The journalists wrote a valedictory piece in "The Sunday Telegraph" of 10 September 1961. This has recently been reproduced in a compendium of railway-related pieces from "The Daily Telegraph" and "The Sunday Telegraph" over the years. This names the driver and fireman from Kings Cross to York as Harold Birkett and John Thorne. They were replaced north of York by driver Bob Currie and fireman Alec Mackay. Chief Motive Power Inspector Bert Dixon stayed on the footplate for the whole trip.