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2021 CLASS 56 GROUP AGM
Read more: 2021 CLASS 56 GROUP AGMThe Class 56 Group AGM will take place as a real meeting (subject to Government Covid restrictions and guidance ** ) and will take place…
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56301 feedback from test run on Friday 19/3/2021
Read more: 56301 feedback from test run on Friday 19/3/2021Update Sunday 09:13 21/3/2021 Unfortunately ,as I’m sure anyone following the progress of 56301 on Friday will already know , the test run was terminated…
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Update 28th February 2021 – 56301 start up
Read more: Update 28th February 2021 – 56301 start upFirst of all a belated happy birthday to 56006- It was 25th February 1977, 44 years ago , when the C56Gs locomotive became the first…
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56301 Update (dated 19th September 2020)
Read more: 56301 Update (dated 19th September 2020)UKRL report 56301 is now sat down on the replacement set of bogies (with 56301s original traction motors refitted back under the loco) One traction…
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Update – 56006 (Dated 19th September 2020)
Read more: Update – 56006 (Dated 19th September 2020)Several recent work parties have seen steady progress on the locomotive. Carried out under the Covid-19 guidelines a three day spell in early September saw…
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56006 – one mystery solved, another unanswered.
Read more: 56006 – one mystery solved, another unanswered.As you may recall 56006 was running around for a very long time a crazed cab quaterlight on the drivers side at No 1 end.…
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56301 and 56006 update
Read more: 56301 and 56006 updateFinal work to reunite our mainline registered locomotive 56301 with its replacement tyres(ex 56007) and its original traction motors is underway at UKRL’s Leicester facility and…
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Overdue update- covering Period Feb 2020 to June 2020
Read more: Overdue update- covering Period Feb 2020 to June 202056006 – several visits were made during February to attend to 56006 ahead of the anticipated Spring and Summer running days and Gala visits (NYMR…
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56301 -future up in the air
Read more: 56301 -future up in the air23rd February 2020. 56301 is now sat on its replacement bogies ( ex 56007) and awaits final reconnection of traction motor cables. The 6 traction…
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56006 3 ROUND TRIPS TOMORROW SAT 18th January 2020.
Read more: 56006 3 ROUND TRIPS TOMORROW SAT 18th January 2020.56006 ready for work. 56006 will be working top and tail with 47402 (D1501) tomorrow Saturday 18th January on the diesel turn . First run…
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