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

[NickL2008]

60028 on Monday (08/08/22) Crossing over lines at wimbledon with the 6Z70, Willesden DC sidings - Chessington 

 

 

NL

[phil_sutters]

I can't remember whether I have uploaded any or all of these before. In any case they will probably have fallen into the website sinkhole and be invisible now.

 

[desiro450]

4 hours ago, NickL2008 said:

60028 on Monday (08/08/22) Crossing over lines at wimbledon with the 6Z70, Willesden DC sidings - Chessington 

 

 

 

NL

 

Great shot! I've tried and failed many times to get a DC 60. It's not often they travel through Kensington Olympia. Having had a quick squiz on RTT, I assume the Chessington path is not a frequent one?
 

[NickL2008]

1 hour ago, desiro450 said:

 

Great shot! I've tried and failed many times to get a DC 60. It's not often they travel through Kensington Olympia. Having had a quick squiz on RTT, I assume the Chessington path is not a frequent one?
 

Thank you, yes it only runs twice during a week and hasnt run recently. Should be down again for tomorrow

 

NL

[jjb1970]

A lousy pic, but a very beat up looking 60 dragged a 92 through Bletchley last week. 

 

[Hippel]

I thought that 60062 was supposed to look like that?

 

Paul

[jjb1970]

Maybe it does, it just looked beat up to me but I am no artist.

[newbryford]

26 minutes ago, jjb1970 said:

Maybe it does, it just looked beat up to me but I am no artist.

 

It received full body vinyl overlays last month as part of DB's "Steel on Steel" campaign.

 

(jack374's flickr pic from a few posts back)

Edited August 14, 2022 by newbryford

[jjb1970]

Funny, but as it went by my thought it was all graffiti and poor paint 🤣

[4630]

On 17th August 2022, GB Railfreight 60047 'Faithful' and 60096 'Impetus', working 0D60 Warrington Arpley Sidings to Doncaster Belmont Down Yard, slowly draw up to the signal on the Down Huddersfield protecting Heaton Lodge East Junction...

 

 

 

 

... and after waiting for 6E26 Knowsley Freight Terminal to Wilton EFW Terminal and 2I17 Wigan North Western to Leeds to pass over the junction from the Calder Valley line, the pair get the road and move off.

 

Edited August 17, 2022 by 4630

[08221]

60028 passing Uttoxeter station on the delayed 11:50 Chaddesden sidings to Ravenhead sidings on 22 August 2022.

 

[WCML100]

Sorry to go a (little) off topic, but trying to decide on a good prototype EWS liveried 60 for my new layout! So I am needing some help and looking for an EWS 60 that was seen in around the south east between 2010 - 2015. Preferably one that has been on a working from Acton Yard during this time frame.

 

Any pictures or noted movements much appreciated 😃

[Claude_Dreyfus]

I recall seeing 60096 on some of the stone trains to Crawley New Yard, many of which originate from Acton. It was from when I started my daily commute to London, so later than 2011. Here it is a couple of years earlier passing Gatwick in 2007.

 

Graeme Hutchison picture linked from Flickr

[Steadfast]

1 hour ago, WCML100 said:

Sorry to go a (little) off topic, but trying to decide on a good prototype EWS liveried 60 for my new layout! So I am needing some help and looking for an EWS 60 that was seen in around the south east between 2010 - 2015. Preferably one that has been on a working from Acton Yard during this time frame.

 

Any pictures or noted movements much appreciated 😃

Do you have a donor model on hand yet? Variations to consider are EW&S or EWS branding, black light light clusters or yellow light clusters.

 

Yellow clusters were only seen on some EWS livery machines (no EW&S) and most had maroon side window frames.

 

60019 has the yellow reflective tape wrapping onto part of the yellow front and EWS gold cabside air vents. It was the first 60 in EW&S.

 

Jo

[WCML100]

1 hour ago, Steadfast said:

Do you have a donor model on hand yet? Variations to consider are EW&S or EWS branding, black light light clusters or yellow light clusters.

 

Yellow clusters were only seen on some EWS livery machines (no EW&S) and most had maroon side window frames.

 

60019 has the yellow reflective tape wrapping onto part of the yellow front and EWS gold cabside air vents. It was the first 60 in EW&S.

 

Jo

i currently have EW&S 60026, but happy to renumber and change to EWS branding, also happy to re colour light clusters to yellow if it fits!

 

2 hours ago, Claude_Dreyfus said:

I recall seeing 60096 on some of the stone trains to Crawley New Yard, many of which originate from Acton. It was from when I started my daily commute to London, so later than 2011. Here it is a couple of years earlier passing Gatwick in 2007.

 

Graeme Hutchison picture linked from Flickr

 

thanks, 60096 may be a good shout!

[Steadfast]

1 hour ago, WCML100 said:

i currently have EW&S 60026, but happy to renumber and change to EWS branding, also happy to re colour light clusters to yellow if it fits!

The world is pretty much your oyster!

The earlier end of your time frame EWS ones were quite common but by the end you'd be looking at red ones.

 

60049 did a stint in 2012 working in the Westbury area, which meant it worked services from Whatley to London, plenty of pics of it on Flickr in 2012 with Hanson hoppers in tow. Here for example 6V28 from Dagenham to Acton, forward to Whatley on 6C76. (Link from flickr)

 

No snowplough at the the no. 2 end, dent and replacement oval buffers at no. 1 end. Extra OLE warning stickers on the side too. Nice and faded too depending when in your 2010 - 15 window you pick.

 

Jo

[TRAILRAGE]

I do like the Class 60's . There's just something imposing about them.  and that deep reverberating rumble as they go past is great. Never gets boring. 

 

No dates on these but I will try and fins them if needed. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 24, 2022 by TRAILRAGE

[Davexoc]

An old shot at Newark...

 

[08221]

60056 crawls through Uttoxeter station on the 1023 Toton to Tuebrook light engine move on Wednesday 12 October 2022.

 

[08221]

60028 passes Uttoxeter signal box on the 0608 Ravenhead Sidings to Kings Lynn freight on Friday 14 October 2022.

 

 

 

 

 

[newbryford]

60002 "Graham Farish" with 6F69 Ribblehead-Tuebrook climbing Langho bank on 24/10/22.

 

A nice steady climb on a greasy rail - especially about 1/2 mile north of this location.

 

 

 

 

[newbryford]

A quick grab from a video.

60087 passing Settle 31/10/22 with 6Z60 Petterill Bridge-Clitheroe Cement works with two wagons from the rear of the derailment

 

[Jack374]

In the true spirit of this thread, over the last few days DB's only operational tug in EWS colours was returned to mainline service. On Friday it took the steel forward from Toton to Boston, then hauled the loaded return from Boston to Wolverhampton. After a weekend at Bescot, this morning it worked the 6E02 Bescot Down Side to Boston Sleaford Sidings 'pig pens', as far as Toton, thus completing a full circuit. Last time it was called upon it failed not too far from Boston on the loaded return…

 

Seen at Hemington next to the East Midlands Gateway arrival lines, in warm autumnal morning light.

 

Good to see this survivor performing front line revenue work still - it’s one of my favourite locos on the network today.
 

 

 

Thanks,

Jack.

[4630]

From my time machine, EWS 60038 working light engine at Barnetby, heading west towards Wraby Junction, on 15th May 2006.

 

The loco is currently, according to the WNXX UK locomotive database, in the DCR Stored locomotives pool and is located at the former Brush Works at Loughborough.

 

 

Edited November 10, 2022 by 4630

[Nova Scotian]

DB Cargo UK disposing of 12 more Class 60s https://uk.dbcargo.com/rail-uk-en/services/disposals

 

Not being an avid follower (just an occasional interested following) I don't know the history of the units they've put up for sale. I don't think any are the super 60s?