43272 & 43251 at Eldroth 04/09/26 - traversing the 'Little North Western' towards Carnforth, operating 1Q83 from Blackpool North to  Derby RTC
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PUBLICATION TIME/S
02:10 (Tue) Additional news item (99012 & 99013) and news images (47701), additional photo news item (950001) and moving steam section added
18:40 Initial Publication

NEWS & INFORMATION
99012 & 99013 into service
Tugs - a debut, a special do, a naming and returnees expected
31108 brought home from the Bluebell

PHOTO NEWS
950001 bowing out? on 2Q08 at Princes Risborough
HHR branded 66559 on 6M73
66023 & 66098 head 6Z70 from Warrington through Crewe
67008 replacing a Class 197 to operate 1W59 to Manchester Piccadilly
66850 in Stafford running round 6K88

TOURING
Tours 05/09/26 & 06/09/26, featuring 57302 & 50050 then 60007 powering the English Riviera Express, 47848 with 47746 operating the Wensum & Thames Explorer tour, 57313 & 57601 on the Northern Belle, and 66764 & 66748 on the Britannic Explorer, - steam making a welcome return to the mainline following some rain and the relaxation of the lineside fire risk restrictions

INTERNAL OPERATIONS
57605 & 57604 on GWR sleeper training workings between Reading and London Euston
800013 visiting Forders Signalbox Siding while running from Oxford to Paddington via Euston
Class 67s (67020 then 67021) on test runs from Crewe EMD

STOCK CONTROL
47727 bringing 360104 to Northampton EMD
156401 ECS from Wolverton Works
172333 ECS from Ilford EMUD

MOVING STEAM
66119 hauling 60163 to Tyseley
57314 & 47812 escorting 45212 to the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway
66092 shunting 229 into Didcot Railway Centre
37667 bringing 60007 to Crewe

PORTFOLIO
Images from between August 24th and September 4th 2026

RETRO
50050 on a Waterloo bound service at Salisbury during May 1991

VIEW
69007 & 69009 in Doncaster Down Decoy

DATA & REFERENCE
Fleet Status database updated - 18:38

PUBLICATION TIME/S
03:05 (Sat) Initial Publication

NEWS & INFORMATION
EPR Class 60s extracted from Toton
DBC fleet changes
Freightliner fleet changes

PHOTO NEWS
70813 making good time with a short formed 6J37 logs to Chirk
66032 on 0V72 taking the fast lines at Hillmorton Junction

TOURING
Tours and tour associated ECS workings 04/09/26 featuring 57003 57302 & 50050 and tour stock working from Crewe HS to Eastleigh Works,  20096 20107 20118 & 20132 powering the Chairman's Train between Oxford and Paddington and returning ECS to Crewe and 47746 & 47848 working a pre-tour stock move Southall to Norwich Goods Yard

STOCK CONTROL
57310 & 57306 taking LU set 064 back to Goole
320420 & 320403 on workings from/to Wolverton Works
165012 running to Doncaster for attention

INTERNAL OPERATIONS
93009 & 93010 into Oxfordshire again

PORTFOLIO
Images from between August 21st and September 3rd 2026

RETRO
370003 leading an APT formation near Leighton Buzzard during March 1980

VIEW
66078 passing Elford with the 6M00 Humber Oil Refinery to Kingsbury Oil Sidings working

DATA & REFERENCE
Fleet Status database updated - 02:52 (Sat)