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Brilliant, thank you!

It’s an excellent book, I’m sure you’ll enjoy! Hexagon789, thanks for that info! How long did this situation last for? I’m assuming that when the 158s were introduced in 1990 that this allowed for more diagrams to be covered by then rather than by using cross border stock?

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...

That’s what I’ve often thought!

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...

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...

As a child of the 80s, I used to love standing on the platform at Falkirk High. The E&G services at that time were 47/7 push pull sets with the blue stripe ScotRail livery and they always looked incredibly impressive when approaching the station loco first. The loco always seemed to come to a...

Between 1984 and 88 Haymarket Depot put a Castle logo on their 20s, 26s, 27s and 47s.

Thanks for the information. From what I can see from above it looks like Motherwell was chosen to stay open because it was already a freight depot and arguably because it was smaller than Eastfield.

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

Thanks for your reply Darandio, that's very interesting. It still leaves the question of why Motherwell was chosen to stay open in lieu of Eastfield unfortunately. Maybe it was to do with Motherwell being a smaller depot and was concidered an easier option to keep open than Eastfield?

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