railway news
December 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.
Date
Operator
Number
Detail
16/12/20
Colas Rail
70802
Recovered from it's recent failure at Westbury TMD and is now back ready for service
16/12/20
Colas Rail
70804
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Nottingham Eastcroft TMD
16/12/20
DB Cargo
60054
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Toton TMD
16/12/20
DB Cargo
60066
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Toton TMD and has returned to service
16/12/20
DB Cargo
66025 & 66053
Both are currently awaiting maintenance at Toton TMD
16/12/20
DB Cargo
66060, 66085 & 66092
All have completed their maintenance work at Toton TMD and have returned to service
16/12/20
DB Cargo
66070
Previously showing as undergoing exam/maintenance at Mountsorrel, this loco has now transferred back to base at Toton TMD where it will continue it's maintenance work
16/12/20
DB Cargo
66078
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Toton TMD
16/12/20
DB Cargo
66114 & 66174
Both have completed their bout of maintenance work at Toton TMD and have returned to service
16/12/20
DB Cargo
66116 & 66198
Both are undergoing exam/maintenance at Toton TMD
16/12/20
DB Cargo
66117 & 66127 & 66133
All are currently awaiting maintenance at Toton TMD
16/12/20
DB Cargo
66121
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Arpley Sidings, Warrington and has returned to service
16/12/20
DB Cargo
66150, 66172
Both have completed their exam/maintenance at Toton TMD and have returned to service
16/12/20
DB Cargo
67002
Awaiting maintenance at Toton TMD
16/12/20
DB Cargo
67016
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Crewe Electric TMD
16/12/20
DB Cargo
90019 & 90024
Both have completed their bout of maintenance work at Crewe Electric TMD and have returned to service
16/12/20
DB Cargo
92019
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Dollands Moor
16/12/20
Devon & Cornwall Railfreight
60046
Awaiting maintenance at Toton TMD
16/12/20
Direct Rail Services
37402 & 37407
Both have completed their exam/maintenance at York Works and have returned to service
16/12/20
Direct Rail Services
57307
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Crewe Gresty Bridge and has returned to Rugby where it resumes it's 'Thunderbird' rescue duties on behalf of Avanti West Coast
16/12/20
Direct Rail Services
68017
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Carlisle Kingmoor TMD
16/12/20
East Midlands Railway
360116
This ex Greater Anglia unit has now begun testing/training runs for East Midlands Railway following it's recent transfer
16/12/20
Freightliner
59104
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Merehead TMD
16/12/20
Freightliner
66415
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Merehead TMD and has returned to service
16/12/20
Freightliner
66416
Awaiting maintenance at Crewe Basford Hall
16/12/20
Freightliner
66420
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Leeds Midland Road
16/12/20
Freightliner
66510
Awaiting maintenance at Leeds Midland Road
16/12/20
Freightliner
66519, 66571 & 66590
All are undergoing exam/maintenance at Leeds Midland Road
16/12/20
Freightliner
66526
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Southampton Maritime FLT and has returned to service
16/12/20
Freightliner
66588
Has now transferred from Ipswich L.I.P to Leeds FLT where it will now continue it's exam/maintenance work
16/12/20
Freightliner
66615
Completed it's maintenance work at Tunstead Sidings and has returned to service
16/12/20
Freightliner
66620
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Southampton Maritime FLT and has returned to service
16/12/20
Freightliner
90015, 90041 & 90046
All are currently undergoing exam/maintenance at Crewe Basford Hall
16/12/20
GB Railfreight
47727
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Leicester L.I.P
16/12/20
GB Railfreight
60085
Awaiting maintenance at Toton TMD
16/12/20
GB Railfreight
66743, 66751, 66753 & 66783
All are currently undergoing exam/maintenance at Doncaster Roberts Road
16/12/20
GB Railfreight
66750
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Peterborough GBRf Depot
16/12/20
GB Railfreight
66779
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Longport EMD
16/12/20
GB Railfreight
66791
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Bardon Hill
16/12/20
GB Railfreight
73141
Undergoing exam/maintenance at St. Leonard's Depot
16/12/20
GB Railfreight
92014
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Wembley TMD
16/12/20
GB Railfreight
92028
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Crewe Electric TMD and has returned to service
16/12/20
Greater Anglia
720551 / 720554
Both of these new units have now been handed over to Greater Anglia and have commenced testing / training runs along the WCML
16/12/20
Gwendraeth Valley Railway / North Dorset (Shillingstone) Railway
08995
Has now transferred from Shillingstone Railway to Gwendraeth Valley Railway where the volunteers have a long term plan to restore this shunter to working order
16/12/20
Merseyrail
777001, 777016 & 777018
These 3 are the latest of the new batch of units destined for use on the Mserseyrail network to arrive into the UK
16/12/20
South Western Railway
442013
This unit has now transferred from Wolverton Works to the more well known ground of Bournemouth TMD
16/12/20
South Western Railway
701006
This new SWR unit has begun it's testing / training runs
16/12/20
South Western Railway
701015
This is the latest unit to be completed and delivered to Eastleigh Works where it will remain pending testing and training work
16/12/20
TfL Rail
315843 & 315849
Both of these units have made their final journey's today as they have been transferred to C Booths at Rotherham where they will be scrapped :(