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Past few days have heard from some Train enthusiats at the train stations in the West Midlands area, that Heavy Haul Rail, might emerge with Colas, due to Heavy Haul Rail not doing so well, to become one business looking after Infrastructure and Stone traffic, exactly the same as the both...

As the 31st March 2026, rapidly approaches us, I would like to Start a New thread on the Chiltern Railways Mk3s final days of services, to record, any sightings, and also to record any withdrawls from public service. 1. Sunday 25th January 2026 saw: 1344 Wembley Lmd to Burton West Yard...

Happy new Year Everyone From Warwickshire.

Happy Christmas 2025 , everyone, And peace and goodwill to all. From Warwickshire .

Hi all, would like to start a discussion, on speculative, ideas on what might happen in 2026 such as : 1. Will Chilterns soon to be replaced Mk3s, end up at a Charter Rail Company, maybe Wcr, or even end up at Great Yarmouth Eastern Rail Services for future use 2. How will Great British...

Just thought a speculative discussion 1756050284 Just thought a speculative discussion, on any thoughts or suggestions on where Transpennine Express went wrong, with the mk5 sets, ie not enough train crew to work them, covid, and after covid, 800x series units Just got in the way, plus storage...

What is the worst station in your experience for being bowled over for example, by turning up to a station and being blocked in by another train, you really didn't want to see, by blocking in a train, going in the opposite direction you wanted to see? For me Long Buckby, something about the...

Today (Thursday 06th March 2025) whilst at Leicester I witnessed both 769549 and 769535, at Leicester Light Loco Depot, Gbrf owned being driven around on various shunt moves, to the up and down goods loop around the side of platform 4 and back into the depot again. Obviously they are now being...

As 2024, draws to a end, another year is about to Begin, Happy new year, Happy 2025, everyone. From Warwickshire.

Happy Christmas to all From Warwickshire, Hoping Christmas 2024, is a good and peaceful Christmas to all, from Warwickshire, Happy Christmas 2024, everyone. Kind Regards Warwickshire

It's already started once more, the first advert for Christmas 2024, just observed on ITV one, with the jingles, was for Peacocks department stores. Nearly two months early. Probably the first one for this year, so far., unless anyone, has seen anything else, however Monday 28th October 2024...

Today 5Q49 1148 Bicester Mod Gbrf depot, Tuesday 02 April 2024, saw 37611 and 37901 and the Rail Operations Group, barrier vehicles take 360202 as reported on Website Old Live Rail Record from Bicester Mod Gbrf depot to Lydney Goods Loop. Most likely its the first of the remaining x3 360s...

Does anyone know what future now lays ahead for the x30 Retanus 321 units at Warrington and Wembley. Scrap? Parcels? Still not set future for them. Also quite a few have been stopped for more than a year as well, and quite a few was only in service very infrequently as well? Any updates, or...

Whilst on my way to see 37800 take 319375 for scrap at Stourbridge Junction I saw, Around 1210 Between Junction 15 Longbridge Warwick Island and Junction 16 Henley in Arden, on the M40 66092 heading towards M42 on a low loader, being escorted by 3 escort vehicles and the a highway agency patrol...

In order to keep the newly, created excellent 323 thread on the final countdown, to those leaving to Northern or going elsewhere, If possible via admin would like to start a new one, looking back at the History of the 323s, ie Nostalgia and History of them in the West midlands and services...

As reported in the Northern unit Rerubisment, thread, the 319s are ending in November 2023. Please does anyone know what services these are diagrammed on. And roughly when in November they end Please. Or if anyone can post the diagrams on here, it would be very much kindly appreciated...

mods note - split from here According to Facebook 321 pages, it's for mileage accumulation and hardback reasons to be handed back, to a certain extent. As 321321 needed various parts, and didn't ran at Ilford from around August 2022 to May 2023. Not for this thread ideal for a possible reuse...

Thursday the 11th May 2023 saw 68013 on the final ever booked, and most likely the final ever, class 68 and Chiltern Railways service loco haulage ever to run onto Kidderminster. Quite a few of the locals and customers on board tonight were also sad to see it go. However a majority of the...

Since last Thursday 02 March 2023. Just over a week now both live rail and old live rail record websites have stopped displaying on most train companies if not all especially Chiltern and Abeillo Anglia. Ie at the bottom say for example ie on Abeillo Anglia the vehicle formation details and the...

Hi everyone. There’s a new site in Northampton called Northampton Prologis park rail terminal still to open. It seems that there’s 2 freight terminals being built and 1 royal mail terminal being built on the one whole site. Still to open are two for containers apparently and one for post...