Parcels

NEWSPAPERS, PARCELS & POSTAL

Operations.

3G13. Weekdays and weekend. Conveyed newspapers, mail and parcels, plus passengers in a couple of coaches. In the 1967 working timetable it left York at 03.50 (from Manchester?) for Newcastle via the coast. As 3G13 Monday to Friday. As 3D66 on a Saturday and as far only as Sunderland. On Sunday as 1G96.

Apparently on 11 January 1964 it loaded to two carriages and four vans hauled by steam engine 'V2' 60864.

6N05. Weekdays. ECS/Parcels? Darlington to Newcastle? Around 10.55 at Seaton Carew? ? - 1970?

1969. '24': 5107 (52A). '25': 7593 (52A).
1970. '24': 5104/7 (both 52A). '25': 7593 (52A). '37': 6899 (headcoded 4N05)


4L21. Weekdays. ECS/Parcels? Newcastle to York. Often picked up stock. Hartlepool station approx. 12.20 to 12.40.

1969. '40': 236 (D10), 253/76/84. '45': 77/105. '46': 169/70/2. '47': 1533, 1766, 1966/9, 1972/3, 1993/5/7/9.
1970. '24': 5113 (52A, on both 26/27 June). '37': 6714/83 (both 41A), 6811 (41A), 6868 (55C), 6925 (55C). '40': 240/50/2/8/70-81, 332/44/55/84, 397/8 (both 55C). '45': 19/50/72/7/92. '46': 170-2/4/6/81, 190 (55A). '47': 1515, 1533 (41A), 1542/3/54/72, 1779 (30A), 1813.
1971. '37': 6782 (41A). '40': 211 (D10), 237/40.52/6/72/3/9/81/3/5, 331/45/55, 364 (64B), 397, 398/9 (both 55C). '45': 98, 115 (D16). '46': 149 (82A), 177.
1972. '40': 258/82/4, 352.  '45': 98, 129 (55A).  '46': 148/67/8/73/6/9/83/92/2.  '47': 1100, 1506/7/10/7/9/20/3/34/41/3/67/72/7, 1619, 1625/8 (both 40B), 1761/4/5 (all 34G), 1776 (55A), 1984/9/97/8.
1972. '40': 258/82/4, 352.  '45': 98, 129 (55A).  '46': 148/67/8/73/6/9/83/90/2. '47' 1100, 1506/7/10/7/9/20/3/34/41/3/67/72/7, 1619, 1625/8 (both 40B), 1761/4/5 (all 34G), 1775 (55A), 1984/9/97/8.
1973. '40': D277/85, 40154/9.  '46': 144 (82A), 168/72/91. '47': 1104/4/10, 1503/6/9/10/2-4/23/44/78/80, 1733 (40B), 1762 (34G), 1970/95.
1974. '31' 31174 (31B0. '40': 40054, 40149. '46': 46043/56. '47': 1104/9. 1550. 47003/4, 47030 (87A), 47050 (HO), 47107 (40B), 47408/9/22/5/39/71, 47517 (HA)
1974. '31': 31174 (31B). '40': 40054, 40149. '46': 46043/56. '47': 1104/9, 47422/5/39/71, 47517 (HA).
1975. '31': 31116 (IM), 31181 (FP). '37': 37057. '40': 40046 (HM), 40057/81. '45': 45039. '46': 46031/5/7/40/55. '47': 47174 (TI), 47175/84 (both IM), 47209/22 (both IM), 47251 (CF), 47268 (HA), 47403/4/6/9/10/29/31/2/71, 47519/21/4/7, 47543 (CF), 47546/53.
1976. '31':31210 (FP). '37': 37201. '40': 40050/5-7/67/71/81/5, 40148/51, 40172 (SP). '46': 46030/5/7/8/43/4/50. '47': 47016 (SF), 47050, 47141 (HA), 47169 (TI), 47209 (IM), 47401/2/6/17/29, 47449 (CD), 47459, 47522/5/8, 47544/9 (both H0).
1977. '25': 25280 (BS). '31': 31163. '40': 40033 (LO), 40045/9/50/4/7/69/86, 40125 (LO), 40145/9/51/67. '46': 46027/30/7/48. '47': 47041 (IM), 47135 (SF). 47201(TO), 47297 (TI), 47410/22, 47544/9.
1978. '31': 31190. '37': 37079. '40': 40017/30 (both LO). '47' 47038 (IM).
1979. '31': 31294 (BR). '40': 40007 (on 20 Aug. piloting UID '47'), 40047/65. '46': 46034. '47': 47143, 47542.
1980. '31': 31101/42, 31175 (TI), 31214 (TI), 31215 (IM), 31225 (FP), 31245/81 (both HM), 31309 (MR). '37': 37061. '40': 40049/85, 40100, 40114 (HM), 40197/8. '47': 47522.
1981. '25': 25294 (CD). '31': 31106 (IM), 31167, 31230 (OC), 31270, 31405. '40': 40037/49/83, 40101 (HA). '47': 47312 (IM).

3M06. Weekdays. Catalogue goods. Train sponsored by Brian Mills. Sunderland - ?
A company-sponsored parcels goods train run for the benefit of catalogue sales firm Brian Mills. The depot was at Hendon, on Sunderland's South Dock branch. The train was often heavily loaded with vans, passing Seaton Carew around 20.30 on weekdays.
The headcode was controversial from its appearance on the coast line, showing optionally 1M06 or 4M06. Depicting a loco displaying 1M98, noted North-East railway photographer Ian S. Carr commented it was erroneous and should have been 3J20, being the 17.15 departure to Sheffield. Carr added that during the early 1970s, up to four such parcels trains left Sunderland on Monday to Friday evenings, giving the Sheffield-bound train departure times as 17.15 (in 1973), 17.07 (1976) and 17.26 (1978). A book published by Carr shows a picture taken in 1976 of the loco running around to travel via Newcastle. (1) So, 3M06 ran via the coast, but when exactly was it introduced, at what time did it depart the depot and where was it headed?
My first record of its appearance was 15 May 1973.
The last was in 1978.
From start to finish, Class '40's dominated, with occasional '25' and '31' examples becoming novelties.
Here's the year-by-year listing of my observations:
1973. '25': 5280 (D10), 7500 (D16), 7638 (D08). '31': 5545 (40B), 5591 (55A0, 5694 (31B), 5853 (40B). '37': 6747 (30A), 6779 (31B), 6900, 6937 (64B). '40': 217 (D08), 235/50/7/70/81/4, 349/53, 379 (D08). '45': 28/44 (55A), 67 (D16). '46': 184. '47': 1532, 1865 (40B).
1974. '31': 31159 (31B), 31183 (34G).  '37': 37037 (IM), 37075 (TE), 37091 (41A). '40': 40007 (55C), 40050/3/6/9/70/1, 40092 (SP), 40124 (SP), 40145/53. '46': 46045). ''47': 47524.
1975. '25': 25081 (TO). '31': 31123 (HO), 31147 (YK). 31196 (IM), 31200 (FP), 31205 (MR), 31209 (FP), 31243 (IM), 31249 (FP), 31284 (TI), 31314 (MR). '37': 37020 (SF), 37057. '40': 40019 (SP), 40041 (KM), 40050/2/3/7-9/76/8/81/6/92, 40147/50/1/5/6/84. '45': 45039/64. '46': 46011. '47': 47014 (SF), 47416/71, 47520/1/7.
1976. '31': 31115, 31280 (IM). '37': 37042/62, 37112 (HM), 37173. '40': 40006/49/57/73/5/84/5/91, 40101 (HA), 40139 (KD), 490149/51/3/83, 40191 (SP), 40192. '45': 45052. '46': 46055. '47': 47552.
1977. '31': 31171, 31204 (MR), 31272, 31316/27. '37': 37199, 37212. '40': 40012/31/4 (all LO), 40070/1/4/5/8/82/4/5. 40088 (SP), 4009 (HA), 40108/20 (both LO), 40124/52/3/84, 40188 (SP), 40194. '45' 45004. '46': 46020 (BR), 46027/30. '47': 47134 (LE), 47359/61, 47416/23/5, 57518/41, 47450 (CD).
1978. '31': 31320 (IM). '37': 37002/4, 37163. '40': 40036/74/83. '45': 45016.



References:
1. Ian S. Carr, Reminiscences Around Sunderland, Tyne and Wear Museums, 1998.