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309624/309606 arriving at Colchester Platform 1 with the 12:40 London Liverpool Street to Clacton

My notes show I saw the following at Colchester:

308136 with the 12:11 from Clacton and 13:27 return Platform 5

309601/309608 with the 12:40 Clacton to London Liverpool Street Platform 4

309617/309613 with the 12:10 London Liverpool Street to Harwich Town Platform 1

E51435/E54362 with the 13:05 Colchester St Botolphs to Sudbury Platform 4

86205 City of Lancaster light engine south

308137 with the 13:11 from Clacton and 14:27 return Platform 5

 

I had 86256 Pebble Mill on 3207/17143/

3176/1689/5626/5742(travelled in)/5668/

5681/5661/9492 with the 12:34 Norwich to London Liverpool Street from Colchester Platform 3 to London Liverpool Street

 

On arrival I decided to travel over to Paddington to see what I could see there but before leaving Liverpool Street I noted the following:

86214 Sanspareil backed onto the train I arrived on to form another service to Norwich

08833 was station pilot

305513 was at Platform 5

86205 City of Lancaster was on 5385/5723

5651/5752/5715/5650/1868/3250/3186/

9459/92088 with the 15:10 Boat Train to Harwich Parkeston Quay for the DFDS sailing to Esbjerg Platform 10 (ecs brought in by 31412)

315857 was at Platform 3

 

Between Liverpool Street and Paddington I had C69 stock 5581/6581/6561(travelled in)

5561/6520/5520

 

At Paddington I saw the following:

43176/44015/42047/42046/42045/42216/

40327/41032/41031/43022 with the 15:45 to Penzance Platform 4

W55992/W55025/W59436/W51078 with the 15:49 to Reading Platform 13

C69/77 stock 5566/6566/6703/5703/6570/

5570

50011 Centurion on 92047/6010/3408/

1953/13591/5438/5286/5456/9470/6463/

5929 with the 10:00 from Penzance,

47567 Red Star took the ecs to Old Oak Common Platform 8

43005/44037/42289/42288/42287/40416/

41140/41139/43037 with the 16:00 to Swansea Platform 2

43189/44034/42277/42276/42275/40427/

41134/41133/43128 with the 16:05 to Paignton Platform 5

W51385/W59495/W51343 with the 15:14 from Maidenhead and 16:34 to Reading Platform 10

43127/41165/40430/42108/42109/42110

42322/44087/43170 with ecs from Old Oak Common for the 16:45 to Plymouth Platform 1

43149/44016/42050/42049/42048/42221/

40331/41034/41033/43025 with the 17:05 to Milford Haven Platform 7

47509 Albion on 18818/35193/13442/13437

18970/18711/18945 with the 16:20 to Oxford Platform 3

W51073/W59435/W51104 with the 14:21 from Oxford and 16:49 return Platform 6

43145/41121/41122/40322/42345/42251/

42252/42253/44028/43124 BBC Points West

with the 13:15 from Plymouth Platform 2

C69/77 stock 5549/6549/5729/6729/6585/

5585

43169/44006/42020/42019/42018/40206/

41014/41013/43148 with the ecs off 13:35 from Swansea Platform 9

W51335/W59487/51377 with the 15:54 from Reading and 17:03 to Maidenhead Platform 10

43126 City of Bristol/41131/41132/40437/

42271/42272/42273/44033/43135 ecs arrived Platform 1

47513 Severn on 18967/18705/18939/35300

13436/18706/19004/18622 with the 16:00 from Oxford Platform 9

43144/44004/42014/42013/42012/40204/

41010/41009/43009 with the 16:55 to Bristol Temple Meads Platform 4

W55031 arrived ecs Platform 13

M53866/M59130/M51142/M53865/M59533

M53921 ecs arrived Platform 11

08944 on 93322/84319/93678/93563/

93645 departed Platform 12

43014/41123/41124/40424/42255/42256/

42257/44029/43131 Sir Felix Pole with the 15:32 from Bristol Temple Meads Platform 5

W51360/W59512/W51402 arrived Platform 6

Before heading back to St Pancras and my journey home I called in at King's Cross and saw the following:

18293/18759/4474/4789/4366/7930/34555

4435/4420/4928/4425 at Platform 8. This stock formed the return charter for the Rotary Club of Seaham. I have no record of the loco.

47404 Hadrian on 34547/4854/4419/4912

3833/7942/3771/3950/4911/35457/18854 arrived ecs at Platform 4, 47420 backed onto the other end to form another charter train

317362 with the 17:40 to Royston Platform 10

43076/44047/42137/42136/42135/42339/

40751/41070/41069/43074 with the 17:55 to Bradford Interchange Platform 5

47574 Lloyd's List arrived at Platform 1 with more ecs MK1s for the 18:03 return charter to Hexham .

Saturday 8th November 1986

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