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60021 / 60026 / 60056 / 60096 on todays 0M22 to Toton hauled again by DB 66118, so that's now seven for maintenance along with 60002 / 60076 / 60085, two knackered at Toton 60047 & 60087 and one on hire to DCR 60095, not forgetting the three long term stored hulks at Longport 60014, Toton 60004 and Loughborough 60018
I think as part of the maintenance agreement where the GBRF 60s receive attention at Toton, the agreed handover location for GBRF 60s going to or from Toton TMD is Doncaster. It's convenient for GBRF, and DB have their regular daily 0E23 / 0M22 loco trip from Toton to Doncaster and back which can move DB locos and GBRF 60s as required (0M22 sometimes runs an hour earlier as 0M54).
Sadly 60095 expired on yesterdays 6M93 loaded sand and had to be rescued by 60055, I don't see anything on RTT as yet for 095 so hopefully only a 'minor' problem
Fleet set to be reactivated ahead of autumn rail head treatment train season.
www.railmagazine.com
Article from Rail Magazine, basically confirming what we already know about the 60s going to Toton and potentially being reactivated
"GB Railfreight (GBRf) has congregated its nine stored Class 60s at Toton and is assessing them for repairs to provide traction over the forthcoming rail head treatment train (RHTT) season.
The locomotives are not expected to work RHTTs as there are insufficient crews who can drive them, but they will be most likely to be returned to some of their heavy trainload flows to release Class 66s and ‘69s’."
I think @CDM Transport has got the info off of Railcam. They are reporting the movement as 6M51, but like you correctly say, they are all running on 0G53
66721 GBLT DONCDNDCY
230G53CJ13 0 * LVRPTMLGB N
66678 GBEL DONCDNDCY
230G53CJ13 0 * LVRPTMLGB N
69004 GBRG DONCDNDCY
230G53CJ13 0 * LVRPTMLGB N
60085 GBTG DONCDNDCY
230G53CJ13 0 * LVRPTMLGB N
I think @CDM Transport has got the info off of Railcam. They are reporting the movement as 6M51, but like you correctly say, they are all running on 0G53
66721 GBLT DONCDNDCY
230G53CJ13 0 * LVRPTMLGB N
66678 GBEL DONCDNDCY
230G53CJ13 0 * LVRPTMLGB N
69004 GBRG DONCDNDCY
230G53CJ13 0 * LVRPTMLGB N
60085 GBTG DONCDNDCY
230G53CJ13 0 * LVRPTMLGB N
LOCO POOL ORIGIN LAST LOCN DESTN STA
60002 GBTG SANDAR BS TOTON TMD D
60021 GBTG TOTON TMD TOTON TMD D
60026 GBTG HUMBSTRD5 HUMBSTRD5 N (arrived at Leicester Humberstone Road on 6M71 from Tunstead for DCR)
60047 GBTG TOTON TMD TOTON TMD D
60056 GBTG TOTON TMD TOTON TMD D
60076 GBTG DRAX GBRF 176N55C814 TYNEDK GB N
60085 GBTG DONCBELMD DONCBELMD N (incorrect, see below)
60087 GBTG TOTONN YD TOTON TMD T
60095 GBTG DONCDNDCY DONCDNDCY N
60096 GBTG TOTON TMD TOTON TMD D
Looks like 6M51 must have been altered to 0G53 in error and then back to 6M51 in TOPS / TRUST yesterday. The TOPS history for 66721 yesterday shows it working 6D99-6M51-6E27. The RTT link for 0G53 shows "TRUST ID 236M51CJ13" and at some point before arrival it was changed back to 6M51 in TRUST as it had a biomass set with it (ex 6D99) which would prevent it running as a class 0.
Somehow 60085 has ended up back at Doncaster Belmont on TOPS (where it was after arriving from Toton on Thursday) but is presumably at either Liverpool Bulk Terminal or possibly Tuebrook.
60087 is in T status at Toton but I believe it's been like that for months. It has an "expect OK" date of 31/12 which is usually just a placeholder for "TBA" or when no work is planned. Post #89 back in March mentioned that it was being prepared to leave Leeming Bar by road transport to Toton, and it's been out of traffic since October 2025 after failing at Northallerton with an axle fault that required a wheelskate (I think the T status might have been for the wheelskate move onto the Wensleydale railway).
60002 / 60021 / 60047 / 60056 / 60096 are currently in "D" status at Toton (waiting start of maintenance or repair). They all have "expect OK" dates of 27/09 or 28/09, which could change but suggests the aim is to get them back into traffic by the end of the month.
Current TOPS locations for the ones in service (21:00 Mon):
60026 at Leicester Humberstone Road, on hire to DCR
60076 on 6N92 (Tyne Dock to Lynemouth)
60085 at Liverpool Bulk Terminal
60095 at Doncaster Down Decoy
After moving from Doncaster to Tyne Dock on Sunday's 0N64 (post #142), 60076 worked 6H55 17:13 Tyne Dock - Drax and 6N55 22:25 return yesterday (Monday), with it's next working being tonight's 6N92 19:54 to Lynemouth (as above).
It looks like the next working for 60026 should be 6Z81 18:44 WO to Chaddesden (empty JNA bogie boxes).
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