mark alden

Hi, Could I repost this picture in a DH loco group Im in on FB please, duly credited, Thanks.

6A16 was the 15.35 Milford - Paddington perishables and milk, engine change at Cardiff 19.30-20.15...

809 was on 6A27 11.00 Malago to OC empty vans 841 would of been on 11.15 Paddington - Worcester and 16.15 Worcester - Paddington 853 on 12.15 Worcester - Paddington and 17.15 Paddington - Worcester 854 was on 6V05 15.00 Kenny O - Plymouth milk but was failed at Reading and 1040 went forward 1036 was on 11.55 Paignton - Paddington 1028 was on 10.55 Penzance - Paddington Up Rivo 1020 was on 12.30 Paddington - Penzance 1056 was on 13.30 Paddington - Paignton 1677 was 14.30 Paddington - Penzance 1002 was on 5Z90 ECS OC - LA 1018 16.30 Paddington - Penzance 1036 18.30 Paddington - Plymouth 1672 1Z15 10.20 Ply - Padd rlf

Here is a list of Westerns working through Exeter on 31st July 1971 which was a Saturday, between 08.30 and 23.00 :- 1044 on shed off 6V78; then off shed 10.10 to replace failed 42 on 1E20 08.40 Paignton - Newcastle 1064 1M87 08.00 Paignton - Liverpool 1071 6V86 21.10 FO Burton-on-Trent - Plymouth Friary 1002 1B04 08.15 Bristol - Penzance 1049 1A84 10.30 Kingswear - Paddington 1057 1B34 09.45 Cardiff - Penzance 1036 1A01 08.45 Penzance - Paddington 1058 1V46 08.30 Kensington Olympia - Paignton motorail 1045 1A05 12.00 Paignton - Paddington 1054 1B65 10.30 Paddington - Penzance 1007 + 7042 1B58 10.15 Paddington - Paignton (1007 was on one engine) 1056 1A25 10.50 Penzance - Paddington 1013 1A35 11.05 Penzance - Paddington 1018 1A45 12.18 Penzance - Paddington 1016 1B25 13.30 Paddington - Paignton 1050 1B35 14.30 Paddington - Penzance 1064 1V87 11.35 Manchester - Penzance 1000 1C96 13.45 Penzance - Cardiff 1044 4B10 15.58 Bristol - Plymouth parcels 1066 1A85 15.55 Penzance - Paddington 1028 6M11 14.40 St Erth - Kensington Olympia milk (12 tanks) 1006 1B58 16.30 Paddington - Penzance 1059 6V05 15.00 Kensington Olympia - Plymouth milk empties (8 tanks) 1069 1B98 18.30 Paddington - Plymouth

In the Rail Online picture 861 has no MU so it would be in tandem with the 2nd loco. Also the date is wrong as 868 was working on the Southern that weekend, or the 2nd loco isn't 868. I suspect this was more of a positioning move rather than anything else... 2C20 was the 17.10 Plymouth - Penzance local... http://www.rail-online.co.uk/p634483962/h5c14a698#h5c14a698

D1028 was on 1C51 19.00 Paddington - Swansea & D1036 was on 7C28 13.40 Acton - East Usk or 6A18 21.25 Cardiff - Didcot power station MGRs depending on the time you saw it...

I don't suppose you have the dates when cl. 50's left VF for Crewe do you please?

Originally only 803 to 821 were to work on the SR because they had the lower cab floor and the SCD was to of gone in the cab for easy access in emergency. From 822 they had a higher cab floor (i.e. less 'headroom') because it was realised that the Voith transmission was too big to go under the lower cab floor of the Swindon built locos so the cab floor was raised so that a Voith transmission could be fitted. The original idea, of course, was that (like the DB V200's) any engines (Maybach/MAN) and any transmission (Voith/Mekydro) could be fitted in any combination in any 800. As the NBL 43s weren't fitted with preheaters they never had the opportunity to be fitted with Maybachs (which require preheating) and only 822-832/866-870 could ever be fitted with a Voith transmission because they had higher cab floors. So a fantastic idea for total flexibility was perfectly designed out! In the end the SCD's were put in the engine room behind the cab door so any from 803-832/866-870 could be used. On occasions 833's and 7000's were used on the SR but I doubt whether an SCD was carried on the 833's. More often than not they would come off at Salisbury.

14.30 Paddington - Penzance FYI... and the day before D1040 at Knowle...

On the Monday 6th - 809 was on the 11.20 Bristol - Old Oak Common 841 was on the 11.15 Paddington - Worcester and 16.15 return 853 was on the 12.15 Worcester- Paddington and 17.15 return 854 was on the 15.00 Kensington to Plymouth but it failed at Reading and D1040 took over. On Saturday 11th - 807 was on the 12.10 Paddington - Paignton 835 was on the 10.15 Paddington - Paignton 841 was on the 11.15 Paddington - Worcester 861 was on the 15.00 Kensington - Plymouth. Guess what? It failed at Reading and D1044 took over! On Saturday 18th - 842 was on the 14.15 Worcester - Paddington 855 was on the 15.15 Paddington - Hereford. Have you any pictures? Have you got any more notes? All notes help add info to the workings I've got and are fascinating and also help confirm what actually happened... Mark

hopefully i've attached the May 1971 6300 diagrams....D63XX MAY 1971 DIAGRAMS.doc

Some time ago I started to compile a list of Hymek liveries and dates (and likely dates) of change. Its a bit of a mishmash and I haven't looked at it for some time but I've attached it (hopefully) an some of you may find some of the info in it usefull..... D7XXX LIVERIES CHANGE TABLE.doc

I have (below) a compiled list of Warship workings and from it I have taken the NBL's so you can see what they got up to in the last week. The numbers in brackets after (25) etc indicate the engine hours accumulated after working that diagram. For some reason some locos haven't lined up in the document... haven't tabbed for some reason?? I just hope I don't get to read this later in book by a dodgy journalist from Peterborough as 'an exclusive revelation'.... The information I have comes from the loco record cards filled in by the Loco Control as each loco did a train... Enjoy... Saturday 25th September 1971 D833 Reading (In store) / Hauled 0F76 LD Reading - Newton Abbot / Newton Abbot (In store). D834 Exeter / 0F76 LD Exeter - Newton Abbot / Newton Abbot / 5Z27 ECS Newton Abbot C.S. - Paignton / 1Z27 11.25 Paignton - Liverpool to Bristol / Bristol Bath Road. D835 Newton Abbot. D839 …..6V07 to Plymouth / Laira / 6V07 19.00 Kensington Olympia - Penzance ‘Milk empties’, 07.40 from Plymouth (21½) / Penzance. D841 Exeter / 2B99 06.30 Exeter - Barnstaple / 2B99 08.50 Barnstaple - Exeter (24½) / Exeter Banking Spur / 1B18 08.10 Paddington - Barnstaple, 11.13 from Exeter (D7100 off) (26) / 1A41 14.40 Barnstaple - Paddington to Exeter (D7100 forward) (27½) / 2B99 16.05 Exeter - Barnstaple / 2B99 17.55 Barnstaple - Exeter / Exeter / 6B65 18.20 Plymouth Friary - Exeter Central 'Presflos', 20.20 from Exeter banked by D71 (D854 and D71 off) / 0B58 20.45 Exeter Central - Exeter / Exeter. D842 Old Oak Common / 5M07 10.18 Old Oak Common C.S. - Kensington Olympia / 0Z20 10.58 Kensington Olympia - Old Oak Common / Old Oak Common - M/R (On 13.30, ‘A’ engine 20% fuel dilation). D844 Newton Abbot - M/R (B transmission forward / reverse fault). D852 Newton Abbot (In store). D853 …..7O85 to Westbury / Westbury / 8B15 03.30 Westbury - Merehead (31) / 8B20 06.00 Merehead - Westbury (33½) / 8B15 05.45 Westbury - Merehead running late (36) / 8B20 08.10 Merehead - Westbury running late (38) / Westbury. D854 …..3B07 to Plymouth / Laira - M/R (On A.M. ‘A’ exam, hours to ‘0’, Off P.M.) / 6B65 18.20 Plymouth Friary - Exeter Central 'Presflos' to Exeter assisting D71 (D841 forward) (2) / Exeter. D855 Newton Abbot - M/R (A engine No. 7-12 bank blowing, exhaust elbow fractured and 'B' exam). D857 …..6Z43 to Avonmouth / 0F74 LD Avonmouth - Bristol Bath Road / Bristol Bath Road / 6Z . . __.__ __________ - Westbury ‘Special’ / 0Z68 LD Westbury - Taunton / 8Z68 09.00 Taunton - Westbury / 0B97 LD Westbury - Taunton (14) / Taunton / 6B12 17.00 Taunton - Bason Bridge ‘Milk empties’ / 6B02 18.38 Bason Bridge - Taunton ‘Milk’ (16) / Taunton / 0F76 LD Taunton - Newton Abbot / Newton Abbot. D858 …..8B20 to Westbury / 6Z . . 00.45 Westbury - Acton 'Test train' (36½) / 0F90 LD Acton - Westbury / Westbury. D861 Worcester (Failed, pressurised sump, stopped pending withdrawal). D862 Old Oak Common / 0B33 LD Old Oak Common - Acton / 6B33 03.30 Acton - Exeter Riverside Yard (5) / Exeter. Sunday 26th September 1971 D833 Newton Abbot (In store). D834 Bristol Bath Road / 8Z71 01.00 Bristol East Depot - Nailsea and Backwell 'Engineers duty' / Bristol Bath Road - M/R (On P.M., A engine fire damage, released OEO, Off P.M.) / 5Z54 22.38 Bristol - Weston-super-Mare / 0F76 23.XX Weston-super-Mare - Newton Abbot….. D835 Newton Abbot. D839 Penzance / 8Z . . 06.00 Penzance - Penwithers ‘Engineers duty’ (27½) / Penzance. D841 Exeter. D842 Old Oak Common - M/R (20% fuel dilation). D844 Newton Abbot - M/R (B transmission forward / reverse fault). D852 Newton Abbot (In store). D853 Westbury / 8A04 21.00 Westbury - Theale (39½)….. D854 Exeter / 1O16 16.00 Exeter - Waterloo to Salisbury in tandem with D804 (3) / Salisbury / 1V17 17.08 Waterloo - Exeter, 18.46 from Salisbury (D807 off) (5) / 0F76 21.05 Exeter - Newton Abbot (6) / Newton Abbot. D855 Newton Abbot - M/R (A engine No. 7-12 bank blowing, exhaust elbow fractured and 'B' exam). D857 Newton Abbot. D858 Westbury / 8Z . . 00.30 Westbury - Woodborough 'Engineers duty' (40½) / Westbury. D861 Worcester (Failed, pressurised sump, stopped pending withdrawal). D862 Exeter. Monday 27th September 1971 cont'd... D833 Newton Abbot (In store). D834 …..0F76 to Newton Abbot / Newton Abbot - M/R (On 14.00, A engine rocker gear fault, released OEO, Off 20.00). D835 Newton Abbot. D839 Penzance / 4M05 12.50 Penzance - Crewe ‘Perishables’ to Plymouth (D184 forward) (31½) / 5B75 16.35 Plymouth - Laira C.S. / Laira / 6B65 20.20 Plymouth Friary - Exeter Central 'Presflos' to Exeter assisting D1017 / 6B65 20.20 Plymouth Friary - Exeter Central 'Presflos', 22.42 from Exeter banking D1017 (35½) / 0B58 LD Exeter Central - Exeter / Exeter. D841 Exeter / 7B32 01.35 Exeter Riverside Yard - Drump Lane to Truro / 0B39 LD Truro - Drump Lane / 7B39 09.05 Drump Lane - Ponsandane / Penzance (Stand-by duty). D842 Old Oak Common - M/R (20% fuel dilation, to store). D844 Newton Abbot - M/R (B transmission forward / reverse fault, released LWO, Off 12.00). D852 Newton Abbot (In store). D853 …..7B01 02.00 Theale - Westbury (41) / Westbury / 8B . . 06.00 Westbury - Frome / 8B52 06.34 Frome - Portishead (45) / 8B52 10.20 Portishead - Radstock / 8B . . 13.10 Radstock - Frome / 0F90 14.10 Frome - Westbury / Westbury. D854 Newton Abbot / 5B10 05.30 Newton Abbot - Exeter / 2B10 07.10 Exeter - Penzance (10½) / 1A45 12.25 Penzance - Paddington to Plymouth (D1662 forward) (13) / 1V70 07.36 Leeds - Penzance 'Cornishman', 14.55 from Plymouth (16) / 5V70 17.20 Penzance - Slopers Sidings / Penzance / 1A61 19.00 Penzance - Paddington 'Postal' to Swindon (Failed, A engine fire)….. D855 Newton Abbot - M/R (A engine No. 7-12 bank blowing, exhaust elbow fractured and 'B' exam, Off 20.00) / 0Z00 21.00 Newton Abbot - Tavistock Junction (23) / 0F76 22.40 Tavistock Junction - Newton Abbot (24) / Newton Abbot. D857 Newton Abbot - M/R (On 08.30, earth faults). D858 Westbury / 1A54 06.40 Westbury - Paddington / 5A06 09.16 Paddington - Old Oak Common C.S. (44½) / 0F05 09.51 Old Oak Common - Ranelagh Bridge / Ranelagh Bridge (A Serck pump fault) / 0F06 LD Ranelagh Bridge - Old Oak Common / Old Oak Common - M/R (On P.M., A Serck pump fault and 'A' exam, hours to ‘0’, released OEO, Off 16.00). D861 Worcester (Failed, pressurised sump, stopped pending withdrawal). D862 Exeter / 6Z . . 04.30 Exeter Riverside Yard - Stoke Cannon (6) / 0Z00 LD Stoke Cannon - Bristol East Depot / 7Z00 07.00 Bristol East Depot - Exeter Riverside Yard (9) / Exeter / 6B18 15.00 Exeter - Chard Junction 'Milk empties' / 6O19 16.55 Chard Junction - Morden South 'Milk' to Exeter (D1022 forward) (13) / Exeter / 7B36 19.20 Exeter Riverside Yard - Plymouth Friary (15½) / 0M55 LD Plymouth Friary - Tavistock Junction / 6M55 20.35 St. Blazey - Stoke-on-Trent 'China clay', 22.25 from Tavistock Junction to Exeter assisting train engine (18½)….. Tuesday 28th September 1971 D833 Newton Abbot (In store). D834 Newton Abbot (Res - OEO). D835 Newton Abbot. D839 Exeter / 6B34 20.03 Bristol Temple Meads Goods - Ponsandane, 00.15 from Exeter Riverside Yard (42½) / 6B10 06.40 Penzance - St. Erth 'Milk empties' / SHUNT / 0F79 10.15 St. Erth - Penzance (46½) / Penzance / 7B . . 12.02 Ponsandane - Hayle Wharves / 7B . . 13.34 Hayle Wharves - Ponsandane (49½) / 6B59 14.50 Ponsandane - Exeter Riverside Yard assisted from Plymouth to Exeter by D6343 (55) / Exeter / 6B65 20.20 Plymouth Friary - Exeter Central 'Presflos', 22.42 from Exeter banking train engine / 0B58 LD Exeter Central - Exeter (56) / Exeter. D841 Penzance (Stand-by duty). D842 Old Oak Common (In store). D844 Newton Abbot (Res - LWO). D852 Newton Abbot (In store). D853 Westbury / 0F76 LD Westbury - Newton Abbot / Newton Abbot. D854 ….1A61 to Swindon / Swindon - M/R (On 04.00, engine fire and brake faults). D855 Newton Abbot / 0B10 05.30 Newton Abbot - Cowley Bridge Loop / 5B10 06.10 Cowley Bridge Loop - Exeter (26½) / 2B10 07.10 Exeter - Penzance (30) / 1A45 12.25 Penzance - Paddington to Plymouth (32½) / 1V70 07.36 Leeds - Penzance 'Cornishman', 14.55 from Plymouth (36) / Penzance / 1A61 19.00 Penzance - Paddington 'Postal' to Plymouth (39) / Laira. D857 Newton Abbot - M/R (Earth faults, Off 12.00 / 6Z68 17.20 Hackney Yard - Westbury 'Engineers duty' / Westbury / 0A17 LD Westbury - Castle Cary / 6A17 15.05 Penzance - Paddington ‘Perishables and milk’, 22.XX from Castle Cary assisting D808 / 6A17 15.05 Penzance - Paddington 'Perishables and milk', 23.XX from Westbury (D808 off)….. D858 Old Oak Common (Res - OEO) / 5B76 05.35 Old Oak Common - Swindon (3) / Swindon / 8B35 08.00 Swindon Transfer Yard - Westbury (7½) / Westbury / 0F76 21.00 Westbury - Newton Abbot (9½) / Newton Abbot. D861 Worcester (Failed, pressurised sump, stopped pending withdrawal). D862 …..6M55 to Exeter assisting train engine / Exeter / 7B10 02.40 Exeter Riverside Yard - Liskeard to Keyham (23½) / 0F77 04.55 Keyham - Laira / Laira / 7C26 08.45 Plymouth Friary - Severn Tunnel Junction (29) / Severn Tunnel Junction / 8E46 21.25 Severn Tunnel Junction - Temple Mills (37)….. Wednesday 29th September 1971 cont'd... D833 Newton Abbot (In store). D834 Newton Abbot (Res - OEO). D835 Newton Abbot / 0F74 LD Newton Abbot - Bristol Bath Road hauled by D815 with D852 / Bristol Bath Road. D839 Exeter / 6B34 20.03 Bristol Temple Meads Goods - Ponsandane, 00.15 from Exeter Riverside Yard (63) / 6B10 06.40 Ponsandane - St. Erth 'Milk empties' / SHUNT / 0F79 10.15 St. Erth - Penzance (67) / Penzance / 7B . . 12.02 Ponsandane - Hayle Wharves / 7B . . 13.34 Hayle Wharves - Ponsandane (70) / 6B59 14.50 Ponsandane - Exeter Riverside Yard (75½) / Exeter. D841 Penzance. D842 Old Oak Common (In store). D844 Newton Abbot (Res - LWO). D852 Newton Abbot (In store) / 0F74 LD Newton Abbot - Bristol Bath Road hauled by D815 with D835 / Bristol Bath Road (In store). D853 Newton Abbot. D854 Swindon - M/R (Engine fire and brake faults, Off 02.00) / 8B35 08.00 Swindon Transfer Yard - Chippenham / 0F90 LD Chippenham - Westbury / Westbury / Hauled 0F76 17.00 Westbury - Newton Abbot by D869 / Newton Abbot. D855 Laira / 6V07 19.00 Kensington Olympia - Penzance 'Milk empties', 03.35 from Plymouth (44) / 6B13 08.40 Penzance - Dolcoath 'Milk empties' / 0B29 09.50 Dolcoath - Drump Lane / 7B29 10.40 Drump Lane - Roskear / 0B26 LD Roskear - St. Erth / 6B26 11.35 St. Erth - Penzance / Penzance / 6A17 15.05 Penzance - Paddington ‘Perishables and milk’ to Plymouth (50) / 6A17 15.05 Penzance - Paddington ‘Perishables and milk’, 19.20 from Plymouth to Exeter assisting train engine (52) / Exeter. D857 …..6A17 to Paddington / Old Oak Common / 1B16 08.12 Paddington - Worcester / 1A86 12.15 Worcester - Paddington / Ranelagh Bridge / 1B76 17.15 Paddington - Worcester / Worcester / 7E18 20.32 Worcester - Temple Mills to Swindon Cocklebury Yard / Swindon. D858 Newton Abbot - M/R (On A.M., engine faults, Off 16.15). D861 Worcester (Failed, pressurised sump, stopped pending withdrawal). D862 …..8E46 to Temple Mills / 0V00 LD Temple Mills - Old Oak Common / Old Oak Common / 0C41 LD Old Oak Common - Acton / 7C41 10.35 Acton - Severn Tunnel Junction (44) / Severn Tunnel Junction / 8E46 21.25 Severn Tunnel Junction - Temple Mills to Acton (52)….. Thursday 30th September 1971 D833 Newton Abbot (In store). D834 Newton Abbot (Res - OEO). D835 Bristol Bath Road. D839 Exeter / 6B34 20.03 Bristol Temple Meads Goods - Ponsandane, 00.15 from Exeter Riverside Yard (82½) / 6B10 06.40 Ponsandane - St. Erth 'Milk empties' / SHUNT / 0F79 10.15 St. Erth - Penzance (86½) / Penzance - M/R (On P.M., ‘A’ exam, hours to ‘0’, Off P.M.). D841 Penzance / 6B . . __.__ Penzance - Par trips / Penzance / 6B59 14.50 Ponsandane - Exeter Riverside Yard / Exeter / 6B65 20.20 Plymouth Friary - Exeter Central 'Presflos', 22.42 from Exeter banking train engine / 0B58 LD Exeter Central - Exeter / Exeter. D842 Old Oak Common (In store). D844 Newton Abbot (Res - LWO). D852 Bristol Bath Road (In store). D853 Newton Abbot - M/R (On P.M., A and B engine exhaust blows, Off P.M.). D854 Newton Abbot - M/R (On P.M., exhaust blows, AWS fault and brake fault, Off 22.00) / 0B83 LD Newton Abbot - Exeter / Exeter. D855 Exeter / 6B35 03.30 Exeter Riverside Yard - Plymouth Friary (55) / Laira - M/R (On A.M., ‘A’ exam, hours to ‘0’, Off A.M.) / 7C26 08.45 Plymouth Friary - Severn Tunnel Junction to Exeter Riverside Yard (Train recessed) / Exeter / 7C26 08.45 Plymouth Friary - Severn Tunnel Junction, 13.26 from Exeter Riverside Yard / Severn Tunnel Junction / 6B45 20.35 Severn Tunnel Junction - Plymouth Friary..... D857 Swindon / 7A11 22.55 Gloucester - Paddington Goods, 01.08 from Swindon Cocklebury Yard (46½) / 0F05 04.05 Paddington Goods - Ranelagh Bridge / Ranelagh Bridge / 5A06 07.45 Paddington - Old Oak Common C.S. / 5B45 08.45 Old Oak Common C.S. - Paddington / Ranelagh Bridge / 1B86 11.15 Paddington - Worcester (53) / Worcester - M/R (On P.M., 'A' exam, hours to ‘0’, Off P.M.) / 1A46 16.15 Worcester - Paddington (3) / Old Oak Common / 3B07 20.08 Paddington - Plymouth….. D858 Newton Abbot / 0B10 05.30 Newton Abbot - Cowley Bridge Loop / 5B10 06.10 Cowley Bridge Loop - Exeter (11) / 2B10 07.10 Exeter - Penzance (15½) / 1A45 12.25 Penzance - Paddington to Plymouth (18) / 1V70 07.36 Leeds - Penzance 'Cornishman', 14.55 from Plymouth (21) / 5V70 17.20 Penzance - Slopers Sidings / Penzance / 1A61 19.00 Penzance - Paddington 'Postal' to Bristol (Failed, NB, D1596 forward) (31)….. D861 Worcester (Failed, pressurised sump, stopped pending withdrawal) / 0F74 LD Worcester - Bristol Bath Road / Bristol Bath Road (Stopped for demonstration purposes). D862 …..8E46 to Acton / 0F70 LD Acton - Old Oak Common / Old Oak Common - M/R (On A.M., B engine turbo blower leaking coolant, Off 05.00) / 0A69 09.15 Old Oak Common - Acton / 8A69 09.50 Acton - Park Royal / 8A79 11.15 Park Royal - West Ruislip / 8A69 12.15 West Ruislip - West Ealing / 6M15 13.35 West Ealing - Kensington Olympia 'Milk empties' (57½) / 6V05 15.00 Kensington Olympia - Plymouth 'Milk empties' (66½)….. Friday 1st October 1971 D833 Newton Abbot (In store). D834 Newton Abbot (Res - OEO). D835 Bristol Bath Road. D839 Penzance (6B59). D841 Exeter / 7B34 20.03 Bristol Temple Meads Goods - Ponsandane, 00.15 from Exeter Riverside Yard / 6B10 06.40 Ponsandane - St. Erth 'Milk empties' / SHUNT / 0F79 10.15 St. Erth - Penzance / Penzance / 7B . . 12.02 Ponsandane - Hayle Wharves / 7B . . 13.34 Hayle Wharves - Ponsandane / 6B59 14.50 Ponsandane - Exeter Riverside Yard assisted from Plymouth by D6334 / Exeter. D842 Old Oak Common (In store). D844 Newton Abbot (Res - LWO). D852 Bristol Bath Road (In store). D853 Newton Abbot / …..CARD MISSING 00.00 - 20.00.… / Westbury / 7A42 21.00 Westbury - Acton….. D854 Exeter / 7B38 03.55 Exeter Riverside Yard - Newton Abbot / Newton Abbot / 6Z65 06.00 Hackney Yard - __________ 'Ballast’ trips / Newton Abbot / 6Z69 15.30 Hackney Yard - Tavistock Junction / Laira. D855 …..6B45 to Plymouth Friary / Laira / 7C26 08.45 Plymouth Friary - Severn Tunnel Junction / Severn Tunnel Junction / 7B14 23.24 Severn Tunnel Junction - Totnes….. D857 …..3B07 to Plymouth / 0F76 02.35 Plymouth - Newton Abbot (11½) / Newton Abbot / 0B10 05.30 Newton Abbot - Cowley Bridge Loop / 5B10 06.10 Cowley Bridge Loop - Exeter / 2B10 07.10 Exeter - Penzance (16) / 1A45 12.25 Penzance - Paddington to Plymouth (18½) / 1V70 07.36 Bradford - Penzance 'Cornishman', 14.55 from Plymouth / 5V70 17.20 Penzance - Slopers Siding (21½) / Penzance / 1A61 19.00 Penzance - Paddington 'Postal' (31½)….. D858 …..1A61 to Bristol (Failed, NB, D1596 forward) / Bristol Bath Road (Res - NB) / 0O10 03.55 Bristol Bath Road - Malago Vale C.S. / 5O10 04.25 Malago Vale C.S. - Bristol / 4O10 05.05 Bristol - Salisbury (33) / 7V76 08.20 Salisbury Yard - Meldon Quarry 'Ballast empties' to Exeter Riverside Yard (D805 forward) (39) / Exeter / 6O59 11.15 Plymouth Friary - Fawley, 13.30 from Exeter Riverside Yard / 6V78 22.45 Fawley - Tiverton Junction….. D861 Bristol Bath Road (Stopped for demonstration purposes). D862 Laira - M/R (On A.M., 'A' exam, hours to '0', Off A.M.) / 7B59 09.35 Plymouth Friary - Exeter Riverside Yard (4½) / Exeter / 6B18 15.00 Exeter - Chard Junction 'Milk empties' / 6O19 16.55 Chard Junction - Morden South 'Milk' to Exeter (D1019 forward) (8) / 6B36 19.20 Exeter Riverside Yard - Plymouth Friary (11½) / 0M55 LD Plymouth Friary - Laira Junction / 6M55 20.35 St. Blazey - Stoke-on-Trent 'China clay', 22.25 from Tavistock Junction to Exeter assisting train engine (14)….. Saturday 2nd October 1971 D833 Newton Abbot (In store). D834 Newton Abbot (Res - OEO). D835 Bristol Bath Road. D839 Penzance / 6A17 15.05 Penzance - Paddington 'Perishables and milk' to Plymouth (D1012 forward) / Laira / 1B16 17.55 Penzance - Bristol, 20.20 from Plymouth to Newton Abbot in tandem with train engine / Newton Abbot. D841 Exeter / 2B10 07.10 Exeter - Penzance / 5B10 11.35 Penzance - Sea Sidings / Penzance / 1C96 13.45 Penzance - Cardiff to Plymouth (D1910 forward) / Laira / 5B24 16.25 Laira C.S. - Plymouth / 2B24 17.10 Plymouth - Penzance / 1A72 21.00 Penzance - Paddington to Plymouth / Laira. D842 Old Oak Common (In store). D844 Newton Abbot (Res - LWO). D852 Bristol Bath Road (In store). D853 …..7A42 to Acton / 0B38 LD Acton - Southall / 6B38 01.40 Southall - Exeter City Basin to Westbury / Westbury / 8A02 05.00 Westbury - Newbury / 8B13 07.20 Newbury - Westbury / Westbury / 8A . . 12.00 Westbury - Newbury / 6B . . __.__ Newbury - Westbury / Westbury. D854 Laira / 0F76 14.XX Laira - Newton Abbot / Newton Abbot / Z80 18.00 Newton Abbot - Bodmin Road 'Break Down Vans' / 0F77 LD Bodmin Road - Laira / Laira. D855 …..7B14 to Totnes / 0F76 LD Totnes - Newton Abbot / Newton Abbot (Stopped pending withdrawal on 04/10/71). D857 …..1A61 to Paddington / Old Oak Common / 5C27 19.10 Old Oak Common C.S. - Paddington / 1B48 23.25 Paddington - Newton Abbot 'News'….. D858 …..6V78 to Tiverton Junction / 0B83 07.38 Tiverton Junction - Exeter / Exeter / 2B99 16.05 Exeter - Barnstaple / 2B99 17.55 Barnstaple - Exeter / Exeter. D861 Bristol Bath Road (Stopped for demonstration purposes). D862 …..6M55 to Exeter assisting train engine / Exeter / 7B12 04.05 Exeter Riverside Yard - Ponsandane to Plymouth / Laira. Sunday 3rd October 1971 D833 Newton Abbot - Withdrawn. D834 Newton Abbot (Res - OEO) D835 Bristol Bath Road D839 Newton Abbot. D841 Laira. D842 Old Oak Common (In store). D844 Newton Abbot (Res - LWO). D852 Bristol Bath Road - Withdrawn. D853 Westbury / 8Z . . 06.00 Westbury - Taunton 'Engineers duty' / Taunton (Failed) - Withdrawn. D854 Laira - M/R (On A.M., exhaust blows, A and B brake faults) - Withdrawn. D855 Newton Abbot (Stopped pending withdrawal). D857 …..1B48 to Newton Abbot / Newton Abbot / 8Z82 __.__ Hackney Yard - Heathfield 'Track recovery duty' / Newton Abbot. D858 Exeter / 0F76 11.45 Exeter - Newton Abbot / Newton Abbot. D861 Bristol Bath Road (Stopped for demonstration purposes). D862 Laira (Stopped pending withdrawal). Monday 4th October 1971 … amendments to some services from today (WTT Supplement No. 3) … D834 Newton Abbot - Withdrawn. D835 Bristol Bath Road - Withdrawn. D839 Newton Abbot - Withdrawn. D841 Laira - Withdrawn. D842 Old Oak Common - Withdrawn. D844 Newton Abbot - Withdrawn. D853 Newton Abbot - Withdrawn. D854 Laira - Withdrawn. D855 Newton Abbot - Withdrawn. D857 Newton Abbot - Withdrawn. D858 Newton Abbot - Withdrawn. D861 Bristol Bath Road - Withdrawn. D862 Laira - Withdrawn. Wednesday 6th October 1971 D841 Laira - Withdrawn / 0F76 LD Laira - Newton Abbot / 0F73 LD Newton Abbot - Swindon Works hauling D6326 and D6343 / Swindon Works - Withdrawn.

I don't suppose anyone has pictures or knows a link to pictures of the 3TC sets please? I will get a 4TC and run it as a 3TC. I'm torn between all over Blue and Blue/Grey :-/ ... My era is 1970 - 1973... Thanks in advance

It's a 42.. you can tell by looking at the exhaust holes on the roof. On 42's they are in a line along the centre (as this one is). If its a 43 they are on the sides, on opposite corners (like a 52). This is why the roof sections on a Warship are small and easily removable so that if a 42 was fitted with and NBL engine the correct roof (and exhaust) could be fitted. So, you could get a loco with a Maybach/NBL mix with the Maybach exhaust coming out the centre, and the other end the exhaust coming out the side. The loco in this shot is not D856,it is D810 COCKADE.

Geoff... here are pictures of 864... In the June 68 picture the skirts appear Blue... In the September 68 they are Brown again... And again in January 1971 they are Brown... And then in June 71 at Exeter after withdrawal they appear Blue... And then in August 71 they are Brown again... Trust me... no one painted the skirts for fun.... the loco kept Brown underframes.... dirty... covered in crap.... and rusty... but Brown nevertheless... Its still in its same livery as applied after its side swipe with 1071's collision at St. Annes... It kept the Brown skirts to the end... They got covered in crap... washed at Laira... and covered in crap again!

3rd August 1969 Phil. LNER Society railtour Paddington - Hereford to go and see steam at Ashchurch (6201 Princess Elizabeth) and Hereford (6000 KGV). It is on 6 Bells but they didn't know if it ran.... but it did...

The Chocolate Brown (or Burnt Umber as it should be known) was first used on the XP64 coaches and was (obviously) designed to hide brake dust. There was a class 08 painted in Blue with brown frames in 1966 and Brown under frames was to be part of the corporate livery but luckily they saw sense and Black was used. By the time the design was changed the Blue livery repainting process was under way so only a tiny few got the Brown.

864 had no OHLW notices on the one side up until it was withdrawn. They were lost after its January 1967 side swipe at St. Annes with coach debris after D1071 split open the rear coach of a preceding train.

1008 at California Crossing, the branch to the Glos Rly Carr & Wagon works off to the right... great shot

1V95 was a Manchester / Liverpool to Plymouth service around this time. Services from the Midlands to Paddington tended to be 1V07, 1V09 etc

In fact it has cut n pasted well at all. Does anyone know how I can do it?

The 2 x Class 22 diagram was as below (excuse the font size and bold type; the document doesn't cut n paste very well for some reason). The other booked pair was 7B10 01.00 Exeter Riverside Yard - Keyham on a MO (LA194 A engine and LA195 A engine coupled at Exeter, uncoupled at Laira). The train worked forward from Keyham at 05.58 to Liskeard with the LA195 A engine (having been uncoupled from the LA194 A engine at LA) starting the diagram. Tue-Fri 7B10 departed Riverside at 02.40 and was booked an 800 (LA151) for the Cl. 22 forward. LAIRA - TURN No. 198. TWO X CLASS 22 (IN MULTIPLE) - 1100 H.P. FROM / TO ARR NOTES DEP CODE WORK SPECIALS AS ORDERED Laira Depot 06.25 0B55 T-TH (01/06 - 01/07 & MON 07/06 ONLY) Plymouth North Road 06.40 Attached 06.55 1B55 (23.45 Paddington) Penzance 09.15 09.50 0B57 Ponsandane 09.55 Penzance Depot 10.25 0B57 MO (14; 21 & 28/06 ONLY) Ponsandane 10.30 Ponsandane P’bles 11.00 6B57 M-TH (01/06 - 01/07 ONLY) Bristol T.M. Goods 18.40 Bristol T.M. Goods 18.40 18.50 0B28 Bristol T.M. 19.00 Attached 21.15 1B28 Plymouth North Road 00.35 00.40 0F77 Laira Depot 00.55 FUEL Bristol T.M. Goods 18.40 18.50 0B41 WO (01/06 - 01/07 Or As Ordered) Bristol St. Philips Marsh 19.10 19.57 6B41 (16.55 from Barry ) Plymouth Friary 01.40 01.50 0F77 Laira Depot 02.00 Laira Depot 07.10 0V07 SO (12/06 - 04/09) Plymouth 07.25 Milk ets 07.40 6V07 (19.00 from Kensington Olympia) Ponsandane 12.19 12.30 0A65 Penzance 12.35 13.45 1A65 (To Paddington) Plymouth North Road 15.55 17.20 1V83 (10.03 Liverpool) Penzance 19.55 20.25 5B79 Penzance Depot 20.30 FUEL SPARE at PENZANCE SuO (13/06 - 05/09) Penzance Depot 07.10 0B15 MO (05/07 - 06/09) Penzance 07.15 Attached 07.25 2B15 (To Newton Abbot) Plymouth North Road 09.25 09.30 0F77 Laira Depot 09.45

Thanks Jonny. 1015 appears to of brought its Stone train in from the West (Whatley or Merehead) and this is the same side of the loco as seen in the arrival shot at Plymouth as the white paint damaged area can be seen between the engine room and boiler room window. So the rear cab of 1015 in the Westbury shot is the leading cab in the Plymouth shot which is correct for having come of that stone train and gone onto the front of the train then headed West. The records I have stated 1015 went LD to Paddington that morning to work the 08.30 but your picture proves that wasn't the case and in fact 1015 was taken of freight work to cover for the original loco (a failure?) on the 08.30 so thank you for posting it Mark

If you made an assumption that both locos were there for Works attention then the only time both 7010 & 6351 were together inside Swindon Works is between 20.12.62 and 07.01.63 (6351 20/12/62-14/0163 & 7010 18/12/62 - 07/01/63). In fact, using the same theory as both locos are awaiting entry to Swindon you could actually date it almost as 17 or 18/12/62. If you could see 7010's front end you could date it as it was this visit 7010 had its Yellow end added.