railway news
May 2021
17 July 2021
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Operator
Number
Detail
125 Group
43159
This ex GWR power car, kindly donated to the 125 Group by Porterbroook Leasing, has now transferred from Nemesis Rail at Burton to Ruddington on the Great Central Railway. This will be it's base as it undergoes restoration work to bring it back to a serviceable status
Colas Rail
43272 / 43277
Having recently transferred to Colas Rail, these ex EMR & LNER power cars have today transferred from Nemesis Rail at Burton to Derby RTC where they will be prepped to enter service on the Colas operated test trains
East Midlands Railway
156907 / 156916 / 156918
These stored units have now transferred back to Etches Park TMD having spent some time at Barrow Hill
East Midlands Railway
170273
After it's recent transfer across to EMR from Transport for Wales, this unit is now sporting the EMR Purple livery having previously remained in it's ex GA White livery. A sign that the movement of 170s from TfW to EMR is to be a more permanent affair
Great Western Railway
769940
This ex Class 319 unit has now completed it's conversion to a tri-mode Class 769 at Loughborough Works and has now transferred to Wolverton Work for additional maintenance work
Northern Trains
323230
This unit has today transferred from Allerton TMD to Wolverton Works to undergo maintenance work
Southeastern Railway / South Western Railway
707009 / 707010
Both of these units have now transferred to Grove Park having moved from South Western Railway to their new operator Southeastern Railway
West Midlands Railway
196008
This unit has now transferred from the Telford International Railfreight Terminal at Donnington to Tyseley TMD where it will be prepared to commence mainline testing