Freighted with meaning

Towards the end of its life, British Rail commissioned two very different designs of heavyweight locomotive -- the diesel-electric Class 60, and this, the 5MW electric Class 92:

This was designed for both the European sleeper services (which would have been the heaviest passenger trains to operate in Britain), and the massive freight trains that were projected to use the Channel Tunnel, so these engines were capable of handling extremely heavy loads at relatively high speeds (90mph). The Class 92 is far and away the most powerful locomotive currently operating in Britain.

As it turned out neither of those two traffics developed (the sleeper services were killed before a single one had run), so these locomotives have mostly sat around for nearly two decades, surplus to requirements. 

They were kitted out in Railfreight Distribution livery with a Channel Tunnel logo, and named after European composers and authors. This one, 92022, is Charles Dickens, and it unexpectedly roared through West Brompton station yesterday (you can tell how unexpected it was by how crappy my photos are).

I rather like still being able to see the British Rail double arrow logo in action, along with the three circles of the Tunnel logo. Only that yellow EWS sticker looks naff (this train is now operated by a wholly-owned subsidiary of German state railway DB Schenker: who says Britain's railways are not nationalised?).