RMS duties diminish

TIMES continue to be tough for the Class 08 hire fleet operated by RMS Locotec, with the period under review bringing the end of two more duties.

These follow on from a difficult 2017, when RMS Class 08s were ousted from several contracts by the rapidly expanding Railway Support Services, leaving several shunters sidelined without work.

Late-February saw No. 08871 depart Tata Steel’s Trostre works in South Wales, where shunting operations are now