railway news
February 2021
16 February 2021
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Operator
Number
Detail
Avanti West Coast
221109
This Voyager is the latest to receive the Avanti vinyls and is now in the AWC Green/Silver colour scheme
Caledonian Sleeper / GB Railfreight
73970
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Craigentinny TMD
Caledonian Sleeper / GB Railfreight
73971
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Craigentinny TMD and has returned to service
Colas Rail
56049 / 56087 / 56094
All are undergoing exam/maintenance at Nottingham Eastcroft TMD
Colas Rail
66849
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Eastleigh Yard and is now ready for a return to service
Colas Rail
70808
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Rugby (Colas) TMD and has returned to service
Colas Rail
70812
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Cardiff Canton TMD
DB Cargo
60010
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Toton TMD
DB Cargo
60011 / 60054
Both have now completed their exam/maintenance at Toton TMD and have returned to service
DB Cargo
60024 / 60040
Both are currently awaiting maintenance at Toton TMD
DB Cargo
60062
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Tees Yard
DB Cargo
60092
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Toton TMD
DB Cargo
66005 / 66093
Both are currently awaiting maintenance at Toton TMD
DB Cargo
66013 / 66085
Both have completed their exam/maintenance at Toton TMD and have returned to service
DB Cargo
66024 / 66035
Both are undergoing exam/maintenance at Toton TMD
DB Cargo
66074
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Crewe Electric TMD and has returned to service
DB Cargo
66106
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Toton TMD
DB Cargo
66119
Awaiting maintenance at Toton TMD
DB Cargo
66120 / 66169
Both have completed their bout of maintenance at Toton TMD and have returned to service
DB Cargo
66152
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Toton TMD and has returned to service
DB Cargo
66206
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Toton TMD and has returned to service
DB Cargo
67007
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Crewe Electric TMD
DB Cargo
67010
Awaiting maintenance at Crewe Electric TMD
DB Cargo
67016
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Toton TMD and has returned to service
DB Cargo
67021
Having previously been undergoing exam/maintenance work, this loco has now been officially stored at Crewe Electric TMD
DB Cargo
90020
This loco has been stored (WFMS) at Crewe Electric TMD
DB Cargo
92015
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Dollands Moor
DB Cargo
92036
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Crewe Electric TMD and has returned to service
Direct Rail Services
37069
This loco appears to have returned to Crewe Gresty Bridge having spent the recent weeks operating as a shunter at the Garston Car Terminal
Direct Rail Services
37402
Awaiting maintenance at Crewe Gresty Bridge
Direct Rail Services
37407
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Carlisle Kingmoor TMD
Direct Rail Services
66031
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Crewe Gresty Bridge
Direct Rail Services
66122
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Toton TMD
Direct Rail Services
66126
Awaiting maintenance at Crewe Gresty Bridge
Direct Rail Services
66301
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Carlisle Kingmoor TMD
Direct Rail Services
66302
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Crewe Gresty Bridge TMD
Direct Rail Services
66424 / 66428
Both have completed their exam/maintenance at Crewe Gresty Bridge and have returned to service
Direct Rail Services
66426
Having previously moved from Mossend to Carlisle Kingmoor for maintenance, this loco has been on the move once again - this time moving from Kingmoor to Crewe Gresty Bridge where it now awaits maintenance work
Direct Rail Services
66432
Awaiting maintenance at Crewe Gresty Bridge TMD
Direct Rail Services
68001
Showing as failed at Crewe Coal Sidings and will now be requiring some attention
Direct Rail Services
68005 / 68017
Both are currently undergoing exam/maintenance at Carlisle Kingmoor TMD
Direct Rail Services
88004
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Motherwell (DRS) TMD and has returned to service
Direct Rail Services
88007
Undergoing exam/maintenance work at Carlisle Kingmoor TMD
East Midlands Railway
360109 / 360112 / 360115
These units have now transferred from Cricklewood Sidings to Northampton (Siemens) TMD for maintenance work
East Midlands Railway
360117
This unit has commenced it's mainline testing
Freightliner
08624
Having recently completed some maintenance work at Central Rivers, this shunter has now been transferred from the East Midlands to Felixstowe docks
Freightliner
59001
Has suffered a failure at Appleford and is now requiring some attention
Freightliner
59202 / 59206
Both are currently undergoing exam/maintenance at Merehead TMD
Freightliner
66416
Completed it's bout of maintenance work at Stoke Gifford and is now ready for a return to action
Freightliner
66418
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Leeds Midland Road and has returned to service
Freightliner
66504
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Crewe Basford Hall and has returned to service
Freightliner
66510 / 66539 / 66599
All are undergoing exam/maintenance at Crewe Basford Hall
Freightliner
66511
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Southampton Maritime FLT and has returned to service
Freightliner
66513 / 66552
Both are undergoing exam/maintenance at Leeds Midland Road
Freightliner
66550
Awaiting maintenance at Southampton Maritime FLT
Freightliner
66610
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Leeds Midland Road
Freightliner
66616
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Earles Sidings in the Hope Valley
Freightliner
70002 / 70006
Both are currently undergoing exam/maintenance at Leeds Midland Road
Freightliner
70004
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Crewe Basford Hall and has returned to service
Freightliner
70011
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Southampton Maritime FLT
Freightliner
70015
Awaiting maintenance at Southampton Maritime FLT
Freightliner
70019
Awaiting maintenance at Leeds Midland Road
Freightliner
86613
With time ticking, just 3 hours before an exam is required, this loco is now showing as awaiting maintenance at Crewe Basford Hall. As the Class 86 FLR fleet are not expected to receive their due exams, it is more likely that this will enter storage in the coming days
Freightliner
90003 / 90011 / 90048
All are awaiting maintenance at Crewe Basford Hall
Freightliner
90016 / 90041
Both are undergoing exam/maintenance at Crewe Basford Hall
Freightliner
90044
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Crewe Basford Hall and has returned to service
GB Railfreight
59003
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Tonbridge Yard
GB Railfreight
60056
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Toton TMD and has returned to service
GB Railfreight
66705 / 66709 / 66714 / 66751 / 66786
All are undergoing exam/maintenance at Doncaster Roberts Road
GB Railfreight
66743 / 66744 / 66788
All have completed their exam/maintenance at Doncaster Roberts Road and have returned to service
GB Railfreight
66794
This ex European shed has now departed Longport EMD and headed back to base at Doncaster Roberts Road - a move that would suggest work to bring the loco to UK standard is now complete
GB Railfreight
69001
This newly converted loco has now transferred from Longport EMD to the Severn Valley Railway to conduct "loaded and light engine test runs to enable it's computer systems to be evaluated and set up for the best operational specifications" (quoted text taken from a GB Railfreight tweet)
GB Railfreight
73128 / 73201 / 73962 / 73963
All have completed it's exam/maintenance at St. Leonards Depot and have returned to service
GB Railfreight
73212 / 73213
Both are currently undergoing exam/maintenance work at St. Leonard's Depot
GB Railfreight
92006
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Crewe Electric TMD and has returned to service
GB Railfreight
92028
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Wembley TMD and has returned to service
GB Railfreight
92032
Awaiting maintenance at Crewe Electric TMD
Great Western Railway
143621
Another pacer bites the dust as this unit has now been transferred from Landore TMD to Sims Metals at Newport Docks for scrapping
Greater Anglia
317657 / 317672
Both of these units have been transferred from their storage location at Ely Papworth Sidings to Raxstar at Eastleigh for scrapping
Greater Anglia
720514
Another complete unit from this new class for GA and this one has transferred to Worksop Sidings for storage pending testing
Greater Anglia
720519
This unit has been transferred from Ilford to Old Dalby
Greater Anglia
720553
Another of this class is complete and this one has been transferred from Derby Litchurch Lane to Wolverton Works where it will now remain pending testing
Harry Needle Railroad Company
09106
Previously worked hard at Cardiff Tidal, this shunter has transferred from South Wales to Barrow Hill where it will presumably undergo some maintenance work
Heathrow Express
332004 / 332008
Both of these units have today transferred from Old Oak Common to Sims Metals at Newport Docks for scrapping. And that completes the end of this class with 332001 the only surviving member, now being used for advertising purposes at the site of the Siemens factory in Goole
Llanelli & Mynydd Mawr Railway / Transport for Wales
142006
The TfW pacer which managed to escape the cutters torch has now been transferred from Landore TMD to the Llanelli & Mynydd Mawr Railway for a new life in preservation
RMS Locotec
08762
This shunter has now transferred from the sidings at Great Yarmouth to Wolverton Works
Rail Operations Group
360201 / 360202 / 360203
All of these units have now been acquired by ROG, alongside 204 and 205, and have now been transferred from Old Oak Common into store at MOD Bicester
Rail Operations Group
37608 / 37884
Both are undergoing exam/maintenance at Leicester L.I.P
Railway Support Services
08703 / 08752
These shunters have now been transferred back to RSS's base at Wishaw having spent some time on the Chasewater Railway
Railway Support Services
08738
This shunter has moved from Wishaw to the Chasewater Railway at Brownhills in the West Midlands
Railway Support Services
08784
Has now completed it's period of maintenance work at Longport EMD and is now back in service
South Western Railway
701022
Freshly completed at Derby Litchurch Lane, this unit has become the latest of this fleet to be transferred to Worksop Sidings for storage pending testing
TransPennine Express
68032
Is currently awaiting maintenance at Doncaster Roberts Road - presumably a go on the wheel lathe there
Transport for Wales
153374
This ex EMT unit has now transferred from Cardiff Canton TMD to Ely Papworth Sidings and into storage
Transport for Wales
67015
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Cardiff Canton TMD and has returned to service
Transport for Wales
67017
Has now been reinstated to an active pool having been in store at Crewe Electric TMD since 02/02/21. The loco is now back at Cardiff Canton TMD in readiness for service with TfW