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Converted GBRf ‘69s’ all in traffic by end of summer


28/04/2025 in Fleet

GB Railfreight 69004 RIDC Melton sweeps round the curves at Sunderland Bridge (near Durham on the East Coast Main Line) on April 4, with the 1145 Doncaster Up Decoy to Tyne S.S. empty box wagons. PAUL BIGGS.

All 16 of GB Railfreight’s Class 69s are due in service by the end of the summer.




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