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I'm Harry, providing today's News Roundup - Prescheduled with updates from a variety of TOCs and FOCs. Without waiting any longer.... Firstly to announce, the scheduled GBRf tour on 31st July 2016 (One Month Away Now) to raise money for charity. Named the Crystal Maze II (I'm not on about Indianna Jones) ,  hauled by a GBRf 66 throughout, this service departs  Birmingham at lunchtime running to Eastleigh, calling at Cheltenham Spa and Didcot Parkway only (non-stop via Swindon and Basingstoke). 

Short Post From Me (Harry) Today, Following On From Jordon's Post For The Flying Sc otsman. Today,  I Bring You All Updates For Its Next Few Events.... On 25th June it will be on 'The Yorkshireman', running from London Victoria to York, followed by 'The Hadrian' on 2nd July between Leicester and Carlisle. We will bring you the latest updates of this on our own Blog Social Media feeds, Facebook.com/GBRailScene and Twitter @TheGBRailScene. Another opportunity to see the Scotsman is on the 10th July and 17th July, when it runs 'The Waverley' from York to Carlisle. Timings will be available closer to the time, on RealTimeTrains and many other sites.

Today marks the return of blogger Liam, returning after a period of crucial examinations. I'm here to stay and will be providing updates and posts from the Southern and South West regions in the forthcoming future. Without further ado, let's get on to today's post. ©Liam Jenkins

Since  19:30, We've Been Reporting (On Twitter) The Unfortunate Events At Paddington, Causing Frustration To Customers And Lots Of Work For The Staff. This Post Pieces Together  The Events We Know Of, Based On TOC, Network Rail And Witness Accounts.

Edd Hughes.   Southern: As announced in 2015, ScotRail lost 9 of their 170/4 units as they prep for new additions  - though  5 of these have returned to ScotRail following  sub-lease.  The units which are staying were cascaded to Southern due to plans to use the stock on the Uckfield branch - converted into 171s so they're compatible with the existing units of their fleet. Anyone wishing to identify these ex-170/4 units, just look at the headlight arrangement compared to sister 171 units.

WELCOME TO PART 2, CELEBRATING THE ICONIC MOQUETTE (FRENCH FOR CARPET) SEAT DESIGNS ON LONDON TFL UNDERGROUND....  Firstly, Misha Black. Born in Azerbaijan, he arrived in the UK when he was two years old. After being educated in Herefordshire, he took up a career as an architect and designer, as well as creating the Victora Line stock.  His most iconic design created has to be the district line geometric style used from 1978 - as seen here. This was used on the D78 stock, as well as buses in the MetroBus fleet. 

AUTO-POST: In the Mid-Century Magazine , I had recently read about Wallace Sewell. At first, the majority of us wouldn't recognise the company name, but at first glance their designs are just as iconic as Harry Beck's Transport For London Map .  So I've decided to create this series, going through a few of the moquette designs that have been adorned inside London Underground stock.

As reported recently, the first Eversholt Renatus unit 321303 was due back immediately following overhaul - as 1 of the units to undergo the overhaul by Eversholt to upgrade the traction package, interior and general efficiency / appearance. And we have had many blog team members like Jonathan and contributors such as NXEA321446 (photo below) keeping close tabs on these movements whilst I've been busy. Updates on the Renatus were only made about this a few months ago , with news on the project here by Lewis 

Today, I cover for Matthew who's at the peak of Mount Snowdon! And as this is pre-scheduled, I'm probably occupied myself (Harry).  So I bring a news roundup. Some stories are quite outdated, but unfortunately I haven't had much time to research into new articles.  This month, there are rumours that we say farewell to many 442s, except from 402, 406, 408, 410, 413 and 419 which will apparently remain until 2018. We'll have to wait and see whether this becomes reality!

D78 Stock - Omar (C). District Line.  Pre-Scheduled (Am Probably  Still Asleep)... We Usually Only Take A Look At News And Updates Above Ground, So This Is Probably A Welcome Change To See A TFL Focussed London Underground Post.  First I'll summarise which units are used on what routes for the Tube, aside from routes which use S-Stock as I'll come onto this topic shortly.