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66759 emerging from the short tunnel at Gisburn 10/04/24 with the 4N00 Carlisle Yard to Clitheroe cement empties
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SITE UPDATED
Thursday April 18, 2024 11:16
SECTIONS/PAGES UPDATED
Wednesday 17/04/24

PUBLICATION TIME/S - 19:15 (Wed) 02:15 (Thu)

NEWS
LISTS/LOCATIONS
43054 on the road, 66652 appears at Toton, 59003 gets the Colas sticker treatment

FLEET STATUS REFERENCE
Database Updated - 19:05

JOURNAL
PHOTO NEWS - 73201 & 73136 moving SITT kit from Totton, 69006 then 60047 working the sand train between Middleton Towers and Monk Bretton, 73119 & 73107 taking RHTT sets to Sevington and back

REPORTAGE
STOCK CONTROL - 69011 collecting 701008 from Worksop, 66953 collecting 197123 from Wolverton, RA43s and Class 555s in York Holgate, 805012 running from Newton Aycliffe to Oxley, 37901 & 37884 collecting 175113 from Holyhead, 66002 hauling 555020 & 555001 in from Dollands Moor, 43047 & 43055 returning to Crewe ECS from Berwick, Oxley bound 807002 in Newcastle
LAST WEEKEND - Diesel gala action at the combined Peak Rail/Ecclesbourne Valley Railway's Twin Peaks event, the Western Region weekend at the East Lancashire Railway, 47306 in action at the Bodmin & Wenford Railway, the Branch Line event at the Llangollen Railway, views from the K&ESR diesel gala

PORTFOLIO
Images from between April 1st and April 13th 2024

VIEW
66763 & 66750 crossing the River Calder at Methley either end of 6G93 from Heaton Lodge East Junction to Doncaster Belmont

Monday 15/04/24

PUBLICATION TIME/S - 06:25 (Tue)

NEWS
66651 out and about, GBRG Class 69 notes & Class 56/69 conversion table update

JOURNAL
PHOTO NEWS - 66793 taking 6O68 south from Prestwick, 43272 & 43277 on the S&C with 1Z78, 43257 & 43013 on the NMT working 1Q17, 66755 on 6D25 which is running via its old routing, 67015 at Nantwich with 1V46 that originated at Wilmslow, DRS Class 88/68 combinations on diverted intermodal workings

REPORTAGE
TOURING - D1015 & 57303 working the One Way Wizzo test/tour, 57303 66718 & 66730 working the Harbourmaster tour between London and S Wales, 43055 & 43047 visiting Cornwall and Devon with the Cornish and Torbay Riviera Pullman tours, 67006 & 67021 taking the Belmond Pullman to Liverpool for the Grand National, 70000 Carlisle bound with the Lakelander, WC Class 57s then 34067 on the Northern Belle/Settle & Carlisle Steam Special
STOCK CONTROL - Jacobite resumption traction and stock despatched north, 37884 & 37901 escorting 175115 to Landore, 57303 bringing 458421 south from Widnes, 37800 and barrier coach to Ely Papworth
GB16 - 44871 & 45407 with 47812 operating the Great Briton XVI tours between London and Cheltenham via Margate, then from Cheltenham to Lancaster

PORTFOLIO
Images from between April 2ns and April 14th 2024

VIEW
66093 passing by a similarly coloured Vauxhall car at Thurston while working 6L42 from Mountsorrel to Barham

Friday 12/04/24

PUBLICATION TIME/S - 08:55 (Sat)

NEWS
STOCK CHANGES, LISTS
DBC fleet changes. two more Class 08s on the road, another red Class 66 from Toton

FLEET STATUS REFERENCE
Database Updated - 08:13 (Sat)

JOURNAL
PHOTO NEWS - 69010 working 6Y42 through Putney, 73961 & 73963 powering 3Z03 to Dollands Moor with DBSO 9702 in the formation, 66728 & 66783 taking 6G33 through Newcastle, 69007 & 66522 sandwiching one wagon forming 6L15, three Class 37 operated workings heading to Derby RTC from Bristol, Lydney Junction and Eastleigh

REPORTAGE
STOCK CONTROL - 37884 taking 387148 to Ilford, 37800 collecting 730214 from Derby, 57303 collecting tour stock from Burton
TOURING - 47828 & 47712 taking the Royal Windsor Statesman to/from Windsor & Eton Riverside

PORTFOLIO
Images from between April 1st and April 7th 2024

VIEW
66032 near Rugeley with the 4L56 Trafford Park to London Gateway intermodal working

 

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