19850223_ZD_AdrianNicols
47 847 in use as a ETH pre-heating unit at Crewe Diesel TMD.
After privatisation of the British Rail Inter City sector 47 847 passed to Porterbrook Leasing Co. on hire to Virgin Trains as part of their Cross Country franchise. In 2003 it career with Virgin was drawing to a close as Voyager units were taking over Cross Country services when it failed in Scotland with a serious generator fault in September 2003. That failure caused it to be stored unserviceable and Virgin Trains placed it off lease with immediate effect. Porterbrook Leasing subsequently moved the locomotive to Derby for repairs in December 2003 by Fragonset Railways Workshops. It was returned to service in in February 2004 on a short term lease to Freightliner Intermodal. The use by Freightliner ended in January 2005 after which Porterbrook Leasing sold the locomotive to Riviera Trains Ltd. It was primarily for charter train use but did see a further hire period to Freightliner for driver route training trips in late 2005., , After working charter trains for a period its use in latter years has been as a ETH pre-heat unit. Since I took this photo the locomotive has this month (June) seen a new coat of paint restoring its BR large logo livery to pristine condition. It is to be leased to GBRF to cover for a short term loco shortage.
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