Class 56
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Class 56 locomotives were comonplace on freight trains in Scotland in the 1990s
The class were primarily deployed on Merry-go-round coal trains to Longannet, Cockenzie and other power stations in Yorkshire.
The 56s were also used on Enterprise trains to Aberdeen, and occasionally Inverness.
Thread:Aberdeen Class 56 workings.
The last Class 56 to Aberdeen was 56018, it worked north on Sat 12th April 2003 with loaded lime wagons, stabled in Aberdeen over the weekend and worked south with the lime wagons on on Monday April 14th.
The use of the class in Scotland declined from the end of 1999 as EWS class 66 locomotives became more wide spread.
EWS withdrew its last class 56 locos in March 2004.
Fastline acquired three class 56s and one of these, 56302, visited Shettleston on 29th August 2006.
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56123 in coal sector livery stables at Ayr in 1994. Photo: Donald Stirling
The class were primarily deployed on Merry-go-round coal trains to Longannet, Cockenzie and other power stations in Yorkshire.
The 56s were also used on Enterprise trains to Aberdeen, and occasionally Inverness.
Thread:Aberdeen Class 56 workings.
The last Class 56 to Aberdeen was 56018, it worked north on Sat 12th April 2003 with loaded lime wagons, stabled in Aberdeen over the weekend and worked south with the lime wagons on on Monday April 14th.
The use of the class in Scotland declined from the end of 1999 as EWS class 66 locomotives became more wide spread.
EWS withdrew its last class 56 locos in March 2004.
56037 and another EWS 56 roar north through Larbert with the morning Millerhill - Aberdeen. Photo: Locoman419
Fastline acquired three class 56s and one of these, 56302, visited Shettleston on 29th August 2006.
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