45141 Scheduled Service Marylebone December 1984
Yes this was a peak on a scheduled service. The 08.10 Marylebone - Aylesbury in fact on the 15th December 1984. The Peak Army had arrived at the ungodly hour of 05.10 at Paddington on the overnight from the Westcountry and had a railtour to catch from Marylebone at 07.40 so what to do in the intervening couple of hours ? Have a pint of course. There was a pub near Stratford station that opened at 05.00 to cater for police officers clocking off the night shift at the nearby police station so that's where we headed on the just introduced GLC 'Fare's Fair' policy of 10p tube fares thanks to 'Loony Leftie' leader Ken Livingstone as he was then dubbed. Then it was to Marylebone for Hertfordshire Railtours' 'Mayflower Galatea' to Heysham and Barrow. Due to the ECS being late arriving from Willesden and pathing problems it was decided to run 45141 on load 11 as the 08.10 scheduled service to Aylesbury calling at all stations between Harrow-On-The-Hill and Aylesbury. BR was also scheduled to run a shoppers' special from Aylesbury to Milton Keynes but this was cancelled and the passengers put on the railtour to get them to Milton Keynes.
45141 Scheduled Service Marylebone December 1984
Yes this was a peak on a scheduled service. The 08.10 Marylebone - Aylesbury in fact on the 15th December 1984. The Peak Army had arrived at the ungodly hour of 05.10 at Paddington on the overnight from the Westcountry and had a railtour to catch from Marylebone at 07.40 so what to do in the intervening couple of hours ? Have a pint of course. There was a pub near Stratford station that opened at 05.00 to cater for police officers clocking off the night shift at the nearby police station so that's where we headed on the just introduced GLC 'Fare's Fair' policy of 10p tube fares thanks to 'Loony Leftie' leader Ken Livingstone as he was then dubbed. Then it was to Marylebone for Hertfordshire Railtours' 'Mayflower Galatea' to Heysham and Barrow. Due to the ECS being late arriving from Willesden and pathing problems it was decided to run 45141 on load 11 as the 08.10 scheduled service to Aylesbury calling at all stations between Harrow-On-The-Hill and Aylesbury. BR was also scheduled to run a shoppers' special from Aylesbury to Milton Keynes but this was cancelled and the passengers put on the railtour to get them to Milton Keynes.