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Friday 13/06/25

PUBLICATION TIME/S - 21:35 (Sat) - This update is for Friday. Following a complete power outage during Thursday night, there were constant power drops during yesterday and into last night which caused the PC to shut down several times. Have to assume further repairs were being undertaken as everything seems to be normal now.

NEWS & INFORMATION

NEWS
Paths in for the Class 99s movement from Avonmouth
Class 93s - 93001 & 93007 on the move, 93008 has arrived/Class 93 survey
69010 named at the North Norfolk Railway

PHOTO NEWS
69001 66732 66710 & 66054 in Salisbury at the head of 6O41 from Westbury TC to Eastleigh East Yard
66505 with 66548 & 66588 paused in Gloucester while working 0V07 from Crewe Basford Hall to Stoke Gifford
66422 working 6Z20 from Kingmoor TMD to Kilmarnock Bonnyton Depot, conveying flask wagons 9027 & 9028 for attention
66757 held at Carstairs on 4M01 from Mossend to Carlisle Yard waiting for two late running services to pass

STOCK CONTROL
69013 on the Kettering/Northampton Class 360 transfers with 360113 from Kettering then 360111 from Northampton
37884 hauling 466033 on its final run as 5Q66 from Ely Papworth to EMR at Kingsbury
67021 & 67024 in Oxford ECS as 5Z55 from Oxford Pathway to Hinksey Sidings
57303 hauling 379005 from Worksop to Hornsey EMUD

INTERNAL OPERATIONS
66745 & 66744 with the Belmond Britannic Explorer stock running as 5Z65 from Eastleigh Works to Stewarts Lane
43468 & 43480 in Aberdeen with the two coach 'camera train' working north from Inverkeithing to Kyle of Lochalsh
56301 running through Bletchley light engine as 0Z60 from Willesden F to Colwick TMD/Rectory Junction, for maintenance
60028 on an out and back run from/back to Derby Chaddesden via Ilkeston, Trowell Junction and Stenson Junction

TOURING
60007 & 47810 traversing the Settle-Carlisle route with the Settle & Carlisle Fellsman tour

PORTFOLIO
Images from between May 23rd and June 12th 2025

RETRO
47541 & 47659 in Aberdeen during April 1987

VIEW
37501 hauling 730221 through Northampton as 5Q77 from Gascoigne Woods to Bletchley TMD

DATA & REFERENCE
Fleet Status database updated - 21:33
Stats section updated

Thursday 12/06/25

PUBLICATION TIME/S - 08:30 15:50 16:35 (Thu) 00:20 (Fri) (Published 07:50 Fri due to overnight power cut)

NEWS & INFORMATION

NEWS
Class 99s registered
DBC fleet change
LS acquire and collects another Class 90
Three Class 68s extracted from Long Marston
Shunter moves round up
Testing 93s - freight tests being re-scheduled
Traction to the North Norfolk Railway - 69010 to be named
47714 & 47715 on the move

PHOTO NEWS
73202 visits Daventry while accompanying 66729 on 6M45 from Dollands Moor and 6O55 from Daventry
56103 & 56301 working 6Y20 from Cliffe Brett Marine to Chessington South
66791 on the Chirk logs
56051 on the 6D80 Neville Hill to Lindsey empties
802210 at Hunslet forming 9M14 from Newcastle to Liverpool Lime Street diverted due to engineering at Whitehall Junction

INTERNAL OPERATIONS
37175 on Midland Road/returning to Derby RTC
69009 returning from Carlisle light engine as 0Z32 from Carlisle to Doncaster
43274 & 43277 passing Clay Mills and Portway 11/06/25 while operating 0Z43 from Derby RTC to Rugby CS
97303 & 37405 in Barmouth with the Britannic Explorer trainer
66620 running light through Heaton Norris Junction on a Freightliner training run working 0Z66 from Earles Sidings to Earles Sidings
57310 leading 5Z17 from Honeybourne to London Victoria through Feltham/66712 & 57310 taking the Britannic Explorer training stock home as 5Z18 from London Victoria to Vauxhall Sidings at Great Yarmouth

STOCK CONTROL
37501 with 730221 on transfer south as 5Q77 from Gascoigne Wood Sidings to Bletchley TMD
67006 & 67005 on the Royal Train running from London Euston to Wolverton Centre Sidings then 08888 shunting the stock at Wolverton Works
57003 conveying five coaches south as 5Z19 from Kidderminster (Severn Valley Railway) to Eastleigh Works
69013 hauling 701055 from Eastleigh TRSMD to Bicester
43047 & 43058 ECS as 5Z45 from Norwich Goods Yard to Crewe HS
769549 & 769535 to London Euston as 5Q01 from Leicester LIP
40013 & 57311 returning to Crewe with tour stock, working 5Z63 from Northampton DGL to Crewe HS

HERITAGE TRACTION
D9526 25185 33048 33057 D7017 45108 50015 & D1015 in action on the West Somerset Railway during the line's Diesel Gala
E6003 running with Willy the Well tank at the Swindon & Cricklade Railway
31108 operating trains at the East Lancashire Railway
144004 in action at the Aln Valley Railway
37674 at Aviemore after body work repairs and a repaint into Railfreight livery

PORTFOLIO
Images from between May 20th and June 7th 2025

RETRO
47555 on the Cumbrian Mountain Express in Blackburn during June 1991

VIEW
66757 on the S&C with the 4M00 empties from Carlisle Yard to Clitheroe then with the loaded 6C00 working from Clitheroe to Carlisle Yard

DATA & REFERENCE
Fleet Status database updated - 00:04 (Fri)
Storage lists/locations, stock changes and stats sections updated

Tuesday 10/06/25

PUBLICATION TIME/S - 22:20

NEWS & INFORMATION

NEWS
New GB traction enters the UK
DBC fleet change
Freightliner fleet change
WCRC traction - 43s identified and a Class 57 returns to the mainline
93001 patrolling the WCML
Another red Class 66 at Toton and 55022 gets a fresh coat at Eastleigh
Heritage traction on the move - 45108 50015 & D1015 from the WSR, 33202 & 55009 to the NYMR

PHOTO NEWS
66533 leading 66511 66518 & 66523 through Church Fenton as 0D27 from South Bank (Tees Dock) to Leeds Midland Road
730213 & 730233 working 1W51 from London Euston to Northampton on the first day in service for the LNR Class 730/2s
66566 in a route improvement works possession at Crossgates after working in as 6Y31 from Doncaster Belmont
Two top and tail operated engineers workings passing through March with 66302 & 66306 working 6T64 from Ingatestone to Whitemoor Yard, and 66512 & 66547 working 6Y93 from Chelmsford to Whitemoor Yard

INTERNAL OPERATIONS
43468 & 43480 sandwiching HST coaches 44021 & 45001 heading north working 5Z11 from the Mid Norfolk Railway to Inverkeithing Yard
69009 operating 0Z31 from Doncaster Decoy to Carlisle via the LNW and Cumbrian Coast routes
57310 & 66751 operating the Britannic Explorer training runs  - in Plymouth on the 7th while working 5Z21 from Taunton Fairwater Yard to Penzance, in Plymouth again and passing Fairwood Junction and Masters Crossing on the 8th working 5Z25 from Fowey Dock Carne Point to Bruton and 5Z26 from Bruton to Cranmore, then running through Wandsworth Town on the 9th working 5Z30 from Cranmore to London Victoria
47739 at Barrow upon Trent with 92043 on transfer from Wembley to UKRL at Loughborough
37901 passing Milton Malsor twice as  0Z02 from Colwick TMD to Oxford and return as 0Z05 from Oxford to Leicester LIP
37423 at Barrow upon Trent on a light move working 0Z01 from Leicester LIP to Colwick TMD
56051 on site for tyre turning at Leeds Midland Road

TOURING
40013 & 57311 operating the English Riviera Express between Northampton and Kingswear
33029 33207 & 47812 working the Kent Coaster tour between East Midlands Parkway and Faversham
7029 & 37240 paired up to operate the Shakespeare Express from Derby to Birmingham Moor Street and back via Stratford on Avon
66743 at Blair Atholl with the Royal Scotsman running from Kingussie to Dunblane

PORTFOLIO
Images from between May 17th and June 9th 2025

RETRO
47104 47509 & 50036 on shed at Old Oak Common during March 1980

VIEW
66502 & 66591 stabled in the sidings at Stoke Gifford

DATA & REFERENCE
Fleet Status database updated - 21:53
Storage lists/locations, stock changes & stats sections updated

Saturday 07/06/25

PUBLICATION TIME/S - 15:30

NEWS & INFORMATION

NEWS
Freightliner fleet changes
67028 reallocated
66710 repainted

PHOTO NEWS
37057 on top of 37254 & 37099 in Ely while working 3Z66 from Stowmarket DGL to Derby Chaddesden
56301 & 56103 on the Willesden/Merehead stone workings - taking the empties to the Mendips as 6V23 from Willesden F to Merehead Quarry then returning with the loaded 6M18 Merehead Quarry to Willesden F working
37688 on shed at Grosmont getting readied for the Diesel Gala
67005 and a look at its plates in Northampton while running north light as 0K23 from Wembley to Crewe EMD
57002 and a look at the name and dedication plates carried in Northampton while running north light as 0Z21 from Southall to Crewe DMD

INTERNAL OPERATIONS
66117 performing the first working into the newly opened Northampton Gateway terminal complex - working 0Z72 from Didcot Fuelling Point to Northampton Gateway
66751 & 57310 with a Britannic Explorer trainer running through Ipswich as 5Z19 from Great Yarmouth CHS to Stewarts Lane then passing Reading as 5Z20 from London Victoria to Fairwater Yard
47739 on 0Z79 from Leicester LIP to Oxford via the East-West line then London bound as 0Z12 from Leicester LIP to Wembley
66206 with MPV DR98956 & DR98906 on transfer from Exeter Riverside North Yard to Wigan LIP

STOCK CONTROL
Metrocar 4025 being loaded and removed for scrap from Howden
323243 running ECS as 5N36 from Wolverton Centre Sidings to Allerton
165027 running 5Q69 from Wabtec, Doncaster to Banbury Depot

HERITAGE TRACTION
Views of traction at Loughborough/Great Central Railway featuring recently repainted 27056
03118 08536 08694 20154 31210 37108 & 144003 at Ruddington/GCRN
09106 & 09015 at Lydney Junction/Dean Forest Railway
31452 2980 & 37294 working trains at the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Railway
47715 (sort of) in operation at the Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway
8 and Stanley at Andrews House taking part in the Tanfield Railway's 300 event
20 in steam/operation at East Tanfield
33108 on a Severn Valley Railway passenger turn
08502 08682 08701 08798 & 37906 at Shackerstone/Battlefield Line

PORTFOLIO
Images from between May 16th and June 4th 2025

RETRO
86251 86228 & 86259 on shed at Willesden TMD during March 1980

VIEW
70020 taking 4O38 from Lawley Street to Southampton Maritime south on the WCML

DATA & REFERENCE
Fleet Status database updated - 15:17
Storage lists & stock changes sections updated