47817 'The Institution of Mechanical Engineers' climbs Hatton bank with the diverted 1M56 0719 Penzance-Manchester Piccadilly on 31/12/2001. The train was diverted away from its usual Bristol to Birmingham via Cheltenham route as a result of engineering work and instead ran from Bristol to Birmingham via Didcot & Oxford.
47828 'Severn Valley Railway, Kidderminster-Bewdley-Bridgnorth' drops down Hatton bank whilst in charge of 1V50 0840 Glasgow Central-Penzance on 31/12/2001. The train was diverted from Birmingham-Bristol via Oxford due to engineering work between Birmingham and Cheltenham Spa.
With paintwork still fresh from its naming ceremony two weeks previously, 47805 'Pride of Toton' slogs up to the summit at Ais Gill running 25 minutes late with the diverted 1M22 0936 Glasgow Central-London Euston on 23/02/2002.