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I see from the front cover of the current Rail magazine that one of the freight operators is going to have stop-start 66s that will shut down and start up as required to reduce CO2 emissions (and presumably NOx and PMs too) like a VW Polo Blue Motion at traffic lights (my poetic licence on the...

I've not heard any stories about fires recently so maybe they are now settling down. I've just seen 70007 leave Trafford Park on an intermodal and have to say she looked every bit the freight workhorse now covered in grime rather than gleaming paintwork.

At about 11.45am today a 92 hauled an intermodal into Trafford Park for the first time in about three months. Not sure which grey 92 it was but 66743 was also dead in train. Does this mean that GBRF has got a few of the 92s it received recently from Europorte back on the tracks?

I apologise if I have missed another thread that offers advice on this subject so happy to be pointed in the right direction if one exists. I have just bought a road cycle with the intention of losing a few pounds and enjoying a few days cycling on weekends mainly. My local station is...

Yesterday, when leaving Trafford Park the 4L86 intermodal to Felixstowe was headed up by 70005 and 90044. Any idea why a 70 and a 90 would be in a consist?

Which classes in order can haul the heaviest freight trains at 60mph out of the 59s, 60s, 66s, 68s, 70s and 92s? Just curious to see views.

In the middle of a first class ticket trip from Southampton to Manchester via London. The Virgin 390 is OK. Plug socket, free WiFi, free snack box of a few nibbles, free drinks unless alcoholic. I also used the first class lounge at Euston which is fine. By comparison I don't know what...

I was watching Portillo on the telly earlier aboard an XC HST and it got me thinking about XC. They have HSTs, 170s, 220s and 221s. What routes are each used on and are the HSTs and Voyagers interchangeable in practice?

56049, 074 and 090 to see future service with Colas...? The Class 56 Group thinks its possible. http://www.class56group.co.uk/archives/2908

I saw a quite unusual site from my office window near Trafford Park todaay at about 12.15 - two light class 92s speeding away from Trafford Park. I usually see one or two 92s arriving or leaving Trafford Park each day heading an intermodal freight but two light engines is not normal...

Drax in Yorkshire is the largest power station in the UK and currently burns about 30,000 tonnes of coal a week as well as an increasing amount of biomass, all of which is delivered by rail from ports such as Hunterston, Tyne Dock, Hull and Immingham. About 20 trains a day unload their hoppers...

This container train passes my office near Trafford Park each weekday morning and is always an interesting one to watch because of the varying types of locomotive haulage. This morning it threw up a Class 90 (didn't spot the number) while in recent weeks it has also been hauled by 92s (seen...