railway news
April 2021
26 January 2021
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Operator
Number
Detail
Greater Anglia
321357 / 321446
Both of these units have become the latest of the older Greater Anglia fleet to be sent off to meet their maker. Today these have transferred from Ilford TMD to a train's worst nightmare at Sims Metals at Newport Docks for scrapping
Greater Anglia
720564
Another of this new fleet is complete and has today transferred from Derby Litchurch Lane to Wolverton Works where it will now be pending a period of test runs
Northern Trains
158861
This unit has today transferred from Heaton TMD to Crewe Carriage Sidings at the Arriva Traincare Depot where it will undergo a transformation into the new Northern Trains livery
Plym Valley Railway / Northern Trains
142023
This ex Northern pacer unit is the latest to avoid the scrap man has it has now transferred from Heaton TMD to the Plym Valley Railway where it will enjoy a new life in preservation