Pick a date

Year

Diary entries for 13 July

Key: Steam | Diesel | Unit

1950

17:50 parcels to Niddrie, 23:00 ex Morrison St

1953

01:55 Stannergate (? not 100% sure of writing) & Aberdeen, 90058. Change over Montrose. 01:40 ex Aberdeen
wd/8

1954

02:00 Portobello, 61823. Home pass 05:56 ex Edin. R Selbie
K3

1957

15:15 class 'B' to Arbroath, LE to Dundee TB, 17:35 class 'B' to Arbroath, 18:15 class 'B' ex Arbroath

1959

05:59 class 'C' parcels to Aberdeen, home LE, D5321 both ways.
class 26

1960

08:00. Diesel training/testing with JR Duncan. Passed out.

1962

16:00 spare. ECS to station for 17:14 Tayport, 80123. 19:30 class 'E' to Perth, 22:01 class 'B' ex Perth, 61277. A Bateman
B1 Standard 4 Tank

1963

18:25 depot spare. J Dailly

1964

07:00 spare & prep. 61140/D2709/D2713. W Copland/A Scott/P Dolan
B1 D2/10

1965

01:10 class 8 to Craiginches, 90640. Home pass. G Dye
wd/8

1971

14:00 depot spare & prep 5379/5414/5354/5359. D Ormond
class 27

1972

16:00 spare.

1976

15:52 1T40 to Queen St, shunt & ECS to Cowlairs, 19:52 1L56 ex Queen St, 27011 throughout. D Tolmie
class 27

1977

12:25 2A30 to Arbroath, 13:17 2L38 return, 14:22 2G68 to Edin, 50174/50145. 17:20 2L54 ex Edin, 51240/50242+ 50243/51808+ 51249/51800. Nightmare run home - no fault found.
class 101

1978

05:10 1S60 to Aberdeen, 40062. 10:40 1E14 ex Aberdeen, 47433. S McLean
class 40 class 47

1982

ASLEF strike.

1984

05:00 spare. Put on pilot duty when signing on, 08762.
class 08

1985

05:30 ECS to Arbroath, 06:30 2Y04 to Dundee, 07:15 2Y21 to Arbroath, 08:10 2Y82 to Dundee, 51469/51537 throughout.
class 101

1986

Booked turn. 18:14 1T86 to Queen St (10 late Dee, 1 early Q St), 21:25 1L81 - ex Queen St, 47716 both ways.
class 47

1987

Sprinter Instructor. 07:00 pass to Haymarket. Shunting/coupling/uncoupling sets at Haymarket. 15:04 training run home, 150257.
class 150

1988

07:00 spare. No work.


All diary records © Jim Hoskins / Derek Hoskins | Website by Kevin McCormick, with template by Bootswatch.