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Thursday 05/11/26

PUBLICATION TIME/S
00:35 (Fri) additional news item, stock control, internal operations and steam on the main content
15:35 Initial publication

NEWS & INFORMATION
DBC sale notes
47798 collected from the NRM
70010 evading its repaint
68006 re-branded again

PHOTO NEWS
08822 on mainline trip/shunting work in Bletchley

STOCK CONTROL
37405 hauling 700102 to Wembley/returning the barriers to Eastleigh Works
47739 & 47727 with LU set 074 on transfer as 6X85 from Gascoigne Wood to Goole Glassworks
37405 taking four 'universal' barrier vehicles to Eastleigh working 5Z71 from Derby Chaddesden to Eastleigh Works

INTERNAL OPERATIONS
50050 making its way to the South Devon Railway for the diesel gala as 0Z50 from Crewe HS to Buckfastleigh
37402 in Kensington Olympia while operating 0Z51 from Hoo Junction to Hoo Junction
93003 working back to Crewe from Worksop
56103 training over the Tyne Valley route operating 0Z56 from Carlisle Wapping Sidings to Low Fell Junction

STEAM ON THE MAIN
43484 & 43465 hauling 60103 and Mk1 support coach 99953 to Shildon as 5Z46 from the Severn Valley Railway
60007 and support coach working 5Z07 from Toton TMD to Crewe HS

HERITAGE TRACTION
37703 in operation at Kingswear/Dartmouth Railway
37142 with an early afternoon Bodmin & Wenford service from Bodmin Parkway to Bodmin General
Views from the Autumn Steam Gala at the North Norfolk Railway
1054 9681 08888 80078 & WD152 working trains during the Dean Forest Railway's Autumn Steam Gala
Part restored 37906 at Shackerstone
1450 & 813 and 46045 with its working steam heat boiler in operation and views of diesels on shed at Kidderminster at the Severn Valley Railway
68067 at East Tanfield and Andrews House working trains during the Tanfield Railway's Run It event

PORTFOLIO
Images from between October 29th and November 4th 2026

RETRO
47530 50001 & 50044 in London one evening in November 1990

VIEW
66729 at Whitehall Junction passing through Leeds with 6D50 from Hull Dairycoates to Rylstone

DATA & REFERENCE
Fleet Status database updated - 15:17

Tuesday 03/11/26

PUBLICATION TIME/S
04:50 (Wed) Initial publication

NEWS & INFORMATION
60056 returns to service
Colas get a Class 70s back on the logs
The Baby Deltic Project gets a pool for 37372/D9510

PHOTO NEWS
47749 with 18 new Heidelberg Materials branded JPA wagons being brought north as 6M12 from Dollands Moor to Bescot Up Engineers Sidings
66748 working 6V34 between the MoD sites at Kineton and Ashchurch
With a Kirow crane at the rear of the consist 66428 hauling 6K05 from Carlisle Yard to Crewe Basford Hall
Remembrance Day decals as applied to 801214

STOCK CONTROL
37510 moving Class 730s to/from Bletchley TMD

INTERNAL OPERATIONS
47237 undertaking four return light engine trips between Bletchley and Bedford
56103 making its way north light engine as 0Z56 from Willesden F to Carlisle
56096 running light as 0Z66 from Bescot to Colwick TMD

PORTFOLIO
Images from between October 27th and November 3rd 2026

RETRO
47644 approaching Edinburgh Waverley with an express from Aberdeen during April 1990

VIEW
66005 running through Cardiff with 6Z57 from Portbury Automotive Terminal to Margam Yard

DATA & REFERENCE
Fleet Status database updated - 04:32 (Wed)
Stock changes, codes & stats sections updated

Monday 02/11/26

PUBLICATION TIME/S
02:45 (Tue) Initial publication

NEWS & INFORMATION
DBC fleet changes/stored loco movements
GBTG Class 60s notes/fleet survey

PHOTO NEWS
66618 after slipping to a stand on 6O27 from Wembley to Allington at Bickley with 69010 on the rear of the train to assist
57010 & 57009 on the logs again working 6J37 from Carlisle Yard to Chirk
69014 66783 & 66307 passing Basingstoke light engines as 0Y98 from Eastleigh East Yard to Hoo Junction
70814 56049 & 70805 passing Basingstoke light engines as 0Z69 from Hoo Junction to Eastleigh Yard
08947 with a recently fitted cab air-conditioning unit affixed at Whatley
56045 & 56103 working 6Z20 from Grain to Chessington
800301 (reportedly) in base GBR livery at Eastleigh Works

INTERNAL OPERATIONS
99014 in Doncaster Decoy working in with 4D30 from Peterborough
66185 on a training run operating 0Z81 from Landor Street Junction to Toton TMD

STOCK CONTROL
47746 with three coaches (5952 99712 & 5929) on transfer as 5M43 from Southall to WCRC at Carnforth

TOURING
A round up of tours and associated workings from between 29/10/26 and 02/11/26, featuring 57012 collecting and hauling 86259 from Lichfield Trent Valley to Nemesis Rail at Burton, 67006 & 67021 with the Belmond British Pullman running between London Victoria and Oxford Parkway, 66748 & 66744 with the Britannic Explorer running between London Victoria and Keighley, 47815 & 47813with the Whitby Goth Express from/back to Preston, 57601 & 57313 on the Northern Belle operating between Liverpool Lime Street and Oxford Parkway, 35028 powering the British Pullman running between London Victoria and Dover Priory, 66748 & 66744 with the Britannic Explorer running from Appleby to Princes Risborough and 7029 operating the Shakespeare Express between Derby and Stratford upon Avon

PORTFOLIO
Images from between October 8th and November 2nd 2026

RETRO
31423 on the blocks in Liverpool Lime Street during July 1990

VIEW
66743 working 4M16 from Bicester to Daventry IRFT at Roade

DATA & REFERENCE
Fleet Status database updated - 02:08 (Tue)
Storage lists/locations, stock changes & stats sections updated

Sunday 01/11/26

PUBLICATION TIME/S
04:45 (Mon) Initial publication

NEWS & INFORMATION
92041 elevated again, 70010 de-branded, 60021 released from Toton

PHOTO NEWS
57010 & 57009 working 6J37 from Carlisle Yard to Chirk
57009 & 57010 working 6C37 from Chirk to Carlisle Yard
66736 & 73971 with the CS Sleeper diverted over the top due to the Highland Mainline being closed for point installation at Dalwhinnie
66788 & 66678 either end of the 6V41 Penyffordd to Avonmouth loaded cement tanks

STOCK CONTROL
37501 with 350103 on transfer as 8Q39 from Crewe CS to Ardwick TMD then light engine from Ardwick TMD back to Crewe
47739 with 350111 on transfer as from Northampton EMD to Derby Litchurch Lane then with 350118 on transfer from Derby Litchurch Lane to Northampton EMD
68026 powering 5H63 from Eastleigh TRSMD to Wembley LMD
68028 powering 5H63 from Eastleigh TRSMD to Wembley LMD

SLIME BUSTING
RHTT operations from between 22/10/26 and 30/10/26

PORTFOLIO
Images from between October 5th and October 30th 2026

RETRO
50039 working the final loco hauled down Cornish Riviera Express during August 1979

VIEW
90014 & 90016 near Rugeley with the 4M63 Felixstowe to Trafford Park intermodal working

DATA & REFERENCE
Fleet Status database updated - 02:25 (Mon)
Storage lists/locations, stock changes & stats sections updated

DOWNLOADS, FLEET STATUS
Fleet Status issue 224

Friday 30/10/26

PUBLICATION TIME/S
23:20 (Sat) new photo content added and 90040 entry updated
10:25 (Sat) news entry updated
Initial publication

NEWS & INFORMATION
90040 gets new Freightliner branding and an old name

PHOTO NEWS
90016 & 90014 powering, with 90015 inside, into Ipswich with 4L95 from Crewe Basford Hall to Felixstowe North
66186 hauling "an extra long" 6X11 from the Toton Toyota Loading Pad to Dollands Moor through Kensington Olympia
56103 & 56045 in Newbury with 6V95 from Willesden F Sidings to Merehead Quarry
66112 on the Portbury Branch with 6Z57 and 66763 in the Avon Gorge with 6C92 while both GBRf and DBC are currently operating these trains of imported steel slab for the steel works at Port Talbot
68008 & 68004 two days working the 4E49 Daventry to Doncaster iPort intermodal workings

STOCK CONTROL
47749 with 360101 on transfer from Kettering Stabling Sidings to Northampton EMD
165006 returning south following attention at Wabtec as 5Q69 from Doncaster to Banbury Depot

INTERNAL OPERATIONS
37402 in Gravesend and passing Clapham Junction while working 0Z50 from Hoo Junction Up Yard to Hoo Junction Up Yard
66846 running through Newport and Cardiff with 6Z61 from Swindon Transfer to Port Talbot

CHURCH FENTON BRIDGE WORKS & DIVERTED BIOMASS WORKINGS AT HATFIELD & STAINFORTH
A look at the bridge replacement work being implemented at Church Fenton and Tyne/Drax biomass working on diversion at Hatfield & Stainforth while the Church Fenton route is closed

PORTFOLIO
Images from between October 6th to October 30th 2026

RETRO
31410 powering a Leeds to Carlisle express out of Keighley during July 1990

VIEW
66696 negotiating Didcot North Junction with 4E36 from Southampton Maritime to Masborough

DATA & REFERENCE
Fleet Status database updated - 10:29 (Sat)