1975 January

2 - 1E11 08:55 Aberdeen - King's Cross, from Edinburgh.
3 - 1E11 08:55 Aberdeen - King's Cross, from Edinburgh.
6 - Finsbury Park TMD. Awaiting Works. 0D01 Finsbury Park - Doncaster (noted Peterborough 10:16). To Doncaster Works - Unclassified repair. Both main generators compounding and overheating - both main generators replaced, the locomotive was load bank tested for E.T.H. faults.
7 - Doncaster Works.
8 - Doncaster Works.
9 - Doncaster Works.
10 - Doncaster Works.
11 - Doncaster Works.
s12 - Released from Doncaster Works.
s19 - 1E25 12:20 Aberdeen - King’s Cross, from Edinburgh.
24 - Finsbury Park TMD. Awaiting Works. 0D01 Finsbury Park - Doncaster. To Doncaster Works - Unclassified repair. No.1 power unit 447 aerating (suspect fractured liner) & No.2 power unit 448 reports of high water temperature - 447 replaced by 455 & No.2 end radiators changed. The locomotive was load tested and graphed.
25 - Doncaster Works.
s26 - Doncaster Works.
27 - Doncaster Works.
28 - Doncaster Works.
29 - Released from Doncaster Works.

1975 February

8 - 1E11 08:55 Aberdeen - King’s Cross from Edinburgh.
12 - 1E11 08:55 Aberdeen - King's Cross, from Edinburgh.
15 - 1S16 08:00 King’s Cross - Edinburgh.
20 - 24 hour industrial action beginning 06:00 (signalmen strike).
21 - 1E11 08:55 Aberdeen - King's Cross, from Edinburgh. Conflicting report: 1L22 15:55 King’s Cross - Leeds.
22 - 1E01 08:00 Edinburgh - King's Cross.
25 - 1S35 14:00 King's Cross - Aberdeen, to Edinburgh.
28 - 1E11 08:55 Aberdeen - King's Cross, from Edinburgh.

1975 March

18 - 1S42 16:00 King's Cross - Edinburgh, "The Talisman".
27 - 1L06 09:10 King's Cross - Leeds.

1975 April

s6 - 1A17 10:40 Newcastle - King's Cross (via Cambridge).
10 - 1A07 07:20 Newcastle - King's Cross.
18 - 1L22 15:55 King's Cross - Leeds.
24 - To Doncaster Works - Unclassified repair. No.2 power unit 448 exhaust coming from air inlet side of engine - power units No.1 455 removed in favour of 55017 and replaced by 430 & No.2 448 replaced by 414. No.1 boiler water tank was repaired and locomotive was load tested and graphed. Coolant checks done, all coolant radiators replaced.
25 - Doncaster Works.
26 - Doncaster Works.
s27 - Doncaster Works.
28 - Doncaster Works.
29 - Doncaster Works.
30 - Doncaster Works.

1975 May

1 - Doncaster Works.
2 - Doncaster Works.
3 - Doncaster Works.
s4 - Doncaster Works.
5 - Doncaster Works.
6 - Doncaster Works.
7 - Doncaster Works.
8 - Doncaster Works.
9 - Doncaster Works.
10 - Doncaster Works.
s11 - Doncaster Works.
12 - Doncaster Works.
13 - Doncaster Works.
14 - Doncaster Works.
15 - Doncaster Works.
16 - Doncaster Works.
17 - Doncaster Works.
s18 - Doncaster Works.
19 - Doncaster Works.
20 - Doncaster Works.
21 - Doncaster Works.
22 - Doncaster Works.
23 - Doncaster Works.
24 - Doncaster Works.
s25 - Doncaster Works.
26 - Doncaster Works.
27 - Doncaster Works.
28 - Doncaster Works.
29 - Doncaster Works.
30 - Doncaster Works.
31 - Doncaster Works.

1975 June

s1 - Doncaster Works.
2 - Doncaster Works.
3 - Doncaster Works.
4 - Doncaster Works.
5 - Doncaster Works.
6 - Doncaster Works.
7 - Doncaster Works.
s8 - Doncaster Works.
9 - Doncaster Works.
10 - Doncaster Works.
11 - Doncaster Works.
12 - Doncaster Works.
13 - Doncaster Works.
14 - Doncaster Works.
s15 - Doncaster Works.
16 - Doncaster Works.
17 - Doncaster Works.
18 - Doncaster Works.
19 - Doncaster Works.
20 - Doncaster Works.
21 - Doncaster Works.
s22 - Doncaster Works.
23 - Doncaster Works.
24 - Doncaster Works.
25 - Doncaster Works.
26 - Doncaster Works.
27 - Doncaster Works.
28 - Doncaster Works.
s29 - Doncaster Works.
30 - Doncaster Works.

1975 July

1 - Doncaster Works.
2 - Doncaster Works.
3 - Doncaster Works.
4 - Doncaster Works.
5 - Doncaster Works.
s6 - Doncaster Works.
7 - Doncaster Works.
8 - Doncaster Works.
9 - Doncaster Works.
10 - Doncaster Works.
11 - Doncaster Works.
12 - Doncaster Works.
s13 - Doncaster Works.
14 - Doncaster Works.
15 - Doncaster Works.
16 - Doncaster Works.
17 - Doncaster Works.
18 - Doncaster Works.
19 - Doncaster Works.
s20 - Doncaster Works.
21 - Doncaster Works.
22 - Doncaster Works.
23 - Doncaster Works.
24 - Doncaster Works.
25 - Doncaster Works.
26 - Doncaster Works.
s27 - Doncaster Works.
28 - Doncaster Works.
29 - Doncaster Works.
30 - Doncaster Works.
31 - Doncaster Works.

1975 August

1 - Doncaster Works.
2 - Doncaster Works.
s3 - Doncaster Works.
4 - Doncaster Works.
5 - Doncaster Works.
6 - Doncaster Works.
7 - Doncaster Works.
8 - Doncaster Works.
9 - Doncaster Works.
s10 - Doncaster Works.
11 - Doncaster Works.
12 - Doncaster Works.
13 - Doncaster Works.
14 - Doncaster Works.
15 - Doncaster Works.
16 - Doncaster Works.
s17 - Doncaster Works.
18 - Doncaster Works.
19 - Doncaster Works.
20 - Released from Doncaster Works. 0B01 Doncaster-King’s Cross, to Carlton. 1E25 16:00 Edinburgh-King’s Cross, "The Talisman" from Carlton (ex 55012).
s31 - 1E25 12:20 Aberdeen - King’s Cross from Edinburgh.

1975 September

6 - 1A03 07:30 Leeds - King's Cross.
8 - 6E47 13:46 Aberdeen - King’s Cross, from Edinburgh.
12 - Finsbury Park TMD. Repairs to faults on No.1 end Drivers Safety Device (DSD).
13 - 1E01 08:00 Edinburgh - King's Cross (delayed 35 mins at Hitchin due to faulty DSD equipment). 0D01 King's Cross - Doncaster. Doncaster TMD. Tyre turning and attention to faulty DSD.
15 - 1S16 08:00 King's Cross - Edinburgh. Haymarket TMD. 1E25 16:00 Edinburgh - King's Cross, "The Talisman" (delayed 9 mins at P'boro due to faulty DSD equipment).
16 - Finsbury Park TMD. Repairs to DSD - no fault found - DSD isolated. 1N29 19:00 King's Cross - Newcastle.
27 - 1N08 09:00 King's Cross - Newcastle, to Doncaster (engine failure - 47224 forward). Doncaster TMD.
s28 - Doncaster TMD. 0B01 Doncaster - King's Cross.
29 - King's Cross Loco. Repairs to DSD - fault to be rectified at home depot. 1S66 20:15 King's Cross - Edinburgh.
30 - Haymarket TMD. Repairs to DSD.

1975 October

14 - 1S67 17:00 King’s Cross - Edinburgh.
s26 - 1S35 14:00 King's Cross - Edinburgh.
29 - 1Axx Leeds - King's Cross.

1975 November

15 - 1S17 10:00 King’s Cross - Edinburgh, "The Flying Scotsman".
25 - To Doncaster Works - Intermediate overhaul. No.2 end blower brush burnt out - power units No.1 430 replaced by 452 & No.2 414 replaced by 454, bogies No.1 9000-9 replaced by 9000-31 & No.2 9000-42 replaced by 9000-32 and boiler 5086/J3237 replaced by 5096/J3247.
26 - Doncaster Works.
27 - Doncaster Works.
28 - Doncaster Works.
29 - Doncaster Works.
s30 - Doncaster Works.

1975 December

1 - Doncaster Works.
2 - Doncaster Works.
3 - Doncaster Works.
4 - Doncaster Works.
5 - Doncaster Works.
6 - Doncaster Works.
s7 - Doncaster Works.
8 - Doncaster Works.
9 - Doncaster Works.
10 - Doncaster Works.
11 - Doncaster Works.
12 - Doncaster Works.
13 - Doncaster Works.
s14 - Doncaster Works.
15 - Doncaster Works.
16 - Doncaster Works.
17 - Doncaster Works.
18 - Doncaster Works.
19 - Doncaster Works.
20 - Doncaster Works.
s21 - Doncaster Works.
22 - Doncaster Works.
23 - Doncaster Works.
24 - Doncaster Works.
25 - Doncaster Works.
26 - Doncaster Works.
27 - Doncaster Works.
s28 - Doncaster Works.
29 - Doncaster Works.
30 - Doncaster Works.
31 - Doncaster Works.