
Peter Hall
Posted: 6 September 2026, 12:17
Reported elsewhere that 37421+37219 took ADB965203+ADB965230 to Inverness on 25th August. 37421+37219 were then pictured heading for Eastriggs on 26th August. I'm presuming they then took a pair of ploughs on 7Z40 15:49 Eastriggs-Carlisle Yard, continuing the next day as 7Z41 0544 Carlisle Yard-Fort William. Anyone able to say which ploughs were involved and are now at Fort William?
Subsequent to the above, on 29th August there was 7Z43 1132 Eastriggs-Carstairs which was presumably another pair of ploughs? Anyone know which?
RTT shows that on 4th September there was a 0Z12 2100 Carlisle Yard - Carstairs pathed at 33 mph. Could this be Snowblower ADB968501 returning north?
Perhaps worth noting in the info for each plough & blower its winter 2026/27 deployment when this becomes apparent.

Peter Hall
Posted: 7 September 2026, 11:20
Elsewhere it is quoted that 7Z41 to Fort William was ADB965210+ADB965219 and 7Z43 to Carstairs was ADB965235+ADB965241.
By my reckoning this leaves ADB965206/24/31/42/43, ADB965580/81 at Eastriggs along with the winterisation train 99 70 9594 014-1 + ADB977869.
I'm told that back in July a photograph appeared on facebook of a drift plough on a Reid's lorry heading north on the M74 near Uddingston. No precise date or number was quoted for the plough. Anyone know which plough this might have been? Sightings of both ADB965211 & ADB965237 at Tonbridge on 2nd September have now been posted suggesting ADB965211 has returned from Kilmarnock. Perhaps the lorry was actually travelling south rather than north returning ADB965211 to Tonbridge. Anyone know for sure?

Peter Hall
Posted: 23 September 2026, 09:17
I'm told that Reid's have moved to two drift ploughs to Kilmarnock in recent months, one from Tonbridge, presumed to be ADB965211, and one from Wolverton, presumed to be ADB965223. The latter is likely the the one photographed on the M74 near Uddingston. If ADB965211 is back at Tonbridge as implied by the 2nd September sighting then it was moved by another haulier. Has anyone else seen ADB965211 at Tonbridge since April 2026?
In recent days the Taunton (ADB965217+ADB965240) and York (ADB965234+ADB9652326) pairs have had runs out.

ashford steve
Posted: 28 September 2026, 16:36
965237 confirmed today as the plough on the concrete pad by the road entrance

Peter Hall
Posted: 29 September 2026, 09:49
Thanks Steve. Obviously you know the location well and that the other plough is usually in the head shunt at the west end adjacent to the Redhill line. If it was there I'm sure you would have seen it. Thus, I'm of the view ADB965211 wasn't present at Tonbridge on 2nd September and is still at Kilmarnock.

Track Machine Man
Posted: 2 October 2026, 17:25
0Z12 would suggest a light engine move, the snowblower would move under a headcode starting with 8 and would be loco hauled. Last I heard 968501 was to go to Rugby Colas depot for further repairs, appears to still be at Carlisle Yard though in the shed