The only Class 90 that can so far be regarded as preserved, last-built 90050, has been repainted in a clever ‘dual’ livery.
On one side it sports the original Railfreight Distribution livery it carried when constructed as 90050 in May 1990.
The only Class 90 that can so far be regarded as preserved, last-built 90050, has been repainted in a clever ‘dual’ livery.
On one side it sports the original Railfreight Distribution livery it carried when constructed as 90050 in May 1990.
On the other side it carries its second (and final) livery - the original 1995 Freightliner grey from March 1996, along with its second number 90150, which it carried from July 1991 to August 2002.
The locomotive was written off after it caught fire at Coventry on September 30 2004.
It was reported that the fire was the result of inadequate procedures during maintenance by EWS.
To solve a ‘warranty claim’, EWS agreed to ‘swap’ 90050 for one of its fleet, with 90016 selected from its stored fleet, repaired, reinstated and passed to Porterbrook ownership from December 2004 for Freightliner Intermodal use, with 90050 transferring to EWS ownership.
It was put up for sale in December 2011, along with 11 other Class 90s, but none were ever sold. Its ownership returned to Freightliner in 2015, and the locomotive is effectively on loan at the Crewe Heritage Centre.
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