Category: Mainline Workings
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Tuesday 04/09/18: Latest News
Tuesday 4th September 2018 56103 – The repaint / vinyl of 56103 into the new DC Rail colours at Willesden is now reportedly complete. Colas Rail latest – 56090 & 56113 have now been replaced on the logs by 70817, their final appearance (for now) being Saturday’s 6V38 1309 Carlisle Yard – Chirk Kronospan after […]
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Thursday 30/08/18: RHTT Grid
Thursday 30/08/18 With the Rail Head Treatment Train season just around the corner, 56078 has been tasked to haul the first two Colas Rail sets from York Thrall Europa to Coleham (Shrewsbury) as 6Z56 tomorrow (Friday). Full timings can be found here: http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/O34562/2018/08/31/advanced Note the unusual choice of routing…
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Wednesday 29/08/18: Latest News
Wednesday 29/08/18 (Updated 30/08) Another ‘Grid’ to EMDC – GBRf’s 56018 has been moved from Leicester LIP to the sidings at the East Midlands Distribution Centre (EMDC) in Castle Donington this afternoon, haulage being provided by Rail Operations Group using 37611. The Class 56 Group’s 56301 was also hauled ‘dead in train’ in the consist of […]
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Thursday 23/08/18: Latest news
Thursday 23/08/18 56103 – Spray painted, rather than vinyl wrapped as was first anticipated, the repaint of 56103 into DC Rail’s new corporate colours at Willesden is nearing completion. In a departure from the dark grey which was worn by former DC Rail fleet members 56311, 56312 and 31601, the new livery is primarily light grey / […]
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Thursday 09/08/18: Latest News
Thursday 9th August 2018 Fresh Paint – 56103 at Willesden ‘F’ Sidings is currently being prepared for a repaint into DC Rail’s dark grey livery, similar to that currently still worn by GBRf-owned 56311 / 56312 and the now preserved ex-DC Rail veteran 31601. The 56 has been deployed on their spoil trains between Willesden, […]
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Saturday 04/08/18: Fleet Status
Saturday 04/08/18 Class 56 full fleet status as of this morning. Note that 56009 (at Longport) and 56128 (at CF Booths, Rotherham) are currently not registered on TOPS, so are therefore missing from this list. 56049 COFS NOTTM CMD NOTTM CMD F D 56051 COLS NOTTM CMD […]
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Friday 03/08/18: Latest News
Friday 03/08/18 56006 – Following recent inspection at the East Lancashire Railway, it is now hoped to have 56006 available for traffic again at the end of August. 56049 – Repairs all completed, 56049 is expected to undertake it’s mainline test run this coming Monday (6th August), with a schedule in place for it to […]
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Tuesday 24/07/18: Latest News
Tuesday 24th July 2018 56301 made its first foray onto the mainline (under its own power) for some time yesterday morning, running as 0Z26 1127 Leicester LIP – Knighton Junction with 56081 to collect 27059, returning as 0Z27 1258 Knighton Junction – Leicester LIP. The 27 had arrived at Knighton by road earlier this year […]
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Monday 16/07/18: Latest News
Monday 16th July 2018 GBRf’s 56069, which was last week moved to the newly formed GBGS pool along with 56031, 032, 037 & 311, was hauled from Leicester Depot to Longport as 0M70 on Friday (13th July) with 66781 doing the honours. 56090 & 56094 appeared on the 6M32 Lindsey Oil Refinery – Preston Docks […]
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Tuesday 10/07/18: Latest News
Tuesday 10th July 2018 Following a couple of unsuccessful attempts, the first number of class 56s purchased by GBRf were finally moved from Leicester LIP to the EMD facility at Longport on Friday morning (6th July). 66769 was deployed to undertake the movement, which ran as 0M70 conveying 56031, 56032, 56037 & 56311. These four […]