railway news
April 2021
16 November 2021
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Operator
Number
Detail
Chiltern Railways
68010
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Wembley TMD
Chiltern Railways
68014
Currently awaiting maintenance at Wembley TMD
Colas Rail
37057 / 37421
Both are currently awaiting maintenance at Nottingham Eastcroft TMD
Colas Rail
37175
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Nottingham Eastcroft TMD
Colas Rail
56094
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Nottingham Eastcroft TMD
Colas Rail
70814
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Rugby (Colas) TMD
Colas Rail
70817
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Westbury TMD
DB Cargo
60007
Awaiting maintenance at Toton TMD
DB Cargo
60011
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Toton TMD
DB Cargo
66025 / 66041
Both are currently awaiting maintenance at Toton TMD
DB Cargo
66053
Completed it's bout of maintenance work at Didcot Yard and has now resumed normal duties
DB Cargo
66080 / 66093
Both have completed their exam/maintenance work at Toton TMD and have returned to service
DB Cargo
66084
Completed it's bout of maintenance work at Hither Green and has now returned to service
DB Cargo
66099
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Toton TMD
DB Cargo
66102
Completed it's exam/maintenance work at Toton TMD and has returned to service
DB Cargo
66128
Awaiting maintenance at Toton TMD
DB Cargo
66131
Currently awaiting maintenance at Crewe Electric TMD
DB Cargo
66149 / 66169
Both are currently undergoing exam/maintenance at Toton TMD
DB Cargo
66185
Completed it's exam/maintenance work at Arpley Sidings and has resumed duties
DB Cargo
66199
Has now transferred from Dollands Moor to Toton TMD to undergo exam/maintenance work
DB Cargo
66207
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Toton TMD
DB Cargo
67006
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Toton TMD
DB Cargo
92042
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Crewe Electric TMD and has returned to service
Direct Rail Services
57002
Has suffered a recent failure in the Dereham area and is now requiring attention
Direct Rail Services
57309
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Crewe Gresty Bridge TMD
Direct Rail Services
66427
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Crewe Gresty Bridge TMD
Direct Rail Services
68003
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Carlisle Kingmoor TMD
Direct Rail Services
68008
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Crewe Gresty Bridge TMD
Direct Rail Services
88007
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Carlisle Kingmoor TMD
Freightliner
59002
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Merehead TMD and has returned to service
Freightliner
59201
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Merehead TMD
Freightliner
66501
Completed it's exam/maintenance work at Crewe Basford Hall and has returned to service
Freightliner
66511 / 66568
Both are currently undergoing exam/maintenance work at Leeds Midland Road
Freightliner
66512 / 66570
Both are currently undergoing exam/maintenance work at Crewe Basford Hall
Freightliner
66524 / 66565
Both have now completed their exam/maintenance work at Merehead TMD and have returned to active service
Freightliner
66543 / 66572
Both have completed their bout of maintenance work at Leeds Midland Road
Freightliner
66544
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Ipswich Yard
Freightliner
66549
Completed it's exam/maintenance work at Leeds Midland Road and has returned to service
Freightliner
66558
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Ipswich L.I.P and has now returned to service
Freightliner
66561
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Southampton Maritime FLT
Freightliner
66589
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Southampton Maritime FLT and has resumed active duties
Freightliner
66621
Completed it's exam/maintenance work at Leeds Midland Road and has returned to service
Freightliner
66622
Undergoing exam/maintenance work at Leeds Midland Road
Freightliner
70001
Completed it's exam/maintenance work at Crewe Basford Hall and has returned to service
Freightliner
70004
Undergoing exam/maintenance work at Leeds Midland Road
Freightliner
70009
This loco has now been returned from stored status (DHLT), having been in store since April 2020 at Leeds Midland Road but is now undergoing exam/maintenance work at the same location
Freightliner
70015
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Southampton Maritime FLT
Freightliner
70017
Completed it's exam/maintenance work at Leeds Midland Road and has returned to service
Freightliner
70019
This loco has been placed into stored status (DHLT) at Leeds Midland Road
Freightliner
90007 / 90046 / 90048
All have completed their exam/maintenance work at Crewe Basford Hall and have now returned to service
Freightliner
90014 / 90016
Both are currently undergoing exam/maintenance work at Crewe Basford Hall
GB Railfreight
56081
Completed it's exam/maintenance work at Derby Litchurch Lane and has now returned to service
GB Railfreight
60056
Currently sat at Tuebrook Sidings having suffered a recent failure and now requiring assistance
GB Railfreight
60087
Awaiting maintenance at Toton TMD
GB Railfreight
66702
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Peterborough (GBRf) TMD
GB Railfreight
66712
Completed it's exam/maintenance work at Peterborough (GBRf) TMD and has returned to service
GB Railfreight
66713 / 66743 / 66756 / 66761
All have now completed their exam/maintenance at Doncaster Roberts Road and have returned to service
GB Railfreight
66741
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Fort William
GB Railfreight
66755
Undergoing exam/maintenance work at Doncaster Roberts Road
GB Railfreight
66782
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Cardiff Tidal and has now resumed normal duties
GB Railfreight
66783
Undergoing exam/maintenance work at Doncaster Belmont Yard
GB Railfreight
66784
Has now transferred from Doncaster Roberts Road to Peterborough GBRf Depot to continue it's exam/maintenance work
GB Railfreight
73961
Undergoing exam/maintenance at St. Leonard's Depot
GB Railfreight
92028
Completed it's exam/maintenance work at Wembley TMD and has returned to service
Greater Anglia
720535 / 720565
Both of these newly built GA units have now commenced mainline testing having previously been stored at Worksop and Derby Litchurch Lane respectively
Locomotive Services Ltd
37667
This loco has now received the name "Flopsie"
Network Rail
97303
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Shrewsbury Coleham TMD
Off Lease (ex Great Northern)
365507 / 365535
Both of these units have now been transferred to Sims Metal at Newport Docks where they will be scrapped
Southeastern Railway / South Western Railway
707001 / 707029
Seemingly out of nowhere, these two units have now appeared in the hands of Southeastern Railway and have apparently entered service with their new operator having transferred from SWR