Powerhaul 70 Pey Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Thanks Mick. Can't wait to see it haul a biomass. Hopefully the trials will be a success and the 70 performs. If successful it will be interesting to see what GBRF do. Would they buy their own 70s or are freightliner willing to part with theirs as half the fleet are parked up doing nothing at Midland road. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted March 22, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 22, 2018 GBRf's trialling of Colas 70814 continues with the 70 having now moved to Tyne Dock. 70814 at Brotherton on 22nd March working 4N61, 12.00 Drax AES (GBRf) to Tyne Dock Coal Terminal (GBRf) empty biomass hoppers. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete the Elaner Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 are freightliner willing to part with theirs as half the fleet are parked up doing nothing at Midland road. Why are they out of favour? I had noticed that some regular cl 70 WCML diagrams were now back in the hands of 66's. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
black and decker boy Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Various rumours abound. Loss of competence in the maintenance teams. Loss of work so more slack in the class 66fleet. General malaise of FL towards the class and their reliability on long distance, high speed high utilisation diagrams. Lack / cost of parts. Imminent end of lease (I think that was debunked recently). What the corporate truth is, who knows? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scouser Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 After reading an article in Trains mag. It would seem that Genesee and Wyoming prefer EMD (Caterpillar)loco's to those made by GE. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted March 22, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 22, 2018 After reading an article in Trains mag. It would seem that Genesee and Wyoming prefer EMD (Caterpillar)loco's to those made by GE. Good theory. Georgia Central before G&W days had GEs, now they've all been replaced by GM/EMD traction. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gary H Posted March 22, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 22, 2018 Various rumours abound. Loss of competence in the maintenance teams. Loss of work so more slack in the class 66fleet. General malaise of FL towards the class and their reliability on long distance, high speed high utilisation diagrams. Lack / cost of parts. Imminent end of lease (I think that was debunked recently). What the corporate truth is, who knows? Talking to a Colas fitter recently who carries out maintenance on the Colas 70's, he tells me that there are very serious build quality issues with them. Makes you wonder what the FL ones are like. One particular loco was stopped at Westbury recently for a total of 7 weeks because it had a computer fault that not even G.E fitters could rectify. One system stopped "talking" to other systems rendering the loco a 130 ton paper weight. In the end it rectified itself and started working again but 7 weeks is an awful long time to have a 2.5 million quid machine out of trafic because it refuses to work properly! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted March 22, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 22, 2018 Stuff like that isn’t filtered down to us on the ground who actually drive em! To be honest I’ve only ever had 2 major failures and both of them were early on on the original batch of locos and involved the compressor both times, the most annoying thing is despite the on board technology on them I can’t actually see on the computer in real time any problems, I have to report an issue to control who contact GE in America, they in turn ‘download’ the loco via the on board router and email control back the problem who in turn tell me, ok it only takes a few mins but it’s frustrating when I could see it on screen in seconds! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted March 23, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 23, 2018 Good theory. Georgia Central before G&W days had GEs, now they've all been replaced by GM/EMD traction. And then I go and find a newly G&W liveried GE unit.... http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4691812 Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Phil Mc Posted April 14, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 14, 2018 Westbury, last Wednesday evening. I think they look better with a bit of 'grime' added. I also like the 'office block' !! Cheers, Phil. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo C. Cupier Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Those pics remind me that I took a few shots at Westbury last Tuesday, on my way up to Cheltenham to pick up the new motor. I know, apologies, a couple of interlopers to the 70 thread! 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted April 26, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 26, 2018 Colas 70805 passing through Woodlesford on the outskirts of Leeds on 26th April shortly after setting off with 4V49, 11.00 Leeds Stourton RMC to Briton Ferry Yard. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerhaul 70 Pey Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Colas 70805 passing through Woodlesford on the outskirts of Leeds on 26th April shortly after setting off with 4V49, 11.00 Leeds Stourton RMC to Briton Ferry Yard. 70805 4V49 Woodlesford 26042018 - RMweb.jpg Nice photo. Is the sun in a decent position at Woodlesford station as I have though about driving over one Thursday morning for this working? Cheers 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted April 26, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 26, 2018 driver wearing a shirt and tie! i cant even get a new jacket 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted April 26, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 26, 2018 (edited) Nice photo. Is the sun in a decent position at Woodlesford station as I have though about driving over one Thursday morning for this working? Cheers The station is oriented NW-SE, so trains coming from Leeds get the sun on the front and left during the morning. If you’ve had a look at Google maps you’ll notice that the platforms are staggered. Worth bearing in mind depending what and when you’re photographing. Todays photo, as you may have worked out, was taken from the station foot bridge. The station is partly in a tree lined cutting so it can be a bit gloomy if there’s just grey cloud cover. Finding a parking space at the station can be an issue during weekdays, although it’s free if you’re lucky enough to find a space. Local roads are also likely to be ‘parked up’. Again worth bearing in mind if you’re planning for a specific arrival time. As an alternative, you could try photographing it a few miles further along at Oakenshaw near Wakefield. Take a look at my photograph of todays 6E32 on the ‘Photos of 56s’ thread to give you an idea. Edited April 26, 2018 by 4630 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Smokey Joe at Southampton MCT last Sunday evening. 70010 had just been started up after the weekend. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 A Class 70 rests-up for the weekend, on one of the dead-end roads at Southampton MCT. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray M Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 If i had wings, i could fly. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium GWRPhil Posted May 3, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 3, 2018 If i had wings, i could fly. Would be good to see a 70 airborne lol I hear they don’t react to well when gravity has its way though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted May 3, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 3, 2018 Would be good to see a 70 airborne lol I hear they don’t react to well when gravity has its way though. Who mentioned green and yellow bananas. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray M Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Would be good to see a 70 airborne lol I hear they don’t react to well when gravity has its way though. Ha Yes, No12 had a go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PM47079 Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 I keep wondering if 70012 will one day make an appearance? Apparently it was repaired in America 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TravisM Posted May 4, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 4, 2018 70012 was repaired and is being used as the plant switcher at Erie, PA. It's not being allowed back into the UK and onto the mainline as it was inspected by insurers and though mostly repaired, the damage to the frame couldn't to be fully eradicated and therefore banned from Network Rail. I was talking to a driver from Freightliner at Peterborough recently and it would seem that FL are prepared to dispose of their Class 70's to Colas because they have not delivered the economics promised and ongoing issues with the turbo's when worked hard. I believe Colas's Class 70's aren't worked as hard as Freightliner's and therefore should last longer but there still is the current issue of exploding turbo's. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted May 4, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 4, 2018 I understood that 70012 was returned to the USA to avoid import duties. Even if stripped for 'spares' import duty would be payable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 4, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 4, 2018 (edited) piccies of it in one piece in the factory in Erie are on Flickr, used as a test bed with safety rails attached https://flic.kr/p/DxDwhm Edited May 4, 2018 by big jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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