L. Cutts moves, April 1999

lorin cutts PORTUGUESE moves april 1999

Who'd have thought it possible to score over a thousand km's in two days on 1800's in 1999?

Thursday 22/4/99

loco	from	to	via	working	service i.d.	distance	notes
ship	Terreiro Do Paco	Barreiro		13.20 TDP-Barreiro	17857	10.0*
unit	Barreiro	Pinhal Novo		14.12 Barreiro-Setubal	17115	15.4
1501	Pinhal Novo	Barreiro		13.10 Beja-Barreiro	892	15.4
1802	Barreiro	Beja		16.00 Barreiro-Beja	893	153.9
1802	Beja	Pinhal Novo		19.20 Beja-Barreiro	894	138.5
1419	Pinhal Novo	Setubal		21.20 Barreiro-Setubal	17123	12.8
1419	Setubal	Barreiro		22.25 Setubal-Barreiro	17124	28.2
1802	Barreiro	Vila Real Do Sto Antonio	Beja	23.54 Barreiro-VRDSA	4707	396.0	>to fri 23/4/99

Notes/Observations:
1502 Station Yard Shunter at Barreiro (not station pilot).
1803 Barreiro freight yard on freight 16.00 hrs.
1501 quoted as 18.20 Barreiro-Setubal.
1501 viewed in Barreiro freight yard at 23.55 hrs.
*=approx.distance

FRIDAY 23.4.99

1802 Barreiro Vila Real Do Sto Antonio Beja 23.54 Barreiro-VRDSA 4707 396.0 <from previous day. Line shut to Guardiana

1802 Vila Real Do Sto Antonio Faro 08.55 VRDSA-Lagos 5908 56.0 Loco swapped as per diagram at Faro. See Note .

1204 Faro Tunes 08.55 VRDSA-Lagos 5908 38.1

1425 Tunes Silves 08.35 Barreiro-Lagos portion 2870 17.3

1416 Silves Cacela 12.15 Lagos-VRDSA 975 99.5

1810 Cacela Barreiro Grandola 16.15 VRDSA-Barreiro 872 331.2

ship Barreiro Terreiro Do Paco 22.10 Barreiro-TDP 17922 10.0*

Notes/Observations:
1802 stabled in Faro down sidings after being taken off 5908 and then worked 17.42 Faro-VRDSA and should have done up overnight back to Barreiro.
1810 also worked 08.35 Barreiro-VRDSA.
1524 worked 16.35 Barreiro-Funcheira.
1525 was on the stock at Funcheira for the 05.50 (Sat) Funcheira-Barreiro.
1804 on freight at Tunes (12.00)

SATURDAY 24.4.99

loco from to via working service i.d. distance notes

5604 Lisboa SA Porto C 00.06 Lisboa SA-Porto C 3401 336.1

unit Porto C Contumil unidentified additional ? 2.3

1410 Contumil Porto C 05.00 Marco DC-Porto SB 15502 2.3

unit Porto C Ermesinde 06.51 Porto SB-Regua 4103 8.4

1414 Ermesinde Porto C 06.22 Penafiel-Porto SB 15508 8.4

1455 Porto C Ermesinde 07.44 Porto SB-Pocinho 861 8.4

1447 Ermesinde Porto SB 06.49 Marco DC-Porto SB 15512 11.1

1501 Porto SB Regua 09.16 Porto SB-Regua 13801 106.0 PTG's Alco-Holic Railtour

1501 Regua Tua 11.55 Regua-Tua 13803 36.6 PTG's Alco-Holic Railtour

9029 Tua Mirandela 13.15 Tua-Mirandela 13805 54.7 PTG's Alco-Holic Railtour

9030 Mirandela Tua 16.08 Mirandela-Tua 13806 54.7 PTG's Alco-Holic Railtour

1501 Tua Pocinho 18.09 Tua-Pocinho 13807 31.6 PTG's Alco-Holic Railtour

1501 Pocinho Regua 20.05 Pocinho-Regua 13808 68.2 PTG's Alco-Holic Railtour

Notes/Observations:
Absolutely hellfire wine on 13808!

SUNDAY 25.4.99

loco from to via working service i.d. distance notes

1501 Regua Leixoes Ermesinde 10.15 Regua-Leixoes 13810/13811 114.3 PTG's Alco-Holic Railtour.
including 1km for reversal move at Ermesinde

1501 Leixoes Porto SB Contumil 13.15 Leixoes-Porto SB 13812 23.7 PTG's Alco-Holic Railtour

1413 Porto SB Livracao 14.35 Porto SB-Regua 865 58.0

9103 M.G.unit Livracao Amarante 15.55 Livracao-Amarante 6009 12.8

9103 M.G.unit Amarante Livracao 16.34 Amarante-Livracao 6010 12.8

1402 Livracao Porto C 16.25 Regua-Porto SB 864 55.3

2557 Porto C Guarda 18.55 additional Porto C-Castelo Branco 20820 260.7 College Train
>To Mon 26.4.99

Notes/Observations:
1322 on relaying train at Cete.
1442 worked Viana-Porto SB. (Too many choppers to list here)

MONDAY 26.4.99

loco from to via working service i.d. distance notes

1432 Guarda Castelo Branco 18.55 additional Porto C-Castelo Branco 20821 117.8 <from Sun 25.4.99
College Train

1944 Castelo Branco Abrantes 03.45 MO Covilha-Lisboa SA 5600 94.3

2621 Abrantes Lisboa SA 03.45 MO Covilha-Lisboa SA 5600 134.8

ship Terreiro Do Paco Barreiro 10.35 TDP-Barreiro 17845 10.0*

1421 Barreiro Pinhal Novo 12.05 Barreiro-Setubal 17111 15.4

unit Pinhal Novo Moita 12.30 Prais Sado-Barreiro 17210 7.3

1417 Moita Pinhal Novo 13.00 Barreiro-Prais Sado 17211 7.3

1421 Pinhal Novo Barreiro 13.17 Setubal-Barreiro 17114 15.4

ship Barreiro Terreiro Do Paco 14.15 Barreiro-TDP 17862 10.0*

Notes/Observations:
1432 after arrival at Castelo Branco, ran light to Entroncamento!
1803 ran light from Barreiro (station! - dep. 12.00) to Pinhal Novo to work freight. Also at Pinhal Novo, 1801 on massive car train(12.35).

TOTALS: Distance-3001.00km
        By Train-2961.00km
        By 1800 -1075.60km
        By Loco -2902.10km

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