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February 1st.
 

February 2nd.

  31133
         ????  1530  Kings Lynn - London Liverpool Street
  31176
         ????  0950  Norwich - Birmingham New Street
  31249
         ????  0754  Norwich - Birmingham New Street
  31269
         ????  1317  Norwich - Birmingham New Street
  31318
         ????  1236  Birmingham New Street - Norwich
  40030
         1E91  0810  Liverpool - Newcastle
  40058
         ????  2150  York - Shrewsbury , to Stockport
  45039
         ????  1023  Manchester Piccadilly - Plymouth from Birmingham New Street
  45039
         ????  0700  Newcastle - Poole to Birmingham New Street
  45123
         ????  1312  Nottingham - London St Pancras
  46020
         ????  0725  Plymouth - Edinburgh to York?
  47144
         ????  1225  Birmingham New Street - London Paddington
  47145
         ????  0700  Newcastle - Poole between Birmingham New Street - Reading?
  47458
         ????  1235  Hull - London Kings Cross
  47525
         ????  1510  Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  86028
         ????  1023  Manchester Piccadilly - Plymouth to Birmingham New Street
  86212
         ????  1010  London Euston - Birmingham New Street
  86223
         ????  0827  Swansea - Manchester Piccadilly from Birmingham New Street
  86232
         ????  1205  Birmingham New Street - Glasgow Central
  86256
         ????  1129  Wolverhampton - London Euston
  87021
         ????  0740  Glasgow Central - Birmingham New Street

February 3rd.

  27103 + 27205  ????  1650  Glasgow Queen Street - Edinburgh Waverley push-pull
  31198 + 31225  ????  2040  Edinburgh Waverley - London Kings Cross , between Newcastle - York at least
  31404          ????  2230  Kings Cross - Edinburgh Train loco shunt release plat 8 to 6
  40058
         ????  2250  Shrewsbury - York , from Stockport
  40068
         ????  0715  Nottingham - Glasgow Central, between Leeds - Annan  & Failed due to a burnt out load regulator
  45002
         ????  2040  Edinburgh Waverley - London Kings Cross, to Newcastle - removed due to boiler failure.
  46029
         ????  1740  Cardiff - Swansea Relief
  46033
         1V05  1222  Crewe - Cardiff
  46039
         1E95  1145  Cardiff - Newcastle
  47041
         ????  0930  Swansea - Cardiff Relief
  47063
         ????  1005  Llanelli - Cardiff Relief
  47086
         ????  1002  Swansea - Cardiff Relief
  47106
         1V03  1010  Crewe - Cardiff
  47125
         ????  1030  Swansea - Cardiff Relief
  47193
         1M60  1515  Plymouth - Manchester Piccadilly , between Gloucester - Birmingham New Street
  47349 (40068)  ????  0715  Nottingham - Glasgow Central, from Annan
  47431
         1M71  1427  Swansea - Manchester
  50032
         1A53  0726  Oxford - Paddington
  55018
         ????  0405  London Kings Cross - Leeds
  55018
         ????  2230  Kings Cross - Edinburgh via Sleaford Stn,Lincoln C,Doncaster,Dn Longlands Lp,Stockton,Ferryhill,Newcastle(RR),Carlisle,Carstairs AL
  55019
         ????  1930  Aberdeen - London Kings Cross

February 4th.

  31249
         ????  1720  Birmingham New Street - Norwich
  31286
         ????  1244  Birmingham New Street - Norwich
  31295
         ????  1458  Norwich - Birmingham New Street
  31408
         ????  1604  London Kings Cross - York
  31417
         ????  1815  Peterborough - London Kings Cross
  40008
         ????  2100  London Kings Cross - Edinburgh Waverley
  40064
         1A06  1100  Edinburgh - Aberdeen
  40079 (86259)  1G06  1249  Manchester P - Birmingham NS  (Drag)
  40123
         1M06  0910  Brighton - Manchester Piccadilly
  40162
         1N20  0900  Edinburgh - Inverness
  45053
         ????  1655  Bradford - Birmingham New Street
  45143
         ????  1740  Derby - London St Pancras
  46020
         ????  1125  Edinburgh - Plymouth via Carstairs AL, Carlisle
  47111
         ????  1450  Plymouth - York
  47429
         ????  1030  Aberdeen - London Kings Cross, to Edinburgh
  47459
         ????  1030  Aberdeen - London Kings Cross, from Edinburgh.
  47499
         ????  2025  Birmingham New Street - London Paddington
  47542
         ????  1010  Edinburgh - Kings Cross via Carstairs AL, Carlisle
  81001
         ????  1816  Manchester Piccadilly - Birmingham New Street
  86024
         1V94  1715  Manchester Piccadilly - Cardiff to Birmingham New Street
  86215
         ????  1805  London Euston - Carlisle
  86234
         ????  1840  London Euston - Wolverhampton
  87031
         ????  2029  Wolverhampton - London Euston

February 5th.
 

February 6th.
 

February 7th.

  40115
         ????  1001  Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  46002
         ????  0631  Penzance - Paddington , from Exeter
  47534
         ????  1010  Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  50039
         ????  0631  Penzance - Paddington , to Exeter & FAILED.

February 8th.
 

February 9th.

  46048
         ????  1510  Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  47264 + 47463  1A53  1248  Holyhead - Euston , to Crewe

February 10th.

  20030 + 20043  ????  1317  Annesley - Marylebone Charter, to Nottingham
  20030 + 20043  1Z71  0730  St.Pancras - Annesley Charter, from Nottingham
  25071 + 25074  ????  1317  Annesley - Marylebone Charter, from Nottingham via Trowell Jn, Tinsley Yd, Rotherwood, Shirebrook, Toton, Bedford M
  25071 + 25302  1Z71  0730  St.Pancras - Annesley Charter, to Nottingham via Sharnbrrok Tunnel, Coalville, Castle Donington  "The Nottinghamshire Collier"
  31117
         ????  1518  Norwich - Birmingham New Street
  31169
         ????  1645  Peterborough - Harwich Parkeston Quay
  31286
         ????  1015  Birmingham New Street - Norwich
  45040
         1V67  0638  Leeds - Paignton to Gloucester
  45063
         ????  0738  Leeds - Penzance to ?
  46044
         ????  0740  Cardiff - Newcastle
  47043
         ????  1745  Cardiff - Sheffield
  47066
         1Z15  ????  ? - Exeter St David`s seen at Birmingham New Street
  47091
         ????  1639  Leeds - Bristol Temple Meads
  47282
         ????  1735  London Paddington - Birmingham New Street
  47435
         ????  1055  Leeds - London Kings Cross
  47459
         ????  0705  Edinburgh Waverley - London Kings Cross
  47459
         ????  1545  London Kings Cross - Leeds
  47477
         ????  0730  Bristol Temple Meads - Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham New Street
  47487
         ????  0645  London Paddington - Birmingham New Street
  47512
         ????  0721  Liverpool Lime Street - Poole between Birmingham New Street - Reading?
  47525
         ????  1204  London Kings Cross - Hull
  55011
         ????  1020  Newcastle - London Kings Cross
  55018
         ????  1245  London Kings Cross - Bradford to Leeds?
  85003
         ????  0814  Rugby - Liverpool Lime Street
  86103
         ????  1018  Birmingham New Street - London Euston
  86218
         ????  1721  Liverpool Lime Street - Birmingham New Street
  86221
         ????  1740  London Euston - Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton
  86233
         ????  0721  Liverpool Lime Street - Poole to Birmingham New Street
  86233
         ????  0730  Bristol Temple Meads - Manchester Piccadilly from Birmingham New Street
  86237
         ????  0740  London Euston - Wolverhampton
  86241
         ????  0759  Wolverhampton - London Euston
  86242
         ????  0823  Manchester Piccadilly - Swansea to Birmingham New Street
  86247
         ????  1810  London Euston - Wolverhampton
  86251
         ????  0840  London Euston - Wolverhampton
  87003
         ????  0929  Wolverhampton - London Euston
  87004
         ????  0859  Wolverhampton - London Euston
  87020
         ????  1940  Wolverhampton - London Euston
  
February 11th.
 
  25277 + 25282  1Z68  1700  Crewe - Paddington Charter, to Birmingham NS via Bushbury Jn, Bescot, Aston
  25277 + 25282
  1Z69  0820  London Paddington - Crewe , from Birmingham New Street "The Crewe Campaigner Relief"" (RPPR) RTR outward leg"
  25282
+ 25277  1Z69  0820  London Paddington - Crewe , from Birmingham New Street "The Crewe Campaigner Relief"" (RPPR) RTR outward leg"
  31208 + 31256  1Z68  0735  Paddington - Crewe Charter, to Birmingham NS via Evesham, Worcester SH, Old Hill
  31326 + 50001  1Z68  1700  Crewe - Paddington railtour, from Birmingham NS via Solihull, Oxford  
  40013
         1E13  1800  Manchester Vic - Newcastle
  40113 + 40144  1Z68  0735  Paddington - Crewe Charter, between Birmingham NS - Crewe via Soho, Bescot, Shrewsbury, Wem
  50031
         1BXX  2023  Paddington - Cheltenham Spa

February 12th.

  47551
         ????  1816  York - London Kings Cross
  55012
         ????  1608  London Kings Cross - York

February 13th.

  46020
         ????  0547  Plymouth - Paddington thoughout

February 14th.

  45027
         ????  1001  Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  46025
         ????  2135  Penzance - Paddington , to Bristol TM
  46041
         1V96  1545  York - Swansea
  47186
         1E54  0727  Swansea - Leeds
  47436
         ????  2135  Penzance - Paddington , from Bristol TM
  86248
         ????  1618  Birmingham New Street - London Euston

February 15th.

  40109
         ????  1657  Leeds - York

February 16th.

  25034          ????  2215  Euston - Glasgow Cen. from Dumfries to Kilmarnock 47185 failed: 25078 added at Kilmarnock
  25078 + 25034  ????  2215  Euston - Glasgow Cen. from Kilmarnock  25078 added, running over 4 hours late following 47185's failure at Dumfries
  47185          ????  2215  Euston - Glasgow Cen  From ? - Dumfries and Failed.
  46051          ????  1510  Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle

February 17th.

  33053
         1OXX  1358  Exeter St D - Brighton
  46023
         1M74  1359  Penzance - New St , from Plymouth
  47143
         1A55  1458  Penzance - Paddington , from Reading West to Reading, assisting 50032
  50023
         1BXX  0830  Paddington - Plymouth
  50027
         2BXX  1844  Exeter St D - Paignton
  50029
         1BXX  1330  Paddington - Penzance
  50032
         1A55  1458  Penzance - Paddington , from Plymouth, failed at Reading West, assisted by 47143 to Reading
  50036
         1AXX  1355  Plymouth - Paddington
  50036
         2BXX  1054  Penzance - Plymouth
  50039
         1A55  1458  Penzance - Paddington , to Plymouth
  50039
         1B24  0730  Paddington - Penzance
  50040
         1E21  1021  Penzance - Leeds , to Plymouth
  50041
         1B66  1130  Paddington - Penzance
  50044
         1A81  1255  Plymouth - Paddington

February 18th.

  47467
         1BXX  1830  Paddington - Plymouth
  47489
         ????  1542  Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  50036
         1C52  1825  Paddington - Hereford

February 19th.

  47528
         ????  2230  London Kings Cross - Edinburgh Waverley
  47551
         ????  1608  London Kings Cross - York
  55007
         ????  0040  Leeds - London Kings Cross
  55010
         ????  1816  York - London Kings Cross

February 20th.
 
  46002
         ????  0756  Cardiff - Plymouth

February 21st.

  20090 + 20163  1M60  1507  Plymouth - Manchester P , between Gloucester - Birmingham NS

February 22nd.

  31417
         ????  0405  London Kings Cross - Leeds
  40081
         ????  2020  Edinburgh Waverley - London Kings Cross
  40160
         ????  2355  London Kings Cross - Newcastle
  55010
         ????  1930  Aberdeen - London Kings Cross
  86003
         ????  1618  Birmingham New Street - London Euston
  86206
         ????  1510  London Euston - Birmingham New Street

February 23rd.

  25042
         ????  ????  Manchester Vic. - Rochdale DMU substitution with loco hauled stock?
  25131
         ????  0810  Manchester Vic. - Southport DMU substitution with loco hauled stock?
  31204
         ????  1317  Norwich - Birmingham New Street
  31244
         ????  1436  London Liverpool Street - Kings Lynn
  31246
         ????  1353  Leicester - Peterborough vice dmu
  31305
         ????  0754  Norwich - Birmingham New Street
  31313
         ????  1252  Harwich Parkston Quay - Peterborough
  31317
         ????  1236  Birmingham New Street - Norwich
  31322
         ????  1536  London Liverpool Street - Cambridge
  45014
         ????  0725  Plymouth - Edinburgh
  45017
         ????  1001  Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  45039
         ????  0800  Newcastle - Bristol Temple Meads
  45131
         ????  0700  Newcastle - Poole to Birmingham New Street
  46020
         ????  1510  Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle "10' late, weak loco."
  47269
         ????  0700  Newcastle - Poole between Birmingham New Street - Reading?
  47421
         ????  1404  London Kings Cross - York
  47447
         ????  1312  Nottingham - London St Pancras
  47526
         ????  1235  Hull - London Kings Cross
  47527
         ????  1040  Aberdeen - London Kings Cross 67' late.
  50030
         ????  1225  Birmingham New Street - London Paddington
  55002
         ????  2245  Kings Cross - Newcastle additional to replace the cancelled 2230 to Aberdeen
  55011
         ????  1608  London Kings Cross - York  , running One Engine Only
  86035
         ????  1205  Birmingham New Street - Glasgow Central
  86038
         ????  1040  London Euston - Wolverhampton
  86204
         ????  1218  Birmingham New Street - London Euston
  86204
         1J24  1010  London Euston - Birmingham New Street
  86217
         ????  1110  London Euston - Birmingham New Street
  86221
         ????  1129  Wolverhampton - London Euston
  86225
         ????  1029  Wolverhampton - London Euston
  86230
         ????  0740  Glasgow Central - Birmingham New Street
  86258
         ????  1023  Manchester Piccadilly - Plymouth to Birmingham New Street

February 24th.

  37068
         ????  1655  Newcastle - Sunderland Footex
  37212
         ????  1725  Newcastle - Hartlepool Additional
  40032
         ????  1001  Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street, from Leeds
  45064
         1E32  0745  Cardiff - Newcastle
  45104
         1V71  0700  Bradford Exchange - Penzance , From Leeds
  45131
         1S19  2118  Bristol TM - Glas/Edin
  46012
         1B24  0756  Cardiff - Plymouth
  46012
         1C74  1805  Plymouth - Cardiff
  46022
         1V94  1432  Leeds - Plymouth , to Gloucester
  46039
         ????  0750  Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  46040
         1V94  1432  Leeds - Plymouth , from Gloucester
  46040
         1E70  1435  Paignton - Leeds , to Gloucester
  46054
         ????  1001  Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street, to Leeds
  47128
         ????  0115  Kings Cross - Bradford I
  47343
         ????  1020  Newcastle - London Kings Cross, to York
  47459
         ????  1700  Edinburgh - Kings Cross
  47480
         ????  0810  Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  47499
         1AXX  1355  Plymouth - Paddington
  47510
         1B24  0730  Paddington - Penzance , to Plymouth
  47510
         1B26  0730  Paddington - Penzance,
  47547
         ????  1020  Newcastle - London Kings Cross, from York
  50010
         1AXX  1224  Penzance - Paddington , from Plymouth
  50021
         1AXX  1055  Penzance - Paddington , from Plymouth
  50029
         1BXX  1230  Paddington - Paignton
  55002
         ????  2345  London Kings Cross - Newcastle
  55017
         ????  2300  Kings Cross - Bradford I

February 25th.

  31194
         ????  1458  Norwich - Birmingham New Street
  31252
         ????  1815  Peterborough - London Kings Cross
  31317
         ????  1244  Birmingham New Street - Norwich
  33006
         ????  2025  Birmingham New Street - London Paddington
  40012
         ????  1555  Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  40119
         ????  1800  Manchester Victoria - Newcastle, to Leeds due to boiler pipe fracture.
  45064
         ????  1815  Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle "40' late, due to diversion via Todmorden."
  45074
         ????  1655  Bradford - Birmingham New Street
  46012
         ????  1600  Swansea - Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham New Street
  46022
         ????  1610  Paignton - Derby
  46055
         ????  1450  Plymouth - York
  47035
         ????  1503  London Kings Cross - ? relief
  47184
         ????  1313  Grimsby - London Kings Cross
  47405
         ????  1110  Edinburgh Waverley - London Kings Cross
  47433
         ????  1456  York - London Kings Cross
  47468
         ????  1440  Newcastle - Poole between Birmingham New Street - Reading?
  47526
         ????  1404  London Kings Cross - York
  47527
         ????  1350  Leeds - London Kings Cross
  55005
         ????  1440  London Kings Cross - Bradford to Leeds?
  55017
         ????  1500  London Kings Cross - Edinburgh
  86226
         ????  1840  London Euston - Wolverhampton
  86236
         ????  2029  Wolverhampton - London Euston
  86237
         ????  1600  Swansea - Manchester Piccadilly from Birmingham New Street
  87016
         ????  1816  Manchester Piccadilly - Birmingham New Street
  87021
         ????  1910  London Euston - Wolverhampton
  87035
         ????  1940  London Euston - Wolverhampton

February 26th.

  20204
         ????  ????  Kirkcaldy - Edinburgh , from ?
  25063
         1V05  1222  Crewe - Cardiff Central
  45125           p.         Leicester (heading North)
  47458
         ????  1413  York - London Kings Cross
  55005
         ????  1225  London Kings Cross - York

February 27th.

  37186
         2C50  1705  Newport - Swansea
  45004
         1M60  1515  Plymouth - Manchester Piccadilly , between Gloucester - Birmingham New Street
  46036
         1V75  0800  Newcastle - Bristol TM
  47075
         1E95  1145  Cardiff - Newcastle
  47521
         1V72  0830  Manchester - Swansea

February 28th.

  25224
         1M84  1130  Cardiff Central - Crewe
  40070
         ????  1710  Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  45019
         ????  0748  Penzance - Liverpool Lime Street between ? - Birmingham New Street
  45063
         ????  1053  Paignton - Leeds
  45076
         ????  1623  Manchester Piccadilly - Coventry
  45121
         ????  1335  Glasgow Central - Taunton from Birmingham New Street
  47077
         ????  1428  Swansea - Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham New Street
  47439
         ????  1608  Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street
  47440
         ????  1838  Birmingham New Street - London Paddington
  47463
         ????  1150  London Paddington - Birmingham New Street
  47519
         ????  1510  Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle
  86012
         ????  1818  Birmingham New Street - London Euston
  86213 
         ????  1428  Swansea - Manchester Piccadilly from Birmingham New Street
  86216
         ????  1429  Wolverhampton - London Euston
  86221
         ????  1310  London Euston - Birmingham New Street
  86227
         ????  1805  Birmingham New Street - Glasgow Central
  86258
         ????  1418  Birmingham New Street - London Euston
  86261
         ????  1321  Liverpool Lime Street - Plymouth to Birmingham New Street
  87017
         ????  1640  London Euston - Wolverhampton
  87017
         ????  1329  Wolverhampton - London Euston
  87031
         ????  1710  London Euston - Wolverhampton
  87101
         ????  1335  Glasgow Central - Taunton to Birmingham New Street