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EMUPS, the owners of 4-BEP unit 2304, have issued this press release. The unit is currently based at Chinnor but now in urgent need of a new home. https://emups.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/EMUPS-PR-moving-v3.pdf

With the news today that Vivarail has filed a notice of intention to enter administration I suspect this project may be in trouble.

From Portsmouth to Llanelli via the North Pole. See full press release here: https://www.llanellirailway.co.uk/.../from-portsmouth-to... Class 73 locomotive, 73 130 has a new owner and a new home. On Friday November 4th 2022 it was delivered to the Llanelli and Mynydd Mawr Railway (L&MMR)...

Hello All, As many of you will know DMSO 67300 of this unit (7001) is preserved at Coventry's Electric Railway Museum. After a ten year labour of love by a small and dedicated team we have nearly finished the restoration work. This will be a huge triumph over the mindless vandals who nearly...

Due to the high level of security affecting UK airports at the moment the Coventry Electric Railway Centre has had a meeting with the Police at their site which neighbours Coventry Airport, an international passenger and cargo air terminal. At this meeting it was made known that security...

Good news! I have today received official confirmation that the SERA have secured Class 501 Driving Trailer Brake Second for preservation from the MOD sea port at Marchwood. 21 years since the last 501 units ran in passenger service and there is finally a member of the class secured for...

Hello, Another action packed weekend ahead at the UK's favourite electric traction heritage centre. Plenty to do if you have green fingers as we have our hedge plants being delivered for plantiing this weekend. We shall also be working with the JCB on track bed excavation, so that means there...

How many of you are around over the weekend of the 18th and 19th of March to put some time in at Coventry. The dumper trucks are primed and ready and the JCB has a new fuel filter fitted ! The 18th will also host the AGM in the afternoon but work will take place either side of this. The 19th...