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On this Day in History - December

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  1. Johnw

    Johnw Part of the furniture

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    On This Day in History - Christmas Holiday in Scotland and the North East - 28/29th December 1973

    28th December 1973
    A two day trip starts with the overnight train from Nottingham to Glasgow behind Peaks 127 to Leeds and 42 from Leeds over the Settle and Carlisle to Glasgow. Observed in the night were: class 08 (3021, 3295, 3379, 3566, 3741, 3909, 4146), class 20 (8034/84, 8140/69/77), class 24 (5132), class 25 (5166, 25211/66), class 31 (31308), class 40 (356/69), class 45 (62, 127, 45007), class 46 (164), class 47 (1110/11, 1563, 1767, 1855), class 50 (437).
    On arrival at Glasgow our first port of call was Polmadie MPD, on shed were: class 08 (3386, 3733, 3891), class 20 (8079/89/93/96, 8117/25, 20080), class 24 (5001/08, 5147), class 26 (5315), class 27 (5397, 5405), class 47 (1935/46, 47349), class 50 (405/49, 50021/36). This was followed by a visit to Eastfield MPD, on shed were: class 08 (3393, 3536, 3728, 3899, 4095, 08143, 08719/63), class 20 (8041/78, 8112/18/21/24, 20110/23), class 24 (5009/15/16/18/19, 5150, 24073), class 25 (5157/58/60/74, 25019), class 26 (5340), class 27 (5350/53/55/58/62/65/71/72/76/82/88/93/95/96/97, 5410/12, 27008/36/37, 27119), class 37 (6845/47/55), class 40 (351/64).
    We now head to Edinburgh push-pull with two class 27’s, observed were the following: class 08 (3241, 3731/38/39), class 20 (8086), class 24 (5006/71), class 25 (7580/91), class 26 (5326, 26017), class 27 (5371/88/93/97, 5410/15), class 37 (6838/52), class 40 (280, 367), class 47 (1541, 1766, 1875, 1973/76), class 55 (9006/07/17).
    At Edinburgh its out to Haymarket for a tour of the shed where we see the following: class 08 (3888/90), class 20 (8019/85, 8322), class 24 (5066/94, 24065), class 25 (7576), class 26 (5309/22/24), class 27 (5392, 5404/09/11, 27118), class 37 (6838/52), class 40 (294, 358/62/68), class 47 (1102, 1514, 1635, 1975, 47436), class 55 (9004).

    A number of the above were photographed later in life and can be found in this collection. As always feedback and comments welcome

    3021 (08014) - 08014_1979_06_Derby | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    3733 (08566) - 08566_1976_03_Eastfield | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    3739 (08572) – 08572_1976_03_Haymarket | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    8041 (20041) – 20041_1975_08_Toton | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    8079 (20079) – 20079_1978_02_Derby | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    20080 – 20080_1976_03_Motherwell | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    8084 (20084) – 20084_1979_06_Westhouses | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    8096 (20096) - 20096_1206_Barrow_Hill | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    8112 (20112) – 20112_1976_03_Ayr | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    8118 (20118) - 20118_1976_03_Eastfield | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    20123 - 20123_1979_07_Kingmoor | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    8169 (20169) - 20169_1976_03_Nottingham | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    5006 (24006) – 24006_1976_03_Eastfield | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    5015 (24015) – 24015_1977_01_Doncaster | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    5150 (24150) – 24150_1976_08_Dundee | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    5174 (25024) – 25024_1975_08_Nottingham | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    25211 – 25211_1978_01_Crewe | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    5326 (26026) - 26026_1977_04_Edinburgh | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    5350 (27004) – 27004_1976_03_Haymarket | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    27008 - 27008_1976_08_Dundee | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    5365 (27019) – 27019_1976_08_Dundee | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    5388 (27105) - 27105_1976_08_Glasgow | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    5405 (27041) – 27041_1976_03_Eastfield | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    5409 (27210) - 27210_1977_04_Edinburgh | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    27119 (27201) - 27201_1976_03_Edinburgh | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    6847 (37147) – 37147_1976_04_Carstairs | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    6852 (37152) – 37152_0710_Rowsley | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    6855 (37155) - 37155_1976_03_Eastfield | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    280 (40080) – 40080_1979_06_York | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    356 (40156) – 40156_1978_04_Toton | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    358 (40158) – 40158_1977_08_Haymarket | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    367 (40167) – 40167_1976_04_Carstairs | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    368 (40168) - 40168_1978_09_Dalmeny | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    45007 – 45007_1975_08_Plymouth | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    62 (45143) - 45143_1979_06_Duffield | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    1111 (47528) - 47528_1978_02_Kings_Cross | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    1514 (47415) – 47415_1977_01_Kings_Cross | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    1563 (47446) – 47446_1976_05_Derby | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    1946 (47503) – 47503_1979_03_Lansdown | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    1976 (47826) – 47826_0810_Saxondale | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    9004 (55004) – 55004_1976_03_Edinburgh | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    9007 (55007) – 55007_1978_03_Edinburgh | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    9017 (55017) – 55017_1976_05_Retford | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
     
    Johnw, Dec 28, 2012
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  2. Johnw

    Johnw Part of the furniture

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    29th December

    1979
    08843 – 08843_1979_12_Crewe | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    08927 - 08927_1979_12_Crewe | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    81002 - 81002_1979_12_Crewe | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    81010 – 81010_1979_12_Crewe | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    86037 – 86037_1979_12_Crewe | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    M56213 – 56213_1979_12_Crewe | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    LC – Lorna_1979_12_Crewe | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    2007
    156403 - 156403_0712_Lenton_Sth | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    2008
    31270 – 31270_0812_Darley_Dale | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    D8 – 44008_0812_Darley_Dale | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
     
    Johnw, Dec 29, 2012
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    Johnw Part of the furniture

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    On This Day in History - Christmas Holiday in Scotland and the North East - 28/29th December 1973

    29th December 1973
    The second day was spent ambling down the East Coast back to Nottingham with “stop offs” at Newcastle and York. The following were seen that day: class 03 (2058/64/68, 2102/04/53/65/70/72, 2397/99), class 08 (3090, 3246/51/93, 3319, 3406, 3503/70, 3672/87, 3937, 4146, 08707), class 20 (8020/70), class 24 (24110), class 25 (5228/41), class 31 (5620/31/53/62/78/81/91, 5820/44), class 37 (6702/03/09/10/46/58/61/62/66/69/75/79, 6865/93, 6912), class 40 (206/27/39/52/58/77/84/85/94, 348/52/63/96, 40159), class 45 (31/33/56/58/68/76, 109, 45002/04), class 46 (150/69/71), class 47 (1105/09, 1502/04/05/18/23/36/50, 1969/70, 47289/90), class 55 (9000/02/11/17/18).

    A number of the above were photographed later in life and can be found in this collection. As always feedback and comments welcome

    2170 (03170) – 03170_1005_Shackerstone | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    2397 (03397) – 03397_1976_11_Derby | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    3090 (08075) - 08075_1977_04_Tinsley | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    3503 (08388) - 08388_1976_08_York | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    8020 (20020) – 20020_1978_08_Ayr | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    8070 (20070) – 20070_1979_05_Beeston | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    5620 (31196) - 31196_1977_07_Retford | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    5631 (31207) – 31207_1976_09_Loughborough | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    5653 (31227) – 31227_1975_09_Kings_Cross | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    5662 (31235) – 31235_1977_07_Sheffield | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    5678 (31250) – 31250_1979_06_Duffield | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    252 (40052) - 40052_1979_02_Grantham | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    352 (40152) – 40152_1981_07_Sheffield | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    40159 – 40159_1977_07_Crewe | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    396 (40196) - 40196_1976_01_Wakefield | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    45002 – 45002_1976_05_Tamworth | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    31 (45030) – 45030_1977_02_Cardiff | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    56 (45137) - 45137_1980_05_Derby | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    58 (45043) - 45043_1979_04_Bromsgrove | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    68 (45046) – 45046_1976_02_Nottingham | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    76 (45053) – 45053_1979_03_York | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    169 (46032) - 46032_1979_06_York | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    1105 (47522) – 47522_1979_05_Peterborough | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    1109 (47526) - 47526_1976_03_Grantham | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    1518 (47419) - 47419_1979_02_Doncaster | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    9000 (55022) – 55022_1976_03_Peterborough | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    9002 (55002) – 55002_1979_02_Retford | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    9011 (55011) – 55011_1979_04_Careby | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    9017 (55017) - 55017_1976_05_Retford | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
     
    Johnw, Dec 29, 2012
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    Johnw, Dec 30, 2012
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    On This Day in History - Lincoln – 31st December 1970

    At the end of 1970 Lincoln MPD had an allocation of six class 03’s, eight class 08’s and three class 10 diesel shunters for only nine duties. The allocation was as follows

    Class 03 (2021/22/23/24/25/26), class 08 (3074, 3201/05/77, 3347/87, 3533/44), class 10 (4061/63/65/75)

    The duties were as follows

    Duty 23 – Class 08/10 - Trip Lincoln, Bardney, Woodhall, Horncastle
    Duty 24 – Class 03 - Trip Holmes yard, Monks Abbey, East yard, Thorpe on the Hill
    Duty 25 – Class 08/10 - Pilot Holmes Up and Down yards
    Duty 26 – Class 03 - Pilot Holmes yard west end + trip to Bucyrus sidings
    Duty 27 – Class 08/10 - Pilot Lincoln Central station
    Duty 28 – Class 03 – Pilot Boston yard and trips to Boston Docks
    Duty 29 – Class 08/10 – Pilot Spalding yard and trips to Donington Road sidings
    Duty 30 – Class 08/10 – Pilot Newark GN yard and trips to Newark Castle yard and Kilvington sidings
    Duty 31 – Class 08/10 – Pilot Grantham.

    A number of the above were photographed later in life and can be found in this collection. As always feedback and comments welcome

    2022 (03022) – 03022_1977_03_Lincoln | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    2023 (03023) – 03023_1976_06_Middlesbrough | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    2025 (03025) – 03025_1977_09_Lincoln | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    3347 (08277) – 08277_1977_03_Newark | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
     
    Johnw, Dec 31, 2012
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