, 35470, 99353, 99361, 99349, 5198, 17018, 5191, 5157, 4940, 9101 (photos below at Appleby by Doug Welch).

March 16 508114 in the new Merseyrail livery sat in the bay at Rock Ferry at 16.55. Engineering work between London Victoria and East Croydon via Norbury meant that platforms 12 to 17 were closed, resulting in the rare occurrence of Southern trains sharing the London Overground platforms (photo below shows 377204 approaching platform 1 at Clapham Junction on 2O31, the 10.17 from Watford Junction).

Engineering work between London Bridge and Waterloo East meant that Charing Cross could only be served by the Cannon Street shuttle. The 15-minute interval shuttle was provided by 376011 + 376009 and by 465008 + 465246 + 466030 (photo below by Joshua Brown shows 376011 + 376009 at London Cannon Street as they prepare for depart Charing Cross at 10.00 on 2Y28).

Owing to engineering work between Tonbridge and Orpington, Hastings line trains were diverted north of Tonbridge via Redhill and East Croydon, calling at both of these stations additionally. On top of this, trains are still terminating at Robertsbridge because of the landslip at Whatlington (photo opposite top by Joshua Brown shows 375915 + 375921 arriving at Redhill on1Z85, the 14.05 Robertsbridge - London Cannon Street).

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March 17 66128 departed Chesterfield at 19.08 with Rotherham - Cardiff working with 26 MBAs. 66534 + 66418 passed Leamington Spa at 17.50 on Lawley Street – Southampton working. 37402 left Norwich for Crewe with 47853 and 90001.

March 18 66503 working 4L96 Trafford Park - Felixstowe North passed through Stafford at 18.55 hauling the following wagons: 640285/286, 93353, 608024/023/268/267, 93381, 608514512, 640097/098/309/310, 608179/180, 640733/734/442/441, 608249/250, 93476. Newly DRS liveried 90034 on OA06 Crewe - Wembley passed Sytch Lane near Norton Bridge at 13.54 (see LIVERIES). 57011 + 57008 passed Sytch Lane near Norton Bridge in a rain storm at 12.33 (photo below by Roger Thomas).

47580 on 4M23 Southall - Carnforth passed Sytch Lane near Norton Bridge at 13.59 (see photo at end).

March 19 47727 + 458535 working a Doncaster Works Wabtec - Wimbledon EMUD drag, passed Syston Station at 23.39. 57009 + 57012 was seen passing Preston heading north at 05.21 on the Crewe to Carlisle Yard departmental working.

March 20 57008 + 57011 passed Long Eaton Town Crossing at 19.20 on a Toton - Crewe working with two Volker Rail cranes 73138 t&t 73136 passed through Gillingham at 14.39 working a Hither Green down Reception - Hither Green down Reception via Ramsgate & Dover.

March 21 37419 + 37611 on 6M69 hauled flasks 550031 + 550048 through Willesden at 19.52. 66074 headed north past Waterbeach at 21.52 with a Chesterton Junction - Mountsorrel empty self discharge train. 67027 t&t 67020 arrived into Birmingham New Street at 14.39 and away at 14.50 on Derby - Derby via Northampton and Stockport working.

March 22 At Westbury today at 13.15, 70802 + 70803 having already arrived on ballast train from Exeter and were right down the bottom of the south yard. 70804 also stabled at the top of the yard near station. 70802 and 70803 came out of yard and stopped just down from station about at 13.50 and eventually departed as a light loco pair to Bescot via Melksham, Swindon, Didcot, Oxford and Leamington Spa arriving at 14.30. 60063 on the 6F96 Ratcliffe Power Station to Arpley Sidings passed through Crewe at 14.36 (photo below by Neil Dix).

March 23 66182 t&t 66097 passed Long Eaton Town Crossing at 22.04 with Wichnor - Toton working.

March 24 70015 passed through Linslade near Leighton Buzzard at 14.32 working from Daventry – Tilbury. Derailed Voyager 221129 was being re-railed at Barton Hill and it looks like quite a bit of damage to the track / cables in the area, but no obvious major damage to the Voyager. 70013 + 66557 headed south through Penrith at 16.40 with some ballast hoppers working from Carlisle – Crewe.

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March 25 57008 + 57011 passed Long Eaton Town Crossing at 18.16 with Crewe - Toton with half of a HOBC and bits.

March 26 Spare Eurostar power car 3999 lead the 08.04 St Pancras - Brussels, paired with 3216

March 27 86632 + 86638 + 70018 passed through Stafford on 4M54 Tilbury - Crewe freightliner service at 16.00 (photo below by Martin Evans).

37706 glided into Stafford 1t 16.20 with a Steamtown Carnforth - Southall empty stock working (photo below by Martin Evans).

66124 + 66026 passed Beighton Junction at 00.07 with a Margam - Hartlepool working. 66846 passed Long Eaton High Level Goods at 05.18 with Avonmouth - Ratcliffe working.

Misc News: The eleven Cl.60s stored in Crewe Diesel Depot have been hauled out and seven are now visible from the station as seen on the 15th March by Neil Dix. The others are 60028/055/076/082.

60056, 60038, 60046, 60047, 60095, 60029 & 60002 line up at Crewe, 15th March 2014 (Neil Dix)

60095 Crewe, 15th March 2014 (Neil Dix)

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47580 on 4M23 Southall - Carnforth passed Sytch Lane near Norton Bridge, 18th March 2014 (Roger Thomas)

45231 + 44871 on 1Z71 Ealing Broadway - Buxton, Wellingborough, 15th March 2014 (Colin Pottle)

37218 leading at Crownthorpe on The Navigator charter, MNR 8th March 2014 (Stuart Moore)

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OUT & ABOUT by James Holloway

To be more helpful for those interested in where stock was exactly, can I ask all contributors who list trip sightings over long distances, to please add all locations when submitting to James…ed Gordon Kirby: 12th March: Carlisle 07.30-08.15: 08605, 37194, 56087, 57003/007/011, 66103/145 66433, 156480, 185149, 221109/16/18, 350408 390040 Edinburgh 09.30-14.15: 43257/272/277/295/296/305/308/315, 67025 90019, 91101/02/24/25, 156430/436/439/446/465 156493/503/511, 158704/707/713/716/717 158723-727/729/731/733/735/738/741/867/871 170395/401/402/405/409/411-413/416-419/422 170423/425-/433/451/453/456-459/470/472-474 170478, 185137/49, 220005, 221125/31/39 334001-08/13-15/17/20/21/23/24/26/27/29/31/33 334036/37/40, 350408, 380101/103/106-108 390002/131, DVT’s 82200/06/16/18 Bathgate: 334025/39 Airdrie: 318264/269, 320321, 334007/26/33 Glasgow Queen Street: 158740, 170405/409/426 Glasgow Central 15.30-18.30: 156431-435/437/439/442/446/447/458/462/465 156493-495/499/502/503/505/506/508-514 158731, 185139, 220033, 221113/23, 314201-207 314209-215, 380002-015/017-020/101/104-106 380109-116, 390009/112/122/127/151 Mike Rumens: 17th February: Nuneaton 14.00-15.00: 66122, 90044/49, 153334, 170104/108/114/639 221102/07, 350109/117/122, 390011/013/104/118 390126/129/138/154, DR73110 18th February: Nuneaton 14.05-14.45: 66122/846, 67013, 86605/607, 90036/46, 153364 170110/519/521/636, 221107/08, 350126, 390117 390118/126/131/138/141/152/157 20th February: Nuneaton 14.05-14.35: 66112/197/846, 153375, 221104, 390002/137/145 390152, DR73806 24th February: Nuneaton 13.25-15.00: 56078/113, 66150/594/605, 90019/35/43/47 153354, 170398/518/637, 221103/07, 350102/112 350120/124, 390002/045/123/127/128/134/136 390154, DR77002 25th February: Nuneaton 13.40-14.45: 66170/846, 90049, 153375, 170105/113/636 221116, 350101/130, 390002/013/046/124/128 390134/137, DR73117/77002/77907

26th February: Nuneaton 14.06-14.37: 56302, 59202, 90041, 153375, 170398/639 221106/42, 350101, 390001/114/126/156 DR77002/76323 3rd March: Nuneaton 14.16-14.45: 70804, 86605/37, 90021/39, 82042, 221103 350107 4th March: Nuneaton 13.15-14.40: 66030/174/184/564, 70804, 90016, 153371 170109/114/117/519/638/639, 221111/12, 350110 350119, 390001/042/045/118/124/128/132/136 390137/148/152/156, DR73912 6th March: Nuneaton 13.11-14.50: 66007/139/206/230/533/537, 70805, 90016/20/45 153354, 170109/112/116/518, 221102/17/18 350115/124/127, 390010/045/104/107/122/123 390125/128/136/137, DR80206 10th March: Nuneaton 13.01-14.45: 66061/075/424/717/954, 70803, 90041/45, 153366 170109/112/113/116/639, 221102/06/11, 350101 350102/103/110, 390006/009/016/044/122/124 390128/141/152/157 11th March: Nuneaton 14.07-15.25: 66712, 70802/805, 92005, 153354, 170101/104 170109/113/521/522, 350109/127, 390020/040 390045/049/112/127/133/148/153, DR73113 13th March: Nuneaton 13.17-14.40: 66009/129/424/566, 70804, 90045, 153364 170102/108/113/398/519, 221102/143, 350120 350258, 390008/040/044/047/119/148/152/153/155 14th March: Nuneaton 14.08-14.25: 66305, 153375, 170111/521, 350114, 390016/040 390119/148, DR73116/77906/999800 17th March: Nuneaton 12.35-14.45: 66075/080/099/429/430/502/604, 70805, 86627/28 92010, 153356, 170102/111/116/398/521/638 221108/12, 350110/113/115/129, 390005/006/043 390044/046/049/112/121/126/129/132/134/141 390153, DR999800 18th March: Nuneaton 13.00-14.40: 47580, 66075/099/131/430/587, 70801, 90043 153364, 170105/110/115/116/518, 221108/12/17 350101/102/115, 390002/013/039/044/047/104 390117/122/127/138/152-154/157, DR73109/936

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19th March: Nuneaton 13.35-14.35: 66102/134/305/425/527, 70019, 90043, 153366 170105/637/638, 221117, 350110/121, 390020 390039/119/124/130/148/156/157, DR73912 27th March: Nuneaton 14.07-14.30: 66106, 70802/803, 15335, 17102/106, 390040 390107/122, DR73109 Michael Hayman: 24th February: King’s Cross: 67028, 91112/18/24 Harringay: 08892, 47580/746, 66730 Peterborough: 66061/505 Doncaster: 37516, 43013/062/257/303/305/313/316/320 47843, 57002, 66034/040/431/702/711/748/750 66751, 67025/29, 91103/06/18/32 Darlington: 4468 ‘Mallard’ York: 91110/25/29 Sheffield: 66531 Derby: 37601/605/612 Leicester: 56031/069/106, 66095/714 St Pancras: 43075/054/060/083 26th February: King’s Cross: 08571, 67028, 91106/15/18 Peterborough: 20901/905, 66085/710/733 Doncaster: 20305/308, 43272/305/307, 57002, 66180/230/560 66563/741/750/751, 67016/25 York: 20312, 43306/310/314/480, 56303, 66109, 91102 91107/20 Darlington: 60007 ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’ 6th March: Clapham Junction: 34067 ‘Tangmere’, 35028 ‘Clan Line’ Acton: 60007 ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’, 66031/039/099/107 Paddington: 66719 13th March: Willesden: 86401 Harrow: 47853, 90013/45/46, 92005 Wembley: 90024/26, 325002/12/13 Euston: 31106, 57304 14th March: Ealing Broadway: 59203/204, 66007 Bob Eastwood: 26th March: Skelton Junction, York: 43206/274/277/290/296/307/317/319/423/467/468 43480, 91101/09/12/13/17/21/24-27/29/31 142023/90, 180114, 185104/09/17/19/21/25/28/31 185133/38/41/45/47, 220002/04/06/09/10/15/17/18 220020/23/28/34, 221119/20/26/28/32/35/36/37 09.01 66747 Drax-Tyne coal empties 09.17 66563 York Holgate-Redcar coal empties 09.26 66510 Tyne-Drax coal 09.50 66152 Scunthorpe-Lackenby bogies 09.55 66526 Drax-North Blyth coal empties

10.17 66091 Eggborough-Redcar coal empties 10.25 66512 northbound YDA’s 11.17 66587 Stourton-Wilton freightliner 11.45 66957 Redcar-Eggborough coal 12.07 66748 Drax-Tyne coal empties 12.12 66133 Redcar-Rylstone cement empties 12.23 66602 Redcar-Clitheroe cement empties 12.51 66143 Cottam-North Blyth coal empties 13.16 66419 York Yard-Redcar coal empties 14.06 66135 Redcar-Drax coal 14.07 66510 Drax-Hunterston coal empties 15.09 66706 southbound L/E 15.10 66749 Tyne-Ferrybridge coal Trevor Prince: 26th March: Hull: 66175 6H84 Hull-Drax biomass hoppers: 70-0698-009-3/067-1/072-1/071-3/73-9/-69-7/66-3 002-8/005-1/010-1/007-7/064-5/070-5/056-4/013-5 014-3/074-7/075-4/001-0/008-5/006-9/012-7/004-7 003-8, 66082 4D73 Milford-Hull with hoppers 70-0698-015-0 to 039-0 Geoff Hope: 2nd March: Leeds Midland Road 15.35-16.00: D9516, 66414/501/502/507/530/551/562/563/590 66593/601/606/614/616/954, 70015 4th March: Stafford 08.40-16.10: 66012/020/132/179/184/197/221/304/425/429/528 66533/569/570/716, 67005/26, 70008/014/017 86607/38, 90016/20/44/49, 92005, 220001/09/10 220017/20/21/24/28/29, 221102/04-06/08-13 221116-18/21/22/25/26/29/30/41-43, 325001/14 325015, 350102/104/105/107/109/110/116/119 350123/125/128/129/236/242/259/262, 390001 390002/009/013/020/042/043/045/047/049/050 390103/114/118/119/121/122/124/126-128/130 390132/134/135/141/148/152, DR73912 c.s. 10212/11007/11018/11048/12011/12078 12122/12133/12138, DVT 82126 Crewe: 66197, 86610, 150250, 390104 8th March: Doncaster 08.25-15.30: 20303/05/08/09, 43206/208/239/257/272/274/290 43013/062/295/299/302/304-308/311/312/314/315 43317/320/367/423/465/467/468, 60054/63/74 66023/043/089/118/130/143-145/170/206/422/511 66512/518/520/542/563/585/706/708/729/739/748 66955, 67016/28, 91102/04/05/09-13/15-17/19-21 91124/28/29-32, 142017/23/26/29/34/67/71/96 144009/12/13, 153310/13, 156403, 158797/845 158848/849/855/907/909/910, 170301/3, 180101 180107/09-11/14, 185105/10/11/18/32/33, 220004 220008/10/29/32/34, 221136/40, 222020, 321901 322483/4, DVT’s 82201/03-07/10/12/14/18-20/23 82225/27-31, DR75301/77801, c.s. 975814 977984/993-995 9th March: Ardwick 11.15-11.30: 185103/09/32/34, 350401/402/404/405/408/409

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13th March: Crewe: 37604, 60002/29/95, 150280 Stafford 08.40-16.10: 37604, 47245/580, 66066/068/080/087/097/099 66303/421/424/425/427/517/518/622/727/733 70008/09/13, 86605/27, 90016/35/43/45/46/48/49 92041, 150282, 180112, 220002/04/05/07/16-18 220026/31, 221105-05/08-16/18/19/26/30/31/33 221136/37/40-43, 325007/14/15, 350106/107/109 350110/113/118-120/124/126-128/248/255/257 350258/266, 390001/002/005/006/008/011/013 390020/039/040/042/043/045/046/049/104/115 390117/119/122-125/127/129/130/132/134-136 390138/152-157, c.s. 6263+977868+9701 15th March: Doncaster 08.25-15.30: 08724, 43206/238/272/274/277/290/295/296/300 43305/306/308/310/312-315/317/319/320/367/423 43467/468/480, 60062, 66007/013/034/044/058 66081/091/092/117/121/133/147/150/151/168/199 66505/513/516/539/556/612/706/739/744, 67005 67028, 91101-05/08/09/11-14/16/20-22/24/26/28 91131/32, 142023/24/65/88/90/93, 144002/05/07 155314/55, 156403, 158792/794/795/816/851/901 158906/907/910, 170302/4, 180101/07/09/11/13 180114, 185101/02/18/30/45, 220006/20/25-27/30 221119/37, 222021, 322483-485, DVT’s 82200/01 82203-10/12/13/15/19/20/22/23/28/29/31 16th March: Ardwick 11.45-12.00: 185108/10/29/34/41/44, 350401-03/05/06/0910 20th March: Crewe: 47815, 60002/28/29/38/46/47/56/74/95 Stafford 08.40-15.10: 66025/156/171/221/301/423/425/427/507/558/587 66704/711/717/727, 67020/27, 70003/008, 92015 158837, 220001-03/07/09/11/12/16/27/31/32 221101-107/10/12/14-16/19/30/32/35/41-43 325001/03/07/14, 350101/103/105/106/109/112 350114/116/117/124/126/127/235/236/247/249 390001/002/005/006/010/011/013/020/042/044 390049/050/103/107/114/115/117/118/121-129 390134-136/138/148/151/156/157 22nd March: Doncaster 08.25-15.25: 43013/062/206/208/238/239/257/272/277/290/300 43302/305/307/312/313/317/319/320/367/465/467 43480, 60024, 66014/016/018/053/094/121/135 66145/158/164/175/192/431/502/551/571/585/596 66615/718/727/729/739/746/751, 67006/21, 91101 91104/05/08/09/13/14/17-22/24-26/29/30/32 142020/64/95, 144001/02/05/06/08, 153357 156415, 158790/791/797/845/853/855/905 170307/9, 180101/05/07/10/12/13, 185102/12/19 185132/36/41/51, 220016/18/21/26, 221121/29/41 222021, 3321901-03, DVT’s 82200-02/05-07/09/11 822213-16/18/22/23/28/30/31, DR73946 23rd March: Ardwick 11.30: 185101/13/15/45, 350401-03/08-10 24th March: St Pancras 09.40-10.00: 37 3007/008/103/104/107/108/213/214

Bethnal Green 10.25-12.25: 90005/07-09/12, 315802/05/07-09/14/15/18-20/23 315825-27/31/32/35-37/39/40/44/45/47/48/50-52 315855/56/58/60/61, 317504/508/511-515/653/655 317656/658/662/663/665/669/670-672/884/855 317891, 321302/310/313/317/321/324/326/327 321331/334/335/337/339-341/345/347/357/362 321429/431/432/437-440/442/448, 357208 360104/07-10/12/14/16/17, 379002/03/05-21/23 379026-29, DVT’s 82103/107/112/118/139 Whitechapel 12.55-14.20: 378135-153/201-203/205-208 Clapham Junction 14.55-18.40: 158883, 159003-005/008/010/012/017-020/022 159101-103/105/107/108, 377102/104/106-109 377112-115/117/126/128/132/134-137/139/140 377142/148/149/151/152/154-161/163/201/202 377204-206/209/210/215/302/304/307/308/311 377/313/314/320/321/325/328/401-407/410/413 377415-417/419-421/423/425/425/428-431/433 377435-437/441-443/445/450-452/454-459/461 377463-465/467/469-471/473/475/601/602 377607-623/625, 378136-139/141/142/144-146 378148/150/201/202/209/211-216/218/221/222 378224/227/232/233/255, 442401/02/04/05/08/09 442411/13-17/19/21, 444002-05/07-12/14/19-26 444028/31-35/37/39/40/42-44, 450001/002 450004-010/012/013/015-018/020-022/025/026 450028-042/045/071/073/078-091/094-107 450109-115/117-119/121-125/127/543-547 450549-555/557-561/564-566/569/570 457701-715/717-719/721-728/730-741/750/801 455802/810/811/813/818-821/824/829/835/838 455841/843/844/847/848/850/852-874/901-908 455910-920, 458004-013/015/016/018-023 458025-027/029/531/534 27th March: Stafford 08.40-15.40: 57004, 66063/106/134/250/301/302/429/432/515 66593/704/711/714/724, 70001/006/009, 90016/41 90048, 220002-04/06/07/09/16/19/22/30/31/33 221102-05/08/09/11/13-18/31/33/36/37/40/42/43 350102/109/113/115-117/120/122/125-129/243 350246/261/265, 390002/005/009/011/013/020 390039/040/042-046/049/050/107/114/115/118 390119/121/123-128/132/135/137/141/148 390151-153 Joshua Brown: 5th March: Ashford International 09.15-09.33: 375612/811, 465050 Tonbridge 10.15: 66135, 377417 Tonbridge West Yard 10.17: 66730 Sevenoaks 10.28: 319002/377/421, 465151/157 Orpington Sidings 10.35: 376022, 465007/023, 466019 Petts Wood 10.36: 465174 Chislehurst 10.37: 465243, 466040 Grove Park Sidings 10.39: 375617/620/714/922, 376009/27

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Hither Green 10.43: 465040/191, 466015 New Cross 10.45 & 11.33: 376010/15/21, 378151/204 London Bridge 1050-11.28: 171722/803, 319424, 376002/04/24/29/33, 377135 455805/810, 465001/002 Slade Green 12.05: 465032/038/041 Belvedere 12.20: 66598, 465177 Abbey Wood 12.22-12.38: 465154/170/240 Lewisham 12.54-13.26: 376036, 465033/160/162/172 Dartford Crossing 14.09: 376018/23, 465152, 466005 Greenhithe 14.14-14.30: 66135/847, 465007/022/043, 466028 Hoo Junction 14.41: 66169/849, 73141/213 Rochester 14.50-15.24: 375702/804/822/914, 376031, 395008/21, 465903 16th March: Ashford International 08.00-08.33: 171727, 375702/703/707/816/912 Chislehurst 09.30: 465010/168 Grove Park Depot 09.33: 73138, 376033/35, 466022 New Cross 09.38: 465022, 466008 London Bridge 09.40-09.47: 376021, 455819/28, 465030/049, 466032 Cannon Street 09.50-10.00: 376009/11, 465006/171/235/243, 466017 Charing Cross 10.08-10.30: 465008/246, 466030 Waterloo 10.40-10.50: 66849, 450034/093/100/108, 455730/733/737/854 455862/914 Vauxhall 10.54: 450013/016/036, 455714 Queenstown Road 10.57: 159010/019, 450037 Clapham Junction 11.00-11.41: 66112/142, 73119/136/141/205/208/212, 377204 378142/228, 423417, 444007/24/28/35/37/38/43 450005/026/037/085/086/095/127/548/553/557 450562, 455701/702/707/713/719/728/730/737 455739/847/852/855/864/870/873/914/918/919 458004/010/012/013/014/023 Earlsfield 11.45: 450002/031/556 Wimbledon 11.51-12.05 & 13.45-14.06: 159001, 319001/385, 450001/013/016//036/102 450552, 455702/739/750/849/853/858/867/916 Raynes Park 12.08: 455705/724 New Malden 12.11: 450551 Shepperton 13.25-13.29: 455728/737/849/916 East Croydon 14.40-14.46: 319428, 375801/810, 377136 Purley 14.50: 455806 Redhill 14.58-15.30:

165103, 375703/707/915/921, 377128/404/408 377415/431 Tonbridge 15.49: 73201, 375821/827, 465045/173/906/908/909/913 465926, Snowplough ABD965236 Ian McApline: 28th February: Peterborough: 43300, 66069/129/701/733 Doncaster: 20303/309, 47843, 67016/28 York: 20305/308/312, 56303, 57002 1st March: York: 60009 ‘Union of South Africa’ 150150/207, 158850 7th March: Biggleswade: 66181 King’s Cross: 67021 Waterloo: 159012/022/104, 450105/119, 455854 Woking: 59206, 444037 Salisbury: 158883, 159014 Exeter St David’s: 150106/248, 158880 Topsham: 150106/128 Exmouth: 143603 8th March: Exeter: 43053/098/124/132/150/153/174/191/378, 143617 143619, 150128/233/239, 159002/011/014 159017-019/021/103/105/108 13th March: Peterborough: 56312, 66701/706/720/737, 170637 Melton Mowbray: 66722 Leicester: 56031/069/106 Nuneaton: 221103/13, 325002/12, 350109/117, 390123/125 390135 Chester: 142005/38, 150282, 158831, 175004, 507019 Hooton: 507021/031, 508136 16th March: Hooton: 507012, 508126 Chester: 150257/282, 158818/840, 175003 Shrewsbury: 158839, 170501/630/634 20th March: Peterborough: 66721/726, 91117 York: 61994 ‘The Great Marquess’, 185149 22nd March: Edinburgh Waverley: 43290/319, 67025, 90035, 158714/718/734 170453, 185147, 334023, 380107 24th March: Newcastle: 67005 Tyne Yard: 66143 Darlington: 43311, 91128, 142084/92/93, 185127 York: 60009 ‘Union of South Africa’ 09017, 66510, 185102/45 Doncaster: 47843, 66431/546/744 Peterborough: 66131/712

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INFRASTRUCTURE NEWS Signalling Update - March 2014 by Mark Richards:

The weekend of 15th/16th March saw the completion of the Arun Valley Re-signalling Scheme, which had initially been planned to take place last autumn. The existing signal boxes at Amberley, Pulborough and Billingshurst (the oldest Saxby & Farmer 1b box in use) were abolished with control moving to Three Bridges Area Signalling Centre (ASC), with an extension to the present Horsham panel. left Amberley signal box 22nd November 2013 (Mark Richards)

Billingshurst signal box is Grade II listed and was moved on the 25th March 2014 to the Amberley Chalk Pits Museum

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Pulborough signal box showing both existing semaphore and replacement starter signal, 22nd November 2013 (Mark Richards)

The next scheme to be completed on the South Coast will be the East Coastway, which will see the abolition of boxes at Bexhill, Pevensey & Westham, Hampden Park, Polegate and Berwick as well as the crossing cabin at Havensmouth (Normans Bay). However the largest box at Eastbourne is to be retained as it has gained Grade II listed status. This scheme is due to be commissioned at Easter 2014. The signalling here will be re-controlled from the new Three Bridges Rail Operating Centre (ROC), which will eventually control all routes throughout Sussex. The East Coastway will be the first area to be signalled from this location (detailed report to follow).

Berwick signal box looking east, with existing semaphore and replacement starter signals, 9th December 2013

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Saxby and Farmer designed Eastbourne signal box, built 1882 has been granted a Grade II listing to match the station and will be retained inoperable, 12th December 2013

Whilst not affecting any signal boxes, the line between Brighton and Lewes has benefitted from additional signals being installed over the weekend of 22nd/23rd March. These new three aspect colour light signals break up the long block sections and are controlled from the existing Three Bridges ASC. These additional signals should see a significant improvement in headways which will be of particular benefit when Southern run shuttle services to Falmer in connection with Brighton & Hove Albion FC football matches. Falmer is also home to the University of Sussex and this too generates considerable traffic for the line. Elsewhere on the Sussex Route, both Plumpton and Littlehaven Crossing Boxes are due for closure this year. Control will be from Three Bridges ASC. Throughout 2014 and early 2015, the West Coast Main Line will see significant disruption over Bank Holiday and August weekends and the Christmas / New Year holidays as the Watford area is remodelled and re-signalled with the existing PSB abolished. Signalling will be re-controlled from Wembley Signalling Control Centre (SCC). Work on the new Rugby ROC, which is situated to the north of the existing nondescript SCC is well advanced. The PSB was demolished last year with no trace of this now remaining. Further south, the former Bletchley PSB seems to be assured of a secure future as the operating floor has now been converted into office space for the Local Operations Manager and their team of Mobile Operations Managers. Other re-signalling schemes will be underway throughout 2014 with many smaller boxes being abolished and more areas coming under the control of ROCs as these come online. The only locations with no current closure dates announced are Somerleyton and Reedham Swing Bridge boxes. However, it is unlikely that the final signal boxes on the network will close before the 2040s so there is still time to get out and see these fine and interesting buildings before they become history.

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To complete the heritage DMU liveries has any member got photos of the missing classes not pictured in the February issue. Continuing the NSE livery story this next part deals with second generation DMUs and first generation DEMUs. To come locos Cls.03/33/47/50/73 and EMUs. Has any member got a photo of 03179, 33035, 33114, any of the 73s and the rare 87012 painted by Virgin in 2004 ?

Second Generation: (all cars in the entire class were treated from new) Class 159: 159001-022 Class 165: 165001-039, 165101-137 Class 166: 166201-221

Cl.159 2 car 159001 Eastleigh having arrived from Portsmouth at 15.55

8th April 1995 (Tony Flatt)

Cl.159 3 car 159007 (52879) on a London Waterloo arriving at Salisbury

11.15 9th September 1995 (Tony Flatt)

above Cl.165 2 car 165006 (58806)

Bicester North 13th June 1992 (Gary Mutten)

left

Cl.166 166212 (58112) arriving at Guildford on

a Reading to Gatwick service, 27th May 1995 (Tony Flatt)

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DEMUs: Class 205: 205001/008/009/012/015/016/018/023-030/032/033, 101 (later 205) Class 207: 207001/002 (later 103 & 203)/010/ 011/013/017, 101-102 (later 201-202) 207101 was previously 207004 and 207102 was 207005 but neither carried NSE livery in that guise. Remarkably all the five DEMUs featured in the following photos have been preserved in some way.

3 car 205205 (60110 + 71634 + 60810) Hastings, 19th March 1998 (Ian Feather), both driving cars are preserved on the

Epping Ongar Railway

2 car 207103 (60901 + 60127)) departing Ashford, 19th November 1992 (Ian Feather),

now preserved on the Swindon & Cricklade Railway

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3 car 205028 (60827 + 60673 + 60146) Gloucester, 1st July 1990 (Tony Flatt), now preserved on the Dartmoor Railway

3 car 207013 (60138 + 60612 + 60912) Basingstoke, c.1995 (Tony Flatt), 60138 was converted to departmental unit 951070 with 60135 and is now preserved on the Swindon & Cricklade

3 car 207202 (60130 + 70549 + 60904) Brighton, 28th October 1995 (Tony Flatt), now preserved on the East Lancashire Railway

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STIRLINGSHIRE SIGHTINGS by Derek Sneddon

The following sightings are from Camelon Station & nearby Carmuirs Junction with an occasional sighting from Falkirk. Only freight and notable loco hauled workings are shown together with the diagram code, time, origin and destination (see location codes)

17th February 07.00 66423 4R75 GM-EE 13.00 66432 4A13 GM-AB 14.20 66100 6D61 RI-GM 15.40 56078 6Z56 Aviemore-MN 18th February 05.45 66428 6A65 MN-IS 06.55 56078 6R46 GM-PW 13.00 66426 4A13 GM-AB 13.30 66428 4H47 MN-IS 19th February 05.45 66428 4H47 MN-IS 07.40 66024 6G25 FY-ES 08.30 66536 6A65 OX-AB 13.00 66430 4A13 GM-AB 19.30 56078 6M65 GM-Sinfin 20th February 05.45 66428 4H47 MN-IS 06.30 66158 6A32 MN-AB 08.55 37602/259 6S99 CL-GE 13.00 66429 4A13 GM-AB 21st February 05.45 66428 4H47 MN-IS 07.00 66429 4R75 GM-EE 07.40 66024 6G25 FY-ES 13.00 66301 4A13 GM-AB 22nd February 05.45 66428 4H47 MN-IS 10.05 66034 6A32 MN-AB 13.00 66423 4A13 GM-AB 17.00 66164 6K25 MH-Alloa 21.05 66141/93 6K10

MN-Camperdown 22.36 66158 6K11

MN-Camperdown 23.04 66621 6A65 OX-AB 24th February 07.00 66302 4R75 GM-EE 08.30 66621 6A65 OX-AB 13.00 66430 4A13 GM-AB 25th February 05.45 66428 4H47 MN-IS 06.55 56094 6R46 GM-PW 07.00 66430 4R75 GM-EE 13.00 66433 4A13 GM-AB

25th February (cont) 13.30 66193 6S36 DS-GM 26th February 05.45 66428 4H47 MN-IS 08.30 66621 6A65 OX-AB 13.00 66301 4A13 GM-AB 13.30 66193 6S36 DS-GM 14.00 66104 6K26 MN-Alloa 27th February 05.45 66305 4H47 MN-IS 06.30 66100 0A32 MN-AB 13.00 66303 4A13 GM-AB 13.30 66193 6S36 DS-GM 28th February 05.45 66305 4H47 MN-IS 06.30 66104 6A32 MN-AB 13.00 66429 4A13 GM-AB 20.58 37218/606 7Z50 IS-ML with snowploughs 965208/240 1st March 05.45 66305 4H47 MN-IS 10.05 66046 6A32 MN-AB 11.20 66429 4M16 GM-DV 13.00 66422 4A13 GM-AB 13.30 66100 6S36 DS-GM 23.05 66621 6Y80 MN-DU 2nd March 13.00 66433 4A13 GM-AB 3rd March 05.45 66428 4H47 MN-IS 07.00 66433 4R75 GM-EE 08.30 66621 6A65 OX-AB 13.00 66432 4A13 GM-AB 14.20 66103 6D61 RI-GM 4th March 07.00 56094 6R46 GM-PW 10.40 37218/606 4Z37 ML-GM 13.00 66432 4A13 GM-AB 5th March 05.45 66428 4H47 MN-IS 13.00 66305 4A13 GM-AB 6th March 06.30 66102 6A32 MN-AB 13.00 66427 4A13 GM-AB 13.30 66151 6S36 DS-GM

7th March 05.45 66428 4H47 MN-IS 07.00 66427 4R75 GM-EE 13.00 66304 4A13 GM-AB 8th March 05.45 66428 4H47 MN-IS 10.05 66100 6A32 MN-AB 11.20 66305 4M16 GM-DV 13.00 66432 4A13 GM-AB 13.30 66151 6S36 DS-GM 23.05 66621 6Y80 MN-DU 9th March 01.05 66610 6Y81 MN-Lambert 13.00 66305 4A13 GM-AB 10th March 05.45 66428 4H47 MN-IS 07.00 66305 4R75 GM-EE 08.30 66610 6A65 OX-AB 13.00 66301 4A13 GM-AB 21.10 55002 5Z65 CN-BO 11th March 05.45 66428 4H47 MN-IS 06.55 56094 6R46 GM-PW 07.00 66301 4R75 GM-EE 13.30 66103 6S36 DS-GM 12th March 05.45 66428 4H47 MN-IS 07.00 66301 4R75 GM-EE 07.40 56094 6L82 GM-LW 08.30 66621 6A65 OX-AB 13.30 66103 6S36 DS-GM 13th March 05.45 66428 4H47 MN-IS 06.30 66014 6A32 MN-AB 06.55 66304 4R75 GM-EE 13.00 66429 4A13 GM-AB 13.30 66103 6S36 DS-GM 14th March 05.45 66428 4H47 MN-IS 07.00 66429 4R75 GM-EE 07.40 66102 6G25 FY-ES 13.00 66425 4A13 GM-AB

Stirlingshire & Gloucestershire Sightings Location Codes: AB Aberdeen AC Achnasheen AD Alexander Dock Jnct AE Attercliffe AF Ashford AH Ashchurch AJ Awre Junction AL Alston AN Acton AP Appleford

AR Abercynon AT Abbotswood Jnct AV Avonmouth AW Aberthaw AY Ayr BA Blair Atholl BD Bedworth BE Berkeley BH Brierley Hill BI Burntisland BL Bristol

BN Beeston BO Bo’ness BP Bath BR Bridgwater BS Bescot BT Barton Hill BU Burton BW Barrow Hill BZ St Blazey BY Barry CA Calvert

CB Coatbridge CD Charfield CE Crewe CF Cardiff CH Chaddesden CI Clitheroe CK Chirk CL Carlisle CM Chalmerston CN Carnforth CP Chepstow

CQ Croft Quarry CR Cadder CS Cheltenham CT Cardiff Tidal CU Cumbernauld CV Cliff Vale CY Corby DC Dyce DL Dalmeny DM Dollands Moor DR Doncaster

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DS Dalston DT Didcot DU Dundee DV Daventry DY Derby EA Earles Sidings ED Edinburgh EE Elderslie EH Eastleigh EL Elgin EU Euston ES Earlseat EV Evesham EX Exeter FB Ferrybridge FF Fiddlers Ferry FG Fishguard FO Forres FR Fairwater FY Falkland Yard GC Glasgow Central GE Georgemas Jnct GL Gloucester GM Grangemouth GR Grange Sidings GS Gleneagles GY Grimsby HA Hayes HD Handsworth HF Hereford HH Holyhead HL Hartlepool HO Halewood

HR Harwich HS Hunslet HT Hastings HU Hunterston HV Haverfordwest HW Heywood Jnct HY Hinksey IB Ironbridge IM Immingham IS Inverness JM Jersey Marine KB Kittybrewster KC Kirkcaldy KK Kilmarnock KL Kyle of Lochalsh KM Kemble KN Kennethmont KS Kingsland Road KY Kingsbury LA Laira LB Ladybank LC Lincoln LD Lydney LG Lairg LH Leith LI Linlithgow LK Lackenby LL Llanwern LM Long Marston LN Laurencekirk LO Longsight LS Leeds LT Longannet

LW Linkswood LY Lindsey MC Machen MD Middlesbrough ME Montrose MF Milford MG Margam MH Millerhill ML Motherwell MN Mossend MO Moreton MS Maesteg MT Mountsorrel MV Manchester Vic MW Moorswater NA Nairn NE Neath NG Nottingham NH Newton Heath NJ Norton Jnct NL Newtonhill NT Newport NV Neville Hill NW Nantwich OB Oban ON Onllwyn OO Old Oak Common OX Oxwellmains OY Oxley PA Paisley PB Peterborough PC Port Clarence PF Peak Forest

PG Pengham PH Perth PM St Philips Marsh PN Paddington PO Polmadie PR Preston PT Paignton PW Prestwick PY Portbury PZ Penzance RA Redcar RC Ratcliffe RD Reading RE Redmire RG Rugeley RI Riccarton RM Rotherham RN Robeston RO Round Oak RR Rowley Regis RV Ravenstruther RY Rugby SA Saltley SB Stourbridge SC Scunthorpe SD Standish Jnct SG Stoke Gifford SH Slough SI Stirling SK Shirebrook SN Stockton SO Southampton SP Spetchley

SR Stourton SS Swansea ST Severn Tunnel Jnct SV Stevenage SW Swindon SY Shipley TD Tyne Dock TE Trostre TF Tremorfa TG Teigngrace TH Theale TJ Tuffley Jnct TK Tavistock Jnct TL Tilbury TN Taunton TO Toton TR Trishington TS Tees Yard TU Tunstead TY Tyseley VA Victoria WB Wembley WG Wentloog WH Westerleigh WM Wemyss WP Worksop WR Warrington WS Worcester WV Wolverhampton WW Washwood Heath WY Westbury YK York YT Yate

GLOUCESTERSHIRE SIGHTINGS by Nigel Hoskins

The following sightings are mostly from Gloucester Station, but also include workings on the avoiding line southeast of the station between Barnwood and Gloucester Yard Junctions. Only freight and notable loco hauled workings are shown with the diagram code, time (if known) plus origin and destination (see location codes).

27th February 06.00 66012 6Z94 AV-CI 08.07 66546 4V89 RG-SG 08.34 66137 6M81 MG-RO 09.50 66087 4V70 RC-AV 10.55 66523 4V06 RG-SG 11.18 66433 4V38 DV-WG 11.23 60059 6B13 RN-WH 11.47 66201 4E66 MG-RA 12.20 60092 6E41 WH-LY 14.35 66848 4V30 RC-PY 15.02 66019 6V92 CY-MG 15.33 66601 4Z47 CE-SG 28th February 03.53 66732 6V01 LY-CF 04.12 66143 4V01

Hope-Cwmbargoed 06.33 57315/314 1Z37

BL-Fort William 08.05 66183 4V83 TO-PY 08.38 66096 6M81 MG-RO 09.05 66037 4V70 RC-PY 09.12 66230 6M96 MG-CY 10.47 66301 4V38 DV-WG 11.20 60059 6B13 RN-WH

28th February (cont) 11.55 66601 4V06 RG-SG 12.00 66124 6V05 RO-MG 12.22 60092 6E41 WH-LY 16.33 56302 6Z56 GL-CF 16.40 66096 6V07 RO-MG 20.17 66433 4M36 WG-DV 20.19 66137 6V52 WV-MG 1st March 07.10 66012 6Z94 AV-CI 07.20 66138 4V83 TO-AV 09.50 66037 4V70 RC-AV 10.30 66546 4V06 RG-SG 11.13 60059 6B13 RN-WH 13.53 66595 4V46 RG-SG 17.00 66109 6V06 HD-CT 2nd March 11.38 66429 4V38 DV-WG 12.03 66112/230 6W28

WT-Over Jnct 13.17 47790/832 5Z91 CF-CS 14.03 66848 6V86 GL-MG 15.03 DR75407 6J84 Oxford-GL 16.27 66086 6E47 MG-MD

3rd March 09.00 66150 4V70 TO-PY 10.51 66430 4V38 DV-WG 11.55 66545 4V06 RG-SG 12.36 60092 6E41 WH-LY 14.30 66848 4D30 GL-PY 14.38 56078 0Z56 CF-WW 14.45 66536 4V47 RG-SG 14.59 66002 6V92 CY-MG 15.20 66084 6M39 PY-RC 18.05 66012 6Z35 BS-AV 19.55 60001 6V55 BD-RN 4th March 07.00 66545 4V89 RG-SG 08.35 66061 6M81 MG-RO 08.45 66097 4V83 TO-PY 10.59 66433 4V38 DV-WG 11.22 60099 6B13 RN-WH 12.10 66096 6V05 RO-MG 12.12 66430 4M36 WG-DV 12.18 66536 4V06 RG-BL 12.20 60091 6E41 WH-LY 13.40 47805 5Z80 EH-CE 14.59 66164 6V92 CY-MG

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4th March (cont) 18.00 66213 6V20 BS-MG 20.22 66086 6E30 MG-HL 22.37 66117 6E09 MG-SC 5th March 08.32 66137 6M81 MG-RO 09.00 66076 4V70 RC-PY 11.02 66433 4V38 DV-WG 11.14 60099 6B13 RN-WH 11.40 60062 6E41 WH-LY 13.50 37402/409 6M63 BR-CE 14.48 66108 6V92 CY-MG 15.05 66545 4V47 RG-SG 15.22 66097 6M39 PY-RC 15.59 66183 6M41 MG-RO 19.00 66156 6Z35 BS-AV 6th March 08.00 66097 4V83 TO-AV 09.10 66061 6M81 MG-RO 10.52 66302 4V38 DV-WG 11.00 66545 4V06 RG-SG 11.15 60099 6B13 RN-WH 11.47 66086 4E66 MG-RA 12.10 66230 6A36 AH-DT 12.10 66137 6V05 RO-MG 13.50 66727 4V94 IB-PY 14.45 66528 4V47 RG-SG 7th March 12.22 60062 6E41 WH-LY 12.536 37606/602 6M63 BR-CE 14.30 66727 4V94 IB-PY 14.35 66848 4V30 BU-PY 15.00 66529 4V47 RG-SG 15.20 66097 6M39 AV-RC 18.17 66125 6Z35 BS-AV 8th March 01.04 66061 6E26 CT-AE 04.17 66086 6D98 NT-HD 08.40 66019 4V83 TO-AV 10.15 66549 4V06 RG-SG 11.40 66092 6E41 WH-LY 14.55 66545 4V46 RG-SG 19.36 66086 6V06 HD-NT 66137 6W24 WY-GL 66003 6W26 WY-GL 9th March 10.27 66140/015 6W27 WY-GL 11.27 66304 4V38 DV-WG 17.52 66051 6E47 MG-MD 10th March 08.18 66172 6M81 MG-RO 09.03 66238 4V70 TO-PY 10.53 66301 4V38 DV-WG 11.14 60001 6B13 RN-WH 11.33 66108 4E66 MG-RA 12.27 60099 6V05 RO-MG 12.35 66512 4V06 RG-AV 14.14 66848 4V30 GL-PY 14.35 66724 4V94 IB-PY 14.45 66518 4V47 RG-SG 15.02 66047 6V92 CY-MG 16.02 66717 6V83 PB-MO 18.02 66201 6Z35 BS-AV 19.40 66024 6V97 BN-CT 19.55 60020 6V55 BD-RN

11th March 04.15 66086 4V70 TO-AV 11.05 66518 4V06 RG-SG 11.07 66305 4V38 DV-WG 11.19 60001 6B13 RN-WH 12.10 57009/012 6Z65 CE-AV 12.22 60040 6E41 WH-LY 12.51 66007 6V05 RO-MG 13.02 66108 6V67 RA-MG 14.10 66724 4V94 IB-PY 14.57 66047 6V92 CY-MG 14.58 66536 4V47 RG-SG 15.27 66086 6M39 PY-RC 17.01 66024 6V07 RO-MG 12th March 05.25 66138 6M03 RN-BD 08.29 66108 6M81 MG-RO 09.08 66086 4V83 TO-PY 11.03 66432 4V38 DV-WG 11.17 60001 6B13 RN-WH 11.18 66512 4V06 RG-SG 12.27 60092 6E41 WH-LY 12.45 66024 6V05 RO-LL 13.53 37425/612 6M63 BR-CE 14.05 66724 4V94 IB-PY 14.53 66086 6M39 PY-RC 14.58 66848 4V13 GL-AV 15.00 66012 6V92 CY-MG 16.02 66093 6M41 MG-RO 17.00 66108 6V67 RO-MG 18.15 66087 6Z35 BS-AV 19.34 66544 4V57 RG-SG 19.44 66701 0M22 CF-Hams Hall 20.17 66172/052 6E30 MG-HL 13th March 08.31 66093 6M81 MG-RO 09.05 66120 4V70 RC-PY 10.58 66545 4V06 RG-SG 11.19 66301 4V38 DV-WG 11.19 60001 6B13 RN-WH 12.37 60044 6E41 WH-LY 12.47 60059 6V05 RO-MG 12.55 66167 4E66 MG-RA 13.55 66724 4V94 IB-PY 15.04 66197 6V92 CY-MG 15.22 66086 6M39 PY-RC 15.45 57009/012 6Z67 AV-CE 16.07 66137 6M41 MG-RO 18.34 60017 6V06 HD-CT 14th March 08.34 66137 6M81 MG-RO 09.17 66138 6M96 MG-CY 11.02 47501/832 1Z77 VA-GL 11.15 47501/832 5Z77 GL-CF 11.32 60001 6B13 RN-WH 12.09 66304 4V38 DV-WG 12.57 66197 6V05 RO-MG 13.12 66167 6V67 RA-MG 15th March 05.45 66082 6Z94 AV-CI 10.38 66547 4V06 RG-SG 11.03 60054 6B13 RN-WH 15.45 66545 4V46 RG-SG 18.34 66152 6V06 HD-CT 19.08 66536 4V56 RG-SG

17th March 12.36 66559 4V06 RG-SG 14.55 66555 4V47 RG-SG 15.04 31105 3Q04 DY-BL 15.48 66429 4V94 IB-PY 15.59 66086 6M39 AV-RC 18th March 11.52 60091 6E41 WH-LY 16.05 66057 6M41 MG-RO 19th March 07.10 66136 4V83 TO-AV 10.56 66304 4V38 DV-WG 12.55 37259/402 6M63 BR-CE 13.58 66724 4V94 IB-PY 14.48 66507 4V47 RG-SG 16.00 66201 6M41 MG-RO 17.01 60054 6V07 RO-MG 22.32 66117 6V67 RA-MG 20th March 04.40 66956 6Y30 KM-WY 04.55 66528 6Y31 KM-WY 07.13 66150 4V83 TO-AV 08.36 60054 6M81 MG-RO 09.14 66128 6M96 MG-CY 10.55 66559 4V09 RG-SG 11.22 66432 4V38 DV-WG 11.38 66201 4E66 MG-RO 11.47 37259/402 6M56 BE-CE 14.59 66139 6V92 CY-MG 15.58 66846 0Z66 CF-WW 16.11 66207 6M41 MG-RO 17.02 60054 6V07 RO-MG 21st March 04.42 66528 6Y30 KM-WY 05.25 66956 6Y31 KM-WY 07.10 66150 4V83 TO-AV 08.27 66076 6M81 MG-RO 09.10 66136 4V70 RC-AV 09.15 66196 6M96 MG-CY 10.57 66421 4V38 DV-WG 12.01 60020 6V05 RO-MG 12.02 60017 6B13 RN-WH 12.27 60092 6E41 WH-LY 12.59 66201 6V67 RA-MG 14.50 66544 4V47 RG-SG 15.20 66170 6V92 CY-MG 18.04 66080 6Z35 BS-AV 23rd March 08.57 70802/803 6C81 KM-BS 12.34 66035 4V38 DV-WG 20.05 66066/113 6E30 MG-HL 20.51 66201 6V66 TS-MG 24th March 00.45 60001 6M74 NT-BN 01.50 66170 6M94 MG-CY 09.56 950001 2Q08 DY-BL 11.10 60059 6B13 RN-WH 11.42 66012 4E66 MG-RA 12.03 66128 6V05 RO-MG 15.00 66170 6V92 CY-MG 17.21 66083 6V97 BN-NT 25th March 15.05 66167 6V92 CY-MG 20.12 66170 6E30 MG-HL 20.27 66421 4M36 WY-DV

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RAIL TOUR NEWS Buffer Puffer 11.0, Saturday 25th Jan 2014 by Mark Richards Pathfinder Tours have been running their popular Buffer Puffer Tours since 2000 and the trusted format of a track bash around London with heritage traction brings enthusiasts back year after year. For me though Buffer Puffer 11.0 was a first; in previous years I have photographed these excursions around London, this was my first time travelling on one.

An added attraction for this tour was the Milton Keynes Central pick up and set down and top and tail Class 37s throughout. The locos for the day were 37405 and 37610 ‘T.S.(Ted) Cassady 14.5.61-6.4.08’. Starting from Crewe at 05.33, 1Z60 Crewe to London Blackfriars arrived at Milton Keynes Central a few minutes up on the booked 08.05 - 08.07 pick up with 37610 leading. The morning was dreary with a persistent drizzle although this didn’t dampen the spirits or the experience of what proved to be an interesting itinerary.

The first calling point on our meander around London was Wembley Central before taking the Up City Line at Harlesden Junction to Kensal Green Reversing Siding. From here, the route was via Willesden Junction (High Level), Acton Wells Junction, South Acton Junction, Kew East Junction and New Kew Junction to join the Hounslow Loop via Barnes. The final pick up of the morning was duly made at Clapham Junction before proceeding via the spaghetti of lines leading from here to Longhedge Junction, Factory Junctions, Brixton thence via the rare Down Brixton Spur to Loughborough Junction and London Blackfriars, arriving in Platform 3. There was about a 15 minute leg-stretch and photo stop here (see photo of 37405 above) and those in the know (not me!) immediately went to the country end to photograph 37610 which would lead the tour on the next leg. What was not known to me at the time was that 37610 should not have arrived at Blackfriars at all as 37/6s are banned from the station! If I had known, a notable photo could have been had…

From Blackfriars (as 1Z61), a conventional routing was followed via Lewisham to Hayes, although the sight of a pair of locos at the South London terminus is anything but usual. A further photo stop was

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made here at 11.45 (see photo of 37610 opposite bottom). 37405 was again in charge for the return via the Ladywell Loop and a rare crossover was ticked at Edward Street Junction, New Cross, from the Up Fast to the No.3 Up. Passing through London Bridge, the route to Cannon Street was taken with arrival shortly after 12.00 into Platform 2. A break of nearly 40 minutes was provided here for lunch and more photos!

37610 led on departure from Cannon Street with the reporting number of the train now 1Z62. Retracing our route back towards Hayes, the Beckenham Spur was taken at New Beckenham Junction arriving in the Down Bay at Beckenham Junction. A very smart turnaround precluded alighting from the train here with our route now taking the train across the whole layout at Beckenham Junction to the Crystal Palace Single and ‘via the Hills’ to Brixton. Our destination from here was to have been Battersea Loop. However, running behind schedule, it soon transpired that the Loop wouldn’t be covered as unfortunately the Network Rail staff who should have been on site to clip the points to allow our train to enter the Loop was over an hour away! To avoid a long wait and potentially missing out other parts of the itinerary, the decision was taken to reverse at Stewarts Lane returning as 1Z63 via Factory Junctions and the South London Line to London Bridge Platform 13.

The work to rebuild London Bridge was much in evidence with Platforms 14 and 15 due to be handed back at the end of March when Platforms 12 and 13 will be taken out of use. Enough time was available to grab a few quick photos (see photo of 37610 above) before 37610 led our train to Epsom Downs via Peckham Rye, Streatham, Selhurst, West Croydon and Sutton.

Epsom Downs was one of the most unusual places visited all day. The line is now almost entirely single and the station is a modern single-platform rebuild situated in the middle of a housing estate. It is hard to imagine that it was once a nine platform substantial terminus, serving the nearby Epsom racecourse (see photo of 37405 right and note the different colour to the headboard to that carried on 37610).

Returning as 1Z64, our train returned to Herne Hill where storm clouds were gathering. I was able to take a few quick photos before an almighty thunderstorm deluged the station. Our final destination of the day (running from Herne Hill as 1Z65) was Tattenham Corner, the only terminus south of the Thames to face almost due north. Although booked to use the rare Platform 3 at the terminus, the Buffer Puffer was put into Platform 2 instead due to berthed Southern stock.

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From Tattenham Corner as 1Z66 with 37610 in charge for the rest of the journey back to Milton Keynes, there were still some final rare pieces of track to cover. Firstly at Purley where we crossed from the Up Tattenham to Platform 4 then at East Croydon the north end crossover from the Up Slow to the Reversible Fast was taken. Travelling via Clapham Junction, the train looped back via Pouparts Junction, Longhedge Junction, Factory Junctions and Brixton to run via Herne Hill and Tulse Hill. The reason for this unusually circuitous routing was to cover the Up Leigham Spur, which has no booked passenger working. Returning to Clapham Junction for the second time, a brief stop was made in Platform 16 for passengers to alight. 1Z66 then proceeded via the West London Line covering the rare Down Main at Kensington (Olympia) – again no booked passenger use. Joining the Down Slow at Wembley via the Willesden Relief lines, a fast run was made down the West Coast Main Line. With possessions starting earlier on Saturdays than weekdays, 1Z66 crossed Up Slow to Up Fast at Watford Junction as the engineers were waiting to take possession of the Slow Lines. A spirited run down the Fast saw arrival in Milton Keynes Central Platform 6. A final quick couple of photos before 37610 growled into the night with 37405 assisting on the back.

photos by Mark Richards

LIGHT RAIL & METRO NEWS

Metrolink: The following information is kindly supplied by Geoff Hope.

Trams 3080 & 3081 arrived at Queens Road Depot on Saturday 1st March & 22nd March respectively and have undergone commissioning and mileage accumulation. 3080 was observed on the Eccles service on Wednesday 26th March

Deansgate & Castlefield tram stop is to be upgraded to increase capacity as the network expands. A new island platform opposite the Altrincham platform is to be built with better facilities and access. A new training academy was opened at Queens Road depot to be used to train all 600 staff covering all positions. There is a driver training room for them to get to grips with new routes and procedures on a driver simulator. The extension of the Rochdale route from the railway station to the interchange in the centre of the town is set to open on Monday 31st March. This extension will increase the system to 48.5 miles with 77 stops.

Observations: Friday 28th March (10.20-12.15) Piccadilly Gardens: 3001/006-008/014/019/023/027/029/031/035/041/044/045/047/049/051/055/063-074/076-078. Doubled up trams on the Bury - Altrincham route: 3003 + 040, 3004 + 057, 3005 + 3052, 3011 + 046, 3012 + 3020, 3015 + 018, 3016 + 053, 3030 + 039, 3032 + 034, 3038 + 056 Doubled up trams on the Rochdale - East Didsbury route: 3002 + 021, 3022 + 026, 3025 + 036, 3037 + 048, 3058 + 059 Queens Road depot: 3024/028/081 + 2 unidentified M5000's,1007 + 3 T68's & T68A's 2001/003. Working the Bury - Abrahams Moss shuttle: 3033 Old Trafford depot:-3061/062/075/079 + various T68's & T68A's

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RAILWAY GLOBETROTTERS by Ray Smith

The Smiths on Tour, 18-30th April 2012 – Part 4 (final): April 27th 2012: A good morning session on the station before heading to the Bahnpark, a museum at the old locomotive shed. Driving alongside, locomotives from many European countries were seen. A gate was open so we drove in and parked. No sooner had I switched off the engine when a nasty man in a yellow vest threw us out. Go away, we are closed! So much for promoting public relations! Their loss, as we would have been happy to put some money into their fund.

despite the hostile reception we received some

locomotives could be seen from the road as with Luxembourg Monocabine 3602, Augsberg Bahnpark 27th April 2012

preserved Netherlands 1211 built in kit form with an American influenced

body design Augsberg Bahnpark, 27th April 2012

I have many favourite German locations and Ulm is another of them. Quite a busy station with a good selection of units stabled around. A unit shed only a few minutes’ walk from the station and the main locomotive shed another 20 minutes walk where plenty were seen.

two TEE (Trans European Express) driving trailers outside the main building of the

Augsberg Bahnpark 27th April 2012

Swedish State Railways SZ 2-8 2 06-013 preserved at the Augsberg Bahnpark, 27th April 2012

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Our hotel tonight was Wurtzburg, two minutes from the station. This station by day is reasonably busy, yet in the evening when local passenger trains tail off, the freights take over. I have seen 3 freights heading north on parallel lines at the same time. It’s one of these places where you cannot call it a day as something else is coming. However, our hotel has a Chinese buffet that also stocked beer, so it was tempting to leave.

HGK (Häfen und Güterverkehr Köln AG) 206 DB computer number 185605

Ulm, 27th April 2012

Northrail 275805, Ulm 27th April 2012

April 28th 2012: Another visit to the station before heading to Mannheim, a great shed, home to the 185s. Leaving Wurtzburg we looked in at the stabling point at Zell, 7 locos there. Our journey took us near 2 great German museums that specialised in all form of transport so we had to look in. Both are expensive and if you looked at all sections a day could easily pass by. The first was the Shinsheim Museum. The cost of entry was about £15.00.

Electric 1-C (2-6-0), preserved as E60 12 DB number 160 012

Sinsheim Museum, 28th April 2012

Russian 2-10-0 T3 3915 which is similar to the German class 52 Max Speyer Museum, 28th April 2012

2-10-2T 95007 (platform 5 show this as 95020)

Max Speyer Museum, 28th April 2012 There were 9 locomotives, 1 Austrian, 1 Swiss and German steam.

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Next was Max Speyer Museum, owned by the same group as Shinsheim. Same admission charge but 19 assorted locomotives. Mainly German with 1 Chinese, 1 Austrian and 1 Italian. Now Mannhein, permission granted, 50 locomotives on shed. Ludwigshafen, a unit depot on the other side of the river has always been hospitable, not today. A definite NO! At this shed you cannot see much from the outside so off to Bishofsheim, Mainz. 31 on shed including a class 140 in blue and cream livery which I copped (where has this been hiding)? This shed now has an allocation of new class 261s but only 1 was on shed.

Warship 220058 in original blue & cream Max Speyer Museum, 28th April 2012

Chinese 2-10-0 2655 plinthed outside Max Speyer Museum, 28th April 2012

keeping the international flavour is Italian class 1-D-1 (2-8-0), 431037

Max Speyer Museum, 28th April 2012 Calling in at Limburg there were an assortment of private DMUs and at the site of the old shed were 3 of Bishofsheim’s class 261s.

140423 in original blue and cream livery, Mainz Bischofscheim shed

28th April 2012

this Köf 6748 has been at Bischofsheim for as long as I have been coming here,

as least 20 years, 28th April 2012 Tonight’s hotel was in Koblenz. Just north is Lutchel, once quite a small museum and now host to a wide selection of DB locomotives. The main building was closed and 17 were seen in the yard(s). A look onto the station and being a Saturday night I did not expect much, how wrong could I be? 13 freights passed through in less than 2 hours as well as diesel and electric hauled passenger trains.

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216067, Lutchel Museum, 28th April 2012

Kö 0278, Lutchel Museum, 28th April 2012

April 29th 2012: Sunday morning and off to Köln. On route, passing Brohl we saw a warship, so a quick u-turn and it turned out to be class 220015 which was sold to Swiss Railways and numbered 18463. Withdrawn and now preserved back home! Calling in at the high security depot for HGK (Häfen und Güterverkehr Köln AG) where last year we were surprised when we asked on the intercom at the gate and were allowed in. This time it was a NO! but 8 were seen from the perimeter. Eifeltor yard had 24 on, 6 were Swiss. Gremberg is an excellent shed serving the nearby yard. Permission granted. This location, although appearing deserted has a complex CCTV system. On a previous visit after walking upstairs to the office the boss was sitting nodding his head as I entered. He knew we were there. As usual the shed was well stocked, 73 on with 3 Belgian and 1 Swiss.

Belgian 2809 aka 186201 heads a line of 3, Köln Gremberg shed, 29th April 2012

BSM GmbH Max 80, DB computer no.170012 Düsseldorf station, 30th April 2012

two doyens! newly acquired 111001 and 290001 at Koblenz Lutchel Museum (it is interesting that all but 2,

111004 and 111090 of the 227 strong class are still in service)

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John was flying home this evening so I had to get him back to Düsseldorf airport. We had some time to spare and decided to re-visit 2 of the first day’s depots at Oberhausen. On west we saw 22 and on the main shed there were 53 including my last class 151. I dropped John off at the airport, returned the hire car and went back to my hotel. The price of my flight was so much cheaper the next day that even taking in my hotel costs I was still better off staying the extra night.

701099, now owned by AAV sporting a smart red livery DB had around 170 4 wheeled overhead line inspection units and all were in yellow livery.?

Düsseldorf station, 30th April 2012 April 30th 2012: Last day! I took a return to Dortmund and on the day copped 11, then onto the airport for my flight home. It was hard to believe that in the last 13 days I drove just short of 4500 kilometres, did sheds in almost all areas of Germany and copped so much. Looking forward to next year’s jaunt.

photos by Ray Smith

FREIGHT MATTERS

WAGON UPDATES by Trevor Roots: To allow members to keep their copy UK Wagons as up to date as possible, changes are provided via this spot every month. The 2014 edition is now out so please let Trevor know if you have any amendments or wish pass on any other helpful wagon information, contact details on page 2.

the following wagons shown as (S) in UK Wagons 2014 have been seen by members in service, thanks to Mike Rumens and Howard Craven.

Out of Store: 29047, 100051, 110290/0293/0758/2000/2004/2035/2130, 391057/1071/1144/4034/ 4086/4250/4517/4650/4903/4908/5053/5161/5204/5404/6020, 503588, 33.70.6905.061-1/065-2/070-2 New: IIA Bogie Covered Biomass Hoppers 83.70.0698.054/055 to 063/065/068

Scrapped: 982459/2465/2476/2528/2569/2594/2600/2601/2607/2637/2654/2664/2669/2672/2693/2694/2765/ 2782/2796/2802/2836/2840/2859/2887/2904, 33.87.9985.008-0/009-8 FREIGHT NEWS The original batch of Drax Biomass hoppers 001 to 014 has had the Drax decals applied. GBRf have taken over the Network Rail contract moving ballast from Cliffe Hill Quarry, Stud Farm, Leicestershire to Westbury from Freightliner.

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STOCK CHANGES

It is hoped that all major changes recorded below will help you keep the UK Combine, Pocket Book and Name Directory up to date, (numerous pool code changes will not be recorded). In order to compile as accurate and up to date list as possible, can members please pass on their observations, particularly name changes and multiple unit reformations to the editor, Trevor Roots. New: EMUs: 350410 (last 350/4 for TPE) 377704 Locos Re-patriated: (from France) 66026 66052 66212 66214 66228 Transfers: Locos: 37413 BO to Bury 37679 BO to BQ 50008 BH to WH 73103 THA to BO 92014/018/023/033 (CO) to LB Names:

New: 50007 Hercules Removed: 67004 Post Haste 67027 Rising Star Scrapped: Coaches: Bo’ness 94221/412/413/416/432/440/497 94514/518/519/534/536/541/543 Eastleigh 3269/338/375/414

TRANSFERRED STOCK

NEW STOCK

the last TransPennine 350/4 delivery was 350410

seen being hauled through Stafford behind 92010

at 11.22, 15th March 2014 (James Holloway)

reported in January 2014 issue, here is 56201 (56009) at Shackerstone

on the Battlefield line (photo by Bob Reynolds taken

on the 18th March 2014)

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having featured 70801 and 70804 in the March issue here are the remaining Colas Rail Cl.70/8s above: 70802 + 70805 Ryecroft Junction, 11th March 2014 (Ken Bull)

below: 70803 passing south through Bescot, 7th March 2014 (James Holloway)

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LIVERIES...new

90034 showing the side with no large DRS compass decal due to the louvres, Sytch Lane, 18th March 2014 (Roger Thomas)

321448 the refurbishment test set on the 14.00 Norwich – London service with 321304 5th March, Norwich (Stuart Moore)

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LIVERIES...and not so new a couple of revised liveries, one on Cl.20s and one on Cl.314s not featured before

20313 + 20314 on 7X09 Old Dalby – Amersham ‘S’ tube stock delivery passing Wichnor Jnct at 18.56, 15th April 2013 (Ken Bull)

314212 in ScotRail Saltire livery alongside the previous SPT livery on 314209 as still carried by several Cl.314s

Glasgow Central, 12th March 2014 (Gordon Kirkby)

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