Dante Returns!! (Test Run No. 1)
All smiles in the cab as DB Cargo's Class 92, 92029 "Dante" returns from store after 8 years and 2 months, completing an initial test run from Crewe ETD into the station and back.
The reinstatement of 92029 - to bolster the UK tunnel fleet - commenced in mid-2019, but was soon postponed due to other priorities (the Grand Central Class 90s) and then Covid. Work recommenced in earnest in December 2020, but has been stop-start since then with other projects and active fleet repairs again taking priority at various times.
Good things come to those who wait, however, and 92029 eventually made her return in the glorious early June sunshine running on a local move as 0Z23 Crewe ETD - Crewe Station (UDL) - Crewe ETD.
Dante Returns!! (Test Run No. 1)
All smiles in the cab as DB Cargo's Class 92, 92029 "Dante" returns from store after 8 years and 2 months, completing an initial test run from Crewe ETD into the station and back.
The reinstatement of 92029 - to bolster the UK tunnel fleet - commenced in mid-2019, but was soon postponed due to other priorities (the Grand Central Class 90s) and then Covid. Work recommenced in earnest in December 2020, but has been stop-start since then with other projects and active fleet repairs again taking priority at various times.
Good things come to those who wait, however, and 92029 eventually made her return in the glorious early June sunshine running on a local move as 0Z23 Crewe ETD - Crewe Station (UDL) - Crewe ETD.