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Diary entries for 29 July

Key: Steam | Diesel | Unit

1950

21:30 top end pilot. H Montgomery

1953

23:45 class 'E' Portobello, 90496. Home pass. H Lonie
wd/8

1954

04:00 Niddrie, cancelled. Spare. 06:40 Tayport & return, 61292. C Heaney
B1

1957

Booked trains cancelled. 60927 LE to St Margarets. Home pass 05:51 ex Edin.
V2

1958

07:30 ECS to Leuchars. 08:23 Fife coast ex Leuchars, Home light. 12:46 Tayport & return, 61277 throughout.
B1

1959

14:00 class 'B' to Arbroath, 16:45 class 'B' ex Arbroath, 80124 +6/166. 17:30 ECS to Leuchars, 18:13 class 'B' to St Andrews, 18:49 ex St Andrews, 80124 +8/219.
Standard 4 Tank

1960

17:14 to Tayport & return, 18:27 to Tayport & return, 20:48 to Tayport & return, 23:20 to Tayport & return. All class 'B', 80090 throughout.
Standard 4 Tank

1961

15:15 spare. C Ironside

1963

12:10 harbour pilot, D2708. R Young
D2/10

1964

22:00 shed arranger. N Taylor

1966

08:10 spare. D3343 pilot relief. P Dolan
class 08

1967

Book on 00:15. Conduct 00:50 to Thornton on Brush D1974. Home pass. J McKinley
class 47

1968

00:01 depot prep, D2414/D3346(fail)/D3558/D5318/D3893. 21:30 spare. Conduct to Thornton, home pass.
class 06 class 08 class 26

1969

05:55 pilot, 3558.
class 08

1970

22:12 class 7 to Millerhill, 5069+5327. Depart Dundee 23:00. 02:17 class 6 ex Millerhill, 5069.
class 24 class 26

1971

05:15 number 4 pilot, 5309. J Tosh
class 26

1974

00:09 orders. 26010 LE to Perth, 24073 LE home.
class 24 class 26

1975

21:50 spare.

1976

21:30 depot prep.

1977

21:25 1E69 to Edin, 26018+26038. 02:12 7L03 ex Millerhill, 27025. T Burke
class 26 class 27

1980

00:01 pilot duty, 08762.
class 08

1982

06:32 1S79 to Aberdeen, 11:50 1C93 ex Aberdeen (Nottingham), 47563 both ways. Arrive Aberdeen 20 early.
class 47

1983

16:01 6E89 to Millerhill, 37195. 21:17 2L63 ex Edinburgh, 50194/51241.
class 101 class 37

1984

Extra turn. 06:28 1S70 to Aberdeen, 47578. 10:50 1T28 ex Aberdeen, 47406. Poor, speedo out.
class 47

1985

15:00 spare. Conduct Polmadie man on liner, station to yard. Conduct Edin man HST 17:15 ex Edin station to yard, back to station for 20:30 to Edin.
HST

1986

08:24 1T10 to Queen St, 47704. 11:05 4L33 ex Queen St to Perth, 26031.Home pass 12:25 ex Perth.
class 26 class 47

1987

Sprinter instructor. 07:40 to Haymarket, to Craigentinny for cleaning. 15:04 to Dundee. 150257 throughout.
class 150

1988

Sprinter instructor. To Haymarket 08:06 HST ex Dundee. Passing out Lachie Duncan, H Petrie, G Milne, J Ralph. Home pass 11:13 ex Edin.
class 150 HST


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