A day in Edinburgh V

Due to engineering work being carried out on the Edinburgh Suburban Lines all freight was being routed through Waverley station. 66133 stands on one of the through roads beside platform10/11 with a late running train of steel slabs for Dalzell steel works.

At the east end of Waverley station is the electric loco, 90035, off the sleeper from Euston which splits at Edinburgh with portions to Fort William, Inverness and Aberdeen. Behind it on the next road is 47746 on Thunderbird duties.

66029 comes out of Carlton Hill South tunnel with a rake of empty HAA coal hoppers working 6C12 0805 Millerhill to Ravenstruther.

66029 and its train comes to a stand within the train shed to await a path through Princes Street Gardens and onto the Carstairs line at Haymarket.

37427 runs light through Waverley station on the east side heading for Millerhill from Motherwell, 0Z37.

A pair of Virgin Voyager units depart Edinburgh at 0910 with 1O38 to Bournemouth via the West Coast. The sets are 220011 and 220027.

158701 bursts into the bright morning sunhine from the gloom of The Mound tunnel with a terminating service from Dundee.

43195 is the rear powercar for the 0924 Virgin Cross Country service from Edinburgh to Glasgow Central, 1D84. On arrival it will reverse and form the southbound Cornish Scot, 1V52 1120 Glasgow Central to Penzance.

66097 comes out of the darkness of the train shed with an empty rake of hooded MGR hoppers from Doncaster to Ayr, 6S31 0333 off the south Yorkshire town.

The doyen of the Voyager fleet, 220001 sits in platorm 10 with a long distance Cross Country service to Brighton, 1040 off with the headcode 1O40. To the left is 66208.

66208 gets away from the station passing 220001. The loco is returning to Millerhill, 0B68, having worked into Bathgate with a train of new cars.

43116 squeezes its train from the southern bore of Carlton Hill Tunnel with 1S11 0710 Leeds to Aberdeen GNER service.

The first up GNER working from Aberdeen, 1E08 0755 off, to London Kings Cross departs the Waverley with 43117 leading and passes 158719 parked up between duties.

Turning round for the going away shot of 1E08 and 43113 is the rear powercar as the train passes through Carlton Hill North Tunnel.

Four class 158 units sit in the warm summer sun between duties. The former North British Hotel forms the backdrop, it is now called "The Balmoral".

GNER class 91 electric loco 91021 and its train enters the station from Carlton Hill South tunnel with a terminating service from London Kings Cross, 1S12 0615 off the capital.

GNER DVT 82213 departs Waverley with an up working from Glasgow Central, 1E11 1000 off to Kings Cross.

At the other end giving the rear end push is 91014.

A rake of loaded HAA hoppers shakes platorm 19 as 66230 brings its heavy train through the station. 6U60 is booked off Ayr at 0820 and is carrying low sulphur open cast coal to the mighty Drax Power Station in the Aire Valley, south Yorkshire.

GNER's longest distance working is the daily Inverness to Kings Cross and its balancing service. The Highland Chieftain runs for 580 miles and is booked for an HST. 43112 leads the train away from Edinburgh having made its station stop in platform 19. The run to London is wholly under the wires.

66111 works east with 7B47 1053 Mossend to Millerhill loaded MGR. It seems that freight is being put through both platform 19 and, as in this case, the Suburban platforms, 20 and 21.

1V57 is the 0915 Aberdeen to Plymouth Cross Country working. It reverses in Waverley and 43100 now becomes the trailing powercar having led down from Aberdeen.

40 minutes after the Virgin HST left Aberdeen, a sister unit operated by GNER got away at 0955 with 1E12 to Kings Cross, the up Northern Lights with 43038 leading.

66202 leads away from Waverley station with 6C16 1245 Millerhill to Ravenstruther empty MGR rake. It will reload with coal at this point just north of Carstairs.

91018 has workied in from Kings Cross, departing at 0830 as 1S15. The driver has vacated the cab and set the loco lights to red as it will propell its train back to London at 1330.

221108 arrives at Edinburgh with an unknown working.

66029 is seen again working 7B54 1105 from Ravenstruther to Millerhill loaded coal train passing below the old signalbox running through W tunnel below The Mound.

With the Voyager units maiking inroads on the Cross Country routes it is a rare sight to see an electric loco on a Virgin Cross Country service. This working is 1S48 0715 Bristol Temple Meads to Edinburgh with 86244 leading.

Train 1S17 0900 Kings Cross to Glasgow is running late and made its Edinburgh stop in the former Suburban platform on the north side of Waverley station. 91105 has been refurbished and renumbered and is leading this class 1 working to Glasgow Central station.

Another empty coal train rattles slowly through the station heading for Ayr and another load of coal. The working is 6Z37 1325 off Millerhill with 66137 in charge.

A move onto The Mound looking down into Waverley station. A class 170 and 158 pairing departs Edinburgh for Glasgow Queen Street via the E&G. 1R37 departs at 1415, four trains an hour run between the two cities.

170413 runs into Waverley with a shuttle from Glasgow Queen Street with 1R72, 1330 off Glasgow.

66134 passes below the former signalbox with 6D38 1242 Oxwellmains to Viewpark daily cement train.

A short while after arriving 86244 gets away from Edinburgh with 1M33, 1440 off to Birmingham New Street, the Midland Scot.

A pair of sprinter formed services run into Edinburgh. On the left is 158733 working 1B28 1222 Aberdeen to Edinburgh. While on the right is Strathclyde PTE liveried 156432 slows up with a local class 2 working from Glasgow Central, 2Y44 1315 off.

66063 skurries away from the station passing below the old disused station signalbox. It is running as 0M85 Millerhill to Bathgate to uplift the empty cartic wagons off the earlier train.

Despite the earlier sun, the weather had turned and a heavy downpour had recently stopped. 66133 shows up again with 6E30 1329 Dalzell to Lackenby empty steel wagons. This is usually a class 60 turn.

Yet another empty MGR rake comes slowly through the station. 66121 fronts 6S05 1115 Tyne Yard to Ayr.

221129 emerges from The Mound on line Z with a late running terminating working from Birmingham New Street, 1046 off 1S49.

The daily alumina train, 6S54 1130 off North Blyth to Fort William, comes through the station behind 66108.

The down Highland Chieftain, 1S24, is booked off Kings Cross at 1200. 43039 smokes somewhat during the station stop. The train has already worked 393 miles and still has a further 188 3/4 to go taking in Druimuachdar and Slochd summits.

The sun has come out again as 66202 returns with 7B58 1530 Ravenstruther to Millerhill loaded MGR.

43118 smokes its way out of the Waverley heading for Inverness. The train is routed via Stirling to Perth rather than using the shorter route through Fife.

66177 pauses awaiting a path below the train shed with an empty rake bound for the former iron ore import terminal at Hunterston. Train 6S02 departed Tyne Yard and 1302.

With a run through the congested Princes Street Gardens signalled, the driver of 66177 gets his charge away.

221129 stands in platform 11 and loads with passengers for stations to Derby. It will depart at 1710 running under the headcode of 1M35.