Errant tug...
60078 (WCAI) has been towed from Tyne to Toton via Doncaster for inspection. The prognosis is not good.

Euroshed 10...
66010 (WBEN), back at Toton in the last couple of days or so, was on its way back to Europe this afternoon via a Toton to Bescot service for forwarding to Wembley etc.

Hitachi by night...
The Hitachi HST set, 43089 and 43160 (both QCAR), have been undertaking night time tests along the Midland Mainline from Derby. The set is formed up of the two power cars, the yellow Network Rail Mk3 battery coach and three MML Mk3 carriages.

XHHP...
DRS have created a new pool coded XHHP, for de-registered (for mainline running) locomotives. Reallocated to this pool are 37197 and 37688, 47709 47712 47790 and 47829, 57007 57008 57009 57010 57011 and 57012.

Dellner-less 57/3s...
57311 and 57313 have had their Dellner couplings partially removed. 57311 was involved in an incident recently at Holyhead where the locomotive came adrift from the Pendolino set on departure whilst it is feasible that 57313 has failed some subsequent safety checks.

Blue 31s at Meldon...
Former Inter-City liveried 31423 (MRLS) and Regional Railways 31439 (NRLS) at Meldon have been painted blue. Whether this is simply an application of paint to keep the elements out or as part of a proper paint job is unclear.

60078...
Described as having 'done a 60081', this one set the standard when it let loose at Chester in 2005, 60078 suffered a major power unit catastrophe whilst at the head of the overnight 6S58 Lackenby to Dalzell service and was taken off at Tyne Yard. It is booked to be hauled to Toton.

08776...
Following its transfer north by road from Doncaster a few days ago 08776 (WNTR) has been put into service in the Tees Yard / Thornaby area displacing 60012 (WNTR), which in turn had been covering for 09205, back to the storage lines.

Work in progress...
The demolition of 47279 at Thomson's, Stockton is now underway.

HNRC notes...
Railfreight company HNRC have advised that they are expanding their repair and overhaul operation at Barrow Hill and are on the verge of securing a contract to overhaul four refurbished Class 37s for use with an as yet undisclosed operator. Accordingly, another Class 37 has been purchased with 37683 (WNSO), currently awaiting collection from Thornaby, being secured from EMR.
On the shunter hire front HNRC advise that from the end of August there is a contract to supply and maintain a Class 08 at a location to be advised in the North East whilst a five year contract has been secured with Creative Logistics, Salford to supply, once rail traffic resumes, two shunters for use at this location. One of these will by 07001 already on site. Their shunter fleet has been bolstered with the acquisition of 08502 and 08503 from Wilton which are set to be brought down to Barrow Hill at some point.

47739...
Although touted as a possible candidate for purchase for use by anther operator, there may yet still be interest, following an overnight stop over in a lay by off the M42 motorway 47739 completed its transfer by road from Motherwell to Kingsbury this morning.

47150...
Having lain out of use at Crewe LNWR for several months Freightliner have called it a day with 47150 reallocating it to the DHLT storage pool.

Tug notes...
60041 (WNTR) ventured out from Toton on the 25th with a trip to Bardon and back but all may not be well with the locomotive as it has been returned to the scrap line, meanwhile 60091 (WNTR) has been brought over to Toton from Immingham.

Nene Valley tractor...
37518 (WNSO) has been south from Ayr by road to the Nene Valley Railway and preservation. It was noted in the East Midlands yesterday afternoon traversing the A52 en route arriving at Wansford yesterday evening.

Kingsbury bound...
47739 (WNSO), extracted from Motherwell yesterday, is en route to Kingsbury by road being noted traversing the M6 near Tebay early this afternoon.

08695...
The clearance of Ayr has been completed with the transfer out by road of 08695 (WNSO) which was deposited at Thomson's, Stockton this morning pending forwarding to the Chasewater Railway at some point.

Disposal...
The cutting of 47201 at Kingsbury has been completed but 37211 is still with us, just, having being reduced to a frame and two cabs. 47780 and 08926 appear to be next in line for attention once 37211 has been finished off. 47201 was stored from Bescot and the DAET pool back in November 1998, RIP.

MTU...
43088 (EFPC) has been deposited at Brush Traction for re-engineering.

Another Freightliner 57 stood down...
Following repairs 57006 (DFTZ) has returned to Derby and stand by duties displacing 57002 (DFTZ) to store (serviceable) at Crewe Basford Hall.

MTU...
43131 (EFPC) has returned to traffic with FGW following re-commissioning at Landore whilst recently released from re-engineering 43139 and 43159 (both EFPC) have been collected from Brush Traction by 47810 for transfer to Landore.

Disposal...
Although only recently delivered to Rotherham from Barrow Hill the demolition of 37010, stored from the WKMF pool on its return from duties in France October 2000, has been undertaken at Booths, RIP.

More disposals...?
Awaiting confirmation but it would appear that 47201 and possibly also 37211 have been broken into pieces at Kingsbury in the last day or two.

More locomotives on the road...
On the move from Doncaster Carr yesterday, noted heading north on the A1M on a low loader, was 08776 (WNTR) whilst Nene Valley Railway bound 37518 (WNSO) is being / has been extracted from Ayr by road following the transfer north of 08706 (WSWM) from Bescot.
Hornby liveried 43087 (EFPC) has been moved up from Plymouth Laira to Loughborough by road being delivered to Brush Traction this afternoon at where 43139 and 43159 (both EFPC) are ready for collection following re-engineering.

On the road...
The now stripped shell of 37010 (HNRS) has been removed from Barrow Hill to Booth's at Rotherham by road today whilst 47785 (WNSO), headed for the Stainmore Railway at Kirkby Stephen and preservation, has been collected from Motherwell and is en route being noted traversing the M74 nearing Carlisle late afternoon en route.

Disposal...
At Hull's, Rotherham the demolition of 86615, stored from Freightliner's DFNC pool in April 2005, has been completed, RIP.

Plonk...
A couple of journalists, no doubt trying to recreate the exclusive and rather pointless 'nuclear flasks and their accessibility' stunt pulled off by the Daily Mirror some months ago or something else equally stupid, have been nabbed trying to gain access to Wembley Yard today. Next stop Guantanamo Bay for these two then... o)

47303...
The transfer of 47303 (DHLT) by road from Crewe to Thomson's, Stockton via a stop over at Langley Mill was completed this morning.

Class 47s for sale...
47736 47759 47783 and 47784, all currently located at Crewe DMD are being made available for sale by Hull's, Rotherham. Further details in the 'for sale' section.

Runners already...
37216 and 47292, both recent transfers into preservation, have been started and successfully run up at their new homes.

MTU...
43195 (EFPC) has been returned to action following re-commissioning at Landore.

Disposal...
The demolition of the shell of 31420, stored from Old Oak Common and the WMAN pool January 2001, is as good as complete at Booth's, Rotherham, RIP.

Freightliner Cleveland heads for Teesside...
Having spent the past week at Heanor's yard near Langley Mill 47303 (DHLT) was taken north today being noted heading up the M1 in the Chesterfield area early afternoon en route to Stockton.

Hitachi power car...
Latterly on test on the Great Central Railway 43089 (QCAR) has now joined 43160 (QCAR) at Serco, Derby.

Disposal...
37803 (WNSO), stored back in October 2000 from the WKMF pool on its return from France, has been chopped into several pieces at Kingsbury, RIP.

Convoy delayed...
43164 and 43186 (both EFPC) completed their transfer from Loughborough to Landore today after being caught up in the flooding in the Ashchurch area yesterday afternoon.

37216...
Following an overnight stop over at Michael Wood services on the M5, 37216 completed its transfer to the Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway and preservation today.

Power Cars...
43186 (EFPC) has been collected from Brush Traction this morning being taken back to the WR by 47828 along with 43164 (EFPC), an earlier MTU conversion which had been back at Loughborough. 47810 earlier brought 43309 (IECP), returning to Brush Traction for electrical attention, in from Derby.

SDPP obsolete...
31602 currently in use with Network Rail via RVE Derby has been reallocated to RVLO from SDPP thus rendering another ex FM Rail pool allocation obsolete.

37216...
Secured for preservation from EMR at Kingsbury 37216 has been removed by road and is on its way overnight to South Wales and its new home on the Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway.

31420...
Having being located at a private site in the Bradford area for filming purposes, a crash scene understood to have been for a future episode of 'The Royal' 31420 was returned to Booth's at Rotherham yesterday and the disposal of it is underway.

MTU update...
Further MTU power car news, some expanding on from yesterday's report and some new items. Further arrivals at Brush Traction, not yet recorded, include 43191 (EFPC) on the 16th and 43008 (IECP) on the 17th. Arriving at Loughborough today was 43193 (EFPC) which has been brought up by road from Plymouth Laira whilst 43186 (EFPC) is ready to go following re-engineering.

MTU...
43128 (EFPC) has been noted back in service following re-commissioning at Landore meanwhile 43132 and 43162 (both EFPC) have been despatched to Brush Traction for re-engineering being hauled to Loughborough this afternoon by 47828.

60012...
Reportedly due to the failure of 09205, the resident yard shunter at Tees / Thornaby, stored 60012 (WNTS) has been turned out as cover.

Myrddin on the move...
47145 (XHSS) has been hauled up to Glasgow Works for bogie and cosmetic attention, 47802 providing traction this morning.

Tugs...
60041 and 60091 have been stored, both to WNTR from WCBI, at Toton and Immingham respectively.

Freightliner 57s...
57003 and 57005 (both DFTZ) have been stopped and transferred to stored status at Crewe Basford Hall. 57003 went N ONE on arrival from Garston last night whilst 57005, although still showing 'normal status' this morning has since been stored. 57001 remains at Marcroft, 57002 is on stand by at Derby, 57004 is in service and 57006 is out of use at Crewe.

Road movements pending...
The return to Booth's from Bradford of 31420, removed from Rotherham towards the end of June for filming purposes, and the extraction from Kingsbury of 37216 to the Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway should take place shortly. 47303 en route to Thomson's, Stockton remains at Heanor. 

WFMU 90...
Briefly. The latest round of pool changes by EWS had 90028 reallocated from WEFE to WFMU for a while, the first time a Class 90 has been allocated to the WFMU pool, before it was reallocated back to WEFE.

MTU...
Released from re-engineering 43296 (IECP) has left Brush Traction today.

More Eurosheds...
Following on from the recent addition of 66239 to the WBEN allocation two more; 66205 and 66236 have been added to the fleet which now totals 38.

Northampton & Lamport gets a 37...
Following its stop over at Heanor, Langley Mill 37679 (WNSO) completed its move to the Northampton & Lamport Railway and preservation this morning.

Freightliner 57s for the bin...
57003 and 57005 (both DFTZ) have been assigned for N ONE at Crewe Basford Hall tomorrow. At 22:30 57003 was working in to Crewe from Garston and looked like being stopped on arrival at Crewe whilst 57005 currently at Crewe was booked to run up to Trafford Park and back, to be stopped on its return.

All change at Flixborough...
08818 (HNRL) at Flixborough Wharf is now the resident shunter, taking over from 08423, as from today the shunting contract at this location is being facilitated by HNRC.

IC no more...
Out-shopped in their company's maroon colour scheme vice Inter-City, 47826 (MBDL) has returned to service.

Tractor on the road...
Although it had been planned to extract 08695 and 37518 first 37679 (WNSO), destined to be delivered to the Northampton & Lamport Railway during the coming week, has been brought south from Ayr to Heanor's yard at Langley Mill. It was noted en route traversing the M6 near Penrith this morning and stopped off at Keele Services near Stoke on Trent mid afternoon today.

Disposal...
Not previously noted but the demolition of 47219 has taken place at Kingsbury, it was parked between 47228 and 47293 which have also recently been broken into several chunks. 37803 47201 and recent arrival 37211 are all that currently remain on the 'back row' at Kingsbury. 47219 was stored from Bescot's WHBF pool back in January 1999, RIP.

MTU...
43071 (EFPC) has been noted back in traffic following re-commissioning at Landore whilst 43131 (EFPC) was hauled to Landore yesterday.

Eurosheds...
66244 (WBEN) has left Toton for France being hauled to Bescot overnight for forwarding to Wembley Yard meanwhile the WBEN allocation has been increased by one with the recent addition to the fleet of 66239.

47303...
The second ex Freightliner Class 47 from Crewe for movement to Thomson's is on its way with 47303 (DHLT) being removed from Crewe Basford Hall by road today, but not directly to Stockton, as it's to spend the weekend at Heanor's, Langley Mill before continuing its journey north next week.

EWS changes...
08623, recently transferred up to Altrincham for employment on the southern sections of the Manchester Metrolink upgrade has been reinstated to WSWM whilst 92009, only put to store a few days ago, has been reinstated to WTAE swapping places with 92031 which is now stored WNTR at Crewe EMD.

Swift Rail & 47s...
Further to yesterday's speculation regarding 47759 Swift Rail have advised that although this one had been a possible option at one point they have going for 47750, currently residing at Kingsbury.

Disposal...
At Booth's, Rotherham the scrapping of 47338, stored from Bescot's WHBF pool in April 1999, has been completed, RIP.

Nemesis / Mainline fleet reallocations...
Almost the entire MRLO, MRLS, NRLO, NRLS allocation; several Class 31s, Class 33s, 37255, 45112, a handful of Class 47s, three Class 56s and a few Class 73, have been reallocated en masse to Barrow Hill (BH), 47716 remains allocated to DF. Most had been allocated to Derby RTC (DF). Also reallocated to BH and absorbed into the Nemesis / Mainline pool groups are 31289 from SDXL along with 31422 and 31423 from MBDL. 73114 recently put to work on the CTRL has now formally been reinstated to NRLO.

WCRC re-registrations...
Carnforth Class 47s; 47760 47776 47786 and 47787 have been re-registered on the system, CS MBDL.

37211...
Latterly to be found in 'preservation' on the Churnet Valley Railway 37211 has turned up at Kingsbury following transfer in from Cheddleton by road this morning.

Disposals, 3 more...
At Thomson's, Stockton, where 47279 is still atop a road trailer, the disposal of 08902, stored from Allerton and the DAAN pool back in October 1996, has been completed, RIP.
Meanwhile at Kingsbury a largish space has been created in the last week or so following the chopping into chunks of 47228 and 47293, stored from Bescot and the WHBF pool in February 1999 and January 1999 respectively, RIP.

43160...
Noted at Derby recently is 43160 (QCAR) which has until recently been domiciled on the GCR for tests with 43089.

DRS notes...
37510 took 57008 and 57012 (both XHNC) from Crewe to Oxley this morning whilst 47237 brought 57011 (XHNC) and the Mk3 stock down from Kingmoor to Crewe late this afternoon.

Trading...
All subject to the usual disclaimers about things changing / being discounted but in addition to 37211 turning up at Kingsbury it would appear that 37216 has now been purchased for preservation and is, according to unconfirmed reports, destined to go to the Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway. 37275 has been sold by Bedale who are said to have lined up one from 37505 or 37705 for purchase from Thomson's, Stockton whilst there has been an indication that 47186 at Kingsbury might have a future after all. Swift Rail, in the search for an alternative for 47488, still waiting transfer from Carnforth to Kingsbury, are believed to have an interest in 47759, currently a resident of Crewe DMD.

Arrived but still loaded...
Although 47279 (DHLT) had completed its move to Thomson's, Stockton by 09:10 this morning it was still sat outside loaded on its transport this evening, some twelve hours after arrival.

Euroshed 218...
66218 (WBEN) has been released from modifications at Toton and was to be found at Wembley Yard yesterday en route to France.

DRS 57s...
Two transfers of note for tomorrow; 57011 (XHNC) is due to come south with the DRS Mk3 stock from Carlisle to Crewe tomorrow afternoon, 5Z66 at 13:00 off Carlisle, whilst 57008 and 57010 (both XHNC) are scheduled to run / be transferred from Crewe to Oxley for painting, 0Z57 at 09:00 off Gresty Bridge.

Power car notes...
43038 (IECP) recently officially renumbered to 43238 was deposited at Brush Traction on June 28th meanwhile 43156 and 43188 (both EFPC) have returned to service following re-commissioning at Landore being noted in traffic yesterday and today respectively.

08511...
Following on from yesterday's sightings of Traditional Traction's 08511 (WNSO) traversing the M5 in a westerly direction it transpires that it has been deposited at Barry (Barry Island Railway) where it is to receive mechanical attention and an exam. Once offloaded, the trailer being utilised to take Barrow Hill bound 20228 away, 08511 was started up and moved off under its own power.

92s...
EWS have reinstated 92019 from store at Crewe to the WTAE pool at the expense of 92009 which has been stored WNTR at Crewe EMD.

47279...
The first Class 47 from the batch sold by Freightliner to move to Stockton is 47279 (DHLT) extracted, on a low loader, from Crewe Basford Hall this morning for transfer to Thomson's.

Power Car notes...
A little later than first anticipated 43103 (SBXL) has now been moved from Long Marston to Brush Traction, by road it was delivered to Loughborough yesterday. From Laira 43196 is being moved up from Plymouth to Loughborough by road today.

Disposal...
The demolition of 08506 has been completed at Thomson's, Stockton and 08902 is now in the cutting area being dismantled. Recent arrival 37505 is parked on the 'gantry road' with 08792 08894 08912 and 08942. 08506 was stored from Old Oak Common and the WSAS pool in January 2004, RIP.

De-registrations...
Five Class 37s; 37216 37372 37505 37674 37705 and 47787 have recently been de-registered from the system.

Arriva XC...
The Dft have announced who is going to be running the new Cross Country franchise and from November 2007 the re-shaped XC network will be run by Arriva Crosscountry who, as part of the restructuring of services, will be acquiring a number of HST sets. 40 carriages have been mentioned in the press release which equates to about five sets meaning about 13 power cars will be required, allowing for 10 diagrammed plus maintenance spares. These are understood to be coming from Midland Mainline who will currently have 31 power cars allocated to the IMLP pool although currently not all of these are in use.

Shunter on the road, again...
08511 (WNSO) recently transported down from Ayr to Goodman's, Sutton Coldfield has been on the move again being noted traversing the M5 this afternoon heading west towards Bristol.

Power car news...
43195 (EFPC) has been transferred to Landore following re-engineering at Brush Traction swapping places with 43149 (EFPC) which has been transported to Loughborough, 47828 being utilised for these moves.

Long time no see...
After quite a lengthy stay at Brush Traction 57315 (ATTB) has emerged being noted parked up at Preston this afternoon.

Kingmoor namers...
As part of today's open day event at DRS Carlisle Kingmoor 20311 was named 'Class 20 Fifty' whilst recently reinstated 37688 takes up the role of depot pet being named 'Kingmoor TMD'. 47501 and 57011 were both on display with their new 47802 style vinyls attached.

Springburn...
20306 (now XHMW) was deposited at Glasgow Works yesterday for repairs whilst 86218 and 86232 (both SAXL) have been removed from Springburn to Deanside Transit. The two Class 86s which spent a while at Kingmoor are not being used by DRS, prohibitive costs, and are likely to be coming south to Long Marston by road at some point.

MTU...
Re-engineered 43195 (EFPC) is ready for collection at Brush Traction, Loughborough.

HNRC Choppers...
20901 (HNRL) returned to the mainline today being transferred from Barrow Hill to the East Lancashire Railway with 20905 (HNRL), itself making a return to use after fitting with OTMR, and 55022 (ELRD). With regards to the rest of the 20/9 fleet 20902 (HNRS) remains at Long Marston, 20903 (HNRS), having being receiving attention at Glasgow Works, is shortly to move to Barrow Hill, 20904 (HNRS) is at Barrow Hill whilst 20906 (HNRL) at Crewe LNWR is also being worked upon.
With the pending contract to move several trainloads of stone for LaFarge at Hope, Mountsorrel being the loading point, HNRC advise that apart from the Barrow Hill to Hope shuttles top and tailing with a pair of DRS Class 20s at next weekends do to celebrate 50 years of the Class at Barrow Hill, there are no further plans for any of the HNRC Class 20s to feature on any other mainline railtours.

90003...
Fresh in a spanking new coat of ONE applied at Toton 90003 is on its way home being despatched to Bescot this afternoon behind 66099 and 66078.

Ayr extractions...
37217 (QADD) and 37505 (WNSO) were removed from Ayr yesterday afternoon on low loaders and brought south to their respective destinations, Barrow Hill and Thomson's, Stockton, overnight / during today. Chasewater Railway (apparently) bound 08695 and Nene Valley Railway bound 37518 are to be removed shortly followed, next week, by 37679 which is to go to the Northampton & Lamport Railway.

DRS 57s...
Still in plain base DRS blue, its vinyls are going to be applied at Kingmoor, 57011 (XHNC) was taken north from Crewe to Carlisle during the night behind 37038 meanwhile 57007 and 57012 have been shorn of their nameplates at Gresty Bridge.

Eurosheds...
66208 (WBEN) has left Toton for European operations being despatched overnight to Wembley to await transit through the tunnel. The current displacement for the 35 WBEN Class 66s is; Europe 66010 66022 66026 66028 66029 66032 66033 66038 66042 66045 66049 66052 66062 66064 66071 66073 66123 66209 66212 66215 66229 66241 66243 66245 66246 & 66249 (26), in transit 66208 (1) and at Toton being prepared 66036 66072 66190 66218 66222 66226 66234 & 66244 (8).

Disposal...
Not previously noted, and another late entry for being disposed of during June, is the cutting into several portions at Kingsbury of 47335, stored from Bescot and the WHBF pool in January 1999, RIP.

Jinxed convoy...
The curse of the Wembley 87s to Long Marston convoy continues. Cotswold Rail despatched 47828 (CRRH) to Worcester to collect and transfer 87006 87007 87008 and 87026 (all SBXL) to Long Marston and the convoy left Worcester mid afternoon. Although the convoy has reached Long Marston it was delayed en route as in the Evesham / Honeybourne area, just up the line from Long Marston, there was an incident which unfortunately has resulted in a fatality.

47575...
Riviera sent 47812 (RTLO) to the East Lancashire Railway today to remove 47575 (RTLS) from Bury to Crewe, the transfer being noted passing Winwick heading for Crewe shortly after 15:00.

Last Grid repatriated...
56106 (WZGF), the last EWS locomotive to be returned from France from the LGV East contract, has been returned to the UK and joins 56078 and 58035 at Dollands Moor. As far as can be ascertained 56106 was returned on or around June 24th.

Disposal...
The demolition of 86606 (DHLT) at Hull's, Rotherham was completed sometime last week and the breaking up of 86615 (DHLT) is now in progress. 86606 was stored from the DFNC pool in November 2003, RIP.

Peak Forest shunter swap...
08662 (WSNE) has appeared at Peak Forest replacing 08393 (WSEM).

Class 57/0 survey...
At 15:00 today the disposition of the 57/0s was...

57001 DFTZ Marcroft Stoke, repairs
57002 DFTZ Southampton Maritime, non runner
57003 DFTZ Southampton Maritime, non runner
57004 DFTZ 4O51 Wentloog to Southampton
57005 DFTZ Southampton Maritime, available
57006 DFTZ Under 'Genius' control, Derby thunderbird duties
57007 XHNC Crewe Gresty Bridge, non runner
57008 XHNC Crewe Gresty Bridge, non runner
57009 XHNC Crewe Gresty Bridge, non runner
57010 XHNC Crewe LNWR, non runner
57011 XHNC  Crewe LNWR, available
57012 XHNC Crewe Gresty Bridge, non runner

Of note is that 57007 57008 57009 57010 and 57012 are still showing S (stored) status on the 'system'. 57002 and 57003, the two rumoured to be Long Marston bound at some point although the unconfirmed word from Porterbrook is that the 57s are staying with Freightliner until at least January 2008, are currently X status.

47488...
Recently purchased by Swift Rail 47488, still at Carnforth, has been traded again in exchange for an as yet to be identified Class 47 and consequently 47488 is now understood to be Kingsbury bound.

Tugs binned...
It may technically be summer, the current weather situation certainly doesn't support this supposition, but the Class 60 requirement has been reduced slightly and five Class 60s; 60010 60015 60022 60036 and 60042 have been stored WNTR. 60015 is located at Doncaster Carr, the others are at Immingham.

Metrolink shunters part 2...
08623 (WNTR), recently noted returned to use at Toton, has been shipped up to Manchester being deposited, along with 08802 (WRWM) from Allerton, in the Altrincham area for use on the repair and upgrade works on the southern sections of the Manchester Metrolink system. On the northern sections to Bury, work is now well underway, the low height restrictions are evidently not applicable to the whole of this line as, deputising for 08994 a few days ago, the East Lancashire Railway based 08445 had a trip out onto the network whilst 60083, still the resident Tug, often ventures out from the Buckley Wells operations site onto the Metrolink system.

Worcester 87s...
The forwarding from Worcester to Long Marston of 87006 87007 87008 and 87026 (all SBXL) is (subject to, well, anything) set to go ahead tomorrow.

37216...
It has been indicated that 37216, currently residing at Kingsbury, may be subject to a preservation bid.

Shunter notes...
It has been established that 08511 (WNSO) brought south from Ayr a couple of days ago has been deposited at Goodman's at Sutton Coldfield. Regarding reference to 08695 at Ayr and the note about Thomson's it has been pointed out that this one is reported to have been resold on and the Chasewater Railway has been mooted.

Disposal...
The cutting of 08806 at Thomson's, Stockton has been completed in the last few days, only its cab was in evidence this morning. 08806 was stored from the WSNE pool in June 2001, RIP.

87s on coal...
87022 and 87028 (both GBAC) hauled a rake of new GBRf coal hoppers, running as 4Z77, from Willesden to Doncaster via the ECML this morning.

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