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66751 & 66551 approaching Feltham 25/06/26 with the 6Y48 Eastleigh East Yard to Hoo Junction engineers
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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 The current status of the entire UK fleet fleet including operational locomotives, stored and withdrawn locomotives, industrial, preserved, heritage and private owner locomotives is recorded in fleet status.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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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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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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SITE UPDATED
Monday June 29, 2026 15:41
SECTIONS/PAGES UPDATED
Monday 29/06/26

PUBLICATION TIME/S
15:40 Initial publication

NEWS & INFORMATION
GBRG Class 69s - notes/fleet survey

PHOTO NEWS
56051 stabled with 70803 in Westbury
66097 leading 66655 66150 & 66128 and two HRA hoppers as 6Y25
66598 66509 & 66554 at the head of 4M93 from London Gateway to Crewe Basford Hall

TOURING
A round up of tours operated 27/06/26 & 28/06/26 featuring 37521 & 37667 on the Mazey Day and Cornish Riviera Statesman tour between Derby and Penzance, 37669 37668 & 47832 on the Mazey Day Cornishman tour between Dorridge and Penzance, 57313 & 57601 with a Northern Belle outing between Manchester Piccadilly and Bath Spa, 45118 & 37401 on the Three Peak Challenge tour running between Fort William and Crewe, along with 66748 & 66744 on the Britannic Explorer running from Keighley to Appleby and from Appleby to Princes Risborough

STOCK CONTROL
31128 taking Nemesis Mk3 stock to the MRC
37521 & 37667 returning to Crewe with tour stock from Derby
37668 & 37669 returning to Carnforth with tour stock from Tyseley
20007 & 20205 bringing two barrier caches to Kings Norton
222604 ECS from Central Rivers to Crewe
172331 ECS to Tyseley LMD
165121 heading to Doncaster for attention
165126 returning from Doncaster following attention

T&W METROCAR FINALE
The final week of the Tyne & Wear Metrocar, with views from between 22/06/26 and 26/06/26, the final planned day of operation

HERITAGE TRACTION
09004 31430 & 33063 at Tunbridge Wells West
08123 & 08022 at Cholsey with a Wedding Party Special in operation on the Cholsey & Wallingford Railway
5197 09014 33021 33201 47292 & 48173 at Cheddleton
03073 43018 43081 87035 90050 91120 370003 and an unidentified Sentinel shunter at Crewe Heritage Centre
55009 parked on the Rail 200 Exhibition Train at Kidderminster

PORTFOLIO
Images from between June 25th and June 28th 2026

RETRO
D437 & D413 on the down Royal Scot express at Birkbeck during August 1970

VIEW
70003 on the quayside at Ipswich Griffin Wharf after working in with 6L80 from Tunstead - alongside the EDMY is moored unloading stone from Skipavik-Gulen in Norway

Friday 26/06/26

PUBLICATION TIME/S
00:15 Additional photo news items (4050 66601 66591)
15:55 Initial publication

NEWS & INFORMATION
HHR fleet change
37250 taken home
EPR notes
DRS Class 57s - sales in process

PHOTO NEWS
4050 on a service to Newcastle Airport as the Tyne & Wear Metrocars bow out
66601 66420 & 59202 three up on 6V70 from Wembley to Merehead
66951 & 66555 either end of a rake of autoballasters forming 6Y92 from Billericay to Whitemoor Yard at Stowmarket
97302 & 97304 powering 1Q98 from Machynlleth to Derby RTC

STOCK CONTROL
20118  20132 & 47712 returning to Crewe with tour stock from Paignton
57306 & 57303 escorting a new LU set from Goole to Old Dalby
37510 bringing 730029 to Soho LMD from Gascoigne Wood

TOURING
45118 & 57311 taking the Three Peaks Challenge to Bangor
57302 & 47810 then 47712 with 20118 & 20132 operating the Welsh Marches Express
97303 & 97304 then 66748 on the Britannic Explorer

INTERNAL OPERATIONS
56051 running light to Bescot

HERITAGE TRACTION
33002 working at the Devon Diesel Society's 'Rails & Ales Festival' at the South Devon Railway
Views/observations from the Bluebell Railway
Locomotives on display at the NRM Shildon/Locomotion
25 37198 69023 Locomotion & 68030 at the Hopetown Museum, Darlington
60103 & 20154 on a GCRN service train at Ruddington Moor
55015 & 73156 at Loughborough
37372 (Class 23 recreation D5910) parked in the sidings at Barrow Hill
50017 in residence at the Brush Works in Loughborough

PORTFOLIO
Images from between June 10th and June 24th 2026

RETRO
27024 on 1A27 from Glasgow to Stranraer at Glenwhilly during May 1983

VIEW
60055 at Conwy Cob working 6A26 from Penmaenmawr Quarry to Willesden F

DATA & REFERENCE
Fleet Status database updated - 15:26
Storage lists/locations, stock changes and stats sections updated

 

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