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The Fall & Rise of the 60's ( was The End of the Tugs?)


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Another view of 60007 on its first revenue working - 6F93 St Pancras to Ketton.

 

 

Reported as failed and rescued by a skip........................... I'm waiting for it to turn up on 6F94................

 

Cheers,

Mick

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The Red DB Livery Strikes again, how many read locos have died once they have had that livery applied to them?

 

Pete

 

With 07 failed , now back at Toton, 11 failed at Warrington awaiting a tow to Toton, thats both red ones out. Now 19 failed at Margam, not a good week for the 60's. Only six class 60's in traffic as of this morning.

 

Mike Wiltshire

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Thats because 37419 and 670 were merely repainted. A real POTOS (Paint On Top Of S***) job!! 670 came off Margam in a right 2 and 8!

 

It doesn't matter what manufacturer built them - its the maintenence regimes that keep em going! or not....!

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when 37670 was brought back into service it was badly faded, no maintainence was carried out as far as im aware (?) ... no wonder it failed , a shame really and with all of DBs 37s gone to DRS now, how many will keep thier original livery?

 

NL

 

It doesn't help matters when the wrong oil is used........

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Spotted 60 040 (the 'Army' liveried one!) hauling (coal?) hoppers, crossing the M6 motorway somewhere to the south of Thelwall viaduct on Saturday 10th September, probably about 17.30-18.00 hours.

Sorry I can't be more specific, was driving (& towing!) at the time!

Cheers,

John E.

 

60040 is currently on the Tunstead-Oakleigh Brunner Mond circuit. Post#1016 shows 040 on the same working. See #1002 and #1065 for the same working with other tugs

 

Cheers,

Mick

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Nice one Trev, Water Orton is one of those places I've wanted to visit for a while

Here's the same train a wee while earlier, just west of Cam & Dursley near Gossington

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Looks like the weather followed it north! I wonder if any other members snapped 6E41 yesterday?

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