RichmondCommu
Established Member
G'day everyone,
Sometime in the summer of 1984 a couple of school friends and I took a journey on the S & C. Haulage was a DMU and I'm pretty certain that its final destination was either York or Hull but as my note books were thrown away many years a go I can't confirm this.
However, what really interests me is to find out when haulage reverted back from DMU's to loco hauled stock. During the summer of 1986 I returned to the S & C to take advantage of the newly introduced stopping service and by this time the train was loco hauled. I'm assuming here that the DMU's were introduced after the direct Nottingham to Glasgow services via the S & C finished.
Can anyone shed any light on when the DMU's were ditched and why? I'd also be interested to know whether class 31's had a monopoly on the stopping services or whether class 47's also made an appearance.
Any information would be gratefully received!
Kind regards,
Richmond Commuter.
Sometime in the summer of 1984 a couple of school friends and I took a journey on the S & C. Haulage was a DMU and I'm pretty certain that its final destination was either York or Hull but as my note books were thrown away many years a go I can't confirm this.
However, what really interests me is to find out when haulage reverted back from DMU's to loco hauled stock. During the summer of 1986 I returned to the S & C to take advantage of the newly introduced stopping service and by this time the train was loco hauled. I'm assuming here that the DMU's were introduced after the direct Nottingham to Glasgow services via the S & C finished.
Can anyone shed any light on when the DMU's were ditched and why? I'd also be interested to know whether class 31's had a monopoly on the stopping services or whether class 47's also made an appearance.
Any information would be gratefully received!
Kind regards,
Richmond Commuter.