Class 69, 69006 'Pathfinder Railtours'
British Rail Class 69 Co-Co diesel locomotive 69006 'Pathfinder Railtours' as operated by GBRf (GB Railfreight) working a light engine movement at Attenborough Station in the County of Nottinghamshire (UK) on March 3rd 2026.
69006 was originally built by British Rail Engineering Ltd. (BREL) Crewe Works and entered service for British Rail as Class 56, 56128 on December 18th 1983.
56128 was rebuilt including a new low emission engine and other major improvements by Progress Rail for GBRf then reclassified as Class 69, 69006 in 2021.
Note the 'speed whiskers' which are a tribute to some pre yellow panel British Railways diesel multiple units from the 1950's/1960's.
All my Class 56's www.flickr.com/photos/stuart166axe/tags/class56
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_69
Photograph taken by and copyright of my occasional photostream contributor Mr David Lewis and is posted here with very kind permission.
Class 69, 69006 'Pathfinder Railtours'
British Rail Class 69 Co-Co diesel locomotive 69006 'Pathfinder Railtours' as operated by GBRf (GB Railfreight) working a light engine movement at Attenborough Station in the County of Nottinghamshire (UK) on March 3rd 2026.
69006 was originally built by British Rail Engineering Ltd. (BREL) Crewe Works and entered service for British Rail as Class 56, 56128 on December 18th 1983.
56128 was rebuilt including a new low emission engine and other major improvements by Progress Rail for GBRf then reclassified as Class 69, 69006 in 2021.
Note the 'speed whiskers' which are a tribute to some pre yellow panel British Railways diesel multiple units from the 1950's/1960's.
All my Class 56's www.flickr.com/photos/stuart166axe/tags/class56
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_69
Photograph taken by and copyright of my occasional photostream contributor Mr David Lewis and is posted here with very kind permission.