Was booked to travel on the 1050 Hull-Goole on Sunday to connect with the 1310 from Doncaster to Edinburgh. Thanks to a helpful TPE man on Hull station I was redirected to the 1110 FHT service to London as a way of avoiding the bustitution. An interesting tour of the Yorkshire lines followed, including the reversal manouver.I understand that on Saturday (at least the first couple of services) were route conducted by West Coast Railways! I'm fairly sure that there were 4 HT drivers in the cab on my journey from Kirkgate to Goole, I suspect there has been a lot of effort put into bringing all the HT crews up to speed on this route, as for some time its going to be the only diversionary route should the Selby route be shut for whatever reason.
On Saturday I had the impression that the 09.48 KGX-HUL reversed at Kirkgate because the route conductors had to swap trains there (the down HT was waiting at WKK, and departed a couple of minutes after we arrived).
On Sunday the reversal was significantly slicker - firstly because it was undertaken just past Calder Bridge Junction, and secondly because another driver was ready and waiting in the rear cab, so the reversal took less than a minute.
When the train crew walked through the train to change ends, there were three of them - the FHT driver, another guy in a hi-vis, and, as you say, a guy in a West Coast hi-vis jacket. The reversal was indeed just past Calder Bridge. Made it to Donny with 15 mins to spare after an interesting, if leisurely, trundle through the county.
Good PA announcements throughout , too. Well done all involved for a professional and efficient response to a major incident which was none of the railway's doing.