The small fleet of five DB Cargo Class 92s was reduced by one in early February, when 92011 Handel was withdrawn from traffic and stored.
The small fleet of five DB Cargo Class 92s was reduced by one in early February, when 92011 Handel was withdrawn from traffic and stored.
It leaves just 92015/029/041/ 042 in active use with the freight operator. They are used almost exclusively on the few remaining DBC freight trains that use the Channel Tunnel and High Speed 1.
GB Railfreight still has 12 Class 92 in traffic, but of the 46 locomotives built by Brush in 1993-96, just over a third of the fleet is active in the UK.
Thirteen were exported to Bulgaria and Romania and the other 15 are stored in the UK with bleak futures.
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Sufian - 14/03/2025 11:14
011 is getting painted into DB red at Toton, should be coming back after that, one to be concerned about is 041 which has sat at dollands moor in the same place for a long while now with its 'EWS Beasties' removed.