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68002 crossing the viaduct at Docker and at Grayrigg 20/03/26 while working 4C15 from Drigg to Shap Quarry
R Maynard & M Ford (2 pictures)

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Changes/developments within the UK locomotive fleet are recorded in the news sections of the site. The latest news and recent news pages record the changes as they happen, usually on a day to day basis. The site's comprehensive news archives stretch back to 1999 when the site was first set up as 'End of the Line - Withdrawn & Stored Locomotives UK'.

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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 The current status of the entire UK fleet fleet including operational locomotives, stored and withdrawn locomotives, industrial, preserved, heritage and private owner locomotives is recorded in fleet status.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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Any changes, movements, additions to store or reinstatements to traffic and disposals, involving the many stored/withdrawn locomotives in the UK are tracked in the storage lists and storage locations sections.

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Locomotive pool allocations reallocations are recorded in the RSL/stock changes area whilst the pool codes page lists the current pool allocations and their descriptions for reference.

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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 March 30, 2026 15:19
SECTIONS/PAGES UPDATED
Monday 30/03/26

PUBLICATION TIME/S
16:15 Initial Publication

NEWS & INFORMATION
HHR fleet change
43023 named
Longport - notes and locomotives on site survey
60095 rental continues
Toton shunt - notes and current line up observations

TOURING
69006 & 57305 operating the Cracoe-Jack from the Severn Valley Railway to Rylstone and back
86259 then 34067 with 47813 working the Cumbrian Mountain Express from London Euston to Carlisle and back
60163 with 47773 shadowing the tour working the Shap Mountaineer between Birmingham New Street and Carlisle
45407 in Chester with the Cheshireman tour from Cleethorpes to Chester and back
66748 & 66313 with the Britannic Explorer operating between Princes Risborough and London Victoria

PORTFOLIO
Images from between March 16th and March 22nd 2026

RETRO
40154 with a short Whitemoor bound steel train at Wisbech during June 1981

VIEW
66601 in the sidings at Griffin Wharf after arrival with the previous day's delayed 6L80 working from Tunstead

DATA & REFERENCE
Fleet Status database updated - 15:58
Storage lists, stock changes and pool codes sections updated

Friday 27/03/26

PUBLICATION TIME/S
13:50 (Sun) Republished - additional news items (08s) and number of crossing gates on the Wisbech line amended
08:05 (Sat) Initial Publication

NEWS & INFORMATION
56302 resurrected to service
47739 despatched to Great Yarmouth
Gronks on the road

PHOTO NEWS
66519 with the newly arrived 18 JPA wagons continuing north as 6H50 from Wembley Yard to Hope/Earls Sidings
66546 passing through Appleby with the Friday only/southbound pathed 6E97 Newbiggin to Hunslet Yard working
66791 & 66731 in Cardiff on the 3Q98 Cardiff Taff Vale Sidings out /back weed killer trip
Delayed engineers workings at Rewe returning to Westbury from a week long possession on the Tarka Line
Additional views of the framework for the new Locomotive Services facility being constructed at Carlisle Upperby
66301 leading 66736 at the head of a "ery late running 6E09 Liverpool Biomass Terminal to Drax loaded biomass working

STOCK CONTROL
37884 bringing the last two SWR Class 455s north with 455732 & 455712 on transfer as 5Q57 from Wimbledon Park Depot Sidings to Derby Litchurch Lane
93007 & 93008 collecting and escorting 175103 & 175105 to Wolverton as 7Q70 from Ely Papworth then with barriers 6330 & 6340 working 5Q58 from Wolverton Works to to Derby RTC
47812 with a tour stock ECS move working 5Z52 from WCRC at Carnforth to York Yard North
165120 ECS as 5Q74 from Doncaster Works to Reading TCD

PORTFOLIO
Images from between March 13th and March 20th 2026

RETRO
31417 with a short Whitemoor bound steel train at Wisbech during March 1982

VIEW
70806 passing Narroways Junction and Newport with the 6F13 Westbury Down Yard to Long Dyke Junction engineers

DATA & REFERENCE
Fleet Status database updated - 07:55 (Sat)
Storage lists/locations and stats sections updated
 

 

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