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Class 70, 70007

General Electric Powerhaul Freightliner 'Fugly Betty' Class 70 locomotive 70007 heads the daily 10:28 Freightliner 4M88 Felixstowe South- Crewe Basford Hall intermodal southbound through Chelmsford on the Great Eastern Main Line in Essex (UK).

 

The caged signal device on the left is called a 'banner repeater' and these are positioned when the driver cannot see a forthcoming colour aspect signal. In this case it's for the down signal L717 at the other end of this platform (the up line) during bi-directional workings. The banner aspect is 'on' (the following signal is on stop/danger). When a banner repeater is 'off' (the following signal is on green/proceed) the display bar will be at 45 degrees.

 

Nice shooting by fellow enthusiast David and photograph posted here with very kind permission.

 

 

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Uploaded on September 26, 2013
Taken on September 23, 2013