Class 93 Tri-mode Loco

[800001]

Reports that 93003 has arrived in the country and has left the Docks heading for Worksop.

Edit 22:15 93003 at Woodhall Services on M1 overnight, continues to worksop tomorrow (Wednesday 7th).

 

[The_Train]

They've certainly started to arrive at a good pace now. I guess Stadler got a bit sick of them taking up space at their factory

 

[zwk500]

Reports that 93003 has arrived in the country and has left the Docks heading for Worksop.

Edit 22:15 93003 at Woodhall Services on M1 overnight, continues to worksop tomorrow (Wednesday 7th).

So that's 1, 2, 3 and 6 (4 out of 10) in the country now?

 

[800001]

So that's 1, 2, 3 and 6 (4 out of 10) in the country now?

93007 and 93010 are also here (on route Docks to Worksop 30th April), so 6 locos are in the Uk.

 

[XCTurbostar]

We must be close to an announcement on their use soon then?

 

[Nottingham59]

We must be close to an announcement on their use soon then?

Still waiting for NR type approval, apparently. And the testing with loads over Shap mentioned above.

 

[Bobcp]

Reports that 93003 has arrived in the country and has left the Docks heading for Worksop.

Edit 22:15 93003 at Woodhall Services on M1 overnight, continues to worksop tomorrow (Wednesday 7th).

Just for the record I viewed 93003 at 08.45 am. on Wednesday May 7th. in the wide load bay at M1, Junction 24 roundabout which is to the south of Woodall Services.

 

[45076]

Just for the record I viewed 93003 at 08.45 am. on Wednesday May 7th. in the wide load bay at M1, Junction 24 roundabout which is to the south of Woodall Services.

J24 is long way south of Woodall, J24 is Castle Donnington

 

[60159]

Went past Worksop around 12 today and 03 and 10 were outside the shed. Came back around 14.00 and wasn’t goung to check as still 2 in the same position but 01 and 02.
Strange.

 

[Class15]

Some further news, courtesy of Rail Magazine, outlines that loaded test runs over shap will take place on 12-15 and 19-22 of May, with loads of up to 2,000 tonnes being used.



Source: https://www.railmagazine.com/news/f...ed-tests-hauling-up-to-2-000-tonnes-over-shap
[URL redirects to Rail Magazine website article discussing Class 93 load testing in May]

Not seeing any paths as of now on Railcam. Are these tests delayed?

 

[Nottingham59]

Not seeing any paths as of now on Railcam. Are these tests delayed?

What about this one? Carlisle to Lancaster and back. 14 May only. Trailing load 715t

Realtime Trains | 3Q99 2316 Carlisle Upperby C.E.Sdgs to Carlisle Upperby C.E.Sdgs | 14/05/2025

Real-time train running information for 3Q99 2316 departure from Carlisle Upperby C.E.Sdgs to Carlisle Upperby C.E.Sdgs on 14/05/2025. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.

www.realtimetrains.co.uk

 

[Bertie the bus]

3Q99 is the weedkiller train operated by GBRf.

 

[Nottingham59]

3Q99 is the weedkiller train operated by GBRf.

Ah OK. 715t is an awful lot of weedkiller! lol

 

[AndrewE]

Ah OK. 715t is an awful lot of weedkiller! lol

maybe not: 100T of trailing loco, at least a couple of bogie tank wagons of water - maybe 3 or 4 - at 100T each, a tank of weedkiller concentrate (50T gross?) and the application vehicle with its power plant, pumps and metering/mixing equipment and the spray nozzles.

It's a long way between Carlisle, Lancaster and Windermere and back again, especially if you are pumping water out all the way... I doubt that they will have fire hoses out at Lancaster for a top-up!

 

[zwk500]

Ah OK. 715t is an awful lot of weedkiller! lol

maybe not: 100T of trailing loco, at least a couple of bogie tank wagons of water - maybe 3 or 4 - at 100T each, a tank of weedkiller concentrate (50T gross?) and the application vehicle with its power plant, pumps and metering/mixing equipment and the spray nozzles.

It's a long way between Carlisle, Lancaster and Windermere and back again, especially if you are pumping water out all the way... I doubt that they will have fire hoses out at Lancaster for a top-up!

It's just a timing load. I'd guess it's TR40 (timing reference 40) and the 715t is a nominal load for the reference loco. If its running with a difference class of loco (and I'm 99% sure the reference loco is setting like a 56) the trailing load would be adjusted proportionally. NR has tables for what each loco class can haul at each timing reference.
60-TR40 has quite good coverage of SRTs around the entire network and is often uused where a specific timing load does not exist for a moment, as trains will usually be able to meet the times comfortably without getting too far ahead of schedule.

 

[Class15]

I’m going to assume that nothing 93-related happened today after all?

 

[Pastry]

Pretty sure I saw 93004 heading east on the M4 today. I haven’t seen any notifications about this one arriving in the UK. Where would it be heading (it was between J19 and J18).

 

[Suraggu]

Pretty sure I saw 93004 heading east on the M4 today. I haven’t seen any notifications about this one arriving in the UK. Where would it be heading (it was between J19 and J18).

Worksop as per the rest of the fleet.

 

[50002Superb]

This video has a good update of what is located where at Worksop

 

[Trainman40083]

Pretty sure I saw 93004 heading east on the M4 today. I haven’t seen any notifications about this one arriving in the UK. Where would it be heading (it was between J19 and J18).

93004 would have been the loco. Others saw it near Cribbs Causeway

 

[The_Train]

So that is now 7 out of the 10 ordered in the UK?

 

[Trainman40083]

So that is now 7 out of the 10 ordered in the UK?

I think 93001-93004/93006/93007/93010 are.

 

[800001]

It’s just passed Maidenhead on M4 heading east.