DRS renting DB Class 66's

[Spirit555]

It has been quoted on WNXX that DRS are renting 5 x Class 66, 031, 091, 108, 122, 126 and possibly another 5. No length of hire mentioned.

Thanks to WNXX for that

What effect that will have on other DRS traction remains to be seen

Hope this is of interest

Mark

 

[43096]

It has been quoted on WNXX that DRS are renting 5 x Class 66, 031, 091, 108, 122, 126 and possibly another 5. No length of hire mentioned.

Thanks to WNXX for that

What effect that will have on other DRS traction remains to be seen

Hope this is of interest

Mark

“Long term hire” is the phrase used, which suggests it is more of a lease than a hire.

 

[Spirit555]

It's been updated since I first saw it. Thanks for the update

 

[ExRes]

It has been quoted on WNXX that DRS are renting 5 x Class 66, 031, 091, 108, 122, 126 and possibly another 5. No length of hire mentioned.

Thanks to WNXX for that

What effect that will have on other DRS traction remains to be seen

Hope this is of interest

Mark

I suppose a fairly good guess would be the pensioning off of part of the Class 37 fleet, they have 37/0s, 37/2s, 37/6s and a 37/7 which the 66s could easily and sensibly replace, the 37/4s may be a good bet to keep for the time being though as they are ETS fitted, I expect there's a few preserved railways getting a little excited at this news if DRS are to release 37s

 

[ExRes]

The 5 locos have been transferred into a DRS pool and were moved from Toton to Crewe this afternoon, it will be interesting to see when they go into service and what news, if any, comes out about futures of the 'heritage' fleet

 

[Murray J]

66091 has been put in DRS livery.

66091

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[Richard Scott]

Interesting - quite a long term hire then? Considering they offloaded a number a while back as wanted to concentrate on 'low emission locos' now got some higher emission ones back.

 

[Murray J]

Yeah I'd imagine so. Probably a similar length in hiring to the 57s ROG have from DRS, one is unbranded now and another is in livery. From what I've seen on railcam, the leased 66s operate mostly intermodals, so I'd guess they're for increased intermodal traffic or something along those lines.

 

[Richard Scott]

Yeah I'd imagine so. Probably a similar length in hiring to the 57s ROG have from DRS, one is unbranded now and another is in livery. From what I've seen on railcam, the leased 66s operate mostly intermodals, so I'd guess they're for increased intermodal traffic or something along those lines.

Often see one on the Tesco train to Wentloog although has been a 66/4 for a while, 108 and then 031 certainly were on it for quite some time.