Future of the Class 89

[sprinterguy]

Badger on the mainline...

 

[Spartacus]

Service now reclassified as 0Z39 (your link still works)

A little clash with a 6Z38 which ran as 0Z38 also.

 

[D365]

If they get the 89 running I might have to abandon my principles and book on an LSL tour! That aside to see this machine resurrected is really incredible. I assume the skills required are pretty niche.

Indeed - ACLG and UKRL Loughborough still have a fair amount of expertise between them.

 

[pokemonsuper9]

Is this the Class 89 parked out the front of LSL? Taken from a Pendolino going on the down fast through Crewe.

 

[12LDA28C]

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Is this the Class 89 parked out the front of LSL? Taken from a Pendolino going on the down fast through Crewe.

It's pretty hard to tell where that picture was taken but it's certainly the 89 and seems to be one of LSL's 90s behind it.

 

[pokemonsuper9]

It's pretty hard to tell where that picture was taken but it's certainly the 89 and seems to be one of LSL's 90s behind it.

I took it from a Pendolino going through Crewe fast earlier today.
Only identifying the 89 was the question, thanks for the help.

 

[james_the_xv]

Fantastic to hear! Hopefully we'll see it out on a test run soon. Perhaps a test run up the WCML, maybe to Carlisle?

Would imagine they'll keep it local to begin with, probably lots of runs to Stafford/Nuneaton before they send it further afield.

 

[43096]

Would imagine they'll keep it local to begin with, probably lots of runs to Stafford/Nuneaton before they send it further afield.

Nah, quick light engine move to Stafford and back, then put it on a tour over Shap. As was done similarly with 50050.

 

[12LDA28C]

Would imagine they'll keep it local to begin with, probably lots of runs to Stafford/Nuneaton before they send it further afield.

There's a lot of work still to be done before it gets sent out on the main line on test.

 

[The_Train]

There's a lot of work still to be done before it gets sent out on the main line on test.

From what I gather off mutterings on the recent tour (I was sat with someone who seemed to know the LSL team), it'll be well into next year before the 89 comes out on the mainline. Safe to say that when that first tour is announced, it's going to sell quickly