railway news
April 2021
30 January 2021
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Operator
Number
Detail
Avanti West Coast
221115
This unit is the 2nd of the AWC Class 221 fleet to obtain some sort of Avanti colour as the driving cars receive Avanti Green vinyls with the remainder of the unit remaining in Silver. A short term livery fix as the 221 fleet will be departing from Avanti in the next couple of years
West Midlands Railway
196108
This is the latest of the new Class 196 fleet to arrive into the Midlands. This unit has been taken to the Telford International Railfreight Park instead of Tyseley TMD due to space issues and will remain in store here until it enters a period of testing to ready it for service