25259        
                   
        Total Records 83 Total Mileage   7669  
                   
Date H/C Time Train_From Train_To From To Miles Comment / Concerns Source / Link
09/07/1966 1M65 0928 Sheffield Llandudno Town Sheffield Llandudno Town 129 As 7609 o (John Powell)
09/07/1966 1E21 1428 Llandudno Town Sheffield Llandudno Town Sheffield 129 As 7609 DIAG
01/07/1967 1E98 ? East Midlands ? Yarmouth ? Grassmoor Jnct.   As 7609 o (Jon Stubley)
                Seen passing Helpringham at 1107 hrs with 11 coaches  
01/07/1967 1H20 ? Yarmouth ? Grassmoor Jnct. ?   As 7609 o (Jon Stubley)
                Seen passing Helpringham at 1253 hrs with 9 coaches  
19/08/1967 1M65 0935 Sheffield Llandudno Town Sheffield Llandudno Town 129 As 7609 o (John Powell)
19/08/1967 1E21 1428 Llandudno Town Sheffield Llandudno Town Sheffield 129 As 7609 DIAG
20/07/1974   1230 Skegness Leicester Skegness Leicester 102 D/H 25254 o (Stephen Ford)
20/07/1974   ? Leicester Skegness Leicester Skegness 102 D/H 25254 DIAG
17/08/1974 1E91 0800 Walsall Yarmouth Walsall Norwich 185 D/H 25159 Alan Baylis
                Seen at B'ham NS - probably Walsall - Yarmouth  
17/08/1974 1M37 1415 Yarmouth Derby Norwich Derby 149 D/H 25159 DIAG
18/08/1974   1815 Skegness Derby Skegness Derby 91 D/H 25159 o
18/08/1974   ? Derby Skegness Derby Skegness 91 D/H 25159 DIAG
31/03/1975   0920 Birmingham New St. Poole Birmingham New St. Reading 99 D/H 25095 Derby Sulzers
21/06/1975 1M37 1415 Yarmouth Derby Norwich Derby 149 D/H 25165: Replaced 25081 & 25280 off outward leg o (Gordon Lacy)
22/06/1975 1E28 0910 Derby Skegness Derby Skegness 91 D/H 25165 DIAG
22/06/1975 1M83 1815 Skegness Derby Skegness Derby 91 D/H 25165 o (Stephen Ford)
12/08/1977   0218 Crewe Holyhead Nr. Llandudno Jnct. Llandudno Jnct. 1 47532 failed (fire) and dragged: 24036 forward RM7711
23/08/1977 1B37 0857 Paddington Paignton Taunton Paignton 59 500xx failed and replaced John Cook/Scott Currie
04/09/1977 1E28 0915 Derby Skegness Derby Skegness 91 D/H 25316 Peter Hall
04/09/1977 1M83 1815 Skegness Derby Skegness Derby 91 D/H 25316 Peter Hall
24/06/1978 2J57 0415 Shrewsbury Aberystwyth Shrewsbury Aberystwyth 81 D/H 25301 Aber Trains 78
24/06/1978 1A46 1007 Aberystwyth Euston Aberystwyth Wolverhampton 111 D/H 25301 Aber Trains 78
25/06/1978 1J65 0845 Birmingham New St. Barmouth Birmingham New St. Barmouth 129 D/H 25301 o (Alan Baylis)
25/06/1978 1A51 1745 Barmouth Euston Barmouth Wolverhampton 116 D/H 25301 o (Alan Baylis)
22/07/1978 1J24 1040 Euston Aberystwyth Wolverhampton Aberystwyth 111 D/H 25262 Aber Trains 78
22/07/1978 2J57 1610 Aberystwyth Shrewsbury Aberystwyth Shrewsbury 81 D/H 25262 Aber Trains 78
23/07/1978   ? ? Barmouth ? Birmingham New St. Barmouth ? 258 D/H 25245: ADEX out and back? o (Peter Lovell)
                Dep 0915 from Birmingham  
29/07/1978 2J57 0415 Shrewsbury Aberystwyth Shrewsbury Aberystwyth 81 D/H 25032 DIAG
29/07/1978 1A46 1007 Aberystwyth Euston Aberystwyth Wolverhampton 111 D/H 25032 Geoff Griffiths (p)
29/07/1978 1M89 1020 Paignton Manchester Picc. ? Manchester Picc.   D/H 25032: Replaced 47272 o (Steve Kemp)
                47272 may have been replaced in the West Midlands areat. Travelled on from Stockport  
05/08/1978 1E91 0800 Walsall Yarmouth Walsall Norwich 185 D/H 25262 Yarmouth Trains 78
05/08/1978 1M37 1415 Yarmouth Derby Norwich Derby 149 D/H 25262 o (Phil Weaver)
06/08/1978 1E28 0915 Derby Skegness Derby Skegness 91 D/H 25262 RailGenArchive
06/08/1978 1M83 1815 Skegness Derby Skegness Derby 91 D/H 25262 RailGenArchive
19/08/1978   ? ? ? ? ?   D/H 25145 Railways of North Wales (p)
                Photograph shows a down train working out of Prestatyn on a Summer Saturday special  
26/08/1978 2J57 0415 Shrewsbury Aberystwyth Shrewsbury Aberystwyth 81 D/H 25145 Aber Trains 78
26/08/1978 1A46 1007 Aberystwyth Euston Aberystwyth Wolverhampton 111 D/H 25145 Aber Trains 78
28/08/1978   ? Walsall Rhyl Walsall Rhyl 230 D/H 25145: ADEX out and back (18xx dep) o (Alan Baylis/Tony Wardle)
31/08/1978 1V03 1000 Crewe Cardiff Crewe Cardiff 139   o (Tony Wardle)
23/09/1978 2J57 0415 Shrewsbury Aberystwyth Shrewsbury Aberystwyth 81 D/H 25270 DIAG
23/09/1978 1A46 1007 Aberystwyth Euston Aberystwyth Wolverhampton 111 D/H 25270 Dave Rostance (p)
                  Photograph
02/06/1979 1J24 1010 Euston Aberystwyth Birmingham New St. Aberystwyth 124 D/H 25032 o (Alan Baylis)
02/06/1979 2J57 1610 Aberystwyth Shrewsbury Aberystwyth Shrewsbury 81 D/H 25032 Cambrian Trains 79
03/06/1979   ? ? Barmouth ? ? Barmouth ?   D/H 25032 Alan Baylis
                Additional train, probably to Barmouth, seen at Madeley Jnct on its return  
07/07/1979 1J24 1010 Euston Aberystwyth Birmingham New St. Aberystwyth 124 D/H 25327 o (Stephen Ford)
07/07/1979 2J57 1610 Aberystwyth Shrewsbury Aberystwyth Shrewsbury 81 D/H 25327 Aber pages 79
08/07/1979   ? ? ? Birmingham New St. ?   D/H 25327 Alan Baylis
                Seen at Birmingham at about 0840 but is not the Barmouth train  
21/07/1979 1J24 1010 Euston Aberystwyth Birmingham New St. Aberystwyth 124 D/H 25277 o/Aber Trains 79
                Note eyewitness suggests 259 rather than 289  
21/07/1979 2J57 1610 Aberystwyth Shrewsbury Aberystwyth Shrewsbury 81 D/H 25277 Aber Trains 79
08/09/1979 2J57 0415 Shrewsbury Aberystwyth Shrewsbury Aberystwyth 81 D/H 25325 Aber Trains 79
08/09/1979 1A46 1009 Aberystwyth Euston Aberystwyth Wolverhampton 111 D/H 25325 Aber Trains 79
22/12/1979   ? ? ? ? Nuneaton ?     Alan Baylis
                Notes say was on passenger train at Nuneaton about 0900 but direction unknown  
01/06/1980 1J65 0845 Birmingham New St. Aberystwyth Birmingham New St. Aberystwyth 124 D/H 25282 o (Phil Weaver)
01/06/1980 1A51 1810 Aberystwyth Euston Aberystwyth Wolverhampton 111 D/H 25282 to Machynlleth then 25325 forward RM8008
14/06/1980 2J57 0410 Shrewsbury Aberystwyth Shrewsbury Aberystwyth 81 D/H 25184 Aber Trains 80
14/06/1980 1A46 1007 Aberystwyth Euston Aberystwyth Wolverhampton 111 D/H 25184 Aber Trains 80
16/08/1980 2J57 0410 Shrewsbury Aberystwyth Shrewsbury Aberystwyth 81 D/H 25277 Aber Trains 80
16/08/1980 1A46 1007 Aberystwyth Euston Aberystwyth Wolverhampton 111 D/H 25277 o (Kevin Watson)
17/08/1980 1J65 0845 Birmingham New St. Aberystwyth Birmingham New St. Aberystwyth 124 D/H 25277 o (Alan Baylis)
17/08/1980 1A51 1800 Aberystwyth Euston Aberystwyth Wolverhampton 111 D/H 25277: Replaced by 86241 o (Alan Baylis)
15/02/1981 1M01 1900 Paddington Birmingham New St. Banbury Birmingham New St. 44 47491 failed Alan Baylis
02/08/1982 1L52 1015 Chester Llandudno Town Chester Llandudno Town 48 RELIEF train o (Harry Harper)
03/08/1982 1L52 1015 Chester Llandudno Town Chester Llandudno Town 48   o (Harry Harper)
04/09/1982 1J20 0740 Euston Aberystwyth Wolverhampton Aberystwyth 111 D/H 25285 Great Wales Rail/Andrew Bannister (p)
04/09/1982 2J57 1400 Aberystwyth Shrewsbury Aberystwyth Shrewsbury 81 D/H 25285 ph
18/06/1983 1J24 1010 Euston Shrewsbury Birmingham New St. Shrewsbury 43 D/H 25315 o
20/08/1983 1J20 0735 Euston Aberystwyth Wolverhampton Aberystwyth 111 D/H 25276 o (David Williams)
20/08/1983 2J72 1400 Aberystwyth Shrewsbury Aberystwyth Shrewsbury 81 D/H 25276 o (Alan Baylis)
18/03/1984 1M66 1015 York Liverpool Manchester Vic. Liverpool 40 47427 failed: Diverted via Bolton & Wigan due to engineering work Class 25 Action 84
                Also quoted as 25/3  
30/06/1984 1J24 1010 Euston Shrewsbury Wolverhampton Shrewsbury 30 D/H 25249 o (Colin Williams)
04/08/1984 1J20 0735 Euston Aberystwyth Wolverhampton Aberystwyth 111 D/H 25287 o (David Williams)
                  Photograph
04/08/1984 2J84 1400 Aberystwyth Shrewsbury Aberystwyth Shrewsbury 81 D/H 25287 o (David Williams)
26/08/1984 1P54 0333 Crewe Preston Crewe Preston 68 D/H 25279: Train diverted via Chester due to engineering work Class 25 Action 84
26/08/1984   1313 Preston Barrow Preston Barrow 56 D/H 25279: RELIEF train Class 25 Action 84
26/08/1984 1F32 1821 Barrow Liverpool Barrow Liverpool 91 D/H 25279 o (Alan Evans)
15/09/1984 2J61 0744 Shrewsbury Aberystwyth Shrewsbury Aberystwyth 81 D/H 25297 o (David Williams)
15/09/1984 1A46 1010 Aberystwyth Euston Aberystwyth Wolverhampton 111 D/H 25297 o (David Williams) / RX0900p
                  Photograph
18/11/1984 1G64 1740 Manchester Picc. Birmingham New St. Manchester Picc. Macclesfield 18 Dragging 86242 - power off for engineering work Hugh Searle (p)
                  Photograph
20/01/1985 1M16 1930 Inverness Euston Preston Crewe 51 Dragging electric loco - power off for engineering work Class 25 Action 85
08/04/1985 1V07 1939 Crewe Cardiff Crewe Cardiff 139   o (David Williams)
05/07/1985 1C91 0759 Nottingham St. Pancras Nottingham St. Pancras 127 RELIEF train for M1 Motorway works Class 25 Action 85
06/09/1985 1D37 1740 Euston Chester Shrewsbury Chester 42 47523 removed for use on later train o (David Williams)
28/04/1986 1V06 1417 Bangor Cardiff Crewe Cardiff 139 33051 failed o (David Williams)
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