60026 threading its way through Milford Junction
24/03/24 with the 6H70 Tyne Coal Terminal to Drax Power
Station loaded biomass
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SITE UPDATED |
Thursday March 28, 2024 05:25 |
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Wednesday 27/03/24 |
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PUBLICATION TIME/S - 18:15 22:55 (Wed) 05:25 (Thu)
NEWS
Another red 66 from Toton, 56098 returns on hire to DCR
FLEET STATUS REFERENCE
Database Updated - 18:12
JOURNAL
PHOTO NEWS - 69007 on the Goole sand train,
43467 & 43423 stabled at Bewdley, 66956 on Midland Road,
66746 reversing 6E09 at Milford Junction, 66756 at
Oakenshaw with the diverted 6E86 sand to Monk Bretton,
69002 & 66711 on 6Y48, 70816 with two on forming 6D80
from Neville Hill, 56113 taking two log carriers to
Gascoigne Wood
REPORTAGE
STOCK CONTROL - 69009 taking 458422 forward from Wembley Yard,
37901 returning ERS stock to Great Yarmouth, 37884 hauling 730020
to Old Dalby, Class 321s on test from Ilford, 170206 ECS to
Peterborough
TOURING - 57311 then 46100 with 47810 taking the Golden Arrow to
Canterbury West
LAST WEEKEND - Traction on site during the Modern Image O Gauge
event at Crewe Heritage Centre, views from the Great Central
Railway during the DPS AGM at the line, 60085 on site at Rylstone
for a photo charter, steam in action during the Keighley & Worth
Valley Railway's steam gala, 65 & 563 working trains at the
Swanage Railway's Victorian Weekend event, 45690 & 46441 working
trains at the Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway
PORTFOLIO
Images from between March 18th and March 26th 2024
VIEW
60028 at Avoncliff on 6Z51 from Tytherington to Appleford Sidings
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Monday 25/03/24 |
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PUBLICATION TIME/S - 19:15 (Mon) 03:55 (Tue)
NEWS
WBHT Class 66s survey
JOURNAL
PHOTO NEWS -
70806 & 70805 to the lathe at St Philips Marsh,
70009 on the Kingsbury tanks, 68014 to
Wembley
REPORTAGE
STOCK CONTROL - 69009 bringing 458422 south from Widnes, 37800 &
37901 escorting 175101 to Central Rivers, 37884 collecting Class
730s from Gascoigne Wood, 20142 20189 & 20205 returning to Kings
Norton, assorted coaching stock at Stoke Cockshute, 66308 & 66306
returning tour stock to Burton
TOURING - 66306 & 66308 touring the East Midlands with the Gateway
Galloper, 44871 & 48948 on the Edinburgh Flyer
BLUE PETER -
60532 on test on the Severn Valley Railway
PORTFOLIO
Images from between March 12th and March 23rd 2024
VIEW
66721 with 6L05 to Barrington Pad and 66096 with 4E26 to
Scunthorpe passing through Welwyn Garden City
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Saturday 23/03/24 |
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PUBLICATION TIME/S - 21:25
NEWS
LISTS/LOCATIONS
BB 20s to Bristol, HHPC power cars on the road, 08531 & 47810
repainted, 66791 notes, 47841 on the road, bare 68s at Kingmoor
FLEET STATUS REFERENCE
Database Updated - 21:18
JOURNAL
PHOTO NEWS - 66111 with retirement embellishments
working 6E16 through Northwich, 66427 & 66126 bringing JNA-Z
wagons up to Kingmoor, double Grids on the logs again, 69010 on
the Eastleigh/Hoo engineers diagram, 66511 shunting and 70816 on
the Neville Hill tanks at Stourton, 66756 sent to assist getting
6M37 in from Arcow, 68014 working 0D95 through Clay Mills
REPORTAGE
STOCK CONTROL - 37901 & 37800 escorting 175011 to Landore, 47749
bringing the Arlington barriers into Doncaster, 458501 ECS to
Bournemouth
PREPARATIONS - 67006 on trainers between Alexandra Dock junction
and Westbury, 60021 on training Huddersfield based training runs,
47830 in Carlisle on the Crewe/Carlisle trainer, 47749 on training
between Gascoigne Wood and Doncaster, 805005 on tests between
Oxley and Northampton, 810001 on tests between Old Dalby, Newark
and Peterborough, Class 805s and 802101 in London Euston
PORTFOLIO
Images from between March 11th and March 20th 2024
VIEW
66426 near Long Preston 21/03/24 with the 6K05 Carlisle Yard to Crewe
Basford Hall engineers
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