Class 67s running on borrowed time

There’s no escaping it. The issue with charter trains, and why they cost so much to run, is the lack of decent, suitable and accessible rolling stock. There is also a definite lack of really nice coac

There are many reasons why locomotives might be fitted with replacement engines to new designs. PIP DUNN looks at various projects and explains why they occurred

To the uninitiated, the ‘Y7’ 040T looks like a bit of a dockside lightweight… but they became regulars on passenger work, some of the longest lived ex-main line locomotives in industry, and even wartime heroes, as ALAN REET reveals.

When new, D5300-06 were just seven of the original pilot scheme batch of 20 BRCW Type 2s, what we know as Class 26s. They started life working passenger trains in England on the GN lines out of King’s

ABOVE: On June 2, 1980, 20066 hauls a coal train from Markam Colliery formed of mineral wagons and hoppers at Barrow Hill, having just come off the line from Hall Lane Junction and Seymour Junction. C

EUROPHOENIX RAIL has had unveiled its 37423 in a new grey and turquoise livery. The repaint was undertaken by Boden Rail Engineering at its Colwick depot, near Nottingham. The ex-DRS loco was revealed