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No worries! I'm sure @Freightmaster will be following this season closely ;)

Very unlikely, 3W90 is usually one of the first to start but almost always last or last but one week of September. I would estimate 28th September for a start on that one.

Surely the question should be why the basically brand new Class 720 does not have some type of 'bogie off rail detector' to stop the train?

Many thanks @DBS92042

Last Years (2025) RHTTs were as follows; Area Depot Route Headcodes Operator Type Locos 1 England Tonbridge Kent 3W74/3W75 GBRF LH 73s/69s 2 England Tonbridge Southern 3W90 GBRF LH 73s/69s 3 England Swindon GWML 3J41-44 GBRF LH Hired in DB 66s 4 England Taunton Fairwater Devon &...

This is the currently list of rolling stock owned by Varamis Rail: Type Number Livery Location Notes 321/3 321334 Swift Rail Freight Livery Willesden Railnet Reception 321/3 321339 Greater Anglia (Grey Doors) Willesden Railnet Reception 321/3 321341 Greater Anglia (Grey Doors)...

RMT now in dispute with Chiltern Railways over extension of DOO

Yep, based out of Totton or Effingham

Usually GBRF 73s or 69s as 3W74

Do you know where the SR 158 repaints are being done?

This should be a trivia question. Answer: The Class 153 VIUs are painted blue because Mark Chestney the VIU program director at Network Rail was 'scared' of Big Bird from Sesame Street as a kid!

Appears to be be Salisbury depot based on THIS.. Note the roof planels and 45 degree lights. Its also worth noting the lights on this Class 158/159 do not resemble the smaller cluster on the SR Class 158s.. GBR Blue..?

Looking good! Are any 60s at Loughborough or elsewhere being refurbished?

I also have this issue in Firefox only, viewing in Chrome is unaffected

Double Toilet express!

Big fan of this livery overall especially with the shapes and large numbers. 1787322630 The link you provided is for Europhoenix Limited. Since purchase by DBI Holdings, Europhoenix Rail Limited is a separate company.

Rail Express is reporting that: Interesting development especially since it is considering privately owned traction too!

Yes, TCMU2 no longer exists, its been replaced with VIU6 which is currently the spare. Currently this VIU runs as 2Qx6. It ran as 2Q36 and 2Q46 last week in the Eastern region. Note that this method is inconsistent overall since until all VIUs are complete, they actively swap with each other.

40 year old design, maybe!

This is correct. It wont work again since LORAM (who operate it) are ceasing their operating contract from Mid-Sept. It should be noted that a tender has been raised by NR for operating Caroline and 'TRU' - https://bidstats.uk/tenders/2026/W22/871563284#notice-descrip The 153s are operated by...