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DB Class 90s up for sale

FOLLOWING its decision to withdraw its last remaining operational Class 90, No. 90039, from service in July, DB Cargo put 12 members of the class up for sale.

Nos. 90017/018/022/023/025 /027/030/031/032/033/038 and 90040, all in storage at Crewe, were offered on a‘sold as seen’ basis in a bidding process that closed on September 29.

The locomotives make up half of the DB Cargo Class 90 fleet.

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