(24/02/2021 14:52)ant17612 Wrote: [ -> ]66793 has gone down to Eastleigh today for repaint. It is a busy few weeks for GBRf repaints with 56081, 56312 and 69002 all scheduled to be done.
66793 has emerged from the Paint Shop in a very striking copy of British Rail's Grey Trainload Construction Livery;
https://twitter.com/Richard_rail/status/...7088104448
66798 was collected from Immingham today and taken straight down to Eastleigh after a loco swap at Doncaster. It is the former EMD 2003-8561-03 having last operated for Freightliner DE, Berlin and has already had conversion work started before arriving.
At Toton 66795 has been released from the paint shop in standard GBRf livery. It'll soon be moved back to Longport for a few finishing touches before entering service.
66793 to be dragged by 60076 on 6M51 Doncaster Decoy to Liverpool Biomass this afternoon.
(28/03/2021 11:03)ant17612 Wrote: [ -> ]66793 to be dragged by 60076 on 6M51 Doncaster Decoy to Liverpool Biomass this afternoon.
Is this the usual method of swapping locos over on a Sunday for/ after maintenance?
(28/03/2021 14:58)507022 Wrote: [ -> ]Is this the usual method of swapping locos over on a Sunday for/ after maintenance?
It is normally yes unless they come direct from Longport instead. 793 is on trial/ training in and out of the docks as its an altered gear Class 66 similar to that of the Freightliner 66/6s.
Thanks, I wondered why I’d not seen it on the Drax trains this week
There are a few videos on youtube of 66793 towing a class 47 loco + 2 class 508 vehicles which were converted to translator coaches
66754 and 66760 are off to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) to take part in filming of the new Mission Impossible film.
66748 + 66788 worked the ECS movement with Class701 005 from Eastleigh to the Alstom Transport Technology Centre Widnes today.