After travelling to London overnight I walked to Kings Cross to do the
suburban lines out of the Cross, then took an HST up the ECML to Leeds
where I was due to meet my mate. This is the scene at KX at 05.15 in the
morning of 26 February 1990.
It had been a very stormy night and the bad weather continued in the morning of 26 Feb, causing my HST to Leeds to arrive 3 hours late and messing up my plans! So I went to Birmingham where I took an additional service to Paddington, no trains running to Euston due to the storm damage. The service is seen at Reading with 50036.
50036 at Paddington having arrived on the 1548 additional service from Birmingham, 26 February 1991.
After doing some lines I needed south of London I arrived at Gatwick Airport for 73204 on the 2035 Gatwick Express service to London Victoria, 26 February 1990.
The next day was still pretty windy. This is Ryde on the Isle of White, we'd travelled across on the little ferry to the end of the pier then done the line to Shanklin. But on our return the train could not continue over the pier due to the rough sea and the ferry was cancelled. After seeking refuge in a pub we got back to the mainland on the car ferry.
In between covering more bits of Southern region track 33026 was seen at Guildford on an engineering train, 27 February 1990.
47515 at Reading with a parcels train on the evening of 28 February 1990.
Bristol Bath Road depot in the early hours of 1 March 1990, locos include 47589, 47592, 47033 and 47584.
A DMU arrives at Craven Arms on 1 March 1990 with a train to Swansea which we did to cover the Central Wales line.
Most of 2 March was spent on the Southern region, this is Ascot with a Guildford - Waterloo train arriving.
Now to East Anglia where 37178 is seen at Ely in the early evening of 2 March 1990.
On Saturdays in March 1990 a 'guest' locomotive was provided for the 0825 Leeds - Carlisle, on 3 March it was 58036 seen crossing Ribblehead viaduct beneath a snow covered Whernside with train loco 47456.
4 March 1990 at Gatwick
with 73209 leaving on a Gatwick Express service to London Victoria.