Second that, really helpful, thanks Rob T.
I think you're right on which are in the better condition - can't imagine the two in Loughborough after they've finished overhauling/modifying/reinstating 12 other 92s there will have very much left in them at all!
One interesting thing I did notice (and wonder if anyone has an explanation for) - the 9 ex-SNCF 92s had (unsurprisingly!) SNCF cab-side logos on originally, whereas the ex-EPS ones in the majority of cases didn't.
(e.g. 046 [and 044] at Crewe IEMD when brand new
https://flic.kr/p/o8qhdi (not mine) - some of the "EPS 7" did have reflective
EPS cab-side logos added (e.g. 040
https://flic.kr/p/bzT6Se - not mine) not sure they all got these in the end and either way they were subsequently removed presumably once Nightstar was no more.)
92020 "Milton", though, has a small SNCF logo
and a small Railfreight distribution logo - and would appear to have had this from new (or thereabouts). Given that it was in neither of these 'pools' was this because at some point if was a 'shared' loco, or some publicity-type thing to show the cross-channel collaboration of SNCF/BR? It was the first one handed over to EPS and used for the publicity shots at Waterloo on 01/02/95 so guessing the latter may be the reason.
92020 with both logos:
https://flic.kr/p/f6VeWx (not mine)
They're actually still on, albeit very faded, as can be seen here in the latest pic of 92020 at Brush
https://flic.kr/p/TLzSRL (again not mine)
Thanks in advance for any info on this one.
[
Also found some info indicating the first 5x EPS locos bought by Eurotunnel in Feb 2007 were acquired for £2m, i.e. <10% of what they'd cost to build after adjusting for inflation). They were also still at Crewe in Nov 2007 (or at least 020 was) - so must've taken a little while for them to be moved to Loughborough by their new owners.]