Class 92's
The class 92′s are a 46 strong fleet of Dual Voltage Electric locomotives, they are able to work on the 740 volt DC 3rd rail system in the South of England or the more common 25000 volt AC overhead electric system. The 46 Class 92′s were built between 1993 and 1996 specifically for use on services between Britain and France via the Channel Tunnel.
Although 46 of this class were built, there isn't enough work for them all, with a number stored having not moved in years, whilst others are cycled in and out of service on a regular basis. Today, DBS own a large number of class 92′s with many in store whilst GB Railfreight own some as well. The majority of the fleet are still in their original fleet livery of Railfreight 2 tone Grey, although the new DB Schenker red livery is starting to be applied, whilst 1 locomotive is in EWS livery and the other is in Stobart Livery.
Class 92′s in Scotland
The Class 92 is usually seen on a number of freight workings to / from Mossend via the West Coast Mainline and are rarely seen on the East Coast Mainline. Most common workings are
Dollands Moor – Irvine (as far as Mossend) and return China Clay working
Mossend – Eastleigh and return Car Transporters
Carlisle Yard – Mossend and return Departmental (6M49 and 6S51)
Class 92′s can occasionally be seen on 6S36 Dalston – Grangemouth Oil Tankers (between Carlisle and Mossend)
They can also be seen very occasionally hauling the sleeper service from Polmodie to Glasgow Central or from Edinburgh – Carstairs
Fleet List
Number Livery Status Name Company
92001 EWS Red and Gold Withdrawn Victor Hugo DBS
92002 2 Tone Grey In service H.G. Wells DBS
92003 2 Tone Grey In Service Beethoven DBS
92004 2 Tone Grey Withdrawn Jane Austen DBS
92005 2 Tone Grey Withdrawn Mozart DBS
92006 2 Tone Grey Withdrawn Louis Armand GBRF
92007 2 Tone Grey Withdrawn Schubert DBS
92008 2 Tone Grey Withdrawn Jules Verne GBRF
92009 DB Schenker Red In Service Marco Polo DBS
92010 2 Tone Grey In Service Moliere GBRF
92011 2 Tone Grey In Service Handel DBS
92012 2 Tone Grey Withdrawn Thomas Hardy DBS
92013 2 Tone Grey Withdrawn Puccini DBS
92014 2 Tone Grey Withdrawn Emile Zola GBRF
92015 DB Schenker Red In Service DBS
92016 DB Schenker Red In Service DBS
92017 Stobart Livery Withdrawn Bart the Engine DBS
92018 2 Tone Grey Withdrawn Stendhal GBRF
92019 2 Tone Grey In Service Wagner DBS
92020 2 Tone Grey Withdrawn Milton GBRF
92021 2 Tone Grey Withdrawn Purcell GBRF
92022 2 Tone Grey In Service Charles Dickens DBS
92023 2 Tone Grey Withdrawn Ravel GBRF
92024 2 Tone Grey Withdrawn J.S. Bach DBS
92025 2 Tone Grey In Service Oscar Wilde DBS (exported to Bulgaria)
92026 2 Tone Grey In Service Britten DBS
92027 2 Tone Grey In Service George Eliot DBS (exported to Bulgaria)
92028 2 Tone Grey In Service Saint Saens GBRF
92029 2 Tone Grey Withdrawn Dante DBS
92030 2 Tone Grey In Service Ashford DBS
92031 DB Schenker Red In Service DBS
92032 Europorte Livery In Service GBRF
92033 2 Tone Grey In Service Berlioz GBRF
92034 2 Tone Grey Withdrawn Kipling DBS (exported to Bulgaria)
92035 2 Tone Grey Withdrawn Mendelssohn DBS
92036 2 Tone Grey In Service Bertolt Brecht DBS
92037 2 Tone Grey In Service Sullivan DBS
92038 2 Tone Grey In Service Voltaire GBRF
92039 2 Tone Grey In Service Johann Strauss DBS
92040 2 Tone Grey Withdrawn Goethe GBRF
92041 2 Tone Grey In Service Vaughan Williams DBS
92042 DB Schenker Red In Service DBS
92043 2 Tone Grey In Service Debussy GBRF
92044 2 Tone Grey In Service Couperin GBRF
92045 2 Tone Grey Withdrawn Chaucer GBRF
92046 2 Tone Grey Withdrawn Sweelinck GBRF