1978
					Total Records	122	Total Mileage		11307
Loco	Date	H/C	Time	Train_From	Train_To	From	To	Miles	Comment / Concerns	Source / Web Page
25027	01 May	1Zxx	?	Cheltenham Spa	Aberystwyth	Wolverhampton	Aberystwyth	222	D/H 25040: ADEX out and back: Replaced 47146 and replaced by 47457	Mark Elvey
25036	01 May	1E81	0824	Leicester	Skegness	Leicester	Skegness	102	D/H 25074: RELIEF train	Peter Hall
25036	01 May	1M22	1834	Skegness	Leicester	Skegness	Leicester	102	D/H 25074: RELIEF train	Peter Hall
									Departure time also quoted as 1850
25040	01 May	1Zxx	?	Cheltenham Spa	Aberystwyth	Wolverhampton	Aberystwyth	222	D/H 25027: ADEX out and back: Replaced 47146 and replaced by 47457	Mark Elvey
25074	01 May	1E81	0824	Leicester	Skegness	Leicester	Skegness	102	D/H 25036: RELIEF train	Peter Hall
25074	01 May	1M22	1834	Skegness	Leicester	Skegness	Leicester	102	D/H 25036: RELIEF train	Peter Hall
									Departure time also quoted as 1850
25078	01 May	1C96	2140	Edinburgh	Carstairs	Edinburgh	Carstairs	29		o (Jim Burton)
25223	01 May	2B44	1935	Exeter St. Davids	Paignton	Exeter St. Davids	Paignton	28		o (Tony Wardle)
25240	01 May		?	?	Edinburgh	?	Edinburgh			Derby Sulzers
25246	01 May		1730	Edinburgh	Cardenden	Edinburgh	Cardenden	27		Derby Sulzers
25278	01 May		?	Wembley Park ?	Rugby	Wembley ?	Rugby		"Metroland" RTR - out(?) and back
									Photographed on return leg
25224	03 May	2B44	1935	Exeter St. Davids	Paignton	Exeter St. Davids	Paignton	28		RailGenArchive
25218	05 May	1V05	1222	Crewe	Cardiff	Crewe	Cardiff	139		o (Dick Holland)
25218	05 May	2M67	1710	Cardiff	Crewe	Cardiff	Crewe	139		o (Phil Weaver)
25221	05 May	1V13	1922	Crewe	Cardiff	Crewe	Cardiff	139		o (Dick Holland)
25033	06 May		1000	Aberdeen	Mount Florida	Aberdeen	Mount Florida	166	D/H 25227: FOOTEX outward leg	Derby Sulzers
25072	06 May		0930	Aberdeen	Mount Florida	Aberdeen	Mount Florida	166	D/H 25087: FOOTEX outward leg	Derby Sulzers
25073	06 May		?	Swansea	Spalding	Nottingham	Spalding	106	D/H 25074: Replaced a loco failure on outward leg: ADEX out and back ?	Pip Dunn
									Return to Nottingham only is assumed
25074	06 May		?	Swansea	Spalding	Nottingham	Spalding	106	D/H 25073: Replaced a loco failure on outward leg: ADEX out and back ?	Pip Dunn
									Return to Nottingham only is assumed
25087	06 May		0930	Aberdeen	Mount Florida	Glasgow Central ?	Mount Florida	166	D/H 25072: FOOTEX outward leg	Derby Sulzers
25187	06 May		?	Bewdley	Paignton	Bewdley	Kidderminster	5	D/H 25261: CHARTER (GWR) train - out and back	Andy Sales
25221	06 May	1M68	0532	Cardiff	Crewe	Cardiff	Crewe	139		o (Dick Holland)
25224	06 May	2B99	1638	Exeter St. Davids	Barnstaple	Exeter St. Davids	Barnstaple	39		o (David Reed)
25224	06 May	2B99	1803	Barnstaple	Exeter St. Davids	Barnstaple	Exeter St. Davids	39		o (David Reed)
25224	06 May	2B44	1935	Exeter St. Davids	Paignton	Exeter St. Davids	Paignton	28		o (David Reed)
25227	06 May		1000	Aberdeen	Mount Florida	Glasgow Central ?	Mount Florida	166	D/H 25033: FOOTEX outward leg	Derby Sulzers
25247	06 May		1710	Edinburgh	Newcastle	Edinburgh	Newcastle	124		Derby Sulzers
25261	06 May		?	Bewdley	Paignton	Bewdley	Kidderminster	5	D/H 25187: CHARTER (GWR) train - out and back	Andy Sales
25218	07 May	1V13	1817	Crewe	Cardiff	Crewe	Cardiff	139		o (Dick Holland)
25221	07 May	2V67	1345	Crewe	Cardiff	Crewe	Cardiff	139		o (Phil Weaver)
25084	08 May	1C96	2140	Edinburgh	Carstairs	Edinburgh	Carstairs	29		o (Jim Burton)
25221	08 May	1V01	0604	Crewe	Cardiff	Crewe	Cardiff	139		o (Phil Weaver)
25037	09 May		1605	Nottingham	Glasgow Central	Leeds ?	Carlisle ?	113	Train seen north of Leeds on S&C	RM7808/Looking back at Sulzer Locomotives (p)
25223	09 May	2B44	1930	Exeter St. Davids	Paignton	Exeter St. Davids	Paignton	28		o (Sean Greenslade)
25235	09 May		1100	Kyle of Lochalsh	Inverness	Kyle of Lochalsh	Inverness	82	D/H 26029	Arnie Furniss (p)
										Photograph
25039	10 May		?	?	Birmingham New St.	?	Birmingham New St.		D/H 25040: Cambrian line ADEX
25040	10 May		?	?	Birmingham New St.	?	Birmingham New St.		D/H 25039: Cambrian line ADEX
25137	10 May	1V25	1721	Portsmouth	Cardiff	Bristol Temple Meads	Cardiff	38		o (Phil Weaver)
25137	10 May		2135	Cardiff	Bristol Temple Meads	Cardiff	Bristol Temple Meads	38		o (Dick Holland)
25221	10 May	1M84	1130	Cardiff	Crewe	Cardiff	Crewe	139		o (Phil Weaver)
25137	11 May	1V25	1721	Portsmouth	Cardiff	Bristol Temple Meads	Cardiff	38		o (Phil Weaver)
25137	11 May		2135	Cardiff	Bristol Temple Meads	Cardiff	Bristol Temple Meads	38		o (Dick Holland)
25223	11 May	2B44	1930	Exeter St. Davids	Paignton	Exeter St. Davids	Paignton	28		o (Sean Greenslade)
25043	12 May	1M94	1710	Cardiff	Crewe	Cardiff	Crewe	139		o (Phil Weaver)
25058	12 May	2B44	1930	Exeter St. Davids	Paignton	Exeter St. Davids	Paignton	28		o (Sean Greenslade)
25084	12 May	1C96	2140	Edinburgh	Carstairs	Edinburgh	Carstairs	29		o (Jim Burton)
25056	13 May	1E64	1015	Birmingham New St.	Norwich	Birmingham New St.	Norwich	174		o (GerardTCC)
25207	13 May		?	?	Meeth	?	Meeth		'Lundy Island Boat Train' RTR out and back ?	BIRGWeb (p)
25010	15 May	2L35	1044	Glasgow Queen St.	Dundee	Glasgow Queen St.	Dundee	83	D/H 270xx	Rail-online (p)
									Date & time is estimated: Running in turn ex-April 78 works visit	Photograph
25010	15 May	2T31	1338	Dundee	Glasgow Queen St.	Dundee	Glasgow Queen St.	83	D/H 270xx	Rail-online (p)
									Date & time is estimated: Running in turn ex-April 78 works visit	Photograph
25023	15 May	1A06	?	Edinburgh	Aberdeen	Edinburgh	Aberdeen	130	D/H 26036	o (Malcolm Dyer)
									Date only given as May
25058	15 May	2B99	?	Barnstaple	Exeter St. Davids	Barnstaple	Exeter St. Davids	39		T9810 (p)
									Date given as May 78
25159	15 May	1V03	1000	Crewe	Cardiff	Crewe	Cardiff	139		Last Years Class 25s (p)
									Date given as May 78
25059	16 May	1A55	1845	Edinburgh	Aberdeen	Edinburgh	Aberdeen	130		o (Jim Burton)
25118	17 May	1M92	1508	Cardiff	Crewe	Cardiff	Crewe	139		o (Phil Weaver)
25211	17 May		?	Crewe	Cardiff	Crewe	Cardiff	139		Traction 1707/Gavin Morrison (p)
									Lighting conditions suggest this is the 1000 or 1222 Crewe departure
25276	18 May	1V05	1222	Crewe	Cardiff	Crewe	Cardiff	139		o (Phil Weaver)
25276	18 May	1M94	1710	Cardiff	Crewe	Cardiff	Crewe	139		o (Phil Weaver)
25042	19 May	1M68	0535	Cardiff	Crewe	Cardiff	Crewe	139		o (Dick Holland)
25085	19 May	2A41	1715	Aberdeen	Stonehaven	Aberdeen	Stonehaven	16		o (Jim Hoskins)
25244	19 May	2T38	1557	Dundee	Glasgow Queen St.	Dundee	Glasgow Queen St.	83		MLI0906 (p)/o (Tom Heavyside)
25107	20 May	1Z49	0618	Nelson	Cheltenham Spa	Wolverhampton	Cheltenham Spa	120	D/H 25270: ADEX out and back ?	o (Sean Greenslade)/Modern Diesels in Focus (p)
25131	20 May		0755	St. Pancras	Edinburgh	St. Pancras	Leeds		D/H 25302: RTR "Thames-Forth Express" (LVRC): Replaced by 55012	Halcyon (p)
									Photographed at Leeds	Photograph
25184	20 May		?	Wellingborough	Chester	Wellingborough	Hereford	260	D/H 25218: CHARTER out and back: Replaced by 6000 (Steam) and replaced 6201 (Steam) (Return 1730 dep)	o (Alan Baylis)/Six Bells Junction
25218	20 May		?	Wellingborough	Chester	Wellingborough	Hereford	260	D/H 25184: CHARTER out and back: Replaced by 6000 (Steam) and replaced 6201 (Steam) (Return 1730 dep)	o (Alan Baylis)/Six Bells Junction
25247	20 May		?	Dundee	Glasgow Queen St.	Dundee	Glasgow Queen St.	83		DH
									Photographed at Dundee
25270	20 May	1Z49	0618	Nelson	Cheltenham Spa	Wolverhampton	Cheltenham Spa	120	D/H 25107: ADEX out and back ?	o (Sean Greenslade)/Modern Diesels in Focus (p)
25302	20 May		0755	St. Pancras	Edinburgh	St. Pancras	Leeds	206	D/H 25131: RTR "Thames-Forth Express" (LVRC): Replaced by 55012	+
										Photograph
25048	21 May	2B47	2000	Newton Abbot	Exeter St. Davids	Newton Abbot	Exeter St. Davids	20	D/H 25058	o (David Reed/Tony Wardle)
25058	21 May	2B47	2000	Newton Abbot	Exeter St. Davids	Newton Abbot	Exeter St. Davids	20	D/H 25048	o (David Reed/Tony Wardle)
25042	24 May	1V03	1000	Crewe	Cardiff	Crewe	Cardiff	139		o (Phil Weaver/Dick Holland)
25082	25 May		0836	Glasgow Queen St.	Fort William	Glasgow Queen St.	Spean Bridge	113	Loco failed and dragged by 27025	Diesels on the Regions ScR (p)
25161	26 May	2D62	1330	Manchester Vic.	Llandudno Town	Chester	Llandudno Town	48	24082 failed and replaced	Derby Sulzers
25161	26 May	2K52	1642	Llandudno Town	Crewe	Llandudno Town	Crewe	69		DIAG
25161	26 May	2D53	2030	Crewe	Bangor	Crewe	Bangor	81		o (Dave Plimmer)
25161	26 May	2D88	2245	Bangor	Llandudno Jnct.	Bangor	Llandudno Jnct.	25		DIAG
25283	26 May		?	Crewe	Cardiff	Crewe	Cardiff	139		Sulzer Types 2 and 3 (p)
25027	27 May	1M74	0915	Yarmouth	Manchester Picc.	Lincoln Central	Manchester Picc.	91	D/H 25199	RailGenArchive
25027	27 May	1E34	0919	Manchester Picc.	Yarmouth	Manchester Picc.	Lincoln Central	91	D/H 25199	o (Phil Weaver)
25042	27 May	1V01	0604	Crewe	Cardiff	Crewe	Cardiff	139		RailGenArchive
25048	27 May	2B99	0950	Exeter St. Davids	Barnstaple	Exeter St. Davids	Barnstaple	39		DIAG
25048	27 May	2B99	1157	Barnstaple	Exeter St. Davids	Barnstaple	Exeter St. Davids	39		o (David Reed)
25054	27 May	1E86	0852	Leicester	Skegness	Leicester	Skegness	102	D/H 25236	o (Stephen Ford)
25054	27 May	1M02	1232	Skegness	Leicester	Skegness	Nottingham	75	D/H 25236: Replaced by 45117	Peter Hall
25061	27 May		?	Cardiff	Crewe	Cardiff	Crewe	139		DH
									Photographed at Crewe
25084	27 May		?	Euston	Mallaig	Glasgow Queen St.	Fort William	122		Rail Photoprints (p)
										Photograph
25129	27 May	1E91	0800	Walsall	Yarmouth	Walsall	Norwich	185	D/H 25136	o
25129	27 May	1M37	1415	Yarmouth	Derby	Norwich	Derby	149	D/H 25136	o (Dick Holland)/David Hayes (p)
										Photograph
25136	27 May	1E91	0800	Walsall	Yarmouth	Walsall	Norwich	185	D/H 25129	o
25136	27 May	1M37	1415	Yarmouth	Derby	Norwich	Derby	149	D/H 25129	o (Dick Holland)/David Hayes (p)
										Photograph
25199	27 May	1M74	0915	Yarmouth	Manchester Picc.	Lincoln Central	Manchester Picc.	91	D/H 25027	RailGenArchive
25199	27 May	1E34	0919	Manchester Picc.	Yarmouth	Manchester Picc.	Lincoln Central	91	D/H 25027	o (Phil Weaver)
25213	27 May	1D30	0730	Nottingham	Llandudno Town	Nottingham	Llandudno Town	136		o (Gordon Lacy)
									Seen Nottingham to Derby
25213	27 May	1D17	1302	Llandudno Town	Nottingham	Llandudno Town	Nottingham	136		o (Dick Holland)/Old Fentonian (p)
										Photograph
25236	27 May	1E86	0852	Leicester	Skegness	Leicester	Skegness	102	D/H 25054	o (Stephen Ford)
25236	27 May	1M02	1232	Skegness	Leicester	Skegness	Nottingham	75	D/H 25054: Replaced by 45117	Peter Hall
25240	27 May		?	Falkirk Grahamston	Mallaig	Fort William	Mallaig	83	(SRPS) RTR out and back: Replaced and replaced by ?	Bill Miller (p)/Facebook
									Photographed arriving at Fort William on return leg
25048	28 May		1802	Exeter St. Davids	Newton Abbot	Exeter St. Davids	Newton Abbot	20		o (Tony Wardle)
25305	28 May	1J65	0845	Birmingham New St.	Barmouth	Birmingham New St.	Barmouth	129	D/H 25327	o (Steve Burdett)
25305	28 May	1A51	1745	Barmouth	Euston	Barmouth	Wolverhampton	116	D/H 25327	o (Dick Holland)
25327	28 May	1J65	0845	Birmingham New St.	Barmouth	Birmingham New St.	Barmouth	129	D/H 25305	o (Steve Burdett)
25327	28 May	1A51	1745	Barmouth	Euston	Barmouth	Wolverhampton	116	D/H 25305	o (Dick Holland)
25048	29 May	2B18	1000	Paignton	Plymouth	Paignton	Plymouth	40		o (Peter Lovell)
										Photograph
25048	29 May		1640	Plymouth	Paignton	Plymouth	Paignton	40		o (Tony Wardle)/Alan Tait (p)
										Photograph
25142	29 May	1M60	1515	Plymouth	Manchester Picc.	Gloucester	Birmingham New St.	54	D/H 25267	RI0605
25184	29 May		0929	Manchester Vic.	Llandudno Town	Manchester Vic.	Llandudno Town	87	D/H 25196	o (Stephen Ford)
25184	29 May		1720	Llandudno Town	Manchester Vic.	Llandudno Town	Manchester Vic.	87	D/H 25196	Derby Sulzers/Larry Goddard/Facebook (p)
									Photo notes say that the 25s replaced a failed Class 40 at Llandudno
25196	29 May		0929	Manchester Vic.	Llandudno Town	Manchester Vic.	Llandudno Town	87	D/H 25184	o (Stephen Ford)
25196	29 May		1720	Llandudno Town	Manchester Vic.	Llandudno Town	Manchester Vic.	87	D/H 25184	Derby Sulzers/Larry Goddard/Facebook (p)
									Photo notes say that the 25s replaced a failed Class 40 at Llandudno
25224	29 May	1M92	1508	Cardiff	Crewe	Cardiff	Crewe	139		o (Alan Baylis)
25267	29 May	1M60	1515	Plymouth	Manchester Picc.	Gloucester	Birmingham New St.	54	D/H 25142	RI0605
25272	29 May	1D31	1111	Manchester Vic.	Holyhead	Manchester Vic.	Holyhead	124	D/H 25297	o (Dave Plimmer)
25297	29 May	1D31	1111	Manchester Vic.	Holyhead	Manchester Vic.	Holyhead	124	D/H 25272	o (Dave Plimmer)
25043	30 May	1V09	1600	Crewe	Cardiff	Dinmore Tunnel	Moreton on Lugg	4	47042 pushed train to Moreton on Lugg	Derby Sulzers
25214	30 May	2M76	0938	Grantham	Nottingham	Grantham	Nottingham	23	DMU failure	Stephen Marshall (o)
25219	30 May	1M92	1508	Cardiff	Crewe	Cardiff	Hereford	55	Loco failed and dragged by 37292	o (Phil Weaver)/Derby Sulzers
25224	30 May	1V05	1222	Crewe	Cardiff	Crewe	Cardiff	139		David Rostance (p)
										Photograph
25224	30 May	1M94	1710	Cardiff	Crewe	Cardiff	Crewe	139		o (Dave Plimmer)
									Have assumed it to be the 1710
25297	30 May	2D53	2030	Crewe	Bangor	Crewe	Bangor	81		o (Dave Plimmer)
25297	30 May	2D88	2245	Bangor	Llandudno Jnct.	Bangor	Llandudno Jnct.	25		DIAG
25048	31 May	2B33	1640	Plymouth	Paignton	Plymouth	Paignton	40		Andrew Pullar/Facebook (p)
25166	31 May	1M60	1507	Plymouth	Manchester Picc.	Gloucester	Birmingham New St.	54		RI0605
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