Weymouth & Fishguard 2004

There are very few loco-hauled trains in the summer of 2004 these are:
31s on two Bristol-Weymouth returns, Blackpool-Manchester commuter and on Fridays only Bristol-Brighton, 37s to Rhymney, Fishguard (dated service) and from Leeds to Carlisle, 47s on Crewe-Holyhead sections of the three trains a day from London and 67s on holiday trains to Paignton on peak Saturdays.

Trains that I travelled on

Date	Time	From	To	Arrival	Train	Operator	Comments
21 July	09:49	Bangor	Crewe	11:28	47+Mk3	Virgin WC	Nice train
	12:11	Crewe	Shrewsbury	12:42	158	Arriva Wales	On time
	13:14	Shrewsbury	Llandrindod	14:42	153	Arriva Wales	Late and dirty
	17:45	Llandrindod	Cardiff	21:10	37+Mk2	Arriva Wales	Overcrowded
22 July	12:30	Cardiff	Bristol	13:20	158	Wessex Trains	Tatty interior
	14:28	Bristol	Weymouth	16:45	31+Mk2	Wessex Trains	Surprising livery
	17:18	Weymouth	Bristol	19:45	31+Mk2	Wessex Trains	On time
	20:11	Bristol	Cardiff	20:57	220	Virgin XC	Like a Virgin
23 July	10:48	Cardiff	Fishguard	13:00	37+Mk2	Arriva Wales	37406 again!!
	13:35	Fishguard	Bridgend	15:43	37+Mk2	Arriva Wales	Good sea views
	16:16	Bridgend	Crewe	19:21	158	Arriva Wales	Long journey
	19:43	Crewe	Bangor	21:25	47+Mk3	Virgin WC	Lively passengers

21 July

11:36 - I caught the 1A49 09:20 Holyhead - London behind 47810 PORTERBROOK from Bangor to Crewe where it is being removed ...

11:51 - ... and replaced by unnamed and unbranded 87028 for its journey south to London

I travelled on the 158 to Shrewsbury, then very dirty 153 to Llandrindod and had a few hours there (not much for a place) before catching 37406 on the special Royal Welsh show train to Cardiff. The light was dull at this time so no photo of 37406 at Llandrindod is available and arrived at Cardiff in the dark. The scenery is nothing special on the Heart of Wales line.