ChristopherJ
Member
Can anyone explain the ownership and allocation of the class 92 locomotives owned by Eurotunnel?
As far as I understand, the locos are owned outright, not leased from a ROSCO, by Groupe Eurotunnel S.A and then hired to the Europorte subsidiaries of GBRf for domestic UK operations and Europorte Channel for international Channel Tunnel operations. Which means there must be two separate pools of locos - one for each subsidiary, so a GBRf loco can't turn up on a EC working through the Tunnel and an EC loco can't turn up on a GBRf working in the UK... Correct? :? I always thought a loco change occurs and legal operation of the train switches between subsidiaries at Dollands Moor?
However, last month I saw a blue and orange GBRf class 92 at Fréthun Tunnel yard - which means the fleet must be allocated to one universal pool shared between GBRf and EC?
As well as the GBRf 92 inside the yard at Fréthun, there were several triple grey 92s inside the Eurotunnel depot at Coquelles. Are all Eurotunnel 92s allocated to Coquelles or do they still get treatment at Crewe IEMD when this side of the channel?
Never thought I'd see a GBRf loco along side both a Fret SNCF green Prima and both an ECR white and grey 186 TRAXX and a G-something Vossloh diesel-hydraulic thingy. Looked very surreal. As if people have actually began to give a damn about running railfreight through the Channel Tunnel! /sarcasm.
As far as I understand, the locos are owned outright, not leased from a ROSCO, by Groupe Eurotunnel S.A and then hired to the Europorte subsidiaries of GBRf for domestic UK operations and Europorte Channel for international Channel Tunnel operations. Which means there must be two separate pools of locos - one for each subsidiary, so a GBRf loco can't turn up on a EC working through the Tunnel and an EC loco can't turn up on a GBRf working in the UK... Correct? :? I always thought a loco change occurs and legal operation of the train switches between subsidiaries at Dollands Moor?
However, last month I saw a blue and orange GBRf class 92 at Fréthun Tunnel yard - which means the fleet must be allocated to one universal pool shared between GBRf and EC?
As well as the GBRf 92 inside the yard at Fréthun, there were several triple grey 92s inside the Eurotunnel depot at Coquelles. Are all Eurotunnel 92s allocated to Coquelles or do they still get treatment at Crewe IEMD when this side of the channel?
Never thought I'd see a GBRf loco along side both a Fret SNCF green Prima and both an ECR white and grey 186 TRAXX and a G-something Vossloh diesel-hydraulic thingy. Looked very surreal. As if people have actually began to give a damn about running railfreight through the Channel Tunnel! /sarcasm.
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