66705 with 4V13 from Tonbridge West Yard to Avonmouth
passing 66618 with 6C48 from Appleford to Whatley at
Swindon 09/05/24
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SITE UPDATED |
Tuesday May 14, 2024 01:00 |
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Monday 13/05/24 |
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PUBLICATION TIME/S - 20:05 (Mon) 01:00 (Tue)
NEWS
LISTS/LOCATIONS
EP collect 37407, BB 20s on tests, 97304 with plates, DBC sales progress table
updated/republished, WBHT Class 66s round up/survey, 66306-66316
progress table updated
FLEET STATUS REFERENCE
Database Updated - 19:52
JOURNAL
PHOTO NEWS -
56103 & 56098 working 6Z89 from Middleton Towers to
Derby Chaddesden, 69004 & 69008 on 6E88 from Middleton
Towers, 69004 with 4L66 from Goole then 4E88 to
Peterborough, 56103 & 56098 working 6D85 from Ravenhead
Sidings, 88006 & 68034 on the Dungeness flask run, 68002
& 68018 powering 4Z45 to Coatbridge, 66155 leading 66109
on 6D37 to Scunthorpe, 66622 in Hull with 6Y33 from
Hessle Road Junction, 66720 in an engineering possession
at Ravenstruther
REPORTAGE
STOCK CONTROL - 37800 taking Class 507s to Sims, 37409 taking
stock to Kidderminster, 69008 collecting 458413 from Widnes, 69011 taking 701029 to Marchwood, 69009 transferring
Class 360s between Kettering and Northampton, 47828
taking stock to Southall, 805006 ECS to Merchant
Park Sidings
TOURING -
7029 & 47773 powering the two day Great Western Railway
tours, 47712 & 47805 taking the Royal Windsor Statesman to
Windsor & Eton Riverside, 46100 & 47828 operating a Steam
Dreams outing between Colchester and Barrow Hill, 43055 &
43049 working the Settle to Carlisle and Tyne Valley Pullman
tour, 43055 & 43047 working the Midland Pullman Experience
to Bath, 66737 taking Lesia the birthday girl out, 60007
then 47805 with 47828 operating a Steam Dreams outing
between London and Chester, 44871 & 57315 on the Cumbrian
Mountain Express, 67024 & 67005 to Chesterfield with the
Belmond Pullman, 47712 & 47805 operating the Llandudno
Victorian Statesman
SWANAGE -
Views from the Swanage Railway's Diesel Gala, 50021 being
assisted, 50026 off the rails at Corfe
PORTFOLIO
Images from between April 29th and May 9th 2024
VIEW
66080 passing Woofferton with the 6V75 Dee Marsh to Margam
steel empties
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PUBLICATION TIME/S - 21:00 (Fri)
NEWS
STOCK CHANGES,
LISTS/LOCATIONS,
STATS
DBC fleet change, Crewe 37s moved, 56103 re-enters service
FLEET STATUS REFERENCE
Database Updated - 20:50 (Fri)
JOURNAL
PHOTO NEWS -
59201 returning to Merehead after visiting St Philips
Marsh, 56096 replaced in Eastleigh by 56094 from
Westbury, 70806 & 66791 taking 6C42 to Fishguard, 66761
& 69010 taking 6E20 to Doncaster, 69006 on the Monk
Bretton sand
REPORTAGE
SWANAGE - 69002 & 73109 initially then with 33012 working the
Jurassic Crompton tour to Swanage/after arrival on the
Swanage Railway, 37219 making its way to the gala, 69007
sitting out the gala at Eastleigh, 34028 33012 33111
D1015 69002 & 73109 in action during Swanage Railway's
gala preview running day
STOCK CONTROL -
69011 moving Class 701s to/from Marchwood, 37884 collecting
769935 from Long Marston, 1750110 & 175011 run to store at
Ely Papworth
56113 60028 & 66711 -
56113 on the Preston Docks/Haverton diagram, 60028 & 66711
on the Tytherington/Appleford circuit
66179 & 66244 -
Former Eurosheds 66179 then 66244 on Felixstowe intermodal
workings
BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND STEAM -
Bank Holiday steam gala activities at the Epping Ongar
Railway, the Churnet Valley Railway and West Somerset
Railway
HERITAGE TRACTION -
D2310 08701 33008 & 33053 at Shackerstone, D1062 working
trains on the SVR, D1015 working trains on the SVR, 31327 &
46512 at the Strathspey Railway, 31130 at work during the
Avon Valley Railway's diesel running day, 31270 in Didcot,
45125 on a GCR freight working at Loughborough, E1 08830
37152 44008 & 47402 at Rowsley, 4079 in action on the East
Lancashire Railway, 142018 with other Pacers in Bedale, LEV1
after its move to Locomotion, 26010 & 47449 at work on the
Llangollen Railway
PORTFOLIO
Images from between April 30th and May 4th 2024
VIEW
69002 & 66732 working through Feltham with the 6Y48 Eastleigh
East Yard to Hoo Junction engineers
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PUBLICATION TIME/S - 22:30
NEWS
STOCK CHANGES,
LISTS/LOCATIONS,
STATS
More Class 90s collected from Crewe EMD, WQDA deletions, Poland
bound Class 66 leaves the UK, 55009 on the road, D1015 to/taking
traction to the Swanage Railway, 66309 into service/66737 with new
decals, Europhoenix Class 37s notes/survey
FLEET STATUS REFERENCE
Database Updated - 22:23
JOURNAL
PHOTO NEWS -
60096 on the Rylstone/Hull diagram, 66729 on
6E09/Rylstone diagram notes, 69006 at Kirk Sandall after
arrival with 6E85 from Middleton Towers, 66651 on the
Knowsley bins, 66797 & 66148 on 6O01 to Eastleigh, 56096
residing in Eastleigh, shiny 66002 taking 6M45 through
Didcot, 153376 in the little used platform 1 at
Huntingdon
REPORTAGE
STOCK CONTROL - 69009 transferring Class 379s between Worksop,
Doncaster and Hornsey/light to Doncaster, 69011 taking
701003 to Long Marston/returning to Eastleigh, 37884
dragging 507033 & 507028 to Sims, 37601 & 37608
returning to Derby with barriers after a Class 175
transfer to Landore was cancelled at Central Rivers,
37608 collecting 730012 from Old Dalby, 37668 & 37517
with one from Burton as 5Z75 to Carnforth, 47828 taking
tour stock to Southall, 47749 taking barrier coaches to
Leicester, 47805 & 47712 returning to Crewe with tour
stock from Southall, 47746 & 44871 running ECS to
Bristol Kingsland Road, 57313 & 47815 returning to
Carnforth with stock from Burton
PORTFOLIO
Images from between April 27th and May 3rd 2024
VIEW
66651 at Heck Ings working 6N31
from Scunthorpe to Tees New Yard
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