1963 Winter Diagrams
The December issue of Railway
Magazine carried an article covering the 22 diagrams covered by the Deltic fleet
- here is a brief summary:
The article mentioned there were 22 diagrams, 8 at King's Cross and Haymarket
and 6 at Gateshead. It is unsure how Deltics in the works affected these cycles,
maybe the timings were not out of the range of the Class 47's. There were about
50 in existence when these diagrams were set up providing plenty of backup. The
diagrams had mileages attached to them:
1963 Diagram Mileage |
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KX #1 4060 miles KX #2 4432 miles KX #3 4182 miles KX #4 5010 miles KX #5 4968 miles KX #6 4308 miles KX #7 4472 miles KX #8 2428 miles |
GD #1 4468 miles GD #2 5502 miles GD #3 4840 miles GD #4 3144 miles GD #5 3558 miles GD #6 3682 miles |
HA #1 4430 miles HA #2 4432 miles HA #3 4802 miles HA #4 5464 miles HA #5 5464 miles HA #6 4846 miles HA #7 4720 miles HA #8 2428 miles |
Average weekly mileage 4,347 miles. |
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The article included one roster in its entirety, it being Gateshead's #1 diagram (miles 4468):
Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
(1A31 11:00 Newcastle - King's Cross.) 11:42 ex Newcastle stated 1A66 20:20 King's Cross - Edinburgh. |
1A23 08:00 Edinburgh - King's Cross. 1A50 17:00 King's Cross - Newcastle. Gateshead TMD For maintenance 22:00. |
Gateshead TMD Maintenance complete 09:00. 1A21 10:15 Newcastle - King's Cross. 1N24 17:37 King's Cross - Leeds. 1E18 22:00 Leeds - King's Cross. |
1A06 08:00 King's Cross - Edinburgh. 1A51 16:00 Edinburgh - King's Cross. |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
Sunday |
1A02 01:00 King's Cross - Newcastle. Gateshead TMD Available after refuelling from 08:00 to 19:30. 1A53 20:20 Newcastle - King's Cross. |
1A12 09:00 King's Cross - Newcastle. 1A49 16:55 Newcastle - King's Cross. King's Cross Loco Available after refuelling from 23.00. |
King's Cross Loco. 1N03 07:45 King's Cross - Leeds. (1E13 15:30 Leeds - King's Cross.) 14:10 ex Leeds stated 1A78 23:35 King's Cross - Newcastle. Gateshead TMD Available after refuelling from 00:00 |
Gateshead Available until 19:30. Loco takes up the first leg of Gateshead diagram #2. |