West Midlands Dyson: Class 92 at Coventry

            The object of this morning before work was to get to Coventry to capture some of the diverted workings owing to the closure of the Trent Valley for engineering works.
 
Serco Caledonian Sleeper liveried, GBRf owned class 92 no. 92038, formerly 'Voltaire', hurtles through Coventry working 1M16 Inverness- London Euston up highland sleeper on 25th July 2020.
 
46 Class 92 locomotives were built by a BRUSH- ABB consortium between 1993 and 1996. The locomotives are dual voltage and can take power from both the 25kv AC overhead lines or 750 DC third rail. They were split between Railfreight distribution, European Passenger Services and the SNCF however, the EPS and SNCF locos saw little use. The Railfreight distribution locomotives were initially troublesome as the amount of power that they draw was too much for the power supply on the northern WCML- this necessitated dragging of the locos to Crewe IEMD for maintenance. As of 2009, several EWS machines were equipped with TVM signalling to make them suitable to work through the channel tunnel- all such trains must run through the tunnel double headed to reduce the chance of failure.
 
DB Cargo own the majority of the fleet with 30 ex railfreight distribution machines. Until recently, they were underutilised and many spent time stored at Crewe electric. It would appear that the electrical problems with the OHLE have been resolved and as a consequence, 92s can be seen in daylight on the southern and northern WCML on a regular basis. During 2012, some locomotives were exported to Bulgaria. Many of the DBS Fleet are painted in DB Shenker red with the remainder painted in Railfreight triple grey with 'EWS' stickers.
 
GBRf own the 16 EPS/ SNCF locomotives. The GBEP fleet was once very under-utilised, with only 5 examples being in service at one stage and very little work for them. The fleet was employed on GBRf's work from the continent through the Channel Tunnel. Things turned around in about 2013, with the fleet employed on the Trafford Park- Felixstowe circuit and on the Dagenham- Garston cartics when operated by GBRf.
 
92032 was painted in the distinctive GBRf 'Bluebird' colour scheme in however, the remainder of the GBEP fleet remained painted in Railfreight distribution triple grey with large 'Europorte 2' disks for many years.
 
In 2014, Serco took over operation of the Caledonian Sleeper service from the First group, with GBRf as the traction provider taking over from DB. As part of this contract, GBRf class 92s were provided and although there were initial problems with the fleet, which led to class 90s being hired from Freightliner, the 92s eventually settled down. Several locomotives were restored to mainline condition at Loughborough Brush, including several long term stored locomotives. 92020, 92028, 92032 and 92043 are now painted in GBRf 'bluebird' livery, whilst 92006, 92010, 92014, 92018, 92023, 92033 and 92038 are painted in Caledonian Sleeper livery. 92044 moved to Loughborough Brush in January 2020 and will presumably lose its triple grey livery, bringing an end to the old RFD livery on the active GBRf 92s. Whether any more of the GBRf fleet is restored to mainline use is yet to be seen.
 
All locomotives had 3 'tunnel rings' on the bodyside and some are fitted with a high-intensity tunnel light. Most of the 46 locomotives were originally named after famous composers.

Taken on: July 25, 2020

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