'CHARD Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 As D6854 that tractor plied its trade over the Waverley Route some 22 years before you lads were sampling its undeniable charms 'over the top,' as I understand 37-men described Inverness - Aberdeen. However, there's no evidence it worked passenger to Hawick. Yet - I wonder - were there Men of Steel who did bash 2S52, 2M52, 1A64(65), 1M01(10, 91) and 1M42 - or even the up and down 'Pullmans' - in that final year, to crank up serious mileages over the Borders main line (granted the speeds were hardly high). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D1030western musketeer Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Haulage to me ment sticking my head out of the front coach. My 1st memory was of class 40 211 on a biggleswade-blackpool excursion oct 71 normally and later a class 31. I have had widespread haulage from classes 20/24/25/26/27/31/33/37/40/45/46/47/50/52 and 55s on br over the years but my main ones that stick out are. D1010 western campaigner-paddington-reading oct 76. D1022 western sentinel return. 40 028 kings x-newcastle 1980 40019 manchester-bangor 1980 50037 oxford-paddington 1985 55013 black watch biggleswade -kingsx standing in for a class 31. many railtours including. D1023/1056/40018/50001/40019 and 2xclass76 spring to mind. Haulage later days have included D1015 on the main line with both warships and all 4 hymeks as well as ALL preseved 52s including D1048 on the moors and the green giant 40106. richard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dingwall Shuffle Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 I started bashing in 1976, just after starting work on the railway in Woodhouse Jct Box. Once the free travel was aquired (always filled out from Penzance to Thurso) trips to scotland via the friday overnight from crewe to stirling (remeber the Bacon Butty !!) became almost normal life. Many friends were made & summer saturdays became a joy to be out & about..... 14 day all lines without going home was normally my holiday off work & for most other weeks I had a East Mids Ranger ... which resulted doing overnights on the ECML ending up on 1E62 Retford > Saxilby for the ill gotten gained bottle of milk before doing the unit back to Retford for the pair of 31s on the 0405 x Kx to Doncaster. Below a sample from later days bashing as all other books in loft .. Sat 31st Aug 1985 31191 0710 Sheffield > Nottingham 31118 0815 Nottingham > Peterborough 43098 + 43043 1001 Peterborough > Kings X 87030 1140 Euston > Wolves 47602 1352 Wolves > Sherwsbury Unit 1442 Shrewsbury > Welshpool 37278 + 37210 1512 Welshpool > Shrewsbury 37123 xxxx Shrewsbury > Wolves (RLF) 47616 1718 Wolves > BNS 87026 1818 BNS > Wolves 85017 1944 Wolves > BNS 47401 2057 BNS > Paddington Underground to Victroria Sun 1st Sept 33209 0355 Victoria > Dover Unit 0725 Dover > Waterloo East Underground > Euston 85010 0950 Euston > Bletchley 58019 xxxx Bletchley > Rugby 20147 + 20028 + 87003 (Dead) xxxx Rugby > Coventry 86239 1247 Coventry > BNS 47612 1422 BNS > Bristol TM Unit 1650 BTM > Yatton 37185 1724 Yatton > BTM 43129 + 43006 1816 BTM > Gloucester 45118 1922 Gloucester > Sheffield 47461 2229 Sheffield > Rotherham 47588 2242 Rotherham > Sheffield Cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 What a great thread B) ! I didn't start writing down any 'moves' in earnest until well into 1974, but the first really memorable day's haulage that has since been etched into the grey cells was on a mystery trip with my Nan back in the late Summer of '72, when she took me to Weston-Super-Mare for the day. I think the train originated at Leighton Buzzard of all places, but we got on at Rugby and up front was a two tone green 47 which at the time was highly exotic for a wee lad living in AC Electric territory. Passing Saltley I can remember seeing my first Peak, number 24 with it's split box headcodes and a shed full of green and blue 47s. I don't recall much else between Brum and Bristol, apart from being disappointed at missing Gloucester shed because we went via the avoiding line past the yard. There was what seemed like a very long layover at Temple Meads so I went up front (much to Nan's annoyance) to see the 47 come off and and a very noisy blue Hymek backing on in it's place. Why it came on for the last bit of the journey to WSM I don't know but it made my day, not only was it my first ever Hymek but it was D7100 itself, the last one built. Talk about loud, I had no idea such a small loco could make so much noise just standing still, it made a real impression on me that day as it literally flew once we'd escaped the suburbs of Bristol and headed off to the West. After a few hours in Weston it was soon time to catch the train back home, which was hauled as far as Bristol by D7100 again, with me at the first window in the first coach for most of the way, while Nan kept an eye on me through the open door to the vestibule. A quicker loco change at Temple Meads than the one we had on the way down saw another 47 takeover from the Hymek, a blue one this time but I failed to get the number. A storming run up the Lickey followed and I must have nodded off as the next thing I remember is the sound of the brakes going on for the platform back at Rugby.... I was dead beat by then but walking back to Nan's flat in the town all I could think about was the joyous growling sound that D7100 had made earlier in the day. That was the only time I ever saw D7100 in action on a passenger train, the next time I laid eyes on it was just after Christmas 1973 when it was parked next to D1007 at Old Oak. Both locos were in a terrible state, D7100 because it had been rolled over on it's side during breakdown crane excercise, and D1007 as it had been derailed at Ealing the week before Christmas. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixteen 12by 10s Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Hi all If any of you are on facebook, you know that thing the missus discuses shoes on, have a look at this. http://www.facebook.com/groups/316373115092576/ Gary Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-e Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Those interested in Loco haulage that miss the Timewarp site, there is a new site with a wealth of information much from the old site which can be found here.. http://www.thebashingyears.co.uk/index.html Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Pilotman Posted February 16, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 16, 2015 That there was once a bashers website called Dreadful.org has absolutely made my day! Monstrous!!!, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
South of 1E Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 a good few tales of bashing nationwide in the 70's and beyond here http://leightonlogs.org/logsyeargridnew.htm cheers NR Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D1059 Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Was never a pro basher, but did record haulage. Managed all the 50s (1000 miles in a weekend behind them on 1 occasion), Had a happy summer in 82 after moving to Nottingham for the last period of full loco haulage on the MML. Was on the last up Master Cutler from Leicester behind 45 137, complete with headboard The Last Loco Hauled Master Cutler 2 by D1059, on Flickr My one and only cab ride in 50 008 A Memorable Evening by D1059, on Flickr And lucking in on the return when 40004 sneaked into Paddington in May 1982 Class 40 Out of Paddington by D1059, on Flickr Had a permanent Midland Railtourer ticket in the summer while in Nottingham - 82 - 84. Summer evenings spent getting both pairs of Skegness 20s and then a Peak back from Loughborough (at least in 82). Before that, Deltics in their twilight years when opportunity and money allowed (only started full time work a few weeks before the end, and living in Norwich before that meant ECML forays were few and far between) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I managed to find one of my Platform 5 books from 1988 which was used for bashing. This must have been when I first started noting down locos that I had haulage by. Hoover haulage image by AP474, on Flickr 47/7s image by AP474, on Flickr Type 5 haulage, 58002, Network Day October 1987 image by AP474, on Flickr 45128, lovely! Feb 1988 image by AP474, on Flickr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishmail Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Just come across this thread. Had a great time 'Bashing' in the early 80's, 45's on the MML (Living in Luton at the time), 20's on Liecs - Skeggy, , 50's ex Padd and Waterloo, and then a few trips north of the border, 26's, 37's and 47/7 shove duffs. Also a few railtours done in that period as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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