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NEWS & EVENTS
Extended News from around the Network
DRS Class 37 on Intermodal working – Class 90 finale on GE main line – GBRF 50s on main line on stock moves to Reading, Eastleigh and Laira – Caroline test saloon on tour with DRS 37 haulage – DRS haulage on test train to Kyle of Lochalsh – GBRF 73 on test in Kent – Highland 37s – Network Rail HST – DRS & COLAS 37s on test trains -Branch Line Societies ‘Fenny Compton’ with 33 haulage – Northern Belle in Kent – West Coast 47s on ‘The Yorkshireman’ and ‘Liverpool Pullman’ – Class 67s on Bellmond British Pullman – 86 259 on WCML – Class 60s on MML and DCR 60 – Far North Freight – Highland Sleeper – Diverted sleeper on ECML – Stock movements with LSL 47s, Class 67 and LNER 91 movements – COLAS convoy – Class 37s on the Lickey – Movements to Long Marston – Coaching stock moves – Locomotive Services 47s on route learner – DCR Grids to Long Marston – East Coast Traction – Ecclesbourne Multipe Memories Gala with various DMUs ; Class 177 unit on the Gloucester Warwickshire Railway – Closure of Aberthaw and Fiddlers Ferry power stations – Upgrade work at Werrington Junction – PLUS MUCH MORE.

Westbury Freight with a sample of freight workings around Westbury at the bank at Upton Scudamore with Class 59, DCR Class 56s and Class 66s.

HST Finale and changes to the HST fleet in 2020 including end of East Midland Railway sets on Midland Main Line and the first LNER HST in action plus the movements of power cars and stock.

Stock Rendered Redundant featuring movements around the Network with Harry Needles Class 20s, Class 47s and 66s including Greater Anglian coaching stock. Includes 47s and 37s hard at work on the Lickey Incline

Lockdown and the biggest crisis to face the railways in a generation. We feature a selection of operations experiencing an early demise and look at the effects on freight traffic. Freightliner, Construction, Aggregate,Engineering and Oil traffic is shown with a variety of power.The NHS liveried Rail Operations Groups 47s are also shown in action.

West Coast Traction on the line route through the Chilterns with scenes around Tring with a variety of freight and ‘one off’ workings. Class 57s, Class 86s, Class 90s and Class 37s are contrasted with the traction scene in the late 1990s when first generation traction dominated.

Class 20s featuring Harry Needles locomotives in action on the East Coast Main Line and Midlands on a number of stock moves.