Main line 33 hired for crane move

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

A truly wonderful picture of 47593 Galloway Princess working 1Z34, the 12.32 Fort William-Crewe ‘Three Peaks Challenge’ support train, at Lochan a’Chlaidheimh, just north of Rannoch, on June 28. Out o

AFTER NEARLY 40 years in preservation, the Class 40 Appeal has agreed to sell 40012 Aureol to Andania Engineering (AE), which intends to return it to the main line with Locomotive Services. As this is

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

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

Devon debut for Coradias The first runs for a Class 175 in Devon took place on June 23, this seeing 175002 make four return trips between Plymouth and Newton Abbot, albeit operated by Rail Operations