37219 Liverpool Street 1P66 7th Dec 1990

            Friday 7th December 1990 & we planned to see the Ramones at Manchester International II that evening until a phone call soon after midday informed me 37219 was allox 1840 Liverpool Street-Norwich due to the unavailability of the booked loco. I had only one other 37 hauled run on the GEML & that was years ago on a spotting trip from Colchester going north so my new track radar kicked-in, the Ramones would have to wait. My friend Telford worked in Swindon at the time & the original plan was he would finish early that afternoon, drive to Manchester picking me up at Leicester on the way-although a big music fan like myself he also favored the 37 so Plan B was instigated. He would drive to Milton Keynes where we would meet up as it is well placed for the motorway after the bash & also had an excellent all-night service from Euston. 

I was a top hitcher at the time & lived 10 minutes walk from Leicester Forest East services on the M1 so Milton Keynes was a doddle & I was already at the station when Telford rolled up. We got a local Euston service & crossed to Liverpool Street on the Underground with just a few minutes to spare, as we entered the station LJ joined us & you could hear a 37 ticking over. As we walked up the platform many of the carriage doors were still open with people milling about so there was no immediate rush so I took the awful photo above with no tripod using a luggage trolley & guessing (badly) the exposure but at least it looks passable in black & white, the colour version is truly abysmal. The front two coaches were in darkness so that was a bonus-nothing beats night time travel in dark coaches. The 1840 was non-stop to Manningtree & the driver pulled out all the stops with a cracking run arriving into Norwich just a few minutes down on the booked time. Leaning out the front droplight through the East London suburbs, clanking over unfamiliar junctions on a cold December evening was a brisk but unforgettable experience-I recall looking at the gantries around Ilford silhouetted against the bright night sky & recognising the same style as those on the Woodhead Route. Mission accomplished! Note the right hand horn, looks like it has hit something.

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / London / Broadgate (show map)

Taken on: December 26, 2017

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Sets appears in: • British Rail 1990s • Class 37s

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