British Rail Class 60 Locomotives by Edward Gleed

Author:Edward Gleed
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Crowood

EWS-liveried 60020 at Par, hauling a china clay slurry working on 31 March 1998. JOHN STRETTON

The sprawl of Birmingham forms the backdrop for 60027 at Camp Hill Bordesley junction, hauling a selection of PBA ‘Polybulk’ and ferry wagons. JOHN WHITEHOUSE

Another photograph depicting a Cliffe Vale working at St Andrews in Birmingham: 60091 hauling a mixture of PBAs, PCA two-axle tanks, ferry wagons and a solitary JIA wagon. JOHN WHITEHOUSE

During the mid-1990s, the Class 37s were displaced from this working in favour of the then new Class 60s. As mentioned above, the assignment of the Class 60s to this service had the added advantage that a pair of 37s was more costly to operate than a single Class 60, both in terms of fuel and maintenance. The 6S55 working was almost as heavy as certain oil traffic, grossing 1,800 tonnes, and while pairs of 37s could haul this working over the northern summits of Shap and Beattock and the gradients in Devon and Cornwall, a single Class 60 would handle it with considerable ease. Sadly this service no longer runs from Burngullow as china clay now emanates from mainland Europe, and the resultant flows have been entrusted to the Class 92 25kV electric locomotives.

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