The Many Colours of 66048

[fgwrich]

More than likely to head for scrap, and now painted black out of it's former Stobart livery, 66048 now appears to have gained some kind of 'Firework' colour scheme - quite probably it's last before scrap.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/37260/21441880225/in/dateposted-public/

 

[90sWereBetter]

Why was this deemed uneconomic to repair, as I don't recall the derailment being that severe? Maybe a case of DB having enough spare 66s already?

 

[Ash Bridge]

Why was this deemed uneconomic to repair, as I don't recall the derailment being that severe? Maybe a case of DB having enough spare 66s already?

Who knows though, there could be serious structural damage that's not visible to the eye?

 

[GB]

The derailment was pretty harsh, the loco and several wagons came off at 55+mph if I remember correctly.

So yes, probably structural problems.

 

[christopher]

You can see it's pretty battered, Safe to say it's structural

 

[SeanG]

What happened to this 66?

 

[Boothby97]

What happened to this 66?

http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=29352

 

[Ben.A.98]

I got an email a few weeks ago from DB stating it was up for sale.

DB SCHENKER RAIL, LOCOMOTIVE FOR DISPOSAL

DBSR has the following locomotive available for sale:


Vehicle
Location


1
66048
Toton


This locomotive is at Toton and will be sold as seen and as and where lying.

The successful bidder will be required to remove the Locomotive at their own expense.


Sorry for bad formatting, on iPhone.

 

[Jonny]

It appears to be missing its undercarriage. Has it been stripped for spares?

 

[asylumxl]

After seeing the photo, I feel like this thread should be titled "DB Schenker and the technicolour freight loco".

 

[gimmea50anyday]

It appears to be missing its undercarriage. Has it been stripped for spares?

It is pretty much just a shell. All salveageable components having been stripped off.

66's are pretty solid machines, as demonstrated when 521 tragically destroyed the DVT of the GNER 225 it collided with. For a 66 to be written off, there will be underlying frame damage that cannot be repaired, no matter how good a panel beater employed. The damage done to 70 012 is evidence of how an otherwise seemingly undamaged loco can be uneconomical to repair.

 

[sprinterguy]

66's are pretty solid machines, as demonstrated when 526 tragically destroyed the DVT of the GNER 225 it collided with.

Minor point, but it was 66521.

 

[gimmea50anyday]

Corrected. Getting confused with networker 526...

 

[pdeaves]

I got an email a few weeks ago from DB stating it was up for sale.

Interesting. I thought the 66s were leased, so it wouldn't be DB's to sell.

Maybe they were leased and were later purchased outright?

 

[Daz9284]

Interesting. I thought the 66s were leased, so it wouldn't be DB's to sell.

Maybe they were leased and were later purchased outright?

In June 2008 they were all purchased from angel Trains by DB Schenker

 

[GM228]

Why was this deemed uneconomic to repair, as I don't recall the derailment being that severe? Maybe a case of DB having enough spare 66s already?

I believe the body and frame has a major twist.

 

[380101]

I was the first police officer on the scene at this incident. I can remember it like yesterday. All we got on the radio from control was that a train had crashed at Carrbridge...no further details avaliable!

The snow was above my knees on the track in place. Sheer luck that nobody was killed in the station area as there was wagons and containers straddling the 2 platforms. Driver and 2nd man were very lucky to escape serious injury. A tree ultimately stopped the locomotive going any further down the banking and into a private dwelling.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Given that people used to buy redundant goods vans ( mainly fish vans and things up to GUVs in size ) for use as sheds, I wonder if anyone might be tempted to buy this bodyshell for the same purpose.

Then it really would be a shed in their garden....



*looks for coat*