Articles by Pip Dunn
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Fleet
More ex-Southeastern Class 465s units among latest to go for scrap
More units went to Newport Docks in late April and early May for disposal at Sims Group.
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Fleet
Romic buys pair of Class 20s then immediately offers them for sale
Latest suggestions are that the proposed sale will no longer be happening
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Fleet
Chiltern Railways on verge of agreeing deal to take ex-TransPennine Express Mk 5s
All 13 sets have been redundant since the end of 2023.
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Fleet
More Class 08s sold for conversion to battery power
Positive Traction has acquired four more shunters for conversion to battery power.
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Fleet
New turns for GWR Castle HST sets as part of May timetable changes
The operator's last remaining HSTs operate solely in Devon and Cornwall
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Fleet
GB Railfreight Class 69 painted to promotes men’s mental health charity
The livery, applied at Arlington Fleet Services at Eastleigh, promotes the charity found in 2016.
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Fleet
Converted GBRf ‘69s’ all in traffic by end of summer
Work on the final two examples was continuing in mid-April, although no more Class 56s are planned to be converted
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Features
Review: West Midlands Railways introduces Class 730s
West Midlands Trains is introducing two Bombardier Aventra fleets into traffic and up first is the Class 730/0s for West Midlands Railways. By Pip Dunn.
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Fleet
Drain Train Class 20 receive modifications
Balfour Beatty makes minor modifications to both locomotives.
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Fleet
DCRail finalises purchase of Class 56 after fault-free running
The Class 56 has been sold to the freight operator by the Class 56 Group.