News - Latest news - October 2005
8 October 2005 - thanks to Peter Hall, Clive Barlow, Dave Denton, John Hall, Brian Loughlin, Roger Smith, Phil Scott for this article
Quick update on happenings over the last couple of monthsSales and movements
The ferry van from Horsham 889016 (and briefly at Wishaw) has now moved to Toddington on the Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Railway.
975470 has apparently moved to Midsomer Norton station.
67301 from NSE Research Unit 7001 / 316999 has been moved from Coventry Railway Centre to Throckmorton Airfield for storage. It is thought it is being kept by HSBC Rail for spares.
060921 ex-Landore is now at the East Somerset Railway.
6390 has turned up at the Midland Railway Centre mid-August ex-Doncaster Wabtec - apprently only here for repairs though.
Crane ADRS95000 (latterly 024984) and match wagon 024985 are now located at Woodside Farm, Welland, near Upton-upon Severn, Worcestershire.
EWS put 083561/2/3 up for sale during August - located at Eastleigh. Network Rail also published a list of items for sale at around the same time but these vehicles (including some departmental stock) has now been withdrawn from sale.
042222 left Neville Hill, Leeds at the end of August and were moved to a private site near Royston.
Former Connex Route Learning Unit 930082 left Selhust for Immingham at the beginning of September.
977097 ex Swindon & Cricklade Railway is now at the workshop site at Bream.
Two conflats were noted at Wirksworth at the end of September - 024886 and 024874 are both ex-Wolverton.
977169 has moved from Old Oak Common yard onto the depot - reason unknown at present.
977934 still seems to be for sale - photos and details here
Also still for sale are the following:
977437 at Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Railway - photo and details here
Rare tank wagon 024752 at Wishaw - photo and details here
321073 at the Great Central Railway and 321099 at Northampton & Lamport Railway are both for sale - photos and details here
Disposals
Henderson Kerr were undertaking the disposal of former OHLM coaches at Carstairs at the end of August.
Scrapping has apparently re-started at Crewe but 975991 is still escaping the cutting torch at the beginning of October as locos are taking priority...
A scrap contractor appears to be on site at Eastleigh Works disposing of EMU demo coach 71731 on October 5th... more to follow perhaps?
NMT news
It has been running as a 6 car with both 977993 and 999550 included for the last few weeks.
977995 - This vehicle actually has no equipment in it, although it may have a generator fitted at some time. It will be used to replace other vehicles in the NMT so as to maintain the 2 + 5 formation required by certification.
Still no concrete news about the second NMT formed of mk2 stock other than it is on the cards for next year - watch this space!
And finally...
977842 (55032) is set to return to mainline use with Arriva Trains in Cardiff.
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