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I'm heading up to the midlands during this week, is there anywhere that's any good to catch some photos of Class 92s? I know they used to stable in Rugby, but I'm not sure if this still takes place.

Wasn't sure whether to leave this one here, place it in the Anglia thread or another part of the forum but this this has just surfaced on the internet. Given the timing, Could this mean that any new stock for the Anglian Franchise will be procured from Derby? Or could this just be a European...

First of all, apologies if in the wrong section - I did think about putting this into the infrastructure section. But this may be of interest to some / most. I wonder if this could see Lord Adonis making recommendation for new Rail based schemes in the future again and what they will likely to...

More than likely to head for scrap, and now painted black out of it's former Stobart livery, 66048 now appears to have gained some kind of 'Firework' colour scheme - quite probably it's last before scrap. https://www.flickr.com/photos/37260/21441880225/in/dateposted-public/

I've not seen this mentioned on here yet today, but Wabtec has been awarded the contract to refurbish all of Eversholt Rail's Class 321 EMUs to the same standard as the demonstrator unit 321448. Not sure which seating configuration this will result in - the Demonstrator had both refurbished...

One for Hadders and a few of the other Rugby supporters on here, GBRf has 'broken' with the tradition of naming loco's after football clubs and today named Class 66754 after Aviva Premiership Winning* club Northampton Saints. No article but a few pictures here from Northampton Saints...

Not seen this mentioned on here yet, I gather (according to a post on another forum) that is NOL PC 3308 Has been saved by the NRM as well. It certainly will be quite a surprise to see a Eurostar Powercar at Ruddington this Easter.

Bachmann's 2015 Range has been revealed today, and although a little down on last year's range, highlights do include the SWT Class 450, Midland Pullman set and J72 as well as a large expansion of the scenecraft range. For the full range announcement, see Bachmann's website or the full list...

News from the D400 Fund based out of Yeovil. Another 50 to return to the mainline then. https://www.facebook.com/50050Fearless?fref=nf

Quite frankly I'm with Network Rail on this one. The location looks set to be very close to the Parsons Tunnel area, subject to previous cliff slips. Never mind the Exclusivity of these homes for god sake, I'm far more concerned about the quality and stability of the cliff below. But hey, a bit...

I know this has been raised before, but it seems time is running out and DB are clearing away their last MGR Hoppers. I for one would love to see a handful of these saved, not just because they spanned over 40 years in service, could be seen behind anything from a 20 to 66 but across the...

Hot on the tail of Bachmann's modest 2014 Range announcements, Dave Jones (formally of Dapol fame) has announced that a Class 59 & 71 are to join the line up of models under his DJM banner. http://djmodels.co.uk/?p=216...

A Nice and rather fitting touch by First Great Western as power car 43147 was dedicated after the Royal Marines 350 anniversary by Royal Marines Major General David Hook CBE with Honorary RNR Captain and FGW Chairman Charles Howeson in Plymouth station.

Passed this on the Thames Yesterday afternoon with a very impressive response from the RNLI and Met Police Marine Unit, although I wasn't as fully aware of it at the time as all I could see from the Thames Clipper were the two City Cruises vessels next to each other offloading the passengers...

In case anyone is interested, Network Rail's 57305 has been commandeered by FGW for use with the Night Riviera sleeper service, initially as the OOC Pilot but also seeing use on the down Night Riv Sleeper last night and returning on the Up Night Riv Sleeper tonight...

I'm not sure about this one, but in ownership or livery appearance wise but it appears that class 20s 20142 (BR Blue) & 20189 (LT Red livery) have been repainted and are out and about in a Balfour Beatty livery. I wonder if Balfour's are aiming to start up a Colas Rail type operation or whether...

Shame to see these starting to get cut up, especially considering the scrambles and the lengths of our UK based operators are going just to get standard Mk3s back into use. :( Are they all the Suburban IE Mk3s at Dundalk or a mix of both...

Well, at last it's happening. But unfortunately on a Friday and for one day only. Note - this is different to the other thread on here titled Bluebell Diesel Running Day as that's actually the hybrid DMU Service currently running for a month between Horsted Keynes and East Grinstead.

Quick question for anyone, but does anyone know why Southern's 171803 put in an appearance down in East Grinstead yesterday afternoon, around 15:00. It didn't depart on the 15:07 and my Bluebell DMU service left before the next departure from East Grinstead.

Sorry, bit of a nothing post but could anyone identify which one of Freightliners Class 70s was working a liner through Micheldever at around 17:45 this evening heading northbound (usual time through Basingstoke is around 17:57)?