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66100 with 6H75 from Warrington Arpley Sidings to Tunstead Sidings at Cheadle Heath 05/05/26
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SITE UPDATED
Thursday May 07, 2026 02:29
SECTIONS/PAGES UPDATED
Wednesday 06/05/26

PUBLICATION TIME/S
02:25 (Thu) Initial publication

NEWS & INFORMATION
Ex Chiltern Class 68s reallocated
69007 taken off store allocation
Heritage traction on transfer to the Swanage Railway
57301 recovers 57604 & 57605

PHOTO NEWS
66769 working 6L05 from Willesden Euroterminal to Barrington Pad
66416 66206 66011 66104 & 66551 five up at the head of the 6K50 engineers working from Toton Yard to Crewe Basford Hall
66719 on the Rail 200 Exhibition Train spending a few days in Stockport

STOCK CONTROL
37884 & 37510 to Leeds for Class 333 movements between Holbeck and Neville Hill
37512 light from Derby RTC to Bicester then hauling 701505 & 701514 from Bicester to Derby Litchurch Lane
43094 & 43122 operating 5Z44 from Kidderminster/Severn Valley Railway to the Mid Norfolk Railway
47805 & 47810 working 5Z47 from Crewe HS to Doncaster
37501 with 730205 on transfer as 5Q16 from Bletchley TMD to Gascoigne Wood

INTERNAL OPERATIONS
93006 & 93003 arriving at destination light engines as 0Q16 from Worksop to Gascoigne Wood
37421 light engine as 0Z37 from Barrow Hill to the wheel lathe at Leeds Midland Road for tyre turning
37901 light engine as 0Z36 from Leicester LIP to the wheel lathe at Leeds Midland Road for tyre turning
66951 & 70008 with one hopper being worked as the 6G01 Hunslet Yard to Leeds Midland Road wagon repair trip

PORTFOLIO
Images from between April 20th and May 1st 2026

RETRO
43110 & 91011 on GNER launch day in Leeds during May 1997

VIEW
88009 in Nuneaton during a scheduled stop while working 4H43 from Daventry to Trafford Park

DATA & REFERENCE
Fleet Status database updated - 01:57 (Thu)
Storage lists, stock changes and stats sections updated

Tuesday 05/05/26

PUBLICATION TIME/S
00:40 (Wed) Additional stock control items
15:10 Initial publication

NEWS & INFORMATION
DBC fleet change/DRS XHIM Class 66s rental dates table
Exporting Class 56 - clarification notes for social media

PHOTO NEWS
66306 awaiting entry into a possession at Motherwell with 6K04 from Millerhill
66558 taking a diverted 4M52 working through Blaydon
66301 at Cheadle Hulme with an engineers working from Deighton

TOURING
37401 & 37403 with the Garrison Growlers tour operated between Glenrothes in Thornton and Fort William
43025 & 43159 operating the North-South Connection tour between Manchester Victoria and Reading
43025 & 43159 operating the Welsh Dragon and Mini Dragon tours from London Euston to Llandudno, Llandudno Junction and Holyhead
67024 with the Belmond British Pullman running between London Victoria and Bath Spa
43058 & 43059 with the returning Lord of the Isles Pullman running from Inverness to St Albans City
45118 & 47593 operating the English Riviera Express tour between Crewe and Kingswear
35028 on the British Pullman operated between London Victoria and Dover Priory
5043 & 37240 on the North Wales Coast Express tour between Birmingham New Street/Nuneaton and Llandudno
47813 & 47812 working the Atlantic Voyager tour between Dorridge and Newquay

STOCK CONTROL
57605 & 57604 in Highbridge Loop after a failure while working 5Z50 from Penzance to Reading TCD
43094 & 43122 working 5Z43 from Worksop to the Severn Valley Railway
37501 hauling 730026 from Soho LMD to Gascoigne Wood
156494 heading south on the WCML as 5H70 from Corkerhill CSMD to Wolverton Centre Sidings
810019 on its delivery run operating ECS as 5Q59 from Merchant Park Sidings to Derby Etches Park
43025 & 43159 returning to the Lancs ECS as 5Z50 from Acton Lane Sidings to the East Lancashire Railway
170113 ECS as 5Z50 from Derby to Tyseley TMD
165124 ECS as 5Q23 from Reading TCD to Doncaster Works

NEWARK, AV DAWSON & CREWE CASEY LANE
56051 & 67027 on hand at Newark Northgate
01567 08410 08598 08774 08912 7900-58 & Eleanor at AV Dawson, Middlesbrough
Five workings passing Crewe Casey Lane

PORTFOLIO
Images from between April 21st and May 4th 2026

RETRO
47476 & 90022 in Leeds with a London to York via Leeds parcels working during April 1994

VIEW
60099 at Fairwood Junction and in Reading with 6M28 from Merehead Quarry to Quainton Railhead

DATA & REFERENCE
Fleet Status database updated - 15:06
Stock changes section updated

 

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