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  1. StornowayCraig

    HSTs between Edinburgh & Aberdeen in the 1980s

    I’ve been reading the SDEGs new book on 47/7 push pull workings in the 80s and was interested to see that in the May 1985 timetable that apart from the 08:55 and 16:55 from Edinburgh, all other Aberdeen-Edinburgh services were diagrammed for HSTs. Can anyone tell me how long this timetable...
  2. StornowayCraig

    47/7s replaced on E&G by 47/4s in final months

    I was once told that in the final months of push-pull operations on the E&G, the reliability of the 47/7s was so bad that the loco's were regularly taken off for part of the day and replaced by 47/4s, only for them to be put back on for the afternoon rush-hour/evening. Can someone tell me if...
  3. StornowayCraig

    Scottish internal Class 47 diagrams

    Sorry if this has been asked before, but can anyone tell me what the last diagrammed day-time passenger workings were for Class 47s in Scotland? From memory/a bit of research it looks like there was 47 haulage between Aberdeen and Inverness up until about 1993 but were there any later planned...
  4. StornowayCraig

    The Clansman

    Hello all, Can someone tell me when ''The Clansman'' service (or at least the train that went from Inverness to London Euston) was stopped? I'm guessing it was the early 90s but could be wrong. Thanks
  5. StornowayCraig

    Eastfield TMD

    Hi everyone, Can someone please tell me why Eastfield TMD was closed in 1992? I know there was a downturn in loco traffic at the time but I also seem to remember some of Eastfield's allocation went to Motherwell. Why did Motherwell survive but Eastfield not? Thanks

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