Balfour beatty ‘20s’ run in new colours

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

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

Overhauls, restorations and running notes

D E SPITE BEING surrounded by the likes ...

One of the things I miss most from the current railway scene is our locomotive workshops. They were such fascinating places to visit, because they illustrated perfectly the life story of locomotives f

THE LAST of GB Railfreight’s 16 Class 69s has entered traffic, with 69015, built using the body of 56009, outshopped from Arlington Fleet Services on August 26 in a version of the old BR Red Stripe Ra