railway news
May 2021
18 February 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
Colas Rail
56049 / 56087 / 56094
All have completed their exam/maintenance at Nottingham Eastcroft TMD and have returned to service
Colas Rail
66850
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Cardiff Canton TMD and has returned to service
Colas Rail
70812
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Cardiff Canton TMD and has returned to service
DB Cargo
60011
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Bescot Yard
DB Cargo
60054 & 66085
Both of these DB loco's have had "Powered by HVO" decals added to their DBS Red liveries
DB Cargo
60062
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Tees Yard and has returned to service
DB Cargo
66024
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Toton TMD and has returned to service
DB Cargo
66044
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Toton TMD
DB Cargo
66106
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Toton TMD and has returned to service
DB Cargo
66131
Completed it's latest bout of maintenance work at Toton TMD and has returned to service
DB Cargo
66149
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Toton TMD
DB Cargo
90024
2 months after going onto the 'waiting for maintenance' list, this loco has finally gone into Crewe Electric TMD for it's long awaited maintenance work
DB Cargo
92015
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Dollands Moor and has returned to service
Direct Rail Services
37424
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Carlisle Kingmoor TMD and has returned to service
Direct Rail Services
57002
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Carlisle Kingmoor TMD and is now ready for a return to service
Direct Rail Services
66031
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Crewe Gresty Bridge TMD and has returned to service
Direct Rail Services
66301
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Carlisle Kingmoor TMD and has returned to service
Direct Rail Services
66302 / 66305
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Crewe Gresty Bridge TMD and has returned to service
Direct Rail Services
66426
Having recently transferred from Carlisle Kingmoor TMD, this loco is now undergoing exam/maintenance work at Crewe Gresty Bridge TMD
Direct Rail Services
66431
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Peak Forest
Direct Rail Services
68001
Has now recovered from it's recent failure at Crewe Coal Sidings and is now back in service
Direct Rail Services
68006 / 68018
Both have completed their exam/maintenance at Carlisle Kingmoor TMD and have returned to service
Direct Rail Services
68007
Has now transferred from Carlisle Kingmoor TMD to Motherwell (DRS) TMD to continue it's exam/maintenance work
Freightliner
66420
Awaiting maintenance at Southampton Maritime FLT
Freightliner
66508
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Leeds Midland Road and has returned to service
Freightliner
66523
Having originally been under maintenance work at Ipswich L.I.P, this loco has now transferred from Ipswich to Leeds Midland Road where it is awaiting further maintenance
Freightliner
66534
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Ipswich L.I.P
Freightliner
66542
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Leeds Midland Road
Freightliner
66591
Awaiting maintenance at Whatley Quarry
Freightliner
66594
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Crewe Basford Hall
Freightliner
66610
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Leeds Midland Road and has returned to service
Freightliner
66616
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Earles Sidings in the Hope Vally and has returned to service
Freightliner
70001
Awaiting maintenance at Southampton Maritime FLT
Freightliner
70002 / 70006
Both have now completed their exam/maintenance at Leeds Midland Road and have returned to service
Freightliner
70011
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Southampton Maritime FLT and has returned to service
Freightliner
70015
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Southampton Maritime FLT
Freightliner
70019
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Leeds Midland Road
Freightliner
70020
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Crewe Basford Hall
Freightliner
86613 / 86632
Both of these loco's have been stored (DHLT) at Crewe Basford Hall. That means that the entirety of the FLR Class 86 fleet has now officially been stood down and for the first time since the mid-1960's we will have no regular mainline workings for these amazing machines
Freightliner
90003
Completed it's bout of maintenance work at Crewe Basford Hall and has now returned to service
Freightliner
90016
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Crewe Basford Hall and has returned to service
Freightliner
90048
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Crewe Basford Hall
GB Railfreight
66721
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Peterborough GBRf Depot
GB Railfreight
66751 / 66786
Both have completed their exam/maintenance at Doncaster Roberts Road and have returned to service
GB Railfreight
73107
Undergoing exam/maintenance at St. Leonard's Depot
GB Railfreight
73212
Completed it's exam/maintenance at St. Leonard's Depot and has returned to service
GB Railfreight
92014
Having transferred from Polmadie TMD, this loco is now awaiting maintenance at Crewe Electric TMD
GB Railfreight
92020
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Wembley TMD and has returned to service
GB Railfreight
92038
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Wembley TMD
GB Railfreight
ZA723 (66723)
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Doncaster Roberts Road
Greater Anglia
720562
This newly acquired unit has now commenced test/mileage accumulation workings along the WCML
Greater Anglia
720565 / 720570
More completed Class 720 units, and these 2 have now transferred from Derby Litchurch Lane to Worksop Sidings for storage, pending the start of their test/mileage accumulation workings
Merseyrail
777009
This new unit has now returned back to Kirkdale TMD having completed it's maintenance work at Crewe Arriva Traincare (thanks to Trainspotter2004 of Train Siding for this info)
Merseyrail
777010
This is the latest of the Class 777 fleet to commence mainline testing runs having done so this morning
Rail Operations Group
37884
Completed it's exam/maintenance at Leicester L.I.P and has returned to service
Rail Operations Group
57305
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Derby RTC
Transport for Wales
67010
Undergoing exam/maintenance at Crewe Electric TMD
West Midlands Railway
730002
This is the first of the Class 730 fleet to commence testing/driver training workings. Only out on a test track so far but an appearance on the mainline may not be too far away