Random Railway Stuff

37057 central station 18/02/25

Lumo 001 arrives at Morpeth,  my first Lumo for haulage :)   18/02/25 

001 at central station  18/02/25 

Only time I had 89001, had it Peterborough to Doncaster,  25/09/97

Back in the day, you could safely take photos of trains you pass out of train windows, this was 1 of those occasions,  I was on a XC duff from brum to York, took this of 91002 approaching York. 

On my last online rover, did the line Cardiff to Rhymney behind 37425  30/06/04 

800 111 with the 07.55 Inverness to KX service, which i had down to central station -  03/03/25

9/10/25 

I thought it was about time I got out and done some more Lumo.  Had winner 802 215 up to Morpeth 

For Lumo 002 back 

After a vodka break in spoons , I did Lumo 003 back to Morpeth 

For another vodka break in joiners arms before winner azuma back to central station. 

17/10/25 

A swift dodge up to Morpeth for Lumo 004. Just 005 left to tick now. 

22/10/15 

Did a TT day rover and had 7 winners overall. Finally got a pic of the "oasis train", which i took at darlo

Then finally ticked Lumo 005 to Morpeth to.complete the set :) 

31/12/25 

A required haircut and last bit of shopping meant a cheeky metro dodge to the town, had dud 555 005 from SoL to town. Then on way home , ticked 555 001 to st Peters,  which is near my pharmacy where meds were required to be picked up. 

Looking forward to more happy times on the trains next year :) 
 20/03/26  - 70 817 passing platform 4 at dundee . Took this whilst waiting for Broughty ferry train. 

8/05/26

Went to darlo to visit my auntie and uncle for a pre birthday meal. Started off nicely on winner azuma 801 104

On way back 

All photos are taken by me. 

Shotton comms fc 0 v Hetton social rar 15 - wellfield school 3G - ground 520 - 09/11/25

Finally ticked Horden station off , then after Sainsbury's made the short walk along to Peterlee bus station,  where I caught X22 to wingate.  

Another Sunday walkover by a visiting team. Another visit to this venue is required to tick the grass pitch. 

I had a change of scenery on the way back , X1 peterlee to Houghton for the 20 to sunnyland,  then metro home. 

04/04/25  -  turned up hoping to see Wingate afc play on the grass pitch. Unfortunately they played on the 3G , so i went home. Hopefully I'll see a game on the grass pitch before the season is done ! 

Spoons Pubs Visited !!

Pre-match or Post-match, or just a day out, quite alot of people tick off Spoons pubs aswell as sports grounds and I'm one of them ! 

The main rule I follow, is that an alcoholic drink must be consumed, which I think is very fair due to it being a PUB tick :)

I compiled this list in this order thanks to the excellent page put together by John Adams, Cheers :)

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Berkshire (6)

Maidenhead: the bear 

Newbury : hatchet inn 

Reading; back of beyond 

Reading: hope tap 

Slough: Moon and spoon 

Windsor: king and castle 

Bostonshire: (13)

Boston  - moon under water

 Brigg : White Horse 

  Cleethorpes: coliseum picture house 

  Gainsborough: Sweyn Forkbeard 

  Grantham: Tollemache Inn

  Grimsby : Yarborough Hotel 

  Lincoln: Forum

  Lincoln: Ritz

  Lincoln : Square Sail 

  Scunthorpe: Blue Bell 

Skegness -  red lion 

 Sleaford  - packhorse Inn 

 Stamford  -  Stamford post 

Cambridgeshire  (2)

Peterborough  -  college arms 

Peterborough  -  drapers arms 

Cheshire: (7)
 Chester : Bull & Stirrup Hotel

 Chester: Forest House  

 Chester: Square Bottle,

 Northwich: Penny Black
  Warrington: Friar Penketh
 Warrington: Looking Glass,
Winsford: Queens Arms

Cleveland: (10) Completed

   Billingham: Half Moon
   Guisborough: Ironstone Miner

    Hartlepool: King Johns Tavern

    Hartlepool: Ward Jackson

    Middlesbrough: Isaac Wilson

    Middlesbrough: Resolution

    Middlesbrough: Swatters Carr

    Norton: Highland Laddie

    Redcar: Plimsoll Line

    Stockton-on-Tees: Thomas Sheraton

Cumbria: (7)
    Barrow in Furness: Furness Railway

    Carlisle: William Rufus

    Carlisle: Woodrow Wilson
    Kendal: Miles Thompson
    Penrith: Dog Beck

   Whitehaven: Bransty Arch
   Workington: Henry Bessemer

Derbyshire: (4)
  Buxton : Wye Bridge House
  Chesterfield : Spa Lane Vaults

  Chesterfield: Portland Hotel

  Matlock: Crown

Dorset: (1)

  Bournemouth: Moon in the Square

Durham: (11) Completed

    Bishop Auckland: Stanley Jefferson

    Chester-le-Street: Wicket Gate

    Consett: Company Row

    Crook: Horse Shoe Inn

    Darlington: Tanners Hall

    Darlington: William Stead

    Durham: Bishops Mill

    Durham: Water House

    Peterlee: Five Quarter

    Seaham: Hat & Feathers

    Spennymoor: Grand Electric Hall

Essex: (7)

Billericay: Blue boar 

Braintree: Picture House Palace 

Brentwood: the dairyman 

Chelmsford: ivory peg 

Rayliegh: the roebuck 

  Southend on Sea: Last Post

Witham: Battesford court 

  Leicestershire: (2)

  Leicester: Last Plantagenet

  Hinckley: Baron of Hinckley

Gloucestershire: (1)

  Cheltenham: Bank House

Greater London: (20)

Chadwell heath: Eva Hart 
  Colindale: Moon under Water
  Cricklewood: Beaten Docket

 Farringdon: the Sir John oldcastle 

  Harrow: Moon On The Hil

Ilford: the Great Ilford spoon 
 Islington: Glass Works
  Islington: White Swan

Kings Cross: barrel Vaults 
 Kingsbury: JJ Moons

 Liverpool st : Hamilton Hall 
 Marylebone: Metropolitan Bar
 New Barnet: Railway Bell

Romford: Moon and stars 
 Stanmore: Man in the Moon

Stratford: goldengrove 

 Sutton : Moon On The hill 
 Tower Hill: Liberty Bounds

  Wembley: JJ Moons

Wimbledon: wibba down Inn 

Greater Manchester: (11)
   Ashton-Under-Lyne - Ash Tree 
   Bolton: Spinning Mule

   Manchester: Moon under Water

   Manchester:Manchester & County
   Manchester: Paramount 
   Manchester: Seven Stars
   Manchester: Waterhouse

   Stalybridge: Society Rooms

   Stockport: Calverts Court
  Wigan: Brocket Arm
  Wigan: Moon under Water

Merseyside (6)
   Liverpool: Captain Alexander
   Liverpool: Fall Well
   Liverpool: Lime Kiln
   Liverpool: North Western 
   Liverpool: Richard John Blackler
   Liverpool: Welkin

Hertfordshire: (3)

    Borehamwood: Hart & Spool

    Stevenage: Standard Bearer

    Stevenage: Standing Order

Lancashire:  (10)
Blackpool: Albert & Lion
 Blackpool: Layton Rakes
  Blackpool: Velvet Coaster
 Cleveleys: Jolly Tars
 Fleetwood: Thomas Drummond
  Lancaster: Sir Richard Owen

 Morecambe: Eric Bartholomew
Poulton-le-Fylde: Poulton Elk
Preston: Greyfriar
Preston: Twelve Tellers

 Northumberland: (8) Completed

    Ashington: Rohan Kanhai

    Bedlington: Red Lion,

    Berwick-upon-Tweed: Leaping Salmon    

    Blyth: Wallaw, 14 Union Street

    Cramlington: John the Clark of Cramlington

Haggerstone Castle: Sir Thomas Haggerstone 

    Hexham: Forum

   Morpeth: Electrical Wizard

Nottinghamshire (3)

 Bingham - Butter Cross 

Retford : dominie Cross 

Worksop : liquorice Gardens 

Oxfordshire (1)

Henley-on-Thames  :  Catherine Wheel 

Scotland: (32)
 Airdrie: Robert Hamilton

  Anniesland: Esquire House

  Arbroath: Corn exchange 

   Broughty Ferry: Jollys hotel 

  Cumbernauld: Carrick Stone

 Dumfries: Robert the Bruce 

    Dundee: Capitol

    Dundee: Counting House

 Dunfermline: guildhall and linen exchange 

  East Kilbride: Hay Stook 

    Edinburgh: Alexander Graham Bell

    Edinburgh: booking office 

    Edinburgh: Playfair

    Edinburgh: Standing Order

    Falkirk: Carron Works

    Glasgow: Camperdown Place

    Glasgow: Counting House

    Glasgow: Crystal Palace

    Glasgow: Edward G. Wylie

    Glasgow: Henglers Circus

    Glasgow: Society Room

    Grangemouth: Earl of Zetland

   Greenock: James Watt 

    Inverness: Kings Highway

  Kirkcaldy: Robert Nairn 

    Kilmarnock: Wheatsheaf Inn

    Motherwell: Brandon Works

    Musselburgh: David Macbeth Moir

    Paisley: Last Post

   Perth: Capital Asset
   Rutherglen: An Ruadh Ghlean
   Shawlands: Sir John Stirling Maxwell

Surrey  (1)

Staines: the George 

Wear & tyne: (20) Completed

    Byker: High Main

    Concord: Sir William de Wessyngton

    Gateshead: Tilley Stone

    Gateshead: Wetherspoons

    Gosforth: Job Bulman

   Holystone: Blue Bell 

    Houghton-le-Spring: Wild Boar

    Newcastle upon Tyne: Five Swans

    Newcastle upon Tyne: Keel

   Newcastle upon Tyne; Luthers bar 

    Newcastle upon Tyne: Mile Castle

    Newcastle upon Tyne: Quayside

    Newcastle upon Tyne: Union Rooms

    South Shields: Wouldhave

    Sunderland: Cooper Rose

    Sunderland: Lambton Worm

    Sunderland: William Jameson
    wallsend : The Ritz

   Whickham: Harry Clasper

    Whitley Bay: Fire Station

Wales: (8)

  Bangor : Black Bull Inn

  Colwyn Bay: Picture House

  Holywell: Market Cross

  Llandudno: Palladium

   Newport: Queens Hotel

   Newport: Tom Toya Lewis

   Rhyl: Sussex

   Shotton: Central Hotel

  

West Midlands: (3)

  Acocks Green: Spread Eagle

  Birmingham: Figure Of Eight

  Birmingham: Square Peg

Yorkshire (East): (8)

   Beverley: Cross Keys
   Bridlington: Prior John
    Great Driffield: Benjamin Fawcett

    Goole: City & County

    Kingston-upon-Hull: Admiral of the Humber

  Kingston-upon-Hull: sanctuary bar  

    Kingston-upon-Hull: Three John Scotts

    Kingston-upon-Hull: William Wilberforce

Yorkshire (North): (13)  Completed

Filey: The five stones 

    Harrogate: Winter Gardens

    Knaresborough: Crown Inn,

 Northallerton: The Buck Inn 

    Richmond: Ralph Fitz

   Ripon:  The Unicorn Hotel 

    Selby: Giant Bellflower

    Scarborough: Lord Rosebery

    Skipton: Devonshire Inn

    Thirsk: Three Tuns

    Whitby: New Angel Hotel

    York: Postern Gate   

    York: Punchbowl

Yorkshire (South): (8)

   Doncaster: Gate House
   Rotherham: Blue Coat 
   Rotherham: Corn Law Rhymer 
   Rotherham: Rhinoceros
   Sheffield: Bankers Draft
   Sheffield: Benjamin Huntsman
   Sheffield: Sheffield Waterworks Company 
   Sheffield: Swim Inn

 Yorkshire (West): (29)

    Bingley: Myrtle Grove   

   Bradford: Sir Titus Salt

    Bradford: Turls Green
   Brighouse: Richard Oastler

  Castleford: Glass blower 
   Chapel Allerton: Three Hulats

  Cross Gates :  Charles Henry Roe 
   Dewsbury: Time Piece

 Garforth:  Briggate 

  Glasshoughton: Winter Seam 
    Hemsworth: Blue Bell
   Halifax: Barum Top Inn
    Halifax: Percy Shaw 

  Headingley:  Golden Beam 

   Huddersfield: Cherry Tree
   Huddersfield: Lord Wilson

    Ilkley: Listers Arms

    Keighley: Livery Rooms,

    Leeds: Becketts Bank

    Leeds: Cuthbert Brodrick

    Leeds: Hedley Verity

    Leeds: Stick or Twist,

   Leeds: Wetherspoons (railway station) 

   Otley: Bowling Green

  Pontefract: Broken Bridge 

   Shipley: Sir Norman Rae
   Sowerby Bridge: Commercial Inn 
    Todmorden: White Hart Hotel

   Wakefield: Six Chimneys

  Wetherby: angel inn  
   Yeadon: Clothiers Arms

Arbroath fc 1 v Queens Park fc 0 - Gayfield Park - ground 526 - 21/03/26

20/03/26

after dud metro from sol,  I headed north on a dud TPE to Edinburgh. For winner 170 413 to dundee 

Checked in hotel,  unpacked and had a rest before heading back to the station for the train to Broughty ferry. 

Where I ticked spoons 255  - jollys hotel 

Then next train back to dunde 

Then headed back to the hotel

21/03/26 

After a filling breakfast and nap , I headed to the station for train to arbroath 

Then ticked spoons 256 - corn exchange 

Where I had a pint for change :) 

Then headed to the ground to take a couple of pics of the outside 

Then popped in the pub opposite the ground for a few pre match refreshments 

Then into the ground ! 

 

Arbroath took the lead in the 1st half a.d thats the way it stayed. Queens Park had chances but were too sloppy in front of goal. 

Then train back.to dundee and finished the night off in hotel 

22/03/03 

Wasn't feeling up to doing much on the Sunday, but mags v SAFC was on sky at 12. So decided to watch that game in the old bank bar. They were also showed dundee utd v Celtic.  Great win for Sunderland !!  After that I watched Spurs v forest,  whilst villa v hammers was also on. I then made my way back to hotel via mcds to watch the league cup final which thankfully citeh won ! :) 

I couldn't let a trip to go by without taking a pic of the desperate dan statue 

23/03/26 

Enjoyed my weekend away,  a well required break . Now a well required rest is needed!  Managed to get 43 125 back to Edinburgh,  which was my last one ! 

Did dud azuma back north as I couldn't wait to get home. Absolutely shattered.  

Sunday league grounds with Southwick fc !

The bridge 2 v Southwick fc 3 - Jack Clark Park - ground 525 -  01/03/26

Another required Sunderland sunday league ground ticked off! 

Bridge took and early lead but Southwick levelled straight away, then led 3-1 at HT. Bridge scored late on but Southwick held on to progress to the next round.