railway news
May 2021
14 April 2021
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Operator
Number
Detail
Caledonian Sleeper / GB Railfreight
73967 / 73968
Both are currently 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
Has now transferred from Barnetby Sidings to Nottingham Eastcroft TMD to continue it's exam/maintenance work
Colas Rail
59103 / 59201
Both are currently undergoing exam/maintenance work at Merehead TMD
Colas Rail
66848
Completed it's exam/maintenance work at Bescot TMD and has returned to service
Colas Rail
70811
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Westbury TMD and has returned to service
Colas Rail
70813
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Oxwellmains and has returned to service
DB Cargo
60015 / 60062 / 60100
All are awaiting maintenance at Toton TMD
DB Cargo
60019
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Toton TMD
DB Cargo
66025
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Arpley Sidings
DB Cargo
66027 / 66076 / 66085
All have completed their bout of maintenance at Toton TMD and have returned to service
DB Cargo
66044 / 66056 / 66080
All are currently awaiting maintenance at Toton TMD
DB Cargo
66084
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Peak Forest
DB Cargo
66095
Completed it's exam/maintenance work at Dollands Moor and has returned to service
DB Cargo
66119 / 66130
Both have completed their exam/maintenance at Toton TMD and have returned to service
DB Cargo
66128
Has now transferred from Toton TMD to Crewe Electric TMD where it is awaiting maintenance work
DB Cargo
66151
Awaiting maintenance at Toton TMD
DB Cargo
66165
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Peak Forest
DB Cargo
66167
Completed it's maintenance work at Toton TMD and has returned to service
DB Cargo
66221
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Toton TMD
DB Cargo
67012
Completed it's maintenance work at Crewe Electric TMD and has returned to service
DB Cargo
67016
Completed it's exam/maintenance work undertaken between Doncaster & Crewe Electric and has returned to service
DB Cargo
67021 / 67024
Both are currently awaiting maintenance at Toton TMD
DB Cargo
90029
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Crewe Electric TMD
DB Cargo
90037 / 90039
Both are awaiting maintenance at Crewe Electric TMD
DB Cargo
92019
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Crewe Electric TMD
DB Cargo
92041
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Dollands Moor and has returned to service
DB Cargo
92042
Undergoing exam/maintenance work at Dollands Moor
Direct Rail Services
57309
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Crewe Gresty Bridge TMD
Direct Rail Services
66031
This is the latest of the on-loan sheds to be repainted into the DRS Blue & White livery
Direct Rail Services
66091
Currently undergoing exam/maintenance at Crewe Gresty Bridge TMD
Direct Rail Services
66108
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Carlisle Kingmoor TMD
Direct Rail Services
66305
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Carlisle Kingmoor TMD and has returned to service
Direct Rail Services
66428
Completed it's exam/maintenance work at Crewe Gresty Bridge TMD and has returned to service
Direct Rail Services
66432
Completed it's exam/maintenance work at Carlisle Kingmoor TMD and has returned to service
Direct Rail Services
68001 / 68004
Both have completed their exam/maintenance at Carlisle Kingmoor TMD and have returned to service
Direct Rail Services
68002
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Carlisle Kingmoor TMD
Direct Rail Services
68034
Is currently at the Longsight Wheel Lathe where it awaits maintenance work
Europhoenix
37146
Sadly, this loco has been cut up and scrapped on site at Leicester L.I.P
Freightliner
66416
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Whatley Quarry and has returned to service
Freightliner
66501
Completed it's exam/maintenance work at Merehead TMD and has returned to service
Freightliner
66508 / 66546
Both have completed their exam/maintenance at Crewe Basford Hall and have returned to service
Freightliner
66511 / 66538
Both have completed their exam/maintenance at Leeds Midland Road and have returned to service
Freightliner
66517 / 66525
Both are undergoing exam/maintenance at Leeds Midland Road
Freightliner
66534 / 66585
Both are undergoing exam/maintenance at Ipswich L.I.P
Freightliner
66557
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Southampton Maritime FLT
Freightliner
66559 / 66561
Both are currently undergoing exam/maintenance work at Crewe Basford Hall
Freightliner
66560
Awaiting maintenance at Merehead TMD
Freightliner
66566
Completed it's bout of maintenance work at Southampton Maritime FLT and has returned to service
Freightliner
66570
Awaiting maintenance at Southampton Maritime FLT
Freightliner
66610
Completed it's exam/maintenance work at Earles Sidings and has returned to service
Freightliner
66955
Completed it's exam/maintenance work at Ipswich L.I.P and has returned to service
Freightliner
70003 / 70007 / 70017
All are currently awaiting maintenance at Leeds Midland Road
Freightliner
90008 / 90047
Both are undergoing exam/maintenance at Crewe Basford Hall
Freightliner
90011
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Crewe Basford Hall and has returned to service
GB Railfreight
47727
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Leicester L.I.P
GB Railfreight
47749
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Leicester L.I.P and has returned to service
GB Railfreight
56098
After a period at Longport EMD, this loco has now returned back to Leicester L.I.P. There doesn't appear to have been any change in it's stored status as of yet
GB Railfreight
60085
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Toton TMD and has returned to service
GB Railfreight
60096
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Toton TMD
GB Railfreight
66712
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Longport EMD
GB Railfreight
66715
Has now recovered from it's recent failure at Doncaster Roberts Road and has returned to service
GB Railfreight
66718 / 66722 / 66746 / 66767 / F231 (66775) / 66779
All are undergoing exam/maintenance at Doncaster Roberts Road
GB Railfreight
66724
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Doncaster Roberts Road and has returned to service
GB Railfreight
66736 / 66789
Both are currently undergoing exam/maintenance at Peterborough GBRf Depot
GB Railfreight
66759
Completed it's exam/maintenance work at Peterborough GBRf Depot and has returned to service
GB Railfreight
66790
Completed it's exam/maintenance work at Eastleigh Works and has returned to service
GB Railfreight
73109 / 73119 / 73962
All are undergoing exam/maintenance at St. Leonards Depot
GB Railfreight
73212
Completed it's exam/maintenance at St. Leonard's Depot and has returned to service
GB Railfreight
92018
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Wembley TMD and has returned to service
Great Northern
365528
This is the latest of the 365 fleet to go off lease and be transferred to Ely Papworth Sidings for storage
Great Western Railway
43056 / 43087 / 43193 / 43197
All of these stored HST power cars have now been transferred from Long Marston to the Laira TMD at Plymouth. These have recently been reinstated to a GWR pool code but it is anticipated this will be for nothing more than to be stripped for parts for the GWR active fleet
Great Western Railway
43086 / 43196
Both of these stored GWR power cars have been transferred from Nemesis Rail at Burton to Long Marston for continued storage
Greater Anglia
317348 / 317855
These units have now been transferred across to Ely Papworth Sidings for storage
Greater Anglia
317650 / 317658
These units have today been transferred from Ely Papworth Sidings to Sims Metals at Newport Docks where they will be scrapped
Harry Needle Railroad Company
47714
This stored loco has been transferred by road from Old Dalby to the HNRC base at Worksop
Rail Operations Group
37510
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Leicester L.I.P
Rail Operations Group
57305
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Derby RTC and has returned to service
South Western Railway
701023
Has now commenced mainline testing in preparation for an entry into service with SWR
Transport for Wales
197001
Having arrived into the Midlands at Donnington Railfreight Terminal yesterday, this new unit has today been dragged from their to the Crewe Arriva Traincare (LNWR) depot where it will presumably begin test workings from
Transport for Wales
67008
Completed it's exam/maintenance work at Crewe Electric TMD and is now awaiting a return to duties with TfW