Derby RTC Test Service Vehicles (Late) - Twin Pack Livery_CIE Lined Green with GSR ‘thunderbird’

‘thunderbird’

They are used for carrying spent fuel from nuclear power stations and sites undergoing decommissioning to the facility at Sellafield for reprocessing or storage

LDB311717 was noted as being used by the Electrification Engineers for collecting scrap metal during the latter stages of the Birmingham Cross City Electrification scheme between Lichfield and Ridditch

A variable PWM pulse frequency ranging from 10 kHz to 50 kHz assures perfect silent operation

home of the 12-cylinder turbocharged JVS12T engine that was originally installed in the class

Derby RTC Test Service Vehicles (Late) - Twin Pack Livery_CIE Lined Green with GSR ‘thunderbird’Our twin pack of Mark 2B coaches in the iconic Railway Technical Centre (RTC) livery of red, white, and blue, with distinctive yellow ends is back, but this time with a twist! This time they represent a later phase in their RTC service, with various lettering painted out. Primarily used as brake force runners in test trains, the coaches lost their original lettering around 1991 92.