 Following the recent incidents involving 70018, 70007 and Hampshire Fire & Rescue, Freightliner have decided to take all Class 70s out of traffic until further notice. It is not known how long the locomotives will be out of use for, or Freightliner's future plans for the troubled fleet.
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Posted by Rich Mackin at 21:17, 02 May 2012
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On this day:
1997 - Frames of 66001 and 66002 laid down by General Motors at London, Ontario, Canada
In the forums:
TramTrain trial moved to Rotherham Freight Line (by Class 170 at 19:03)
BBC adrift from reality (by penmill at 14:39)
Class 70s stopped (by Rich Mackin at 20:06)
Past times by the East Coast Main Line (by 3141 at 15:18)
70018 (by Rich Mackin at 23:52)
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| 27 March 2012: | Shildon, 20-11-11, Bishop Auckland, 20-11-11, Stanhope, 20-11-11, Darlington, 22-12-11, Darlington, 22-01-12, Darlington, 05-02-12, Darlington, 17-02-12, Darlington, 25-02-12, Darlington, 29-02-12, Newcastle, 29-02-12, Darlington, 10-03-12, Shildon, 11-03-12, Darlington, 17-03-12, Darlington, 23-03-12 and York, 23-03-12 galleries created.
Class 02, 03, 08, 37, 40, 43, 47, 52, 66, 71, 90, 91, 141, 142, 144, 150, 156, 158, 180, 185, 220, 221, Unclassified, Steam, Industrial Shunters, NS Locomotives, Coaching Stock, OTP and Wagons galleries updated. |
| 05 February 2012: | National Express East Anglia forum renamed to Greater Anglia.
Class 156 added to Fleet Lists. |
| 08 January 2012: | New image viewer (v3.0) introduced.
Thumbnail quality enhanced.
Major gallery update. |
| 02 January 2012: | Nostalgia forum created. |
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