Following a period of unprofitable operations, the InterCity East
Coast franchise and associated HST units passed from NXEC to East Coast,
an operator owned by the Department for Transport. From t...
After its 1993 withdrawal from Derby Works, D3771 was purchased and
became a permanent resident of the Great Western Society. In 2010 the
locomotive was given plain green livery, then repainted ag...
Class 66 No. 6608 began its life working in Europe for Netherlands based
ERS Railways in December 2003. In 2009 the locomotive was bought by
Beacon Rail Leasing and given the name 'Dave Meehan'. I...
91001, the first of the Class, was built in April 1988 and soon unveiled
to the press. The Locomotive was named 'Swallow' and carried the
InterCity Swallow Livery until privatisation in 1996. Refu...
Delivered in 1989, 91010 was the final one of the original batch of 10
Class 91s to be built. Between 2001 and 2009, the locomotive was named
after the Victorian physician, missionary and explorer...
Designed to deal with the steep gradients of the Calder Valley route,
the Class 110 was distinctive in being the first generation DMU with the
highest power to weight ratio of any naturally aspira...
Engineered to deal with the steep gradients of the Calder Valley route
which it became synonymous with them being named 'Calder Valley sets',
the Class 110 was one of the first DMU's with the high...
The British Rail Class 37 is a
diesel-electric locomotive. Also known as the English Electric Type 3,
the class was ordered as part of the British Rail modernisation plan...
Both 43480 and 43484 are both part of Rail
Adventure’s first dive onto British rails, with the company previously
only being based out of Germany. P...
43060 is currently in storage at Long Marston
after being introduced by BR in 1977, the unit was built by BREL, as
with all other Class 43 units. 43060 was one of a numbe...
While Class 800 units had been in service
with the LNER since May of 2019, they would not operate on the flagship
Flying Scotsman service until the first of August. Set 8...
6211 Queen Maud entered traffic on 21 October
1935 allocated to Camden shed and fitted with the riveted 9-ton LMS
tender, which it retained until the first heavy service ...
6211 Queen Maud entered traffic on 21 October
1935 allocated to Camden shed and fitted with the riveted 9-ton LMS
tender, which it retained until the first heavy service ...
Floyd Zrt. was one of the first open-access
freight operators in Hungary and currently operates a varied traction
fleet which includes a number of ex-BR locomotives. 5611...
Introduced in 1985 by the operating company, Great Scottish &
Western Railway Co. (GS&WR), since 2005 the overnight luxury train
has been run by Belmond Ltd. Initially hauled by West Coast...