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  • Staff charter takes GBRf ‘50s’ back to Scotland

    Staff charter takes GBRf ‘50s’ back to Scotland

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    Sam Hewitt

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    July 6 saw Class 50s Nos. 50007 Hercules and 50049 Defiance work a GB Railfreight staff charter from Motherwell to Scarborough via the East Coast Main Line.  The train worked the empty stock north from Burton to Motherwell via Lancaster and Carlisle on July 5, and then ran via Edinburgh and York to the North…

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  • Class 50s unveiled in GB Railfreight livery

    Class 50s unveiled in GB Railfreight livery

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THE close and growing relationship between the Class 50 Alliance and GB Railfreight has been underlined with the repainting of two of the former’s locomotives in GB colours as part of an on-going hire agreement. No. 50007 Hercules and 50049 Defiance were unveiled on March 20 at Eastleigh Works after the repaint by Arlington Fleet Services.…

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