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Diary entries for 28 July

Key: Steam | Diesel | Unit

1950

22:30 spare. J Marr

1953

23:45 class 'E' Portobello, 45486. Home pass. H Lonie
Black 5

1954

04:00 Niddrie, 90350. Home pass 09:10 ex Edin. R Selbie
wd/8

1958

07:30 ECS to Leuchars. 08:23 Fife coast ex Leuchars, ECS home ex Thornton, 61191 throughout.
B1

1959

11:30 spare. 14:15 ECS Dundee West to Arbroath, home light. 64585. R McGilvray
J37

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

1962

13:20 Dundee TB number 1 pilot, D2710. D Vettese & J Menzies
D2/10

1963

Booked turn. 15:15 prep, 61172/60077/60532/60528. D Colliston
A2 B1

1964

23:00 orders.

1967

Book on 00:15. 00:50 Thornton cancelled. J Mckinley

1969

07:30 number 3 pilot, 3558. Traynor didn�t come in at 14:00.
class 08

1970

Book on 21:15. LE to Haymarket (5319) & Millerhill (5327). 02:17 class 6 ex Millerhill, 5327. D Hirst
class 26

1971

05:15 number 4 pilot, 5308. R Young/D Ormond
class 26

1972

20:30 depot spare. R Mackie

1974

03:30 spare.

1975

Swap P Barr. 21:14 6K76 to Millerhill, 26037. 01:13 6S40 ex Millerhill, 40058.
class 26 class 40

1976

20:30 spare.

1977

21:41 cancelled.

1978

00:01 spare.

1979

17:33 2T46 to Glasgow, 21:14 2L63 ex Glasgow, 27024 both ways. W Hume (Secondman W Hume was killed carrying out his duties in the Invergowrie train crash 22/10/1979)
class 27

1980

00:01 pilot duty, 08762.
class 08

1982

06:32 1S79 to Aberdeen, 11:50 1C93 ex Aberdeen (Nottingham), 47446 both ways.
class 47

1983

16:01 6E89 to Millerhill, 37106. 21:17 2L63 ex Edinburgh, 51495/51518. Lost number 2 engine 51495 Haymarket, lost number 2 51518 Ladybank.
class 101 class 37

1985

04:28 1S78 to Aberdeen, 37201 - 1hr 15 late ex Dundee, 55 late Aberdeen. 10:50 1T78 ex Aberdeen, 47709 - DBSO faulty.
class 37 class 47

1986

08:24 1T10 to Queen St, 47702 + load 6, turned train Cowlairs. Home pass 11:25 ex Queen St.
class 47

1987

Sprinter instructor. 08:15 to Edin, 10:08 to Kirkcaldy, 11:14 to Haymarket, 150259. 13:00 to Dundee, 150257.
class 150

1988

Sprinter instructor. To Haymarket 08:06 HST ex Dundee. Static training. Photo of multicoloured 350HP shunters. www.flickr.com/photos/derek...
class 150 HST

1989

Sprinter instruction. Pass 07:00 to Edin. Fort William lads passed out & away 09:30 - A McLeod, Kevin Graham.
class 150


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