Talk:British Rail Class 68

Under construction
Article under construction. Please do not delete. Biscuittin (talk) 23:50, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Dimensions
There are some disagreements between references so I have relied on the official Vossloh specification. Weight is given as 85 tons. Should this be 85 tonnes? I see the starting tractive effort of 317 kN is greater than that of a Western, which is quite impressive. Biscuittin (talk) 16:17, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

Cost
railengineer (see above) says 45 million first order. The german link (70million) was vague and stated 21 units, which didn't match anything here.. So it's been removed.Prof.Haddock (talk) 16:33, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

Corrections
68002 was named in Valencia by 8th January before delivery. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10202134603185237&set=a.10202037276472130.1073741830.1192973669&type=3&theater — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.128.168.192 (talk) 13:52, 7 May 2014 (UTC) Some sources state 68001-68009 for DRS (9 locos), 68010-68015 for Chiltern (6 locos). Currently 68002-68007 are in DRS livery — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.128.168.192 (talk) 14:02, 7 May 2014‎


 * Chiltern is to lease some locos (from beacon rail) - DRS will maintain the locos (probably supply drivers too..?)
 * http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Rail-News/chiltern-leases-six-class-68-locos-for-mainline-services-in-15m-deal — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prof.Haddock (talk • contribs) 15:54, 8 May 2014‎

Number Built table is wrong
"As of November 2015 there are nineteen Class 68 locomotives in service "

The table below that only adds up to 17, 19. I think the No. Built columnfor Chiltern and DRs second batch are both wrong.

The table says Chiltern has 5 locos, numbered 68010–68015. But if the loco numbers are correct, it wuld be six: 68010, 68011, 68012, 68013, 68014, 68015

Same with the seconed DRS batch 68016–68019 would be 4 locos, not 3 (68016,17,18,19)

91.214.5.128 (talk) 15:16, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

Fire on 8 Jan 2016
I think this is a Class 68. Can anyone supply the number? Biscuittin (talk) 19:39, 9 January 2016 (UTC)


 * And a previous one on 23 Oct 2015. Biscuittin (talk) 19:53, 9 January 2016 (UTC)


 * First train was 68015 . Unfortunately Bucks Fire and Rescue's pictures chop off the number for the most recent train fire . I doubt there'll be any third party pictures as it was on a pretty remote section of track, unlike the first one which was dealt with in Wycombe station. --KingDaveRa (talk) 09:35, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I have added it to the article. Biscuittin (talk) 00:14, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

Engines of new stock
The article says that "All will be delivered by the end of 2014, as from 1 January 2015, the Caterpillar will not meet emission standards.", yet "The second batch of Class 68s - also for Direct Rail Services - commenced delivery in October 2015". The article needs to reconcile these two remarks, somehow! Gsnedders (talk) 01:57, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

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Noise concerns
On 2nd June 2021, BBC regional news programme "Look North" carried a report from residents of the Yorkshire coastal town of Scarborough: in this report, several residents were reporting the sleeplessnes (in some cases, a total loss of night sleep) resulting from the TPE Class 68 locomotives operating in the area late at night, during the night, and very early in the morning. Not only from the arrivals and departures of TPE scheduled services, but also because of the empty-coaching-stock movements between the railway station to the depot. When contacted by the programme, the operator TPE had said they were seeking a solution and would report back within about six weeks. This comment will require revision, therefore, by the end of July 2021 with news of any resolution satisfactory to residents. This commenter has absolutely no connection with any of those involved, including the BBC; but would like to raise the question as to whether the testing of rail motive power for certification has the scope to issue noise certification, and whether the locomotive concerned may be permitted or not to operate between certain hours in the vicinity of domestic habitation. As with many airports, should there be an equivalent of the "Night Jet Ban" in such domestic areas? Comment placed by 82.42.148.20. The joy of all things (talk) 14:21, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I moved this from the main article as it was uncited, so I have moved it here for action if necessary., please note the move to here. Regards. The joy of all things (talk) 14:23, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 * As you have it above, it reads as if it were your own personal opinion, which I'm sure is not the case. It would have been better to have used the template at the end of the moved text, ideally also with a diff link to the edit where the text was first added, such as . -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 19:57, 4 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I wasn't aware of the subst tempate, but noted for next time. Regards. The joy of all things (talk) 20:01, 4 June 2021 (UTC)
 * isn't a template, it's a modifier - the template is Template:Unsigned2, and its documentation shows that it must always be substituted. -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 00:03, 5 June 2021 (UTC)

Why does this article state that Beacon Rail approached Stadler Rail in ~2009?
The Eurolight was a Vossloh product at the time. Stadler had nothing to do with it until they acquired Vossloh España in 2015. DAB (talk) 19:56, 30 March 2023 (UTC)