Pacific Working Areas
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2019 5:02 am
Coming from a 1960's train-spotter's aspect - nothing technical - I was wondering whether all A1-A4 pacifics would have at some time appeared on the whole section of ECML? For example, all Deltics would turn up anywhere on the route, would all tender pacifics have likely done so also?
As a young boy during steam's demise; late 50's - 60's, I lived in view of the line at Alnmouth where local steam lingered on longer than most locations, unfortunately just far enough away to make reading numbers difficult. On regular visits to the station, I recall seeing 60001/4-7/9/15/16/19/26/60036-38/52/54/62/85/88/91/103/116/129/140/141/145/147/152/158, but often wonder how many more of the classes would have passed unidentified during my residence across the fields from 1958-1967. I'm aware some loco's such as 60068/79/93/95 were employed on the Waverley route, so presumably they wouldn't have appeared in my location at the time? But would for example 60095, whose home shed appears to have been Carlisle for its entire life have strayed east at some time prior?
Obviously no-one can say other than me what I saw, it's just a general opinion, if anyone has a view.
Also, in the case of these elite engines, whilst at a particular depot, would each generally have it's own regular driver, or is this just a myth?
Apologies if this is a little light & vague, but I really am just a boy train-spotter at heart!
As a young boy during steam's demise; late 50's - 60's, I lived in view of the line at Alnmouth where local steam lingered on longer than most locations, unfortunately just far enough away to make reading numbers difficult. On regular visits to the station, I recall seeing 60001/4-7/9/15/16/19/26/60036-38/52/54/62/85/88/91/103/116/129/140/141/145/147/152/158, but often wonder how many more of the classes would have passed unidentified during my residence across the fields from 1958-1967. I'm aware some loco's such as 60068/79/93/95 were employed on the Waverley route, so presumably they wouldn't have appeared in my location at the time? But would for example 60095, whose home shed appears to have been Carlisle for its entire life have strayed east at some time prior?
Obviously no-one can say other than me what I saw, it's just a general opinion, if anyone has a view.
Also, in the case of these elite engines, whilst at a particular depot, would each generally have it's own regular driver, or is this just a myth?
Apologies if this is a little light & vague, but I really am just a boy train-spotter at heart!