Final class 69 nearly ready for entry into traffic

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

D9537 – Wirksworth: An August working party started with giving the brake frame a second coat of grey oxide. The cooler group was also given a good degrease. Inside the loco, a start was made on scrap

One of the things I miss most from the current railway scene is our locomotive workshops. They were such fascinating places to visit, because they illustrated perfectly the life story of locomotives f

A RUNNING day for Hymek D7018 has been arranged at the Great Central Railway on November 22. The loco will then be used on the line’s annual New Year’s Eve trains on December 31 prior to a planned mov

FOLLOWING THE end of its overhaul and repaint into Network SouthEast livery at the Rushden Historical Transport Society’s base, 03179 will be leaving Rushden and heading back to the Isle of Wight, whe

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