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Even that had its issues.............

I regularly used to travel on the 1628 Doncaster to Hull service (2H62) in 1975/6 and this often conveyed a CCT, it was usually formed of a Lincoln Heavyweight DMU. Also the 2038 Hull Leeds (1L52) and the 2135 Hull Doncaster (1D62) both conveyed CCT and GUVa along with a couple of MK1s for passenger accommodation , the reverse works also conveyed the same. There was also at one time a couple of Hull York workings that conveyed a right mixture of GUVs and CCTs with passenger vehicles thrown in for good measure. Even when the 1708 ex York became a Trans Pennine DMU CCTs would be conveyed. There was also a KGX Leeds working that stopped almost everywhere also conveyed a right hotch potch of NPCCS including CCTs and GUVs Al Taylor

They started becoming common after privatisation when the Mk2 M/A were replaced by the MK4 M/A.

MK2e were very very rare on the Eastern as they couldn't be powered by Deltics or 47401-20.

Having been a Trip for a couple of TOCs over the years, most incident recovery goes very well with those that do the organising in control rooms doing a great job. However it does sometimes go belly up due to those with very little operational experience in the higher positions not taking notice of those with the experience or the information that is been passed from those at the point of incident. When working with one TOC, route knowledge from most drivers was quite widespread. and one particular depot had two links and those links covered each other, so during disruption it was always the great jet of jail card. Al Taylor.

Looks like whilst work was going on to convert the depot for DMU use. Scaffolding nearly in view for 1 & 2 road plus the Hymers side of 5 road. Al Taylor

Wagon shop pilot.

Vac pipe under the secondmans side steam pipe under the drivers side.

Finally got my 6702, it looks just the part. Seems to run on Dc at lot better than most of my blue box Type 3s, fit the decoders when the others arrive. Just needs weathering in to the condition it was in in the late 60s when allocated to Tinsley. Will get that done when the other two (6703 and 6704)arrive. I did think at one stage I had ordered another 6702 but the pre order was added on to a later 0rder for 6702..........

Those horn grills are green and the buffers heads should be light grey not silver. but its your model.

They are lateral suspension dampers......... Al Taylor.

Most were, but it soon came off on the outer part. A few got polished up also.

The service was a Paddington -Hull/lLeeds with the return Leeds/Hull- Brighton which was a 3 day MA coaching stock diagram.

They did have a 36 way jumper socket in the nose end, most had been removed by 1987, those that hadn't were disconnected in the cab bulkhead junction box. A very long 36 way jumper cable was originally provided in the emergency cupboard in the van area along with the two emergency drawbars and other related equipment. Al Taylor

The stock came from various sources on the Friday evening and in the early hours of Saturday morning. Some was Eastern stock , some LM. The locos came from various places including a couple of Western named 47s. Some of the stock had been used on the previous days trips to London and these would also see use the following Sunday with the return workings from the Friday trips. The Deltic is on the scheduled 0700 Kings X service. Paddington and Marylebone destinations were used purely as a capacity issue at KGX. Al Taylor

The Gas Works was at Saville Town so would be connected off the L and Y.

The tankers from Saltend, went to various places in the north, but the block workings were more often Cowlick, Deepcar, Dewsbury. Al Taylor

The real "car headlight" and the later "high intensity headlamp" are the basically the same thing it just the method of mounting/and adjustment that is different. I have replaced the halogen lamp in enough of them. And they are not sealed beam lamps. Al Taylor

Possibly empty stock coming from BrIdlington of Filey holiday Camp going to seven section at Dairycoates, as empty stock was often stabled there in this period.. Al Taylor

Hi all, Does anybody know if any one makes an etch for these. Want to upgrade some old Hornby bodies that had been converted to 25s with can't rail filter grills. Regards Al Taylor

remember working on those as an apprentice at York. cannot recall 434 having the headlamp fitted at either end but the switch was in the respective cabs. 432 and 523 both had the headlamps fitted and did work, but the fitting that was used were not to brilliant and would cause problems . It is possible that 434 did have the headlight fitted at Crewe but was removed and a the blanks fitted there due to the faulty fittings. Al Taylor

Possibly not as both the newer cooler groups have spare capacity, and the cab air con is also a bit better than the old unit.

Always though it had ten grilles on one side and nine on the other. Al Taylor

As one of the owners of said loco and rode on it from Toton to Dairycoates ( which went via the avoider At Donny) on the day I know exactly where it went that day. I also rode on it when it was moved from Dairycoates To Botanic and from Botanic to Brush at Loughborough. Al Taylor

That's okay. Some very excellent work in all the research.