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Yes, it was salvaged, repaired and put back into service. Apparently drivers nicknamed it, with somewhat grim humour, "the diver"!Didn't the loco involved in the Tay Bridge disaster get salvaged & reused?
I believe 67002 is still going after this accident (not my photo).
I like how it's called Special DeliveryI believe 67002 is still going after this accident (not my photo).
264's leading carriage was sent to Germany to be scrapped & replaced (not before being "bombed" by budding Banksy's) and is running around with 233's good DM apparently (It may be the other way round).What happened to the 350s which were involved in the crash at the tunnel north of Watford Junction a few years ago?
Went into 66778 which was the last ever built of the class im sure i read somewhere.Probably goes without saying, but there's 91023 which was involved in both Hatfield and Great Heck accidents c.4 months apart and was ultimately renumbered to 91132 to improve its fortunes.
Also don't know if this is wibble-myth, but I had heard the EMD engine from the GBRf 66 (66734) that went down the bank at Loch Treig and was cut up on site was recycled and is now in 66799 (or at least one of the newer 66s).
Thanks, didn't expect to get the info after so long!It was 144017. A reverse shunt incident with 37681 back in January 1992.
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Both been back in the country for a while both units went to germany for repairs.264's leading carriage was sent to Germany to be scrapped & replaced (not before being "bombed" by budding Banksy's) and is running around with 233's good DM apparently (It may be the other way round).
More complicated than that - it was a very professional (and safe) cut and shut job because the most damaged vehicle was the motor coach. Essentially the ex-210 driving vehicle had its cab removed and the "good" end of the damaged motor coach put in place. Plus I think some below floor work to accept the 455 motor bogies in place of the 210 trailer bogies then hanging all the electrical equipment. Huge job.Another that I don't think has been mentioned is the 455 that a cement mixer fell on in Surrey (Bookham?). It is still in service but the most damaged vehicle was scrapped and replaced with one of the last surviving class 210 cars.
I knew it had been a big job with the 455 but couldn't recall the details. Lucky that the 210 vehicle was still around I guess.More complicated than that - it was a very professional (and safe) cut and shut job because the most damaged vehicle was the motor coach. Essentially the ex-210 driving vehicle had its cab removed and the "good" end of the damaged motor coach put in place. Plus I think some below floor work to accept the 455 motor bogies in place of the 210 trailer bogies then hanging all the electrical equipment. Huge job.
A Class 310 trailer coach (TSO 70756 from 310071) was also rebuilt (1970s I think) to replace an accident damaged Driving Coach (BDTSOL 76178 from 310094) and renunbered 76998. The DTCOL from 310094 (76205) must have been damaged as well because it was converted to a BDTSOL to replace another accident damaged BDTSOL that was written off (76150 from 310066).
66779 was last built. One of the other locos in that last batch had an engine out of a mainland Europe 66 that was written off in an accident. GBRf then acquired the engine.Went into 66778 which was the last ever built of the class im sure i read somewhere.
66779 was last built. One of the other locos in that last batch had an engine out of a mainland Europe 66 that was written off in an accident. GBRf then acquired the engine.
I was just about right 66778 was the last completely built new class 66 66779 had all the power unit and internals from 66734.66779 was last built. One of the other locos in that last batch had an engine out of a mainland Europe 66 that was written off in an accident. GBRf then acquired the engine.
Unless, of course, 66778 was the one with the engine from the scrapped Euro 66.......I was just about right 66778 was the last completely built new class 66 66779 had all the power unit and internals from 66734.
Taking of 321s, what was the 321 that got gutted by fire and was slowly rebuilt in Colchester?
On a few places online 66778 was the last completely built new class 66 , the july issue of railway magazine says the last batch of class 66s were built from spare power units at emd and the power unit from 66734.Unless, of course, 66778 was the one with the engine from the scrapped Euro 66.......
ERS loco 6616 was the one involved and the collision was at Barendrecht.On a few places online 66778 was the last completely built new class 66 , the july issue of railway magazine says the last batch of class 66s were built from spare power units at emd and the power unit from 66734.
It has a pretty comprehensive history of the class throughout there whole worldwide operations but doesnt seem to have anything about a written off european one, mentions that theres a few sidelined in egypt with crash damage and a lack of spares.
Be interesting to find out which loco it was cant seem to find anything about it online or in any magazines i have.
66428 was the loco involved in the collision at Logan.There's also that DRS 66 that was given something of a bash in a possession in Scotland 3 or 4 years ago while (iirc) hired in by Freightliner. I forget the number, but I'm sure someone will know
Drivers were hired into drs from freightliner.There's So that DRS 66 that was given something of a bash in a possession in Scotland 3 or 4 years ago while (iirc) hired in by Freightliner. I forget the number, but I'm sure someone will know
Thanks for the info there never seen that anywhere before looks like 66048 did in the end believe it power unit went into one of the other dbc 66s that had been laid up at toton for a while.ERS loco 6616 was the one involved and the collision was at Barendrecht.
Photo here of the loco stripped of parts: https://www.mainlinediesels.net/index.php?nav=1000155&lang=en&id=8345&action=shownews#.W2v6ZBrTWhB
I knew it had been a big job with the 455 but couldn't recall the details. Lucky that the 210 vehicle was still around I guess.
The existence of the 210s makes me surprised that the 769 project has been so problematic really, but that's something for another topic.
47216 was renumbered 47299 after a clairvoyant predicted its involvement in a fatal accident.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrawby_Junction_rail_crash
Got to remember that the Class 210s were a more traditional DEMU with a power car containing an above floor engine and intermediate trailers and a driving trailer. The two power cars were scrapped after conversion for departmental use never happened. The trailers formed the Networker prototype - firstly as (45)7001 then 316999.The existence of the 210s makes me surprised that the 769 project has been so problematic really, but that's something for another topic.