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Before October 1969 my notes are in such a state as to be useless for the purpose of this document.
Notes:
Abbotswood Junction is a triangle where the Western line out of Worcester joins the Midland line from Birmingham to Bristol. Just to the north is where the Cotswold line crosses over the Midland line on its way to Oxford and eventually London. Hymeks may have been seen on any of these three lines BUT I cannot ever remember seeing a Hymek go north towards Birmingham on the Midland line or come south from that direction.
A lot of my Hymek spotting was carried out in the school lunch break. For this reason many sections of the spotting notes appear as weekly digests as that is the way they were transferred from the back of my school diary into the notebooks I still have today.
As soon as the bell rang a gang of us cycled furiously up the hill to Railway Walk. From there we could see the complete layout at Worcester Shrub Hill. Usually a quick dash down to the depot to get the numbers of locomotives on shed, then a more leisurely saunter back up the hill to stand opposite Tunnel Junction Signal Box so we could check the bell codes to see if anything interesting was due.
The local chip shops, Laslett Street and Vicar Street, were well used to us and on the days when we had no money, which was quite often really, we would always succeed in scrounging a bag of scratchings to see us through lunch.
At the appointed time we leapt back onto our bicycles and headed back down the hill usually arriving back at school with seconds to spare.
Did I manage to see all 101 Hymeks at Worcester?
Numbers highlighted thus 7054 indicate that I took a photograph
Worcester 4/10/1969
7023 7024
Worcester 29/10/1969
7023 7024 7059 7078
Abbotswood 15/11/1969
7021 7040 7046 7063
Abbotswood 6/12/1969
7022 7024 7037 7078
Worcester 12/12/1969
7053 7057 7059 7071 7092 7096 7097
Worcester 13/12/1969
7014 7037 7051 7057 7066 7089 7099
Worcester 26/12/1969
7014
Worcester 21/2/70
7014 7056 7090
Abbotswood 28/2/70
7037
Worcester 9-20/3/70
7000 7008 7010 7024 7033 7036 7049 7052 7060 7063 7081 7090
Abbotswood 14/3/70
7077
Worcester 23-26/3/70
7000 7021 7022 7025 7091
Abbotswood 25/3/70
7075
Abbotswood 20/4/70
7052 7091
Worcester 21-24/4/70
7007 7013 7022 7023 7025 7049 7050 7066 7081 7094 7095
Abbotswood 25/4/70
7064
Worcester 27/4-1/5/70
7007 7013 7022 7023 7024 7025 7063 7095 7096 7100
Abbotswood 2/5/70
7010
Worcester 3/5/70
7007 7010 7013 7092
Fernhill Heath 3/5/70
7010
Abbotswood 4/5/70
7011 7059
Worcester 4-8/5/70
7006 7007 7009 7012 7022 7023 7025 7027 7034 7073 7100
Oxford 9/5/70
7001 7034 7035
Reading 9/5/70
7082 7095
Slough 9/5/70
7062
Paddington 9/5/70
7062 7066
Reading 9/5/70
7062 (again!)
Worcester 11-15/5/70
7006 7007 7021 7022 7023 7025 7046 7054 7065 7070 7073 7093 7099
Fernhill Heath 17/5/70
7010 7022
Worcester 18-22/5/70
7018 7025 7030 7068 7071 7082 7100
Worcester 27-29/5/70
7002 7021 7022 7023 7025 7028 7044
Abbotswood 30/5/70
7006 7012
Abbotswood 3/6/70
7076
Worcester 1-5/6/70
7012 7071 7072
Abbotswood 6/6/70
7021 7022
Abbotswood 8/6/70
7065
Abbotswood 10/6/70
7057
Worcester 8-19/6/70
7024 7025 7039 7040 7054 7085 7097 7100
Abbotswood 20/6/70
7046
Worcester 22-26/6/70
7015 7021 7034 7050 7055 7061 7086
Worcester 29/6-3/7/70
7010 7015 7016 7021 7023 7031 7047
Crewe 5/7/70
7074
Worcester 6-10/7/70
7009 7010 7018 7022 7034 7058 7075
Worcester 13-16/7/70
7023 7039 7064 7073 7081
Worcester 18/7/70
7029
Worcester 19/7/70
7029 7039 7040 7049
Worcester 20/7/70
7032
Bromsgrove 22/7/70
7023 7024 7025
Worcester 22/7/70
7040
Birmingham (Kings Norton?) 23/7/70
7000 7003
Worcester 23/7/70
7050 7073
Abbotswood 27/7/70
7040 7050
Abbotswood 30/7/70
7094
Abbotswood 1/8/70
7021
Abbotswood 3/8/70
7025 7063
Newton Abbot 15/8/70
7007
Plymouth Laira 16/8/70
7007
Newton Abbot 18/8/70
7008 7038
Totnes 20/8/70
7013
Exeter 20/8/70
7008
Newton Abbot 20/8/70
7031 7040
Worcester 23/8/70
7010 7022 7042 7044 7050 7065
Abbotswood 25/8/70
7025
Worcester 27/8/70
7010 7018 7022 7034 7063 7065 7072
Worcester 31/8/70
7021 7029 7034
Abbotswood 1/9/70
7010
Worcester 2-4/9/70
7010 7011 7012 7021 7022 7023
Abbotswood 5/9/70
7012 7018
Worcester 7-11/9/70
7014 7016 7022 7024 7025 7034 7035 7058 7100
Between Worcester and Bristol 12/9/70
7041 7070
Bristol 12/9/70
7002 7003 7006 7007 7012 7015 7018 7021 7032 7037 7040 7042 7045 7047 7096
Between Bristol and Worcester 12/9/70
7021 7034
Worcester 12/9/70
7008 7023 7034
Worcester 14-19/9/70
7005 7008 7010 7016 7022 7023 7034 7036 7082 7084 7095 7100
Between Worcester and Bristol 19/9/70
7005 7012
Bristol 19/9/70
7000 7003 7004 7010 7011 7016 7018 7020 7033 7037 7038 7039 7041 7044 7081 7093 7100
Between Bristol and Worcester 19/9/70
7016
Worcester 19/9/70
7005 7015 7022 7024
Worcester 20/9/70
Worcester 21-25 9/70
7005 7021 7022 7024 7025 7027 7036 7040 7065 7071 7100
Worcester 25/9/70
7011 7014
Bristol 25/9/70
7003 7004 7005 7007 7010 7016 7038 7092
Newton Abbot 26/9/70
7007
Plymouth Laira Open Day 26/9/70
7000 7093
Exeter 26/9/70
7043 7058
Between Exeter and Worcester 26/9/70
7024
Worcester 28/9-2/10/70
7007 7014 7020 7021 7022 7023 7024 7026 7046 7058 7071 7095 7100
Worcester 5-9/10/70
7021 7031 7057 7084
Didcot 10/10/70
7027 7053
Paddington 10/10/70
7046
Old Oak Common 10/10/70
7026 7028 7029 7035 7036 7046 7053 7058 7062
Paddington 10/10/70
7046 7080
Oxford 10/10/70
7033
Worcester 12-16/10/70
7009 7047 7048 7061
Bristol Open Day 17/10/70
7002 7007 7008 7009 7019 7025 7035 7037 7081
Worcester 19-23/10/70
7029 7043 7046
Reading 30/10/70
7098
Worcester 2-6/11/70
7001 7004 7016 7022 7030 7053 7083 7095
Worcester 7/11/70
7022 7031 7069
Worcester 9-13/11/70
7001 7021 7022 7035 7050 7052 7069 7072 7091
Worcester 16-27/11/70
7001 7021 7022 7082 7086 7092
Worcester 28/11/70
7014 7025 7086 7096
Worcester 30/11-4/12/70
7024 7057 7072 7096
Worcester 5/12/70
7047
Worcester 6-23/12/70
7014 7022 7028 7032 7038 7039 7097 7099
Worcester 28/12/70
7024 7047 7058 7064 7066
Worcester 29/12/70
7052
Worcester 30/12/70
7024 7047 7058 7072 7082 7099
Worcester 31/12/70
7032 7047 7085 7086
Worcester 1/1/71
7020 7028 7099
Worcester 2/1/71
7095
Worcester 4/1/71
7010 7025 7026 7039 7099
Worcester 5-8/2/71
7009 7010 7025 7034 7084
Worcester 9/1/71
7100
Worcester 11-15/1/71
7003 7009 7010 7021 7022 7024 7028 7036 7092 7100
Worcester 16/1/71
7010 7033
Worcester 18-22/1/71
7010 7025 7039 7064 7082
Worcester 23/1/71
7009 7010
Worcester 25-28/1/71
7009 7013 7025 7035 7087
Worcester 1-5/2/71
7009 7010 7013 7021 7023 7024 7025 7028 7030 7032 7033 7035 7046 7052 7064 7083
Worcester 6/2/71
7023 7025 7033 7051
Worcester 8-11/2/71
7008 7010 7021 7022 7025 7033 7047 7049 7062 7071
Worcester 13/2/71
7021 7022 7025 7028 7033 7090
Abbotswood 15/2/71
7047
Worcester 16-20/2/71
7014 7021 7023 7024 7028 7031 7046 7047 7083 7086
Abbotswood 21/2/71
7038
Worcester 22-26/2/71
7014 7018 7021 7025 7031 7033 7040 7046 7067
Worcester 28/2/71
7014
Worcester 1-5/3/71
7010 7012 7030 7035 7037 7084 7087 7089
Worcester 8-12/3/71
7007 7016 7022 7024 7025 7034 7050 7061 7093
Abbotswood 13/3/71
7016 7025
Worcester 15-19/3/71
7007 7021 7048 7050 7065 7088
Worcester 20/3/71
7021 7025 7043 7050 7080
Worcester 22-26/3/71
7021 7023 7024 7034 7043 7050 7059 7080 7082
Between Gloucester and Swindon 27/3/71
7001
Swindon 27/3/71
7041
Reading 27/3/71
7011 7035
Old Oak Common 27/3/71
7003 7013 7028 7034 7046 7050 7061 7066 7071 7100
Worcester 29/3/71
7009 7021 7029
Abbotswood 30/3/71
7037
Abbotswood 31/3/71
7004 7009 7016
Worcester 7/4/71
7009
Worcester 8/4/71
7043 7091
Worcester 10/4/71
7009 7045 7079 7080
Abbotswood 13/4/71
7054
Worcester 15/4/71
7005 7021 7023 7033 7043 7060 7062 7064 7079
Between Gloucester and Swindon 16/4/71
7033
Swindon 16/4/71
7028 7056 7060 7082
Gloucester 16/4/71
7010 7040
Worcester 16/4/71
7005
Abbotswood 19/4/71
7042
Worcester 20-23/4/71
7005 7021 7023 7024 7025 7028 7046 7077 7088 7091 7095
Worcester 27-30/4/71
7020 7021 7023 7024 7025 7046 7050 7092 7094
Worcester 1/5/71
7021 7023 7025 7035 7046 7094
Worcester 3-6/5/71
7009 7019 7021 7022 7025 7035 7040 7048 7090 7094
Worcester 10-14/5/71
7005 7009 7017 7021 7022 7023 7024 7025 7028 7040 7041 7043 7045 7048 7050 7054 7071 7084
Oxford 16/5/71
7018
Didcot 16/5/71
7036 7043 7087
Reading 16/5/71
7061
Worcester 18-21/5/71
7004 7005 7021 7022 7025 7027 7044 7061 7069
Worcester 24-28/5/71
7004 7012 7021 7022 7023 7024 7025 7029 7048
Abbotswood 31/5/71
7066
Abbotswood 1/6/71
7040
Worcester 2-4/6/71
7022 7023 7024 7037 7051
Worcester 7-10/6/71
7014 7023 7025 7040 7053 7099
Worcester 15/6/71
7016 7022 7023
Worcester 21-23/6/71
7023 7024 7043 7047 7049 7061 7064 7068 7088
Cardiff Canton 26/6/71
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Severn Tunnel Junction 26/6/71
7006 7076 7081 7099
Worcester 28/6-9/7/71
7010 7021 7022 7023 7026 7031 7043 7053 7061 7068 7100
Worcester 10/7/71
7024 7037
Worcester 12-15/7/71
7021 7041 7042 7046 7048
Worcester 17/7/71
7021 7031
Worcester 18/7/71
7000 7041
Bromsgrove 18/7/71
7009 7020 7022 7023 7025
Worcester 19/7/71
7020 7054
Worcester 21/7/71
7068
Worcester 29/7/71
7061
Worcester 30/7/71
7024 7025 7050
Worcester 31/7/71
7023 7025
Worcester 3/8/71
7013
Worcester 7/8/71
7023 7025 7031 7054
Worcester 11/8/71
7018
Worcester 17/8/71
7020 7022 7033 7036 7038
Worcester 3/9/71
7054 7065
Worcester 6/9/71
7086 7096
Worcester 18/9/71
7010 7064 7070
Bromsgrove 18/9/71
7022 7023 7024
Worcester 18/9/71
7013 7022 7064
Oxford 2/10/71
7030
Worcester 6/10/71
7011 7040 7064
Worcester 4/11/71
7025 7032
Henwick (to Malvern) 31/12/71
7004
Bristol St Philips Marsh 19/2/72
7008 7025 7040 7041 7043 7047 7056 7057 7063 7065 7067 7078
Newport Ebbw Junction 19/2/72
7095
Cardiff canton 19/2/72
7060 7064 7070 7073 7083 7086 70888 7091 7094 7097 7098 7099
Severn Tunnel Junction 19/2/72
7089
Reading 11/3/72
7015 7031 7044
Worcester 1/4/72
7023 7026 7075
Worcester 3/4/72
7016 7023
Swindon 5/4/72
7016 7087
Swindon Works 5/4/72
7058
Worcester 10/4/72
7011 7085 7095
Worcester 11/4/72
7001 7050 7082 7087
Worcester 12/4/72
7001 7044 7082
Worcester 13/4/72
7001 7082
Worcester 15/4/72
7054 7082 7087 7100
Worcester 22/4/72
7000 7004 7031
Worcester 13/5/72
7026 7032 7079
Worcester 30/5/72
7017 7050 7052 7076
Abbotswood 10/6/72
7026
Abbotswood 13/6/72
7032
Abbotswood 15/6/72
7099
Worcester 16/6/72
7030 7032
Worcester 22/6/72
7031
Worcester 1/7/72
7031 7100
Between Birmingham and Cheltenham 27/7/72
7001
Worcester 29/7/72
7026 7029 7100
Worcester 30/7/72
7030 7100
Worcester 4/8/72
7030
Worcester 5/8/72
7017 7026 7058
Worcester 8/8/72
7026 7038 7077 7087
Worcester 9/8/72
7026 7038 7077
Abbotswood 11/8/72
Worcester 11/8/72
7022 7038 7077
Abbotswood 12/8/72
7037 7076
Worcester 12/8/72
7000 7022 7037 7038 7044 7077
Abbotswood 14/8/72
7028
Abbotswood 15/8/72
7026
Worcester 15/8/72
7038 7077
Abbotswood 16/8/72
7080
Worcester 17/8/72
7026 7100
Worcester 18/8/72
7031 7044
Abbotswood 19/8/72
7023
Oxford 20/8/72
7023 7044
Worcester 21/8/72
7055 7100
Abbotswood 22/8/72
7018
Worcester 25/8/72
7011
Abbotswood 29/8/72
7089
Worcester 30/8/72
Worcester 1/9/72
7000 7017 7022
Abbotswood 2/9/72
7017
Worcester 2/9/72
7099 7100
Worcester 3/9/72
7009 7017 7031
Norton (Evesham Line) 6/9/72
7050
Worcester 6/9/72
7028 7084
Worcester 9/9/72
Worcester 10/9/72
Worcester 12/9/72
7080
Worcester 15/9/72
7009 7016
Worcester 16/9/72
7001
Worcester 17/9/72
Worcester 18/9/72
Norton 19/9/72
Worcester 19/9/72
7000
Worcester 20/9/72
7054 7099
Worcester 21/9/72
7001 7100
Worcester 22/9/72
7001 7029
Worcester 25/9/72
7026 7029
Worcester 26/9/72
7026 7085 7100
Worcester 27/9/72
7026 7085
Worcester 28/9/72
7085
Worcester 29/9/72
7026 7068
Lickey Incline 30/9/72
7055 and 7075 banking 6201 Princess Elizabeth
Hereford 30/9/72
7084
Worcester 3/10/72
7022
Worcester 4/10/72
7011 7031 7032
Worcester 5/10/72
7029 7030
Worcester 6/10/72
7023 7029 7030 7031
Worcester 8/10/72
7031
Worcester 12/10/72
7032
Worcester 13/10/72
7011 7026
Worcester 14/10/72
7001 7011 7054
Norton 14/10/72
Worcester 15/10/72
7011 7031
Worcester 16/10/72
7011 7030 7054
Worcester 17/10/72
7011 7030 7031 7089
Worcester 19/10/72
7001 7017
Worcester 20/10/72
Worcester 23/10/72
7093 7096
Worcester 28/10/72
7011 7026 7031 7055 7075
Worcester 30/10/72
7017 7026 7032 7098
Worcester 31/10/72
7026
Worcester 1/11/72
7026
Worcester 2/11/72
7011 7096
Worcester 3/11/72
7026
Worcester 6/11/72
7016 7026
Worcester 8/11/72
7011 7026
Worcester 14/11/72
7016 7017 7032 7076
Worcester 15/11/72
7016 7076
Worcester 20/11/72
7032 7085
Worcester 3/12/72
7028
Worcester 10/12/72
7030
Worcester 29/12/72
7029 7074
Worcester 8/1/73
7022
Worcester 11/1/73
7030 7096
Worcester 14/1/73
7023
Worcester 21/1/73
7023
Worcester 27/1/73
7022 7026 7028
Worcester 4/2/72
7023 7029 7030 7075
Worcester 9/2/73
7075
Worcester 20/2/73
7018
Worcester 4/3/73
7011
Worcester 6/3/73
7011
Worcester 8/3/73
7011
Worcester 9/3/73
7011
Worcester 11/3/73
7011 7031
Worcester 18/3/73
7029
Worcester 19/3/73
7001 7031 7032
Worcester 22/3/73
7018 7028 7029
Worcester 23/3/73
7018
Worcester 26/3/73
7018 7022 7028
Worcester 27/3/73
7031
Worcester 28/3/73
7028
Worcester 29/3/73
7028
Worcester 30/4/73
7028 7031
Hereford 1/4/73
7022
Worcester 1/4/73
7009 7028
Worcester 3/4/73
7011 7018
Worcester 4/4/73
7017 7026
Gloucester 8/4/73
7030
Swindon Works 8/4/73
7038 7045 7050 7052 7080 7087 7094
Westbury 8/4/73
7029
Bristol Bath Road 8/4/73
7076 7093 7096 7097
Cardiff Canton 8/4/73
7098
Worcester 9/4/73
7000
Worcester 29/4/73
7028
Worcester 2/5/73
7022
Worcester 5/5/73
7029 7031
Swindon 5/5/73
7009
Reading 5/5/73
7001
Paddington 5/5/73
7028 7029
Worcester 14/5/73
7011
Worcester 16/5/73
7011 7022
Worcester 18/5/73
7022
Worcester 19/5/73
7022
Worcester 20/5/73
7022 7029
Worcester 21/5/73
7022
Worcester 29/5/73
7018
Worcester 30/5/73
7016
Worcester 1/6/73
7026
Worcester 11/6/73
7000
Worcester 12/6/73
7000
Worcester 13/6/73
7000
Abbotswood 5/7/73
7018
Abbotswood 3/8/73
7017
Worcester 13/8/73
7011
Worcester 14/8/73
7029
Worcester 23/8/73
7022
Worcester 30/8/73
7018
Worcester 23/9/73
7011 7022
Worcester 12/10/73
7026
Sonning Cutting 17/11/73
7026
Reading 17/11/73
7011 7026 7093
Worcester 30/12/73
7018
And then there were none left running around Worcester so we went on one last Hymek hunt and found the following dumped, seemingly out of use
Old Oak Common 20/1/74
7000 7026 7029 7030 7031 7032 7044 7100
Reading 20/1/74
7011 7017 7022
Then one last foray to find a few Hymeks, which had escaped the cutters torch.
Bristol St Philips Marsh 5/5/74
7054 7055 7068 7074 7076 7096 7097 7098
Brian Thomas - 22nd November 2003
Worcester Locomotive Society South Devon Railway
