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  • 977368

    12 August 2026 - John Silverthorne

    This video is at Basingstoke, no third rail at Salisbury!

    John

  • E96347

    10 August 2026 - Brian Cuttell

    Advertised for sale at Colne Valley in August 2026.

  • 041975

    10 August 2026 - Brian Cuttell

    Advertised for sale at Colne Valley in August 2026.

  • 041911

    10 August 2026 - Brian Cuttell

    Advertised for sale at Colne Valley in August 2026.

  • 977081

    9 August 2026 - John Hall

    977081 Tops code is confirmed as QXX from Bob Wallace database.

  • 977081

    9 August 2026 - Daniel Pearson

    This coach was used in the Crewe Works Test which was vacuum braked only. It was recorded as having a TOPS code QXA however. Was it dual braked before being added to the train and became TOPS QXX? Unfortunately you cannot quite read the TOPS code on the picture above.

  • 024239

    9 August 2026 - Anon

    Possibly now the one that is stripped for restoration at Honeybourne Industrial estate? Was previously being restored in an industrial unit on that site

  • 977349

    7 August 2026 - Andrew Humphries

    Just let people know 977349 has been moved to the Colne Valley Railway

  • 320145

    6 August 2026 - Ben Williams

    Gifted to LNERCA and soon to move to Kirby Misperton for restoration

    https://lnerca.org/news-updates/

  • 70014

    6 August 2026 - John Hall

    DS70014 was sold for preservation in July 1990 from Hoo Junction. EMU coach 70014 arrived at C.F.Booth Ltd, Rotherham on 22/09/1993 and was broken up during week ending 29/04/1994.

  • 70014

    5 August 2026 - Brian Cuttell

    I think this BTU van went to the Isle of Wight in 1990 so the sightings at CF Booth look incorrect. Class 307 EMU coach E70014 was at Booth's scrapyard in late 1993 so the sightings could be this vehicle.

  • 977368

    5 August 2026 - Nick Heath

    Great video of this unit flying through Salisbury on 19 July 1989 on YouTube here https://youtu.be/1v-kQMk6iYc?t=1307

  • 025042

    2 August 2026 - Russell Withington

    One was in the yard at Norchard, the other in the siding (where the DFRS have a number of carriages in storage) near Whitecroft Station. Looking at the photographs of the two I'm pretty confident that I've got them the right way round.

  • 025042

    2 August 2026 - Ben Williams

    Ok. This was changed after Peter's 2024 comment. Assume you are confident that you saw both 025042 and 025043 at DFR? I see RHRP now lists both at DFR again so the Oakamoor update was probably wrong...

  • 025042

    2 August 2026 - Russell Withington

    This Brake Van is owned by the Dean Forest Railway Society (where it has been seen several times), and needs its 'Preserved Railway/Museum' updating.

  • 153381

    1 August 2026 - Ben Williams

    This one now added here.

    We don't seem to have a VIU5?

  • 153384

    1 August 2026 - Robin Morel

    Carries ‘ VIU6’ lettering ( Video Inspection Unit) rather than TCMU ( Track Condition Monitoring Unit)

  • ID unknown

    31 July 2026 - John Hall

    B769628 is a disposal to Smeeth Metal Co at Hoo Junction 3/1980. B786962 is a disposal to C.F.Booth Ltd Rotherham 11/1988

  • van007

    31 July 2026 - Roger Harris

    I hope I'm not throwing a spanner in the works here, but I've just got an old book out, and a visit to Cambois in 1990 found a van body on site. I wrote down ".... grounded at Cambois (Blyth) in field back of diesel depot M51172(6).. ", the last digit being not certain. Could Van 007 be this, or was this a completely different type ?

  • 024304

    28 July 2026 - Greg Hartle

    Seen in use as the tender for WD Austerity 2890 at an event at GCRN back in 2018..

  • 44404

    26 July 2026 - John Hall

    As I understand it class 504 EMU vehicles 65461 and 77182 were broken up on site at the East Lancashire Railway in November 1994 and it is possible that both M44404M and M44414M were scrapped at Bury at the same time.

  • 75415

    21 July 2026 - John Hall

    DE75415 arrived at M.C.Metal Processimg Glasgow on 2/10/1992 Railway Magazine 1/1993 p21. The grounded bodies in Aberdeenshire E75065E and E75343E were both sold from Cowlairs Works in 10/1964. I have found no evidence of vehicles E75584E to E75599E inclusive and believe the diagram 214 order of 1952 only reached E75583E and that the others were never built / cancelled.

  • 6397

    20 July 2026 - Ben Williams

    Moved to Derby today. 6392 returned to BH from Derby.

  • 43290

    19 July 2026 - Russell Withington

    Reported as having been stripped for spares and scrapped at the Boden Rail depot at Colwick in early June.

  • 10406

    18 July 2026 - Simon Bendall

    It arrived at Asfordby along with the other three Mk.3s on 23rd June.