RETURN TO CENTRO: Having recently been repainted into Regional Railways Centro livery, West Midlands Railway Class 323, No. 323221 is seen departing Four Oaks on December 30, 2022, while on the 12.39 Lichfield Trent Valley to Bromsgrove working. This year, the class enters its 30th year of service in the West Midlands. The livery was applied at Soho depot in Birmingham to mark what was described as their “sterling work” on services in the region, most recently on the Cross City route. The unit, which was the last in a series to receive corrosion repairs, had previously carried West Midlands Railway colours with British Transport Police promotional branding which was deemed to be looking tired.
BRAD JOYCE
DATING from the 1950s, DB Cargo’s fleet of ‘Salmon’ rail and sleeper carriers are now in the process of being replaced by new Wascosa-financed and GB Railfreight-operated FEA-W intermodal flats.