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Industrial Diesels

Sun Jan 1 2006

Sunday 1 January 2006: Industrial Diesels

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A VSOE Trip

Sat Apr 8 2006

Saturday 8 April 2006: VSOE 7/12/1985 with Pathfinder and Hertfordshire Highlight of the day Jed in a suit!

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Tickets from Merrymakers & Tours

Fri Mar 24 2006

Friday 24 March 2006: Tickets from Merrymakers & Tours

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BR Class 66 GBRF

Mon Mar 13 2006

Monday 13 March 2006: BR Class 66 GBRF

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BR Loco's by night

Sun Feb 5 2006

Sunday 5 February 2006: Mainly hand held or rested against any nearby object like a lamp post etc!

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BR Class 26 in various liveries

Sat Feb 4 2006

Saturday 4 February 2006: BR Class 26 in various liveries

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BR Class 33's in various liveries

Sat Jan 28 2006

Saturday 28 January 2006: DRS Green West Coast Sector Civils etc

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2.A Steam heat boiler

Sun Jan 1 2006

Sunday 1 January 2006: Ahhh its freezing outside but your behind a loco with a steam heat boiler Bliss!!!!!

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All Cromptons in Greater Manchester

Sun Jan 1 2006

Sunday 1 January 2006: All but 33045/59 of the 33'0s came and 33201/2/7-10 came it was the Bagpipes that were hard to get only 33103/08/09/13/15/16/17 making an appearance. If you have 33013 (17 slide) 33/44/53/54 or 33103 on film at Manchester or Stockport please contact me. 33109/16 have made it through wigan so if you have a photo of these the same applies.

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1.BR Test Train

Thu Dec 29 2005

Thursday 29 December 2005: Im in work got a bit of flexi time on the clock its about 11.00 the phone rings......under starters orders fast car to crewe for 378xx 56xxx you know the sketch.

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1.BR The Drags

Thu Dec 29 2005

Thursday 29 December 2005: Yes you know the Juice is off now what might produce 20's 25 31 37 40 45 473 56 58 These air cons are like fridges!

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BR Railtours

Thu Dec 29 2005

Thursday 29 December 2005: Trains, Diesel, Electric and Steam Loco's (and the odd DMU/EMU)

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1.BR Desperado's

Thu Dec 29 2005

Thursday 29 December 2005: Various people who enjoy different types of Traction and who will go any lengths for a line in the book( or just a piece of track).

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BR Class 44 Peak

Sat Dec 31 2005

Saturday 31 December 2005: I Drove D5 when at Toton with a shed permit in the early 1970's. Fond memories relive on with D4 & D8

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BR Class 74 Big ED

Sat Dec 31 2005

Saturday 31 December 2005: I only had 74010 for haulage but had it twice on the Channel Islands Boat Train in august 1972

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BR Class 55 Deltic

Sat Dec 31 2005

Saturday 31 December 2005: Even normals have heard of these ear drum breakers. I was lucky to have all 22 for haulage more by luck than judgement. The York mails and Newcastle-Liverpools were great to bash because of the Tunnels. My first House was called Tulyar.

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BR Blue Class 33 Shredder

Sat Dec 31 2005

Saturday 31 December 2005: My Favourite engine of all time, even my wife has had 93 for haulage and just needs 33207 to clear. I have hundreds of these powerful little engines to publish. It all started with the Channel Island Boat Train and helped when my aunties moved to bournemouth at the end of the 70's. I bashed the Oxted commuters and Bournemouth to Weymouth at the end of the 70's and early 80's. The pair on the Brighton-Exeter was one of my favourite trains

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BR Blue Class 26 MacRat

Sat Dec 31 2005

Saturday 31 December 2005: Most of my holidays every year at the beginning of July included bashing these spluttering McRats to Kyle and Wick. Needless to say the honeymoon included plenty of mileage and accomodation around the Inverness area! Those XOS 26001-7 were hard to get and involved 3 overnights while at work to clear on the Brighton Edinburgh overnight move.

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BR Class 24 Skinhead Rat

Sat Dec 31 2005

Saturday 31 December 2005: I vividly remember the 24 pilot at Manchester Victoria but didnt have a Camera to record any(24020-4 & 005. I had a couple for haulage on the 1242 Manchester -North wales and dropped on 24081 when 47187 failed.

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BR Eurostars and Shuttle

Sat Dec 24 2005

Saturday 24 December 2005: BR Eurostars and Shuttle

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BR Class 23 Baby Deltic

Sat Dec 31 2005

Saturday 31 December 2005: The only memory of this class was of D5901 at Doncaster works as seen in the photo enclosed

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BR Class 76's Tommies

Sat Dec 31 2005

Saturday 31 December 2005: Without these quiet simple beasts Guide Bridge and Reddish will never be forgotten. The Woodhead closure was a disaster, I named my house after the route.

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BR HST - Tram Flying Banana

Sat Dec 31 2005

Saturday 31 December 2005: BR HST - Tram Flying Banana

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BR Class 92 Lurcher

Sat Dec 31 2005

Saturday 31 December 2005: Best Electrics left because of the power rarity and noise. The lurch on Mk1's is very noticeable down shap.

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BR Class 91 Lada

Sat Dec 31 2005

Saturday 31 December 2005: Nice noise on start up and great when blunt end first. I was hoping they would ban Pushing Mk4's after the hatfield and Heck incidents just so we could have them blunt.

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BR Class 90 Skoda

Sat Dec 31 2005

Saturday 31 December 2005: The mainstay of loco hauled workings in this country for Anglia and Virgin Cross Country. I use to refer to these as right angles.

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BR Class 89 The Badger

Sat Dec 31 2005

Saturday 31 December 2005: Help save the Class 89 for prosperity donate to the AC Locomotive group:- Cheque, payable to "Electric Traction Ltd" to Class 89 Appeal, Woodlands, Manse Road, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, AB51 3UJ.

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BR Class 87 Van

Sat Dec 31 2005

Saturday 31 December 2005: I will never forget when 87007 was lined up for the last run of the old Manchester Pullman stock needless to say it left 40 late when it was realised that 87's couldnt work this stock.

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BR Class 86 Can

Sat Dec 31 2005

Saturday 31 December 2005: What started of as a boring 100 blue loco class turned out to be very diverse and colourful. A much unsung hero of the 1970's and 1980's we cursed them when chasing roarers.

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BR Class 85 Roarer

Sat Dec 31 2005

Saturday 31 December 2005: Having got engaged behind 85026 on 1423 Man Picc Swansea 29/11/1980. 85001 rolled up at Crewe on the splitter(Fort Bill/Inverness) Wedding night for the 1st Class sleeper to Mossend 7/06/1981.

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BR Class 84

Sat Dec 31 2005

Saturday 31 December 2005: These roarers were very rare indeed on passenger work

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BR Class 83

Sat Dec 31 2005

Saturday 31 December 2005: The 1423 Manchester Swansea was a great train for these devices I only missed 83003.

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BR Class 82

Sat Dec 31 2005

Saturday 31 December 2005: I managed to get all 8 for haulage as there were the local power for specials and Birmingham trains from Manchester.

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BR Class 81 Roarer

Sat Dec 31 2005

Saturday 31 December 2005: These locos were not that common around Manchester but were often employed on reliefs to Glasgow/Carstairs or to Euston from Crewe. Had all 22 of the renumbered ones for haulage.

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BR Class 73 ED - JA or JB

Sat Dec 31 2005

Saturday 31 December 2005: Known as JA & JB's I also called them Genies because of the flash and puff of smoke caused when wet. These lively loco's were difficult to get during the daytime so I bashed alot of the newspaper and overnight trains in the 70's. I always recorded which ones were caned in on diesel. Took me until a couple were preserved to clear them all for diesel.

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BR Class 67 Skip

Sat Dec 31 2005

Saturday 31 December 2005: With only 30 to go at on tours ....what a waste of money?

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BR Class 66

Sat Dec 31 2005

Saturday 31 December 2005: Slot em Jot em and forget em.

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BR Class 60 Tug/Doughnut

Sat Dec 31 2005

Saturday 31 December 2005: These loco's really were spoilt with silencers and put me off with the lack of noise. Flagged a few tours so still need a hand full to clear. Grey suited them well!

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BR Class 59 Big GM

Sat Dec 31 2005

Saturday 31 December 2005: BR Class 59 Big GM

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BR Class 58 Bone/ Egg Timer

Sat Dec 31 2005

Saturday 31 December 2005: With a lovely cab and easy access wardrobe panels I cant believe these have been ditched. I missed my last one 58017 whilst on a peak/gronk bash to Edinburgh. Will it ever perform again?

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BR Class 57 Body Snatcher

Sat Dec 31 2005

Saturday 31 December 2005: BR Class 57 Body Snatcher

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BR Class 56 Grid

Sat Dec 31 2005

Saturday 31 December 2005: Noisy and smokey the phone ringing to advise one is to be tested at Crewe today was always excitement. These thudding monsters are sadly missed on railtours and drags.

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BR Class 52 Western

Sat Dec 31 2005

Saturday 31 December 2005: The true stylish and noisy powerful diesel that was just made for going along the sea wall between Dawlish and Teignmouth. Thank goodness D1015 can still bring back memories. The Padd Birminghams brought me a few winners in 1975 & 6

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BR Class 50 Hoover

Sat Dec 31 2005

Saturday 31 December 2005: As soon as the class was introduced on the Preston Glasgow/Edinburgh service I was there at Hest Bank as soon as I heard one from our Caravan I could run to the lineside and view them. My first drag had D410 on from Piccadilly to Stafford in August 1972. To me the last great bashing days were on the Exeter Waterloo's when you could get mileage and 10 different ones in a day.

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BR Class 46 Scorcher

Sat Dec 31 2005

Saturday 31 December 2005: I call these peaks scorchers because of the number that caught fire on NE/SW trains after storming up Lickey. Only missed 46005 for haulage. I was Devastated when 46026 LADY was scrapped.

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BR Class 47 Duff/Spoon

Sat Dec 31 2005

Saturday 31 December 2005: Just let go 47275 on a Sheffield Man Picc then missed it when it didnt stop at Stockport on a drag. The following week it blew up on Newton Heath never to work again. Most of the time Duffs were there to bowl you out for a 40/45/50/52/55 so went for the line in the book and as little mileage as possible. MV to Salford/Stalybridge/Eccles & MP to Stockport were great moves.

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BR Class 45 Peak

Sat Dec 31 2005

Saturday 31 December 2005: I fell in love with the 45'0's on the 1710 York Man Vic 0820 Leeds Brum and other NE/SW trains to cane in the isolated ones for mega mileage. Just missed 45067 which I flagged for a Western.

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BR Class 40 Whistler

Sat Dec 31 2005

Saturday 31 December 2005: Living in Manchester you had to be a forty basher. I was far too interested in slotting than mileage though. Had 176 for haulage which isnt bad.

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BR Class 37 Tractor

Sat Dec 31 2005

Saturday 31 December 2005: The Harwich Boat train was my first contact with these growling beasts and had a couple of cab rides on this train. Had all but 37373 (Rob Fraser & Derek Richardson also would have cleared the class on this one)

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BR Class 31 Goyle Ped

Sat Dec 31 2005

Saturday 31 December 2005: My first encounter with these noisy little Brush was during the early 70's on the Morecambe Leeds trains. During 1994 I worked the tea trolleys on the Liverpool Blackpool's and over 6 months had none fail on me (much to my disappointment)

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BR Class 27 MacRat

Sat Dec 31 2005

Saturday 31 December 2005: You cannot beat a push pull 27 for maximum thrash and frequency. Imagine today if we could bash Edinburgh Glasgow with tip tops the mileage would be unbelievable. How many times did the Strathclyde Fire brigade get called out during the 27's reign on top link?

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BR Class 25 Rat

Sat Dec 31 2005

Saturday 31 December 2005: Nothing was two large for these little rodents and 90 mph was common on load 5. Many pairs of these were sampled on the Manchester/Walsall/Derby to Skeg/Yarmouth and Shrewbury to Aberystwyth. Single ones were often bashed on around Manchester, Crewe to Cardiff, Glasgow to Dundee and Nottingham Llandudno. (Thanks to Alan Bayliss for some of the missing gen)

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BR Class 20 Whistling Wardrobe

Sat Dec 31 2005

Saturday 31 December 2005: Riotus little monsters these (choppers, bombs etc)with doors everywhere the times I bashed the Skeggies/Lostocks and Stranraer pilot. Still need 20205 for a bash yet fingers crossed for 2008.

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