railway news
April 2021
16 May 2021
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Operator
Number
Detail
East Midlands Railway
All remaining active power cars
The final few active HST power cars have now all been stood down from duties with EMR and will be going off lease and into storage at some point in the near future after their final workings yesterday
Ed Murray & Sons / Hunslet Engine Company
08401 / 08445 / 08615 / 08823 / 08873
These shunters have been acquired by Ed Murray & Sons, a shunter leasing company, from Hunslet Engine Company
Ed Murray & Sons / Wabtec Rail
08472 / 08571 / 08596 / 08669 / 08724 / 08853
These shunters have been acquired by Ed Murray & Sons, a shunter leasing company, from Wabtec Rail
Eversholt Rail / Alstom
321437
This ex GA unit is now at Alstom in Widnes where it will undergo conversion to a Hydrogen powered unit as part of the "Breeze" project being undertaken by Eversholt Rail and Alstom. It is expected that these trains will be in service by 2024
Great Northern
All remaining active units
All of the remaining GN 365 fleet have officially been stood down from duties with the intention for them to go off lease and into store having worked their last passenger jobs for GN yesterday
Greater Anglia
321343 / 321423
These units are currently in warm store at Southend
Greater Anglia
755328
This unit is currently at Crown Point TMD in Norwich having suffered a mechanical failure recently
Northern Trains
150005 (ex 150117) / 150223
This is the latest of the newly formed 3 car Class 150's for Northern. 150005 has been made up of both coaches from 150117 with coach 52223, from 150223, becoming the centre carriage. This does mean that unit 150223 has now lost both of it's carriages and therefore no longer exists as an active unit