Month: March 2018
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Another undated shot from Knottingley
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31 years ago – 56094 at Knottingley July 1987
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Fleet status mid March 2018 (17/3/18)
Locations currently reported as below. The Basford Hall pair usually work some engineers trains over Saturday evening / Sunday morning. That could be anywhere in the North West, engineers trains from Basford Hall are listed below (coded STP) but the Rhyl working has been a pretty regular job for the 56s over recent months (this […]
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Fleet status early March 2018
As far as can be determined, the operational class 56 fleet are located as follows: 56049 / 56051 / 56090 / 56094 / 56113 NOTTINGHAM EASTCROFT 56087 / 56105 / 56302 BARNETBYSIDINGS 56078 / 56096 GRANGEMOUTH OIL TERMINAL 56081 / 56091 / 56098 / 56103 / 56104 / 56303 / 56311 / 56312 LEICESTER UKRL 56301 BLETCHLEY […]
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Current status of our locomotives – 56006 & 56301
56006 – Out of traffic at Baron Street, Bury. The technical team are awaiting the purchase of a megger tester which allows the insulation to be checked on the locomotive’s cables and electrical equipment. We suspect the fault is due to damp in the system and we need the megger tester to trace the problem. […]