GBRf Class 99 - 30 locomotives now ordered

Trainman40083 · 30 Sep 2026

It will be interesting to.see how the 99s cope on RHTT work. Can imagine the gunge getting everywhere, like into the electronics.

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Paul AC · 30 Sep 2026

Trainman40083 said:
It will be interesting to.see how the 99s cope on RHTT work. Can imagine the gunge getting everywhere, like into the electronics.

You'd hope that Stadler know how to manage the airflows within the loco, but yes it'll be a good test of that!

47286Dan · 2 Oct 2026

Friday afternoon update (as shown on TOPS)

99001 GBNX TOTON TMD TOTON TMD F N
99002 GBNX LESTER SD LESTER SD F N
99003 GBNX GRSTNCTGB 366L48CQ02 2 * DGNHMDKGB N
99004 GBNX THLG GBRF 514M47CJ02 8 * HAMSHALGB N
99005 GBNX THLG GBRF 514M011H02 8 * EMGGBRF N
99006 GBNX INVERNSYD INVERNSYD D N
99007 GBNX BIRCHCPGB 664L681M02 8 * THLG GBRF N
99008 GBNX INVERNSYD INVERNSYD D N
99009 GBNX INVERNSYD INVERNSYD D N
99010 GBNX BIRCHCPGB 664L07CP02 8 * FELIXN GB N
99011 GBNX LESTER SD LESTER SD F N
99012 MBEL INVERNSYD INVERNSYD F N
99013 MBEL INVERNSYD INVERNSYD D N

Dan

Forty29 · 2 Oct 2026

Trainman40083 said:
It will be interesting to.see how the 99s cope on RHTT work. Can imagine the gunge getting everywhere, like into the electronics.

Yes l was thinking that they will look like an older loco in day's as well.
GBRF's locos never look as clean as they used to especially the class 69's so it will need a good washer to make them pristine again including all the equipment visible through the grills.

Roger B · 2 Oct 2026

47286Dan said:
Friday afternoon update (as shown on TOPS)

99001 GBNX TOTON TMD TOTON TMD F N
99002 GBNX LESTER SD LESTER SD F N
99003 GBNX GRSTNCTGB 366L48CQ02 2 * DGNHMDKGB N
99004 GBNX THLG GBRF 514M47CJ02 8 * HAMSHALGB N
99005 GBNX THLG GBRF 514M011H02 8 * EMGGBRF N
99006 GBNX INVERNSYD INVERNSYD D N
99007 GBNX BIRCHCPGB 664L681M02 8 * THLG GBRF N
99008 GBNX INVERNSYD INVERNSYD D N
99009 GBNX INVERNSYD INVERNSYD D N
99010 GBNX BIRCHCPGB 664L07CP02 8 * FELIXN GB N
99011 GBNX LESTER SD LESTER SD F N
99012 MBEL INVERNSYD INVERNSYD F N
99013 MBEL INVERNSYD INVERNSYD D N

Dan

I saw 99011 (with 99007) at Peterborough yesterday.
I walked round the back of Leicester depot today (and trained past it) and didn't get so much as a glimpse of a single 99.
There were various carriages (incl 975814) from the NMT with a single yellow NR HST power car.

Peter Sarf · 2 Oct 2026

47286Dan said:
Friday afternoon update (as shown on TOPS)

99001 GBNX TOTON TMD TOTON TMD F N
99002 GBNX LESTER SD LESTER SD F N
99003 GBNX GRSTNCTGB 366L48CQ02 2 * DGNHMDKGB N
99004 GBNX THLG GBRF 514M47CJ02 8 * HAMSHALGB N
99005 GBNX THLG GBRF 514M011H02 8 * EMGGBRF N
99006 GBNX INVERNSYD INVERNSYD D N
99007 GBNX BIRCHCPGB 664L681M02 8 * THLG GBRF N
99008 GBNX INVERNSYD INVERNSYD D N
99009 GBNX INVERNSYD INVERNSYD D N
99010 GBNX BIRCHCPGB 664L07CP02 8 * FELIXN GB N
99011 GBNX LESTER SD LESTER SD F N
99012 MBEL INVERNSYD INVERNSYD F N
99013 MBEL INVERNSYD INVERNSYD D N

Dan

I notice 99010 4L07 Birch Coppice to Felixstowe North. Is that a new working ?.

Doh, should have gone to specsavers - with 66731 and 99010 came off at Peterborough.
Important for me being London based !.

Tobytrain10 · 2 Oct 2026

Peter Sarf said:
I notice 99010 4L07 Birch Coppice to Felixstowe North. Is that a new working ?.

No, being dragged by a 66 to peterborough

Peter Sarf · 2 Oct 2026

Tobytrain10 said:
No, being dragged by a 66 to peterborough

Thanks - I was a bit slow realising that.

Adrian Barr · Sunday at 12:06

Summary of recent Class 99 activity this week:
99001 - tyre turning at Toton (arrived 0D99 Wed 30/09)
99002 - at Leicester (arrived on 0Z98 from Peterborough Mon 28/09)
99003 - Dagenham cars 6X41/6L48
99004 - London Gateway intermodal (to Hams Hall / EMG)
99005 - London Gateway intermodal (to Hams Hall / EMG)
99006 - Inverness 3S95 RHTT circuit
99007 - ended week on Birch Coppice - London Gateway intermodal 4L68/4M68
99008 - Inverness 3S97 RHTT circuit
99009 - Inverness 3S97 RHTT circuit (until Thursday then swapped for 99012)
99010 - started week on Birch Coppice intermodal 4L68/4M68 then dragged to Peterborough on 4L07 Friday
99011 - location now adjusted in TOPS to Peterborough (presumably arrived 0Z69 28/09)
99012 - Inverness 3S97 RHTT circuit (from Friday, replaced 99009)

TOPS locations midday Sunday:
LOCO POOL LAST LOCN COM DESTN STA
99001 GBNX TOTON TMD
99002 GBNX LESTER SD
99003 GBNX DGNHMDKGB
99004 GBNX 564A011L04 (4A01 12:53 EMG - Wembley)
99005 GBNX HAMSHALGB
99006 GBNX INVERNSYD
99007 GBNX THLG GBRF
99008 GBNX INVERNSYD
99009 GBNX INVERNSYD
99010 GBNX PBONYGBRF
99011 GBNX PBONYGBRF
99012 MBEL INVERNSYD
99013 MBEL INVERNSYD

Amos390 · Sunday at 12:57

Just passed Leicester LIP - no sight of 99002 (probably in the shed) but 010 was out there

Class15 · Sunday at 15:38

I understand they need to train Scottish drivers, but it’s still so frustrating to see 66s working the Broxbourne RHTT (all under the wires) while 99s trundle around the far north on diesel.

InvHst · Sunday at 16:14

Path in for Leicester to Millerhill again tomorrow with further movement planned to Aberdeen looks like may be a 99?

Adrian Barr · Sunday at 16:27

Amos390 said:
Just passed Leicester LIP - no sight of 99002 (probably in the shed) but 010 was out there

Interesting... the only recent movement I can see onto Leicester was an 0L99 07:30 from Birch Coppice on Saturday (3rd), which doesn't appear to have been consisted in TOPS.

Possibly 99010 moved to Leicester on this 0L99, rather than to Peterborough on Friday's 4L07 (as reported in TOPS)?

Tobytrain10 · Sunday at 18:08

InvHst said:
Path in for Leicester to Millerhill again tomorrow with further movement planned to Aberdeen looks like may be a 99?

Stops of doncaster down decoy for an hour, possibly with a 66 or 73? Maybe

InvHst · Monday at 11:36

Tobytrain10 said:
Stops of doncaster down decoy for an hour, possibly with a 66 or 73? Maybe

99002 apparently by itself heading to Aberdeen then will lodge itself onto 3S97 when it gets to Aberdeen

47286Dan · Monday at 14:22

Monday afternoon update

99001 GBNX TOTON TMD 560Z332M05 F LESTER SD N
99002 GBNX LESTER SD 590Q992D05 F MILHIL YD N
99003 GBNX DGNHMDKGB DGNHMDKGB 2 N
99004 GBNX THLG GBRF 514M011H05 8 * EMGGBRF N
99005 GBNX HAMSHALGB HAMSHALGB 8 N
99006 GBNX INVERNSYD INVERNSYD D N
99007 GBNX EMGGBRF 564L721L05 8 * THLG GBRF N
99008 GBNX INVERNSYD INVERNSYD D N
99009 GBNX INVERNSYD INVERNSYD D N
99010 GBNX PBONYGBRF PBONYGBRF 8 N
99011 GBNX MARCH GBF 464E992I05 4 PBONYGBRF N
99012 MBEL INVERNSYD INVERNSYD D N
99013 MBEL INVERNSYD INVERNSYD D N

Dan

D1024 · Monday at 22:41

InvHst said:
99002 apparently by itself heading to Aberdeen then will lodge itself onto 3S97 when it gets to Aberdeen

Unable to confirm this happened but 3S97 certainly passed Inverurie this evening with 99006 on the front and nothing on the rear.

Amos390 · Monday at 22:47

D1024 said:
Unable to confirm this happened but 3S97 certainly passed Inverurie this evening with 99006 on the front and nothing on the rear.

InvHst said:
99002 apparently by itself heading to Aberdeen then will lodge itself onto 3S97 when it gets to Aberdeen

Railcam notes seem to suggest this is what happened, with 99002 eyeballed in on that too alongside 006.

37025 · Monday at 23:40

Amos390 said:
Railcam notes seem to suggest this is what happened, with 99002 eyeballed in on that too alongside 006.

0Z99 with 99002 stopped at Dundee tonight, as below.

https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:21267/2026-10-05/detailed

Have read elsewhere the plan is to attach it to 3S97 at Dundee now instead of Aberdeen.

1D54 · Tuesday at 12:37

According to RTT 66739 + 99005 are working 4L13 . Hams Hall - Felixstowe South but the 66 is doing it alone.

InvHst · Tuesday at 20:49

37025 said:
0Z99 with 99002 stopped at Dundee tonight, as below.

https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:21267/2026-10-05/detailed

Have read elsewhere the plan is to attach it to 3S97 at Dundee now instead of Aberdeen.

Yeah thats what happened

Trainman40083 · Thursday at 16:11

A friend messaged me suggesting the next Class 99 import move to Leicester will be 23rd October. Talking of delivery of 5 by Christmas....99014 to 99019, probably.

JKF · Thursday at 21:34

Trainman40083 said:
A friend messaged me suggesting the next Class 99 import move to Leicester will be 23rd October. Talking of delivery of 5 by Christmas....99014 to 99019, probably.

Someone earlier in the thread suggested the next two arrivals will come as single deliveries. It’s possible this means they will be delivered to Avonmouth Dock rather than Royal Portbury Dock as that’s where the last two lone deliveries came in.

Trainman40083 · Thursday at 21:36

JKF said:
Someone earlier in the thread suggested the next two arrivals will come as single deliveries. It’s possible this means they will be delivered to Avonmouth Dock rather than Royal Portbury Dock as that’s where the last two lone deliveries came in.

That was possibly me, talking about 99014/99015. I guess 3 more by Christmas is entirely feasible.

GB · 2026-10-09T08:32:10+0100

Class15 said:
I understand they need to train Scottish drivers, but it’s still so frustrating to see 66s working the Broxbourne RHTT (all under the wires) while 99s trundle around the far north on diesel.

Why is that frustrating?

zwk500 · 2026-10-09T08:38:26+0100

GB said:
Why is that frustrating?

Presumably because the 99s could be running on electric mode for most, if not all, of the Broxbourne RHTT circuit, reducing the emissions.

800001 · 2026-10-09T09:58:56+0100

zwk500 said:
Presumably because the 99s could be running on electric mode for most, if not all, of the Broxbourne RHTT circuit, reducing the emissions.

I presuming the 99 on diesel is more efficient and environmentally friendly than a 66 in the highlands?

matt99001 · 2026-10-09T11:02:46+0100

But then you have 2x on diesel rather than 1x diesel and 1x electric.

It's total emissions emitted, not just where it is emitted.

Dood75 · 2026-10-09T12:49:02+0100

Anyone know if 99010 moved as part of the 0Z70 move from Peterborough yesterday with 5 and 11 as per RTT (8/10/26) to Leicester or was 99010 always at the latter? Lists from 7/10 late on said it was at Peterborough but by yesterday afternoon it was showing Leicester

Tobytrain10 · 2026-10-09T12:57:15+0100

Dood75 said:
Anyone know if 99010 moved as part of the 0Z70 move from Peterborough yesterday with 5 and 11 as per RTT (8/10/26) to Leicester or was 99010 always at the latter? Lists from 7/10 late on said it was at Peterborough but by yesterday afternoon it was showing Leicester

Pretty sure it has been at leicester for a while and incorrectly inputted as peterborough

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