Leeds VMF / locos

[Leeds1970]

couple of questions with the sale of freightliner which part of the business has Midland road passed too im assuming heavy haul rail, and what if any are the future plans for 59003 and 66527 as they have been at the depot a significant time. 59003 has a pile of storage boxes and other bits in its cabs and parts of 66527 are protected with wooden planks and other bits are sheeted in plastic will they become a source of spares or returned to traffic?

 

[soccermad]

Heavy Haul have taken on Midland Road. and the following locos

Heavy Haul Rail commenced operations with 95 locomotives; 14 class 59s, 62 class 66s and 19 class 70s

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Class​	Image​	Type​	Built​	Wheel arr.​	In traffic​	Numbers​	Notes
59		Diesel locomotive	1985-1995	Co-Co	4	59001, 59002, 59004, 59005​	Acquired from Mendip Rail in 2019.[13]
4	59101 59102, 59103, 59104
6	59201, 59202, 59203, 59204, 59205, 59206	Acquired from DB Cargo UKin 2019.[citation needed]
66		1999-2008	7	66413, 66414, 66415, 66416, 66418, 66419, 66420	Acquired from Direct Rail Services in 2011.[citation needed]
29	66507, 66520, 66522, 66534, 66536, 66537, 66545, 66546, 66547, 66548, 66550, 66555, 66556, 66557, 66558, 66559, 66560, 66561, 66562, 66563, 66564, 66565, 66566, 66585, 66587, 66588, 66589, 66590, 66594[11]
19	66601, 66602, 66603, 66604, 66605, 66606, 66607, 66610, 66613, 66614, 66615, 66616, 66617, 66618, 66619, 66620, 66621, 66622, 66623
4	66951, 66952 66953, 66957[11]
70		2009-2011	19	70001, 70002, 70003, 70004, 70005, 70006, 70007, 70008, 70009, 70010, 70011, 70013, 70014, 70015, 70016, 70017, 70018, 70019, 70020	70012 dropped while being unloaded at Newport; returned to manufacturers and is used as a test bed.