10 Class 66s coupled together

[Radish]

Today I saw... Whilst waiting at Tallington crossing this afternoon, ten Class 66 coupled together in East Coast maroon livery heading south towards Peterborough - very impressive!

 

[Broken Viking]

Talk about overpowered headings!

Just imagine the length of freight they could haul with that little lot! It'd make the mile-long BNSF trains seem like a Class 153 by comparison! hock:

 

[ffm]

Maybe in EWS maroon, not East Coast?

 

[the sniper]

Whilst waiting at Tallington crossing this afternoon, ten Class 66 coupled together in East Coast maroon livery heading south towards Peterborough - very impressive!

It's quite a site the first time you see one of these convoys, they're fairly common nowadays though.

Talk about overpowered headings!

Bloody hell, Death has risen again! hock:

Where have you been???

 

[Broken Viking]

It's quite a site the first time you see one of these convoys, they're fairly common nowadays though.

I saw a four or five rake of 66s recently (Can't remember where, but most likely on the WCML) and that took me back enough...But a ten-rake would be a simply epic sight to behold, regular movement or no!

Bloody hell, Death has risen again! hock:

Where have you been???

I'm sorry to admit; On Facebook for the most part... :roll:

I'm still an offline user I should point out, but I should have fairly ready access to the forum for at least the next week.

 

[High Dyke]

0X14 - Doncaster - Whitemoor. Fairly common sight onn the ECML on a Saturday.

Blessed with 6H78 later on 4 GBRF locos plus 3 wagons.

 

[Sun Chariot]

Whilst waiting at Tallington crossing this afternoon, ten Class 66 coupled together

Must've been an impressive sight - how many of them were actually powering?

If you search 'Moffat Tunnel' on You Tube, one posting has a 12-strong convoy of Union Pacific GE diesels - big consists are a feature of that route across the Continental Divide.

 

[12CSVT]

As an antidote to all those 66s

Four class 20s stabled at Peterborough (20096/107/901/905)
56311 at York Dringhouses.
20308, 37606, 47853 at York station.

 

[GNER 373]

Today I saw....

Side Effects with Jude Law and Catherine Zeta Jones.

Oh, you mean railway based viewings? Nothing today I've been off work!

 

[rebmcr]

Talk about overpowered headings!

Just imagine the length of freight they could haul with that little lot! It'd make the mile-long BNSF trains seem like a Class 153 by comparison! hock:

I imagine the couplings would snap before you fully loaded the engines' capacity.

 

[jopsuk]

which is why massive long heavy freight trains in the US and Aus place some of the locos at the rear and even mid train