81016 .. Birmingham NS - Birmingham Int. .. 1522 Liverpool - Poole 1O23 07/07/1980
86205 .. Birmingham Int. - Birmingham NS .. 1610 Euston - Birmingham 1G37 07/07/1980
85020 .. Birmingham NS - Wolverhampton .. 1430 Swansea - Manchester 1M71 07/07/1980
86204 .. Wolverhampton - Birmingham NS .. 1830 Wolverhampton - Euston 1A74 07/07/1980
47076 .. Birmingham NS - Derby .. 1435 Paignton - Leeds 1E70 07/07/1980
25093 .. Nottingham - Beeston .. 1839 Skegness - Burton 1M47 07/07/1980
25133 .. Nottingham - Beeston .. 1839 Skegness - Burton 1M47 07/07/1980
20190 .. Beeston - Leicester .. 1850 Skegness - Leicester 1M22 07/07/1980
20193 .. Beeston - Leicester .. 1850 Skegness - Leicester 1M22 07/07/1980
31322 .. Leicester - Birmingham NS .. 1832 Norwich - Birmingham 1M76 07/07/1980
50005 .. Birmingham NS - Birmingham Int. .. 1623 Manchester - Paddington 1V64 08/07/1980
87030 .. Birmingham Int. - Birmingham NS .. 1740 Euston - Shrewsbury 1J33 08/07/1980
47332 .. Birmingham NS - Leamington Spa .. 1925 Birmingham - Didcot 1V68 08/07/1980
47545 .. Leamington Spa - Birmingham Int. .. 1710 Poole - Nottingham 1M40 08/07/1980
47509 .. Birmingham Int. - Coventry .. 2042 Birmingham - Paddington 1V88 08/07/1980
47252 .. Coventry - Birmingham NS .. 1900 Paddington - Manchester 1M01 08/07/1980
84002 .. Birmingham NS - Coventry .. 1522 Liverpool - Poole 1O23 09/07/1980
47326 .. Coventry - Banbury .. 1522 Liverpool - Poole 1O23 09/07/1980
47484 .. Banbury - Birmingham Int. .. 1742 Paddington - Manchester 1M16 09/07/1980
47507 .. Birmingham Int. - Coventry .. 2042 Birmingham - Paddington 1V88 09/07/1980
47438 .. Coventry - Birmingham NS .. 1900 Paddington - Manchester 1M01 09/07/1980
46027 .. Birmingham NS - Gloucester .. 1432 Leeds - Plymouth 1V94 10/07/1980
25157 .. Gloucester - Birmingham NS .. 1507 Plymouth - Manchester 1M60 10/07/1980
25299 .. Gloucester - Birmingham NS .. 1507 Plymouth - Manchester 1M60 10/07/1980
47450 .. Birmingham NS - Gloucester .. 1615 Newcastle - Cardiff 1V98 10/07/1980
47249 .. Gloucester - Cheltenham .. 1950 Paddington - Cheltenham 1B52 10/07/1980
45065 .. Cheltenham - Birmingham NS .. 2130 Bristol - Glasgow 1S19 10/07/1980
37203 .. Lickey Incline - Banker .. 2130 Bristol - Glasgow 1S19 10/07/1980
37231 .. Lickey Incline - Banker .. 2130 Bristol - Glasgow 1S19 10/07/1980
Note: I only made note of my loco hauled trains at this time.
On Monday I was in time to catch a required 81 down to International returning in time to be able to get up to Wolverhampton for 1830. Unfortunately the southbound loco had been swapped at the last minute and I missed out on a new class 85. I caught the Paignton - Leeds to Derby in the company of ‘Cuckoo’ so I could cover the Skegness trains. With the 47 being required I followed this up with pairs of 25s, 20s and a 31, all being ‘required for the year’ cops at the very least.
Tuesday found me covering the Didcot down to Leamington and then returning with the Poole-Notts. The Didcot produced a 47/3 making a pleasant change.
Wednesday started well with a class 84 to Coventry! Quite a few of us went for this and I joined Dick (from S. Wales) and Patrick as we carried on to Banbury with another required 47/3. I returned to International whilst Patrick had a little difficulty doing so as he was on an East Mid rover. Here I connected into another required 47 on the Paddington train which got me to Coventry for M01 back home.
Thursday was an evening of activity as M60 was to be a pair of 25s. I joined the others in heading south for it and found that almost the ‘entire world’ was there for them as well. I required them both and the Duff on the Padd - Cheltenham train later on. That meant I joined Andy and his gang on the return to Gloucester. It was his last Western Region 47 and another NB loco in my book. I was able to cover the Bankers by returning on S19 and that gained me another required class 37.