66243 (WBEN) has left Toton for transfer to France.

47292...
Further to the earlier rumours surrounding the possible procurement for preservation of 47292 it has now been confirmed that it has been secured and is set to leave Crewe Basford Hall during June into retirement at Ruddington / GCR(N). It is anticipated that 47292, stored since late 2003, should be back in action shortly thereafter.

43139 (EFPC) was hauled to Brush at Loughborough today by 47828 whilst 43318 (IECP) has been noted back in service with GNER following its recent rebuild.
57007 57008 57009 57010 57011 and 57012 at either Crewe LNWR or Crewe Gresty Bridge have been reallocated to the XHNC DRS nuclear traffic pool from Freightliner's DFTZ pool.

Disposal...
The cutting of 08534, stored February 2002 from the WSSC pool, a victim of the fire at Motherwell depot, has been completed at TJ Thomson, Stockton, RIP.

43027 (EFPC) has been noted back in traffic following re-commissioning at Landore.
47709 and 47712 recently moved to Carlisle Kingmoor from Carnforth have now been reallocated to the XHSS pool.
60019 and 60046 have been stored at Toton swapping places with 60047 and 60053 reinstated to WCAK and WCAI respectively from store at Toton.
66203 and 66216 have been removed from the WBEN Euroshed allocation, both being initially reallocated to WFMU before 66216 was again reallocated to WBAK as part of another quite substantial round of pool reallocations by EWS.
67013 from store at Bristol Barton Hill has been reinstated to WAAN swapping places in the active fleet with 67030, thought to be at Allerton following a period out of use dumped at Bescot, which has been stored WNTR.

DRS / Freightliner 57s...
Further to the earlier reports regarding 57010 etc. which have been to LNWR at Crewe it has been clarified that only 57011 is being repainted into DRS colours at LNWR, this is part completed, whilst 57010, which has been given a 'heavy clean' as opposed to being rubbed down, looks set to go to Oxley for repainting.

WCML Retrotrain...
90028 (WEFE) again worked an additional service from London Euston to Preston and back today running in the morning rather than in the afternoon as per the working on the 25th.

D1661...
North Star / 47840 bade its farewell to the mainline with a tour from Derby to the West Somerset Railway and into preservation today with 47828 tucked inside for insurance and 45112 on the rear to handle the return working to Derby from Minehead.

North Star farewell...
47840 (MBDL) and 45112 (NRLO) joined forces at Gloucester this afternoon and have, with 47828, been despatched to Derby ready for tomorrow's Derby to Minehead 47840 farewell jaunt.

Spitfire Railtours...
A press release on behalf of Spitfire Railtours.

"We are family run company embarking on a new venture dedicated to providing quality railtours for the discerning rail traveller at a reasonable cost. It is our aim to use classic British heritage diesel locomotives on a range of routes but primarily over their former haunts. Our maiden tour is The Deltic Pioneer which will run on Saturday 14th July 2007 using 55022 Royal Scots Grey, from London Kings Cross to Newcastle and return. Please phone 0870 8793675 or see our website www.spitfirerailtours.co.uk for the full details of this tour.

43148 (EFPC) has been returned to traffic following commissioning at Landore whilst 43179 (EFPC) is also back in service after its return to Loughborough for rectification work.
57010 (DFTZ) back at Crewe Gresty Bridge for further mechanical attention is still in Freightliner Green, it has been established, albeit heavily rubbed down ready for its repaint.
66033 (WBEN) left Toton yesterday in the consist of a Bescot bound working as the first leg of its journey to France.

Disposal...
At Thomson's, Stockton the disposal of 08576, stored from Cardiff Canton's LNWK pool back in June 1999, has been undertaken and 08534 is now in the cutting bay. The scrapping of 08576 was completed by the 18th, RIP.

20132 (HNRS) has been returned to Barrow Hill, in convoy with 20001 and 20189, from the Midland Railway Centre.
31422 (MBDL) at Tyseley finds itself back on the storage lists following the news that it has been acquired by Nemesis Rail.
43069 (EFPC) has been transported to Brush Traction from Laira by road being noted traversing the A38 and M5 this morning en route to Loughborough from Plymouth. This transfer follows the collection from DML Devonport and delivery to Laira of 43196 (EFPC).
47840 (MBDL) now in two tone green and carrying D1661 and 43171 (EFPC) have been released from Brush being hauled to Landore from Loughborough this afternoon by 47813.
90028 (WEFE) worked a bank holiday weekend relief from London Euston to Preston and back today, out as 1T63 via the Trent Valley returning as 1T64 via Birmingham, with the Wembley WB64 Mk3 set.

LNWR 57s (and 47790)...
57009 has also been admitted to LNWR swapping places with 57010 which (now in DRS livery?) has presumably returned to Gresty Bridge. 47790 is awaiting bogie components, 57007 and 57009 are receiving a 'heavy clean' whilst 57011 is in the process of being repainted into DRS blue.

47270...
The release of the redundant Freightliner Class 47s including 47270 for preservation has been finalised. 47270 is expected at the Nene Valley Railway by June 5th.

Bescot...
08577 (WNTR) 08580 (WNYX) 08651 (WNYX) and 09008 (WNTR) have been moved on to the depot from the yard. 08905 (WNTS) 08920 (WNXX) 37114 (WNTA) 37174 (WNTS) 37203 (WNTR) 37893 (WNTA) and 37895 (WNTA) were moved on to the depot area from the yard a few days ago. The shunter line up in front of the shed comprises 08651 08580 09008 08577 08905 and 08920. Lastly 08653 (WSWM) is back at Bescot from Oxley taking over yard pilot duties from 08842 (WSWM) which has been stopped for repairs.

08736 has, after being observed on the M6 yesterday, been deposited at Long Marston. It is understood that 08345 08447 and 08728, the other three Deanside Transit Class 08s, are to be coming south from Glasgow in due course.
33029 and 33207 (both MBDL) sidelined at Carnforth for the last few weeks whilst OTMR equipment was installed are now active again on the system with 33029 being first to venture out on a sortie north to Fort William.
37217 at Ayr, destined after collection to become one of the ETRMS quartet, has been reallocated to the QADD Network Rail diesel locomotives pool.
45112 (NRLO), presumably on test as it is scheduled for Railtour duties on the 28th, ventured out from Gloucester today. It didn't run to Birmingham as per initial plan but to Bristol and had a Cotswold Rail Class 47 with it for insurance.
47787 (WNSO) from store at Healey Mills was hauled to Carnforth by 47245 this afternoon whilst DRS have collected and transferred 47709 and 47712 (both MBDL) from Carnforth to Carlisle Kingmoor, 37229 being provided for traction for this move.
57007 (DFTZ) was deposited at Crewe LNWR yesterday where it joins 47790 57010 and 57011 for mechanical attention and a repaint into DRS livery. It was tripped round from Gresty Bridge by 57009.
66071 (WBEN) has been back from European operations but was returned to France this morning. During its visit to Toton it was adorned with Euro Cargo Rail branding, both the large body side logo and a smaller cab end variety replacing the small EWSI logo as originally carried.
90021 released into traffic yesterday has been reinstated to the WEFE pool whilst 90039 has been stored WNTR at Crewe EMD. Similarly 92012 from store at Crewe EMD has been reinstated to WTAE swapping places with 92015 which in turn has been stored WNTR at Crewe EMD.

08736, usually to be found at Deanside Transit near Glasgow, has been brought south by road being noted traversing the M6 near Shap then stopped at Killington Lake services to the north of Carnforth. Destination unknown...
56131 has been extracted from Brush at Loughborough for transport by road to Booth's, Rotherham at where 56063 was unloaded this morning.
90021 (WNTS) has been released into traffic (at last) from Crewe EMD working its passage south at the head of the 6L48 service.

83...
The target Class 60 fleet size by September. It is currently 60.

20309 and 37610 (both now XHMW) has been admitted to Brush Traction for mechanical attention being hauled to Loughborough by 37259. 47802 stopped at Glasgow Works, repaint, has also been reallocated to XHMW.
56063 has made the move by road from Brush Traction, Loughborough to Booth's at Rotherham today Having made the trip north yesterday 56034 was unloaded this morning before the trailer was despatched back to Loughborough for 56063 leaving just 56131 to be collected.

31601 (MRLO) noted at Derby on the 18th after being brought south from Barrow Hill behind 47813 appears to have returned to normal service.
56034 has been extracted from Brush Traction for transfer to Booth's being noted on the M1 en route to Rotherham from Loughborough on a low loader late afternoon.

Freightliner / Thomson's 47s...
Further to the report casting doubt on the sale of a number of redundant Freightliner Class 47s to Thomson's at Stockton enquiries indicate that there is some paperwork to be completed then they will be released for transfer which in turn paves the way for 47270 to be recovered to the Nene Valley Railway.

37674 (WNSO) from Motherwell has been brought south by road to join 37146 et al in preservation at Kirkby Stephen.
47575 (RTLS) had its final runs and send off on the East Lancashire Railway today hauling the 13:55 Bury to Heywood, 14:25 Heywood to Rawtenstall, 15:40 Rawtenstall to Heywood, 16:50 Heywood to Ramsbottom then finally the 17:55 Ramsbottom to Bury. It is to be stripped for spares.

50040 clarification...
Further to the earlier report regarding the demise of 50040 it has been established that there is no change with its current predicament in that it is still very much intact, albeit a tad derelict, at the Coventry Railway Centre.

37704 at Margam has been reallocated from the WNSO 'locomotives sold' pool to WNTS. It is still sold.
66209 (WBEN) on its way to France from Toton was stabled at Bescot least night en route.

Just the one...
Only 56044 has been transported to Booth's, Rotherham however a loading ramp has been left at Brush Traction and 56131 is parked next to it implying that this will be the next one to be moved up by road to Rotherham from Loughborough.

20132 (HNRS) putting in an appearance at this weekend's 'Chopperfest' at the Midland Railway Centre has been transferred south from Barrow Hill this afternoon with 20303 and 20304 en route to Butterley from Crewe via Barrow Hill.
47314, noted on a low loader on the M42 this morning en route and the last to be collected, has been moved by road from MoD Kineton to Kingsbury.
56044 has been transferred from Brush Traction by road to Booth's, Rotherham, there may have been another moved today but this remains unconfirmed. It was removed from Loughborough early this afternoon on the low loader that had brought 92032 (WNWX) in overnight from Crewe EMD.

Disposal...
The cutting of 47298 has been completed at Booth's, Rotherham and attention has turned to 31319, the most recent arrival. 47298 (the former D1100 and the lowest numbered of the Class) was put to store from Kingmoor and the XHNC pool October 2006, RIP.

Work in progress...
Reports indicate that the component recovery and subsequent scrapping of 50040 on site at the Coventry Railway Centre is now underway.

DRS convoy...
As far as can be ascertained 47790 (XHSS) 57010 and 57011 (both DFTZ) were tripped round to Crewe LNWR yesterday, no doubt to pay a visit to the LNWR paint facility.

WNSO...
Although this pool hasn't featured much in recent months EWS have resumed using the allocation for locomotives that have been sold and have reallocated a quantity of Class 08s, Class 37s and Class 47s to WNSO.

Freightliner Class 47 sales...
The earlier sale of several redundant Class 47s to TJ Thomson's by Freightliner has, by all accounts, been cancelled.

DRS Convoy...
47790 (XHSS) 57010 and 57011 (both DFTZ) have left Crewe Gresty Bridge being noted in Crewe station late afternoon sandwiched between 20313 and 37069 waiting to go south, possibly onto Crewe LNWR.

Kingsbury arrivals...
47226 from MoD Kineton and 47758 (WNXX), the last one from Toton, have been offloaded at Kingsbury today following their respective transfers in by road. 47201 from MoD Kineton was delivered to Kingsbury by road yesterday.

Brush arrivals...
43131 (EFPC) was delivered to Brush Traction on the 15th, by rail behind 47810, whilst 43186 (EFPC) has been delivered today, by road. 92032 (WNWX) from store at Crewe for overhaul is expected to arrive at Loughborough shortly.

31319 (QETS) was transported from Derby to Booth's, Rotherham (at where the demolition of 47298 is well underway) yesterday.

08441 (WNYX), another moving south from Scotland, was offloaded, for Traditional Traction, at the Colne Valley Railway yesterday following by road from Motherwell.
43096 (IECP) has been delivered to Brush Traction for re-engineering swapping places with 43318 (IECP) which has been released and was removed from Loughborough today by 43060. 43096 has already been renumbered to 43296 on the system.
47749 has completed its transfer to Eastleigh Works for attention being tripped in from Eastleigh Yard this morning behind 66119.
57011 (DFTZ), now de-named and unbranded, was hauled from Leeds to Crewe today in the consist of the 4E24 service.

Farewell do's...
Two locomotives with differing futures are having a send off. On the East Lancashire Railway a last spin out behind 47575 before it is stripped for spares, constant electrical problems bringing about its downfall, has been scheduled for this weekend working alongside 55022 as part of the big engine weekend whilst 56057 is to have a last trip on the Nene Valley Railway with the 16:20 departure from Wansford on May 26th before transfer to RVEL at Derby and potentially a return to mainline status, possibly as 56304.

WQ & IM allocations abandoned...
As part of another round of locomotive allocation changes by EWS the use of WQ for EWS Headquarters has been abandoned and just about all mainline traction that was allocated to WQ has been reallocated to TO (now EWS Headquarters diesel locomotives) or CE (now EWS Headquarters electric traction). Included in the mass reallocation are those allocated to the WNSO, WNSS, WNTA, WNTR, WNTS, WNWX, WNXX, WNYX, WNZX, WZFF, WZFH, WZFS, WZGF, WZKF, WZKS and WZTS. Of note is the inclusion of recently scrapped 47742 and long time ago scrapped 37509, the latter's second depot / pool amendment since it was broken up at Canton almost two years ago.
The last few Class 60s that were allocated to Immingham (IM) have also been transferred to TO.

08720 and 08883 (both WNYX) has been relocated by road from Motherwell to Thomson's, Stockton at where 01559 (DH24), a recent arrival from Manchester, has been dismantled.
08776, only reinstated earlier in the month, has been returned to store, WNTR at Doncaster.
08993 and 08995 currently busying themselves with the Manchester Metrolink upgrade, working out from the East Lancashire Railway at Bury, have been reinstated to the WSEM pool.
31200 (QETS) has been transported by road from Throckmorton to Derby RTC for component recovery meanwhile 31319 (QETS) already at Derby is to be on its way shortly, to Booth's at Rotherham.
43027 and 43148 (both EFPC) have been released from re-engineering at Brush Traction being hauled away to Landore by 47810 mid afternoon.
47488 at Carnforth has been reallocated to a new pool coded SRLO (Swift Rail Locomotives).
47635 (MBDL) is, as indicated, staying on the Swanage Railway and has now passed into preservation.
57007 57008 57009 57010 and 57012 (all DFTZ) have made the move over to Crewe Gresty Bridge from Crewe Basford Hall to be readied for use with DRS. 57011 (DFTZ) on repairs at Leeds Midland Rd is expected to join them in due course.
66226 has been added to the WBEN Euroshed pool which now totals 37 Class 66s.

43033 (EFPC) is back in service following re-commissioning at Landore.
47298 (XHSS) has been transported by road from Barrow Hill to Booth's, Rotherham for disposal whilst, also for scrap, 47307 has been transferred from MoD Kineton to Kingsbury being noted en route traversing the M42 on a low loader mid afternoon.
47749 was, this morning, hauled round from the stone terminal to Eastleigh Yard by 08482 for forwarding to the works.
66249 (WBEN) has arrived at Dollands Moor from Toton for despatch to France and European operations.
86424 (QETS) at Crewe LNWR would appear to have a future having being out-shopped in full Network Rail yellow livery. 86903 perhaps...?

47635 (MBDL) has been hauled from Eastleigh Works to the Swanage Railway this afternoon being moved in convoy with D1015 and 73208 behind 73136 which were en route from Old Oak Common to the Swanage Railway for this weekend's Beer & Traction event on the line. 47635 should, pending an announcement, end up staying staying at the Swanage Railway.
47749 has been extracted from Kingsbury and, following transportation south by road, has been deposited at the Eastleigh Foster Yeoman stone terminal for later transfer to the nearby works and repair for use with Seco.

08776 returned to use in the Doncaster area last autumn has now been formally reinstated following its reallocation to the WSNE pool from WNTR.
47741 (WNXX) has been transferred by road from Toton to Kingsbury. Whether it might have a future remains to be seen, it has been parked away from where those for scrapping are being dismantled, and it is regarded as being one of the better examples bought by EMR.
66190 at Toton has, as part of another bout of pool changes by EWS, been added to the WBEN Euroshed pool.

Disposal...
The demolition of 47742 at Kingsbury can be recorded as, like the other Class 47s dealt with in the last couple of weeks or so, it has been cut into three sections, the processing of which is underway. 47742 was put to store from Toton and the ILRA pool in November 2001, RIP.

43018 (EFPC) has been noted in traffic today following its release back into action from re-commissioning at Landore whilst 43195 (EFPC) has been deposited at Brush Traction for re-engineering being hauled to Loughborough today by 47813.
47338 (CROL) was transported by road from Wabtec at Doncaster to Booth's, Rotherham this morning.

Shunter notes...
08484 (ARZN) was deposited at Felixstowe at the tail end of last week following tyre turning at St Philips Marsh meanwhile 08613, usually to be found at Ilford, was observed on a low loader heading north up the M1 this afternoon en route to RMS Locotec at Wakefield for attention.

47488...
A new outfit on the rail scene, Swift Rail, have laid claim to 47488 currently languishing at Carnforth.

Web watch...
Nemesis Rail now have a presence on the web, albeit both sites being devoid of content other than a home page, with the appearance of both nemesisrail.com and nemesisrail.co.uk. A third website, also traceable to the same source, an ex FM Rail director, called ramtrain.co.uk, has also appeared. Freightliner on the other hand would appear to be branching out down under with the appearance of Freightliner Australia, a web page that, for the time being, redirects back to the main Freightliner UK site. Of course if Class 66s go to work in Australia they will have to be reclassified as Class 99s... (I'll get my coat).

43126 (EFPC) is back in traffic following re-commissioning at Landore being noted in use on the 5th.
47219 is, as far as can be ascertained, the unidentified Class 47 recently delivered to Kingsbury from MoD Kineton thus leaving 47201 47226 47307 and 47314 awaiting transfer to Kingsbury.
56034, earlier mentioned as heading for Kingsbury at some point, is now to go to Booth's at Rotherham it has been indicated. Also understood to be Booth's bound from Brush Traction at Loughborough are 56044 56063 and 56131 which puts an end to any speculation that Jarvis / Fastline are going to have any of these overhauled to join 56301 and 56302 on the mainline. 56303 is of course leased in, and the hired in contingent appears to be on the verge of being expanded with the news doing the rounds that 56057 has been bought from preservation with a return to mainline use in mind. 56304 perhaps...?

56078 (WZGF) is the 'grid' at Dollands Moor recently returned from France with 58035. With just 56106 to be returned now it was almost a case of the first out being the last back, as on September 9th 2004 56078 and 58046 were the first to be despatched abroad for the TGV hire contract.

90021 (WNTS) has been out on test, noted returning to Crewe EMD yesterday.

Kingsbury arrivals and current disposition...
37803 (WNXX) has completed its movement from Tyne Yard to Kingsbury where it has been joined by 47293 from Kineton. 47721 and 47722 are, like 47789, in pieces on the floor whilst part scrapped 37678 remains with us for the time being.

Row 1: 20145 37678 47742 47335 47228 UID47 47293 37803 (the cabs and various other bits from 47721 47722 & 47789 remain near to 37678 and 47742)
Row 2: 47313 31421 47360 47186 47280
Row 3: 47737 47733 47734 47750 47749

Disposals...
The policy with regards the disposal of Class 47s at Kingsbury seems to be to cut right through behind the bogie then demolish the centre portion leaving the cab ends for processing later. The despatch of 47789 has already had a mention so here its time to record the end of 47721 stored from Toton and the WHTN pool in April 2002 and 47722 stored from Toton and the ILRA pool in March 2002, RIP.

French returnees...
It's been a while since any EWS TGV hire locomotives were returned from France, only 56078 56106 and 58035 have been waiting repatriation, but one of the Class 56s, as yet unidentified, and 58035 have returned being noted in the yard at Dollands Moor today.

08913, a recent purchase from EWS, has been returned to use working at Trafford Park following transfer north from LH Group Services at Barton under Needwood. 08873 (MOLO) latterly at Trafford Park is currently situated at LH for repairs.
37803 (WNXX), loaded at Tyne Yard this morning transportation to Kingsbury, was noted on the road near Leeming this afternoon en route.
43089 (QCAR) has joined 43160 (QCAR) on the Great Central Railway for tests.
47375 recently deposited at Barrow Hill has been reallocated to Cotswold Rail's CRRH pool confirming that it has transferred ownership. 31461 is understood to have been traded in the opposite direction.
56057 has been sold, a private sale, and its booked duties on the Nene Valley Railway this weekend will be covered by 56003.
66222 has, as part of yet another round of pool reallocations by EWS, been added to the WBEN 'Euroshed' allocation.

Kingsbury...
The scrapping of 37678 47721 and 47722 is well underway, all are in varying degrees of incompleteness at Kingsbury, and another, as yet unidentified, Class 47 has been delivered from Kineton.

01559 / DE24 (MBDL) latterly to be found languishing at Trafford Park Industrial Estate in Manchester has been delivered to Thomson's at Stockton.
43071 (EFPC) has been deposited at Brush Traction, Loughborough for re-engineering whilst 43197 (EFPC) and 43306 (IECP) have been noted back in action following re-commissioning.
47488 (MBDL) at Carnforth is understood to have been sold and a return to mainline use may be in the offing.
66246 (WBEN) went through the tunnel to France this morning whilst 66241 (WBEN) went abroad a few days ago.
92019 sidelined at Crewe EMD has been stored WNTR.

Disposal...
At one time the subject of a possible purchase from Thomson's, which was not to be, 37358, stored from Immingham's FDRI pool back in March 1997, has been disposed of at Stockton, RIP.

43033 (EFPC) was removed from Brush Traction, Loughborough yesterday by 47810 to Landore for re-commissioning whilst 43367 (IECP) has re-entered traffic with GNER.

Kingsbury arrivals...
Two Class 47s have been transported by road from MoD Kineton to Kingsbury today, 47280 this morning followed by 47228 during the afternoon. A second length of track, several panels long, has been laid next to the original line and all the recent arrivals have been off loaded onto this.

Disposal...
At Kingsbury the demolition of 47789 is as good as complete, only a cab and some residual debris remained at the close of play today, and a start has been made on the scrapping of 37678. 47789 was put to store from Crewe's WHCD pool in January 2004, RIP.

Bury 08s...
Low height shunters 08993 (WNTR) 08994 (WSEM) and 08995 (WNTR) have been transported across from Doncaster Carr to the East Lancashire Railway, Bury ready for their stint on the Manchester Metrolink refurbishment.

43124 and 43136 (both EFPC) have been noted back in traffic with FGW following re-commissioning at Landore meanwhile 43109 (IECP) currently at Loughborough for re-engineering has been officially renumbered to 43309.
47186 is the latest delivery from Kineton to Kingsbury at where a start has been made on the disposal of 47789.
47840 currently at Brush Traction for a spot of green treatment has been reallocated from the EFOO pool to the private owner MBDL pool.
57007 57008 57009 57010 and 57012 (all DFTZ) at Crewe Basford Hall have been transferred into stored status by Freightliner pending release back to Porterbrook whilst 57011 (DFTZ) remains at Leeds Midland Rd undergoing repairs.
92012 has been put to store WNTR at Crewe EMD, it had been allocated to the WFMU pool.

43089...
43089, the Hitachi hybrid power car has been noted moving about on test at Brush Traction today. Described as sounding like a conventional HST power car when moving on diesel power it most interestingly sounds like an EMU motor coach when operating on battery power.

Blue can alert...
86101 (ACAC) is booked for a spin between Crewe (15:00), Preston (reverse), Stafford (reverse), then back to Crewe (19:00) with the blue / grey Mk3 set and a Class 47 in tow.

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