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03145 – Moreton Park: A replacement dynamo had been sourced for 03145 and once fitted, it allowed the loaned dynamo to be returned to D2302. As usual, 03145 was regularly used for shunting and transfe

The long-awaited passenger-carrying debut of battery-powered 230001 on the Greenford branch finally occurred on January 31, the set forming 2G02, the 05.30 West Ealing-Greenford, before working throug

Overhauls, restorations and running notes

THE WESTERN Loco Association has said a further in-depth assessment of D1048 Western Lady means it could be in a position to start one of its engines ‘soon.’ The good news comes in a roundabout way. A

When I started trainspotting in April 1981, it was at Berkswell Station, between Coventry and Birmingham International, and a five-mile bike ride from my home town of Kenilworth. I’d tried Tile Hill s

Railway scrapyards have held a, some may argue, morbid fascination with rail enthusiasts for decades. They are the Death Row of the railways, where the chances are if a loco goes in, it isn’t coming o