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Diary entries for 18 July

Key: Steam | Diesel | Unit

1950

09:25 North of Fife coast, cancelled. Spare, J Morris

1953

02:00 Portobello, 60844. Home pass, H Lonie. No relief.
V2

1954

01:25 Portobello, 60892. 01:10 ex Niddrie, 90560. Change over Burntisland, R Selbie.
V2 wd/8

1957

04:00 extra passenger pilot, 62485. G McKelvie
D34

1958

08:30 class 'B' to Edin, 13:09 class 'A' ex Edin, 76109 both ways.
Standard 4

1959

06:00 Arbroath goods & pilot, 46463. J Spence
Ivatt 2MT

1960

04:05 class 'C' to Craiginches, 60833. Home LE, 64786. J Kerr
J39 V2

1961

04:00 spare.

1962

22:30 spare. R McGilvray

1963

08:10 extra passenger pilot, 46463. R Young
Ivatt 2MT

1966

West number 2 pilot, D2414.
class 06

1968

21:30 spare, no fireman.

1972

00:01 spare.

1975

20:30 spare. R Boyd

1977

00:20 spare & prep. N McGreery

1979

13:25 2A32 to Arbroath, 14:23 2L43 ex Arbroath, 50254/50144 both ways. 16:22 2G84 to Edin, 51239/50184. 18:25 2L56 ex Edin, 51237/50264.
class 101

1980

22:28 6E38 grain empties to Millerhill, 25082 (depart 23:15). 02:02 7L03 ex Millerhill, 27022.
class 25 class 27

1982

Booked turn, 23:03 spare. Flexible rosters begin. Reg (Johnstone) & I to depot to see shifts.

1984

12:00 pilot duty, 08762.
class 08

1985

18:05 spare. LE to Eastfield, 27056
class 27

1986

112:00 spare. No work.

1988

Sprinter instructor. Fatality at Stannergate, trains off north late with Aberdeen men. Did class work at Dundee. H Petrie/G Milne/J Ralph.
class 150

1989

NUR 1 day strike.


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