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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’."
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