Back on the buses

The recent glut of shunter releases has been bolstered in recent weeks with the arrival of the Class 02 shunter from Heljan. This plugs a further gap in the range of ready-to-run diesel shunters and l

June 2025 marks the 40th anniversary of the first Class 37/4s entering traffic. Four decades on, 13 of the 31 locos remain in use. I don’t want to go over too much of their early history as it’s been

The future look of the Transport for Wales Class 153 fleet has begun to take shape with the creation of semi-permanent pairings, these featuring one fully accessible unit and one of the new Active Tra

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D2767 – Bo’ness: One of just two surviving ex-BR North British Shunters, D2767, has recently moved under its own power for the first time in five years after repairs by a small team of volunteers were

I always used to regard Class 31s as Western or Eastern Region locos. I most strongly associate them with depots like Old Oak Common, Finsbury Park, Stratford, Immingham or Gateshead. They were famili