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Next Updates - FRIDAY PM

Wednesday/Thursday 13/05/26-14/05/26

PUBLICATION TIME/S
23:10 News items for the 14th, the Lady Mayor's Pullman section added, additional stock control (37512 & 37884), additional internal operations (57305 & 222601)
17:25 Initial publication

NEWS & INFORMATION
Next two Class 99s have arrived
60026 back to store/GBTG Class 60s survey
Romic and RA power cars paired for a run from the MNR to Grantham and back
Heritage liveried 59001 released from Eastleigh Works
New pool created for the Class 99
Class 99s despatched to Bo'ness for the gala
26007 taken home

PHOTO NEWS
66723 with 4NO3 from Carlisle Yard to Clitheroe on the S&C
66588 66415 & 66556 with one hopper wagon attached at the head of 6Z43 from Hunslet Yard to Crewe Basford Hall
69004 66549 66553 & 66846 four up at the head of 6Y48 from Eastleigh East Yard to Hoo Junction
66791 & 66786 on a weed control set working 3Q99 from Whitemoor Yard to Whitemoor Yard

THE LADY MAYOR'S JOLLY
GBRf Class 73s working the Lady Mayor's Pullman charter between London Cannon Street and Dover Priory

STOCK CONTROL
37512 hauling 701527 & 701521 from Bicester to Wimbledon Park Depot Sidings
37884 with 730205 on transfer as 5Q77 from Gascoigne Wood to Bletchley TMD
57010 with coaching stock for the gala working 5Z57 from WCRC Carnforth to Kidderminster/Severn Valley Railway

INTERNAL OPERATIONS
57305 hauling 92028 to Leicester LIP
222601 on the Stirling to London Euston Lumo trainer
93001 running solo as 0Q57 from Crewe Gresty Bridge to Derby RTC
43465 & 43480 operating 0Z26 from Chaddesden Curve to East Midlands Parkway following 0Z25 from Leicester and pre 0Z27 to the Mid Norfolk Railway
66767 leading 66671 66751 & 66754 as 0E66 from Toton North Yard to Whitemoor Yard

WORKSOP & BARROW HILL
01530 13000 08417 37405 37716 & 93006 on site viewable at Worksop
Views from the 11am guided signal box tour and 25909 inside the roundhouse at Barrow Hill
Views from a visit to Barrow Hill featuring the locomotives on display in the roundhouse (partly cleared and preparations for the upcoming beer festival underway), locomotives in the outside sidings as viewed from the 3pm guided signal box tour, views at/from the signal box, and a look inside the DPS facility

PORTFOLIO
Images from between April 20th and May 12th 2026

RETRO
60063 taking one steel carrier to Carlisle during July 2008

VIEW
70802 at Didcot North Junction with the 6M50 Westbury Yard to Bescot Up Engineers Sidings working

DATA & REFERENCE
Fleet Status database updated - 23:03 (Thu)
Store lists/locations, stock changes/pool codes and stats sections updated

FOR SALE
Sentinel shunter (spares/repairs)

Tuesday 12/05/26

PUBLICATION TIME/S
02:55 (Wed) Additional news pictures (60063)
17:35 Initial publication

NEWS & INFORMATION
ESH Rail Services and 60063/ESH Class 60 survey table
37607 bringing locomotives north from the Swanage Railway

PHOTO NEWS
66421 & 70805 on the regular 6K05 & 6J37 workings over the now re-opened S&C route

STOCK CONTROL
47805 & 47810 heading south with stock from Crewe HS to Eastleigh Works
37501 with 730033 on transfer from Soho LMD to Gascoigne Wood
158904 ECS from Neville Hill to Crewe CS
378215 south ECS from Transport Tech at Widnes to Willesden TMD

PORTFOLIO
Images from between April 20th and May 10th 2026

RETRO
Germany bound 59003 being hauled from Acton Yard to Wembley Yard by 08393 during April 1997

VIEW
90018 & 90046 powering, with 90042 & 90048 inside, at the head of the 4L17 Garston to Felixstowe intermodal working, near Rugeley

DATA & REFERENCE
Fleet Status database updated - 17:26
Storage lists/locations and stats sections updated

Monday 11/05/26

PUBLICATION TIME/S
00:45 (Tue) Additional news items/pictures (59003 37667 & 99007), additional photo news (20901 & 70004), additional internal operations (222601), S&C closure section added
15:15 Initial publication

NEWS & INFORMATION
59003 notes
37667 repainted
DCR hire Class 60s swapped
Test paths for 60063/Longport Down Sidings (amended)
99007 debut/next Class 99s shipment notes

PHOTO NEWS
20901 & 20905 with the drain train working from Gloucester Horton Road to Woking Up Yard
70004 on the overnight 6L67 Tunstead to Ipswich Griffin Wharf stone diagram
Colas providing two Class 70s for weekend engineering works in North London
66720 leading 66732 66727 & 66705 light engines from Doncaster to Crewe Basford Hall

TOURING
45118 then 60007 with 47593 working the English Riviera Express between Northampton and Kingswear/Dartmouth Railway
43058 & 43059 with the Lord of the Isles Pullman running between Swansea and Penrith
47810 & 47805 with the Royal Windsor Statesman running between Hull and Windsor & Eaton Riverside
67021 & 67024 on the Belmond Pullman in Oxford
66744 & 66748 with the Britannic Explorer running between London Victoria and Haverfordwest
97303 & 97304 with the Britannic Explorer being worked to Pwllheli
66748 & 66744 with the Britannic Explorer running from Barmouth to Honeybourne
66744 & 66748 bringing the Britannic Explorer in from Honeybourne then ECS to Stewarts Lane

INTERNAL OPERATIONS
222601 on the Stirling to Euston Lumo training run
37901 and repainted Class 70s on Leeds Midland Road
222005 heading to Central Rivers from Polmadie

S&C CLOSURE
S&C freight/engineers workings routed over the WCML and Class 158s on S&C shuttle services

PORTFOLIO
Images from between April 16th and May 10th 2026

RETRO
37800 in Warrington with a Stanlow tank train during January 1994

VIEW
66655 running into Kensington Olympia 09/05/25 with a single JNA box wagon, working 6Y25 from Acton Yard to Hoo Junction

DATA & REFERENCE
Fleet Status database updated - 00:43 (Tue)

Friday/Saturday 08/05/26-09/05/26

PUBLICATION TIME/S
00:50 (Sun) Converted to Friday/Saturday combined - news items for Saturday added, additional photo content/galleries added to the Swanage section
22:55 (Sat) Additional images added to 37501 66103 66790 & 99003 photo pages
01:40 (Sat) Additional news item and images (60050), photo news section added, additional content internal operations (93s), additional content in Swanage (day one gala gallery) and additional stock control (37501)
17:10 Initial publication

NEWS & INFORMATION
GBRG Class 69s notes/fleet survey
Two preserved Class 60s for scrap
Traction on the move by road

PHOTO NEWS
20905 & 20901 taking the drain train to Gloucester
66103 & 66192 on the 6E54 Kingsbury to Humber discharged oil tanks working
66790 66011 & 66206 at the head of the 6D44 Bescot to Toton engineering working

INTERNAL OPERATIONS
93003 & 93006 running to Crewe and 93004 returning to Derby from Bicester
20142 & 20189 making their way north light engines from Ashford Crane Depot to the Severn Valley Railway
37421 on site for tyre turning at Leeds Midland Road
67023 & 67027 in Peterborough between operating 0Z67 from Newark Northgate and 0Z68 to Doncaster

SWANAGE
Views from day two of the Swanage Railway's three day Diesel Gala featuring 20066 26007 37607 58023 (on display only) & 99004
Additional views from day one of the Swanage Railway's three day Diesel Gala featuring 20066 26007 33012 33025 33053 37607 58023 & 99004
26007 collecting failed 58023 from Corfe
Views from day one of the Swanage Railway's three day Diesel Gala featuring 20066 26007 33012 33025 33053 37607 58023 & 99004
99004 light to Eastleigh/with 73141 and the LU 4TC set to the Swanage Railway
26007 operating trains during the Swanage Railway's gala preview day

STOCK CONTROL
37501 with 730026 on transfer from Gascoigne Wood to Soho LMD
37512 heading to Bicester for a cancelled Class 701 transfer
Class 165s on ECS workings between Doncaster and Bicester

CATHOLME, MARCH, SOUTH GOSFORTH & HELLIFIELD
Eight freight/light engine workings at Catholme
69012 66951 & 66601 at March/Whitemoor
T&W Metro units and Class 555 sets on South Gosforth
Former RES stock and recently delivered Mk2 coaching stock at Hellifield

HERITAGE TRACTION
Recently repainted and modified Vale of Rheidol Railway 9 sat outside the shed at Aberystwyth
D9520 & 52044 working trains at the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway
47306 & 101020 working on the Bodmin & Wenford Railway during the line's Diesel Gala
D7018 37714 & 73156 at Loughborough/Great Central Railway
5552 08444 & 47306 at the Bodmin & Wenford Railway
W22W & 24081 in service on the Gloucestershire-Warwickshire Railway
37674 on the Strathspey Railway with Royal Scotsman coaches
Diesel traction at the Severn Valley featuring 50033 50049 and two DMU sets

PORTFOLIO
Images from between April 20th and May 4th 2026

RETRO
89001 in Leeds after arrival from Kings Cross during April 1998, and stabled in Crewe during May 2026

VIEW
60026 passing Hasland hauling 6M70 from Derby Chaddesden to Tunstead, then near March with 6L83 from Peak Forest to Brandon Down Sidings

DATA & REFERENCE
Fleet Status database updated - 01:36 (Sat)
Storage lists/locations and stats sections updated