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Serviceable Engines

Locomotive Services Ltd

DB CARGO

FREIGHTLINER

Fleet Profile

Locomotive Services Ltd is a small charter operator with some heritage traction including 90001 & 90002

Fleet Profile

Freightliner has a  fleet 23 class 90s which are leased from Portorbrook. This includes 90003-90016 & 90041-90049.

Fleet Profile

DB has an active fleet of 14 loco’s, which are 90018-90021, 90024, 90026, 90028, 90029, 90034-90037, 90039 & 90040.

90001 is out of service at Crewe IEMD for major repairs.

Currently Availability

Out of Traffic

At the time of writing, 90001 and 90002 were available for traffic based out of Crewe and are being used on a ad-hoc basis.

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At the time of writing 90048 is out of traffic at Wolverton Works and 90015 is still stopped at Basford Hall pending repairs too (nothing else to report).

Currently Availability

Out of Traffic

At the time of writing, there were a number of class 90s out of traffic for either routine maintenance. See daily gen reports for more details.

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Traction availability with DB Cargo changes regularly, but they need to have a minimum amount in traffic to cover intermodal traffic and other ad-hoc duties.

Currently Availability

Out of Traffic

At time of writing 90039 continues to be stopped at Crewe IEMD. Also, 90018, 90021, 90024, 90029 & 90034 were all out of traffic too. Nothing else to report.

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Stored Engines

Updated 9/5/21

There are several class 90s in store and these can all be found at Crewe - If you require further details including reasons and associated store date, then click here.

The total number of loco’s in long-term tore equates to 11 of which 10 of these are owned outright by DBC (the remaining engine i.e. 90050 is now owned by Freightliner). The earliest sample to have been stored was 90025 back on the 20th January 2004 and has been categorised as being a shopping decision (whatever that means!) - it is unclear if she will ever return to traffic. The loco’s in long-term store have been summarised below:

90017, 90022, 90023, 90025, 90027, 90030, 90031, 90032, 90033, 90038, & 90050.

It is unclear if any of the above will ever return to traffic -  It has been suggested that most of those stored at Crewe are in reasonably good condition despite being left out in the open for many years. Finally, In November 2014, 90050 was purchased by Freightliner and she is currently being used as a donor for other active fleet members in Basford Hall yard.

There was nothing else to report at the time of writing other than to say a handful of DB Cargo 90s continue to be stopped at Crewe IEMD. This includes 90018, 90021, and 90040 to name but a few.

What is the current situation?

There are 50 class 90s and I am pleased to report that their were 39 operational engines each split between Freightliner, DB Cargo and Locomotive Services Ltd (see below for more information).  There are 11 class 90s in long-term store of which 10 of these are owned by DB Cargo and can be found at Crewe IEMD. The other loco (90050) was brought by Freightliner in December 2014 and is currently at Basford Hall Yard where she is donating parts.

Which 90s are out of traffic?

• 90001 has been stopped at Crewe IEMD for a while now pending choke repairs and other maintenance;
• 90015 remains out of traffic at Basford Hall where she has been for several months - expected ok mid May;
• 90048 transferred under her own power from Crewe Basford Hall to Wolverton Works on the 29/4/21 for painting;
• Several DB90s were out of traffic at Crewe EMD at the time of writing for tactical & contractual reasons;

Do you need to get in touch?

Further information regarding exactly which class 90s are stored and serviceable in addition to why certain fleet members have been in long-term store at Crewe IEMD can be found below. If you have any questions, get in touch.

Current Fleet Status

Updated 9/5/21

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Updated 9/5/21