The Class 60 is a heavy freight loco built by Brush between 1989 and 1993. They are also known as Tugs. 100 of the class were built and were allocated to the different freight sectors of British Rail. On Privatisation, they were transferred to EWS, where they continued to operate on many services across the country. The Class 60's are similar in appearance to the class 92's as both were built by the same company. The Class 60 which has a top speed of 60mph are generally used to haul the heaviest of the Coal, Petrol and Steel trains. A number of the fleet were stored as surplus in 2003 / 04 as the class 66's became more popular. The numbers continued to decrease until 2009 / 10 when only a handul were in use and as many as 20 were put up for sale. In the last 2 years a number of class 60's have been overhauled and reliability has improved.
Liveries
During BR days, the class 60 appeared in 2 tone grey livery again similar to the class 92 with a large sticker containing the sector it operated on. A number of these Locos still carry this livery with an EWS sticker over the BR one. A handful were painted into Loadhaul Orange and Black livery and a number were repainted into EWS Red and Gold livery, whilst 60074 was repainted into powder blue with branding for the Teenage Cancer Trust. 60040 was repainted into a Maroon Colour with branding for the Territorial Army. Since 2010, a number of 60's has been repainted into DB Schenker Red whilst 60099 was painted into a silver livery for TaTa steel.
Workings
The class 60 has became a rare beast in Scotland. It used to be a regular on the Dalziel - Lackenby Steel workings till 2008 and saw use on a number of engineering workings. The latest visit to Scotland, hauling 92037 and train in August 2012 was the first time in 2012 that a Tug had made it up here, some occasional workings have occured since 2009 but these have been rare. Until recently it was unusual to see a Class 60 further north than Warrington, however over the last few weeks a pair of 60's have been based at Carlisle to work the HOBC engineering train that is being used to relay track in North East England.
Sightings
In the last 3 years I have seen only 3 class 60's, my first was at Carlisle in July 2009 when I saw 60087, my 2nd was 60079 at Carlisle Yard in August 2012 and my 3rd was 60054 at Holytown in August 2012. 97 down, 3 to go!
Fleet List
Number Status Livery Location
60001 Stored EWS Red Toton
60002 Stored EW&S Red Crewe
60003 Stored EWS Red Toton
60004 Stored EW&S Red Toton
60005 Stored EWS Red Toton
60006 Stored Corus Silver Toton
60007 In Use DB Schenker Red Toton
60008 Stored EWS Red Toton
60009 Stored EWS Red Toton
60010 Stored EW&S Red Toton
60011 Stored DB Schenker Red Toton
60012 Stored EW&S Red Toton
60013 Stored EWS Grey Toton
60014 Stored EWS Grey Toton
60015 In Use DB Schenker Red Toton
60017 Stored EW&S Red Toton
60018 Stored EWS Red Toton
60019 Stored EW&S Red Toton
60020 Stored EW&S Red Toton
60021 Stored EWS Red Toton
60022 Stored EWS Red Toton
60023 Stored EWS Red Toton
60024 In Use EW&S Red Toton
60025 Stored EWS Red Toton
60026 Stored EW&S Red Toton
60027 Stored EW&S Red Toton
60028 Stored EWS Grey Crewe
60029 Stored EWS Red Crewe
60030 Stored EWS Red Toton
60031 Stored EWS Red Toton
60032 Stored Transrail Grey Toton
60033 Stored Corus Silver Toton
60034 Stored EWS Grey Toton
60035 Stored EWS Red Toton
60036 Stored EWS Red Toton
60037 Stored EWS Red Toton
60038 Stored EWS Red Crewe
60039 In Use EWS Red Toton
60040 Stored Red Livery Toton
60041 Stored EW&S Red Toton
60042 Stored EWS Red Toton
60043 Stored EWS Red Crewe
60044 Stored Mainline Blue St Blazey
60045 In Use EWS Red Toton
60046 Stored EWS Red Crewe
60047 Stored EWS Red Crewe
60048 Stored EWS Red Toton
60049 In Use EW&S Red Toton
60050 Stored EW&S Red Toton
60051 Stored EWS Red Toton
60052 Stored EWS Red Toton
60053 Stored EWS Red Toton
60054 In Use DB Schenker Red Toton
60055 Stored EWS Grey Crewe
60056 Stored EWS Grey Crewe
60057 Stored EWS Grey Toton
60058 Stored EWS Red Toton
60059 In Use DB Schenker Red Toton
60060 Stored EWS Grey Toton
60061 Stored Transrail Grey Toton
60062 In Use DB Schenker Red Toton
60063 In Use DB Schenker Red Toton
60064 Stored EWS Grey Toton
60065 In Use EWS Red Toton
60066 Stored EWS Grey Toton
60067 Stored EWS Grey Toton
60068 Stored EWS Grey Toton
60069 Stored EWS Red Slioch Toton
60070 Stored Loadhaul Grey Toton
60071 In Use EWS Red Toton
60072 Stored EWS Grey Toton
60073 Stored EWS Grey Toton
60074 In Use Powder Blue Toton
60075 Stored EWS Red Toton
60076 Stored EWS Grey Crewe
60077 Stored EWS Grey Toton
60078 Stored Mainline Blue Toton
60079 In Use DB Schenker Red Toton
60080 Stored EWS Red Toton
60081 Stored GWR Green Toton
60082 Stored EWS Grey Crewe
60083 Stored EWS Red Toton
60084 Stored Transrail Grey Toton
60085 Stored EWS Red Toton
60086 Stored EWS Red Toton
60087 Stored EWS Red Toton
60088 Stored EWS Grey Toton
60089 Stored EWS Red Toton
60090 Stored EWS Grey Toton
60091 In Use DB Schenker Red Toton
60092 Stored EWS Grey Toton
60093 Stored EWS Red Toton
60094 Stored EWS Red Toton
60095 Stored EWS Grey Crewe
60096 Stored EWS Red St Blazey
60097 Stored EWS Red Toton
60098 Stored EW&S Red Toton
60099 In Use Tata Silver Toton
60100 Stored EWS Red St Blazey
60500 Stored EWS Red Toton