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March 1st.
 

March 2nd.

  37179
         ????  1810  Swansea - Carmarthen
  45010
         ????  1510  Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  46032
         ????  1710  Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  47445
         ????  1615  Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  47523
         ????  1555  York - London Kings Cross

March 3rd.

  40057
         ????  1805  Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  45040
         ????  1510  Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  46046
         ????  1710  Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle

March 4th.
 
  25226 + 25241  1Z09  ????  Alloa - Glasgow Central LCGB Charter ""Caledonian No.3"" via Longannet, Fife Circle ,Dalmeny
  25226 + 25241  1Z09  ????  Glasgow Central - Alloa LCGB Charter ""Caledonian No.3"" via Rutherglen and Coatbridge
  47199
         2D95  0840  Cleethorpes - Doncaster
  47524
         ????  0823  Manchester - Swansea , from Birmingham NS
  50044                1730? Paddington - seen at Newton Abbot
  85008
         1Z09  0755  Crewe - Glasgow Central LCGB Charter via Earlestown
  85008
         1Z09  ????  Glasgow Central - Crewe LCGB Charter via Earlestown
  86014
         1F01  0150  Euston - Liverpool Lime St
  86022
         1H02  0300  Stafford - Manchester Piccadilly via Stoke detached from 1F01

March 5th.

  46003
         1Z15  0815  Paddington - Par "Deltic Ranger" railtour, from Newton Abbot
  46003
         1Z15  1535  Par - Paddington "Deltic Ranger" railtour, to Newton Abbot
  55003
         1Z15  1535  Par - Paddington "Deltic Ranger" railtour, from Newton Abbot
  55003
         1Z15  0815  Paddington - Par "Deltic Ranger" railtour, to Newton Abbot via Paignton
  73106
         1A96  0445  Victoria - Eastbourne
  73128
         1C00  0450  Victoria - Horsham
  86039
         1A??  2045  (04/03) Barrow in Furness - Euston from Preston dragged by 47200 from Rugby to Bletchley

March 6th.
 

March 7th.

  46056
         ????  1003  Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  47445
         ????  1010  Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle

March 8th.

  45019
         ????  1510  Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  46032
         ????  1150  Glasgow Central - Nottingham

March 9th.

  31410
         ????  1652  Harrogate - London Kings Cross , to Leeds

March 10th.

  45007 
         ????  2110  Bristol TM - Edin/Glas , to Birmingham NS
  45021 
         ????  1640  Leeds - Bristol TM
  45026 
         ????  1745  Cardiff - Sheffield
  45048 
         ????  1408  Newcastle - Swansea
  46038 
         ????  1742  Leeds - Bristol TM
  46056 
         ????  1710  Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  47088 
         ????  1428  Swansea - Manchester , to Birmingham NS
  47109 
         ????  1710  Cardiff - Crewe
  47445 
         ????  1615  Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  50017 
         ????  1723  Paddington - Cheltenham
  55006 
         ????  1804  London Kings Cross - Bradford Exchange
  55006 
         ????  2204  Bradford Exchange - Leeds

March 11th.

  31256
         ????  0110  Fishguard H - Paddington
  33107
         1Z03  0824  Waterloo - North Woolwich BR [SR] Crosstown IV Railtour plus 4TC+RMB+4TC
  33107
         1Z03  ????  North Woolwich - Waterloo BR [SR] Crosstown IV Railtour plus 4TC+RMB+4TC
  37175
         ????  0114  Bristol TM - Milford H
  40120
         ????  ????  Crewe - Ebbw Vale Charter
  45020
         ????  0532  Cardiff - Crewe
  45021
         ????  1358  Penzance - Birmingham , from Gloucester
  45031
         ????  0639  Leeds - Paignton
  45035
         ????  1433  Paignton - Leeds
  45049
         ????  1358  Penzance - Birmingham , into Gloucester
  45074 + 47550  ????  1000  Edinburgh - Plymouth , into Bristol TM
  45077
         ????  1320  Liverpool - Plymouth , between Birmingham NS - Gloucester
  46026
         ????  0147  Crewe - Cardiff
  46040
         ????  1640  Leeds - Bristol
  46047
         ????  1805  Plymouth - Cardiff
  47075
         ????  1428  Swansea - Manchester , to Birmingham NS
  47100
         ????  0920  Liverpool - Penzance
  47101
         ????  0830  Manchester - Swansea , from Birmingham NS
  47108
         ????  0050  Paddington - Milford H
  47136
         ????  1608  Newcastle - Cardiff
  47144
         ????  1423  Manchester - Swansea , from Birmingham NS
  47256
         ????  ????  Portsmouth - Swansea Adex
  47263
         ????  1110  Plymouth - Manchester , between Gloucester - Birmingham BS
  47496
         ????  0808  Hereford - Paddington
  47509
         ????  0712  Hereford - Paddington
  50022
         ????  0923  Paddington - Cheltenham
  50034
         ????  1110  Plymouth - Manchester , into Gloucester

March 12th.
 

March 13th.
 

March 14th.

  40113
         ????  0755  Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  45001
         ????  0810  Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  46032
         ????  1710  Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  46055
         ????  1003  Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  47449
         ????  1615  Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  47449
         ????  1010  Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle

March 15th.

  40084
         ????  0810  Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  40167
         ????  0705  Glasgow Central - London Euston ,to Carlisle via G&SW
  46032
         ????  0755  Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street

March 16th.

  31410
         ????  1652  Harrogate - London Kings Cross , to Leeds
  40078
         ????  2150  York - Shrewsbury , to Stockport
  46032
         ????  1710  Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  55010
         ????  1652  Harrogate - London Kings Cross , from Leeds

March 17th.
 

March 18th.

  20050 + 20172  1Z15  1504  Matlock - Paddington "Derby Double" railtour, to Derby
  20172 + 20050  1Z15  0810  Paddington - Matlock "Derby Double" railtour, from Derby
  25185 + 45108  ????  1207  Derby - St.Pancras , to Leicester
  25221
         ????  1600  Crewe - Cardiff
  25270 
                     Brake Van Special at Wellingborough
  37180
         ????  1410  Newport - Cardiff Relief
  37191
         ????  1005  Llanelli - Cardiff Relief
  40118
         2D95  0840  Cleethorpes - Doncaster
  45015
         ????  0736  Leeds - Penzance
  45018
         ????  1145  Cardiff - Newcastle
  45061
         ????  1745  Cardiff - Sheffield
  45108
         ????  1207  Derby - St.Pancras , from Leicester
  46018
         ????  1510  Plymouth - Manchester P , between Gloucester - Birmingham NS
  46043
         ????  1408  Newcastle - Swansea
  46051
         ????  1012  Newcastle - Cardiff
  47001
         ????  0933  Swansea - Cardiff Relief
  47030
         1M17  1735  Paddington - New St
  47068
         ????  1428  Swansea - Manchester , to Birmingham NS
  47072
         ????  1005  Swansea - Cardiff Relief
  47087
         ????  1645  Cardiff - Carmarthen Relief
  47089
         ????  1030  Swansea - Cardiff Relief
  47125
         ????  0830  Manchester P - Swansea , from Birmingham NS
  47446
         1M15  1550  Paddington - New St
  50010 + 50048  1Z15  1504  Matlock - Paddington "Derby Double" railtour, from Derby
  50015
         ????  1120  Hereford - Cardiff Relief
  50048 + 50010  1Z15  0810  Paddington - Matlock "Derby Double" railtour, to Derby

March 19th.

  40108
         ????  1548  Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  45019
         ????  1905  Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  47273
         ????  1800  Manchester Victoria - Newcastle
  55015
         ????  1900  London Kings Cross - Newcastle

March 20th.

  33024
         ????  1815  London Bridge - East Grinstead
  33037
         ????  1719  London Bridge - Uckfield
  33111
         ????  0700  Newcastle - Poole , from Reading
  40058
         ????  1003  Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  45143
         ????  2017  St.Pancras - Derby
  47052
         ????  0823  Swansea - Manchester , to Birmingham NS
  50038
         ????  1200  Paignton - Paddington

March 21st.

  40131
         ????  0740  Morecambe - Leeds drag DMU
  45001                      Leeds - Torquay

March 22nd.
 
  25080
         2B99  1620  Exeter SD - Barnstaple Jn
  25080
         2B99  1745  Barnstaple Jn - Exeter SD
  47102
         1V93  1000  Edinburgh - Plymouth
  47144
         ????  1323  Paddington - Penzance relief
  50030
         ????  1330  Paddington - Penzance

March 23rd.

  31406
         ????  1555  York - London Kings Cross
  33052
         ????  1733  London Bridge - East Grinstead
  33055
         ????  1815  London Bridge - East Grinstead
  40033
         ????  1545  Manchester Victoria - Newcastle Relief.
  40057
         ????  1805  Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  40117
         2D95  0840  Cleethorpes - Doncaster
  45115
         ????  1519  St.Pancras - Nottingham
  45117
         ????  1207  Derby - St.Pancras
  45139
         ????  1407  Derby - St.Pancras
  46033
         ????  1710  Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  47027
         1E21  1020  Penzance - Leeds
  47449
         ????  1615  Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  50010
         1B20  0805  Bristol TM - Penzance
  50012
         2B10  0840  Plymouth - Penzance
  50041
         ????  0835  Penzance - Paddington

March 24th.
 
  40078
         2D95  0840  Cleethorpes - Doncaster
  47020
         ????  0728  Swansea - Leeds

March 25th.

  40027
         2D95  0840  Cleethorpes - Doncaster
  47015
         ????  1805  York - London Paddington Route?.

March 26th.

  47085
         ????  1750  Bournemouth - Leeds Route not recorded. Return excursion.
  47486
         1M02  1730  Southampton - Liverpool Lime Street
  55007
         1Z80  0925  Victoria - Victoria "The Man of Kent" railtour, to Bognor Regis and from Littlehampton
  73127
         1Z80  0925  Victoria - Victoria "The Man of Kent" railtour, from Bognor Regis to Littlehampton

March 27th.

  45022
         ????  1510  Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  46010
         ????  1805  Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  46011          1V71  ????  ? - Penzance
  47130
         ????  1745  Manchester Victoria - Newcastle Relief.
  47222
         ????  0040  Leeds - London Kings Cross
  47485
         ????  1615  Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  47523
         ????  2240  London Kings Cross - Edinburgh Waverley

March 28th.

  33023
         ????  0900  Waterloo - Exeter SD
  33025
         ????  1225  Exeter SD - Waterloo
  40007
         ????  1040  Manchester Victoria - Newcastle Relief.
  40109
         ????  0942  Newcastle - Manchester Victoria Relief.
  45032
         ????  1338  Newcastle - Swansea
  46043
         ????  1710  Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  47445
         ????  0955  Plymouth - Paddington relief
  47543
         ????  1515  Manchester P - Harwich PQ , from Sheffield
  47554
         ????  1838  Birmingham NS - Paddington
  50032
         ????  1055  Penzance - Paddington Cornish Riviera
  50034
         ????  1638  Paddington - Exeter SD

March 29th.

  47428
         ????  1555  York - London Kings Cross
  47530
         ????  1010  Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle

March 30th.

  31406
         ????  1555  York - London Kings Cross
  33046
         ????  1945  Tonbridge - Redhill
  33046
         ????  1841  Redhill - Tonbridge
  47202
         ????  1510  Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle

March 31st.

  25086
         ????  1935  Glasgow Queen St. - Aberdeen  from Dundee to Arbroath (27009 failed) 25 failed at Arbroath and train terminated
  27009
         ????  1935  Glasgow QS - Aberdeen to Dundee (failed)
  46006
         1V58  1638  New St - Paddington
  46031
         ????  0755  Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  47218
         ????  1510  Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  47430
         ????  1555  York - London Kings Cross
  47530
         ????  1010  Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  50048
         1Zxx  2110  Paddington - Mallaig "Skye Train" railtour, to New St
  86244
         ????  2315  Euston - Manchester Piccadilly
  86253
         1Zxx  2110  Paddington - Mallaig "Skye Train" railtour, from New St to Mossend