Class 70007 Freightliner Diesel Locomotive |
| Photo: Charles Moorhen |
UK Diesel-electric locomotive, Freightliner Powerhaul Class 70007 photo, distinctive in its yellow and green livery, hauls a container freight train as it passes through Wolverton station, Buckinghamshire, England, heading towards Northampton and Rugby in March 2012.
Manufactured by General Electric, Erie, Pennsylvania, 37 of the Class 70 locomotives completed the order for the UK railways produced between 2008 and 2017.
Operated by Freightliner and Colas Rail, the loco fleet numbers are, 70001-70020 and 70801-70817.
On the 8th November 2009, two locos (70001 and 70002) were unloaded at Newport Docks, with four more arriving at the docks on the 2nd December 2009.
To date (2019) only two of the Class 70's have been named - 70001 'PowerHaul' and 70004 'The Coal Industry Society'.
Wolverton railway station historical note:
It was at Wolverton railway station in Buckinghamshire, on the 9th September 1845, that bare-knuckle fighter, Bendigo, stepped from a carriage of a London & Birmingham Railway train surrounded by a horde of his supporters.
His destination was the nearby town of Newport Pagnell where it was arranged that he would take part in an illegal fight with Ben Court.
At the last possible moment, for various reasons, the venue was switched to the village of Lillington Lovell, 4 miles north of Buckingham.
The match went ahead with Bendigo being heralded the winner after 96 gruelling rounds.
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