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Greetings Chaps

On the EWS/DB Schenker 66 fleetI need '3' to clear. Apart from some of thios on the Continent!

Anyone got any recent sightings of

66048 66080 66104

Would appreciate any update thanks! It's driving me potty, because I keep seeing 66105, here in Eastleigh yard!

Cheers

IAN
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TIMEPLANE said:
Greetings Chaps

On the EWS/DB Schenker 66 fleetI need '3' to clear. Apart from some of thios on the Continent!

Anyone got any recent sightings of

66048 66080 66104

Would appreciate any update thanks! It's driving me potty, because I keep seeing 66105, here in Eastleigh yard!

Cheers

IAN
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For what its worth 66080 was in the Dagenham area and 66104 was up in Scotland today
 
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Last time I saw 66048 was off the A52 bridge looking at Toton depot at the start of January. From what I could make out it was still in the same state as when it was taken there after the Carrbridge incident.
 
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Last time I saw 66048 was off the A52 bridge looking at Toton depot at the start of January. From what I could make out it was still in the same state as when it was taken there after the Carrbridge incident.
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Does anybody know what is happening to it then?
 
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Thanks for the infor chaps on these 3 - 66's!.. In the case of 66104 being up in Scotland! I guess we all know that these days, they go anywhere!! In steam days of course, to see a Scottish engine down here would have had the jungle drums going like the clappers.. Now you only have to track the journeys of 66152 (The Red 'un!) To see how they get about now!!! Amazing photos of the derailament to 66048!!! I assume the points failed there to cause that? TA
 
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TIMEPLANE said:
Thanks for the infor chaps on these 3 - 66's!.. In the case of 66104 being up in Scotland! I guess we all know that these days, they go anywhere!! In steam days of course, to see a Scottish engine down here would have had the jungle drums going like the clappers.. Now you only have to track the journeys of 66152 (The Red 'un!) To see how they get about now!!! Amazing photos of the derailament to 66048!!! I assume the points failed there to cause that? TA
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Locos between 66099 to 66114 are regularly situated in Scotland, as they are the locos fitted with RETB units for working over the Highland lines. They do of course get pretty much everywhere else in Britain as well, but Scotland is their regular haunt, which is about as close as you get to freight locos being allocated to a particular region these days (As well as 66055 to 66059 which are the Lickey banking locos, though once again, not exclusively).

If I remember rightly, 66048 failed with frozen brakes at Carrbridge during a period of particularly adverse weather, and over ran the trap points at the end of the loop.
 
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as far as i know the one that got screwed at carrbridge was to be repaired, dont know if i made taht up or not though unfortunately. I thought it had had new bogies fitted
 
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Locos between 66099 to 66114 are regularly situated in Scotland, as they are the locos fitted with RETB units for working over the Highland lines. They do of course get pretty much everywhere else in Britain as well, but Scotland is their regular haunt
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And as a perfect example 66112 was at Southampton Docks this week!
 
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Good luck with your search - I have 66114 (another 'Scottish' one) as my last Uk based red shed... she's in Exeter right now tho!

I would recommending a free gen group such as http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/se-gen/

Lots of TOPS lists and movement reports and easy to post your own sighting reports to

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TIMEPLANE said:
Greetings Chaps

On the EWS/DB Schenker 66 fleetI need '3' to clear. Apart from some of thios on the Continent!

Anyone got any recent sightings of

66048 66080 66104

Would appreciate any update thanks! It's driving me potty, because I keep seeing 66105, here in Eastleigh yard!

Cheers

IAN
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Your the first person in History I've seen whos so enthusiastic about the Class 66s... :D :p :lol:
 
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TIMEPLANE said:
Now you only have to track the journeys of 66152 (The Red 'un!) To see how they get about now!!! TA
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Dont get me started on 152 :) that thing follows me on a regular basis since it got painted. I saw it in Doncaster a while back, the following week it was down in the Gloucester area every day, then it disapeared only to return, never had a loco follow me as much as that and 60074 :D
 
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