FREIGHT
TRAFFIC & TRACTION: former DRS locos 37402 and 37423 return to the
main line; 69012 emerges as Falcon 2; 66301 receives Drax ‘golden
anniversary’ livery; 50008 ventures to Blyth in Northumberland; 37405 &
56090 on a snowplough move from Larbert to Eastriggs; 56049 on the Halling
to Hoo Junction concrete sleeper trip; the end of the Preston Docks bitumen
traffic; the surprise return of the Aberystwyth timber; Freightliner take
over the Southampton Docks to Mountfield gypsum; Europhoenix start rail
operations using 37407 & 37901; former DB Cargo 90040 returns to traffic
with Freightliner; GB Railfreight’s 60047 & 60096 on hire to DCR; 68004
rescuing 88001 on the Tilbury to Daventry Tesco boxes; LSL’s 37521 on a
tamper move to Guide Bridge; 47727 hauling two West Midlands Trains Desiros
from Watford to Northampton; West Coast Railways 37516 & 37676 hauling
snowploughs to Inverness…and Class 93 testing on the Asfordby test track.
PASSENGER
TRACTION, RAILTOURS & SPECIALS:45118 The Royal
Artillerymen makes its railtour debut on the ‘Diamond Jubilee Express’; the
only main line passenger working of the year for 40145; GWR Class 57-hauled
sleeper diversions into London Euston; the ‘Cappagh Capital Campaigner’ with
DCR Class 60s and 56098 & 56103; Crompton 33012 working out of Fenchurch
Street; 50007 & 50049 debut their new large logo livery on a trip to
Aberdeen; D1015 Western Champion on the ‘Nosh & Slosh’ charity charter;
43089 & 43159 on the ‘East Lancastrian Warrior’ HST excursion from Derby to
Bury; DRS ‘Thunderbird’ 57307 rescuing a failed TfW Mark 4 set; LSL’s ‘North
West Wanderer’ traction extravaganza....and the multi-loco Drax charity
trains.
THERE's ALSO:ROG taking redundant
Mendip Rail wagons to Sheffield Attercliffe for breaking; Royal Mail
Class 325 units being hauled to Newport Docks for scrapping; 56098
hauling a LNER ‘Azuma’ from Peterborough to Melton Mowbray; three Class
73s taking LUL’s Sarah Siddons back to West Ruislip; 20007 working over
the Chilterns on a DVT move to Wembley; 66718 & 66798 delivering the
first new London Underground Piccadilly Line train; 37521 collecting
89001 from Loughborough; Europhoenix’s 91117 returns to the main line on
OLE test train work; Trainload Metals-liveried 37901 hauling a
Thameslink Desiro ‘City’ unit to Eastleigh Works for repairs; the GBRf
Nene Valley Railway diesel gala; 47306 hauling a rake of CDA wagons at
Bodmin; 40012 on a DMU drag at Bury; long-stored 47714 working at the
Weardale Railway; 58023’s preservation debut at the Severn Valley
Railway...and the seven-loco Class 14 finale at the Ecclesbourne
Railway.
Programme Fact File
Narration: David Maxey
First Published: 2025
Areas Featured: From all over the UK
Class Featured: Most current UK loco types, including some
preserved. Availability: Now
