Class 93 undertakes first test turns on WCML

After several false starts, Rail Operations Group 93001 finally undertook its first main line test run on the West Coast Main Line on December 11, when it worked light engine as the Crewe South Yard-Carlisle. The Stadler tri-mode Bo-Bo locomotive set off 17 minutes late, but arrived a couple of minutes early. It returned at 0151. The test runs were pathed at just 75mph (a Class 93 is capable of 110mph), and it took two and a half hours to cover the 141 miles between Carlisle and Crewe. The following day it repeated the test running with a rake of Mk 3 coaches, and was timed at 100mph northbound and 75mph on the southbound. The locomotive leaves Crewe yard on diesel or battery power and then puts the pantograph up…

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