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DRS Class 88 loco closer to return after two years out of traffic

DRS' 88008. DAVE MCALONE.

Direct Rail Services 88008 Ariadne has been edging closer to a return to traffic, after two years out of action.

The bi-mode locomotive was stopped with defective wheelsets and was then used to donate parts to keep other ‘88’s running.

But it is now in the final stages of repair and was seen running at Kingmoor depot on November 14.



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