66 060 taking a rest in Plumpton Goods Loop.
Poor old 66 060 wasn't in the best of health on this day and showing its age seeing as its down to the grey primer and still in EWS makings including the 3 beasties logo.
The loco is working 6K27 14.43 Carlisle Kingmoor Yard to Crewe Basford Hall Yard the afternoon Network Rail trunk SCO service linking LDC's with a loaded consist of Falcon, Autoballaster and Red Lobster wagons tipping the scales at 1588 tonne. The loco had come to grief at Upperby with a traction motor earth fault that then caused a complete loss of power as the initial fault deteriorated into something more complex. It then decided to rectify itself and restore full power but not before causing delay to passenger services. With scepticism in Carlisle PSB the loco would get its train over Shap Summit the Carlisle Thunderbird was scrambled to follow the train to Shap should it fail again hence being looped here for some time waiting for a clear margin of time to get a run at the hills beyond Penrith.
66 060 taking a rest in Plumpton Goods Loop.
Poor old 66 060 wasn't in the best of health on this day and showing its age seeing as its down to the grey primer and still in EWS makings including the 3 beasties logo.
The loco is working 6K27 14.43 Carlisle Kingmoor Yard to Crewe Basford Hall Yard the afternoon Network Rail trunk SCO service linking LDC's with a loaded consist of Falcon, Autoballaster and Red Lobster wagons tipping the scales at 1588 tonne. The loco had come to grief at Upperby with a traction motor earth fault that then caused a complete loss of power as the initial fault deteriorated into something more complex. It then decided to rectify itself and restore full power but not before causing delay to passenger services. With scepticism in Carlisle PSB the loco would get its train over Shap Summit the Carlisle Thunderbird was scrambled to follow the train to Shap should it fail again hence being looped here for some time waiting for a clear margin of time to get a run at the hills beyond Penrith.