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  • ontrackplant avatar

    ontrackplant Website editor

    DR80205 is currently operating with headcode 6U21. Please bear this in mind before logging sightings when you don't eyeball the number.

  • Matthew Tully avatar

    Matthew Tully

    DR73953 and DR73954 at Highley Station on the Severn valley Railway for crew training

  • Departmental Dave avatar

    Departmental Dave

    Working in a 5 day blockade between Truro and Penzance

  • Departmental Dave avatar

    Departmental Dave

    Track renewals taking place along with other work. Lines closed for 5 days between Penzance and Truro

  • Jonathan Flood avatar

    Jonathan Flood

    Turned right out of Station Road, into London Road southbound around 9:50am, along with DK67 ECT

  • Jonathan Flood avatar

    Jonathan Flood

    The Trolley left Andrew Briddon's yard on Friday 28th November 2025 and has moved on loan to the Bramley Line Heritage Railway Trust.

  • Peter Hall

    Peter Hall

    As others have mentioned, this has never had a jib whilst in preservation. Thus, any jib (not job) bits seen at Wishaw almost certainly belong to something else.

    I recently made enquiries of the one who knows these things at Wishaw. It was confirmed that what remained of DRC80115 had gone locally for scrap around the time suggested (late 2021/early 2022). Wasn't sure to where but was reasonably certain it was EMR, Kingsbury.

    Thus, I'm a little suspicious of the recent Wishaw sightings.

  • Brian Cuttell

    Brian Cuttell

    It would appear that vehicles are no longer stored in the adjacent Collins Earthworks yard as some building work is taking place there. R6 EWS is now in the Syneox yard.

  • Jonathan Flood avatar

    Jonathan Flood

    Confirmed as scrapped by Wessex Metals in late 2023.

  • Andrew Martin

    Andrew Martin

    In the workshop and possibly being repaired today.

  • Jonathan Flood avatar

    Jonathan Flood

    Moved from Ramco to The Cab Yard, Bridgend today.

    Also moved were three rail trailers from the same Ramco Auction of MOD vehicles - SGT1, SGT2 & SGT3.

  • Stuart Prentice avatar

    Stuart Prentice

    Brand new GP-Tramm outside the factory awaiting delivery

  • Peter Hall

    Peter Hall

    The MoD number of this trailer was T9032. Not sure whether or not currently carried.

  • Brian Cuttell

    Brian Cuttell

    This vehicle has a card in the window marked 'Out of Service'.

  • Andrew Cameron

    Andrew Cameron

    DR 98908 3S82 0607 Totton Yard to Totton Yard

  • Jonathan Flood avatar

    Jonathan Flood

    This is up for auction again with Ramco.

  • Zain avatar

    Zain

    Reported to have left Ashford O.T.P.D. on the back of a lorry bound for export to Linz, Austria.

  • Cameron Allen

    Cameron Allen

    A photo on Flickr (https://flic.kr/p/2rGv5ES) has appeared showing DR73905 now in Gare de Salé-Tabriquet, Morocco!

  • Jarrod Barker

    Jarrod Barker

    Hello Nick, I couldn’t see anything on this machine other than it’s RIV and what I presume to be the fleet no. 104. No other identifying marks at all.

  • Ben Williams avatar

    Ben Williams Editor

    I think it has moved slightly - when I saw it in August it wasn't as close to the fence. The trailer 011372 was nearby too but also moved / less covered since the previous 2019 photo.

  • Nick Tompkin avatar

    Nick Tompkin

    Jarrod, were you able to confirm who now owns this machine? I understand that Krause & Hall have purchased another pair of ART17s and the fleet number you noted would suggest this may be one of them.

  • Jarrod Barker

    Jarrod Barker

    Carries fleet no. 104

  • Andrew Martin

    Andrew Martin

    This trolley appears to be in the same place as the photo taken on 29/09/18 but is now clear of brambles etc and is easily viewable over the fence from Ascough Wynd.

  • Colin D BROWN

    Colin D BROWN

    6Q77 West Ealing Plasser Sidings to Kidderminster SVR

  • Colin D BROWN

    Colin D BROWN

    6Q77 West Ealing Plasser Sidings to Kidderminster SVR

  • Roy Hennefer

    Roy Hennefer

    6Q77 today en route to the SVR.

  • Roy Hennefer

    Roy Hennefer

    6Q77 today en route to the SVR.

  • Mr Mark Baldwin

    Mr Mark Baldwin

    Reported to have arrived at booths on the 29/10/2025 along with 97414 97415.

  • Jonathan Flood avatar

    Jonathan Flood

    Thanks to Balfour Beatty Rail and our friends at The Cab Yard in getting this transported from Ashford OTPD (departed 11/11/25) and delivered to Llanelli & Mynydd Mawr Railway (arrived 12/11/25).

    Thanks to the L&MMR for providing a short term home for it.

  • Simon Bendall

    Simon Bendall

    Delivered to the Llanelli & Mynydd Mawr Railway today.

  • Simon Bendall

    Simon Bendall

    The surviving cab of this was delivered to the Llanelli & Mynydd Mawr Railway today, donated to the Cab Yard collection.

  • Jonathan Flood avatar

    Jonathan Flood

    Sold at auction - 3rd November 2025.

    New home currently not known.

  • Jonathan Flood avatar

    Jonathan Flood

    The MOD, not that long ago, confirmed the whole system remained including all the rolling stock.

  • Ben Williams avatar

    Ben Williams Editor

    Anyone know if this survives / is still used? Thanks

  • ontrackplant avatar

    ontrackplant Website editor

    Someone has logged a sighting with a note saying: "ECS028 works plate clearly shows PB14440 / 2024".

    (a reminder to everyone - if you have anything like this to say then please leave a comment on the machine's record as the notes sometimes get easily missed)

  • Brian Cuttell

    Brian Cuttell

    Advertised for sale at Ribble in October 2025.

  • ontrackplant avatar

    ontrackplant Website editor

    Am told 6983 had the incorrect number of 940674 put on it for a while at AJH, instead of 940704.

  • Andrew Martin

    Andrew Martin

    Can anyone identify this tamper, please? It is slightly different from UGT1 at VoR, unless that one has been modified since its picture on the website was taken. It has a Deutz F4L912W engine.

  • Dan Adkins

    Dan Adkins

    I'm unable to flag sightings, but DR76918 was not in the consist of 6X81 on the 26th October. The formation was DR76905, 97308, DR76921, DR76919, DR76920, DR76910, 97309, DR76922.

  • Roger Harris

    Roger Harris

    The machine is still in the same place since it arrived at Quattro Cwmbran in 2024, and has most certainly not had the ZZ prefix nor has it been refurbished.

  • ontrackplant avatar

    ontrackplant Website editor

    This one seems to have a bit of a mix up in it - as far as I'm aware it hasn't left Cwmbran since 2024; but there's a couple of odd sightings of it at AJH in May 2025 and someone has editted the record's expiry date/ZZ number to imply recent refurbishment?

  • Robin Morel avatar

    Robin Morel

    Recently moved from long term use in training span area into main depot

  • ontrackplant avatar

    ontrackplant Website editor

    Thanks for confirming, Roger.

  • Roger Harris

    Roger Harris

    Both AD9119 and AD9127 were moved to Toddington on 23/8/91, and having checked my book for 10/2/93, how I have got them at MoD Kineton I don't know, so both those observations will be deleted. As a matter of interest, at Kineton when visited that day were Trailer 9215 in the shed workshop, AD9121 was working and towing trailer 9206, AD 9129 and AD9150 were both in the C&W shed. There were five other Baguleys outside unidentified, together with locos 257, 265, 273, 274, 277, 278, 423, 428 and WD42. Many apologies for the vehicle sighting errors.

  • ontrackplant avatar

    ontrackplant Website editor

    Does anyone know exactly when this (and AD9119) moved to the GWSR? There are sightings of them there in 1992 and 1994, but an odd sighting of them at Kineton during 1993.

  • ontrackplant avatar

    ontrackplant Website editor

    This set was moved from Derby to Thoresby Colliery Junction yesterday - presumably for testing on the Tuxford Test Track?

  • David French

    David French

    Collected from Winchcombe this afternoon (29th Oct) by Hiab lorry.

  • Matthew Tully avatar

    Matthew Tully

    This is confirmed as one of the machines due to replace 73906 or 73908 in Anglia in the beginning of 2026

  • Matthew Tully avatar

    Matthew Tully

    This is confirmed as replacing 73906 or 73908 in Anglia at the start of 2026

  • ontrackplant avatar

    ontrackplant Website editor

    Sounds like its going to the same place as 975159 then.