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66501 in Northampton 07/05/26 with the 4O38 Lawley Street to Southampton Maritime intermodal working
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SITE UPDATED
Saturday May 09, 2026 01:39
SECTIONS/PAGES UPDATED
Friday 08/05/26

PUBLICATION TIME/S
01:40 (Sat) Additional news item and images (60050), photo news section added, additional content internal operations (93s), additional content in Swanage (day one gala gallery) and additional stock control (37501)
17:10 Initial publication

NEWS & INFORMATION
Two preserved Class 60s for scrap
Traction on the move by road

PHOTO NEWS
20905 & 20901 taking the drain train to Gloucester
66103 & 66192 on the 6E54 Kingsbury to Humber discharged oil tanks working
66790 66011 & 66206 at the head of the 6D44 Bescot to Toton engineering working

INTERNAL OPERATIONS
93003 & 93006 running to Crewe and 93004 returning to Derby from Bicester
20142 & 20189 making their way north light engines from Ashford Crane Depot to the Severn Valley Railway
37421 on site for tyre turning at Leeds Midland Road
67023 & 67027 in Peterborough between operating 0Z67 from Newark Northgate and 0Z68 to Doncaster

SWANAGE
Views from day one of the Swanage Railway's three day Diesel Gala featuring 20066 26007 33012 33025 33053 37607 58023 & 99004
99004 light to Eastleigh/with 73141 and the LU 4TC set to the Swanage Railway
26007 operating trains during the Swanage Railway's gala preview day

STOCK CONTROL
37501 with 730026 on transfer from Gascoigne Wood to Soho LMD
37512 heading to Bicester for a cancelled Class 701 transfer
Class 165s on ECS workings between Doncaster and Bicester

CATHOLME, MARCH, SOUTH GOSFORTH & HELLIFIELD
Eight freight/light engine workings at Catholme
69012 66951 & 66601 at March/Whitemoor
T&W Metro units and Class 555 sets on South Gosforth
Former RES stock and recently delivered Mk2 coaching stock at Hellifield

HERITAGE TRACTION
Recently repainted and modified Vale of Rheidol Railway 9 sat outside the shed at Aberystwyth
D9520 & 52044 working trains at the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway
47306 & 101020 working on the Bodmin & Wenford Railway during the line's Diesel Gala
D7018 37714 & 73156 at Loughborough/Great Central Railway
5552 08444 & 47306 at the Bodmin & Wenford Railway
W22W & 24081 in service on the Gloucestershire-Warwickshire Railway
37674 on the Strathspey Railway with Royal Scotsman coaches
Diesel traction at the Severn Valley featuring 50033 50049 and two DMU sets

PORTFOLIO
Images from between April 20th and May 4th 2026

RETRO
89001 in Leeds after arrival from Kings Cross during April 1998, and stabled in Crewe during May 2026

VIEW
60026 passing Hasland hauling 6M70 from Derby Chaddesden to Tunstead, then near March with 6L83 from Peak Forest to Brandon Down Sidings

DATA & REFERENCE
Fleet Status database updated - 01:36 (Sat)
Storage lists/locations and stats sections updated

Wednesday 06/05/26

PUBLICATION TIME/S
11:55 (Thu) Additional news images (Swanage transfers)
02:25 (Thu) Initial publication

NEWS & INFORMATION
Ex Chiltern Class 68s reallocated
69007 taken off store allocation
Heritage traction on transfer to the Swanage Railway
57301 recovers 57604 & 57605

PHOTO NEWS
66769 working 6L05 from Willesden Euroterminal to Barrington Pad
66416 66206 66011 66104 & 66551 five up at the head of the 6K50 engineers working from Toton Yard to Crewe Basford Hall
66719 on the Rail 200 Exhibition Train spending a few days in Stockport

STOCK CONTROL
37884 & 37510 to Leeds for Class 333 movements between Holbeck and Neville Hill
37512 light from Derby RTC to Bicester then hauling 701505 & 701514 from Bicester to Derby Litchurch Lane
43094 & 43122 operating 5Z44 from Kidderminster/Severn Valley Railway to the Mid Norfolk Railway
47805 & 47810 working 5Z47 from Crewe HS to Doncaster
37501 with 730205 on transfer as 5Q16 from Bletchley TMD to Gascoigne Wood

INTERNAL OPERATIONS
93006 & 93003 arriving at destination light engines as 0Q16 from Worksop to Gascoigne Wood
37421 light engine as 0Z37 from Barrow Hill to the wheel lathe at Leeds Midland Road for tyre turning
37901 light engine as 0Z36 from Leicester LIP to the wheel lathe at Leeds Midland Road for tyre turning
66951 & 70008 with one hopper being worked as the 6G01 Hunslet Yard to Leeds Midland Road wagon repair trip

PORTFOLIO
Images from between April 20th and May 1st 2026

RETRO
43110 & 91011 on GNER launch day in Leeds during May 1997

VIEW
88009 in Nuneaton during a scheduled stop while working 4H43 from Daventry to Trafford Park

DATA & REFERENCE
Fleet Status database updated - 01:57 (Thu)
Storage lists, stock changes and stats sections updated

 

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