The "Traction" Series

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FREIGHT TRAFFIC & TRACTION: 20007 & 20205 on hire to Victa Railfreight for shunting duties at Peak Forest; 37218 receives a repaint into original DRS livery; 37800 repainted into ROG blue; retro repaints for GB Railfreight’s 56081 & 56098; Freightliner’s 47830 on a route learning run to Exeter; Colas take over the Lindsey to Kingsbury tanks from DB Cargo; the Class 56 Group’s 56301 on a test run from Leicester to Wembley; all five DRS Class 66/3s transfer to GB Railfreight; 73128 & 73136 hauling a rake of new Wascosa wagons from Dollands Moor to Eastleigh; Freightliner’s 90003 hauling a rake of redundant box wagons from Wembley to Crewe; 57305 & 57312 return to action for DRS; GBRf’s new Class 69s spread their wings; 57307 on the Bescot-Toton departmental; 56081 on a route learning run to Newhaven and on a RHTT visit to London Victoria; a new ‘steel on steel’ look for DB Cargo’s 60062...and traction highlights from the autumn ‘leaf busting’ season.

PASSENGER TRACTION, RAILTOURS & SPECIALS: D9000 Royal Scots Grey makes its long-awaited main line return; WCRC and LSL Class 86s, 87s and 90s are drafted in to bolster Avanti services to and from Euston; a retro-repaint for CrossCountry power car 43384; former DRS locos 57010 & 57012 enter traffic for WCRC; 67016 rescuing LNER’s failed 91130; the CFPS’s 40145 on tours to Carlisle and Newcastle; 20096 & 20107 setting off from Stranraer; 50008 at Redcar heading to Saltburn; 50050 hauling the ‘Cumbrian Mountaineer’ over the S&C to Carlisle; 50007 & 50049 returning from Beverley, 40013 working the ‘Bristol Forty’ charter; 69004 hauling the ‘Solent Searcher’ railtour, 33025 & 33029 double-heading to Weymouth; 20189 deputising for steam on the ‘Shakespeare Express’...and quadruple-headed Class 20s on the ‘Chopper Topper’ charter!

THERE's ALSO: the on-going series of movements of redundant rolling stock to Newport Docks for disposal; 37510 hauling the first ‘off lease’ Avanti ‘Voyager’ to Worksop for storage; 37901 & 37800 on a Trans Pennine Express stock move; Freightliner Class 66s hauling new TfW Class 197 units; 20007 & 37418 with inspection saloon Caroline; the 125 Group’s 43048 & 43159 on an Asfordby-Butterley stock move; BR blue 47077 North Star on the North York Moors; DATS power car 43066 hauling new London Underground wagons on the Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway; double-headed Deltics 55009 & 55019 at the Gloucs & Warks Railway...and a selection of main line locos - 37901, 60021, 66415, 68030 and 73141 - attending various heritage railway diesel galas.

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FREIGHT TRAFFIC & TRACTION: the start of DB Cargo’s Toton-Dollands Moor Toyota cars; DCR’s new aggregate services to Chessington South and Newton Abbot; DRS begins running trains to Winfrith in Dorset; 56302 works the first imported aggregates train out of Lowestoft; the first Colas timber train from Aberystwyth; Freightliner’s 66620 assisting a failed 60007 on the Robeston-Theale tanks; 37218 rescuing DRS’s Tilbury-Daventry Tesco boxes; 73109 & 73136 working the Mountfield gypsum; DB Cargo’s 60019 on hire to DCR, long-stored 90021 returns to traffic in a revised WH Malcolm livery; ex-DRS locos are snapped up by HNRC & LSL; 37901 Mirrlees Pioneer returns to the main line; GBRf’s replacement for 66734 becomes its 100th Class 66...and Class 69s take over the Southampton-Mountfield gypsum.

PASSENGER TRACTION, RAILTOURS & SPECIALS: WCRC’s 47270 retains its BR blue livery following a repaint at Carnforth; Bo’ness-based 37403 working the NYMR’s Whitby services; 87002 visits Norwich with ‘The East Anglian’ excursion from Crewe; 50007 has a solo outing to Exeter on the Belmond British Pullman; 50008 leaving Canon Street with the ‘Ore No More’ railtour; 37422 & 37425 working the four-day ‘Easter Highlander’; 60040 on the ‘Cwmbargoed Collier’ tour; DB Cargo’s 67007 in new Platinum Jubilee livery hauling the Royal Train; 37601 dragging a failed Greater Anglia ‘Flirt’; LSL’s 90002 working a Liverpool-Wembley ‘Foot-ex’; 37403 leaving the Hitachi factory at Newton Aycliffe with the ‘The Merchant of Teeside’ railtour...and Class 40 D213 Andania reaches Great Yarmouth.

THERE's ALSO: 20007 & 20142 dragging a TfW Mark 4 set from Eastleigh to Crewe; 50008 hauling a new Class 196 unit to Long Marston; Colas Rail’s 56096 on a SWR Class 701 delivery to Eastleigh; GBRf hire DCR’s 56091 for a Greater Anglia Class 720 delivery; 92042 hauling two new Swiss-built TfW Class 231 units from Dollands Moor to Ripple Lane; 47727 on the first move of Southern Class 455 units to Newport Docks for disposal; ROG 37s hauling SWR Class 455, 456 and 458 units to Long Marston; GBRf’s 56081 dragging three ex-GWR HST?power cars from Laira to Newport Docks for breaking; 70020 & 68004 in action at the KWVR diesel gala; the NRM’s D6700 moves to the Great Central Railway...and Deltic 55019 on a demonstration freight on the GCR.

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FREIGHT TRAFFIC & TRACTION: GBRf’s 56081 hauling brand new 701 & 720 units; 37402 & 37407 reach Westbury on a ballast; WCRC’s 37668 on a tamper tow; 56312 returns to active service for GBRf; 20118 & 20132 collecting Cappagh box wagons from Long Marston; Freightliner’s Class 86s bow out of service; GBRf’s 69001 undergoing testing on the Severn Valley Railway; Colas Rail’s 56302 ventures to Dollands Moor and Okehampton; DRS’s 37716 on the Inverness-Mossend ‘Tesco Express’; 56090 ballasting on the Stourbridge Town branch; GBRf takes over the Colnbrook aviation fuel tanks; HNRC’s 20901 returns to traffic; DB Cargo’s Pullman-liveried Class 67s hauling a milling machine to Swindon; Colas duo 56049 & 56105 on hire to DCR; GBRf snaps up more Euro Class 66s; DB Cargo 66s return from France...and 57002 rescuing 88001 on the Dagenham-Garston cars. .

PASSENGER TRACTION, RAILTOURS & SPECIALS: a convoy of four Class 91s heading to Newport Docks for breaking - followed by LNER reinstating several of the Class after the Hitachi ‘Azuma’ fleet is grounded; ROG Class 37s rescuing Greater Anglia failed ‘Flirts’; 40013 Andania returns to main line action with LSL; 66737 & 50007 working the Belmond British Pullman; 57306 delivering a rake of c2c ‘Electrostars’ to GWR; 47812 hauling redundant Grand Central Mark 4s to Worksop for store; 20107 working solo on the South Wales Main Line; 57304 on a Pendolino rescue mission; 67006 hauling the Royal Train to the G7 summit in Cornwall; the final HST service on the Midland Main Line...and ROG delivering refurbished SWR 442 ‘Wessex’ units back to Bournemouth depot – followed by GBRf taking them back to Wolverton Works for component recovery!

THERE's ALSO: ROG’s four Class 47s are sold to WCRC; Boden Rail’s 37240 taking Network Rail DVTs to Long Marston; 73201 hauling London Underground’s 4TC set along the Great Western Main Line; a new-look 50008 returns to main line action on test runs from Eastleigh; 20007 & 20142 delivering the 125 Group’s HST to Butterley; 66752 dragging a fire-damaged tamper to Tonbridge Yard; Greater Anglia Class 321 and Heathrow Express 332 units being towed to the breakers yard; 60028 hauling LNWR’s new ‘Aventra’ 730101 to Derby; Colas Rail’s 67023 on a DVT move to Long Marston; 20118 & 20132 on the East Grinstead branch hauling a tamper; the first working of 37263 in preservation... and newly-repainted locos 47773 and Clayton D8568 debut at the SVR diesel gala.

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An exceptionally interesting six months - 50007 & 50049 hauling the Belmond British Pullman; GBRf’s 56081 ventures to Bournemouth on a Class 442 move; Colas HST power cars move to the Severn Valley Railway for temporary storage; 73107 & 73109 testing one of the new ‘Weedkilling’ trains; former ROG locos 47815 & 47848 work their first trains for WCRC following repaints.

Selected highlights of GBRf’s four-day ‘This Time It’s Personal’ charity train; the first railtour working of 47270 in four years; Colas duo 37219 & 37057 on a West Highland weekend ballast; 31128 & 33029 powering the final ‘Scarborough Spa Express’ of the year; D1015 Western Champion on its ill-fated test run working GBRf’s Avonmouth-Pennyfford cement tanks; former Caledonian Sleeper AC loco 86401 working its first train for WCRC; Colas Rail’s 67023 & 67027 on autumn ‘leaf-busting’ duties; a Class 44/45/46 Peak triple-header on the Nene Valley Railway; 20007 & 20205 working a demonstration intermodal train out of Immingham.

LNwR Desiro 350124 being towed on wheel skates by 37510 & 57312; three DRS Class 37s rescuing the London Gateway-Coatbridge Freightliner; 40013 & 40145 working double-headed charters to Plymouth and Edinburgh; 69003 in primer hauling 69001 & 69002 from Peterborough to Tonbridge, 90019 dragging experimental HydroFlex unit 799201; WCRC’s 37668 towing a ‘stoneblower’ from Crewe to Ashford; 66001 delivering the first Transport for Wales ‘Flirt’ unit to Cardiff; 20096 & 20107 reach Blaenau Ffestiniog; 60017 working the Midland Main Line RHTT; 37510 towing former Heathrow Connect unit 360201 to the Dean Forest Railway; 50008 dragging four HST power cars from Willesden to Eastleigh; 67013 rescuing DB Cargo’s Wakefield to Southampton intermodal; LSL’s 37521 & 37688 on hire to GB Railfreight for rolling stock moves; 69001 & 69003 on the Mountfield-Southampton gypsum…and 50007 & 50049 working railtours to Stranraer, Kingswear, Beverley and Margate.

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FREIGHT TRAFFIC & TRACTION: Former Swedish Class 66s enter traffic for GB Railfreight; ex-Greater Anglia Class 90s enter service for Freightliner; DRS’s overhauled 37425 receives retro Regional Railways livery; WCRC Class 37s working timber trains from Georgemas Junction; 57002 hauling a rake of car transporters from Eastleigh to Dagenham; 20118 & 20132 on hire to DRS with Network Rail’s tilting point carrying wagons; 73962 & 73965 on a wagon transfer move from Tonbridge to Eastleigh; 67028 rescuing 60015 on the Wolverhampton-Immingham steel; 56103 hauling a rake of HHA coal hoppers to Shirebrook; 50050 Fearless on a Colas loco swop move from Barnetby to Nottingham; WCRC duo 37518 & 37706 taking a redundant breakdown crane from Wigan to Margam; the last Class 86-hauled Anglo-Scottish Freightliner working; the return of the Sinfin fuel tanks...and a round up of the loco-hauled autumn ‘leaf busters’.

PASSENGER TRACTION, RAILTOURS & SPECIALS: Inter City liveried 87002, 90001 & 90002 enter traffic for LSL; the summer ‘Staycation Express’ services over the S&C; 37611 rescuing a failed Greater Anglia ‘Flirt’ unit; 40145 arriving at London Euston; LSL’s Midland Pullman HST on its maiden passenger-carrying run; BR blue 47614 on its first main line working of the year; Inter City liveried 90002 and a matching rake of stock on a Euston to Glasgow charter; 67005 hauling the Royal Train through Leeds, more GWR Class 57 failures on the ‘Night Riviera’ sleepers...and EMR’s last two Paxman-engined power cars on their final passenger turn.

THERE’S ALSO: GBRf’s 56081 pressed into service on rolling stock moves; 73128 & 73213 hauling a brand new Stadler Merseyrail unit to Tonbridge; Heathrow Express Class 332 units heading to the scrapyard; 20007 & 20205 venture to Plymouth while on hire to Loram; the DATS OLE test trains and their wacky formations; 50007 & 50049 on various GBRf stock moves including their trip to Bishop Auckland; 37688 returning to the main line with LSL; ex-EMR HST power cars on Colas test train work; the unique 89001 being towed to Soho for electrical testing; 40145 on hire to LSL collecting an HST power car from Long Marston; 67021 & 67024 ‘top & tailing’ OLE wagons from Swindon to Dollands Moor; DRS Class 66s on a summer snowplough test...and 31285 & 31459 hauling a rake of fourteen ex-Caledonian Mark 3 sleepers over the Weardale Railway!

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THE 50th PROGRAMME IN THE SERIES!

FREIGHT TRAFFIC & TRACTION: DCR’s overhauled 60029 working its first train in twelve years; the first Class 70 over the Esk Valley route; 92006 working the final train of cartics for GBRf; 31128 hauling a track renewal machine; 37218 solo on the Tees Dock-Daventry Tesco Express; 66778 working a Ludgershall to Dereham MoD train; 59002 light engine through Leeds; 70803 fronting the first Aberdeen to Spalding calcium carbonate tanks; DB Class 66s ‘top & tailing’ the weedkilling train in Devon; Pullman-liveried 67021 & 67024 hauling a rake of new Mendip Rail wagons from Dollands Moor to Wembley; Freightliner’s 59206 and 90044 receive Genesee & Wyoming livery; DRS blue 90034 re-enters traffic for DB Cargo; GBRf acquire three ‘Euro’ Class 66s from Sweden; Colas Rail’s former 37521 re-enters service with LSL; convoys of Greater Anglia Class 90s transferring to Freightliner...and 66731 is painted into NHS blue and named Captain Tom Smith at Eastleigh.

PASSENGER TRACTION, RAILTOURS & SPECIALS: The DRS Class 20 farewell tour; ROG ‘Thunderbird’ locos rescuing failed new Greater Anglia ‘Flirt’ units; DB Class 90s receive Grand Central livery; Scotrail-liveried 47712 working its first charter train for LSL; 33012 & 33202 hauling the ‘Devonian Crompton’ charter; Maritime-liveried 66727 working the Inverness-Edinburgh Caledonian sleepers; 57313 hauling the final pre-lockdown charter train; 87002 on a LSL driver training run to Carlisle; DB’s 90039 and ex-LNER Mark 4 stock on a Grand Central driver training run to Blackpool North; Chiltern’s 68010 & Trans Pennine’s 68022 double-heading the Toton-Crewe departmental... and LSL’s 86101, 87002, 90001 and 90002 all receive retro-Inter City swallow livery.

THERE’S ALSO: 20007 & 20205 hauling the High Speed Milling Machine to Derby; 50007 & 50049 on various GBRf stock moves; 60055 on a Chiltern DVT transfer; the new DATS overhead line test train featuring 90035, 91122 and other assorted traction; 47593 working over the Weardale Railway with Caledonian sleeper coaches; DCR’s 60055 hauling Greater Anglia Mark 3s to Eastleigh Works; Freightliner’s 47830 with a brand new Trans-Pennine Nova 3 set in tow; GBRf Class 47s on Greater Anglia stock transfers; ROG hire two pairs of Class 20s for moves of ex-GWR HST stock to Newport Docks for scrapping; Class 442 Wessex Electrics heading to the breakers yard; 60046 hauling the unique 89001 to Toton for a repaint...and Thursday night NHS horns at Peak Forest and Eastleigh!

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FREIGHT TRAFFIC & TRACTION: Freightliner acquires the small fleet of Class 59/2s as it takes over the Mendip stone traffic; five DB Cargo Class 66s go on long-term hire to DRS; 57304 rescuing a failed Freightliner at Atherstone; the rare sight of 20118 & 20132 on a departmental working on the Great Western Main Line; Freightliner’s 70015 on hire to Colas working the Dalston tanks; GBRf’s 60096 on hire to DCR to work ballast trains; overhauled DCR Class 60s on their test runs; 73109 & 73136 hauling a rake of coal hoppers around Kent; BR blue 20096 & 20107 working DCR’s Basford Hall-Longport spoil; Colas Rail’s 37057 hauling a rail train from Kenton to Crewe; Pullman-liveried 67021 & 67024 delivering a rake of new GBRf wagons to Wembley; 66711 on an engineers train on the Exmouth branch...and the final autumn of DRS Class 20s on RHTT duties.

PASSENGER TRACTION, RAILTOURS & SPECIALS: The final day of Class 37/4 haulage in East Anglia; LNER locos 91117 & 91120 in Europhoenix livery heading to Leicester; Locomotive Services returns 37667 to the main line and then purchases 86101 & 87002; two back-to-back HST power cars towing the stock of the Night Riviera sleepers; DB Cargo’s 67025 receives the new Transport for Wales livery; 66199 hauling the very last train out of the closed Cottam Power Station; 50008 Thunderer working its first railtour in nearly 30 years; the final Class 90-hauled Caledonian Sleeper service with Mark 3 stock…and extensive coverage of LNER’s spectacular four-day farewell to the Inter-City 125 High Speed Train featuring a complete retro-liveried set.

THERE’S ALSO: 50008 Thunderer working a series of coaching stock moves for Chiltern Railways; ROG locos hauling redundant Class 313 and 315 units to the scrapyard; 57305 towing a defective CrossCountry Voyager DMU; GBRf’s 47739 route learning on the Barnstaple branch; Freightliner’s 47830 hauling a brand-new Trans Pennine Express Nova 3 unit to Carlisle; 66725 & 66701 on the Bluebell Railway with two Caledonian sleeper coaches; BR blue 31128 heading to Eastleigh on a stock move from Burton; Maritime-liveried 66090 hauling redundant ex-LNER stock to Eastleigh; LSL’s 47593 rescuing GBRf’s 47739; a large logo repaint for 50033 Glorious; D1015 Western Champion back in BR blue...and 50017 Royal Oak hauling a rake of unfitted mineral wagons on the GCR!

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FREIGHT TRAFFIC & TRACTION: Freightliner’s 70007 on hire to Colas for the Carlisle-Chirk timber; 37716 working solo on the 6K97 Toton-Crewe; large logo 37418 in charge of the Bridgend-Dagenham Ford vans; 70801 hauling a rake of calcium carbonate tanks to Aberdeen; DCR Class 56s on ballast trains to Southampton and Boston; 50008 Thunderer hauling a monster rake of box wagons from Wembley to Kellingley; 70809 working the very last Rectory Junction tanks; 57308 rescuing GBRf’s Dagenham-Garston cars; Class 56s briefly take over the haulage of the Dagenham-Bridgend Ford vans before the traffic abruptly comes to an end; European Class 66s being towed between Hull Docks and Longport; DB Cargo Class 66s receive Maritime and PD Ports liveries; DRS’s 37419 receives retro Inter City colours; Freightliner’s 66587 is repainted into pink and white Ocean Network Express livery...and 92020 returns to traffic after an absence of 18 years!

PASSENGER TRACTION, RAILTOURS & SPECIALS: The final day of GWR InterCity 125 HST operation in and out of Paddington; the return of Class 37-hauled Cardiff-Rhymney commuter services; more loco-haulage on the Windermere branch; 55009 Alycidon on its only railtour of the year; 50007 & 50049 travel to Tweedbank; 33012 & 33029 head round the Wirral with the ‘Ruby Vampire’ railtour; 31128 returns to the main line to work ‘The Sunday Yicker’ charter; GBRf-liveried 50007 & 50049 working the 25th anniversary ‘50 Terminator’ railtour; 47773 on the mothballed Ironbridge branch; 33207 hauling a steam excursion on the East Grinstead branch; 47593 returns to the main line...and 50007 hauling a rake of redundant GWR HST stock to Long Marston!

THERE’S ALSO: 73963 & 73965 hauling a new LNER ‘Azuma’ to Eastleigh Works; ROG?Class 57s hauling withdrawn Class 313 units for scrapping; 66788 taking a rake of Caledonian sleeper coaches to Rotherham for breaking; the very last London Underground S Stock move from Derby to West Ruislip; 57305 hauling re-liveried Heathrow Express Class 387 ‘Electrostars’ from Ilford to Reading; Class 20s, 37s and 57/0s on various snowplough moves; Southern’s 73202 with the Hastings DEMU in tow; 57312 leaving Brush Traction with a newly-converted ‘Flex’ unit; DB Cargo delivering new Greater Anglia ‘Flirt’ units to Norwich; Royal Oak moves to the GCR; double-headed Hymeks on the West Somerset Railway....and Chinnor’s 31163 is transformed into Derby RTC livery as 97205.

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FREIGHT TRAFFIC & TRACTION: 37219 on the Dagenham-Bridgend Ford vans; 50008 hauling container flats to Dollands Moor; 66013 rescuing the Knowsley-Wilton ‘binliner’; Freightliner’s 47830 working the Folly Lane-Basford Hall tanks; Colas Class 60s transfer to GB Railfreight; Freightliner’s 66413 receives Genesee & Wyoming livery; GBRf’s 66780 emerges in Cemex colours; ROG take on DRS’s two Northern Belle Class 57s; 56105 and 56301 on Peak Forest shunting duties; GBRf’s newly-acquired Class 60s on biomass traffic out of Tyne Dock; Colas Rail’s 37421 & WCRC’s 37685 fronting a rake of Scottish auto-ballasters; freight returns to Ashton-in-Makerfield; Freightliner take over the Colnbrook fuel tanks...and a comprehensive round-up of Network Rail’s autumn leaf fall operation.

PASSENGER TRACTION, RAILTOURS & SPECIALS: Class 40 D213 Andania returns to the main line after 34 years; the first Class 92 to work out of Waterloo International; the first Class 87 to haul a train into Paddington; 57316 on the Windermere branch; GBRf’s 47727 & 47749 working in multiple on the ‘Tees-Wear Explorer’ charter; a failed 47832 arriving at?Weymouth with the Northern Belle; 20189 departing from Whitby ‘bonnet first’ on a passenger train; the last GWR HST power cars to leave Landore depot; the closure of Old Oak Common HST depot; Scotrail HST driver training; 55009 Alycidon on the ‘Deltic Retro Scot’ and ‘Deltic Deviator’ railtours; 57601 repainted into Northern Belle colours...and the first run of LNER’s 91119 in heritage Inter City livery.

THERE’S ALSO: 92026 testing new Mark 5 Caledonian sleepers; 37884 hauling two Class 365 ‘Networker’ units to Glasgow Works; 37405 and 57007 on Greater Anglia DVT moves to Cardiff; Colas 66s on test train duties over the HS1 route; ROG delivering new TPE Mark 5 stock to Longsight; 37884 hauling two TfL Class 315 EMUs to Newport Docks for scrapping; 20142 & 20189 on a snowplough test run from Derby; 66002 delivering the first Greater Anglia Class 755 unit to Norwich; 66725 dragging a Class 332 Heathrow Express unit; 66590 delivering new Mark 5 sleeper coaches to Polmadie; GWR’s Laira-based 08483 visits the South Devon Railway; a six-loco ‘thrash-ex’ at the Spa Valley Railway...and 50033 Glorious returns to action after an absence of fourteen years!

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The early indications are that this looks like being another cracking programme, proving the old adage – ‘never say never on the privatised railway’.

Among the many eye-popping workings you can expect to see will be – the first Crompton to work on the Windermere branch (and service trains at that!), the first Class 50-hauled passenger train round the Cumbrian coast, 70814 on biomass trials with GB Railfreight, classmate 70811 working the ‘Scarborough Spa Express’, 47501 & 47805 return to the main line with Crewe-based Locomotive Services, 37521 is back on the main line after an absence of fourteen years, DRS’ 37716 on Peak Forest shunting duties, GBRf’s 66789 emerges from Eastleigh Works in Large Logo livery while 66783 is out-shopped in striking Biffa livery, 57316 hauling a track machine from Dundee to Guide Bridge, former GWR HST power cars transfer to Scotrail, 66304 rescuing a failed Freightliner on Beattock, ROG Class 47s hauling new Trans Pennine coaching stock to Longsight, 47580 hauling a ballast regulator from Guide Bridge to Dollands Moor, BR blue Class 20s leaving London Victoria and then arriving at Kings Cross on a wedding special, Swanage-based 33012 working over London Underground’s Metropolitan Line, 50008 hauling a rake of box wagons from Eastleigh to Wembley, ROG’s 37608 rescuing a DB cargo stone train at Clapham Junction, Northern Belle-liveried 57305+57312 on the Barrow-Sellafield flasks, 47813 hauling a rake of covered steel carriers, 70807 deputising for a failed Class 37 on a Colas test train, 55009 working the ‘Albert Gilmour Memorial’ charter from Newcastle to Kings Cross, the brief return of Corfe Castle-Wareham main line shuttles with 20007, 33012, 50049 & 66783, the long-awaited return to traffic of 40012 at the East Lancs Railway’s Class 40 gala…and DRS Class 37s and Colas Class 56s on winter snowplough duties.

Naturally, plenty more fascinating workings, traction developments, freight traffic changes and preservation highlights will complete a riveting 100 minutes of unrivalled modern traction coverage from the first six months of this year.

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FREIGHT TRAFFIC & TRACTION: 56302 working fuel tanks to Fort William and Lairg; DCR’s 31452 hauling a rake of redundant PNA wagons to Rotherham for scrapping; Colas’s 60047 working DB’s Lindsey-Kingsbury tanks; 56078 deputising for a Class 60 on the Drax-Lindsey tanks; 37425 & 37606 on the Crewe-Bescot departmental; 60085 makes a rare Tug appearance at Huntley; 60091 rescues failed classmate 60020 on the Robeston-Westerleigh tanks; a GBRf intermodal service is rescued by two DRS Class 57s on an autumn ‘leaf buster’; DB Class 66s rescue DCR’s failed 56104 at Denham Golf Club; GBRf purchases three Colas Class 47s and ten DB Class 66s; Colas takes over the Avonmouth to Aberthaw coal; four Class 90s on a Freightliner; 20007 returns to the main line after 25 years...and pairs of DCR Class 56s and ROG Class 47s on the Wembley-Foxton spoil trains!

PASSENGER TRACTION, RAILTOURS & SPECIALS: ROG Class 47s working Chiltern Railways services between Birmingham and Marylebone; GBRf Class 66s working an East Midlands Trains service to Skegness; DRS’s 37716 is drafted onto Greater Anglia ‘Wherry Line’ services; both GWR heritage-liveried power cars in the same HST formation; 40145 and 56094 on the ‘Scarborough Spa Express’; 50007 & 50049 make a nostalgic return to Glasgow; DRS duo 37602 & 37609 hauling the Northern Belle to Oban; Pullman livery for DB Cargo’s 67021 and 67024; Greater Anglia’s Class 68 farewell tour; the Grand Central HST farewell; 20118 & 20132 on GBRf’s ‘Charitable Chibble’ charity train; 37685 working a railtour over the Borders Railway...and 57604 on a GWR HST drag!

THERE’S ALSO: 50008 Thunderer on the Bishop Auckland branch and on various departmental workings; ROG Class 47s hauling Class 442 units from Ely to Bournemouth; 56301 on the Ramsgate-Derby Class 375 EMU move; Southern’s 73202 ventures to Eastleigh; 66753 hauling a Eurostar to the breaker’s yard; 50017 & 50050 on a Colas RHTT move; Pullman-liveried 57306 hauling a London Midland EMU to Long Marston; Chiltern’s ‘bubble cars’ make their final journey; 33207 hauling a 2EPB unit from Slade Green to Southall; 60026 visits the East Lancs; a convoy of FIVE Class 31s heading for the Nene Valley; 33202 on the Isle of Wight....plus coverage of GWR’s open day at Old Oak Common, including many of the unusual movements of exhibits to and from London!

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Narrated by: David Maxey
First published on DVD: 2018
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Number of discs: 1 DVD-R
Media Format: DVD-R

Running Time: 100-mins (1hr 40min)

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FREIGHT TRAFFIC & TRACTION: Network Rail’s 31233 soldiers on into 2017; Class 67s start test train work for Colas; DRS take delivery of new Class 68 and 88 locomotives; 37602 & 37609 rescue the Daventry-Wentloog Tesco intermodal; 50017 & 50050 working a Bescot-Washwood Heath departmental; 60020 hauling the Swansea Burrows-Onllwyn coal; 66305 rescues Heavy Haul’s 4S44 intermodal; 56078 & 56087 on a new Colas aggregates flow from Pengam; 66754 & 66757 hauling a Crossrail concrete train out of the new Thames tunnel; 70802 becomes the first of its Class to work the Dalston and Prestwick tanks, former DRS Class 37/6s receive Europhoenix repaints; 88002 undergoing testing on the West Coast main line; the return of the Hamworthy stone traffic; GBRf take over the MoD traffic and ‘Silver Bullet’ china clay tanks; the military naming of 66756 at Swanage...and the Settle-Carlisle line re-opens to through traffic after a year of major repairs.

PASSENGER TRACTION, RAILTOURS & SPECIALS: The final day in service of Chiltern Railways’ heritage ‘Bubble Cars’ 121020 & 121034; passenger services between Wareham and Swanage resume after an absence of 45 years; 67010 working a loco-hauled GWR service to Weymouth; Colas Class 47s on the Caledonian sleepers; 73202 makes a brief appearance on the Class 442 farewell charity train; 68026 on the Preston Docks branch; 47815 works a Lincoln-Finsbury Park Foot-ex; 31452 & 37608 ‘top & tailing’ the Derby-Barrow Hill ‘Brunswick Flyer’ shuttles; the first Class 88-hauled passenger train; 47375 on a railtour in Hungary; Deltic D9009 Alycidon traverses the Central Wales Line....and four generations of ECML traction running alongside each other.

THERE’S ALSO: 37800 towing a Grand Central HST from London to Heaton; GBRf Class 73/9s on test train duties at Peak Forest; 47815 hauling Class 319 units to Long Marston for storage; the return to the main line after 26 years of 50008 Thunderer; 66599 with two 442 units in tow at Eastleigh; 73967 makes a rare ED appearance at Carlisle; 37884 hauling a rake of GWR HST stock from Old Oak Common to Derby; 47812 on hire to DRS hauling inspection saloon Caroline; 57310 hauling GWR Electrostar units to and from Reading depot; 66768 hauling a Eurostar out of St Pancras International to the scrapyard; the spectacular Severn Valley Railway diesel gala including DRS passenger débutante 88003...and D1062 Western Courier back in BR blue for the first time since 1976.

Availability: AVAILABLE
Narrated by: David Maxey
First published on DVD: October 2017
Classification: Exempt
Number of discs: 1 DVD-R
Media Format: DVD-R

Running Time: 100-mins (1hr 40min)

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