railway news
April 2021
12 March 2021
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Operator
Number
Detail
Avanti West Coast
221105
This is the latest voyager to head into Central Rivers to have the AWC vinyls applied to the driving cars
GB Railfreight
69001
After it's first period of testing at the Severn Valley Railway in Kidderminster since conversion from a Class 56, this loco has today transferred back to Longport EMD
Greater Anglia
321347 / 321363
Both of these units become the latest of their class to be transferred from Harwich Parkeston Quay Sidings to Sims Metal at Newport Docks where they will now face the cutters torch and be consigned to the history books
Greater Anglia
720557 / 720559
Both of these newly built units have now commenced mainline testing along the West Coast Mainline
Private Owner
37503
We noted yesterday that this loco has left the Wensleydale Railway and was roaming Yorkshire on the back of a low loader. Well we have sleuthed and we have tracked and we can now confirm that it has appeared at Shires Removals & Storage in Kinsley near to Wakefield
Railway Support Services
08580
This shunter has transferred from Bounds Green TMD back to it's home base at Wishaw (thanks to Tug500 on Train Siding for this info)
Transport for Wales
175109
This unit has transferred to the Alstom depot at Widnes where it will undergo an internal refurb and an external re-colouring