Dishevelled
GB Railfreight Class 92s 92 040 "Goethe" and 92 045 "Chaucer" stand in the yard at Brush works showing the signs of spending 18 years stored out of use as spares donors to the rest of the fleet.
The two former European Passenger Services (EPS) owned engines - nominally allocated to work the ill-fated Nightstar European sleeper services - were withdrawn in late April 2001. After the Nightstar project was cancelled in 1997, the seven EPS Class 92s did find some use as part of the overall shared pool of Class 92s operated by EWS. However, EPS eventually put them up for sale in 2000, and when no buyer was found they were withdrawn in April 2001. 92040 and 92045 are four of the seven that have not returned since.
These engines - costing £3m each back in the early/mid 1990s (a little under £6m in today's prices) - saw very little use and 92040 in particular is rumoured to have less than 1,000 hours on the clock.
Dishevelled
GB Railfreight Class 92s 92 040 "Goethe" and 92 045 "Chaucer" stand in the yard at Brush works showing the signs of spending 18 years stored out of use as spares donors to the rest of the fleet.
The two former European Passenger Services (EPS) owned engines - nominally allocated to work the ill-fated Nightstar European sleeper services - were withdrawn in late April 2001. After the Nightstar project was cancelled in 1997, the seven EPS Class 92s did find some use as part of the overall shared pool of Class 92s operated by EWS. However, EPS eventually put them up for sale in 2000, and when no buyer was found they were withdrawn in April 2001. 92040 and 92045 are four of the seven that have not returned since.
These engines - costing £3m each back in the early/mid 1990s (a little under £6m in today's prices) - saw very little use and 92040 in particular is rumoured to have less than 1,000 hours on the clock.