58042 Eastleigh TMD 03 06 2006
Stored Bone 58042 at the allotments behind Eastleigh Depot.
This loco was a survivor for many years, even if its actual working life was very short.
58042 was built at BREL Doncaster and delivered to BR on 31 May 1986.
Transferring to EWS under privatisation, its working life in the UK was very short.
EWS were not fans of the Class 58s and withdrew them rapidly after the 250 Class 66s had arrived.
58042 was stored WNXX at Toton on 12 April 2000, but then got a reprieve due to a shortage of locos.
It was moved from Toton to Leicester and then worked on in the shed there from 31 August to 4 October 2000.
It then moved 2 days later to Toton for final repairs and re-instated to traffic on 3 November 2000 in the WFAH pool.
It then worked another year until being stopped with engine faults at Eastleigh in mid October 2001.
It was decided to repair it at a very surprising place, namely the former Bury electric shed workshops on the East Lancashire Railway.
Transferred on 30 November 2001 and was released back into traffic to Toton on 23 December.
By April 2002, the fleet of 50 Bones was down to only 14.
On 12 April, 58042 became the next green bottle to fall, being stored WNXX again at Eastleigh with 9,524 hours on the overhaul clock.
On 4 September 2002, the last Bones were stored.
Built from 1983, the longest any of them worked in the UK was 19 years !!
That may have been the end of the class, except EWS had ongoing contracts to supply diesel locos for TGV lines being built in France & work in Spain.
Initially using Class 37s in both countries and then Class 56s in France replacing the Class 37s, the need for more locos now included Class 58s from 2004.
58042 was not included in the initial 2004/2005 TGV Est contract with to Fertis and TSO/ Seco.
All up 34 Class 56 & 15 58 locos were used on the France contract and 7 Class 58s in Spain.
In 2008, 4 more Bones were allocated to the ongoing contract in Spain PLUS another France TGV contract was signed.
Demand for replacement locos was increasing,
So after over 6 years of storage, 58042 finally got the call to be re-activated.
It joined the WZFF pool on 21 November 2008. The overhaul work was to be done at Eastleigh, so it was already on site which probably helped.
One of the last of the program to be overhauled, it finally left Eastleigh on 19 August 2009 and went through the Tunnel the next day.
In total almost half the fleet (24) worked on this contract from April 2009 to approximately November 2010.
In March 2011, 58042 was in a batch of 5 Bones sent to Alizay, near Rouen for long term storage.
All the French based Bones ended up here where I sighted them in 2011 & 2014.
By my 2014 visit, the copper thieves had just crossed the mainline next door and hacked into the copper in the engine rooms.
This totally destroyed any value left in the locos.
A decade later in June and July 2024, all 14 demic Bones (including 58042), were put out of their misery and scrapped onsite.
58042: Demolished after 38 years.
Total working life of less than 16.5 years ☹:
31/05/1986 to 12/04/2000;
03/11/2000 to 14/10/2001;
23/12/2001 to 12/04/2002;
and
20/08/2009 to November 2010.
58042 Eastleigh TMD 03 06 2006
Stored Bone 58042 at the allotments behind Eastleigh Depot.
This loco was a survivor for many years, even if its actual working life was very short.
58042 was built at BREL Doncaster and delivered to BR on 31 May 1986.
Transferring to EWS under privatisation, its working life in the UK was very short.
EWS were not fans of the Class 58s and withdrew them rapidly after the 250 Class 66s had arrived.
58042 was stored WNXX at Toton on 12 April 2000, but then got a reprieve due to a shortage of locos.
It was moved from Toton to Leicester and then worked on in the shed there from 31 August to 4 October 2000.
It then moved 2 days later to Toton for final repairs and re-instated to traffic on 3 November 2000 in the WFAH pool.
It then worked another year until being stopped with engine faults at Eastleigh in mid October 2001.
It was decided to repair it at a very surprising place, namely the former Bury electric shed workshops on the East Lancashire Railway.
Transferred on 30 November 2001 and was released back into traffic to Toton on 23 December.
By April 2002, the fleet of 50 Bones was down to only 14.
On 12 April, 58042 became the next green bottle to fall, being stored WNXX again at Eastleigh with 9,524 hours on the overhaul clock.
On 4 September 2002, the last Bones were stored.
Built from 1983, the longest any of them worked in the UK was 19 years !!
That may have been the end of the class, except EWS had ongoing contracts to supply diesel locos for TGV lines being built in France & work in Spain.
Initially using Class 37s in both countries and then Class 56s in France replacing the Class 37s, the need for more locos now included Class 58s from 2004.
58042 was not included in the initial 2004/2005 TGV Est contract with to Fertis and TSO/ Seco.
All up 34 Class 56 & 15 58 locos were used on the France contract and 7 Class 58s in Spain.
In 2008, 4 more Bones were allocated to the ongoing contract in Spain PLUS another France TGV contract was signed.
Demand for replacement locos was increasing,
So after over 6 years of storage, 58042 finally got the call to be re-activated.
It joined the WZFF pool on 21 November 2008. The overhaul work was to be done at Eastleigh, so it was already on site which probably helped.
One of the last of the program to be overhauled, it finally left Eastleigh on 19 August 2009 and went through the Tunnel the next day.
In total almost half the fleet (24) worked on this contract from April 2009 to approximately November 2010.
In March 2011, 58042 was in a batch of 5 Bones sent to Alizay, near Rouen for long term storage.
All the French based Bones ended up here where I sighted them in 2011 & 2014.
By my 2014 visit, the copper thieves had just crossed the mainline next door and hacked into the copper in the engine rooms.
This totally destroyed any value left in the locos.
A decade later in June and July 2024, all 14 demic Bones (including 58042), were put out of their misery and scrapped onsite.
58042: Demolished after 38 years.
Total working life of less than 16.5 years ☹:
31/05/1986 to 12/04/2000;
03/11/2000 to 14/10/2001;
23/12/2001 to 12/04/2002;
and
20/08/2009 to November 2010.