GB Brush Cousins Return After Over a Year "Inside"
GB Railfreight's ex-works condition Class 60, 60002 "Graham Farish 50th Anniversary 1970-2020" leads its Brush cousin, Class 92, 92044 "Couperin" past Chorlton on 0Z61 09:58 Loughborough Brush to Crewe ETD. This was the first time a GBRf Class 60 and Class 92 had ran on the mainline together.
The very recently repainted and renamed Class 60 had collected 92044 from Brush after the Dyson had been there for exactly 14 months undergoing overhaul, reliability mods and receiving and new wheelsets.
GB's sole active grey 92 had lost its tunnel rings and Crewe Electric depot plaques whilst in Brush, but there are rumours of a new livery to come in due course. However, that won't be before it gets back to earning some coin for its owners, with a brief visit to Crewe for a test run, before heading to Dollands Moor to resume tunnel duties.
The 60 had also been out of traffic for more than a year after a turbo fire. The Covid-19 pandemic had delayed repairs and then some additional mods were done as well as its immaculate repaint - the first GBRf loco repainted at DB Cargo's Toton depot.
After dropping 92044 off at the ETD, 60002 then ran on solo to Tuebrook as 0Z62 to resume biomass duties.
GB Brush Cousins Return After Over a Year "Inside"
GB Railfreight's ex-works condition Class 60, 60002 "Graham Farish 50th Anniversary 1970-2020" leads its Brush cousin, Class 92, 92044 "Couperin" past Chorlton on 0Z61 09:58 Loughborough Brush to Crewe ETD. This was the first time a GBRf Class 60 and Class 92 had ran on the mainline together.
The very recently repainted and renamed Class 60 had collected 92044 from Brush after the Dyson had been there for exactly 14 months undergoing overhaul, reliability mods and receiving and new wheelsets.
GB's sole active grey 92 had lost its tunnel rings and Crewe Electric depot plaques whilst in Brush, but there are rumours of a new livery to come in due course. However, that won't be before it gets back to earning some coin for its owners, with a brief visit to Crewe for a test run, before heading to Dollands Moor to resume tunnel duties.
The 60 had also been out of traffic for more than a year after a turbo fire. The Covid-19 pandemic had delayed repairs and then some additional mods were done as well as its immaculate repaint - the first GBRf loco repainted at DB Cargo's Toton depot.
After dropping 92044 off at the ETD, 60002 then ran on solo to Tuebrook as 0Z62 to resume biomass duties.