GBRF confirms conversion of Class 56s to Class 69s

Went to have another peak into Longport EMD today. The cab of 56106 is no longer visible on site...

Friday morning update

69001 GBRG TOTONN YD TOTONN YD C N
69002 GBRG LONGPTDBC LONGPTDBC X
69003 GBRG EASTLGHYD ELEIGH CW N
69004 GBRG MDDLTWRGB 466E85CC10 4 BRNBYDNGB N
69005 GBRG LONGPORT LONGPORT 8 X
69006 GBRG DON UPDCY DON UPDCY C X
69007 GBRG TUEBRKSGB TUEBRKSGB F N
69008 GBRG WESTBURYY 820O41CG10 C * EASTLGHYD N
69009 GBRG DONCDNDCY ROBERTSRD T
69010 GBRG DONCDNDCY DONCDNDCY F N
69011 GBRG EASTLGHYD EASTLGHYD N
69012 GBRG WHITEMOOR WHITEMOOR L N
69013 GBRG WLSDNETGB WLSDNETGB 5 N
69014 GBRG EASTLHLWR EASTLGHYD N
69015 GBRG WHITEMOOR WHITEMOOR L N
69016 GBRG DONCDNDCY DONCDNDCY F N

Dan

69013 coupled to a 66 and is on in doncaster down decoy, 69004 and 69016 are off in Royal mail terminal bay siding

Never know which thread 56303 should go, it's been seen today on the back of a lorry reportedly heading for the East Lancs Railway

ExRes said:

Never know which thread 56303 should go, it's been seen today on the back of a lorry reportedly heading for the East Lancs Railway

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Might be for bits given that's where 006 is, with the crash damage I can't think it's much use for anything else

31160 said:

Might be for bits given that's where 006 is, with the crash damage I can't think it's much use for anything else

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Progress Rail have donated it to the C56LG for spares.

D1537 said:

Progress Rail have donated it to the C56LG for spares.

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Good for them, I wonder how much, if anything, has already been removed while it's been at Longport

ExRes said:

Good for them, I wonder how much, if anything, has already been removed while it's been at Longport

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The bogies have been used for the class 69s, I understand this was the main reason progress rail.acquired it.

Tuesday afternoon update

69001 GBRG BEESTON S 556X55CO28 C * TOTONN YD N
69002 GBRG LONGPTDBC LONGPTDBC X
69003 GBRG WLSDNETGB WLSDNETGB F N
69004 GBRG DONCDNDCY DONCDNDCY 4 X
69005 GBRG EASTLGHYD 860V30CN28 C * WESTBURYY N
69006 GBRG ELEIGH CW ELEIGH CW X
69007 GBRG DONCDNDCY DONCDNDCY 0 N
69008 GBRG LVRPTMLGB TUEBRKSGB F N
69009 GBRG MDDLTWRGB 466E86CC28 4 MNKBRTNGB N
69010 GBRG LONGPTDBC LONGPTDBC C X
69011 GBRG ELEIGH CW EASTLGHYD N
69012 GBRG WHITEMOOR WHITEMOOR L N
69013 GBRG WHITEMOOR WHITEMOOR C N
69014 GBRG ELEIGH CW EASTLGHYD N
69015 GBRG WHITEMOOR WHITEMOOR L N
69016 GBRG HEXTHRPGB DONCDNDCY N

Dan

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Thursday afternoon update

69001 GBRG BEESTON S 550D55CO30 C * TOTONN YD N
69002 GBRG LONGPTDBC LONGPTDBC X
69003 GBRG WLSDNETGB WLSDNETGB F N
69004 GBRG DONCDNDCY DONCDNDCY 4 X
69005 GBRG EASTLGHYD 860V30CO30 C * WESTBURYY N
69006 GBRG ELEIGH CW ELEIGH CW X
69007 GBRG DONCDNDCY DONCDNDCY F N
69008 GBRG LVRPTMLGB TUEBRKSGB F N
69009 GBRG MDDLTWRGB 466E86CC30 4 MNKBRTNGB N
69010 GBRG LONGPTDBC LONGPTDBC C X
69011 GBRG ELEIGH CW EASTLGHYD N
69012 GBRG WHITEMOOR WHITEMOOR L N
69013 GBRG HOOJNUPYD 880Y42CO30 C * EASTLGHYD N
69014 GBRG ELEIGH CW EASTLGHYD N
69015 GBRG WHITEMOOR WHITEMOOR L N
69016 GBRG DONCDNDCY DONCDNDCY N

Dan

66039 coupled to 69010 at longport near exit to sidings

Friday afternoon update

69001 GBRG DON UPDCY DON UPDCY C N
69002 GBRG LONGPTDBC LONGPTDBC N
69003 GBRG WLSDNETGB WLSDNETGB F N
69004 GBRG DONCDNDCY 220O01CG07 C * EASTLGHYD N
69005 GBRG DONCBELMD DONCBELMD F T
69006 GBRG TOTONN YD 560E20CL07 C * DON UPDCY N
69007 GBRG TOTONN YD TOTONN YD C N
69008 GBRG TUEBRKSGB TUEBRKSGB 0 N
69009 GBRG MDDLTWRGB 466E85CC07 4 BRNBYDNGB N
69010 GBRG LONGPTDBC LONGPTDBC C X
69011 GBRG ELEIGH CW EASTLGHYD X
69012 GBRG WHITEMOOR WHITEMOOR L N
69013 GBRG HOOJNUPYD 880Y42CO07 C * EASTLGHYD N
69014 GBRG ELEIGH CW EASTLGHYD N
69015 GBRG WHITEMOOR WHITEMOOR L N
69016 GBRG DONCDNDCY DONCDNDCY N

Dan

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Friday afternoon update

69001 GBRG HOOJNUPYD 880Y42CO14 C * EASTLGHYD N
69002 GBRG LONGPTDBC LONGPTDBC N
69003 GBRG WLSDNETGB WLSDNETGB F N
69004 GBRG EASTLGHYD 867V30CO14 C * WESTBURYY N
69005 GBRG MDDLTWRGB 466E85CC14 4 BRNBYDNGB N
69006 GBRG DON UPDCY DON UPDCY C N
69007 GBRG BEESTON S 556X55CO14 C * TOTONN YD N
69008 GBRG TUEBRKSGB TUEBRKSGB 0 N
69009 GBRG MARCH GBF MARCH GBF 4 N
69010 GBRG LONGPTDBC LONGPTDBC C X
69011 GBRG DON UPDCY ROBERTSRD F X
69012 GBRG WHITEMOOR WHITEMOOR L N
69013 GBRG DON UPDCY DON UPDCY C X
69014 GBRG ELEIGH CW EASTLGHYD X
69015 GBRG WHITEMOOR WHITEMOOR L N
69016 GBRG ROBERTSRD DONCDNDCY N

Dan

69014 has sadly escaped me once again

Monday morning update

69001 GBRG EASTLGHYD EASTLGHYD C N
69002 GBRG LONGPTDBC LONGPTDBC N
69003 GBRG WLSDNETGB WLSDNETGB F N
69004 GBRG WESTBURYY WESTBURYY C N
69005 GBRG MDDLTWRGB 466E85CC24 4 BRNBYDNGB N
69006 GBRG DON UPDCY DON UPDCY C X
69007 GBRG DON UPDCY 236L32C624 C * WHITEMOOR N
69008 GBRG TUEBRKSGB TUEBRKSGB 0 N
69009 GBRG TOTONN YD TOTONN YD C N
69010 GBRG LONGPTDBC LONGPTDBC C X
69011 GBRG DON UPDCY 236D01CC24 C * SCTRENTYD N
69012 GBRG WHITEMOOR WHITEMOOR L N
69013 GBRG HOOJNUP Y HOOJNUPYD N
69014 GBRG EASTLGHYD ELEIGH CW N
69015 GBRG WHITEMOOR WHITEMOOR L N
69016 GBRG ROBERTSRD DONCDNDCY N

Dan

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Wednesday morning update

69001 GBRG EASTLGHYD 866Y43CZ25 C * HOOJNUPYD N
69002 GBRG LONGPTDBC LONGPTDBC N
69003 GBRG WLSDNETGB WLSDNETGB F N
69004 GBRG WESTBURYY 820O41CG26 C * EASTLGHYD N
69005 GBRG MDDLTWRGB 466E86CC26 4 MNKBRTNGB N
69006 GBRG SANDAR BS 563Q001A26 D * SANDAR BS N
69007 GBRG DONCBELMD DONCBELMD C N
69008 GBRG TUEBRKSGB TUEBRKSGB 0 N
69009 GBRG TOTONN YD 560D49C526 C * BEESTON S N
69010 GBRG LONGPTDBC LONGPTDBC C X
69011 GBRG EASTLGHYD EASTLGHYD C N
69012 GBRG WHITEMOOR WHITEMOOR L N
69013 GBRG FARNBORO FARNBORO 2 N
69014 GBRG DONCDNDCY DONCDNDCY X
69015 GBRG WHITEMOOR WHITEMOOR L N
69016 GBRG ROBERTSRD DONCDNDCY N

Dan

69015 was hauled by 66792 from Whitemoor to Doncaster on the 6E04 infrastructure trip on Tuesday, which also included 69006 in the formation.

69015 had been at Whitemoor since the end of April. It's now shown out of service in TOPS for maintenance, and should be back in traffic by next week.

Current class 69 TOPS locations (23:55 Tuesday):

69001 Doncaster Up Decoy (more likely to be at Roberts Road)
69002 Longport
69003 Willesden Euroterminal
69004 0E15 to Doncaster Down Decoy
69005 4L64 to March Yard
69006 Doncaster Up Decoy
69007 6M15 to Toton
69008 Tuebrook
69009 Whitemoor
69010 Longport
69011 Eastleigh
69012 Whitemoor
69013 Tonbridge Yard
69014 Doncaster Roberts Road
69015 Doncaster Belmont (more likely to be at Roberts Road)
69016 Doncaster Down Decoy

Note: 69001 / 69010 / 69013 / 69014 / 69015 currently shown out of service, but looks like 01/14/15 should be back in service over the next few days.

Something made me wonder what happened to all the class 56 power units during the conversion to class 69? Stored somewhere, stripped for spares then scrapped?

Forty29 said:

Something made me wonder what happened to all the class 56 power units during the conversion to class 69? Stored somewhere, stripped for spares then scrapped?

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At least 1 has gone to help a class 40 (40135?) and another for the Ivatt 10000 group as there is a lot of parts commonality.

Thanks that's interesting regarding 40135 and the Ivatt 10000 the, class 56 engine's are of course a development of these locos.

Monday afternoon update

69001 GBRG HOOJNUPYD HOOJNUPYD N
69002 GBRG LONGPTDBC LONGPTDBC N
69003 GBRG WLSDNETGB WLSDNETGB F N
69004 GBRG LVRPTMLGB LVRPTMLGB 0 N
69005 GBRG LONGPTDBC LONGPTDBC F N
69006 GBRG DON UPDCY DON UPDCY C N
69007 GBRG BEESTON S 556X55CO14 C * TOTONN YD N
69008 GBRG DONCDNDCY DONCDNDCY 0 N
69009 GBRG EASTLGHYD ELEIGH CW N
69010 GBRG MDDLTWRGB 466E85CC14 4 BRNBYDNGB N
69011 GBRG EASTLHLWR EASTLGHYD N
69012 GBRG DONCBELMD DONCBELMD L N
69013 GBRG LONGPTDBC LONGPTDBC F N
69014 GBRG DONCDNDCY ROBERTSRD X
69015 GBRG WHITEMOOR WHITEMOOR C N
69016 GBRG ROBERTSRD DONCDNDCY N

Dan

You might know on this thread, what RHTTs are the 69s chalked in for this season, will it be the Peterborough ones again?

Amos390 said:

You might know on this thread, what RHTTs are the 69s chalked in for this season, will it be the Peterborough ones again?

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Probably i would imagine, there is alot of 69s currently stabled at doncaster compared to in the last few months, so i would imagine they may be keeping 2 spare there ready to sent to peterborough whenever

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47286Dan said:

Monday afternoon update

69001 GBRG HOOJNUPYD HOOJNUPYD N
69002 GBRG LONGPTDBC LONGPTDBC N
69003 GBRG WLSDNETGB WLSDNETGB F N
69004 GBRG LVRPTMLGB LVRPTMLGB 0 N
69005 GBRG LONGPTDBC LONGPTDBC F N
69006 GBRG DON UPDCY DON UPDCY C N
69007 GBRG BEESTON S 556X55CO14 C * TOTONN YD N
69008 GBRG DONCDNDCY DONCDNDCY 0 N
69009 GBRG EASTLGHYD ELEIGH CW N
69010 GBRG MDDLTWRGB 466E85CC14 4 BRNBYDNGB N
69011 GBRG EASTLHLWR EASTLGHYD N
69012 GBRG DONCBELMD DONCBELMD L N
69013 GBRG LONGPTDBC LONGPTDBC F N
69014 GBRG DONCDNDCY ROBERTSRD X
69015 GBRG WHITEMOOR WHITEMOOR C N
69016 GBRG ROBERTSRD DONCDNDCY N

Dan

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Railcam has 69005 and 69013 and 69002 allocated to 0M72 aswell

47286Dan said:

Monday afternoon update

69001 GBRG HOOJNUPYD HOOJNUPYD N
69002 GBRG LONGPTDBC LONGPTDBC N
69003 GBRG WLSDNETGB WLSDNETGB F N
69004 GBRG LVRPTMLGB LVRPTMLGB 0 N
69005 GBRG LONGPTDBC LONGPTDBC F N
69006 GBRG DON UPDCY DON UPDCY C N
69007 GBRG BEESTON S 556X55CO14 C * TOTONN YD N
69008 GBRG DONCDNDCY DONCDNDCY 0 N
69009 GBRG EASTLGHYD ELEIGH CW N
69010 GBRG MDDLTWRGB 466E85CC14 4 BRNBYDNGB N
69011 GBRG EASTLHLWR EASTLGHYD N
69012 GBRG DONCBELMD DONCBELMD L N
69013 GBRG LONGPTDBC LONGPTDBC F N
69014 GBRG DONCDNDCY ROBERTSRD X
69015 GBRG WHITEMOOR WHITEMOOR C N
69016 GBRG ROBERTSRD DONCDNDCY N

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Hi Dan
Apologies for my lack of knowledge but what is the location of 69004? LVRPTMLGB doesn't mean much to me unfortunately.

Many thanks for your help with this and all your updates regarding location and/or allocation for freight locos

Pep and co said:

Hi Dan
Apologies for my lack of knowledge but what is the location of 69004? LVRPTMLGB doesn't mean much to me unfortunately.

Many thanks for your help with this and all your updates regarding location and/or allocation for freight locos

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Liverpool Biomass Terminal, should be working as a shunter for a while from my knowledge

Used to bank trains from the terminal so will also stable at Tuebrook near Edge Hill station