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Route Availability Matrix - 1969

Route		Locomotive Class
		01-06	07-12	13	15 17	20	22	23	24 0	24 1	25	26 0	26 1	27	29	31	33	35	37	40	42 43	44-46	47	50	52	55
	RA	1/2	5	8	4	5	4	5	6	6	5	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	5	6	6	7	6	6	6	5
Chester to Holyhead	8	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Mold Jn to Rhydymwyn	7	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Prestatyn to Dyserth	7	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Llandudno Jn to Trawsfynydd	7	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Llandudno Jn to Llandudno	7	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Bangor to Caernarvon	6	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Gaerwen to Amlwch	4	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Shrewsbury to Chester	8	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Gobowen to Oswestry	7	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Oswestry to Llynclys	5	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Llynclys to Nantmawr	5	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Croes Newydd to Brymbo West	5	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Brymbo West to Minera	5	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Brymbo Middle to Vron	5	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Broughton Crossing to Vron	5	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Wrexham to Marchwiel	5	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Wrexham to Dee Marsh Jn	7	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth	5	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Dovey Junction to Pwllheli	5	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●

Key:
●=Permitted by RA
●=Additionally permitted
●=Permitted by RA but conditions apply
●=Additionally permitted but conditions apply
●=Prohibited by RA
●=Additionally prohibited

Points:

• Note the wide availability of Classes 24 and 40, with additional permission for them to run over almost all the RA5 routes.
• Also note the distinction between the early and late Class 24s (later described as 24/0 and 24/1).
• Note the explicit prohibition of all but Class 24 from the Llynclys-Blodwell-Nantmawr line
• Broughton Crossing to Vron via Brymbo GC appears in the Sectional Appendix and in the Freight Train Loads book, but not in the Route Availability book. Default RA values shown above.

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