Freightliner class 70 sports new livery

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

It has been a remarkable 25 years since Bachmann first released its Class 08 to the 4mm scale market and, with it, delivered a statement of intent. The model was not only one of the manufacturer’s fir

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

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

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

ALSTOM IS opening its Polmadie depot, in south Glasgow, to the public on Sunday, October 12 to commemorate its 150th anniversary. The depot is currently the main base of the Caledonian Sleeper coachin