[Mike Ashworth]

Hi Ian, I have just had a look on Real Time Trains and it appears to be Diesel Hauled fully on both the out bound service and it’s return service, as it shows that it is ‘Pathed as Diesel locomotive, trailing load 455 tonnes and Planned for 95mph max running’ .

If any part of this was to Steam hauled then it would indicate ‘Pathed as Diesel locomotive, trailing load 715 tonnes and Planned for 60mph max running’.

I hope that this makes it clear.

It’s a usually reliable indicator that any excursion running at 60mph is steam hauled.