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More class 66 renumberings
Posted on Tuesday 29th July 2025 by Thomas Young

Following the regearing and renumbering of DB class 66 locos as 66651-66660 over the past year, the same is now being done to some of the GB Railfreight locos. With spare numbers in short supply, these 66/7s are also becoming 66/6s, with the numbers either being 90 or 100 less than before. A total of 12 are reported to be planned, the first two released being 66689 (ex 66779) and 66693 (ex 66793).

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Absentee webmaster
Posted on Thursday 21st May 2026 by Thomas Young

Apologies again for the lack of updates from me. All of my free time is currently being taken up by a major new project for the bus job. It is intended to make things easier in the long-term, but getting everything set up is taking way longer than expected. I hope to be back some time in the next few months. Many thanks as always to everyone who has continued to add sightings and notes.

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We do not use cookies!
Posted on Sunday 28th September 2025 by Thomas Young

If you have been using any of the LTSV websites over the past few weeks, you will probably have seen this come up:



This is not part of my website and it seems to come up when the site is temporarily unavailable. It will usually go if you refresh after a few seconds, although it will sometimes stick around for a few minutes. I would recommend that you do not click any of the buttons on this page, or use the back button.

I have asked my service provider to look into why this page is appearing, and I have also asked them whether it would be possible to replace it with a more helpful message, something like 'service temporarily unavailable'. It could be that heavy data processing requirements resulting from the very large number of records in the LTSV Rail Data website are the cause, in which case finding a solution may not be straightforward. I will provide an update as soon as I have any more information, and I apologise for the disruption caused.

To be honest, LTSV does use cookies, but only session ones. These are essential for the functioning of the site and are only retained in your browser's memory (not saved on your device). When you close the browser window, the session cookies are wiped clean.

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Catch up on renos
Posted on Sunday 15th June 2025 by Thomas Young

I've added 24 renumberings that have taken place over the past year and a bit. These include classes 66, 69 and 458.

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