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Friday 15/05/26

PUBLICATION TIME/S
04:55 (Sat) Initial publication

NEWS & INFORMATION
Collecting Class 60s from Kinsley
Locos being prepared for export -observations

PHOTO NEWS
66545 bringing 6E97 south over the S&C
66710 & 66719 on the Rail 200 Exhibition Train alongside 43274 & 43277 on 1Q83 in Blackpool
37419 in Didcot with 3Q60 from Reading Triangle Sidings to Westbury Up Yard

THE VALLEY
Views from day one and two at the Severn Valley Railway's Diesel Gala featuring 09107 D9551 D8568 20142 20189 33108 D7018 46045 50033 D1015 56049 57010 57306 57604 59001 & 67006

STOCK CONTROL
37501 taking 231010 to Holyhead
47805 & 47810 taking stock from Eastleigh to Southall

STEAM ON THE MAIN
Tornado and the Scotsman making their way to the GCRN from York
71000 taking 57003 to Southall

SWANAGE
Further views from last week's Swanage Railway Diesel Gala

PORTFOLIO
Images from between May 8th and May 15th 2026

RETRO
59001 on a stone working in Westbury during April 1992

VIEW
88010 passing South Kenton 14/05/26 with 4M07 from Tilbury to Daventry

Wednesday/Thursday 13/05/26-14/05/26

PUBLICATION TIME/S
23:10 News items for the 14th, the Lady Mayor's Pullman section added, additional stock control (37512 & 37884), additional internal operations (57305 & 222601)
17:25 Initial publication

NEWS & INFORMATION
Next two Class 99s have arrived
60026 back to store/GBTG Class 60s survey
Romic and RA power cars paired for a run from the MNR to Grantham and back
Heritage liveried 59001 released from Eastleigh Works
New pool created for the Class 99
Class 99s despatched to Bo'ness for the gala
26007 taken home

PHOTO NEWS
66723 with 4NO3 from Carlisle Yard to Clitheroe on the S&C
66588 66415 & 66556 with one hopper wagon attached at the head of 6Z43 from Hunslet Yard to Crewe Basford Hall
69004 66549 66553 & 66846 four up at the head of 6Y48 from Eastleigh East Yard to Hoo Junction
66791 & 66786 on a weed control set working 3Q99 from Whitemoor Yard to Whitemoor Yard

THE LADY MAYOR'S JOLLY
GBRf Class 73s working the Lady Mayor's Pullman charter between London Cannon Street and Dover Priory

STOCK CONTROL
37512 hauling 701527 & 701521 from Bicester to Wimbledon Park Depot Sidings
37884 with 730205 on transfer as 5Q77 from Gascoigne Wood to Bletchley TMD
57010 with coaching stock for the gala working 5Z57 from WCRC Carnforth to Kidderminster/Severn Valley Railway

INTERNAL OPERATIONS
57305 hauling 92028 to Leicester LIP
222601 on the Stirling to London Euston Lumo trainer
93001 running solo as 0Q57 from Crewe Gresty Bridge to Derby RTC
43465 & 43480 operating 0Z26 from Chaddesden Curve to East Midlands Parkway following 0Z25 from Leicester and pre 0Z27 to the Mid Norfolk Railway
66767 leading 66671 66751 & 66754 as 0E66 from Toton North Yard to Whitemoor Yard

WORKSOP & BARROW HILL
01530 13000 08417 37405 37716 & 93006 on site viewable at Worksop
Views from the 11am guided signal box tour and 25909 inside the roundhouse at Barrow Hill
Views from a visit to Barrow Hill featuring the locomotives on display in the roundhouse (partly cleared and preparations for the upcoming beer festival underway), locomotives in the outside sidings as viewed from the 3pm guided signal box tour, views at/from the signal box, and a look inside the DPS facility

PORTFOLIO
Images from between April 20th and May 12th 2026

RETRO
60063 taking one steel carrier to Carlisle during July 2008

VIEW
70802 at Didcot North Junction with the 6M50 Westbury Yard to Bescot Up Engineers Sidings working

DATA & REFERENCE
Fleet Status database updated - 23:03 (Thu)
Store lists/locations, stock changes/pool codes and stats sections updated

FOR SALE
Sentinel shunter (spares/repairs)

Tuesday 12/05/26

PUBLICATION TIME/S
02:55 (Wed) Additional news pictures (60063)
17:35 Initial publication

NEWS & INFORMATION
ESH Rail Services and 60063/ESH Class 60 survey table
37607 bringing locomotives north from the Swanage Railway

PHOTO NEWS
66421 & 70805 on the regular 6K05 & 6J37 workings over the now re-opened S&C route

STOCK CONTROL
47805 & 47810 heading south with stock from Crewe HS to Eastleigh Works
37501 with 730033 on transfer from Soho LMD to Gascoigne Wood
158904 ECS from Neville Hill to Crewe CS
378215 south ECS from Transport Tech at Widnes to Willesden TMD

PORTFOLIO
Images from between April 20th and May 10th 2026

RETRO
Germany bound 59003 being hauled from Acton Yard to Wembley Yard by 08393 during April 1997

VIEW
90018 & 90046 powering, with 90042 & 90048 inside, at the head of the 4L17 Garston to Felixstowe intermodal working, near Rugeley

DATA & REFERENCE
Fleet Status database updated - 17:26
Storage lists/locations and stats sections updated

Monday 11/05/26

PUBLICATION TIME/S
00:45 (Tue) Additional news items/pictures (59003 37667 & 99007), additional photo news (20901 & 70004), additional internal operations (222601), S&C closure section added
15:15 Initial publication

NEWS & INFORMATION
59003 notes
37667 repainted
DCR hire Class 60s swapped
Test paths for 60063/Longport Down Sidings (amended)
99007 debut/next Class 99s shipment notes

PHOTO NEWS
20901 & 20905 with the drain train working from Gloucester Horton Road to Woking Up Yard
70004 on the overnight 6L67 Tunstead to Ipswich Griffin Wharf stone diagram
Colas providing two Class 70s for weekend engineering works in North London
66720 leading 66732 66727 & 66705 light engines from Doncaster to Crewe Basford Hall

TOURING
45118 then 60007 with 47593 working the English Riviera Express between Northampton and Kingswear/Dartmouth Railway
43058 & 43059 with the Lord of the Isles Pullman running between Swansea and Penrith
47810 & 47805 with the Royal Windsor Statesman running between Hull and Windsor & Eaton Riverside
67021 & 67024 on the Belmond Pullman in Oxford
66744 & 66748 with the Britannic Explorer running between London Victoria and Haverfordwest
97303 & 97304 with the Britannic Explorer being worked to Pwllheli
66748 & 66744 with the Britannic Explorer running from Barmouth to Honeybourne
66744 & 66748 bringing the Britannic Explorer in from Honeybourne then ECS to Stewarts Lane

INTERNAL OPERATIONS
222601 on the Stirling to Euston Lumo training run
37901 and repainted Class 70s on Leeds Midland Road
222005 heading to Central Rivers from Polmadie

S&C CLOSURE
S&C freight/engineers workings routed over the WCML and Class 158s on S&C shuttle services

PORTFOLIO
Images from between April 16th and May 10th 2026

RETRO
37800 in Warrington with a Stanlow tank train during January 1994

VIEW
66655 running into Kensington Olympia 09/05/25 with a single JNA box wagon, working 6Y25 from Acton Yard to Hoo Junction

DATA & REFERENCE
Fleet Status database updated - 00:43 (Tue)