Trainspotting

Leicester 2000
   
 
      
   FRIDAY 30th MARCH 2000: 11.55am to 4.455pm 
   
(Includes Midland Mainline, Turbostar, but not Central Trains, services)

DOWN LINE (NORTHBOUND):

12.09/10 10.30am St Pancras-Derby 17109 2 10L/1L
12.14/15 10.55am St Pancras-Nottingham 43053/073 8 10L/10L
12.22pass New unit 170399 3
12.30/43 11.00am St Pancras-Nottingham 170112 2 RT/4L
12.40/46 11.25am St Pancras-Sheffield 43074/050 8 6L/11L
12.46arr Amey Track unit to Yard DR73911
1.09/18 11.30am St Pancras-Derby 170106 2 9L/9L
1.13/15 11.55am St Pancras-Nottingham 43077/082 8 9L/10L
1.32arr Empty Oil bogies (Langley-Lindsey) 60012 28
1.34/47 12.00pm St Pancras-Nottingham 170108 2 4L/8L
1.40pass Light Engine to Leics N & Yard 66177
1.43/45 12.25pm St Pancras-Sheffield 43049/081 8 9L/10L
2.04/11 12.30pm St Pancras-Derby 170107 2 4L/RT
2.06/08 12.55pm St Pancras-Nottingham 43059/056 8 RT/1L
2.24dep Empty Oil bogies (Langley-Linsey) 60012 28
2.30/40 1.00pm St Pancras-Nottingham 170104 2 1E/RT
2.33/37 1.25pm St Pancras-Sheffield 43057/085 8 2E/RT
2.55pass Redland Hopper empties 66011 26
3.03/11 1.30pm St Pancras-Derby 170114 2 3L/2L
3.06/09 1.55pm St Pancras-Nottingham 43083/43 8 2L/4L
3.12arr Light Engine to Yard 60036
3.27/40 2.00pm St Pancras-Nottingham 170103 2 3E/2L
3.35/38 2.25pm St Pancras-Sheffield 43052/076 8 RT/2L
3.42arr Light Engine to Yard 66163
4.05/12 2.30pm St Pancras-Derby 170105 2 5L/2L
4.08/10 2.55pm St Pancras-Nottingham 43046/047 8 3L/3L
4.15pass MGR Coal emties 66054 36
4.28/43 3.00pm St Pancras-Notingham 170115 2 2E/RT


UP LINE (SOUTHBOUND):

11.57/05 11.23am Derby-St Pancras 170103 2 2L/RT
11.59/01 11.32am Nottingham-St Pancras 43076/052 8 RT/1L
12.29/37 11.56am Nottingham-St Pancras 170105 2 4L/2L
12.32/33 11.27am Sheffield-St Pancras 43064/051 8 3L/3L
12.56/05 12.23pm Derby-St Pancras 170116 2 1L/RT
12.59/01 12.32pm Nottingham-St Pancras 43047/046 8 RT/1L
1.28/35 12.56pm Nottingham-St Pancras 170110 2 1L/RT
1.30/32 12.27pm Sheffield St Pancras 43054/061 8 1L/2L
1.44pass STVA Loaded Cars 47785 2
1.58/07 1.23pm Derby-St Pancras 170109 3 3L/2L
2.01/03 1.32pm Nottingham-St Pancras 43073/053 8 2L/3L
2.32/39 1.56pm Nottingham-St Pancras 170112 2 7L/4L
2.35/37 1.27pm Sheffield-St Pancras 43055/075 8 6L/7L
2.55pass Hoppers (4w) 66168 30
2.55arr Light Engine to Yard 66069
2.58/05 2.23pm Derby-St Pancras 170106 2 3L/RT
3.00/02 2.32pm Nottingham-St Pancras 43082/077 8 1L/2L
3.28/35 2.56pm Nottingham-St Pancras 170108 2 3L/RT
3.30/32 2.27pm Sheffield-St Pancras 43050/074 8 1L/2L
3.58/05 3.23pm Derby-St Pancras 170107 2 3L/RT
4.01/03 3.32pm-Nottingham-St Pancras 43056/059 8 2L/3L
4.22pass GTRM Track unit 73275
4.36/40 3.56pm Nottingham-St Pancras 170104 2 11L/5L
4.43/46 3.27pm Sheffield-St Pancras 43081/049 8 14L/16L
4.45arr Light Engine to Yard 66011

Central Trains units used on services between Liverpool/Chester/
/Aberystwyth/Shrewsbury/Birmingham/Coventry to Stansted Airport/
Skegness/Lincoln/Grimsby were

170501 158955 158788 156402
170503 158951 158797 156407
170504 158953 158846 156409
170505 158957 158847 156413
170507 158855 156416
170508 158884 156419
170510
170511 153369
170520 153379
170521 153381


In the Northbound direction, the 8.49am Liverpool-Stansted, already
26mins late arriving, was held 25 minutes in Platform 2, detraining
passengers for Melton Mowbray and Oakham, and continuing at 12.18pm
via Nottingham. The reason for the closure of the Melton route was
not given. But this left only Platform 1 for the 10.30am St Pancras
-Derby Turbostar to be overtaken by the 10.55am St Pancras-Nottingham
-Nottingham HST. The Derby had to go ahead, and the HST was delayed
10 minutes. Late running Central Trains, particularly the Liverpool
-Stansted services, caused problems throughout the afternoon.
Southbound 158957 failed on the 1.36pm Stansted-Liverpool, blocking
Platform 3 until 4.39pm, delaying the 3.56pm Nottingham-St Pancras
Turbostar, which crossed over and used Platform 2, and the 3.27pm
Sheffield-St Pancras HST, which had to wait and was thus 16 late
and behind the Nottingham instead of ahead of it.

Freight traffic was sparse until 1.30pm, but much busier thereafter.
Class 60's and 66's predominated.

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HAMPTON IN ARDEN-BIRMINGHAM-LEICESTER and return

Haulage:

Class 323 Hampton-Birmingham
170504 Birmingham-Leicester
170504 Leicester-Birmingham
Class 323 Birmingham-Hampton


Locos seen:

Hampton-Birmingham
43067/062 86259 47847
43071/097 90004 47742
43153/101 86222
90002

Lawley Street/Saltley
57001 66170 66151
66145 66176 47785
66153 66007

Nuneaton
60039 (Steel Coil Corby, EB Nuneaton 11.32am)
60076 (Steel, WB Nuneaton South Jc 11.34am)