Many thanks to Jim Burton for these classic logs
Now, the enclosed logs….we throw up our hands in amazement at the loadings of the Caledonian sleeper (Highland edition!!). But in the “bad old days” a couple of Type 2 diesels used to be faced with loads not dissimilar from this every night SX!! Regret do not have relevant WTT for Summer 1969 but I would reckon that the timing load was something similar. 580 tons allowed for 16 vehicles……17 or more entitled you to ask for a third Type 2!! In those days the 1900 Euston left from Platform 2 and the first thing one looked for was….how many vehicles were off the country end of the platform?!! Enough of setting the scene (!). what was the reality?
1M15 1900 INVERNESS-EUSTON from INVERNESS to AVIEMORE
SCHEDULE – 61 minutes (RUNS 1-2) ; 65.5 minutes (RUNS 3-4)
TIMING LOAD -580 tons
LOCOMOTIVES :- D5130/D5119 D5129/D5336
LOAD :- 13/479.5 15/549
0.00 INVERNESS 0 00. 00 – 00. 00 –
0.55 MILLBURN JUNCTION 02 05 40 02 08 41/38
6.65 CULLODEN MOOR 13 59 28/25/ 15 26 30/22/
27.5/ 23.5/24
45 48
10.93 DAVIOT. 22. 46. 26/25/ 24 45 34/27/
33 24/22
28
14.65 MOY 29 59 26/32 32 31 25/23/
42/51 25/52
19.05 TOMATIN 35 13 52/55 37 26 60/47/
39 41
22.64 SLOCHD SUMMIT 43. 01. 50/33/ 45 28. 46/35/
29 26.5/24
25
P.W.S. *20
27.93 CARR BRIDGE 50. 29 25/64/ 51. 01. 72/68/55
68/43 40
34.65 AVIEMORE 61 58. 48 63/69/ 58. 50 68/70/-
DATE :- JUNE 26 1969 SEPTEMBER 17
1969
LOCOMOTIVES :- D5115/D5128 D5331/D5337
LOAD :- 15/556 14/515
0.00 INVERNESS 0 00. 00 – 00 00 –
0.55 MILLBURN JUNCTION 2 02. 02 22/38 02 23 36
6.65 CULLODEN MOOR 24 16 13. 25/21/ 15 40 29/22/
23/43 29/31
42
10.93 DAVIOT 26. 58 33/22/ 25 18. 38/29/
19/22 24/21/
29
14.85 MOY 35 57. 18/24 33. 03 25/38
51/48 52/50
19.05 TOMATIN 43.5 41 09 46/54 38. 34 46/52/
40/37 45/37
22.64 SLOCHD SUMMIT 51. 25. 34/25/ 46 32. 35/26
20/17 24/22
16/21 22.5
27.93 CARR BRIDGE 58.5 57. 42. 52/63 53. 10. 48/66
70/*40 72/
*38
34.63 AVIEMORE 65.5 65. 42 51/59/ 62 21 52/60
62/72 64/
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DATE :- JUNE 30, 1971 SEPTEMBER
15,1971
Heres the down working 1S25, One of my earlier “Instamatic” phots, so apologies for quality. Class 26’s 5330 and 5344 arrive at Inverness with the “Royal Highlander” from Euston, on July 30th 1972
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