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Latest GBRf Class 69 livery pays tribute to long-lost testbed locomotive

GB Railfreight 69014 EMD Longport, in its new livery, passes Basingstoke working the 1020 Eastleigh Works to Longport on March 20. MARK V PIKE.

GB Railfreight 69014 was released from the Arlington Fleet Services paint shop at Eastleigh on March 19, sporting a variation of the livery once carried by trial locomotive HS4000 Kestrel in the late 1960s.




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  • 4756 - 27/03/2025 16:04

    I had the privilege of sitting in the cab of kestrel when I was 4 years old ,the locomotive was on display at Derby works where my Grandfather was a boilersmith/Mechanical engineer, I can't remember much about the day but my Grandfather said I didn't like the crowds that gathered round HS4000.

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