“Grid” Group News
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Easter Fleet Status
Monday 2nd April 2018 The Class 56 Group would just like to take this opportunity to wish all visitors to the site a very happy Easter. Class 56 Fleet Status Colas Railfreight 56049 COLS Nottingham Eastcroft Depot – Out of service (repairs) 56051 COLS Nottingham Eastcroft Depot – Out of service (overhaul) 56078 COFS 6M32 Lindsey […]
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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. […]
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Nostalgia corner – Petroleum sector 56
While it is a fact that several class 56s were allocated to ‘Trainload Petroleum’ sector pools during the late 1980s and early 1990s, there was only one loco (56036) which actually carried the official sector symbols of this particular sector. The attached photograph shows 56036 at Old Oak Common depot, courtesy of Jack Resay. For […]
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GBRf four day tour to take ‘grid’ to Fort William – single day tickets available
GBRf 2018 – “Out of the Ordinary” FULL PLAN Details have been released for the upcoming four day tour, GB Railfreight’s 2018 trip “Out of the Ordinary”. Tickets go on sale on good Friday. Rumours were that anyone wanting to join the class 56 portion of the trip would have to pay for the whole […]
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56006 NOT AVAILABLE for ELR 2018 Spring Diesel Gala next weekend
Sunday 11th February 2018. Unfortunately, 56006 will not be available to work at this weekend’s diesel gala. During checks about three weeks ago, one of the electronic modules was found to be defective and the loco shut down as it could not recharge its batteries. A replacement module was obtained and tested the following week. […]
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February 2018 workings
Wed 14th Feb 2018. 56301 set out behind 56303 heading back to Leicester for repairs and wheel set inspection, following damage sustained to a wheel set. However, the loco triggered a wheel check sensor and Network Rail put the loco into the civil engineers sidings at Bletchley for inspection, after which the loco should go […]
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