Class 60 commissioning

Class 60 commissioning

The class 60 locos were built by Brush Traction at Loughborough. Delivery commenced in June 1989 and ran to 1993. The original order numbered 100 examples.

The early class 60 locomotives were commissioned at Mickleover (and at Old Dalby) over a lengthy period.

	Here is 60015 in the company of an unidentified sister loco about to depart RTC for Mickleover Author's Collection		60001 at Mickleover Unknown
	60001 somewhere on the line BR Official		60001 outside the workshop at Mickleover in the late 1980s. Note the battery railcar in the shed and the Network South East 'Snow Train' . Paul Hadfield
	60001 at Mickleover in August 1989 Nick Allsop		60002 near Etwall on 2nd May 1990 Mark Higginson
	60002 near Etwall Tony Griffin		60003 approaching Sutton Bridge Etwall Alfie Bousie
	60001 at Egginton Jcn with Test Car 6 about to come off the test track - photo taken from the signal box Nick Allsop

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