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Phill Dyson

Western Thunderer
Milk traffic at Torrington

Nice one Cynric  :D  :thumbs:, milk tanks in North Devon, what more could you ask for  8) 8) 8)..............except of course a hydraulic up front  ;D
 

iploffy

OC Blue Brigade
Milk traffic at Torrington

Very informative but no-one answered the question about the 2 mins in the platform or the live rail in the 4ft


Ian
 

Neil

Western Thunderer
Westerns on the Eastern

From the pages of Modern Railways, March '75.

'Some readers have remarked that class 52s on the Eastern Region at Barking are not as rare as a previous correspondent implied. Numbers noted on dates between October and early January include 1001, 1003 1016, 1053, 1035, 1041, 1046, 1055, 1056, 1058 and 1072. Their usual working is on the 11:20 from acton to Temple Mills, then running light to Ripple lane and possibly working a freight back from Ripple Lane to the Western.'

Well I didn't know it happened at all, let alone be a reasonably commonplace event.
 

SteadyRed

Western Thunderer
Westerns on the Eastern

One of my greatest sadnesses in missing Western Ranger on (1E54?) Swansea - Leeds then (1V97?) Leeds - Bristol in early 1977. This was prior to Western Fusilier working a farewell tour from Exeter to York in the February.

I believe Westerns occasionally got as far a Derby on service trains, but the only two occasions I know they got further north are as above.
 

Phill Dyson

Western Thunderer
Westerns on the Eastern

SteadyRed said:
One of my greatest sadnesses in missing Western Ranger on (1E54?) Swansea - Leeds then (1V97?) Leeds - Bristol in early 1977. This was prior to Western Fusilier working a farewell tour from Exeter to York in the February.

I believe Westerns occasionally got as far a Derby on service trains, but the only two occasions I know they got further north are as above.

Photo's of D1013 Western Ranger at Leeds City Stn appeared in 'Traction' a few months ago working the service train you mentioned..........unbelievable that a Wezzy made it to West Yorkshire on a service train  :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: & I have also seen a pic on the net of a Wezzy at Derby.
D1010 Western Campaigner makes a video appearance hauling a stone train to Leagrave on the midland too  :eek: in TVP's 'St Pancras Surburban'

Phill  :wave:
 
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Simon Dunkley

Guest
Westerns on the Eastern

FWIW, Westerns also made it to Northampton with freight coming over the Bletchley flyover. Have a seen a lovely pic of one under wires with an AC loco and a 310 emu for company!

Typically, my brief foray into trainspotting came after this event...
 

Phill Dyson

Western Thunderer
Westerns on the Eastern

Simon Dunkley said:
FWIW, Westerns also made it to Northampton with freight coming over the Bletchley flyover. Have a seen a lovely pic of one under wires with an AC loco and a 310 emu for company!

Typically, my brief foray into trainspotting came after this event...
My foray into trainspotting more or less ended with the  end of the hydraulics  :(
 

iploffy

OC Blue Brigade
Westerns on the Eastern

Westerns used to go to the old stone discharge sdgs at Wolverton next to the Down Slow, then go on to Northampton to run round these were still extant till the PUG 2 on the WCML I saw a 50 in there (spit spit cough splutter) also

Ian
 

Alan

Western Thunderer
Westerns on the Eastern

I can certainly remember a western on the Barking-Gospel Oak line as it sat at a signal next to my classroom window when I was teaching in Forest Gate E7. Unfortunately do not know which one it was.
 

lancer1027

Western Thunderer
Westerns on the Eastern

D1052 Viceroy and D1061 Envoy both have been as far as Derby. I have the dates in one of my books if you need dates etc. :thumbs:

Rob :wave:
 

Phill Dyson

Western Thunderer
Westerns on the Eastern

lancer1027 said:
D1052 Viceroy and D1061 Envoy both have been as far as Derby. I have the dates in one of my books if you need dates etc. :thumbs:

Rob :wave:
That would be interesting to know Rob  :thumbs:

Phill  :wave:
 

lancer1027

Western Thunderer
Westerns on the Eastern

Ok there are quite a few, so here goes

D1000/2/4/5 crew training at Oxley 1962
D1047 Bedford 1965
D1015/65 Derby 1965
D1049 Crewe 1966
D1048 Cricklewood 1967
D1016 Leeds 1968
D1020 Tyseley 1968
D1018 Wellingborough 1970
D1072 Burton-on-Trent 1970
D1004/27/71 Chesterfield 1970
D1035 Birmingham 1971

The 0940 (so) bristol-derby and 1323 derby-paignton return D1061 Envoy 1971
D1013 Derby 1972
D1008 Derby 1972
D1036 Nottingham 1972
D1017 Derby 1972
D1029 Derby 1973
D1043 Wolverhampton 1974
D1025 York 1974
D1052 Derby 1975
D1026 Saltley1975
D1013 Leeds 1977

Rob :wave:
 

Phill Dyson

Western Thunderer
Westerns on the Eastern

lancer1027 said:
Ok there are quite a few, so here goes

D1000/2/4/5 crew training at Oxley 1962
D1047 Bedford 1965
D1015/65 Derby 1965
D1049 Crewe 1966
D1048 Cricklewood 1967
D1016 Leeds 1968
D1020 Tyseley 1968
D1018 Wellingborough 1970
D1072 Burton-on-Trent 1970
D1004/27/71 Chesterfield 1970
D1035 Birmingham 1971

The 0940 (so) bristol-derby and 1323 derby-paignton return D1061 Envoy 1971
D1013 Derby 1972
D1008 Derby 1972
D1036 Nottingham 1972
D1017 Derby 1972
D1029 Derby 1973
D1043 Wolverhampton 1974
D1025 York 1974
D1052 Derby 1975
D1026 Saltley1975
D1013 Leeds 1977

Rob :wave:
Do you have anymore info Rob  :scratch:.....especially the red ones ?

Phill  :wave:
 

Phill Dyson

Western Thunderer
Westerns on the Eastern

lancer1027 said:
D1052 Viceroy and D1061 Envoy both have been as far as Derby. :thumbs:

Rob :wave:

D1052 Western Viceroy also made it to Rotherham in December 1974 on a car train from Oxford  :eek:

Phill  :wave:
 

SteadyRed

Western Thunderer
Westerns on the Eastern

Phill Dyson said:
D1052 Western Viceroy also made it to Rotherham in December 1974 on a car train from Oxford  :eek:

Phill  :wave:

That would have gone "old Road" Chesterfield, Renishaw, Beighton, Treeton, Rotherham Masborough Stn Jct.

Bet the loco was light straight back to Saltley

Dave :drool:
 

Simon

Flying Squad
24 hours at Exeter 1971

A brilliant find :thumbs:

Lots of interest, milk, Hemyock, Chard Junction, South Mor(e)den, take me back there!!

I'm off to the garden now for the start of the spring concreting campaign 8)
 
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