Class 67 Freight

[goo_trains]

Are the class 67s currently used on any freight services in the UK? Have they ever been used on any freight (other than the obvious mail trains)?

 

[Ash Bridge]

Are the class 67s currently used on any freight services in the UK? Have they ever been used on any freight (other than the obvious mail train

A quick search produced this... (if the link works)

Class 67 Diesel locomotives

petertandy.co.uk

There are other images to be found showing them employed on infrastructure trains also.

 

[goo_trains]

A quick search produced this... (if the link works)

Class 67 Diesel locomotives

petertandy.co.uk

There are other images to be found showing them employed on infrastructure trains also.

Judging from this they seem to be extremely rare on anything except ECS and passenger moves, however I'm sure I remember seeing one on a car train once, does anyone know is this is possible?

 

[Darandio]

Judging from this they seem to be extremely rare on anything except ECS and passenger moves, however I'm sure I remember seeing one on a car train once, does anyone know is this is possible?

Entirely. For a time they used to take cartics for repair.

Freight isn't as rare as you think, at least in the early days. Plenty of them saw use on enterprise services and the odd departmental as well.

 

[Ash Bridge]

Judging from this they seem to be extremely rare on anything except ECS and passenger moves, however I'm sure I remember seeing one on a car train once, does anyone know is this is possible?

If you click back on the link there is a shot further down showing a 67 working such a train.

edit: I may be incorrect here, I think the covered wagons are more likely for the transport of finished steel products.

 

[ac6000cw]

Freight isn't as rare as you think, at least in the early days. Plenty of them saw use on enterprise services and the odd departmental as well.

Years ago, I used to regularly see a 67 pass through Cambridge on a Southampton - Ely (Potters) intermodal working.

 

[strimmer]

In 2011 67020 and 67027 were working RHTT based at Didcot.

 

[Dunfanaghy Rd]

They are as weak as kittens at slow speed. I was at Fawley one day when a triple headed train arrived from Eastleigh, simply to get the whole shebang moving.
Another time I had a double headed car train in Soton Eastern Docks - same reason. (And had to split them and recouple as the neck at 38/39 Berth was too short!)
Pat

 

[Ciderking]

Southampton Skips

Royal Skips 67005,67026 & 67006 with the Fawley to Eastleigh east yard loaded oil tanks (6B94) .Seen passing Bevois Park sidings.

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[Dunfanaghy Rd]

Southampton Skips

Royal Skips 67005,67026 & 67006 with the Fawley to Eastleigh east yard loaded oil tanks (6B94) .Seen passing Bevois Park sidings.

www.flickr.com

I've just been ploughing through the journals I kept when I was working.
6/2/2013.
4O40 74433 BOXFORDRT to 86516 SOTONEDKS 67022+67026 / 9L / 0E / 1236t / 638m / 100slu.
7/2/2013.
6B93 86090 EASTLGHYD to 86812 FAWLEYCAD 67005+67026+67006 / 10L / 18D / 1501t / 404m / 63slu.
6B94 86812 FAWLEYCAD to 86090 EASTLGHYD 67006+67026+67005 / 14L / 0E / 887t / 187m / 30slu.
Basically, a sign of stress in the Motive Power Control.
Pat

 

[61058]

A pair of class 67's worked a coal train from Imminghan to either Cottam or West burton (I forget which) a few years ago.

 

[stantheman]

They were regular on the Edinburgh to Oxwellmains bins when the Fife Circle was 67

 

[davyp]

Regular performers on the Arpley - Peak Forest - Arpley wagons for maintenance runs - not a heavy duty run, in fact sometimes no wagons at all.

 

[palmersears]

Regular performers on the Arpley - Peak Forest - Arpley wagons for maintenance runs - not a heavy duty run, in fact sometimes no wagons at all.

I wouldn't say regular is quite right. Think the last time they ran anything in/out of Peak Forest that wasn't a light engine on route learning duties was August last year, at least that's the last time I remember seeing them:

"A Miserable Day for the Messenger" - 67005 at Disley Tunnel

In what must be a very rare occurrence these days, DB Cargo 67005 ‘Queens Messenger’ actually does a proper day’s work, returning a short rake of box hoppers from Arpley Sidings to Peak Forest as 6Z67. Seen here at a very wet Disley Tunnel. The royal plum messenger has been working out of Peak...

flic.kr

Happy to be corrected if not!

 

[John Hunt]

67005 on cement wagons 18/3/2009 Bletchley.

 

[Freightmaster]

67005 on cement wagons 18/3/2009 Bletchley.

To be pedantic, those wagons actually conveyed Lime Mortar powder rather than cement.






MARK

 

[John Hunt]

My apologies for the misleading caption for the photo above. The caption should have read -

'67005 on unidentified wagons at 12.53 on 18/03/2009. Photo taken from footbridge linking platform 6 to platform 5 at Bletchley Station.'

Hope this clarifies matters........

 

[Ash Bridge]

A most interesting shot all the same, and many thanks for posting it!

 

[D6975]

A few years ago I saw class 67s working freight through Acton Bridge. It was only a short freight of what I think were acid tanks.