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NEWS AND EVENTS
Extended News from around the Network.
Class 313 moves to Newport – Last days and final ‘Short Set’ runs on Wherry Lines – D6515 and Class 20s on Quainton Road shuttles – Class 20s on ‘Birmingham Balti Bash’ – East Midlands Franchise change – Hull Trains diversions on Midland Main Line – New Stadler Units in East Anglia – Sleeper stock movements – Class 20s on stock moves – COLAS Grids on engineering duties – Class 37s on RHTT duties – Deltic 19 to Nene Valley – Europhoenix Class 91s – HST movements to Ely – Stock movements for Railtour duties – Last 313s in service on GN lines – ‘Breckland Freighter’ Railtour to Norwich – 50 008 ‘Thunderer’ on main line – The ‘Cotswold Eden’ with 50s ‘Hercules’ and ‘Defiant’ – Locomotive Services 47 593 and 614 on Statesman workings – Class 47 charter on Midland Main Line – HSTs to Skegness – West Coast 47s at Swanage – 31 128 on special to Stratford Upon Avon – New freight flow to Nairn – MOD Freight – Test Trains with COLAS and Network Rail power – Class 60s to South Wales and Westbury – Class 73 specials to Swanage – Last 91s to Glasgow – Class 91 movements to store – Autumn Highlander with 37s to Far North – Pacer Withdrawals – Class 172s to Midlands – PLUS MUCH MORE.

Last Train to Cottam ‘The Cottam Farewell’ to the power station plus the special train en route to Doncaster.

Gala Action in recent weeks with the Dean Forest Railway, D6975 on the Paignton & Dartmouth, Bodmin and Wenford Gala, Kent and East Sussex Railway, the Great Central Railway, the Swanage Railway and the Severn Valley Railway. Features a wide range of visiting and resident traction.

Area Profile – South Wales – Past & Present. A comprehensive survey of the Valley Lines, Cardiff and the line through Newport in recent weeks. Features Class 37s on loco hauled servicies to Rhymney, HSTs, Class 67s and Pacer Units at Cardiff and on the various branches. In addition we feature freight traffic including coal to Cwmbargoed. Stock moves and COLAS traction is also shown. Plus archive from the 1990s with Class 37s on coal traffic along the valley lines plus the last 37 hauled passenger workings along the Valleys and on the main line plus Cardiff Canton depot.

Lineside Obervations – Chesterfield Past and Present with Freight and Passenger workings in the 1980s and 2019 with a wide range of traction.

Parting Shot Farewell to the famous ‘Short Set’ with 37 haulage.

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