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Shoves off-route

The 'Shoves' (47701 - 47717) were synonymous with Scotland throughout the 80's, mainly working on the push-pull services from Glasgow Queen Street - Edinburgh and Glasgow Queen Street - Aberdeen.

They could also be found on other services within Scotland such as the Carstairs portions, Dundees, trips up the middle to Inverness from Edinburgh/ Glasgow and over the top from Aberdeen - Inverness.

However, they did from time to time make it into England on passenger services, even as far as the Western region. Below is a list of such known workings prior to when they started to be allocated south of the border.
This list is upto March 1989 when the first 47/7's moved away from Scotland.

Note: I came up with the idea for this page after someone asked about Shove workings outside of Scotland on The Real Class 47 group on Facebook and so I went through all the gen on site in the archives pages to come up with this list.

However a big credit must go to "Parrot" who I have been told published a similar article called "Beyond the Wall" from which a fair bit of the gen here was sent to me.

If you have any workings that could be add to this list, please email them to either sulzerpower@yahoo.co.uk or rjrooker@hotmail.com

47701
22/02/79 1A04 0650 Hull-Kings Cross + 47526 in tandem 26/04/82 xxxx xxxx Stoke-Nottingham Footex 27/04/82 1P11 1046 Liverpool-Barrow 08/05/82 xxxx xxxx Stoke-Nottingham Footex          xxxx xxxx Nottingham-Stoke Footex 19/03/86 1D27 1116 Crewe-Bangor          1V09 1417 Bangor-Cardiff to Crewe 22/03/86 1E52 0612 Liverpool-Newcastle

47702

23/06/79 1E79 1005 Liverpool-Newcastle 25/06/79 1M96 1605 Nottingham-Carlisle 26/06/79 1E79 1005 Liverpool-Newcastle 06/09/79 1C16 0740 Nottingham-St Pancras          1D11 1308 St Pancras-Nottingham 09/10/79 1A13 0935 Hull-Kings Cross 24/07/82 1D65 1745 Manchester V-Llandudno Jn 07/12/84 2P35 0630 Preston-Barrow          1F30 0820 Barrow-Liverpool          1E59 1805 Liverpool-Newcastle 10/10/85 1M77 1553 Scarborough-Liverpool 11/10/85 1M79 1755 Scarborough-Liverpool 12/10/85 1E94 0805 Liverpool-Newcastle 06/02/87 1D64 1510 Euston-Holyhead from Crewe 07/02/87 1E08 0817 Holyhead-Newcastle to Manchester V & failed (37091 rescued) 22/06/87 1E43 2000 Aberdeen-Kings Cross from Edinburgh + 47660

47703
01/09/79 xxxx xxxx Peterborough-Edinburgh Adex 02/10/79 1E26 1630 Aberdeen-York from Edinburgh 14/10/79 1M24 0925 Glasgow-Birmingham New Street from Carlisle-Preston (maybe from Glasgow) 11/08/84 1S37 1240 Carlisle-Glasgow C 31/05/86 1S37 1355 Carlisle-Glasgow C 27/08/86 1D43 0920 Euston-Holyhead from Crewe 10/09/86 1E94 0803 Liverpool-Newcastle

47704

07/02/81 1S85 1605 Nottingham-Glasgow C 25/04/81 1M86 1150 Glasgow C-Nottingham from Carlisle 08/12/82 1M75 1322 Newcastle-Liverpool 22/05/83 1E43 2050 Aberdeen-Kings Cross to Newcastle 23/05/83 1S08 0155 Kings Cross-Edinburgh from Newcastle 23/02/84 1E79 1005 Liverpool-Newcastle          1M78 1718 Newcastle-Liverpool 28/04/85 1S41 0935 Liverpool-Glasgow C to the Wigan area and failed 22/01/87 xxxx 1135 Edinburgh-Newcastle Additional (vice late 0750 Inverness-Kings Cross

47705

12/04/79 1S74 1508 Carlisle-Stranraer 09/08/80 1D33 0857 Stoke-Holyhead          1A61 1315 Holyhead-Euston to Crewe 17/09/83 1E79 1005 Liverpool-Newcastle 18/09/83 1S70 2108 P/N Kings Cross-Aberdeen from Newcastle 06/10/84 1E23 1040 Carlisle-Leeds          1M26 1555 Leeds-Carlisle 13/10/84 1E52 0630 Liverpool-Newcastle          1S15 1715 Newcastle-Edinburgh 14/03/85 2E19 1718 Edinburgh-Newcastle 16/03/85 1M53 0755 York-Llandudno          1E53 1324 Llandudno-Scarborough to York 17/03/85 1S61 0740 Poole-Glasgow C from Birmingham New Street-Crewe? 29/03/85 1E52 0612 Liverpool-Newcastle          1S15 1718 Newcastle-Edinburgh

47706

19/06/79 1S74 1508 Carlisle-Stranraer          1M14 2200 Stranraer-Euston to Carlisle 24/09/79 1E99 1305 Liverpool-York 26/09/79 xxxx xxxx Liverpool-Newcastle 12/07/83 1E25 1800 Edinburgh-Kings Cross to Newcastle + HST 20/08/84 1E33 1635 Carlisle-Hull from just outside Carlisle station - 47332 failed          While working the above also pushed a Carlisle-Kings Cross steam charter from Long Marton-Appleby 18/06/86 1D27 1116 Crewe-Holyhead          1V09 1408 Holyhead-Cardiff to Crewe

47707

10/05/79 1S75 1508 Carlisle-Stranraer          xxxx 2200 Stranraer-Euston to Carlisle 15/05/79 1M79 1726 Newcastle-Liverpool 20/05/79 xxxx 0223 Crewe-Holyhead 21/05/79 1K11 0801 Holyhead-Crewe 22/05/79 1A35 0920 Blackpool-Euston to Preston 24/05/79 1A31 0940 Shrewsbury-Euston to Wolverhampton 27/05/79 1S46 0918 Manchester V-Glasgow C to Preston 05/10/79 1V86 1035 Leeds-Paignton 06/10/79 1E37 1053 Paignton-Leeds to Bristol TM? 14/10/79 1A52 1615 Flint-Euston to Crewe 16/11/82 1E79 1005 Liverpool-Newcastle 01/05/86 1E52 0612 Liverpool-Newcastle

47708

06/08/79 1S74 1508 Carlisle-Stranraer 10/08/79 1S74 1508 Carlisle-Stranraer          1M14 2200 Stranraer-Euston to Carlisle 11/08/79 1M32 0930 Glasgow C-Morecambe          1S40 1430 Morecambe-Glasgow C 05/06/83 1E43 2050 Aberdeen-Kings Cross to Newcastle 06/06/83 1S08 0155 Kings Cross-Edinburgh from Newcastle 30/12/83 1K11 0815 Holyhead-Crewe 11/01/84 1E79 1005 Liverpool-Newcastle          1M78 1718 Newcastle-Liverpool to York          1E16 1505 Bangor-Scarborough from York 17/01/84 1A12 0840 York-Aberdeen 01/11/84 1E52 0612 Liverpool-Newcastle          1S15 1715 Newcastle-Edinburgh 21/03/85 1E43 2050 P/N Aberdeen-Kings Cross to York 17/05/86 1E62 0612 Liverpool-Newcastle

47709

22/09/79 1V54 2156 P/N Stirling-Newton Abbot from Crewe Motorail          1S54 2035 Newton Abbot-Stirling to Crewe Motorail 07/06/82 1E43 2100 Aberdeen-Kings Cross to Newcastle 08/06/82 1S14 0810 Newcastle-Aberdeen 06/10/82 1E79 1005 Liverpool-Newcastle          1M79 1718 Newcastle-Liverpool 02/07/83 1M94 0846 Edinburgh-Liverpool to Preston (no swap Carstairs) 15/04/83 1D44 0900 Euston-Bangor from Crewe 16/04/83 1E24 2250 P/N Shrewsbury-York from Crewe-Stockport          1E62 0210 Manchester P-Cleethorpes to Worksop          1N31 1542 Sheffield-Newcastle 07/05/85 2E19 1718 Edinburgh-Newcastle          1A40 2054 Newcastle-Kings Cross 28/02/87 1L05 xxxx Rochdale-Carlisle to Manchester V & failed (45029 rescued) Charter 11/03/87 1D43 0920 Euston-Holyhead from Crewe

47710

27/11/79 xxxx xxxx Llandudno-Cambridge Adex 03/06/81 1E79 1005 Liverpool-Newcastle          1S27 0736 Plymouth-Edinburgh from Newcastle 27/07/84 1E94 0805 Liverpool-Newacstle 21/03/85 1E52 0612 Liverpool-Newcastle          1S15 1718 Newcastle-Edinburgh 27/05/86 1D66 1703 Euston-Holyhead from Crewe 16/12/86 xxxx 1135 Edinburgh-Newcastle Additional (vice late 0750 Inverness-Kings Cross 05/03/89 1O66 1005 Edinburgh-Brighton from Glasgow C-Carlisle (1145 retimed)

47711

12/01/80 1M86 1150 Glasgow C-Nottingham from Carlisle (no swap Leeds) 13/01/80 1C20 1002 Nottingham-St Pancras          1E45 1700 St Pancras-Leeds (throughout) 01/03/81 1A07 0745 Liverpool-Euston to Crewe 20/04/83 1E79 1005 Liverpool-Newcastle 21/04/83 1S79 2215 P/N Kings Cross-Aberdeen from Newcastle 11/11/84 1M86 1620 Glasgow C-Nottingham from Carlisle?-Preston 17/11/84 1D33 0930 Crewe-Holyhead          1A52 1246 Holyhead-Euston to Crewe 01/10/86 1D27 1116 Crewe-Holyhead          1V09 1408 Holyhead-Cardiff to Crewe

47712

04/01/82 1Z45 09xx Carstairs-Liverpool 20/12/84 1E52 0612 Liverpool-Newcastle 04/05/85 1E24 2250 Shrewsbury-York 17/09/86 1M58 0820 Newcastle-Llandudno          1E16 1516 Llandudno-York 18/09/86 1M53 0751 York-Bangor          1E53 1300 Bangor-York          1M41 2225 York-Shrewsbury 19/11/86 1D27 1116 Crewe-Holyhead          1V09 1408 Holyhead-Cardiff to Crewe 22/11/86 1D43 0920 Euston-Holyhead from Crewe          1E93 1703 Holyhead-York 23/11/86 1M66 0951 York-Liverpool          1E16 1603 Liverpool-Newcastle 26/11/88 1M04 1110 Glasgow C-Euston to Carlisle (1210 retimed)          1S57 1030 Euston-Glasgow C from Carlisle 27/11/88 1M13 2045 P/N Aberdeen-Euston from Glasgow C-Carlisle

47713
23/01/85 1D27 0810 Euston-Holyhead from Crewe 25/01/85 1E52 0612 Liverpool-Newcastle          1S15 1718 Newcastle-Edinburgh

47714
07/03/85 1E52 0612 Liverpool-Newcastle          1S15 1718 Newcastle-Edinburgh

47715
16/04/85 1E52 0612 Liverpool-Newcastle          1S15 1718 Newcastle-Edinburgh 03/07/88 1Exx 1730 Edinburgh-Kings Cross to Newcastle & terminated Vice HST

47716
23/12/86 47716 1E94 0803 Liverpool-Newcastle