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				Total Records	83	Total Mileage		7669
Date	H/C	Time	Train_From	Train_To	From	To	Miles	Comment / Concerns	Source / Link
09/07/1966	1M65	0928	Sheffield	Llandudno Town	Sheffield	Llandudno Town	129	As 7609	o (John Powell)
09/07/1966	1E21	1428	Llandudno Town	Sheffield	Llandudno Town	Sheffield	129	As 7609	DIAG
01/07/1967	1E98	?	East Midlands ?	Yarmouth	?	Grassmoor Jnct.		As 7609	o (Jon Stubley)
								Seen passing Helpringham at 1107 hrs with 11 coaches
01/07/1967	1H20	?	Yarmouth	?	Grassmoor Jnct.	?		As 7609	o (Jon Stubley)
								Seen passing Helpringham at 1253 hrs with 9 coaches
19/08/1967	1M65	0935	Sheffield	Llandudno Town	Sheffield	Llandudno Town	129	As 7609	o (John Powell)
19/08/1967	1E21	1428	Llandudno Town	Sheffield	Llandudno Town	Sheffield	129	As 7609	DIAG
20/07/1974		1230	Skegness	Leicester	Skegness	Leicester	102	D/H 25254	o (Stephen Ford)
20/07/1974		?	Leicester	Skegness	Leicester	Skegness	102	D/H 25254	DIAG
17/08/1974	1E91	0800	Walsall	Yarmouth	Walsall	Norwich	185	D/H 25159	Alan Baylis
								Seen at B'ham NS - probably Walsall - Yarmouth
17/08/1974	1M37	1415	Yarmouth	Derby	Norwich	Derby	149	D/H 25159	DIAG
18/08/1974		1815	Skegness	Derby	Skegness	Derby	91	D/H 25159	o
18/08/1974		?	Derby	Skegness	Derby	Skegness	91	D/H 25159	DIAG
31/03/1975		0920	Birmingham New St.	Poole	Birmingham New St.	Reading	99	D/H 25095	Derby Sulzers
21/06/1975	1M37	1415	Yarmouth	Derby	Norwich	Derby	149	D/H 25165: Replaced 25081 & 25280 off outward leg	o (Gordon Lacy)
22/06/1975	1E28	0910	Derby	Skegness	Derby	Skegness	91	D/H 25165	DIAG
22/06/1975	1M83	1815	Skegness	Derby	Skegness	Derby	91	D/H 25165	o (Stephen Ford)
12/08/1977		0218	Crewe	Holyhead	Nr. Llandudno Jnct.	Llandudno Jnct.	1	47532 failed (fire) and dragged: 24036 forward	RM7711
23/08/1977	1B37	0857	Paddington	Paignton	Taunton	Paignton	59	500xx failed and replaced	John Cook/Scott Currie
04/09/1977	1E28	0915	Derby	Skegness	Derby	Skegness	91	D/H 25316	Peter Hall
04/09/1977	1M83	1815	Skegness	Derby	Skegness	Derby	91	D/H 25316	Peter Hall
24/06/1978	2J57	0415	Shrewsbury	Aberystwyth	Shrewsbury	Aberystwyth	81	D/H 25301	Aber Trains 78
24/06/1978	1A46	1007	Aberystwyth	Euston	Aberystwyth	Wolverhampton	111	D/H 25301	Aber Trains 78
25/06/1978	1J65	0845	Birmingham New St.	Barmouth	Birmingham New St.	Barmouth	129	D/H 25301	o (Alan Baylis)
25/06/1978	1A51	1745	Barmouth	Euston	Barmouth	Wolverhampton	116	D/H 25301	o (Alan Baylis)
22/07/1978	1J24	1040	Euston	Aberystwyth	Wolverhampton	Aberystwyth	111	D/H 25262	Aber Trains 78
22/07/1978	2J57	1610	Aberystwyth	Shrewsbury	Aberystwyth	Shrewsbury	81	D/H 25262	Aber Trains 78
23/07/1978		?	?	Barmouth ?	Birmingham New St.	Barmouth ?	258	D/H 25245: ADEX out and back?	o (Peter Lovell)
								Dep 0915 from Birmingham
29/07/1978	2J57	0415	Shrewsbury	Aberystwyth	Shrewsbury	Aberystwyth	81	D/H 25032	DIAG
29/07/1978	1A46	1007	Aberystwyth	Euston	Aberystwyth	Wolverhampton	111	D/H 25032	Geoff Griffiths (p)
29/07/1978	1M89	1020	Paignton	Manchester Picc.	?	Manchester Picc.		D/H 25032: Replaced 47272	o (Steve Kemp)
								47272 may have been replaced in the West Midlands areat. Travelled on from Stockport
05/08/1978	1E91	0800	Walsall	Yarmouth	Walsall	Norwich	185	D/H 25262	Yarmouth Trains 78
05/08/1978	1M37	1415	Yarmouth	Derby	Norwich	Derby	149	D/H 25262	o (Phil Weaver)
06/08/1978	1E28	0915	Derby	Skegness	Derby	Skegness	91	D/H 25262	RailGenArchive
06/08/1978	1M83	1815	Skegness	Derby	Skegness	Derby	91	D/H 25262	RailGenArchive
19/08/1978		?	?	?	?	?		D/H 25145	Railways of North Wales (p)
								Photograph shows a down train working out of Prestatyn on a Summer Saturday special
26/08/1978	2J57	0415	Shrewsbury	Aberystwyth	Shrewsbury	Aberystwyth	81	D/H 25145	Aber Trains 78
26/08/1978	1A46	1007	Aberystwyth	Euston	Aberystwyth	Wolverhampton	111	D/H 25145	Aber Trains 78
28/08/1978		?	Walsall	Rhyl	Walsall	Rhyl	230	D/H 25145: ADEX out and back (18xx dep)	o (Alan Baylis/Tony Wardle)
31/08/1978	1V03	1000	Crewe	Cardiff	Crewe	Cardiff	139		o (Tony Wardle)
23/09/1978	2J57	0415	Shrewsbury	Aberystwyth	Shrewsbury	Aberystwyth	81	D/H 25270	DIAG
23/09/1978	1A46	1007	Aberystwyth	Euston	Aberystwyth	Wolverhampton	111	D/H 25270	Dave Rostance (p)
									Photograph
02/06/1979	1J24	1010	Euston	Aberystwyth	Birmingham New St.	Aberystwyth	124	D/H 25032	o (Alan Baylis)
02/06/1979	2J57	1610	Aberystwyth	Shrewsbury	Aberystwyth	Shrewsbury	81	D/H 25032	Cambrian Trains 79
03/06/1979		?	?	Barmouth ?	?	Barmouth ?		D/H 25032	Alan Baylis
								Additional train, probably to Barmouth, seen at Madeley Jnct on its return
07/07/1979	1J24	1010	Euston	Aberystwyth	Birmingham New St.	Aberystwyth	124	D/H 25327	o (Stephen Ford)
07/07/1979	2J57	1610	Aberystwyth	Shrewsbury	Aberystwyth	Shrewsbury	81	D/H 25327	Aber pages 79
08/07/1979		?	?	?	Birmingham New St.	?		D/H 25327	Alan Baylis
								Seen at Birmingham at about 0840 but is not the Barmouth train
21/07/1979	1J24	1010	Euston	Aberystwyth	Birmingham New St.	Aberystwyth	124	D/H 25277	o/Aber Trains 79
								Note eyewitness suggests 259 rather than 289
21/07/1979	2J57	1610	Aberystwyth	Shrewsbury	Aberystwyth	Shrewsbury	81	D/H 25277	Aber Trains 79
08/09/1979	2J57	0415	Shrewsbury	Aberystwyth	Shrewsbury	Aberystwyth	81	D/H 25325	Aber Trains 79
08/09/1979	1A46	1009	Aberystwyth	Euston	Aberystwyth	Wolverhampton	111	D/H 25325	Aber Trains 79
22/12/1979		?	?	?	?	Nuneaton ?			Alan Baylis
								Notes say was on passenger train at Nuneaton about 0900 but direction unknown
01/06/1980	1J65	0845	Birmingham New St.	Aberystwyth	Birmingham New St.	Aberystwyth	124	D/H 25282	o (Phil Weaver)
01/06/1980	1A51	1810	Aberystwyth	Euston	Aberystwyth	Wolverhampton	111	D/H 25282 to Machynlleth then 25325 forward	RM8008
14/06/1980	2J57	0410	Shrewsbury	Aberystwyth	Shrewsbury	Aberystwyth	81	D/H 25184	Aber Trains 80
14/06/1980	1A46	1007	Aberystwyth	Euston	Aberystwyth	Wolverhampton	111	D/H 25184	Aber Trains 80
16/08/1980	2J57	0410	Shrewsbury	Aberystwyth	Shrewsbury	Aberystwyth	81	D/H 25277	Aber Trains 80
16/08/1980	1A46	1007	Aberystwyth	Euston	Aberystwyth	Wolverhampton	111	D/H 25277	o (Kevin Watson)
17/08/1980	1J65	0845	Birmingham New St.	Aberystwyth	Birmingham New St.	Aberystwyth	124	D/H 25277	o (Alan Baylis)
17/08/1980	1A51	1800	Aberystwyth	Euston	Aberystwyth	Wolverhampton	111	D/H 25277: Replaced by 86241	o (Alan Baylis)
15/02/1981	1M01	1900	Paddington	Birmingham New St.	Banbury	Birmingham New St.	44	47491 failed	Alan Baylis
02/08/1982	1L52	1015	Chester	Llandudno Town	Chester	Llandudno Town	48	RELIEF train	o (Harry Harper)
03/08/1982	1L52	1015	Chester	Llandudno Town	Chester	Llandudno Town	48		o (Harry Harper)
04/09/1982	1J20	0740	Euston	Aberystwyth	Wolverhampton	Aberystwyth	111	D/H 25285	Great Wales Rail/Andrew Bannister (p)
04/09/1982	2J57	1400	Aberystwyth	Shrewsbury	Aberystwyth	Shrewsbury	81	D/H 25285	ph
18/06/1983	1J24	1010	Euston	Shrewsbury	Birmingham New St.	Shrewsbury	43	D/H 25315	o
20/08/1983	1J20	0735	Euston	Aberystwyth	Wolverhampton	Aberystwyth	111	D/H 25276	o (David Williams)
20/08/1983	2J72	1400	Aberystwyth	Shrewsbury	Aberystwyth	Shrewsbury	81	D/H 25276	o (Alan Baylis)
18/03/1984	1M66	1015	York	Liverpool	Manchester Vic.	Liverpool	40	47427 failed: Diverted via Bolton & Wigan due to engineering work	Class 25 Action 84
								Also quoted as 25/3
30/06/1984	1J24	1010	Euston	Shrewsbury	Wolverhampton	Shrewsbury	30	D/H 25249	o (Colin Williams)
04/08/1984	1J20	0735	Euston	Aberystwyth	Wolverhampton	Aberystwyth	111	D/H 25287	o (David Williams)
									Photograph
04/08/1984	2J84	1400	Aberystwyth	Shrewsbury	Aberystwyth	Shrewsbury	81	D/H 25287	o (David Williams)
26/08/1984	1P54	0333	Crewe	Preston	Crewe	Preston	68	D/H 25279: Train diverted via Chester due to engineering work	Class 25 Action 84
26/08/1984		1313	Preston	Barrow	Preston	Barrow	56	D/H 25279: RELIEF train	Class 25 Action 84
26/08/1984	1F32	1821	Barrow	Liverpool	Barrow	Liverpool	91	D/H 25279	o (Alan Evans)
15/09/1984	2J61	0744	Shrewsbury	Aberystwyth	Shrewsbury	Aberystwyth	81	D/H 25297	o (David Williams)
15/09/1984	1A46	1010	Aberystwyth	Euston	Aberystwyth	Wolverhampton	111	D/H 25297	o (David Williams) / RX0900p
									Photograph
18/11/1984	1G64	1740	Manchester Picc.	Birmingham New St.	Manchester Picc.	Macclesfield	18	Dragging 86242 - power off for engineering work	Hugh Searle (p)
									Photograph
20/01/1985	1M16	1930	Inverness	Euston	Preston	Crewe	51	Dragging electric loco - power off for engineering work	Class 25 Action 85
08/04/1985	1V07	1939	Crewe	Cardiff	Crewe	Cardiff	139		o (David Williams)
05/07/1985	1C91	0759	Nottingham	St. Pancras	Nottingham	St. Pancras	127	RELIEF train for M1 Motorway works	Class 25 Action 85
06/09/1985	1D37	1740	Euston	Chester	Shrewsbury	Chester	42	47523 removed for use on later train	o (David Williams)
28/04/1986	1V06	1417	Bangor	Cardiff	Crewe	Cardiff	139	33051 failed	o (David Williams)
									Photograph
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