railway news
August 2020
28 August 2020
Please note that the dates specified are the dates the detail was changed on this website and are not specifically when the event happened. The actual event stated in the detail section would have occurred between the date stated below and the previous site update date.
Operator
Number
Detail
Colas Rail
56096
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Nottingham Eastcroft and has returned to service
Colas Rail
70809
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Westbury TMD and has returned to service
DB Cargo
60015
Completed it's bout of maintenance at Toton TMD and has returned to service
DB Cargo
66002 & 66088
Both now awaiting maintenance at Toton TMD
DB Cargo
66051
Now undergoing exam/maintenance at Toton TMD
DB Cargo
66110
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Arpley Sidings and has returned to service
DB Cargo
66133
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Toton TMD
DB Cargo
66134 & 66142
Both now awaiting maintenance at Toton TMD
DB Cargo
66188
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Toton TMD and has returned to service
DB Cargo
67020
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Crewe Electric
DB Cargo
90028
Now undergoing exam/maintenance at Crewe Electric
DB Cargo
90029
Awaiting maintenance at Crewe Electric
DB Cargo
92032
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Wembley TMD
Devon & Cornwall Rail Freight
60055
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Toton TMD and has returned to service
Direct Rail Services
37407
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Carlisle Kingmoor TMD
Direct Rail Services
57308
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Carlisle Kingmoor TMD
Direct Rail Services
66305
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Carlisle Kingmoor TMD
Direct Rail Services
66425
Completed it's bout of maintenance at Crewe Gresty Bridge and has returned to service
Direct Rail Services
68006
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Carlisle Kingmoor TMD and has moved to Crewe Gresty Bridge as a 'spare'
Direct Rail Services
88001
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Carlisle Kingmoor TMD
Direct Rail Services
88008
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Carlisle Kingmoor TMD and has returned to service
Freightliner
59001
Completed it's maintenance at Toton TMD and has returned to service
Freightliner
59005
After a failure earlier in the month, 005 has completed it's maintenance work and has now returned to service
Freightliner
59204
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Merehead TMD and has returned to service
Freightliner
66503
Awaiting maintenance at Leeds Midland Road
Freightliner
66509
Back in service after a recent failure at Merehead
Freightliner
66514
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Leeds Midland Road
Freightliner
66525, 66529, 66561 & 66591
All of these have completed their exam/maintenance at Leeds Midland Road and have returned to service
Freightliner
66590
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Leeds Midland Road
Freightliner
66606 & 66618
Completed their exam/maintenance at Leeds Midland Road and have returned to service
Freightliner
66615
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Leeds Midland Road
Freightliner
66956
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Crewe Basford Hall and has returned to service
Freightliner
70005
Completed it's maintenance at Leeds Midland Road and has returned to service
Freightliner
86608
Completed it's exam/maintenance and has returned to service
Freightliner
90003 & 90011
Following transfer from Greater Anglia, both now showing in the active FLR Class 90 pool having been in store since transfer in May. Both are now awaiting maintenance at Crewe Basford Hall
Freightliner
90006, 90007, 90010 & 90014
Following transfer from Greater Anglia, all have now moved into the active FLR Class 90 pool having been in store since transfer in May 2020 - thanks to the anonymous contributor for info regarding 90006/010
Freightliner
90043 & 90046
Both are awaiting maintenance at Crewe Basford Hall
Freightliner
90044 & 90048
Both now undergoing exam/maintenance at Crewe Basford Hall
GB Railfreight
47739
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Leicester L.I.P
GB Railfreight
66726 & 66730
Completed their exam/maintenance at Doncaster Roberts Road & Peterborough GBRf Depot's respecitvely, and have returned to service
GB Railfreight
66740, 66751 & 66785
All now undergoing exam/maintenance at Peterborough GBRf Depot
GB Railfreight
66762, 66770 & 66782
All have now completed their latest exam/maintenance at Doncaster Roberts Road and have returned to service
GB Railfreight
66771
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Peterborough GBRf Depot and has returned to service
GB Railfreight
73128
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Tonbridge and has returned to service
GB Railfreight
73967
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Craigentinny TMD
GB Railfreight
73968
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Craigentinny TMD and has returned to service
GB Railfreight
73968
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Craigentinny TMD and has returned to service
Grand Central
90026
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Crewe Electric and has returned to service
Locomotive Services Ltd
37667
Transferred by 40145 to Barrow Hill for maintenance. This move saw 40145's first action since moving to LSL on lease
Northern Trains
144017
Transferred from Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, having been in store there since the start of the Covid Pandemic, to the Scunthorpe Trent T.C for use on the Frodingham & Appleby Railway
TransPennine Express
68026
At Crewe Gresty Bridge where it awaits maintenance
West Coast Railway Company
47772
Completed it's maintenance at Carnforth and has returned to service