FREIGHT TRAFFIC & TRACTION: former DRS locos 37402 and 37423 return to the main line; 69012 emerges as Falcon 2; 66301 receives Drax ‘golden anniversary’ livery; 50008 ventures to Blyth in Northumberland; 37405 & 56090 on a snowplough move from Larbert to Eastriggs; 56049 on the Halling to Hoo Junction concrete sleeper trip; the end of the Preston Docks bitumen traffic; the surprise return of the Aberystwyth timber; Freightliner take over the Southampton Docks to Mountfield gypsum;  Europhoenix start rail operations using 37407 & 37901; former DB Cargo 90040 returns to traffic with Freightliner; GB Railfreight’s 60047 & 60096 on hire to DCR; 68004 rescuing 88001 on the Tilbury to Daventry Tesco boxes; LSL’s 37521 on a tamper move to Guide Bridge; 47727 hauling two West Midlands Trains Desiros from Watford to Northampton; West Coast Railways 37516 & 37676 hauling snowploughs to Inverness…and Class 93 testing on the Asfordby test track

PASSENGER TRACTION, RAILTOURS & SPECIALS: 45118 The Royal Artillerymen makes its railtour debut on the ‘Diamond Jubilee Express’; the only main line passenger working of the year for 40145; GWR Class 57-hauled sleeper diversions into London Euston; the ‘Cappagh Capital Campaigner’ with DCR Class 60s and 56098 & 56103; Crompton 33012 working out of Fenchurch Street; 50007 & 50049 debut their new large logo livery on a trip to Aberdeen; D1015 Western Champion on the ‘Nosh & Slosh’ charity charter; 43089 & 43159 on the ‘East Lancastrian Warrior’ HST excursion from Derby to Bury; DRS ‘Thunderbird’ 57307 rescuing a failed TfW Mark 4 set; LSL’s ‘North West Wanderer’ traction extravaganza....and the multi-loco Drax charity trains.

THERE'S ALSO: ROG taking redundant Mendip Rail wagons to Sheffield Attercliffe for breaking; Royal Mail Class 325 units being hauled to Newport Docks for scrapping; 56098 hauling a LNER ‘Azuma’ from Peterborough to Melton Mowbray; three Class 73s taking LUL’s Sarah Siddons back to West Ruislip; 20007 working over the Chilterns on a DVT move to Wembley; 66718 & 66798 delivering the first new London Underground Piccadilly Line train; 37521 collecting 89001 from Loughborough; Europhoenix’s 91117 returns to the main line on OLE test train work; Trainload Metals-liveried 37901 hauling a Thameslink Desiro ‘City’ unit to Eastleigh Works for repairs; the GBRf Nene Valley Railway diesel gala; 47306 hauling a rake of CDA wagons at Bodmin; 40012 on a DMU drag at Bury; long-stored 47714 working at the Weardale Railway; 58023’s preservation debut at the Severn Valley Railway...and the seven-loco Class 14 finale at the Ecclesbourne Railway.

Produced by - Locomaster Profiles
Duration - 100 Minutes
DVD only
Released - March 2024