Fleet survey: the ews class 66s

To the uninitiated, the ‘Y7’ 040T looks like a bit of a dockside lightweight… but they became regulars on passenger work, some of the longest lived ex-main line locomotives in industry, and even wartime heroes, as ALAN REET reveals.

A START on the main line testing of GBRf’s new Stadler Class 99s, running under their own power, started on July 23 when 99001 worked 4Q90, the 21.50 Peterborough Yard-Doncaster Decoy Yard test train.

There are many reasons why locomotives might be fitted with replacement engines to new designs. PIP DUNN looks at various projects and explains why they occurred

Fresh from the release of the English Electric Class 50s, Accurascale has gone more modern for its next locomotive subject in OO gauge, delivering an all-new recreation of the Brush-built Class 60s. T

When new, D5300-06 were just seven of the original pilot scheme batch of 20 BRCW Type 2s, what we know as Class 26s. They started life working passenger trains in England on the GN lines out of King’s

The Greatest Gathering festivities at Derby Litchurch Lane over the first weekend of August provided plenty of opportunity for naming ceremonies, with Freightliner christening newly-repainted 90018 af