Re-powering for a longer life

The Greatest Gathering at Derby on August 1-3 brings together a host of exhibits from the railway over the last 200 years, but there are more than 100 modern traction locos and multiple units alone, a

After months of meticulous technical upgrades, Govia Thameslink Railway has reintroduced Class 379 Electrostars into passenger service. RICHARD WILCOCK pays a visit to Hornsey Depot to find out more

12099 – Kidderminster: The Class 11 was taken out of service in 2019 for overhaul. Since then it has received a thorough internal and external makeover from bufferbeam to bufferbeam by the dedicated t

THE ONLY remaining preserved Class 56, the Class 56 Group’s 56006, has undergone a B-exam which was carried out in accordance with the maintenance regime put in place by EWS, its last owner. Based on

In a special ceremony at its Peterborough depot on July 17, GB Railfreight officially showed off its brand-new Stadler Class 99 bi-mode locomotives to an audience of more than 250 stakeholders, staff

ABOVE: The 1990s were a colourful time with the last of the Trainload liveries, the shadow freight colour schemes and the new privatised company liveries. On January 23, 1996, Loadhaul 37517 leads Tra