Three of the Class 37 acquired from D B Schencker 37416 37417 and 37427 have been sold to Booths of Rotheham for scrap.
(29/11/2012 21:05)childwallblues Wrote: [ -> ]Three of the Class 37 acquired from D B Schencker 37416 37417 and 37427 have been sold to Booths of Rotheham for scrap.
Also gone to Booths of Rotherham are 37406/10/26
20301/02/03/04 are booked to move from Willesden Brent to Eastleigh today for storage.
Northern Belle at Chester today with DRS 57 loco one end and a DBS 67 at the other.
(21/12/2012 15:04)First Class Wrote: [ -> ]Northern Belle at Chester today with DRS 57 loco one end and a DBS 67 at the other.
DRS class 47 47832 was the rear loco on arrival at Crewe this afternoon!
(21/12/2012 15:44)507022 Wrote: [ -> ] (21/12/2012 15:04)First Class Wrote: [ -> ]Northern Belle at Chester today with DRS 57 loco one end and a DBS 67 at the other.
DRS class 47 47832 was on the train!
47/57 they all look the same
No idea what the 67 was at the Crewe end though, it was in EWS livery.
A new maintenance building is under construction at Gresty Bridge Depot for the new Class 68 locomotives which will be based there.
DRS is to hire at least 4 x Class 92 from D B Schencker for use on intermodals between Daventry and Mossend. 92015 has arrived at Carlisle for crew training between Carlisle and Carnforth.
It is reported that DRS has ordered ten Electro Diesels to be Class 88 from Vossloh in Spain.
37425 has received has had its old "Sir Robert McAlpine/Concrete Bob" nameplates re-applied.
Thunderbird 57308 has been named "County of Staffordshire".