Class 70s - where have they reached?

[blackettstreet]

Does anyone know what reaches of the network the Class 70s have reached yet? I could have sworn I saw one pulling out of Tyne Yard the other day, although it was (literally) a mile away.
Am I just seeing a 66 in Freightliner colours or something?

 

[CarterUSM]

Don't know the furthest reaches, but I certainly seen one in Mossend a good while back.

 

[gazthomas]

As far as Penmaenmawr

 

[northernrail]

Theyve worked through Carstairs

 

[R_Pley]

I saw one up at Elvanfoot on WCML. They're commonplace round Warrington. Saw 2 at Rugeley and some at Eastleigh.

 

[gazthomas]

Felixstowe and Southampton of course

 

[507 001]

there was one on Liverpool docks-Fiddlers Ferry the other day!

 

[GearJammer]

Im not a frequent visitor to the Isle of Grain (Thamesport) but im surprised ive not seen one there yet, does anyone know if ones reached there yet?

 

[Aictos]

They're certainly cleared via between Birmingham and Ipswich via Peterborough as a pair were diverted last December, got bowled both times

 

[truckman060473]

Has one ever passed Cardiff Central on a Freightliner aggregate working? I know that one did pass here when the class was new on a test run from Stoke Gifford Yard to Llandeilo Jc. (nr Trostre steelworks)

 

[scoope]

Common place now at Carlisle heading north and south, I beleive Falklands yard have had a few in Ayr

 

[First class]

Up to Ellesmere Port too

 

[MrWhippyO]

Common place now at Carlisle heading north and south, I beleive Falklands yard have had a few in Ayr

As far as I know they were supposed to be closing Falkland Yard, which is a sod because it's just up the road from here!

 

[alanf]

Tyne Yard is a pretty regular place for them maybe just passing but they do go that way to and from Carlisle. I'd like to see them all on a ship back across the Atlantic. They really are ugly.

Alan

 

[mappman1000]

They've done Tilbury, I recall 70001 dragging a pair of 86's on 4M54 last year.

 

[Boothby97]

70002 has come to Cleethorpes

 

[route:oxford]

Tyne Yard is a pretty regular place for them maybe just passing but they do go that way to and from Carlisle. I'd like to see them all on a ship back across the Atlantic. They really are ugly.

Alan

They're not really ugly. They look like a proper loco.

Will there ever be any chance of an ETH supply from these locos (well, space to have it fitted?).

A suitably equipped 70 would probably be far more suited to hauling the sleepers North of Edinburgh.

 

[blackettstreet]

Tyne Yard is a pretty regular place for them maybe just passing but they do go that way to and from Carlisle. I'd like to see them all on a ship back across the Atlantic. They really are ugly.

Alan

ah, didnt know that thanks

i think they look ok myself...

 

[LNW-GW Joint]

Avonmouth to Rugeley Power Station via the Severn Tunnel, Hereford, Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton and Walsall.

 

[Twoonthebuzzer]

There is always one or two of them in Stoke Gifford Yd. Especially in the evenings!

The Wentloog - Southampton liner until recently was a regular for a 70!

They also do sporadic coal movements out of Portbury to Fiddlers Ferry!

Don't recall one getting to Fairwater or Moorswater yet!

 

[Freightmaster]

Has one ever passed Cardiff Central on a Freightliner aggregate working?

Not as far as I know, but they have worked the Drax to Aberthaw flyash train
on at least three occasions...

MARK

 

[RichmondCommu]

I'd like to see them all on a ship back across the Atlantic. They really are ugly.

Alan

I don't suppose anybody gives a monkeys what they look like providing they are capable and reliable.

 

[blackettstreet]

I don't suppose anybody gives a monkeys what they look like providing they are capable and reliable.

apart from us enthusiasts!

 

[Jobsworth]

They definitely work coal out of Portbury from time to time but I've yet to see one in Bristol West Depot Freightliner Yard