stevekay73 Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 why has it been renumbered 70801? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ews60002 Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 The 70/8 series has probably been chosen because the Colas Railfreight Class 66s are numbered in the 66/8 series. This means the nine other new build Class 70s for Colas may be numbered 70802 to 70810. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
69843 Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 70s in Colas livery? I gotta see this! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 The build quality looked marginally better than a 66..................... Cheers, Mick Ah, but are they fitted with the fully extended leg RH boot rest on the console that I saw being tested thru' Newbury this morning, (not giving the loco number just in case it gets someone in tepid water)................... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted August 29, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 29, 2013 70s in Colas livery? I gotta see this! its gonna look the the 'biz from the "artist concept" drawings i have seen i already have a Bachmann one sprayed up from the painting spec sheets but i have been told by my boss (and his boss) to keep it under wraps until the real thing is officially unveiled 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevekay73 Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 thats if the others are to be built Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peak experience Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 No that would have been a DBS class 66, the 60 was 60001 on a test run from Toton to Peak Forest and back after overhaul. heh CC.. thanks for the reply .. how did you acquire the info please? is there somewhere online available to mere mortals to obtain such gen? regards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
black and decker boy Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 heh CC.. thanks for the reply .. how did you acquire the info please? is there somewhere online available to mere mortals to obtain such gen? regards. The WNXX latest news page (Subscription only) has had all the info on 60 001 test runs (and photos) and 70 099 being at Cardiff plus this forum has had more of the same, it just needs a bit of fishing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevekay73 Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 if gbrf getting 8 and network rail getting 15 class 66s then who gets the rest? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted September 23, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 23, 2013 (edited) 70802/3/4/5 reported to be well under construction with the first due for a November delivery....... Cheers, Mick Edited September 23, 2013 by newbryford Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfsup Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 That would go some way to explaining the job application recently posted on Colas's website then. http://www.colasrail.co.uk/careers/job_vacancies/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted September 23, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 23, 2013 I've put dib's in to go and collect them from the docks when they arrive (as long as they come in through LBT!) 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted September 23, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 23, 2013 (edited) must admit i did laugh at the suggestion on WNXX that the colas "hard hat" logo on the class 70s should be replaced with a firemans helmet! Edited September 23, 2013 by big jim 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevekay73 Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 so 10 coming then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted October 30, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 30, 2013 70801 is still in green....... http://www.flickr.com/photos/turners_pics/10496095206/lightbox/ Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted November 1, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 1, 2013 looking on wnxx someone has commented its off to landore at some point soon, the path is in the system wonder what its going there for? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted November 1, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 1, 2013 looking on wnxx someone has commented its off to landore at some point soon, the path is in the system wonder what its going there for? Apparently it's already at Landore. You're the Colas man - someone's not keeping you up to date..... Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted November 1, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 1, 2013 Tell me about it, couple of weeks of nights and im out of the loop... Working a log train for the first time in a month on monday then back to the ballast job the rest of the week Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted November 1, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 1, 2013 (edited) thought i'd found a video of it on test......... Edited November 1, 2013 by big jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon47603 Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Just a guess, but it may be at Landore for its repaint? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gary H Posted November 2, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 2, 2013 thought i'd found a video of it on test......... Ha! Yep, typical "Trash 9" GE junk right there! If I had a quid for every time Ive seen or heard about this happening with GE stuff, I'd have enough for a Loksound sound decoder for one of my SD70's by now! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted November 2, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 2, 2013 (edited) Ha! Yep, typical "Trash 9" GE junk right there! If I had a quid for every time Ive seen or heard about this happening with GE stuff, I'd have enough for a Loksound sound decoder for one of my SD70's by now! It's interesting that the major railroads in the US seem to think the same. There is a big industry rebuilding old locos with new microprocessor controls and upgrading the engines to sort out emissions. All of them seem to be old EMD's. Union Pacific have rebuilt at least 250 SD40-2's to SD40N which is actually a dash3 standard but they are busy getting rid of younger dash 8 and dash 9 GE's. Jamie Edited November 2, 2013 by jamie92208 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gary H Posted November 2, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 2, 2013 It's interesting that the major railroads in the US seem to think the same. There is a big industry rebuilding old locos with new microprocessor controls and upgrading the engines to sort out emissions. All of them seem to be old EMD's. Union Pacific have rebuilt at least 250 SD40-2's to SD40N which is actually a dash3 standard but they are busy getting rid of younger dash 8 and dash 9 GE's. Jamie I'd put money on the EMD SD40-2 and its sub classes (for want of a better term) as possibly the most successful diesel locomotive of all time. Don't think there's been anything to match it for longevity and durability save perhaps a GP9 maybe, which funnily enough is another EMD! They still have GP9's and SD9's and their similar later models running around in America that are getting close to 60 years old. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Sorry to off-thread but why didn't. they 1 - Turn it off? and 2 - Move the rest of the train away? steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gary H Posted November 2, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 2, 2013 (edited) Sorry to off-thread but why didn't. they 1 - Turn it off? and 2 - Move the rest of the train away? steve Through turbo failure which is normally the cause on these big GE's, the engine basicly runs off its own lube oil being pumped in through the knackered and seized turbo bearrings. A diesel being a compression ignition engine will run on nearly anything like oil etc. If it runs away, there aint a lot you can do about it unless you want to try and plug the inlet with something which is very risky on a 140 ish Litre diesel engine running flat out! I had an email from a guy a couple of years back that showed some pictures of a GE power unit that had ejected a complete cylinder and piston assembly clean through the roof of the loco. It travelled through the air, down through the roof of a house. Part of the piston ended up in the owners plaster board wall inside the house whilst the 'power assembly' ended up in the garden! Edited November 2, 2013 by Gary H Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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