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NEWS AND EVENTS    Extended News from around the Network.

Class 90 haulage on East Coast Main Line – Mazey Day Cornishman with Class 50s  – Loco Services Green 47s on West Coast Main Line moves – Class 73s on Sunny South Express – Midland Main Line 47 special – Dorset Coast Express – Royal Scotsman – Snowdonian Statesman – Northern Belle on tour – Solent and Sussex Express – Ex COLAS 47s on Tees & Wear Explorer – Class 67s on DB Company Train – West Somerset Diesel Gala inc Deltic and Class 50 – Test Trains with HST, Class 37s and 73s – COLAS 37 on Tour – Daylight Sleeper – 56 103 on Calvert Bins – Double headed 56s on Preston tanks – 56s on engineering duties – Wherry loco haulage – COLAS 37s on test train to Yarmouth – Freightliner Class 70 decline – Deltic D9009 on East Coast special – Stock moves including 37s to Norwich, Europhoenix 37s & DRS Class 57s on stock moves – 47 813 & 47 812 on stock move on Lickey – 68s on stock moves to Burton – East Coast delays – Anglian Unit withdrawals – Far North Freight – HST News including stock moves to and from Ely – West Coast 57 haulage on Windermere Branch – West Country loco hauled diagram – Diesel pilots on steam specials – Main Line 40 move to SVR – Class 68 convoy – Large Logo 66 789 – Class 67s on Gin Train shuttles to Ely – Class 68 on air show reliefs to Yarmouth –  PLUS MUCH MORE.

Area Profile – Ipswich  Freight and passenger operations in and around this traffic hotspot including archive from the 1980s and 1990s with Class 47s and 37s and Class 86s on passenger haulage.

Lineside Locations   A range of workings at some well known traffic hotpots including Elford Loop, Cossington, Standish Junction and Healey Mills featuring Class 20s, Class 60s, Class 68s and Class 56s

Freight By-Ways    Lines where freight is often a rarity in Devon, Norfolk and at Worcester.

Midland Update    Electrification progress on the Midland Main Line from Bedford to Kettering with freight and passenger duties at some well known locations including the climb to Sharnbrook

Crewe Gresty Bridge Open Day    A detailed look at the DRS Open Day at Crewe on the 21st of July with a wide range of motive power plus the Class 68/88 special to and from the event.

Main Line Class 50s    50 008 Thunderer, 50 007 Hercules & 50 049 Defiance on the main line including the Dub and Grub railtour to South Wales and the Mazey Day Cornishman to Penzance with views along the sea wall at Dawlish.

Heritage Galas    The Severn Valley Railway, the Ketton Cement Works Open Day, the Gloucestershire Warwickshire July Diesel Gala and the Spa Valley August Diesel Gala. A wide range of motive power is featured including Deltic, Class 50, a Warship, a Western and Class 37s.

Parting Shots    The last COLAS 60 workings and Summer Saturday 37s.

THE SUMMER OF 2018 WITH LOCO HAULAGE, SPECIAL TRAINS, FREIGHT WORKINGS, OPEN DAYS, DIESEL GALAS AND RARE WORKINGS

1hr 54 mins approx