The Tuesday dawned and 1L05 (the 0555) produced required 31163 – booked for a Yk Class 31 at the time – on load 8. The Yk-Ncle stage provided 40151, not required but none the less highly acceptable. So things seemed to be going according to plan, but then they became more interesting!! 1S16 – 0800 KX-Wav was announced 50 late -it staggered in 53 down with 55022, on one engine (and that sounded ropey!), being assisted by 31119!!! 55022 was duly failed and after some while 47460 appeared and departed 58.5 minutes late. Next 1S17, 1000 KX-Wav was reported 40 late. It duly arrived 44 down behind 55004, yes you’ve guessed it, on one engine. The Deltic was, again, declared a failure and left for Gateshead. The minutes had ticked by, about 12 of them, when off the High Level Bridge appeared a Class 40!!! 40152 duly coupled up to a load of 11!!! We left 60 late and the log gives details of what transpired…….
1S17 1000 KX-Wav (THE FLYING SCOTSMAN) April 20th 1976
40152 loading 11 vehicles, 375 tons tare – timing load 385 tons – 60 late off Ncle
0.00 Newcastle 0 0 00. –
0.58 Manors 2. 08 16/26
1.64 Heaton 4. 06 31/44
3.90 Benton Bakk 6. 52. 47/50/50
5.00. Forest Hall 8. 08. 52/55
5.89. Killingworth 9. 08. 55
7.71. Annitsford 10. 49. 58/65/65
9.93. Cramlington 12. 50. 69/67/66
11.51. Plessey 14 11 66/66/69
13.90 Stannington 16. 04 71/74/77
16.63 Morpeth 17 18. 59. 75/*40/44
18 55 Pegswood 21 16 49/55 56/57
20.19 Longhirst 22. 44. 61/66/70
SIGNALS 73/*61
23.25 Widdrington 25. 19. 66/67
25.64 Chevington 27. 18 69/73
28.54 Acklington 29. 31. 75/78
31.94 Warkworth 32 25 *66/71
34.86 Alnmouth 32 34 56. 74/77/*63/66
37.49 Longhoughton 37 26 65/64/62
39.46 Little Mill 39 13 62//63
42.98 Christon Bank 42 20. 69/74/78/81
46/03 Chathill 44. 22 85/87/93
SIGNALS *38
49.24 Lucker 47 39 41/47
51.65 Belford 45 50 18. 54/60/65
SIGNALS. 65/*41
SIGNAL
STOP *0
54 06 )
56 27 )
55.01 Smeafield 58 42 *10
SIGNALS *10
58.61 Beal 64. 31. 41/50/55/66
60.84 Goswick 66 34 71/73
63.61 Scremerston 69 09 69/64/60/55
SIGNALS. *51
65.40 Tweedmouth 71 02. *48
67.00 Berwick 73 10. *37
SIGNAL
STOP. *0
74 27)
82. 42)
68.03 Marshall Meadows 84. 58 29.38
SIGNAL
STOP *0
(3) 89 17)
90 38)
P.W.S 42/*20
72.64. Burnmouth 96 24. 37/46/52
74.21 Ayton 64. 98 13. 61/62
78.18. Reston Junction 101. 42. 64/69/71/68
83.34. Grantshouse 71.5. 106. 20 69/67/65/60/64
P.W.S *40
84.65. Penmanshiel Tunnel. 108 03. 48/46
South
P.W.S. 52/63/*20
87.96. Cockburnspath 113 30 53/61/69
90.66 Innerwick 115 36 73/70/72
93.19 Oxwellmains 117. 33. 80/81/86
95.40. Dunbar 81.5. 119 23. 73/*57
97.53 Beltonford Siding 121 30. 64
101.05. East Linton 124. 34. 67/68/70/73
103.71. East Fortune 126. 39. 75/78/83
106.70 Drem 90.5. 128. 52. 83/84/81
109.71. Aberlady Junction 131. 05 81/81
111.28 Longniddry (15) 132. 14. 80.79
114 96. Prestonpans 134 57 83/84/84
118.38. Moktonhall Junction 114.5. 137 23 84/74
119.81. New Hailes Junction (4). 138 39. 64/61
120.76. Joppa 139 39 60
121.46 Portobello 121.5. 140. 07. 63/66
122.26. Craigentinny 141. 04. 63/*26
WEAVE TO
PLATFORM 1
124.46. Waverley 125.5. 146 49 –
And so, we rolled in 81.75 late – despite having never stopped trying with 2000 hp on “Deltic” booking!! A block failure could be put down to bad luck – 2 of then looked like carelessness!!
The mass recovery time to compensate for delays due to background work prior to electrification,
As you will know from logs on the WCML during the early 1960.s – sometimes this was necessary!!.
This, to the best of my knowledge was the last time when a Class 40 appeared on the “Flying Scotsman”.
Thanks to Jim Burton for the classic log of 40152
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