railway news
April 2021
03 June 2021
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Operator
Number
Detail
Avanti West Coast
221101
Currently in Central Rivers receiving the Avanti Green vinyls on top of the White livery it had previously
Devon & Cornwall Railfreight / Harry Needle Railroad Company
20901
After it's return to the mainline recently, this loco has begun a short term lease with DCR to help cover a shortage of traction within their ranks
Greater Anglia
321402 / 321405
Both of these units have now transferred from Clacton EMUD to Gascoigne Wood Sidings for ongoing storage having been taken off lease by GA
Hanson & Hall Rail Services Solutions
50008
This loco has now broken cover showing off it's new H&H Grey livery with Green & White lettering. The livery matches the Rail Adventure livery on the HST power cars as H&H are a part of that enterprise.
This new livery replaces the previous BR Blue livery
Transport for Wales
143605
Yesterday's prediction of all the TfW 143's being saved was slightly out as it transpires that this unit has been transferred to Sims Metal at Newport Docks for scrapping. Latest information suggests that 8 of the remaining TfW units are earmarked for preservation with the remaining ones taking the same journey as 605