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...
In 1974 50044 was relocated to the Bristol Bath Road Shed where it would
remain for the remainder of its life. In a nice mathematic and literary
coincidence, exactly 50 of the Class 50 locomotives...
'Triumph' was allocated to the Stoke Division in 1968, being re-numbered
50042 in 1973 under the TOPS classification system replacing D442 which
was its first number. In 1974 No. 50042 was relocat...
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...
Originally conceived as a cheaper, more reliable alternative to the
Advanced Passenger Train in the early 1970s, the British Railways Board
authorised the development of a prototype High Speed Die...
Class 67 locomotives are a class of Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotives
which were built for the English Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS)
between 1999 and 2000 by Alstom at Meinfesa in Valencia, S...
The British Rail Class 47 or Brush Type 4 is a class of diesel-electric
locomotive that was developed in the 1960s by Brush Traction. A total of
512 Class 47s were built at Brush's Falcon Works in...
The British Rail Class 37 is a diesel-electric locomotive. Also known as
the English Electric Type 3, and by some railway enthusiasts as
'tractors' due to their agricultural sound, the class was o...
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...
The British Rail Class 47 is a class of British railway diesel-electric
locomotive that was developed in the 1960s by Brush Traction. A total of
512 Class 47s were built at Crewe Works and Brush's...
ntroduced to service as D212 in May 1959 and the third of the production
series to be delivered, 'Aureol' was officially named in 1960. By 1974
when the locomotive was re-numbered 40012 under TOPS...
The locomotive in question, number 1472, was originally outshopped from
the GNR’s Doncaster Works as a class A1 with GNR colouring, lettering
and numbering before being renumbered and named in 192...