Class 60
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Class 60s are seen as the heavy hauler of the DB Schenker fleet and are therefore found working the heaviest trains on the network. Typically employed on the RMC stone traffic from Peak Forest, Petroleum traffic on Humberside/Tyneside and South Wales and on steel trains between Wales and the Midlands/Yorkshire. Their versatility means that it is not uncommon for Class 60s to appear on trains booked for Class 66 haulage, and vice versa.
Class 60s used to come to Scotland quite regularly working the Dalzell steel train which a Class 66 would struggle on sometimes.
6S58 0128 Lackenby to Dalzell
6E30 1333 Dalzell to Lackenby
6E28 1220 Dalzell to Lackenby (SO)
During the latter half of 2007, Class 60s have been found in Scotland more frequently. A number were used on the Bathgate double tracking work, G&SW engineering works and the Highland Mainline engineering works. They also found themselves on more regular workings, including the Edinburgh bins and tanks to and from Grangemouth.
On Tuesday 20th November, 60100 even made it as far as Huntly (between Aberdeen and Inverness) with a ballast train. The first visit of a 60 on this line and the first to Aberdeen in over a year.
Just over a month later on Friday 28th December another cl 60 visitor to Aberdeen was 60048 'Eastern' which arrived in charge of the recently introduced 6A31 05.10 Mossend to Aberdeen Waterloo 'slurry tanks'. Unfortunatly with only one Aberdeen DB Schenker driver passed on 60s, SNOW stand-by loco 37422 had to take over and do the honours onwards to Waterloo.
As of 2013, the class 60s have not reached scotland since 2010 (i think), so its unlikely they will return to scotland for quite sometime although the active fleet has reach to at least 20 operational class 60s in england, most of them wearing DB colours.
In 2014, Colas rail bought 10 class 60s from DB, all of with are in traffic.
In 2016, class 60s returned to scotland for cement work out of oxwellimains after colas took over the service from freightliner
In 2018, GBRF bought Colas rail's fleet of 10 class 60s meaning class 60s no longer operated in Scotland. Colas replaced the 60s with class 70/8s.
WCAI - Industrial, Class 60 (990 gal. fuel tanks), Allocated to Toton TMD (TO)
WCAK - Construction, Class 60 (990 gal. tanks), Allocated to Toton TMD (TO)
WCAM - Energy, Class 60 (990 gal. fuel tanks), Allocated to Toton TMD (TO)
WCAN - Network, Class 60 (990 gal. fuel tanks), Allocated to Toton TMD (TO)
WCBI - Industrial, Class 60 (1150 gal. tanks), Allocated to Toton TMD (TO)
WCBK - Construction, Class 60 (1150 gal. tanks), Allocated to Toton TMD (TO)
WCBM - Energy, Class 60 (1150 gal. fuel tanks), Based Toton TMD (TO)
WCBN - Network, Class 60 (1150 gal. fuel tanks), Allocated to Toton TMD (TO)
WNTS - Stored Locos, Tactical Stored Serviceable, Allocated DB Schenker Diesel Headquarters (TO)
WNTR - Stored Locos - Tactical Reserve, Not ready for immediate reactivation, Allocated DB Schenker Diesel Headquarters (TO)
WFMU - Fleet Management Unit, Non-sector Allocated Locos, Allocated to Toton TMD (TO)
The Class 60s are the only DB Schenker locomotive class that have escaped full DB Schenker branding. In recent years however some of the old liveried ones have had DB Schenker bodyside stickers put on to show the company name. The table below shows some the Class 60s with liveries other than DB Schenker (included are the stored ones as they might make a reappearance). Those that are operational are in bold.
60024 stands in the yard at Glasgow Works on the 4th December 2005. Photo by class47man
Class 60s used to come to Scotland quite regularly working the Dalzell steel train which a Class 66 would struggle on sometimes.
6S58 0128 Lackenby to Dalzell
6E30 1333 Dalzell to Lackenby
6E28 1220 Dalzell to Lackenby (SO)
During the latter half of 2007, Class 60s have been found in Scotland more frequently. A number were used on the Bathgate double tracking work, G&SW engineering works and the Highland Mainline engineering works. They also found themselves on more regular workings, including the Edinburgh bins and tanks to and from Grangemouth.
On Tuesday 20th November, 60100 even made it as far as Huntly (between Aberdeen and Inverness) with a ballast train. The first visit of a 60 on this line and the first to Aberdeen in over a year.
Just over a month later on Friday 28th December another cl 60 visitor to Aberdeen was 60048 'Eastern' which arrived in charge of the recently introduced 6A31 05.10 Mossend to Aberdeen Waterloo 'slurry tanks'. Unfortunatly with only one Aberdeen DB Schenker driver passed on 60s, SNOW stand-by loco 37422 had to take over and do the honours onwards to Waterloo.
As of 2013, the class 60s have not reached scotland since 2010 (i think), so its unlikely they will return to scotland for quite sometime although the active fleet has reach to at least 20 operational class 60s in england, most of them wearing DB colours.
In 2014, Colas rail bought 10 class 60s from DB, all of with are in traffic.
In 2016, class 60s returned to scotland for cement work out of oxwellimains after colas took over the service from freightliner
In 2018, GBRF bought Colas rail's fleet of 10 class 60s meaning class 60s no longer operated in Scotland. Colas replaced the 60s with class 70/8s.
60048 awaits its return load in Aberdeen's pl 2. Photo by Jim Ramsay
Pools
The Class 60s are split between several pools as shown in the table below, here is a list of the poolsWCAI - Industrial, Class 60 (990 gal. fuel tanks), Allocated to Toton TMD (TO)
WCAK - Construction, Class 60 (990 gal. tanks), Allocated to Toton TMD (TO)
WCAM - Energy, Class 60 (990 gal. fuel tanks), Allocated to Toton TMD (TO)
WCAN - Network, Class 60 (990 gal. fuel tanks), Allocated to Toton TMD (TO)
WCBI - Industrial, Class 60 (1150 gal. tanks), Allocated to Toton TMD (TO)
WCBK - Construction, Class 60 (1150 gal. tanks), Allocated to Toton TMD (TO)
WCBM - Energy, Class 60 (1150 gal. fuel tanks), Based Toton TMD (TO)
WCBN - Network, Class 60 (1150 gal. fuel tanks), Allocated to Toton TMD (TO)
WNTS - Stored Locos, Tactical Stored Serviceable, Allocated DB Schenker Diesel Headquarters (TO)
WNTR - Stored Locos - Tactical Reserve, Not ready for immediate reactivation, Allocated DB Schenker Diesel Headquarters (TO)
WFMU - Fleet Management Unit, Non-sector Allocated Locos, Allocated to Toton TMD (TO)
Liveries
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| EW: DB Schenker Red and Gold livery | FP: Trainload Petroleum livery | |||
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XX: Teenage Cancer Trust Blue on 60074 | ML: Mainline Blue with DB Schenker bodyside sticker | |||
The Class 60s are the only DB Schenker locomotive class that have escaped full DB Schenker branding. In recent years however some of the old liveried ones have had DB Schenker bodyside stickers put on to show the company name. The table below shows some the Class 60s with liveries other than DB Schenker (included are the stored ones as they might make a reappearance). Those that are operational are in bold.
Last update: 16th January 2011 (table to be updated at some point) | ||||
| Number | Livery | Pool | Name | Status |
| 60001 | EWS Red and Gold | WNXX | The Railway Observer | For Sale/Disposal at Toton Compound |
| 60002 | EWS Red and Gold | WNTS | High Peak | Tactical Stored at Crewe DMD |
| 60003 | EWS Red and Gold | WNTR | Freight Transport Association | Tactical Reserve at Toton |
| 60004 | EWS Red and Gold | WNTS | Tactical Stored at Toton Yard | |
| 60005 | EWS Red and Gold | WNTS | BP Gas Avonmouth | Tactical Stored at Toton Yard |
| 60006 | Corus Silver | WNXX | Scunthorpe Ironmaster | Scrapped January 2020 at Toton TMD |
| 60007 | DBS Livery | WNTS | Tactical Stored at Toton (Currently being overhauled) | |
| 60008 | EWS Red and Gold | WNXX | Sir William McAlpine | For Sale/Disposal at Toton |
| 60009 | EWS Red and Gold | WNTS | Tactical Stored at Toton | |
| 60010 | EWS Red and Gold | WCBI | Operational | |
| 60011 | DBS Livery | WCAI | Operational | |
| 60012 | EWS Red and Gold | WNTS | Tactical Stored at Toton | |
| 60013 | Two Tone Grey with DB Schenker bodyside sticker | WNTR | Robert Boyle | Tactical Reserve at Toton |
| 60014 | Two Tone Grey with DB Schenker bodyside sticker | WNXX | Alexander Fleming | For Sale/Disposal at Toton Yard |
| 60015 | Two Tone Grey with DB Schenker bodyside sticker | WCBK | Bow Fell | Operational |
| 60017 | EWS Red and Gold | WNTS | Shotton Works Centenary Year 1996 | Tactical Stored at Toton |
| 60018 | EWS Red and Gold | WNTS | Tactical Stored at Tton Yard | |
| 60019 | EWS Red and Gold | WNTR | Pathfinder Tours 30 years of railtouring | Tactical Reserve at Toton |
| 60020 | EWS Red and Gold | WNTS | Tactical Stored at Toton | |
| 60021 | EWS Red and Gold | WNTS | Star of the East | Tactical Stored at Toton |
| 60022 | EWS Red and Gold | WNTS | Tactical Stored at Toton | |
| 60023 | EWS Red and Gold | WNXX | For Sale at Toton Yard | |
| 60024 | EWS Red and Gold | WNTR | Tactical Reserve at Toton | |
| 60025 | EWS Red and Gold | WNTS | Caledonian Paper | Tactical Stored at Toton Yard |
| 60026 | EWS Red and Gold | WNTS | Tactical Stored at Toton | |
| 60027 | EWS Red and Gold | WNTS | Tactical Stored at Toton Yard | |
| 60028 | Two Tone Grey with DB Schenker bodyside sticker | WNTS | John Flamsteed | Tactical Stored at Crewe DMD |
| 60029 | EWS Red and Gold | WNTS | Clitheroe Castle | Tactical Stored at Crewe DMD |
| 60030 | EWS Red and Gold | WNTS | Tactical Stored at Toton | |
| 60031 | EWS Red and Gold | WNTS | ABPConnect | Tactical Stored at Toton Yard |
| 60032 | Two Tone Grey with Transrail branding | WNxx | William Booth | For Sale/Disposal at Toton |
| 60033 | Corus Silver | WNTS | Tees Steel Express | Tactical Stored at Toton |
| 60034 | Two Tone Grey with DB Schenker bodyside sticker | WNTS | Carnedd Llewelyn | Tactical Stored at Toton |
| 60035 | EWS Red and Gold | WNTS | Tactical Stored at Toton | |
| 60036 | EWS red and Gold | WNTS | GEFCO | Tactical Stored at Toton Compound |
| 60037 | EWS Red and Gold | WNTS | Aberddawan Abertham | Tactical Stored at Toton Yard |
| 60038 | EWS Red and Gold | WNXX | AvestaPolarit | For Sale/Disposal at Crewe DMD |
| 60039 | EWS Red and Gold | WCAI | Operational | |
| 60040 | DB SCHENKER red plus Union Flag and Army branding | WNTR | The Territorial Army Centenary | Tactical Reserve at Toton |
| 60041 | EWS Red and Gold | WNTS | Tactical Stored at Toton | |
| 60042 | EWS Red and Gold | WNXX | The Hundred of Hoo | For Sale/Disposal at Toton Yard |
| 60043 | EWS Red and Gold | WNTS | Tactical Stored at Crewe DMD | |
| 60044 | Mainline Blue with DB Schenker bodyside sticker | WNTS | Tactical Stored at Toton Yard | |
| 60045 | EWS Red and Gold | WNTR | The Permanent Way Institution | Tactical Reserve at Toton |
| 60046 | Two Tone Grey with DB Schenker bodyside sticker | WNTS | William Wilberforce | Tactical Stored at Crewe DMD |
| 60047 | EWS Red and Gold | WNTS | Tactical Stored at Crewe DMD | |
| 60048 | EWS Red and Gold | WNTS | Eastern | Tactical Stored at Toton |
| 60049 | EWS Red and Gold | WNTR | Tactical Reserve at Toton | |
| 60050 | EWS Red and Gold | WNXX | For Sale/Disposal at Toton Yard | |
| 60051 | EWS Red and Gold | WNTR | Tactical Reserve at Toton | |
| 60052 | EWS Red and Gold | WNTS | Glofa Twr, The last deep mine in Wales, Tower colliery | Tactical Stored at Toton |
| 60053 | EWS Red and Gold | WNTS | Nordic Terminal | Tactical Stored at Toton Yard |
| 60054 | Trainload Petroleum | WNTR | Charles Babbage | Tactical Reserve at at Toton |
| 60055 | Two Tone Grey with DB Schenker bodyside sticker | WNXX | Thomas Barnado | For Sale/Disposal at Crewe DMD |
| 60056 | Two Tone Grey with DB Schenker bodyside sticker | WNTS | William Beveridge | Tactical Stored at Crewe DMD |
| 60057 | Two Tone Grey with DB Schenker bodyside sticker | WNTS | Adam Smith | Tactical Stored at Toton Compound |
| 60058 | EWS Red and Gold | WNXX | For Sale/Disposal at Toton | |
| 60059 | Loadhaul | WNTS | Swinden Dalesmen | Tactical Stored at Crewe IEMD |
| 60060 | Two Tone Grey with DB Schenker bodyside sticker | WNTS | James Watt | Tactical Stored at Toton Yard |
| 60061 | Two Tone Grey with Transrail branding | WNTS | Alexander Graham Bell | Tactical Stored at Toton |
| 60062 | EWS Red and Gold | WNTS | Tactical Stored at Toton | |
| 60063 | Two Tone Grey with DB Schenker bodyside sticker | WNTR | James Murray | Tactical Reserve at Toton |
| 60064 | Two Tone Grey with DB Schenker bodyside sticker | WNTS | Black Tor | Tactical Stored at Toton |
| 60065 | EWS Red and Gold | WNTS | The Spirit of Jaguar | Tactical Stored at Toton |
| 60066 | Two Tone Grey with DB Schenker bodyside sticker | WNTR | Tactical Reserve at Toton | |
| 60067 | Two Tone Grey with DB Schenker bodyside sticker | WNTS | James Clerk Maxwell | Tactical Stored at Toton Yard |
| 60068 | Two Tone Grey with DB Schenker bodyside sticker | WNXX | Charles Darwin | For Sale/Disposal at Toton |
| 60069 | EWS Red and Gold | WNTS | Slioch | Tactical Stored at Toton Compound |
| 60070 | Loadhaul | WNXX | John Loudon McAdam | For Sale/Disposal at Toton |
| 60071 | EWS Red and Gold | WCBI | Ribblehead Viaduct | Operational |
| 60072 | Two Tone Grey with DB Schenker bodyside sticker | WNTS | Cairn Toul | Tactical Stored at Toton Compound |
| 60073 | Two Tone Grey with DB Schenker bodyside sticker | WNTR | Tactical Reserve at Toton | |
| 60074 | DB SCHENKER plus Children's Cancer Trust Blue livery and Logo | WCAK | Teenage Spirit | Operational |
| 60075 | EWS Red and Gold | WNXX | For Sale/Disposal at Toton | |
| 60076 | Two Tone Grey with DB Schenker bodyside sticker | WNTS | Tactical Stored at Crewe DMD | |
| 60077 | Two Tone Grey with Mainline branding | WNTS | Tactical Stored at Toton | |
| 60078 | Mainline Blue with DB Schenker bodyside sticker | WNXX | For Sale/Disposal at Toton Yard | |
| 60079 | Two Tone Grey with DB Schenker bodyside sticker | WNTS | Foinaven | Tactical Stored at Crewe DMD |
| 60080 | EWS Red and Gold | WNXX | For Sale/Disposal at Toton | |
| 60081 | Great Western Green | WNXX | Isambard Kingdom Brunel | For Sale/Disposal at Toton Yard |
| 60082 | Two Tone Grey with DB Schenker bodyside sticker | WNTS | Mam Tor | Tactical Stored at Crewe DMD |
| 60083 | EWS Red and Gold | WNTR | Mountsorrel | Tactical Reserve at Toton Yard |
| 60084 | Two Tone Grey with DB Schenker bodyside sticker | WNTS | Cross Fell | Still Operational |
| 60085 | EWS Red and Gold | WNTS | Mini - Pride of Oxford | Tactical Stored at Toton |
| 60086 | Two Tone Grey with DB Schenker bodyside sticker | WNTS | Schiehallion | Tactical Stored at Toton Yard |
| 60087 | EWS Red and Gold | WNTS | Barry Needham | Tactical Stored at Toton Yard |
| 60088 | Two Tone Grey with DB Schenker bodyside sticker | WNTR | Buachaille Eitve Mor | Tactical Stored at Toton Yard |
| 60089 | EWS Red and Gold | WNXX | The Railway Horse | For Sale/Disposal at Toton Yard |
| 60090 | Two Tone Grey with DB Schenker bodyside sticker | WNTS | Quinag | Tactical Stored at Toton Compound |
| 60091 | Two Tone Grey with DB Schenker bodyside sticker | WNTR | An Teallach | Tactical Reserve at Toton |
| 60092 | Two Tone Grey with DB Schenker bodyside sticker | WNTS | Reginald Munns | Tactical Stored at Crewe DMD |
| 60093 | EWS Red and Gold | WNTS | Tactical Stored at Toton Yard | |
| 60094 | EWS Red and Gold | WNTS | Rugby Flyer | Tactical Stored at Toton Compound |
| 60095 | Two Tone Grey with DB Schenker bodyside sticker | WNTS | Tactical Stored at Crewe DMD | |
| 60096 | EWS Red and Gold | WNTR | Tactical Reserve at Toton | |
| 60097 | EWS Red and Gold | WNTS | Port of Grimsby & Immingham | Tactical Stored at Toton Yard |
| 60098 | EWS Red and Gold | WNXX | Pride of Acton | For Sale/Disposal at Toton Compound |
| 60099 | TATA Silver | WCAI | Ben More Assynt | Operational |
| 60100 | EWS Red and Gold | WNTS | Pride of Acton | Tactical Stored at Toton Yard |
| 60500 | EWS Red and Gold | WNTS | RAIL Magazine | Tactical Stored at Toton |