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Digital signalling installed on first DB Cargo Class 66 locomotive

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April 9, 2026
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DB Cargo UK has completed fitting in-cab signalling to one of its Class 66 freight locomotives, No. 66070.

Digital signalling installed on first DB Cargo Class 66 locomotive

Guest authors
April 9, 2026
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DB Cargo UK has completed fitting in-cab signalling to one of its Class 66 freight locomotives, No. 66070.

Class 66 to haul rail tour from Norwich to London

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April 8, 2026
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A special charter train, the East Anglian, is being run by the Branch Line Society on Saturday, 25th April, from Norwich to London Liverpool Street.

Branch Line Society announce another Alstom Depot Dash

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March 4, 2026
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The Branch Line Society are to run a special charter train visiting Longsight, Oxley and Edge Hill depots

Busy time

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March 3, 2026
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This weekend sees the ever popular diesel gala. It’s always a busy weekend. Diesel supporters always seem keen to travel on all the services they can. Nice to see a gbRf class 66 visiting once again. Always a popular loco with visitors. If you are able to visit then I hope you will do so. …

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GB Railfreight and HyOrc agree hydrogen retrofit study

Simon Walton
February 24, 2026
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GB Railfreight, an operator headquartered on the England-Scotland East Coast Main Line, has signed an MoU with US technology developer HyOrc to examine retrofitting older diesel locomotives with hydrogen-ready propulsion.

Special train to travel into Doncaster works

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January 21, 2026
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On Saturday, 18th April, UK Railtours is running a special train, The Plant’, from London King’s Cross to Leeds in aid of the Railway Children charity.

Nene Valley Railway to run HST at upcoming gala

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January 21, 2026
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The Nene Valley Railway has announced that it will run an Intercity high-speed train (HST) with power cars 43045 and 43048, complete with an on-board bar, at its Diesel Gala from Thursday 5 until Sunday 8 March.

Jogging through January

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January 20, 2026
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Well here we are approaching mid January, a traditionally quiet running month for the railway. Though as per usual there’s a lot going on through the month behind the scenes. A diesel gala lies ahead of us in March with a class 66 amongst the running locomotives. This is something to look forward to. Diesel …

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25 Class 66 locomotives sold to Romania in multi-million-pound deal

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January 19, 2026
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25 Class 66 locomotives are set for a new lease of life, after being sold by DB Cargo UK to Grup Feroviar Roman in Romania.