47131 .. Birmingham NS - Solihull …………...... 1925 Birmingham - Didcot 1V68 20/06/1980
47475 .. Solihull - Birmingham NS ……………... 1742 Paddington - Birmingham 1M16 20/06/1980
47336 .. Birmingham Int. - Birmingham NS … 1710 Poole - Nottingham 1M40 20/06/1980
47434 .. Birmingham NS - Burton on Trent … 1710 Poole - Nottingham 1M40 20/06/1980
45041 .. Burton on Trent - Birmingham NS … 2134 Nottingham -Newquay 1V39 20/06/1980
85029 .. Birmingham NS - Wolverhampton … 2130 Bristol - Edinburgh 1S28 21/06/1980
86258 .. Wolverhampton - Birmingham NS … 2330 Manchester - Brighton 1O52 21/06/1980
46048 .. Birmingham NS - Derby ………………. 1808 Penzance - Leeds 1E61 21/06/1980
47476 .. Derby - Tamworth ………………………... 0554 Derby - Weymouth 1O01 21/06/1980
25060 .. Long Eaton - Derby ………………………. 0735 Nottingham - Llandudno 1D30 21/06/1980
25121 .. Derby - Beeston …………………………... 0835 Derby - Yarmouth 1E83 21/06/1980
25123 .. Derby - Beeston …………………………... 0835 Derby - Yarmouth 1E83 21/06/1980
20041 .. Beeston - Nottingham ………………….. 0922 Derby - Skegness 1E85 21/06/1980
20177 .. Beeston - Nottingham ………………….. 0922 Derby - Skegness 1E85 21/06/1980
45111 ... Nottingham - Leicester ……………….. 0758 Leeds - St. Pancras 1M14 21/06/1980
31176 .. Leicester - Birmingham NS …………… 0742 Norwich - Birmingham 1M30 21/06/1980
25138 .. Birmingham NS - Wolverhampton … 1010 Euston - Aberystwyth 1J24 21/06/1980
25154 .. Birmingham NS - Wolverhampton … 1010 Euston - Aberystwyth 1J24 21/06/1980
81004 .. Wolverhampton - Birmingham NS … 0934 Llandudno - Birmingham 1G06 21/06/1980
31266 .. Birmingham NS - Leicester …........... 1315 Birmingham - Norwich 1E66 21/06/1980
45129 .. Leicester - Derby ………………………….. 1301 St. Pancras - Sheffield 1E40 21/06/1980
47520 .. Derby - Birmingham NS ……………….. 0950 Edinburgh - Plymouth 1V93 21/06/1980
47513 .. Birmingham NS - Reading ……………. 1638 Birmingham - Paddington 1V58 21/06/1980
47111 ... Reading - Tile Hill …………………………. 1625 Weymouth - Nottingham 1M40 21/06/1980
86215 .. Tile Hill - Birmingham Int. …………….. 1625 Weymouth - Nottingham 1M40 21/06/1980
47465 .. Birmingham Int. - Birmingham NS .. 1900 Paddington - Manchester 1M01 21/06/1980

Note: I only made note of my loco hauled trains at this time.

I was into New Street in time to cover the Didcot and Poole trains, the latter giving me a class 47/3 cop. Jane and Ken were on this as were Musto and the New Street crowd. For something to do I joined the train and headed off to Burton. Musto had “guaranteed” me a NB 47 for the return journey but the loco I had back looked like a regular Peak to me!

The overnight move was up to Wolverhampton and back with my regular electric moves but then, for the first time ever, the 0400hrs produced a required Peak on the Derby train. There was a bit of a wait here before the return Derby – Weymouth which I took to Tamworth for a DMU back to Long Eaton to catch the class 25 on the Llandudno train. Now for the 'clever stuff' as I took the Yarmouth 25s to Beeston so I could cover the Leicester – Skegness. What a bowl out because that train didn't start running until next week! So I had an hour to wait before the 20s appeared on the Derby – Skeg and then an immediate exit to Leicester with a Peak. The first Norwich – Birmingham train was a required 31 so I took that to New Street arriving by midday, in time to make the 25s on the Aberystwyth and then returning with a class 81 to New Street.

I was doing well for cops now as I picked up another one with a 31 to Leicester and then it was off to Derby. Here I met Pete Cuffley and several others with news that 47374 was at Reading and set up for the Poole – Notts train, wow, that's a winner! The rumour was it might come off at Oxford but that loco is so big a chance to get it can't be missed. So we set off on a series of trains to get to Reading which took about three hours from Derby. On arrival there we were met by several others who had heard the news but had an update for us. The news was that the loco had been requisitioned for a ballast train tomorrow. We were livid! I caught the first train back and was joined by a 'mini' spotter who had overslept on the way down. I was able to help him out with my unused ticket from a few weeks ago to cover his return back to Leamington. Most of the Brum area bashers were out in force at both Coventry and International and boy, were they narked at not seeing a required Tinsley 47 on the train! At Tile Hill our train had to be rescued by an electric loco and I bailed at International to cover the last Paddington into New Street before going home.