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Tuesday 14/04/26

PUBLICATION TIME/S
13:00 (Wed) Initial Publication

NEWS & INFORMATION
First DB Class 66 for Romania despatched abroad
59003 note
47355 update

PHOTO NEWS
69009 at Littleport with 6E86 from Middleton Towers to Monk Bretton
66152 on a shout to Ely to assist 66124 which had failed while working 4M82 from Felixstowe North to East Midlands Gateway
66078 & 66847 working 6S50 from Kingmoor Yard to Millerhill Sorting Sidings
66589 & 66848 working 6M73 from Doncaster Up Decoy to Toton North Yard
66711 & 66846 at the head of the 6D44 Bescot to Toton engineering working
66543 & 66512 stabled behind locked gates at the Freightliner terminal at Stourton
66158 working 6M51 from Millerhill Sorting Sidings to Kingmoor Yard then 6S50 from Kingmoor Yard back to Millerhill Sorting Sidings

STOCK CONTROL
47712 & 47593 with a pre-tour ECS working running as 5Z69 from Crewe Holding Sidings to  Ely Reception Sidings
37501 hauling 730010 from Gascoigne Wood to Soho LMD
93010 & 93004 with two barrier coaches running from Derby RTC to Ely Papworth Sidings
196012 ECS from Bletchley TMD to Tyseley LMD
37510 hauling 231001 & 756103 from Holyhead to Cardiff Canton TMD
150222 ECS from Neville Hill TMD to Wolverton Works

INTERNAL OPERATIONS
37175 & 37057 propelling snowplough ADB965230 to Rail Sidings Ltd at Eastriggs then light engines to Carstairs CE Sidings
142003 on the S&C route again operating 5Z37 from Crewe HS to Carlisle Upperby
67007 with 92042 on transfer south from Crewe EMD to Wembley LHS

HERITAGE TRACTION
Gala action at Peak Rail and the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway during the line's joint Twin Peaks gala event
33103 & 73001 at Duffield during the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway's Southern Region theme event
11456 34070 34092 & 60163 working trains at the East Lancashire Railway's Legends of Steam Gala

STEAM ON THE MAIN
34046 and support coach working 5Z70 from Crewe HS to Southall

PORTFOLIO
Images from between April 2nd and April 13th 2026

RETRO
D5128 at Wick with a service from Inverness during June 1964

DATA & REFERENCE
Fleet Status database updated - 12:44 (Wed)
Storage lists/locations and stats sections updated

Monday 13/04/26

PUBLICATION TIME/S
02:50 (Tue) Additional news images (66014 move and DCR Class 60s item), internal operations section loaded
18:20 Initial Publication

NEWS & INFORMATION
First Romania bound Class 66 despatched from Toton
Class 08s on the move by road
DCR Class 60s (and 60095) round up/fleet survey

PHOTO NEWS
Three engineers workings operating over the LNW route between Carnforth North Junction and Crewe Basford
Recent arrival 08527 at Peterborough GB
60047 languishing with 66043 at the rear of the shed at Toton
66751 & 66301 either end of 6T66 from Tilbury Town to Whitemoor Yard

TOURING
66742 & 66748 bringing the Britannic Explorer south from Appleby to Greenford East Junction
Ten car DEMU 1001 & 1013 operating the Bath & Cranmore tour between Hastings and Cranmore
67006 & 67024 with the Belmond Pullman on a run between London Euston and Liverpool South Parkway

INTERNAL OPERATIONS
37057 & 37175 taking snowplough ADB965230 to Larbert CE Sidings
LS using 142003 for training between Crewe and Carlisle

INSPIRATION
66719 & 66310 on the Rail 200 Exhibition Train - in Newquay/running to Long Marston

TOTON WISHAW & DAGWORTH
Stored locomotives at Toton/in Toton Yard
Class 08s at RSS Wishaw
Three freight workings at Dagworth

PORTFOLIO
Images from between April 2nd and April 12th 2026

RETRO
D5328 with a westbound freight at Stromeferry during June 1964

DATA & REFERENCE
Fleet Status database updated - 18:10
Storage lists/locations sections updated

Thursday/Friday 09/04/26-10/04/26

PUBLICATION TIME/S
02:50 (Sat) Additional news item (59001), additional photo news (66557), internal operations and steam on the main sections added
19:10 (Fri) Initial Publication

NEWS & INFORMATION
59001 on the move
Several Class 08s and a power car on the move by road
68027 re-liveried
60063 repaint reported
56094 on test following attention at Boden Rail
69011 back into the fray/Class 69 fleet survey

PHOTO NEWS
66557 bringing 6E97 through Appleby after a bridge strike causing issues on the S&C route
66750 66739 & 66748 working 6O01 from Scunthorpe to Eastleigh East Yard
56051 on 6C54 from Hendon to Toton North Yard
810016 on its first day in revenue earning service forming 1F17 from St Pancras International to Sheffield

STOCK CONTROL
37510 with 231009 & 756105 on transfer from Holyhead to Cardiff
57303 & 57306 working 5Z62 from Liverpool Lime Street to Carlisle
165030 ECS from Banbury Depot to Doncaster Works
165016 ECS from Doncaster Works to Banbury Depot

INTERNAL OPERATIONS
67023 & 67027 working light engines from Hitchin Up Yard to Newark North Gate Sidings after being used to move an LNER 225 set onto a wired road
73128 & 73212 escorting 73963 from Tonbridge West Yard to Eastleigh Works
222005 on a Lumo training diagram operating 5S01 from Preston to Polmadie

TOURING
57306 66701 & 66694 powering the Alstom's Depot Bash tour from Edge Hill to Bletchley and back
67006 & 67024 with the Belmond Pullman running between London Victoria and Stamford
66743 with the first Royal Scotsman outing of 2026
The Cumbrian Mountain Explorer tour from Crewe eventually to Carlisle and back
47593 & 47810 working the Royal Windsor Statesman tour between Chester and Windsor & Eton Riverside
The Britannic Explorer between 30/03/26 and 03/04/26

STEAM ON THE MAIN
The Duke makes his way to the Severn Valley Railway

PORTFOLIO
Images from between April 6th and April 9th 2026

RETRO
D604 at Swindon Works during August 1963

VIEW
43277 & 43257 in Stowmarket working 3Q14 from Norwich Goods Yard to Norwich Goods Yard via Colchester then 43257 & 43277 near March working 3Z43 from Norwich Goods Yard to Derby RTC

DATA & REFERENCE
Fleet Status database updated - 18:52 (Fri)
Storage lists/locations and stats sections updated

Tuesday/Wednesday 07/04/26-08/04/26

PUBLICATION TIME/S
02:30 (Thu) Additional news items for the 8th added, additional stock control items added
18:10 News items for 8th
16:40  Initial Publication

NEWS & INFORMATION
69011 released from store at Longport
Repainted 37521 & 57311 released from Eastleigh Works
Colas 56s on engineering workings
Another Class 66/6 renumbered for GBRf/project progress table updated
DBC release press release regarding ETCS fitment to 66070/WBET Class 66 allocation notes/survey

PHOTO NEWS
66537 working the 6Z49 Barham to March Down Reception Sidings (via a reversal in Claydon Loop) then on as 6E68 from March Down Reception Sidings to Tunstead empties
31128 with Stoneblower DR80214 on transfer as 6Z34 Worcester Yard to Derby RTC
68004 & 68001 working the 6E73 loaded ballast from Shap Quarry to Doncaster Up Decoy
Diverted freight workings over the East-West route, while the WCML is closed south of Bletchley featuring 66104 on 6M45 from Dollands Moor to Daventry and 66422 on 4L48 from Daventry to Tilbury

STOCK CONTROL
57303 & 57306 taking ERS stock to/from Great Yarmouth CHS
68026 taking set CH06 from Eastleigh TRSMD to Banbury Depot
43122 & 43094 operating ECS as 5E26 from Nemesis Rail at Burton to Worksop Down Receptions
37510 with 730010 on transfer from Soho LMD to Gascoigne Wood
37800 with 231006 on transfer from Holyhead to Cardiff in Chester
68026 leading set CH01 into Didcot while operating ECS from Eastleigh TRSMD to Banbury
170535 running ECS from Derby Etches Park to Central Rivers Depot
150003 & 156472 heading north ECS from Wolverton Works to Neville Hill TRSMD

TONBRIDGE
GBRf Class 73s in Tonbridge Yard

HERITAGE TRACTION
73003 on its first day in service at the Dean Forest Railway
90050 at Crewe Heritage Centre
A visit to Buckfastleigh/South Devon Railway
47715 working trains at the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway
Views from the Great Central Railway's Goods Friday Event
37264 in Pickering on the rear of a North Yorkshire Moors Railway service to Goathland
Views from Shackerstone/Battlefield Line featuring 33201 & 31459 working trains, and a look at some of the locomotives on site, including 08502 08685 08701 08765 09201 20063 25904 33008 40118 58012 & 58048
73156 & 45125 working trains at the Great Central Railway
50033 at Highley with a Bridgnorth to Kidderminster Severn Valley Railway service

PORTFOLIO
Images from April 7th 2026

RETRO
37242 & 33103 operating the Crompton Pedigree tour from Crewe to various freight only branches during November 1998

VIEW
73964 & 73961 on the MML at Harrowden Junction while operating 1Q51 from Derby RTC to Woking Up Yard

DATA & REFERENCE
Fleet Status database updated - 02:23 (Thu)
Storage lists/locations, stock changes and stats sections updated