LUPTS Record: trips 1959-1991 t |
Date | Type | Destination(s) | Notes |
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18/02/59 | Wed pm | Mersey Tunnel | |
14/03/59 | Sat | Bury electrics | |
14/06/59 | Sun | Crewe | |
18/06/59 | Thur pm | Speke Airport | |
20/06/59 | Sat | Sheffield | |
Ringway Airport | 1958/59 - date unknown | ||
14/10/59 | Wed pm | LCPT Edge Lane works | |
24/10/59 | Sat | Ellesmere Canal, Chirk | |
07/11/59 | Sat | Leeds tramway | Tramway system closure |
21/11/59 | Sat | Manchester Ship Canal | Cruise on 'Silver Arrow' |
23/01/60 | Sat | Bala Junction - Blaenau Ffestiniog | Brake van trip |
13/02/60 | Sat | Ringway airport, Manchester Hyde Road works | |
20/02/60 | 3 day | Glasgow | Ribble Leyland Tiger Cub (to coincide with tram tour on 21/2/60) |
21/02/60 | Tram tour | Glasgow tramway system | Glasgow 1055 (ex Liverpool 869). Profit £25/9/9 - donated to MTPS. |
12/03/60 | Sat | Sheffield | |
15/03/60 | Tue eve | Lime Street signalbox | |
02/04/60 | Sat | Sheffield | |
16/04/60 | Sat | 'Railway rambling' | |
25/06/60 | Sat | Llangollen Canal | |
05/11/60 | Sat | Gateacre - Aintree branch | Last day of operation |
11/03/61 | 2 day | Grimsby, Immingham | |
12/01/62 | 2 day | Blackpool | |
10/03/62 | 2 day | Glasgow | |
14/11/62 | Wed pm | LCPT Edge Lane works | |
Silverdale, Carlisle | Autumn 1962 | ||
Horwich Works | Spring 1963 | ||
09/03/63 | 2 day | Duffryn yard, Swindon Works, Cardiff, Newport, Beachley/Aust ferry | |
Allerton TMD | October 1963 | ||
27/10/63 | Sun | Blackpool | Dickson Road/North Station tram closure |
06/11/63 | Wed pm | LCPT Edge Lane works | |
23/11/63 | Sat | Widnes South - St Helens (Pilkington's) | Brake van trip hauled by 48045 |
14/03/64 | 2 day | Carlsile Upperby, Percy Main, Darlington MPD, Teesside trolleybuses | Aborted due to weather |
13/06/64 | Sat am | Edge Hill station | Morning prior to railtour |
13/06/64 | Railtour | Edge Hill - various Liverpool area branches - Edge Hill | The Liverpool Suburban. BR 3F 47487 + four coaches |
Speke Junction MPD | Late 1964/early 1965 | ||
LCPT Edge Lane works | Jan/Feb 1965 | ||
13/03/65 | 2 day | W Hartlepool, Darlington, Teesside, Consett, Derwenthaulgh, Newcastle | |
08/05/65 | Railtour | Mersey docks railway system | Mersey Dock Railtour. MDHB 1 (Avonside 0-6-0T) and open wagons. |
11/06/65 | 7 day | Ffestiniog Railway | Working party |
03/11/65 | Wed pm | Birkenhead Corporation Transport | |
24/11/65 | Wed pm | Crawford's Biscuits railway | |
01/12/65 | Wed pm | Lime Street signalbox | |
16/02/66 | Wed pm | LCPT Edge Lane Works | |
23/02/66 | Wed pm | Vulcan Foundry | |
16/03/66 | Wed pm | St Helens Corporation Transport | |
30/04/66 | 2 day | Derby Wks, Toton, Barton, Nott'ham, Plumtree, S Notts, Langwith, Crich | |
12/06/66 | T'bus tour | Manchester and Ashton systems | Mcr 1336 (ONE736), Ashton 82 (YTE821). LCPT A40 to/from L'pool. Loss £5/6/8. |
21/10/66 | Fri eve | Birkenhead MPD | Cleaning party prior to railtour |
22/10/66 | Railtour | Liverpool (Riverside) - Wigan- Manchester (Victoria) - Liverpool (Cen) | Wirral and Mersey Special. 42233, 45015, 70004 and 42942. Loss £76/13/1. |
09/11/66 | Wed pm | Edge Hill MPD | |
04/02/67 | Sat | Lancashire United Atherton depot | |
01/03/67 | Wed pm | LCPT Edge Lane Works | |
Wed pm | Speke Junction MPD | March 1967 | |
17/04/67 | 2 day | Blyth, Ashington, Bedlington, Newcastle, William Doxford, Hartlepool | |
Aintree MPD | 1966/67 - date unknown | ||
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board | 1966/67 - date unknown | ||
Crewe works | 1966/67 - date unknown | ||
Crewe South MPD | 1966/67 - date unknown | ||
22/11/67 | Wed pm | Speke Junction MPD | |
20/03/68 | Wed pm | Woodley Junction - Garston | Brake van trip hauled by 48684. |
Widnes Corporation Transport | March 1968. Working party to remove engine from Widnes 39 (ATD683) pre preservation. | ||
18/06/68 | 3 day | Isle of Man | |
20/11/68 | Wed pm | Preston signalboxes | |
27/11/68 | Wed pm | Moredale Peat Railway | |
21/06/69 | Fri | Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway | Special train hauled by The Earl |
16/11/69 | Sun | Carnforth, Lakeside, Lytham Creek stean museum, Blackpool | |
31/01/70 | T'bus tour | Walsall trolleybus system | System tour in 850 (HBE541) Crossley ex Grimsby and Cleethorpes |
04/02/70 | Wed pm | Crewe Works | |
11/02/70 | Wed pm | Liverpool Museum Land Transport Gallery | Ex MDHB bell (ex 30) and worksplate (ex 26) donated by LUPTS |
15/03/70 | T'bus tour | Bradford trolleybus system | Liverpool - Bradford in Bedford OB. System tour in ex St Helens 799 (BDJ87) |
21/06/70 | Sun | Crich, Foxfield Railway | |
LCPT/MPTE? Edge Lane works | 1969/70 - date unknown | ||
11/10/70 | Sun | Foxfield Railway | |
11/11/70 | Wed pm | Lancashire United Atherton depot | |
02/12/70 | Wed pm | Huskisson Dock | Brake van trip hauled by D7648 |
19/06/71 | Sat | Isle of Man | |
Allerton | 1970/71 - date unknown | ||
Liverpool docks | 1970/71 - date unknown | ||
04/12/71 | 2 day | Yates Duxbury, York, North York Moors Railway, Neville Hill | |
Bradford | 1971/72 - date unknown | ||
Bickershaw colliery | 1971/72 - date unknown | ||
MPTE Edge Lane works | 1971/72 - date unknown | ||
Ringway airport | 1971/72 - date unknown | ||
26/10/72 | Thur eve | Liverpool Museum Land Transport Gallery | |
15/11/72 | Wed pm | Breckside Park (Cecil Raikes in store) | |
29/11/72 | Wed pm | Lime Street and Edge Hill signalboxes | |
08/02/73 | Thur eve | Liverpool Museum reserve collection | |
02/05/73 | Wed | Derby Works | |
MPTE Edge Lane works | 1972/73 - date unknown | ||
Warrington signalbox | 1972/73 - date unknown | ||
23/01/74 | Wed pm | Allerton TMD and signalboxes | |
05/02/74 | Wed pm | Liverpool Exchange signalboxes 1 and 2 | |
01/05/74 | Wed pm | BSC Shotton | |
08/05/74 | Wed pm | Agecroft power station and Bickershaw colliery | |
Hooton signalbox | 1973/74 - date unknown | ||
Birkenhead North depot | 1973/74 - date unknown | ||
23/10/74 | Wed pm | Southport signalbox | |
06/11/74 | Wed pm | Hall Road power control room | |
13/11/74 | Wed pm | Liverpool Central and Hamilton Square signalboxes | |
04/12/75 | Wed pm | MPTE Edge Lane works | |
05/02/75 | Wed pm | Lime Street signalbox | |
06/02/75 | Thur eve | Liverpool Museum Land Transport Gallery | |
26/02/75 | Wed pm | Seaforth dock | |
12/03/75 | Wed pm | Liverpool Loop Line construction workings | |
19/03/75 | Wed pm | Hawker Siddley Chester | |
30/04/75 | Wed pm | White Moss Peat Company railway | |
07/05/75 | Wed pm | Agecroft power station and Bickershaw colliery | |
14/05/75 | Wed pm | Preston docks | |
15/10/75 | Wed pm | Allerton TMD | |
22/10/75 | Wed pm | MPTE Hatton Garden control room | |
29/10/75 | Wed pm | Warrington power signalbox | |
08/11/75 | Sat | Glasgow | |
12/11/75 | Wed pm | Lancashire United Atherton depot | |
19/11/75 | Wed pm | Liverpool Exchange signalboxes | |
03/12/75 | Wed pm | Wigan Springs Branch MPD | |
25/02/76 | Wed pm | Horwich Works | |
28/02/76 | Railtour | Branch lines around Manchester | The Mancunian. 2 car dmu. Loss £181.64½. |
03/03/76 | Wed pm | Pilkington Cowley Hill works | Eight weeks ahead of scheduled date due to misreading of letter from company. |
05/05/76 | Wed pm | Liverpool Loop and Link Line construction workings | |
07/05/76 | Fri eve | West Lancs O-gauge group | |
15/05/76 | Sat | Derby Works, Loughborough, Crich | |
16/06/76 | 2 day | Reading, Kingston, Bluebell Rly, Rye, RHDR, K&ESR, Quainton Road | |
20/06/76 | Sun | Carnforth, Lakeside and Haverthwaite, Ravenglass and Eskdale | |
13/10/76 | Wed pm | Ribble Frenchwood works | |
20/10/76 | Wed pm | Kearsley power station | |
27/10/76 | Wed pm | Birkenhead North EMU depot | |
03/11/76 | Wed pm | Olive Mount signalbox | |
06/11/76 | Sat | Warrington, Middlewich, Macclesfield, Northwich | |
07/11/76 | Sun | Queensferry, Llangollen, Bala Lake, Ffestiniog Railway, Caernarfon | |
17/11/76 | Wed pm | Manchester Airport | |
24/11/76 | Wed pm | MPTE Edge Lane works | |
01/12/76 | Wed pm | 'Manx Maid' (moored Vittoria Dock, Birkenhead) | |
19/01/77 | Wed pm | BAC Chester | |
26/01/77 | Wed pm | Barton swing aqueduct | |
05/02/77 | Bus tour | Halifax, Wakefield, Ravensthorpe | MPTE Leyland PD2 44 (VWM44). West Riding Guy Arab for trip round Wakefield. |
16/02/77 | Wed pm | Manchester Ship Canal Mode Wheel works | |
02/03/77 | Wed pm | Speke Airport | |
09/03/77 | Wed pm | Anderton canal lift | |
16/03/77 | Wed pm | ICI railway Northwich | |
27/04/77 | Wed pm | White Moss Peat Company railway | |
30/04/77 | Sat | Longdon Aqueduct, Ironbridge, Severn Valley, W&L, Oswestry | |
04/05/77 | Wed pm | Woodhead | |
15/06/77 | 2 day | Bishop Auckland, Darlington, Ashington, Newcastle, Beamish, Masham | |
12/10/77 | Wed pm | Horwich Works | |
19/10/77 | Wed pm | Agecroft power station, Bickershaw colliery | |
22/10/77 | Sat | Steamtown, Lakeside and Haverthwaite, R&ER, Barrow | |
23/10/77 | Sun | Cefn Mawr, Llangollen, Ffestiniog Railway, Betws-y-Coed | |
26/10/77 | Wed pm | Wigan Springs Branch MPD | |
02/11/77 | Wed pm | Lancashire United Atherton depot | |
09/11/77 | Wed pm | Manchester Ship Canal Eastham locks | |
12/11/77 | Sat | Glasgow | |
16/11/77 | Wed pm | Allerton TMD | |
23/11/77 | Wed pm | Smith's Coaches Wigan | |
30/11/77 | Wed pm | Warrington power signalbox | |
07/12/77 | Wed pm | Lime Street signalbox | |
18/01/78 | Wed pm | Hunslet works | |
25/01/78 | Wed pm | Northern Counties | |
28/01/78 | Sat | NRM and reserve collection | |
22/02/78 | Wed pm | James Street signalbox | |
25/02/78 | Bus tour | Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster, Chesterfield | Chester Fleetline 85 (CFM85S) |
08/03/78 | Wed pm | Pilkington's | |
22/04/78 | Sat | Chester City Transport | Tour on CCT Arabs 37 (FFM137D) and 47 (DFM347H) |
29/04/78 | Sat | Derby Litchurch Lane Works, Loughborough, Crich | |
03/05/78 | Wed pm | Metro-Cammell Weymann | |
14/06/78 | Wed | Cumberland Whitehaven works, Leyland National Workington | |
16/06/78 | Fri pm | Southport | Tour on Atlantean and PD2. Cost of hire £8.50 |
18/10/78 | Wed pm | White Moss Peat Company railway | |
21/10/78 | Bus tour | East Lancashire, Blackpool | MPTE Metropolitan 4040 (RKA440N). 21st anniversary event (one year early). |
25/10/78 | Wed pm | Bury electrics | |
01/11/78 | Wed pm | Fishwick's, Leyland | |
08/11/78 | Wed pm | Edge Hill signalbox | |
15/11/78 | Wed pm | Speke Airport | |
22/11/78 | Wed pm | Crosville Sealand Road works | |
25/11/78 | Sat | Runcorn Busway | Tour round Busway on Crosville battery electric National XEB461 (OTF354M) |
29/11/78 | Wed pm | Birkenhead MPD | |
06/12/78 | Wed pm | Lime Street signalbox | |
13/12/78 | Wed pm | Moorfields control room | |
24/01/79 | Wed pm | Crewe Works | |
31/01/79 | Wed pm | MPTE Hatton Garden control room | |
24/02/79 | Bus tour | Chesterfield, Mansfield, Nottingham, Derby, Burton, Uttoxeter | MPTE Atlantean 82 (VWM82L) |
07/03/79 | Wed pm | Manchester | |
14/03/79 | Wed pm | Southport Chapel Street signalbox | |
16/05/79 | Wed pm | Allerton TMD | |
23/06/79 | Sat | Isle of Man | |
30/06/79 | Sat | Severn Valley Railway | |
17/10/79 | Wed pm | Wigan Springs Branch MPD | |
24/10/79 | Wed pm | Halton Borough Transport | |
31/10/79 | Wed pm | Allerton TMD | |
07/11/79 | Wed pm | Anderton canal lift | |
14/11/79 | Wed pm | Preston power signalbox | |
21/11/79 | Wed pm | GMPTE Hyde Road Works | |
28/11/79 | Wed pm | Hall Road power control room | |
06/12/79 | Wed pm | Manchester Airport | |
16/01/80 | Wed pm | British Aerospace Chester | |
30/01/80 | Wed pm | Garston Freightliner terminal | |
06/02/80 | Wed pm | 'Manx Maid' (moored East Float, Birkenhead) | |
13/02/80 | Wed pm | Longsight MPD | |
20/02/80 | Wed | Dublin | |
27/02/80 | Wed pm | Allerton signalbox | |
19/03/80 | Wed pm | Horwich Works | |
23/04/80 | Wed pm | ICI railway Northwich | |
26/04/80 | Bus tour | Halifax, KWVR, Bradford, Huddersfield | Ribble PD3 1829 (TCK829) |
30/04/80 | Wed pm | Charles Roe | |
07/05/80 | Wed pm | Ribble Frenchwood works | |
14/06/80 | Sat | Isle of Man | |
15/10/80 | Wed pm | Crewe Works | |
22/10/80 | Wed pm | Lancashire United Atherton depot | |
29/10/80 | Wed pm | Rea Bulk Handling | |
01/11/80 | Sat | Pontybodkin, Bala Lake, Ffestiniog, Pwllheli, Silver Star | |
05/11/80 | Wed pm | Agecroft colliery | |
12/11/80 | Wed pm | Lime Street signalbox | |
19/11/80 | Wed pm | Birkenhead North EMU depot | |
03/12/80 | Wed pm | Northern Counties | |
14/01/81 | Wed pm | MPTE Edge Lane works | |
04/02/81 | Wed pm | Chester City Transport | Tour round Chester on CCT Arab 1 (RFM641) |
11/02/81 | Wed pm | Manchester | |
25/02/81 | Wed pm | Warrington power signalbox | |
11/03/81 | Wed pm | Reddish electric depot, Dinting | |
29/04/81 | Wed pm | MPTE Hatton Garden control room | |
02/05/81 | Bus tour | Buxton, Crich, South Notts, Great Central, Leicester, Spath | Chester Dominator 103 (YMA103W) |
06/05/81 | Wed pm | Manchester Ship Canal railway Ellesmere Port | |
13/06/81 | Sat | Carnforth, Lakeside and Haverthwaite, Windermere, Morecambe, Burscough | Ex Southport PD2 106 (GFY406) (Steamport) |
14/10/81 | Wed pm | Wigan Springs Branch MPD | |
21/10/81 | Wed pm | GMPTE Hyde Road Works | |
24/10/81 | Sat | Baslow, Chesterfield Transport, Shirebrook MPD, Barnsley | |
28/10/81 | Wed pm | 'Manxman' (moored East Float, Birkenhead) | |
11/11/81 | Wed pm | Warrington Borough Transport | |
18/11/81 | Wed pm | Edge Hill signalbox | |
22/11/81 | Sun | East Lancs Railway, GMT Museum, Dinting Railway Centre | Ex Southport PD2 106 (GFY406) (Steamport) |
27/01/82 | Wed pm | White Moss Peat Company railway | |
17/02/82 | Wed pm | Horwich Works | |
06/03/82 | Sat | Burnley, Keighley and Worth Valley Railway | Ex Royal Blue Bristol MW HDV638E (St Margaret's School) |
10/03/82 | Wed pm | Fishwick's Leyland depot | |
24/04/82 | Bus tour | Severn Valley Railway, Midland Bus Museum, Green Bus Company | Crosville VR DVL497 (WTU497W) |
28/04/82 | Wed pm | ICI railway Runcorn | |
05/05/82 | Wed pm | Wirral Historic Transport Society | |
12/06/82 | Sat | Blaenau Ffestiniog | Ex Liverpool PD2 L255 (VKB711) (Burscough). |
12/06/82 | Sat | Llandudno | Alternative trip to Llandudno for those left behind by bus in Liverpool. |
30/10/82 | Sat | Motor Show 82 (NEC) | Ex Crosville Bristol RE CRG525 (7286FM) (Wirral Historic Transport Society) |
03/11/82 | Wed pm | Crosville Sealand Road works | |
13/11/82 | Sat | Steamport, Blackpool | Ex Southport PD2 106 (GFY406) (Steamport) - failed en route |
24/11/82 | Wed pm | Northern Counties | |
27/02/83 | Sun | York, NRM, East Coast Main Line (photographing Flying Scotsman) | |
10/03/83 | Sun | Crewe Works, North Staffs Railway | Ex Liverpool PD2 L255 (VKB711) (Burscough). |
23/04/83 | Bus tour | Todber, Embsay, Shipley Glen Tramway, Keighley and Worth Valley, Leeds | Crosville Olympian DOG114 (KFM114Y) |
18/06/83 | Sat | Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway | Ex Ribble PD3 1775 (RCK775) (Burscough). 25th anniversary. Special train: Sir Drefaldwyn. |
25/06/83 | Sat | Bala Lake, Tal-y-Llyn | |
28/06/83 | 2 day | Burry Port, Trimsaran, Swansea, Aberdare, Barry, Cardiff, Dean Forest | |
29/10/83 | Sat | Large Objects Collection, Steamport, Bury, Ashton under Lyne | Ex Barrow PD2 170 (CEO957) (Burscough). Trip after 500th OGM. |
30/11/83 | Wed pm | MPTE Edge Lane works | |
01/02/84 | Wed pm | Lancashire United Atherton depot | |
29/02/84 | Wed pm | Chester City Transport | Ex Crosville Bristol SC SSG668 (241SFM) (Roly Williams) |
07/03/84 | Wed pm | Crewe Works | |
24/04/84 | Bus tour | Uttoxeter, Derby, Midland Railway Centre, Crich, Buxton | Crosville Olympian DOG124 (MTU142Y) |
22/05/84 | Tue eve | Large Objects Collection | |
16/06/84 | Sat | Carnforth, Lakeside and Haverthwaite, Windermere, Burscough | Ex Crosville Bristol SC SSG668 (241SFM) (Roly Williams) |
19/06/84 | 3 day | Delaine's, Nth Norfolk, Norwich, Great Yarmouth, ECW, Carlton Colville | |
13/10/84 | Sat | Liverpool Garden Festival Railway | |
20/10/84 | Sat | Motor Show 84 (NEC) | |
28/11/84 | Wed pm | Northern Counties | |
05/12/84 | Wed pm | British Aerospace Chester | |
20/02/85 | Wed pm | Ribble Frenchwood works | |
06/03/85 | Wed pm | Chester power signalbox, Chester City Transport | |
20/03/85 | Wed pm | Chester power signalbox | |
27/04/85 | Bus tour | Tracline, Birmingham Railway Museum, Midland Bus Museum, Severn Valley | Chester Dominator 111 (A111UCA), Fleetline 57 (OFM957K), Arab 1 (RFM641) |
16/06/85 | Sun | Blackpool | Ex Crosville Bristol FSF DFG81 (891VFM) (Geoff O'Brien) |
18/06/85 | 3 day | Bruton, Sth Peterton, Seaton, Yeovilton, Dart Valley, Torbay, Taunton | |
13/10/85 | Sun | Severn Valley Railway | Ex Barrow PD2 170 (CEO957) (Burscough) |
13/11/85 | Wed pm | Warrington Borough Transport | |
15/11/85 | Fri eve | West Lancs O-gauge group | |
16/11/85 | Sat | Great Central Railway, Rugeley | |
27/11/85 | Wed pm | Crewe power signalbox | |
01/03/86 | Sat | Bala Lake, Ffestiniog | |
15/03/86 | Sat | Keighley and Worth Valley Railway | |
03/05/86 | Bus tour | Bradford Transport Museum, Middleton Railway, Sandtoft, Sheffield | Crosville VR DVG456 (VCA456W) |
14/06/86 | Sat | Llandudno | Ex Lincolnshire Bristol MW RFE461 (Bob Williams) |
21/06/86 | 3 day | Masham, NYMR, Middlesbrough, Tanfield, Beamish, Newcastle, Alston | |
18/10/86 | Sat | Motor Show (NEC) | |
06/12/86 | Sat | Llangollen, Wrexham | Ex Lincolnshire Bristol MW RFE461 (Bob Williams) |
18/01/87 | Sun | Crewe Works | |
28/01/87 | Wed pm | Shrewsbury signalboxes | |
25/02/87 | Wed pm | Northern Counties | |
25/03/87 | Wed pm | Speke Airport | |
03/05/87 | Bus tour | Foxfield Railway, Bass Museum, Crich, Peak Rail | Warrington PD2 88 (BED729C) |
13/06/87 | Sat | Black Country Museum, Green Bus Company | |
27/06/87 | 3 day | Mid Hants Railway, Isle of Wight, Southampton | |
28/10/87 | Wed pm | Leyland Bus Workington | |
05/12/87 | Sat | Warrington Borough Transport, East Lancs Railway | Ex Liverpool Regent III A344 (HKF820) (Burscough). Trip after 600th OGM. |
30/04/88 | Bus tour | Ffestiniog Railway, Welsh Highland Railway, Caernarfon | North Western Olympian 606 (A144OFR) |
12/06/88 | Sun | Severn Valley Railway | 30th anniversary. |
18/06/88 | 2 day | Brecon Mountain Railway, Cardiff | |
06/11/88 | Sun | Keighley and Worth Valley Railway | |
10/12/88 | Sat | Llangollen | |
04/03/89 | Sat | Great Central Railway | |
29/04/89 | Bus tour | Peak Rail, Nottingham, Midland Railway Centre | Chester Olympian 10 (F210JMB) |
06/05/90 | Bus tour | Uppermill, Bradford Transport Museum, Yorkshire Dales Railway, Skipton | Rossendale Tiger 89 (A148EPA). Short notice replacement for Blue Triangle RE BHN694N. |
08/12/90 | Sat | Manchester Museum of Science and Industry | Should have been KWVR but curtailed due to weather. |
17/03/91 | Sat | Keighley and Worth Valley Railway | |
04/05/91 | Bus tour | Llangollen Railway, Bala Lake Railway, Llandudno | Warrington RE 72 (LED72P) |
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