Photo Freightliner Powerhaul Class 70007 UK Diesel Loco Wolverton Station 2012

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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Photo EWS Class 66187 UK Diesel Freight Loco Wellingborough 2011

Class 66187 Diesel Locomotive, Wellingborough Station

 Photo:  Charles Moorhen

EWS heavy haul UK freight diesel locomotive Class 66187 photographed at Wellingborough on the freight-only line whilst towing a track tamper machine through the station in September 2011.

Loco Class 66187, one of a large fleet of the commonest freight motive power on the British railway network, was built in January 2000 by General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD).

More Class 66 Locomotive Images on 'Along These Tracks'.

Class 66005 at Wellingborough

Class 66013 & 66502 at Rugby (Scroll down for '502' image)

Class 66044 at Northampton

Class 66086 at Didcot

Class 66086 and 66237 at Didcot

Class 66117 at Northampton

Class 66130 at Banbury

Class 66145 at Banbury

Class 66206 at Northampton

Class 66414 at Northampton

Class 66509 at Wellingborough

Class 66536 at Banbury

Class 66551 at Rugby

Class 66717 at Wellingborough

Class 66729 at Wellingborough 

Class 66765 at Wellingborough

Four Unidentified Class 66s Didcot.

Four Unidentified GBRF Class 66s Wellingborough

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Photo Class 45118 'The Royal Artilleryman' British Rail Peak Diesel Loco 1990s

'Peak' Diesel Loco Ravaged Before Restoration

Photo:  Charles Moorhen

Photographed in the early days of restoration and repair on the Northampton & Lamport Railway in the 1990s, 'Peak' UK diesel locomotive Class 45118 'The Royal Artilleryman' - original number D67 - was one of a fleet of 127 built at both BR Derby Works and Crewe Works between 1960 and 1962.

Used regularly on scheduled services between London St. Pancras and Manchester, the Midland Mainline was their main theatre of operations as was the case for their predecessor the Class 44.

The Class 45/1s were to be found across the British railway network following their gradual displacement with the introduction of the Class 43 Intercity 125 High Speed Trains.  

The writing was on the wall for the Sulzer 12LDA28-B power units as their withdrawal from main line service began in 1977, with the final locomotives being taken out of service in 1988.

UK diesel loco, Class 45118 'The Royal Artilleryman', built in May 1962 at Crewe Works (LNWR/LMS/British Railway) was originally purchased for restoration and preservation on the Northampton & Lamport Railway, Northamptonshire, following withdrawal from British Rail.

After an attack by cable thieves, which left the diesel locomotive inoperable and extremely expensive to repair, it was moved to Railway Vehicle Engineering Limited  (RVEL) - now Loram - at Derby in 2009 for repairs.

It moved from Derby after purchase by Locomotive Services Limited, (LSL), Crewe Diesel Depot.  In 2019, Class 45118 was on the move again, this time for repairs at Barrow Hill Roundhouse Railway Museum and Engine Shed near Chesterfield, Derbyshire.

Whether it will ever return to main line or preserved/heritage railway operations is at the present moment uncertain.

In total, 12 of the 'Peak' Class 45 diesel locomotives have survived.

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Photo Virgin Trains Class 57308 Tin Tin Thunderbirds UK Diesel Loco 2012

Class 57308 'Thunderbird' Diesel Locomotive 'Tin Tin', Rugby

Photo:  Charles Moorhen

Thunderbirds Are Go!  Well, ok, not exactly in this example.  

UK Virgins Trains Class 57308 'Thunderbirds Tin Tin' diesel locomotive is seen here stabled in a bay platform at Rugby station on the 2nd. September 2012.

 Photo: Charles Moorhen

 

 

Before conversion to a Class 57 from a Class 47, the locomotive was numbered 47846.
In January 2014, the nameplates Tin Tin and Parker fetched over £4,000 at a charity auction for The Alzheimer's Society.

The Class 57 locomotives were derived from the Class 47s with certain modifications added between 1998 and 2004, such as a reconditioned EMD engine and the same model of traction alternator as the Class 56.

In all their were 16 'Thunderbird' names given to 'Virgin' Class 57s.  They are as follows:

• 57301 Scott Tracy
• 57302 Virgil Tracy
• 57303 Alan Tracy
• 57304 Gordon Tracy
• 57305 John Tracy
• 57306 Jeff Tracy
• 57307 Lady Penelope 
• 57308 Tin Tin
• 57309 Brains
• 57310 Kyrano
• 57311 Parker
• 57312 The Hood
• 57313 Tracy Island
• 57314 Firefly
• 57315 The Mole
• 57316 FAB 

512 Class 47s were built, of which 30 have passed into preservation and can be found (at time of blog-page publication) at the following locations, though this may be subject to change for various reasons.

D1524  47004 - Embsay & Bolton Abbey Railway.

D1693  47105 - Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway.

D1705  47117 'Sparrowhawk' - Great Central Railway.

D1842  47192 - Crewe Heritage Centre.

D1855  47205/47395 - Northampton & Lamport Railway.

D1994  47292 - Great Central Railway Nottingham.

D1787  47306 'The Sapper' - Bodmin & Wenford Railway.

D1886  47367 - Mid Norfolk Railway.

D1895  47376 'Freightliner 1995' - Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway.

D1500  47401 'North Eastern' - Midland Railway Butterley.

D1501  47402 - East Lancashire Railway.

D1516  47417 - Midland Railway Butterley.

D1566  47449 - Llangollen Railway.

D1662  47484 'Isambard Kingdom Brunel' - (Private Location).

D1107  47524 - Dean Forest Railway.

D1778  47183/47579/47793 'James Nightall G.C. - Mid Hants Railway.

D1762  47167/47580/47732 'County of Essex - Carnforth.

D1933  47233/47596 'Aldeburgh Festival' - Mid Norfolk Railway.

D1606  47029/47635 'Jimmy Milne' - Epping Ongar Railway.

D1970  47269/47643 - Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway.

D1948  47505/47712 'Lady Diana Spencer' - Crewe Heritage Centre.

D1619  47038/47564/47761 - Midland Railway Butterley.

D1643  47765/47059/47631 - East Lancashire Railway.

D1946  47503/47771 - Eastleigh Works.

D1755  47541/47773 - (Location Not Known).

D1909  47232/47785/47820 - Wensleydale Railway.

D1656  47072/47609/47834/47798 'Prince William' - York Railway Museum.

D1654  47070/47620/47799/47835 'Prince Henry' - Eden Valley Railway.

D1966  47266/47629/47828 - Carnforth.

D1661  47077/47613/47840 'North Star' - West Somerset Railway.

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Class 47100 'Merlin'

Class 57316 'Fab 1'

Class 57305 'John Tracy'

Class 47822

Class 47701

Class 47790 'Galway Princess'

Class 57307 'Lady Penelope'

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