Are renatus ‘321s’ destined for the bin?

P reserved is one of the most misused words in railway writing. Talk of locos ‘entering preservation’ like it’s some sort of job just doesn’t make sense. Then there’s the grey area of what’s actually

LEFT: D1618, allocated to LMML (London Midland Region, Midland Lines) at Toton, is away from its usual operating sphere as it gingerly crosses a new bridge over what will become the M6. The train is o

Pathfinder Railtours is facing a serious threat to its future after a series of poorly-selling trains combined with a mass of cancellations – sometimes because the trains were not breaking even and so

Overhauls, restorations and running notes

27/8 – 150238 5V83 13.46 Wolverton-Exeter TMD. 6/9 – 150219 5V83 10.00 Wolverton-Exeter TMD. 10/9 – 156502 5S07 10.15 Wolverton-Corkerhill. 11/9 –156503 5H70 09.24 Corkerhill-Wolverton. 25/8 – 170102

D9537 – Wirksworth: An August working party started with giving the brake frame a second coat of grey oxide. The cooler group was also given a good degrease. Inside the loco, a start was made on scrap