60 006 at Lockerbie working engineers train 6K89.
60 006 'Scunthorpe Ironmaster' is seen having lost its British Steel blue livery applied in 1997 in favour of silver and black for the new owners of the steel company, Corus. The livery was changed when the Anglo-Dutch Hoogovens Steel Co. merged with British Steel Co. to form Corus. The train seen here is an engineers train 6K89 02.47 from Kingmoor Yard standing in a possession south of Lockerbie station during track renewal work.
I had a lucky escape with this loco as later the same year (02.10.2004) I should have been working it to Blea Moor on a night time ballast train from Kingmoor Yard when it caught fire near Helm Tunnel on train 6L85 and was extensively damaged as the fire brigade couldn't reach the remote location. My good fortune was the day before I had been asked by another driver to swap turns as he wanted a later start instead of a day shift on a Saturday so I obliged not knowing what fate was to befall him that night. He had to climb out of a cutting near Helm Tunnel on foot to raise the alarm by which time the loco was well alight. Needless to say it was never to work again being towed first to Thornaby TMD for assessment then moved to Toton TMD for indefinite storage.
60 006 at Lockerbie working engineers train 6K89.
60 006 'Scunthorpe Ironmaster' is seen having lost its British Steel blue livery applied in 1997 in favour of silver and black for the new owners of the steel company, Corus. The livery was changed when the Anglo-Dutch Hoogovens Steel Co. merged with British Steel Co. to form Corus. The train seen here is an engineers train 6K89 02.47 from Kingmoor Yard standing in a possession south of Lockerbie station during track renewal work.
I had a lucky escape with this loco as later the same year (02.10.2004) I should have been working it to Blea Moor on a night time ballast train from Kingmoor Yard when it caught fire near Helm Tunnel on train 6L85 and was extensively damaged as the fire brigade couldn't reach the remote location. My good fortune was the day before I had been asked by another driver to swap turns as he wanted a later start instead of a day shift on a Saturday so I obliged not knowing what fate was to befall him that night. He had to climb out of a cutting near Helm Tunnel on foot to raise the alarm by which time the loco was well alight. Needless to say it was never to work again being towed first to Thornaby TMD for assessment then moved to Toton TMD for indefinite storage.