“Grid” Group News
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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 […]
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GBRf Grid move – Take two, again!
Thursday 6th July 2018. A schedule has, once again, been inputted onto the system for the movement of the first batch of class 56s from Leicester to Longport tomorrow: http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/R00050/2018/07/06/advanced
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Latest news
Friday 29th June 2018 Although the rearranged movement of GBRf class 56s from Leicester to Longport did once again not take place yesterday, 56009 (which is one of the sixteen sold to GBRf) was successfully moved away by road from Shackerstone (Battlefield Line Railway) to Longport, being sighted on the A50 heading westbound during the afternoon. […]
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GBRf ‘Grids’ on the move – take two!
Wednesday 27th June 2018 **These moves were sadly CANCELLED again** Another attempt at moving the first small batch of class 56s sold to GBRf, from Leicester Depot to the EMD facility at Longport, Stoke-on-Trent, should be taking place tomorrow morning. Timings are as follows: 0M69 (GBRf class 66 solo from Peterborough Depot) http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/R01922/2018/06/28/advanced 0M70 (GBRf class […]
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Latest news (21/06/18)
Thursday 21st June 2018 Last updated at 13:10 Unfortunately, the planned movement of class 56s from Leicester LIP to Longport did not take place today. Hauling locomotive, GB Railfreight’s unique ‘Maritime’ liveried 66727, arrived with 66708 (also bound for Longport for contracted maintenance) and 56031, 56311 & 56037 were marshalled between the two locomotives. However, […]
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