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Next Updates - WEDNESDAY PM/LATE

Tuesday/Wednesday 14/07/26-15/07/26

PUBLICATION TIME/S
19:50 (Wed) Initial publication

NEWS & INFORMATION
Eleventh Class 99 arrives
37716 & 66745 named
89001 makes its debut with LS on the Chairman's Train
99001 on the Drax biomass circuit
93009 continues to operate the Coatbridge circuit
Traction moves by road round up

PHOTO NEWS
68019 & 68030 taking generator coach 6371 to Stourbridge Junction
Three freight workings on diversion passing through Thurston
69014 shunting in Eastleigh while 66740 passes with 4O46
Re-branded 220016 in service

STOCK CONTROL
37510 bringing new 345071 to Old Oak Common
37401 & 20107 with stock from Fort William to Carlisle Upperby
37667 37521 20107 & 20096 with one on running to Crewe from Carlisle Upperby
37512 hauling 730048 to Soho
196012 in Oxford to run ECS to Milton Keynes

INTERNAL OPERATIONS
20205 & 20007 heading to the NYMR to collect 31466 & 47840

HERITAGE TRACTION/EVENTS
73003 at work at the Dean Forest Railway
Additional views from the Mid Hants Railway's Summer Diesel Gala
Additional views from the East Lancashire Railway's Diesel Gala
142023 D3002 10077 & 43063 at the Plym Valley Railway
Locomotives in and around Rowsley/Peak Rail
A visit to Rowsley with S102 on the line's passenger workings and 44008 on a driver experience turn
26010 & 3802 working trains at the Llangollen Railway

PORTFOLIO
Images from between July 1st and July 13th 2026

RETRO
26041 & 37411 at Appleby East during March 1990 with the Pennine Wanderer tour from Swindon to Warcop

VIEW
66601 in Leeds taking the Midland Curve with 6M22 from Hunslet to Tunstead

DATA & REFERENCE
Fleet Status database updated - 19:47 (Wed)
Storage lists/locations and stats sections updated

Monday 13/07/26

PUBLICATION TIME/S
22:10 Initial publication

NEWS & INFORMATION
DRS using a Class 93 on the Daventry/Coatbridge intermodal diagram
31128 collects 31210 from Strawberry Hill
20166 on the move by road
GBTG Class 60 fleet survey

PHOTO NEWS
93001 & 93005 still in residence at Clapham Junction

TOURING
A round up of tours operated between 05/07/26 and 12/07/26, featuring 66751 & 66744 on the Britannic Explorer running from Fowey to Bruton, 57314 & 47832 with the returning Saltburn Railtours tour from Llandudno Junction to Saltburn, 34067 & 57314 working the Dalesman between York and Carlisle, 67006 & 67024 operating a British Belmond Pullman outing between London Victoria and oxford Parkway, 47830 & 47810 operating the Dorset Coast Statesman tour between Stafford and Weymouth, 35028 & 47802 operating the End of Southern Steam tour between London Victoria Yeovil Junction, Weymouth and London Waterloo, 34046 & 50050 with the LS Chairman's Train running from Crewe to Hellifield, then ECS to Carlisle Upperby, then 142003 as the Chairman's Train operating from Hellifield to Carlisle Upperby, 47810 & 47830 operating the English Riviera Express tour, between High Wycombe and Kingswear, 66744 & 66748 on the Britannic Explorer running from between Keighley and Appleby via Barrow, Carnforth and Carlisle, 34028 & 47802 powering the White Rose tour between London Kings Cross and York, 34067 & 47804 on the Cumbrian Mountain Express operating between Crewe, Liverpool Lime Street and Carlisle, then 66748 & 66744 on the Britannic Explorer running from Appleby to Princes Risborough

INTERNAL OPERATIONS
Touring London with 73109
67024 bringing 92011 north from Wembley
99001 runs to Doncaster

HERITAGE TRACTION/EVENTS
The Mid Hants Railway's Summer Diesel Gala with 08288, 20059 & 20188, 33108, 47579, 56103, 60099 & 66613 in action
56006 working the East Lancashire Railway's Sunday passenger diagram
08483 & 08762 in operation during the Shunter Day event at Peak Rail
Several of the locomotives exhibited at the NRM Shildon/Locomotion
20154 144003 and NCB 18 at Ruddington
47292 basking in the sun alongside the running shed at Cheddleton

PORTFOLIO
Images from between July 3rd and July 12th 2026

RETRO
56130 between duties at Hunslet Oil Terminal during September 1987

VIEW
66007 leading 66096 66131 66028 & 66139 through Alfreton in convoy as 0M67 from Doncaster Belmond Yard to Toton TMD

DATA & REFERENCE
Fleet Status database updated - 21:59
Storage lists/locations sections updated

Saturday 11/07/26

PUBLICATION TIME/S
12:40 (Sun) Initial publication

NEWS & INFORMATION
HHR fleet change
COFS Class 56s notes/fleet survey

PHOTO NEWS
70801 off route with a diverted 6M35 Lowestoft to Longport working
67013 on 1W61 to Cardiff starting short from Shrewsbury
397007 off route with 1S40 from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Central

STOCK CONTROL
93006 & 93007 and barrier coaches returning to Crewe from Inverness
165121 returning to Reading following attention at Wabtec

LUMO
222601 222603 & 222604 on Anglo-Scottish Lumo passenger workings
222602 on release from Widnes re-liveried and renumbered

HERITAGE TRACTION
33048 on a goods training formation on the West Somerset Railway
47714 & 33035 in traffic at the Wensleydale Railway
08704 at Cranmore
D9520 & 47715 on shed at Haworth
55009 & 60163 at Wansford

PORTFOLIO
Images from between July 8th and July 10th 2026

RETRO
56076 waiting to depart from the Prince of Wales Colliery with a loaded MGR during September 1988

VIEW
60095 at the head of 6L83 from Peak Forest to Eccles Road Johnston's Sidings at Prickwillow

DATA & REFERENCE
Fleet Status database updated - 12:28 (Sun)
Storage lists/locations, stock changes and stats sections updated

Thursday 09/07/26

PUBLICATION TIME/S
03:50 (Fri) Initial publication

NEWS & INFORMATION
EPR restructuring details released
92006 manages to get north of Crewe for the first time in years
GoExpress press release (available to download)
56096 & 56105 on test again
31128 & 31210 moves
Potential for Class 60s to move from Doncaster

STOCK CONTROL
37510 & 37501 bringing 701018 in from Bicester
93006 & 93007 Carlisle bound with barrier coaches from Derby RTC

INTERNAL OPERATIONS
33025 on a run to Yeovil Junction

PORTFOLIO
Images from between July 7th and July 9th 2026

RETRO
56092 on a Dee Marsh bound steel working at Warrington Bank Quay during September 1987

VIEW
60099 at Fairwood Junction with 6M51 from Merehead Quarry to Quainton Railhead

DATA & REFERENCE
Fleet Status database updated - 02:21 (Fri)
Storage lists/locations sections updated

Wednesday 08/07/26

PUBLICATION TIME/S
03:25 (Thu) Initial publication

NEWS & INFORMATION
Seventh Colas Class 56 returned to service/on test
DRS Class 57 sales - one collected
37610 & 20303 return to Worksop

PHOTO NEWS
70801 returning from Lowestoft with 6M35 to Bradwell Up Sidings
Three diverted freight workings passing through Stapleton Road
66610 now with HHR decals working 6H50 from Wembley Receptions to Tunstead Sidings

STOCK CONTROL
37512 taking 730044 to Gascoigne Wood
37407 & 37423 returning to Derby RTC with barriers used to for the cross-Leeds Class 333 moves
37884 collecting 231005 from Holyhead
68020 powering 5Q69 to Banbury
87002 & 86101 on LS stock at Norton Bridge

INTERNAL OPERATIONS
LS bubble car 55022 visits Chester

PORTFOLIO
Images from between June 30th and July 7th 2026

RETRO
56011 with a Hunslet East to Stanlow working at Engine Shed Junction during October 1986

VIEW
60046 on 6D23 from Wembley Receptions to Penmaenmawr Quarry passing South Kenton

DATA & REFERENCE
Fleet Status database updated - 03:16 (Thu)
Storage lists/locations and stats sections updated