railway news
April 2021
05 March 2021
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Operator
Number
Detail
Greater Anglia
317345
Has today been transferred from Ilford EMUD to Ely Papworth Sidings for store
Greater Anglia
317708 / 317708 / 317710 / 317714 / 317719 / 317723 / 317729
Each of these ex London Overground units are now in service with GA (thank you to the anonymous user who submitted this info via our Gen Submit page)
Greater Anglia
321345 / 321435
Both of these units have today been transferred from the sidings at Parkeston Quay to Sims Metals at Newport Docks for scrapping
Railway Support Services
08441
This shunter has now transferred from Bounds Green TMD to Norwich Crown Point TMD
Railway Support Services
08683
Has now departed from Norwich Crown Point TMD and has moved to Eastleigh Works
Railway Support Services
08922
Back on the 26th February 2021, we reported that this shunter had left Longport EMD but we didn't have any idea of it's destination. Well, thanks to the help of others, we have been able to locate this as now being at Wishaw
Transport for Wales
150236
This unit has become the first of the class to receive the TfW Red, White & Grey colour scheme having previously been in the ATW Dark & Light Blue colours. It has also undergone an intensive internal refurbishment! (Thanks to Trainspotter2004 on Train Siding for this infomation)
West Midlands Railway
730002
Having recently undertaken test runs on the Old Dalby test track, this new unit has today commenced mainline testing with workings between Crewe-Liverpool-Birmingham