1978
April
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o. observed, m. move, p. photo, t.
TOPS
April
1st.
25046 + 27002 1Zxx 2110 (31/3) Paddington - Mallaig "Skye Train"
railtour, from Mossend
25063 ???? 0600 Crewe - Cardiff C
25201
1L80 1010 Liverpool Lime St - Birkenhead North WRC Charter
"""Hundred of Wirral""
25201
1L80 ???? New Brighton - West Kirkby WRC Charter """Hundred
of Wirral"" 25294 on rear
25201
1L80 ???? New Brighton - Liverpool Lime St WRC Charter
"""Hundred of Wirral"" 25294 on rear detached at Heswall
25294
1L80 ???? West Kirkby - New Brighton WRC Charter 25201 on
rear
25294
1L80 ???? Birkenhead North - New Brighton WRC Charter 25201
on rear
27002 + 25046 1Z?? 1225 Mallaig - Paddington "Skye Train"
railtour, to Mossend
27003
1Oxx 1804 Glasgow Queen St - Oban
27008
1Oxx 1638 Glasgow Queen St - Mallaig , to Fort William
27008
1Oxx 0700 Mallaig - Glasgow Q St , from Ft William
27022
1Oxx 0600 Glasgow Queen St - Mallaig , from Fort William
33052
1ZXX 1900 Portsmouth - Grantham ADEX TO Brent Curve
45001 Paignton - Leeds
46018
1ZXX 1900 Portsmouth - Grantham From Brent Curve
47483
???? 0218 Crewe - Holyhead
47501
???? 0110 Holyhead - Euston to Crewe
47502
1ZXX 0730 Grantham - Portsmouth ADEX
50036 m. Paignton - Newton Abbot
85023
1Zxx 1225 Mallaig - Paddington "Skye Train" railtour,
between Mossend - Crewe
86018
???? 0249 Stafford - Liverpool Lime St detached from 2315
Euston - Manchester P
April 2nd.
33105
???? 0822 Waterloo - Meeth LVRC Atlantic Coast Express
Charter P/P 4TC+RMB+4TC 33108 on rear
33105
???? ???? Meeth - Waterloo LVRC Atlantic Coast Express
Charter P/P 4TC+RMB+4TC 33108 on front
47120
1Zxx 1225 (01/4) Mallaig - Paddington "Skye Train"
railtour, from New St
47439
1Zxx 1225 (01/4) Mallaig - Paddington "Skye Train"
railtour, between Crewe - New St)
73101
1A96 0440 Victoria - Eastbourne
73121
???? 0445 Victoria - Horsham
86239
???? 2045 Barrow in Furness - Euston , from
April 3rd.
25043
???? 1600 Crewe - Cardiff
33047
1U05 1733 London Bridge - East Grinstead
33050
2U19 1719 London Bridge - Uckfield
33206
2U13 1829 London Bridge - East Grinstead
33210
2U13 1829 London Bridge - East Grinstead
45103
???? 0707 Bedford - St.Pancras
45134
???? 0620 Nottingham - St.Pancras
47511
???? 1423 Manchester - Swansea , from Birmingham NS
50008
???? 1510 Plymouth - Manchester , to
50022
???? 1321 Liverpool - Penzance , from Gloucester at least
50044
???? 1230 Paddington - Paignton
April 4th.
April 5th.
April 6th.
April 7th.
33055
1U05 1733 London Bridge - East Grinstead
33205
2U13 1829 London Bridge - East Grinstead
April 8th.
25038 + 25070 1Z78 0710 Marylebone - Dinting , to Godley TBILS
RTR* out and back:
25038 + 25070 ???? 1720 Dinting - Marylebone Charter from
Godley TBILS
RTR*
25233 + 26042 ???? ???? Chesterfield - Ardrossan Harbour CHARTER,
from ?
37205
???? 0710 Marylebone - Dinting Charter from
Penistone to Sheffield via Barnsley TBILS
RTR*
46003
???? 0710 Marylebone - Dinting Charter from
Sheffield TBILS RTR*
76001
???? 0710 Marylebone - Dinting from Godley to
Penistone - line through Deepcar blocked. TBILS
RTR*
*TBILS Railtour:
Marlebone,Coventry,Nuneaton,Northwich,Altrincham,Deansgate,
Skelton,Northendon Jn,Woodley,Godley,Penistone,Barnsley,
Sheffield,Tinsley,Holmes Curve, Hope Valley, Godley,Guide
Bridge,Reddish
Sth,Stockport,Edgley,Stoke,Birmingham,Coventry,Banbury,Marylebone
April 9th.
April 10th.
April 11th.
46043
???? 1510 Liverpool Lime Street -
Newcastle
47502
???? 1555 York - London Kings Cross
April 12th.
46038
???? 1710 Liverpool Lime Street -
Newcastle
46048
???? 1510 Liverpool Lime Street -
Newcastle
47051
???? 1615 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime
Street
April 13th.
31409
???? 1652 Harrogate - London Kings Cross
, to Leeds
45006
???? 1023 Manchester - Plymouth , from
46014
???? 0920 Liverpool - Penzance , between
46042
???? 1710 Liverpool Lime Street -
Newcastle
47511
???? 1110 Plymouth - Manchester , to
47528
???? 1652 Harrogate - London Kings Cross
, from Leeds
50001
???? 1145 Paignton - Paddington
50029
???? 1030 Paddington - Plymouth
April 14th.
25036
???? 1826 Preston - Liverpool
25050
???? 1522 Dundee - Edinburgh DMU failure,
from ?
25065
???? 1650 Glasgow Queen St. - Edinburgh
33010
2U19 1719 London Bridge - Uckfield
33209
2U13 1829 London Bridge - East Grinstead
40078
???? 1805 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime
Street
45015
???? 1150 Glasgow Central - Nottingham ,
into Leeds
45059
1E63 1139 Poole - Leeds , from Sheffield
at least
46023
???? 1710 Liverpool Lime Street -
Newcastle
47107
???? 1830 London Kings Cross - Newcastle
Number of coaches guessed.
April 15th.
24082 + 25043 ???? 0708 Brighton - Blaenau Ffestiniog Adex via
Quarry from Llandudno Jn to Blaenau Ffestiniog
24082 + 25043 ???? 1755 Blaenau Ffestiniog - Brighton Return Adex
to Llandudno Jn
33039
???? 0800 Dover Priory - Exeter St
David's ADEX via Staines & Berks & Hants
33048
???? 1755 Blaenau Ffestiniog - Brighton
Return Adex from Mitre Bridge Jn
33064
???? 0708 Brighton - Blaenau Ffestiniog
Adex via Quarry to West London Jn
47436
???? 0708 Brighton - Blaenau Ffestiniog
Adex via Quarry from Crewe to Llandudno Jn
47436
???? 1755 Blaenau Ffestiniog - Brighton
Return Adex from Llandudno Jn to Crewe
73120
???? 0327 Victoria - Eastbourne
83013
???? 0708 Brighton - Blaenau Ffestiniog
Adex via Quarry from West London Jn to Crewe
86256
???? 1755 Blaenau Ffestiniog - Brighton
Return Adex from Crewe to Mitre Bridge Jn
April 16th.
25239 + 27012 ???? ???? Nottingham - Mallaig RTR, between Mossend
- Fort William? (MLST out and back: Replaced 86014
73002
???? 0445 Victoria - Horsham diverted via
Quarry
73102
1A96 0440 Victoria - Eastbourne
April 17th.
33032
???? 1815 London Bridge - East Grinstead
33049
2U19 1719 London Bridge - Uckfield
April 18th.
46039
???? 1003 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime
Street
46039
???? 1510 Liverpool Lime Street -
Newcastle
47410
???? 1555 York - London Kings Cross
47550
???? 1010 Liverpool Lime Street -
Newcastle
April 19th.
31410
???? 1740 Bradford Exchange - London
Kings Cross , to Leeds at least
46044
???? 1710 Liverpool Lime Street -
Newcastle
April 20th.
46039
???? 1510 Liverpool Lime Street -
Newcastle
April 21st.
April 22nd.
25036 + 25067 1Zxx 0828 St Pancras - York "The Yorkshire Rover"
railtour
25067 + 25036 1Zxx 1545 York - St Pancras "The Yorkshire Rover"
railtour
40044
2D95 0840 Cleethorpes - Doncaster
April 23rd.
31401
???? 1335 Westbury - Portsmouth H Bristol
started from Westbury via Chandlers Ford & Botley due to
engineering work
33209
???? 0755 Ramsgate - Salisbury Excursion
33209
???? 1800 Salisbury - Ramsgate (return
excursion)
April 24th.
45019
???? 1023 Manchester P -
Plymouth , from
46032
???? 0920 Liverpool LS -
Penzance
46033
???? 0633 Leeds - Paignton via
Old Hill
50029
???? 1230 Paddington - Paignton
April 25th.
April 26th.
40058
????
1615 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
40064
???? ???? Harwich Parkston Quay
- Manchester Piccadilly , between Grantham - ?
40078
???? ???? Harwich Parkston Quay
- Manchester Piccadilly , between ? - Manchester Piccadilly
40081
???? 1510 Liverpool Lime Street
- Newcastle
45009
???? 1710 Liverpool Lime Street
- Newcastle
47462
???? 1555 York - London Kings
Cross
April 27th.
April 28th.
31418
???? 1652 Harrogate - London
Kings Cross , to Leeds
45031
???? 1605 Nottingham - Carlisle
April 29th.
24047 (25058) ????
1600 Crewe - Cardiff from Dorrington to Hereford
25058
???? 1600 Crewe - Cardiff to
Dorrington Loco failed and dragged by 24047 to Hereford: 47358
forward
33118 + 33059 1Z35 08xx Paddington - Paignton "Western
Ambassador" railtour
40170
???? 1435 Liverpool LS - Euston
Charter to Crewe Warrington C, Trafford Park Jn, Gorton, Oldham loop,
Rochdale, Stockport Tiviotdale
40185
???? 0915 Euston - Liverpool LS
Charter from Crewe via Chester, Hooton, Warrington BQ, Earlestown West
curve
45001
???? 1510 Plymouth - Manchester
P , to Birmingham NS
45002
????
1745 Cardiff - Sheffield
46037
???? 1710 Liverpool Lime Street
- Newcastle
47197
???? 1615 Newcastle - Liverpool
Lime Street
47358 ????
1600 Crewe - Cardiff from Hereford
47406
???? 1605 London Kings Cross -
Leeds
47422
???? 1740 Bradford Exchange -
London Kings Cross
47540
1Z35 1800 Paignton - Paddington
"Western Ambassador" railtour
50012
???? 1515 Paignton - Newton
Abbot
84001
???? 1435 Liverpool Lime St -
Euston Charter from Crewe via Wolverhampton, Bescot, Aston, Weedon
84001
???? 0915 Euston - Liverpool
Lime St Charter to Crewe via Northampton, Aston,Bescot, Bushbury Jn
April 30th.
46009 1V82 seen at Newton Abbot