The British Rail Class 69 is a class of diesel locomotives which are converted from Class 56 locomotives. The conversion work is performed by Progress Rail at their workshop in Longport.

The British Rail Class 69 is a class of diesel locomotives which are converted from Class 56 locomotives. The conversion work is performed by Progress Rail at their workshop in Longport.

2021年2月17日 · 69001 will be at the Severn Valley Railway until approximately 12th March 2021. Additionally, some driver training will be completed whilst it is at the railway. Once the test runs and driver training is complete, the locomotive will head back to Longport for additional testing, before heading for painting in April.

GBRf will work on getting 69001 type-tested, but once it has completed its stint at the SVR it will move to Eastleigh Works, where it will join 69002, with Arlington Fleet Services contracted to repaint the ten locomotives.

69001 is the first of class, named after the Mayflower which took the founding fathers from Plymouth, England, to Cape Cod in 1620. The naming commemorates the joint work by the British freight haulier GBRf and the company that converted the locomotive, Progress Rail, a subsidiary of the US corporation Caterpillar.

2021年2月16日 · GB Railfreight Class 69, No. 69001, has now arrived at the Severn Valley Railway for testing, and the rail freight operator has told RailAdvent what its plans are for the time it is at the heritage railway.

2020年12月30日 · Ten Class 56s are being converted into ‘69s’ by Progress Rail at its Longport facility, near Stoke-on-Trent. They are required to meet GBRf’s growing portfolio. Speaking exclusively to RAIL, GBRf Engineering Director Bob Tiller said that work was under way on seven locomotives, with three more to follow.

The first in the fleet series (but not the first to be converted), 69001 “Mayflower” rests at Tonbridge West Yard. July 2021 – The first two of sixteen class 69 locomotives have been seen out and about in the UK, predominantly across the Southern region but of course Longport too, where they have been converted from class 56 locomotives.

Bonjour, REE a en projet les BB 69001 et 69002 SNCF en H0 Info glanée à Rail Expo Les deux versions seront prises en compte. Sortie prévue pour fin 2026.

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