Euro Cargo 9720

[ole man]

Seen Euro Cargo 9720 On the m1 near Leicester on a low loader does anybody know where it came from and why?

 

[sprinterguy]

The Euro shuttle locomotives are often transferred by road between Folkestone and their birth place at Brush Loughborough for repairs. The locos are far too large to fit within the British railway loading gauge, so have to be moved by road.

 

[Dreadnought]

The Euro shuttle locomotives are often transferred by road between Folkestone and their birth place at Brush Loughborough for repairs. The locos are far too large to fit within the British railway loading gauge, so have to be moved by road.

I think they are 'out of gauge' for the roads as well as the ones I have seen are without bogies and pans when on the low loaders.

 

[ole man]

Yes you are correct, 9720 was without bogies, never noticed if pan was there