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NEW ENTRY DATE ENGINE HEADCODE TRAIN/LOCATION NOTES
# 01/05/1972 275 1E16 1705 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle  
  01/05/1972 297   Workington - Townhill Military special
# 02/05/1972 283   Stabled at Manchester Victoria 1745hrs
# 02/05/1972 293   Seen at Manchester Victoria 1750hrs - Up Coal Train
  02/05/1972 355   Seen at Scunthorpe On?
  02/05/1972 363   1338 Dundee West - Brechin Freight
# 02/05/1972 372   Seen at Manchester Victoria 1800hrs - Up Freight
# 03/05/1972 245   1545 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street  
  03/05/1972 285 1??? Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle  
# 04/05/1972 237   Stabled at Manchester Victoria 1745hrs
  05/05/1972 358 3A01 Seen at Grantham Station Southbound parcels
  05/05/1972 216 + 313   Seen at Runcorn On the royal train
  05/05/1972 216 + 313   Seen at Runcorn On the royal train
  07/05/1972 237   Stabled at March Depot  
  07/05/1972 238   Seen at Peterborough On?
  07/05/1972 286   Inside Finsbury Park Depot  
  07/05/1972 293   Seen at Preston Station Electrification train
  07/05/1972 347   Stabled at March Depot  
  07/05/1972 357   Seen at Peterborough On?
  08/05/1972 256 1L20 1420 Kings Cross - Leeds  
  08/05/1972 286   0705 Cambridge - Kings Cross  
  09/05/1972 214   Seen at Chester Freightliner
  09/05/1972 256 1L20 1420 Kings Cross - Leeds  
  09/05/1972 286   2250 Glasgow Central - Nottingham  
  09/05/1972 375   1425 Kings Cross Goods Yard - Millerhill Yard  
  10/05/1972 278   Stabled at Holbeck Depot  
# 10/05/1972 282   0745 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle  
  10/05/1972 297   Stabled at Holbeck Depot  
  10/05/1972 345 4S83 Stratford - Glasgow Freightliner
  11/05/1972 208   2028 Whitehaven - Inverness Cement train. To?
  11/05/1972 236   1252 Millerhill Yard - Craiginches Freight
  11/05/1972 257 1L20 1420 Kings Cross - Leeds  
  11/05/1972 257   2312 Glasgow Central - Euston Vans
  11/05/1972 289   Seen south of Warrington Northbound freight
  11/05/1972 300   0120 Oxwellmains - Grangemouth Cement train
# 12/05/1972 256 1E16 1705 Liverpool Lime Street - Newcastle  
  12/05/1972 286   Seen at Scunthorpe On?
  15/05/1972 204   Seen at Greetland Empty cartics
# 15/05/1972 250 1M62 0750 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street  
  15/05/1972 256   Seen at Grantham Station Brick train
  15/05/1972 347 1A35 Seen at Grantham Station Southbound passenger
  17/05/1972 261   Aberdeen - Edinburgh Waverley Light engine
  17/05/1972 294   Seen at Lancaster Station Down empty mineral wagons
  17/05/1972 301   Seen at Lancaster Station Up empty car flats
# 17/05/1972 309   Seen at Salford Central 0715hrs - Up Vans
# 17/05/1972 369   Stabled at Manchester Victoria 1745hrs
  17/05/1972 373   Seen at Dent Up freight
  17/05/1972 394   Seen at Lancaster Down oil train
  19/05/1972 235 1Z35 Coventry - Oban Adex. To Eastfield >
# 19/05/1972 259 1M62 0750 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street  
  19/05/1972 277 4S83 Willesden - Edinburgh Freightliner,seen at Grantham
# 19/05/1972 295   Seen at Manchester Victoria 0710hrs - Up Freight
# 19/05/1972 319   Seen at Manchester Victoria 0715hrs - Up Tanks
  20/05/1972 235   0952 Dundee - Glasgow Queen Street  
  20/05/1972 235 1Z35 Oban - Coventry < Return Adex. From Eastfield - Lancaster & fail, early hours of the 21/05/72. 244 Forward
  20/05/1972 249   At Doncaster Depot  
  20/05/1972 251   At Doncaster Depot  
  20/05/1972 252   At Doncaster Station On?
  20/05/1972 286   At Doncaster Station On?
  20/05/1972 286 1L16 Seen at Grantham Station Northbound passenger
  20/05/1972 313   Stabled at Gateshead Depot  
  20/05/1972 364   1130 Kings Cross - Leeds  
  20/05/1972 372   At Doncaster Station On?
  21/05/1972 234   At Crewe Works  
  21/05/1972 244 1Z35 Oban - Coventry Return Adex. From Lancaster. Early hours of the 21/05/72. See 235
  21/05/1972 345 1A37 ? - ? Seen at Chester
  22/05/1972 253   0705 Cambridge - Kings Cross  
  22/05/1972 284 1S27 0710 Paignton - Edinburgh Waverley From ?
# 22/05/1972 329   Seen at Manchester Victoria 1750hrs - Up Freight
# 22/05/1972 350   Stabled at Manchester Victoria 1745hrs
# 22/05/1972 399   Stabled at Manchester Victoria 1745hrs
  24/05/1972 209   1935 Birkenhead - Banbury Freight,seen at Wellington
# 24/05/1972 281   1610 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street  
  24/05/1972 283   1542 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street  
  24/05/1972 339   2040 Dee Marsh - Walsall Freight,seen at Wellington
  24/05/1972 376   Seen at Preston Station Up vans
  25/05/1972 395   Seen at Scunthorpe On?
# 26/05/1972 212   1542 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street Liverpool Lime Street
  26/05/1972 229   At Crewe Works Arrive on this date. In until 08/06/72
  26/05/1972 288   Stabled at Edge Hill Depot  
# 26/05/1972 325   Stabled at Edge Hill Depot  
  26/05/1972 280 + 1767, Both working 1A20 Seen at Grantham Station Southbound passenger
  27/05/1972 229   At Crewe Works Repairs
  27/05/1972 239 1M48 0935 Newcastle - Manchester Victoria Relief
  27/05/1972 239   Seen at York Station On stock
  27/05/1972 251   Seen at York Station Light engine
  27/05/1972 271   Seen at York Station On? 1500hrs
  27/05/1972 275   Stabled at York Depot 1530hrs
  27/05/1972 348   Stabled at York Depot 1530hrs
  27/05/1972 356   Stabled at York Depot 1530hrs
  27/05/1972 359   Stabled at Dundee Depot  
  28/05/1972 229   At Crewe Works Repairs
  28/05/1972 239 1??? Down ECML Passenger train When the train got to Chathill,north of Alnwick,it stopped to pick up passengers on

the 1100 Edinburgh Waverley - Kings Cross,that had become derailed,and return them north!

  28/05/1972 254 1L09 Seen at Newark Northgate Northbound passenger
  28/05/1972 264   Stabled at Haymarket Depot  
  28/05/1972 319   Jarrow - Whitby Adex
  28/05/1972 383   Seen at Banbury On?
  29/05/1972 229   At Crewe Works Repairs
  29/05/1972 265   Edinburgh Waverley - Haymarket Depot Light engine
  29/05/1972 267 1M64 Bradford - Blackpool North Adex
  29/05/1972 267   Seen at Preston Down Passenger
  29/05/1972 280   Seen at Prudhoe Station Towards Newcastle. Light engine
  29/05/1972 376 3A14 0847 Heysham - Euston Parcels. Seen at Preston
  30/05/1972 212   At Longsight Depot  
  30/05/1972 229   At Crewe Works Repairs
  30/05/1972 252   Seen at Crewe Station Light engine
  30/05/1972 284 1L09 Seen at Grantham Station Northbound passenger
  30/05/1972 320   At Longsight Depot  
  30/05/1972 327   At Longsight Depot  
  30/05/1972 347   Seen at Frinkley Lane On southbound oil train
  30/05/1972 377   At Longsight Depot  
  31/05/1972 229   At Crewe Works Repairs
  31/05/1972 249   Seen at Inverness On freight
  31/05/1972 258   1805 Aberdeen - Edinburgh Waverley  

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