Class 60

[50035 Ark Royal]

Anybody know if any of theese fine machines are still in service? or have they all been withdrawn?I hope at least one of theese makes it into preservation.Surely our most powerful freight loco and a lot more chrachter than a 66. I rember going to Loughborough due to work and popped into the works where they were brand new and fresh out the paint shop in railfreight grey.Make a good noise just a pity about the silencer.Think the last one i saw was a few years back 048 at Preston hauling bogie tankers if memory serves.

[PeterH]

I saw one working at Peak Forest about two or three weeks ago.



She's having her train filled up with stone in that picture. Other than that though, the place was crawling with 66s. 2 on a train and a third making its train up.
It will be a shame to see these locos go, especially since they are more powerful than the Class 66 and they look better and are British! Only 20 years old, still a spring lamb really...

There is a preservation group set up with the intention of saving one, that's good.

[50035 Ark Royal]

I saw one working at Peak Forest about two or three weeks ago.



She's having her train filled up with stone in that picture. Other than that though, the place was crawling with 66s. 2 on a train and a third making its train up.
It will be a shame to see these locos go, especially since they are more powerful than the Class 66 and they look better and are British! Only 20 years old, still a spring lamb really...

There is a preservation group set up with the intention of saving one, that's good.

Hi Peter totaly agree nice pic by the way.

[PTmodeller]

There's about 7 left going. Thisis the place to keep up to date - select 'news' at the top.

[50035 Ark Royal]

There's about 7 left going. Thisis the place to keep up to date - select 'news' at the top.

Thats very sad only 7 left out of 100 and they are only around 20 years old, another waste of a good engine

[kennyGWSR]

someone should at least save teenage spirit in that bright blue livery, and the territorial army red one (sorry, no good with the numbers )

[PTmodeller]

74 and 40 respectively.

[PeterH]

I have an excellent video of Teenage Spirit, taken last year at Peak Forest.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zggISATXuws

[50035 Ark Royal]

The footage of 74 was indeed hellfire they do make a lovely noise, even with the silencer and plenty of clagg to boot
I do hope at least one ends up in preservation as they have so much more charachcter then the faceless 66's.

[champion]

60059 was seen this morning at 4am running return empty MHL wagons through peterborough.
richard.

[35011 GSN]

7 in service and the rest in storage....seems a bit of a waste

If I'm right there is already a class 60 preservation group... I expect it won't belong before some are put up for sale...

[PTmodeller]

EWS/DBS have a policy of not putting anything out to tender that could be used by a rival company - expect any 60s that are up for sale anytime soon to be heavily stripped/robbed wrecks.

[seasprite]

I saw 60011 on tankers through York week before last. Anyone seen the lineup of 60's at Toton? over half the fleet there.

[davek]

For those interested, the 60 fleet today were:

60010
60013
60040
60059
60063
60074
60084
60096

with 009 as yard shunter at Didcot.

[m8internet]

Not on your fleet list (looks like the same one from TugTracker which appears to have at least a further eight missing from it)

60054 tottering about at Doncaster yesterday :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6STpuFORwcc