1979 January

2 - Gateshead TMD.
6 - Peterborough TMD (with 55003 and 55007). 0D01 Peterborough - Doncaster (towed by 40016 with 55007).
To Doncaster Works - Unclassified repair. No shopping proposal - Power units No.1 452 replaced by 442 & No.2 421 replaced by 446, the boiler roof and stack had fractures repaired.
s7 - Doncaster Works.
8 - Doncaster Works.
9 - Doncaster Works.
10 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
11 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
12 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
13 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
s14 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
15 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
16 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
17 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
18 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
19 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
20 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
s21 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
22 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
23 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
24 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
25 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
26 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
27 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
s28 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
29 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
30 - Doncaster Works (side of car park). TOPS: expect OK 28/02.
31 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).

1979 February

1 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
2 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
3 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
s4 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
5 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
6 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
7 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
8 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
9 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
10 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
s11 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
12 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
13 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
14 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
15 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
16 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
17 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
s18 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
19 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
20 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
21 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
22 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
23 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
24 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
s25 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
26 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
27 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
28 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).

1979 March

1 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
2 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
3 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
s4 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
5 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
6 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
7 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
8 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
9 - Doncaster Works (side of car park).
10 - Doncaster Works (power units fitted).
s11 - Doncaster Works (power units fitted).
12 - Doncaster Works.
13 - Doncaster Works (weigh house).
14 - Doncaster Works.
15 - Released from Doncaster Works. 1A31 18:16 York - King’s Cross.
17 - Penmanshiel Tunnel collapse. 1D04 16:42 King’s Cross - Hull.
s18 - Doncaster TMD.
19 - Doncaster TMD.
20 - 1A26 16:13 York - King’s Cross.
22 - 1S12 05:50 King's Cross - Edinburgh (via Carlisle). Haymarket TMD.
23 - 1L09 12:45 King’s Cross - Bradford. 1A30 17:30 Bradford - King’s Cross.
26 - 1M41 21:50 York - Aberystwyth, to Stockport. 1E24 22:50 Shrewsbury - York, from Stockport (27/01).
29 - To Doncaster Works - Unclassified repair. No.1 power unit 442 main generator field windings and interpoles to earth - 442 replaced by 437.
30 - Doncaster Works (outside 4 bay then weigh house).
31 - Doncaster Works.

1979 April

s1 - Doncaster Works.
2 - Doncaster Works (4 bay Crimpsalls - No.1 radiator housing removed).
3 - Doncaster Works (test house).
4 - Doncaster Works (weigh house). Released from Doncaster Works (PM).
7 - Gateshead TMD.
s8 - Gateshead TMD.
9 - Gateshead TMD. Repairs to both units.
10 - 1L03 09:04 King’s Cross - Leeds.
1A17 12:50 Leeds - King’s Cross.
1L18 18:09 King’s Cross - York.
11 - 1A04 06:50 Hull - King’s Cross, "The Hull Executive". 1S28 13:00 King's Cross - Edinburgh, to Peterborough (broken speedo). Peterborough TMD.
12 - 1A88 14:40 Newcastle - King's Cross. 1S97 King’s Cross - Edinburgh, to Newcastle.
13 - Gateshead TMD.
14 - Gateshead TMD.
s15 - Gateshead TMD.
16 - 1S17 09:00 King's Cross - Berwick. 1A40 20:30 Newcastle - King's Cross.
17 - 1S17 09:00 King's Cross - Berwick, to Newcastle (55011 forward). 1A88 14:40 Newcastle - King’s Cross. 1S70 22:15 King’s Cross - Aberdeen, to Newcastle.
18 - 1A15 10:20 Newcastle - King's Cross. 1L15 16:08 King’s Cross - York.
19 - 1A04 06:50 Hull - King’s Cross, "The Hull Executive". 1S28 13:00 King’s Cross - Berwick.
20 - Gateshead TMD.
21 - 1Zxx Middlesbrough - York (steam excursion - 60800 forward). York TMD. 0J00 York - Tinsley. Tinsley TMD. 1Zxx Tinsley Yard - Newcastle (steam excursion - ex 60800 - arrived Newcastle 76 down).
s22 - 1L11 14:04 King’s Cross - York.
23 - 1S31 15:00 King's Cross - Berwick.
24 - 1S34 18:00 King’s Cross - Newcastle.
25 - 1E01 07:58 Berwick - King’s Cross. 1L18 18:09 King’s Cross - York.
26 - 1A14 10:55 Leeds - King’s Cross. 1S34 18:00 King’s Cross - Newcastle.
28 - 1E14 14:50 Berwick - King's Cross.
30 - 1S17 09:00 King’s Cross - Berwick (ETH failure at King’s Cross). 1S66 20:15 King’s Cross - Edinburgh (via Carlisle).

1979 May

5 - 1S60 20:00 King’s Cross - Aberdeen, to Edinburgh.
7 - 2C20 17:00 Edinburgh - Cardenden. 5V00 Cardenden - Dundee. 1E40 19:25 Aberdeen - King's Cross, from Edinburgh (via Carlisle).
8 - 1A26 16:13 York - King’s Cross.
s13 - Transferred to York (ex Haymarket).
14 - 1L42 12:20 King's Cross - York, to Doncaster (terminated Doncaster due to one engine only). 1A26 16:27 Doncaster - King's Cross (path of 1A26 15:50 ex York).
15 - 1S12 05:50 King’s Cross - Edinburgh (via Carlisle).
17 - 1S12 05:50 King's Cross - Edinburgh (via Carlisle).
18 - 1L42 12:20 King’s Cross - York.
19 - 1A08 08:05 York - King’s Cross. 1L43 14:05 King's Cross - York. 1A31 18:14 York - King's Cross.
s20 - 1L42 14:05 King's Cross - York. 1A19 19:11 York - King’s Cross.
21 - 1S12 05:50 King's Cross - Edinburgh (via Carlisle). Haymarket TMD.
23 - 1L44 16:05 King’s Cross - York. 1A34 19:56 York - King's Cross.
24 - 1A08 08:05 York - King’s Cross. 1L43 14:05 King’s Cross - York. 1A31 18:11 York - King's Cross.
25 - 1D04 17:05 King's Cross - Hull, "The Hull Executive".
26 - 1D02 12:05 King's Cross - Hull. 1A28 16:30 Hull - King's Cross.
28 - 1Gxx King's Cross - Edinburgh footex, to York (engine failure). York TMD.
30 - York TMD.
31 - 1A04 07:00 Hull - King’s Cross, "The Hull Executive". 1D02 12:05 King’s Cross - Hull. 1A28 16:30 Hull - King’s Cross.

1979 June

s3 - Gateshead TMD.
4 - 1D01 08:20 King's Cross - Cleethorpes. 1A21 13:17 Cleethorpes - King's Cross. 1S60 20:00 King’s Cross - Aberdeen, to Edinburgh (via Carlisle)
5 - Haymarket TMD. 1F15 14:05 Edinburgh - Dunbar. (1F10 14:43 Dunbar -Edinburgh). 1F17 15:55 Edinburgh - Dunbar.
6 - Finsbury Park TMD. 1L41 10:05 King's Cross - York. 1A22 14:11 York - King's Cross. Finsbury Park TMD. 1S66 20:15 King's Cross - Edinburgh (via Carlisle).
8 - 1D02 12:05 King’s Cross - Hull. 1A28 16:30 Hull - King’s Cross.
13 - 1L44 16:05 King's Cross - York. 1A34 19:56 York - King's Cross.
15 - 1A08 08:05 York - King’s Cross.
1L44 16:05 King's Cross - York.
16 - 1L43 14:05 King's Cross - York.
1A31 18:14 York - King's Cross.
s17 - 1L41 10:05 King's Cross - York (via Hertford loop).
19 - 1S12 05:50 King’s Cross - Edinburgh (via Carlisle). Haymarket TMD. 1E26 18:25 Edinburgh - York (via Carlisle).
20 - 1A36 16:05 Newcastle - King's Cross.
21 - 1D04 17:05 King's Cross - Hull, "The Hull Executive".
22 - 1D04 17:05 King’s Cross - Hull, "The Hull Executive".
23 - 1A13 09:35 Hull - King’s Cross.
26 - 1A36 16:05 Newcastle - King's Cross.
27 - York TMD.
28 - York TMD. Repairs (TOPS: OK 03:00). 1A22 14:11 York - King's Cross.1L45 18:05 King's Cross - York.

1979 July

2 - York TMD.
3 - York TMD.
10 - York TMD.
s15 - 0D01 York - Doncaster.
16 - To Doncaster Works - final Intermediate overhaul (due 12/07). No.1 power unit 437 fractured liner and No.2 446 pistons life expired - power units No.1 437 replaced by 409 & No.2 446 replaced by 440, bogies No.1 9000-3 & 9000-4 were given standard repairs and boiler 5096/J3247 replaced by 1495/J2951.
17 - Doncaster Works (regimental crests removed).
18 - Doncaster Works.
19 - Doncaster Works (dismantling shop).
20 - Doncaster Works (dismantling shop).
21 - Doncaster Works (dismantling shop).
s22 - Doncaster Works (dismantling shop).
23 - Doncaster Works (dismantling shop).
24 - Doncaster Works (at rear of new erecting shop awaiting asbestos shop).
25 - Doncaster Works.
26 - Doncaster Works.
27 - Doncaster Works.
28 - Doncaster Works.
s29 - Doncaster Works.
30 - Doncaster Works.
31 - Doncaster Works.

1979 August

1 - Doncaster Works.
2 - Doncaster Works (2 bay Crimpsalls - lifted).
3 - Doncaster Works (2 bay Crimpsalls).
4 - Doncaster Works (2 bay Crimpsalls).
s5 - Doncaster Works (2 bay Crimpsalls).
6 - Doncaster Works (2 bay Crimpsalls).
7 - Doncaster Works (2 bay Crimpsalls).
8 - Doncaster Works (2 bay Crimpsalls).
9 - Doncaster Works (2 bay Crimpsalls).
10 - Doncaster Works (2 bay Crimpsalls).
11 - Doncaster Works (2 bay Crimpsalls).
s12 - Doncaster Works (2 bay Crimpsalls).
13 - Doncaster Works (2 bay Crimpsalls).
14 - Doncaster Works (2 bay Crimpsalls).
15 - Doncaster Works (2 bay Crimpsalls).
16 - Doncaster Works (2 bay Crimpsalls).
17 - Doncaster Works (2 bay Crimpsalls - control cubicles replaced and cab sliding windows mods).
18 - Doncaster Works (2 bay Crimpsalls).
s19 - Doncaster Works (2 bay Crimpsalls).
20 - Doncaster Works (2 bay Crimpsalls). Penmanshiel Tunnel reopens.
21 - Doncaster Works (2 bay Crimpsalls).
22 - Doncaster Works (2 bay Crimpsalls - boiler replaced, plastic crest affixed to one side only).
23 - Doncaster Works (2 bay Crimpsalls).
24 - Doncaster Works (2 bay Crimpsalls).
25 - Doncaster Works (2 bay Crimpsalls).
s26 - Doncaster Works (2 bay Crimpsalls).
27 - Doncaster Works (2 bay Crimpsalls - roofs in place, wheeled in afternoon).
28 - Doncaster Works (to paint shop for total repaint).
29 - Doncaster Works (paint shop - rubbed down and *stopped - *cracks/small dents filled).
30 - Doncaster Works (paint shop).
31 - Doncaster Works (paint shop).

1979 September

1 - Doncaster Works (paint shop).
s2 - Doncaster Works (paint shop).
3 - Doncaster Works (paint shop - body painting complete).
4 - Doncaster Works (paint shop).
5 - Doncaster Works (paint shop - nameplates and crest painted).
6 - Doncaster Works (paint shop).
7 - Doncaster Works (paint shop).
8 - Doncaster Works (paint shop).
s9 - Doncaster Works (paint shop).
10 - Doncaster Works (outside paint shop).
11 - Doncaster Works.
12 - Doncaster Works.
13 - Doncaster Works.
14 - Doncaster Works.
15 - Doncaster Works (Crimpsalls - power units replaced).
s16 - Doncaster Works (Crimpsalls - power units replaced).
17 - Doncaster Works (weigh house).
18 - Doncaster Works (test house).
19 - Doncaster Works (side of test house for brake and other checks).
20 - Doncaster Works (reception sidings - AM). Locomotive on trial in afternoon.
21 - Doncaster Works (reception sidings).
22 - Doncaster Works (reception sidings). 1D22 Doncaster - Grantham (test train). 1D21 Grantham - Doncaster. Doncaster Works (reception sidings). Released from Doncaster Works
s23 - Hexthorpe Bridge. Awaiting traffic.
24 - Hexthorpe Bridge. Awaiting traffic. Doncaster TMD.
25 - York TMD.
26 - York TMD. 1A00 06:06 York - King's Cross. Finsbury Park TMD. 1L42 12:20 King's Cross - York. 1A26 15:50 York - King's Cross. Finsbury Park TMD. 1S70 22:15 King’s Cross - Aberdeen, to Edinburgh.
27 - Haymarket TMD. 1E08 08:25 Edinburgh - Newcastle. Gateshead TMD. Heaton TMD - shunting "The Travellers Fare Centenary Express" stock. 18:45 Newcastle - Berwick "The Travellers Fare Centenary Express".
28 - 1A08 08:05 York - King’s Cross. 1L43 14:05 King’s Cross - York. 1A31 18:11 York - King's Cross.
29 - 1L00 01:10 King’s Cross - Leeds. 1A08 08:05 York - King’s Cross. 1L43 14:05 King's Cross - York. 1A31 18:14 York - King's Cross.
s30 - 1L41 10:05 King's Cross - York.

1979 October

1 - 1L45 18:05 King’s Cross - York.
2 - 0B05 York - Peterborough. 1B50 07:50 Peterborough - King's Cross. Finsbury Park TMD. 1L42 12:20 King's Cross - York. 1A26 15:50 York - King's Cross. Finsbury Park TMD. 1S70 22:15 King’s Cross - Aberdeen, to Edinburgh.
3 - Haymarket TMD. 1V93 09:50 Edinburgh - Plymouth, to York. 1S27 07:25 Plymouth - Edinburgh, from York. Haymarket TMD.
4 - 1N11 22:45 King’s Cross - Newcastle, to York.
5 - York TMD.
6 - 1A35 12:15 York - King’s Cross. 1L44 16:05 King's Cross - York. York TMD.
s7 - 1Zxx 08:00 Manchester Victoria - Carlisle (via Shap) "The Deltic Pioneer" T&N railtour. 1Zxx Carlisle - Manchester Victoria (via Newcastle and York).
8 - 1L44 16:05 King’s Cross - York.
9 - 1D04 17:05 King's Cross - Hull, "The Hull Executive".
12 - 1D04 17:05 King's Cross - Hull, "The Hull Executive".
13 - 1L42 12:20 King's Cross - York. 1A26 15:50 York - King's Cross.
15 - Haymarket TMD. 1V93 09:50 Edinburgh - Plymouth, to York. 1S27 07:25 Plymouth - Edinburgh, from York. Haymarket TMD.
16 - 1D02 12:05 King’s Cross - Hull. 1A28 16:30 Hull - King’s Cross. Finsbury Park TMD. 1S72 22:30 King’s Cross - Edinburgh.
17 - Haymarket TMD.
18 - 1D00 08:05 King’s Cross - Hull. 1A18 12:45 Hull - King’s Cross. 1D04 17:05 King’s Cross - Hull, "The Hull Executive". 1D62 21:00 Hull - Doncaster.
19 - 1D62 03:55 Doncaster - Hull. 1A04 07:00 Hull - King’s Cross, "The Hull Executive". 1D03 13:05 King's Cross - Cleethorpes. 1A32 17:46 Cleethorpes - King's Cross. Finsbury Park TMD. 1S77 23:55 King’s Cross - Edinburgh.
20 - Haymarket TMD. 1V93 09:50 Edinburgh - Plymouth, to York. 1S27 07:25 Plymouth - Edinburgh, from York. Haymarket TMD.
s21 - Haymarket TMD. 1V93 11:20 Edinburgh - Plymouth, to York. 1S27 06:40 Plymouth - Edinburgh, from York. Haymarket TMD.
22 - Haymarket TMD. 1V93 09:50 Edinburgh - Plymouth, to York. 1S27 07:25 Plymouth - Edinburgh, from York. Haymarket TMD. 1E26 16:30 Aberdeen - York, from Edinburgh.
23 - 1M62 08:49 York - Liverpool. 1E99 13:05 Liverpool - York.
24 - 1A35 12:15 York - King’s Cross. 1L45 18:05 King’s Cross - York.
25 - 1A14 10:45 Leeds - King's Cross (vice HST). 1L12 14:50 King's Cross - Bradford (vice HST). Holbeck TMD.
26 - Holbeck TMD. 1A14 10:45 Leeds - King's Cross (vice HST). 1L12 14:50 King's Cross - Bradford (vice HST).
27 - 1A08 08:05 York - King’s Cross.
s28 - Finsbury Park TMD. 1L43 16:05 King’s Cross - York.
29 - 1D04 17:05 King's Cross - Hull, "The Hull Executive".
30 - Haymarket TMD. 1V93 09:50 Edinburgh - Plymouth, to York. 1S27 07:25 Plymouth - Edinburgh, from York. Haymarket TMD.
31 - 1D02 12:05 King’s Cross - Hull. 1A28 16:30 Hull - King’s Cross.

1979 November

3 - 1D00 08:05 King's Cross - Hull. 1A18 12:45 Hull - King's Cross. Finsbury Park TMD. 1S72 22:30 King’s Cross - Edinburgh.
s4 - Haymarket TMD. 1E39 22:30 Edinburgh - King’s Cross.
5 - 1D02 12:05 King’s Cross - Hull. 1A28 16:30 Hull - King’s Cross.
7 - 1D02 12:05 King's Cross - Hull. 1A28 16:30 Hull - King's Cross.
8 - 1A23 08:55 Edinburgh - Aberdeen. 1G65 12:40 Aberdeen - Edinburgh. Haymarket TMD. 1E35 20:20 Edinburgh - King's Cross.
9 - 1L03 09:05 King's Cross - Harrogate (vice HST).
1A20 13:10 Harrogate - King's Cross (vice HST).
10 - 1A04 07:00 Hull - King’s Cross.
1L44 16:05 King's Cross - York. York TMD.
s11 - York TMD.
14 - 1A08 08:05 York - King’s Cross. 1L43 14:05 King’s Cross - York. 1A31 18:11 York - King's Cross.
16 - 1N11 22:45 King’s Cross - Newcastle.
17 - 1S14 08:10 Newcastle - Edinburgh.
s18 - Gateshead TMD.
19 - 1D01 08:20 King's Cross - Cleethorpes. 1A21 13:17 Cleethorpes - King's Cross.
20 - 1A23 08:55 Edinburgh - Aberdeen. 1G65 12:40 Aberdeen - Edinburgh. Haymarket TMD.
21 - 1L42 12:20 King’s Cross - York. 1A26 15:50 York - King’s Cross.
23 - 1M41 21:50 York - Aberystwyth, to Stockport. 1E24 22:50 Shrewsbury - York, from Stockport (24/11).
24 - 1Zxx Halifax - King’s Cross. King's Cross SP.
s25 - Holbeck TMD.
26 - 1L44 16:05 King's Cross - York. 1A34 19:56 York - Kings Cross.
28 - 1S12 05:50 King’s Cross - Aberdeen (to Edinburgh). 1E26 16:30 Aberdeen - York, (from Edinburgh).
29 - York TMD.

1979 December

1 - 1A04 07:00 Hull - King's Cross. Finsbury Park TMD. 1L42 12:20 King's Cross - York. 1A26 15:50 York - King’s Cross.
3 - (1E08 08:25 Edinburgh - Newcastle). 1S50 13:20 Newcastle - Edinburgh.
5 - 1D04 17:05 Kings Cross - Hull, "The Hull Executive".
7 - 1S56 17:34 Newcastle - Edinburgh.
8 - Finsbury Park TMD.
s9 - Finsbury Park TMD. 1D04 17:05 King's Cross - Hull.
11 - 1L44 16:05 King's Cross - York. 1A34 19:56 York - King's Cross.
12 - 1S12 05:50 King’s Cross - Aberdeen, to Edinburgh. Haymarket TMD. 1A38 14:55 Edinburgh - Aberdeen. 1G20 18:20 Aberdeen - Edinburgh.
13 - 1D02 12:05 King's Cross - Hull. 1A28 16:30 Hull - King's Cross.
15 - 1L42 12:20 King's Cross - York. 1A26 15:50 York - King’s Cross.
s16 - 1D02 12:05 King's Cross - Hull. 1A13 16:52 Hull - King's Cross.
17 - 1E15 14:25 Edinburgh - Newcastle.
18 - 1D00 08:05 King's Cross - Hull. 1A18 12:45 Hull - King's Cross.
20 - 1D04 17:05 King's Cross - Hull, "The Hull Executive". 1D62 21:00 Hull - Doncaster.
21 - 1D62 03:55 Doncaster - Hull. 1A04 07:00 Hull - King's Cross, "The Hull Executive".
22 - Haymarket TMD.
24 - 1L43 14:05 King’s Cross - York. 1A31 18:11 York - King’s Cross.
27 - 1A34 19:56 York - King’s Cross.
28 - 1S72 22:30 King’s Cross - Edinburgh.
29 - Haymarket TMD. 1E08 08:25 Edinburgh - Newcastle. 1S50 13:20 Newcastle - Edinburgh. Haymarket TMD. 1E39 22:10 Edinburgh - King’s Cross.
s30 - Finsbury Park TMD. 1S70 22:15 King’s Cross - Aberdeen, to Edinburgh.
31 - Haymarket TMD.