Train spotting

Norton Bridge...1960
 
NORTON BRIDGE was only about an hours drive from my then home at Halesowen, 7 miles west of Birmingham. So providing I could twist my father's arm to let me use his car, it was an ideal location to aim for on a Summer Saturday. In fact I had done it once in 1959, and this was the first of two Saturday visits in 1960. So myself and my brother made for our usual spot, the up side embankment adjacent to milepost 138, almost a mile south of Norton Bridge station.  
 
 NORTON BRIDGE (mp 138): Saturday 2nd July 1960:  9.25am-6.00pm: 
 
 DOWN LINE..NORTHBOUND: 

time

 train working

loco

name

load

 
9.27 M 8.20am Birmingham-Liverpool 45114 9
9.35 M 8.34am Walsall-Blackpool 45146 9
9.46 R 8.45am Birmingham-Llandudno 45353 11
10.01 R 8.22am Smethwick-Llandudno 45403 11
10.21 R 9.06am Birmingham-Holyhead 45149 10
10.22 M 7.55am Northampton-Morecambe 45139 +45740 Munster 8
10.26 R 8.04am Leicester-Llandudno 42783 10
10.26 M 7.32am Bletchley-Blackpool 45653 Barham 10
10.33 M Light engine 45448
10.52 M 6.40am Euston-Windermere 45633 Aden 13
10.57 R 9.55am Birmingham-Blackpool 45544 10
11.20 R 8.05am The Irish Mail 46248 City of Leeds 15
11.36 M 8.20am Euston-Liverpool D217 14
11.54 M 9.05am The Royal Scot 46254 City of Stoke on Trent 14
11.59 M 10.55am Birmingham-Glasgow 46159 The Royal Air Force 12
12.13 M 11.05am Birmingham-Edinburgh 44914 9
12.25 M 9.10am Euston-Llandudno 46129 The Scottish Horse 14
12.40 M Vans 45004 3v
12.47 M 10.00am Euston-Aberdeen/Perth D227 15
1.04 M 10.10am Euston-Glasgow 45509 Derbyshire Yeomanry 13
1.08 R Freight 42891
1.10 M 10.20am The Manxman D210 14
1.21 M 12.10pm Birmingham-Manchester 45237 6
1.28 M 10.30am Euston-Carlisle/Barrow D267 15
1.33 M Light engine 45529 Stephenson
1.34 M 10.38am Euston-Blackpool 45617 Mauritius 12

 1.53

M

10.45am

 Euston-Blackpool 45571 South Africa

10

 2.02

R

Freight 45343

56+b
2.13 M Addl Euston-Blackpool 45670 Howard of Effingham 13
2.20 M 11.05am The Welshman 45512 Bunsen 13
2.25 M 11.10am Euston-Llandudno 44680 +45681 Aboukir 14
2.35 M 11.35am Euston-Manchester D228 13
2.41 M 11.40am Euston-Whitehaven 45624 St Helena 13
2.46 M 11.50am Euston-Workington 46236 City of Bradford 13
2.47 R 8.16am Bournemouth-Liverpool 45311 9
2.57 M 12.20pm The Red Rose 46246 City of Manchester 14
2.59 R Freight 90723 23+b
3.03 M 1.45pm Birmingham-Liverpool 45578 United Provinces 9
3.26 M Freight 44868
3.36 R 9.35am Bournemouth-Manchester 44803 12
3.55 R 11.57am Euston-Crewe 45378 3
4.00 M 1.05pm The Mid-day Scot 46241 City of Edinburgh 14
4.13 R 9.45am The Pines Express 70032 Tennyson 11
4.16 M 1.20pm Euston-Glasgow 46238 City of Carlisle 14
4.22 M 1.30pm Euston-Perth 46206 Princess Marie Louise 14
4.40 M Addl Euston-Blackpool 45587 Baroda 13
4.49 M Addl Euston-Liverpool 46136 The Border Regiment 12

4.55

R

3.50pm

 Birmingham-Manchester 45187

7

5.00

R

10.35am

 Bournemouth-Manchester 44937

12

5.17

M

2.20pm

 Euston-Liverpool D214

15

5.31

M

Relief (Bolton) 44845

12

5.31

R

Light engine (4.11 SB) 44455

5.48

R

Freight 48659

51+b

5.58

R

5.50pm

 Stafford-Crewe 42781

3

 

 

The above excludes Northbound DMU services mainly for the Stoke-on-Trent line, which passed at 9.39 (Excursion), 9.55, 11.04, 11.46, 12.56, 2.29, 3.22, 4.06 (Parcels unit), 4.17, and 5.21.

No Northbound Services were in excess of 30 minutes late.

Total 64 Down Trains (inc DMU's)

 

 

 
X
 UP LINE..SOUTHBOUND: 

time

 train working

loco

name

load

 
9.28 R 7.50am Manchester-Birmingham 45311 6
9.33 M 7.00am The Ulster Express 45246 +45592 Indore 14
9.43 M Addl Liverpool-Euston D234 11
9.45 R 8.00am Liverpool-Birmingham 45578 United Provinces 9
9.52 R Freight 45401 43+b
9.53 M 8.20am The Shamrock D213 15
10.04 M Unidentified 45716 Swiftsure 13
10.13 M 8.25am Manchester-Euston 45736 Phoenix 13
10.52 M 8.00am Blackpool-Euston 44713 +45540 Sir R Turnbull 16
10.59 M 9.35am The Mancunian D232 12
11.18 M 8.30am The Emerald Isle Express D219 15
11.22 R 9.20am Rhyl-Birmingham 45254 13
11.27 M 9.55am Liverpool-Euston 45586 Mysore 11
11.33 M 8.45am Llandudno-Leicester 44853 11
11.43 M 10.10am The Merseyside Express 46229 Duchess of Hamilton 15
11.50 M 10.20am The Pines Express 70032 Tennyson 11
11.57 M 10.08am Manchester-Birmingham 44803 9
12.04 M 10.15am Liverpool-Birmingham 45187 10
12.13 R 10.30am Liverpool-Bournemouth 44942 12
12.18 M 9.05am Llandudno-Euston 45556 Nova Scotia 9+3v
12.20 R 10.28am Manchester-Bournemouth 44964 12
12.26 R 9.25am Morecambe-Birmingham 44937 9
12.31 M 11.10am Liverpool-Euston D231 14
12.40 M 9.45am Blackpool-Euston 45580 Burma 12
1.01 M 10.00am Blackpool-Bletchley 45130 10
1.07 R 8.10am Carlisle-Birmingham 44832 12

 1.08

M

6.35am

 Workington-Euston 46256 Sir William A Stanier

17

 1.13

M

10.00am

 Llandudno-Euston 46155 The Lancer

13
1.26 M Light engine (2.59 NB) 90723
1.35 M 12.00pm Manchester-Euston 46108 Seaforth Highlander 11
1.36 R Addl Blackpool-Coventry 42870 10
1.50 M 11.40am Liverpool-Rugby 45069 10
2.02 M 11.50am Liverpool-Birmingham 45446 10
2.35 R 10.00am Llandudno-Euston 45669 Fisher 13
2.38 M 8.10am Holyhead-Euston 70052 Firth of Tay 13
2.53 M 8.40am Windermere-Euston 46116 Irish Guardsman 11
3.04 M 12.25pm Blackpool-Euston 46106 Gordon Highlander 12
3.12 M 12.15pm Blackpool-Birminghaml 45430 10
3.18 M Relief (Unidentified) 45019 5
3.29 M Addl Liverpool-Euston 45242 14
3.36 M 2.00pm The Manxman 46146 The Rifle Brigade 12
4.02 M 1.05pm Llandudno-Euston 45225 12
4.11 R Freight (Ballast) 44455 13+b
4.16 M 10.00am The Royal Scot 46248 City of Leeds 14
4.31 R 2.55pm Manchester-Birmingham 45653 Barham 7
4.37 M 3.00pm Liverpool-Birmingham 45139 9
4.58 R Freight 42979 52+b

5.05

M

10.15am

 Glasgow-Euston D255

14

5.14

M

10.50am

 Workington-Euston 46124 London Scottish

11

5.27

M

10.10am

 Edinburgh-Birmingham 45509 Derbyshire Yeomanry

13

5.39

M

4.10pm

 Liverpool-Euston D217

15

5.46

M

2.50pm

 Llandudno-Birmingham 45353

9

5.57

M

9.00am

 Perth-Euston 46243 City of Lancaster

15
 
The above excludes Southbound DMU services mainly from the Stoke-on-Trent line, which passed at 10.17, 11.30, 12.50, 1.17, 2.30, 3.15(Parcels),3.50,5.09, 5.32(Excursion), and 5.49.

The following Southbound Services were in excess of 30 minutes late: 

 9.05am Llandudno-Euston..32 late (45556), 10.00am Llandudno-Euston..31 late (46155), 10.00am Glasgow-Euston..40 late (46248), 10.15am Glasgow-Euston..54 late (D255), 10.10am Edinburgh-Birmingham..98 late (45509), 9.00am Perth-Euston..72 late (46243), 10.05am Glasgow-Birmingham, due 4.03pm, had not passed by 6.00pm.

Total 63 Up Trains (inc DMU's).

Highlights of the day: The two main highlights were the appearance of Unrebuilt Patriot no 45509 The Derbyshire Yeomanry on the 13 coach 10.10am Euston-Glasgow. It clearly only worked as far as Crewe, since it returned south at 5.27pm on the 10.10am Edinburgh- Birmingham, another 13 coach load. The second highlight was the appearance of 20A (Holbeck) Royal Scot, no 46108 "Seaforth Highlander" on the 12.00pm Manchester to Euston service.