(19 Aug 2016, 12:08 pm)S813 FVK wrote Hmm. In that case, it can't have operated the X32 this morning then as it would not have got back to Stanley in time for the 08:54 X31 (the journey you saw it operating) in service. It could have been swapped in Newcastle and ran NIS to Stanley but that is the only way that it was possible.
Well somebody said they saw it, so it probably did happen and is entirely plausible.
I don't think GNE really are renowned for sticking to paper for allocations, all sorts of external factors which I don't know enough about to comment on. Wouldn't put it past running light up to Stanley after, but only someone who was there at either side of the trip at the time could tell us what happened!