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On Monday June 3rd 2013 WNXX became a
subscription site. To learn more about why this was, to view a
sample news page and/or to take out a subscription please use
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WHAT IS WNXX...? |
| "WNXX is a news and information website for
the railway enthusiast covering the current
traction scene as well as providing a wealth of
reference data, both historical and current
regarding the 'modern era' UK locomotive
fleet..." The layout of
the site is 'category' led, these category
groups and content of are out-lined below...
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News & Information |
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LATEST NEWS,
RECENT NEWS,
NEWS ARCHIVES Changes/developments within the UK
locomotive fleet are recorded in the news sections
of the site. The latest news and recent news pages
record the changes as they happen, usually on a day
to day basis. The site's comprehensive news archives
stretch back to 1999 when the site was first set up
as 'End of the Line - Withdrawn & Stored Locomotives
UK'. |
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SITE UPDATES Keep track of which sections of
the site have been updated and when they have been
updated including what material has been added to the
site per day. |
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WNXX INTERACTIVE WEB FORUM The forum (the link opens in a new window) is a
hive of activity and a mine of information as well
as providing a home for discussion and questions
asking/answering. |
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TIMES In the times &
schedules area of the site times
for tours and special movements are listed in
advance. |
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PAINT & PLATES Paint & plates
details recent repaints and/or names applied to
locomotives. |
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SOCIAL MEDIA WNXX has its own
presence on Facebook and Twitter which can be
viewed in the social media area. The Twitter
feed is also embedded in the latest news page
and can be used to route time sensitive
information or news from elsewhere directly into
the news page. |
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MAILING LIST The wnxx mailing
list is a normal Google group list
but which has a searchable archive section embedded
in
the site. |
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Data & Reference |
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FLEET STATUS The backbone of the site is
locomotive data. The current status of the entire UK
fleet fleet including operational locomotives,
stored and withdrawn locomotives, industrial,
preserved, heritage and private owner locomotives is
recorded in fleet status. The UK locomotive database
is updated daily/as changes take place while the
fleet status database itself is made available to download
approximately monthly. |
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STORAGE LISTS,
STORAGE LOCATIONS Any changes, movements, additions to store or
reinstatements to traffic and disposals, involving the
many stored/withdrawn locomotives in the UK are tracked
in the storage lists and storage locations sections. |
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RSL/STOCK CHANGES,
POOL CODES Locomotive pool allocations reallocations are
recorded in the RSL/stock changes area whilst the
pool codes page lists the current pool allocations
and their descriptions for reference. |
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DISPOSALS A reference section listing the disposal details
for the modern era (post steam) locomotives scrapped
or which have passed on into preservation/private
ownership or which have been shipped abroad is
provided in the disposals area of the site. |
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NUMBERS A guide and reference section detailing the
numbers carried by post steam era diesel and
electric locomotives both in the D series and TOPS
is available in the numbers section. |
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STATS & REVIEW In the stats &
review area changes to the UK fleet such as
locomotives to/from store,
registrations/de-registrations,
disposals/exports etc. are recorded along with a
graphic record showing the changes with the
stored locomotives totals. |
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Images & Video |
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PHOTO FEATURES Groups of photographs along a
similar theme are displayed in the photo features
section. These are linked into the news pages as
well as having a dedicated photo features index
page. |
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PHOTO COLLECTIONS General images and collections as well as pictures
that have been seen elsewhere on the site are
displayed in the photo collections area. |
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STORED/WITHDRAWN LOCOMOTIVES GALLERY The 'Scrap Locomotive' gallery (long overdue for
modernising) depicts collections of locomotives
either withdrawn or in store, mostly awaiting their
fate. |
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VIDEO PLAYLIST Embedded video presented as a YouTube
playlist is displayed in a video box embedded in
the video page. |
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Resources |
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LINKS A links list to other sites of interest
can be found on the links page. |
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DOWNLOADS Reference files and other downloadable material is
available from the downloads page. |
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FOR SALE Railway locomotives/stock/items that have been made
available for sale are listed in the for sale section. |
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ONLINE SHOP (AMAZON) For all your shopping needs
wnxx has an embedded Amazon online aStore. |
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UK MAP UK map for reference. |
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Website & User Admin |
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CONTACT To get in touch via email or to submit
a report or send in a picture or pictures there are
email links on the contact page |
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SITEMAP A complete list of all the pages/sections in the site
is on the sitemap page. |
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SEARCH Search wnxx, find what you are looking for. |
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PHOTO PAYMENTS DATABASES Payments for
photographs published on parts of the site came
into effect from June 1st 2013. The
advertising revenue along with top ups from the
subscriber fund pay for the photographs
published on the news page, index
page and in the photo features areas. |
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PRIVACY POLICY The site has a privacy
policy page. |
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WNXX SUBSCRIPTION SIGNUP
Site subscription signup page. |
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SUBSCRIPTIONS/MEMBERSHIP CENTRE
Subscriptions membership accounts and payments management area
(requires a valid login) |
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USER SUBSCRIPTION GUIDES Subscription/membership help & guidelines |
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SITE UPDATED |
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Sunday May 19, 2019 20:54 |
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Saturday/Sunday 18/05/19-19/05/19 |
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PUBLICATION TIME/S - 20:50 (Sun)
NEWS,
STOCK CHANGES,
LISTS &
LOCATIONS,
STATS
DRS fleet changes, Maritime Intermodal 4 into traffic
FLEET STATUS REFERENCE
Database Updated - 20:37 (Sun)
FOCUS
The final day of full size HST sets
operating for GWR into/from Paddington...
JOURNAL
56091 & 56103 working 6Z56 6Z51 6Z09 & 0Z56, 56094 & 56096 with four
empty log carriers, 6Z56 from Carlisle Yard to Doncaster
Roberts Road, 800102 at Kings Cross with 1A12 from
Hull/prior to returning north as 1D11 to Leeds, 170515 working the
final Fridays only 1V30 Birmingham New Street to Gloucester via
Worcester Shrub Hill...
REPORTAGE
Tours and charters - 37405 & 37409 working the EACH
Express 3, 67004 & 67021with the Belmond Pullman being
utilised for the Andy Perry Hospice Fundraiser tour from
Horsham via Brentford to Surbiton, 66723 & 66779 working
the Welsh Dragon tour, 61306 & 47802 with the final
leg/day of the the nine day Highlands & Islands tour,
70000 ascending Shap with the Lakelander tour, 45690
ascending Shap working the steam section of the Cumbrian
Mountain Express to Carlisle, 7029 & 47773 working the
Cotswold Explorer, 47832 & 47854 with the Stratford
Flyer III tour running between Newcastle and Stratford
on Avon, 37669 at Mallaig with the return afternoon
Jacobite working to Fort William...
VIEW
08442 'going back to nature' at Eastleigh |
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Thursday/Friday 16/05/19-17/05/19 |
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PUBLICATION TIME/S - 18:00 18:35 (Fri) 04:20 (Sat)
NEWS
Another orange Class 66, a third stripped out Class 56 a Longport, shunter movements -
corrections/new, errant 70808 on the move again
FLEET STATUS REFERENCE
Database Updated - 04:20 (Sat)
JOURNAL
37402 working 5Z37 from Eastleigh Works to Norwich with
the stock for the following day's DRS Class 37 short set farewell
tour, 47813 with saloon 6320 from the Midland Railway Centre to
Derby, then at/departing Derby with a Rail Operations Group jolly
to Barrow Hill, 47853 & 45231 Carlisle bound from Crewe for tour
duties, 25904 on hold at Reid Freight. Longton, 57304 & 68023 at Crewe after 57304 had been sent to
recover 3C91 following the failure of 68023, 43162 & 43071 at Paddington after arrival with one of
only two HST diagrams into Paddington, 43093 & 43188
with a Penzance to Paddington working then 43009 leading
a Paddington to Plymouth service through Edington, 90041 & 90042 powering with 90045 & 90048 inside on
the late running Coatbridge to Daventry intermodal,
73119 & 73128 hauling LT45029 & 12 2Z82 from Eastleigh
Works to West Ruislip, 66001 with 755418 755326 & 755418
on transfer 5Q99 from Ripple Lane to Norwich Crown
Point, 975025 being propelled by 37409 2Z02 from Exeter
St Davids to Kensington Olympia, Class 230s have entered
full service on the Bedford/Bletchley - 230003 arriving
at Millbrook then 230004 at Lidlington...
REPORTAGE
Moving stock - 47593 with Mk2 3188 'Cadair Idris' 5Z48
from Burton to Crewe DMD, 37608 & 57305 moving brand new
710105 5Q58 from Derby Litchurch Lane to Old Dalby,
20905 20901 & 66767 with LU set 521/522 on transfer 7X08
from Derby Litchurch Lane to Banbury, restored steam - 48305 the newly restored 8F on its
first public outings at last weekends GCR Goods Galore
event...
VIEW
66779 at Hook with the 6Y48 Eastleigh Yard to Hoo
Junction engineers
TIMES
18/05/19 The Cumbrian Mountain Express
18/05/19 The Welsh Dragon
18/05/19 The Lakelander
18/05/19 Horsham-Brentford-Surbiton
18/05/19 The Cotswold Explorer
18/05/19 Each Explorer III
22/05/19 The Stratford Flyer III
23/05/19 Northern Belle
23/05/19 The Cathedrals Express
23/05/19 Worcester Evening Diner
24/05/19 Northern Belle |
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PUBLICATION TIME/S - 05:30 (Thu)
NEWS,
STOCK CHANGES,
STATS
Loco transfers to the SVR/89410 registration, additional FL90s
note, 45015 update, Gronk on the road
FLEET STATUS REFERENCE
Database Updated - 05:17 (Thu)
JOURNAL
86639 & 86605 returning TPE Mk5 stock to Longsight,
91122 & 91126 running nose to nose on the 1S05 Kings
Cross to Edinburgh and 1E14 Edinburgh to Kings Cross
LNER services, LNER Azuma passenger debut saw 800113
working the 1D11 London Kings Cross to Leeds, 47593
returning from training duties in the south west, 43061
with the final midweek LNER HST working into/from Hull,
Double Grids working 6Z56 from the virtual quarry at
Carlisle Kingmoor to Boston then 6Z57 back to Carlisle
Kingmoor from Boston, 56087 & 56105 on the 6E32 Preston
Docks to Lindsey working while 56113 & 56090 made the
debut for the Class on the 6S31 Doncaster to Millerhill
engineers...
REPORTAGE
Moving stock - 57312 hauling 769008 5Q78 from Brush
Traction at Loughbourgh to Cardiff Canton, 47815 with
another redundant GWR stock transfer 5L46 from Plymouth
Laira to Ely Papworth, 66743 with stock 5Z84 from
Polmadie to Bishop Auckland, 43023 & 43037 on a stock
transfer 5V81 from Wabtec Doncaster to St Philips
Marsh...
VIEW
66770 arriving at Bescot with stone from Stud Farm |
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