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66423 in the sidings at Doncaster Down Decoy 22/09/26, on arrival with the 6D73 loaded ballast working from Shap Quarry
J Kirk

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SITE UPDATED
Wednesday September 30, 2026 12:54
SECTIONS/PAGES UPDATED
Tuesday 29/09/26

PUBLICATION TIME/S
12:55 (Wed) Heritage events, heritage traction and steam on the main sections added
11:20 (Wed) Initial publication

NEWS & INFORMATION
Un-repainted 43423 & 43467 return to service
59104 released from Midland Road (again)
93006 on DRS intermodal workings
RHTT 2026 ramping up

PHOTO NEWS
99010 making its debut on 4L72 from East Midlands Gateway to London Gateway
99003 on 6L48 from Garston Car Terminal to Dagenham Dock
66536 on the HHR operated diagram between Tunstead and Sizewell
66759 & 66534 either end of 6X44 from Bescot Yard to Toton Yard
66759 & 66747 either end of ten empty autoballaster wagons forming the 6D44 Bescot Yard to Toton Yard engineers working
66308 69007 & 66687 three up on 6O01 from Scunthorpe Trent to Eastleigh East Yard
66422 & 66427 on the 4E49 Daventry to Doncaster iPort intermodal working

STOCK CONTROL
93002 & 93007 taking barrier coaches to Ely Papworth
93007 & 93002 escorting 180111 from Ely Papworth to Eastleigh TRSMD
800102 on the SR while operating 5X81 from Reading to Eastleigh Works

INTERNAL OPERATIONS
69007 in Weymouth on a training run from/to Eastleigh East Yard
93009 & 93010 on a run from Crewe South Yard to Rugby and back
33012 returning to the Swanage Railway after talking 31210 to Burton
99002 99007 & 99011 operating 0Z69 from Leicester LIP to the maintenance shed at Peterborough

TOURING
Tours and associated workings operated between 25/09/26 and 27/09/26 featuring 71000 then 50050 & 57302 operating the Cornish Riviera tour, 66748 & 66744 on the Britannic Explorer running from Keighley to Appleby, 34067 & 47815 working the Lune Rivers Trust outing, 60163 & 47773 working the Great Northern tour, 35028 powering the Worcester Pullman, 47593 & 47712 powering the Dorset Coast Statesman tour then 66748 & 66744 on the Britannic Explorer running from Appleby to Princes Risborough

HERITAGE EVENTS
Views from the West Somerset Railway's Autumn Steam Gala
Views from the North Yorkshire Moors Railway's Autumn Steam Gala
33116 & 20001 working trains at the Epping Ongar Railway during the line's Diesel Gala
Views from the Severn Valley Railway's Autumn Steam Gala

HERITAGE TRACTION
263001 10262 03118 08536 08694 and 37340 (37009) at Ruddington/GCRN
31270 "doing the shuttles" at Didcot Railway Centre
73114 shunting Class 47s at at Nemesis Rail, Burton
45041 at Overton 27/09/26 with a Peterborough bound Nene Valley Railway passenger working

STEAM ON THE MAIN
46115 and support coach running from the Severn Valley Railway to Carnforth
71000 and support coach running from the West Somerset Railway to Southall

PORTFOLIO
Images from between September 13th and September 28th 2026

RETRO
Several workings at Aller Junction during July 1951

VIEW
69012 at Paddock Wood light engine as 0Y21 from Hoo Junction to Tonbridge West Yard

Monday 28/09/26

PUBLICATION TIME/S
22:00 additional news items/content
20:20 additional news items
15:15 Initial publication

NEWS & INFORMATION
Road transfers
ELR Class 60s - another collection in the pipeline & pool changes come into effect
A fifth Class 99 into Scotland
Two more Romania Class 66s into blue at Toton
RHTT 2026 gathering momentum

PHOTO NEWS
66023 & 66079 on oil trains between Lindsey and Kingsbury after changes to operations at Humber/Lindsey
20189 & 20048 moving a BB drain train at Kidderminster
68003 working 6D48 to Inverness with coach 9428 on the rear of the train
66614 operating 6H45 from Banbury Reservoir Sidings to Tunstead
60028 at Penmaenmawr Quarry prior to operating 6A26 from Penmaenmawr Quarry to Willesden F

SPECIAL OPERATIONS
47701 & 37218 from Burton/Colwick TMD respectively, to Sizewell TCA to move Balfour Beatty tampers DR73956 & DR73957 from Sizewell, initially to Lowestoft then on to Colchester
56051 & 56090 taking snowplough ADB965029 out on test from Norwich Crown Point, running from Norwich to Coleham LMD

INTERNAL OPERATIONS
56103 on Midland Road/running light to Colwick TMD
67005 taking 92011 from Crewe to Wembley
99011 & 47727 bringing 56098 i to Leicester from Old Dalby
93008 & 93003 running to Bletchley DGL from Crewe South Yard
66303 & 66771 running from Doncaster to Longport
LU set 48030 on tests

STOCK CONTROL
47727 hauling Class 350s between Derby Litchurch Lane and Bletchley EMD
RA power cars escorting 221105 to Derby Litchurch Lane/taking the barriers to Chaddesden Sidings
37800 with 73021 on transfer from Gascoigne Wood to Tyseley LMD
68031 powering 5Q69 from Eastleigh to Banbury

PORTFOLIO
Images from between September 10th and September 25th 2026

RETRO
37091 at Kings Lynn during September 1977 with a Kings Lynn to London Liverpool Street service

VIEW
97302 & 97304 in Derby and Crewe while operating 0Z97 from Derby RTC to Coleham LMD

DATA & REFERENCE
Fleet Status database updated - 21:57
Storage lists, pool changes and codes sections updated

 

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