Freightliner Train Derails at Eastleigh 28/01/20 The 0705 Birch Coppice Freightliner to Southampton Maritime Terminal derailed this morning at Eastleigh causing disruption to services to and from Southampton. Lead by freightliner class 70 number 70001, the train conveys a rake of empty or loaded intermodal containers or flats. This comes as the second derailment in …
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Class 73s Over The Last Decade The class 73 electro-diesel locomotives are a common sight around Kent and Sussex. The purpose of this post is to share some photos of the different liveries that the class 73s have worn in recent times, mostly the past decade. Because otherwise these photos would sit on my computer …
New Alert Mode Available: Pre-Movement Alerts From today, a new alert mode is available: pre-movement alerts. This new alert aims to detect the presence of a train in the signalling system before the train’s journey begins. Therefore, when the signaller inputs the headcode into the signalling diagrams, the Rail Record website will notify you, either …
Northern Trains Class 142 Pacer Withdrawls & Scrapping The first of the Northern class 142s have been sent to scrap. Below, you can find a list of Pacer class 142s that have been sent to be confirmed scrapped in red. Some also sent to Kingsbury but unsure if these are stored or scrapped until proved. …
Southampton Eastern Docks Freight Only Branch Line The Southampton Eastern Docks branch is a freight only line in Southampton. From St Denys, the 4 lines split in to 2 adjacent to Northam Train Depot that go to Southampton Central station, and 2 that continue south. 2 sidings next to the football stadium are used to …
Freight Trains at Dudding Hill Junction Dudding Hill Junction is on the Dudding Hill Line between Acton and Cricklewood, which is used only by freight trains. Trains run from the Midland Mainline to Cricklewood where southbound trains turn off at Brent Curve Junction, and northbound trains turn off at Cricklewood Curve Junction. From the other …
Seaford Branch Resignalling Completed The Seaford branch line on the Southern East Coastway was upgraded last week. The signalling upgrade, which was due to be completed during a 10 day closure in 2018, was pushed to November 2019. The Seaford branch upgrade between Lewes and Seaford, meant that the 3 signal boxes used along the …
What are London’s least-used Underground stations? For the past 3 years the below stations have remained consistently the least-used tube stations on the London Underground network. These top 3 are all located on the central line in Epping district. 1. Roding Valley Roding Valley is London’s least used tube station. Roding Valley is found on …
What London Underground stations have an island platform? Although there are several stations served by London Underground trains that have an island platform (eg South Kenton), just 2 are deep level. There are only 2 stations on the London Underground network that have island platforms. Both of them are on the Northern Line. These are …
LNER Class 43 Farewell Tour Announced LNER will be running a class 43 HST farewell railtour this December. Bookings will be taken through charter operator UK Railtours. The tour will run for 4 days covering most of the LNER railway network. The full routing information is currently being planned, and once available, will be shared …
