Doncaster September 1962 > LPIS STM BW NEGS 0129
On a sunny September 8th 1962, a series of photographs were taken at Doncaster station. The trains were severely disrupted by an accident the previous evening at Offord involving A1 60123 ‘H.A. Ivatt’.
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The summer timetable of 1962, of which September 8th was the last day, saw the introduction of the first timetable when all 22 of the EE Deltics were available to work. Unfortunately, as with many initiatives associated with the Modernisation Plan, the diagrams allowed little time for maintenance, and gradually they were altered to allow locomotives to attain a reasonable level of availability.
A yet un-named English Electric Deltic D9010 emits the trademark
blue exhaust as it accelerates through Doncaster station with the 1A47 13:30 Edinburgh to King's Cross service; the 'Heart of Midlothian' on 8th September 1962. The locomotive was named 'The King's Own Scottish Borderer' on 8th May 1965 at Dumfries, and withdrawn on 24th December 1981.The summer timetable of 1962, of which September 8th was the last day, saw the introduction of the first timetable when all 22 of the EE Deltics were available to work. Unfortunately, as with many initiatives associated with the Modernisation Plan, the diagrams allowed little time for maintenance, and gradually they were altered to allow locomotives to attain a reasonable level of availability.