railway news
January 2021
25 January 2021
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
Caledonian Sleeper / GB Railfreight
73968
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Craigentinny TMD
Caledonian Sleeper / GB Railfreight
73969
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Craigentinny TMD and has returned to service
Colas Rail
56090
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Nottingham Eastcroft TMD and has returned to service
Colas Rail
66846
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Landore TMD and has returned to service
Colas Rail
70810
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Rugby (Colas) Depot and has returned to service
Colas Rail
70815
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Grangemouth
DB Cargo
60066
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Toton TMD
DB Cargo
60074
Awaiting maintenance at Toton TMD
DB Cargo
60100
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Toton TMD and has returned to service
DB Cargo
66001 & 66092
Both are undergoing exam/maintenance at Toton TMD
DB Cargo
66003
Awaiting maintenance at Millerhill Yard
DB Cargo
66021
Awaiting maintenance at Carlisle Yard
DB Cargo
66076
Awaiting maintenance at Toton TMD
DB Cargo
66101, 66109, 66171 & 66185
Both are currently awaiting maintenance at Toton TMD
DB Cargo
66130, 66133, 66144 & 66170
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Toton TMD and has returned to service
DB Cargo
66158
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Toton TMD
DB Cargo
90026
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Crewe Electric TMD
DB Cargo
92041
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Dollands Moor and has returned to service
Direct Rail Services
66303
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Crewe Gresty Bridge
Direct Rail Services
66425
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Crewe Gresty Bridge
Direct Rail Services
66434
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Carlisle Kingmoor TMD
Direct Rail Services
68003
Completed it's exam/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 returned to service
Direct Rail Services
88003
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Carlisle Kingmoor TMD
Direct Rail Services
88010
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Motherwell (DRS) TMD
East Midlands Railway
170419
This unit has now commenced revenue earning service with EMR
East Midlands Railway
360110 & 360114
These 2 ex GA units have now commenced training runs with EMR
Freightliner
66513
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Crewe Basford Hall
Freightliner
66516
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Leeds Midland Road
Freightliner
66519
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Crewe Basford Hall and has returned to service
Freightliner
66524
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Merehead TMD and has returned to service
Freightliner
66532
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Ipswich L.I.P
Freightliner
66534 & 66569
Both have completed their exam/maintenance at Southampton Maritime FLT and have returned to service
Freightliner
66560
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Ipswich L.I.P and has returned to service
Freightliner
66565
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Merehead TMD
Freightliner
66571
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Leeds Midland Road and has returned to service
Freightliner
66614
Has now transferred from Tunstead to Crewe Basford Hall to continue it's exam/maintenance work
Freightliner
70002
Awaiting maintenance at Leeds Midland Road
Freightliner
70004
Having recently been reinstated to an active pool, this loco is now undergoing exam/maintenance work at Crewe Basford Hall
Freightliner
70008
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Crewe Basford Hall
Freightliner
70010
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Southampton Maritime FLT
Freightliner
70016
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Southampton Maritime FLT and has returned to service
Freightliner
70019
After it's recent failure at Guide Bridge, this loco has now made it home to Leeds Midland Road where it is currently undergoing maintenance work
Freightliner
86608 & 86638
These are the latest of the class 86 fleet to be placed into store (DHLT) at Crewe Basford Hall - this leaves just 3 of the FLR 86 fleet operating
Freightliner
90004
Awaiting maintenance at Crewe Basford Hall
Freightliner
90005 & 90008
Both have completed their exam/maintenance at Crewe Basford Hall and have returned to service
Freightliner
90007
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Crewe Basford Hall
GB Railfreight
66720, 66755, 66756, 66768 & 66781
All have completed their exam/maintenance at Doncaster Roberts Road and have returned to service
GB Railfreight
66741, 66760 & 66761
All are currently undergoing exam/maintenance at Doncaster Down Decoy
GB Railfreight
66749 & 66758
Both are undergoing exam/maintenance at Peterborough GBRf Depot
GB Railfreight
66763
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Peterborough GBRf Depot and has returned to service
GB Railfreight
66783
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Eastleigh Yard
GB Railfreight
73119 & 73201
Completed it's exam/maintenance at St. Leonard's Depot and has returned to service
GB Railfreight
73961
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Tonbridge Yard
GB Railfreight
92018
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Wembley TMD
GB Railfreight
92028
Awaiting maintenance at Craigentinny TMD
Greater Anglia
317514 & 317653
Both of these units have now transferred to Raxstar at Eastleigh for scrapping :(
Greater Anglia
720535
This is another completed unit for Greater Anglia. it remains at Litchurch Lane at the present time
Greater Anglia
720545
Having been moved to Worksop & then back to Litchurch Lane since it's completion in September 2020, this unit has now transferred back from the Midlands to Wolverton Works
Northern Trains
142018, 142078 & 142087
These 3 units have now transferred from Heaton TMD to Leeming Bar on the Wensleydale Railway. We are unsure of their future as some units have simply been stored at Leeming Bar before moving on to pastures new but it is a safe assumption that they are now officially off lease with Northern
Northern Trains
142090 & 142094
These 2 ex Northern pacer units are currently travelling from Heaton to the Wensleydale Railway. As with the other 3 in today's news, the future of these units is unclear but their time with Northern is complete
Rail Operations Group
57305
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Derby RTC
Southeastern Railway
707003 & 707004
These ex SWR units have now commenced testing and training runs with their new operator
Transport for Wales
230009
After recently becoming the first of the TfW class 230's to be cleared for mainline use by the ORR, this unit has now returned to Birkenhead North from Long Marston and is now out on training runs (thanks to Trainspotter2004 on Train Siding for this info)
Transport for Wales
67025
Awaiting maintenance at Crewe Arriva Traincare