Is 90012 poorly?

[EM2]

Coming into Liverpool Street about 13:40 yesterday, I noticed a class 90 (too late to see the number) leading a Norwich service out, coupled to the sharp end of the DVT. Thinking that was a bit odd, I kept an eye as it went past and 90 012 was bringing up the rear of the set with it's pan down.
Anything majorly wrong with it?

 

[transportphoto]

I should imagine that you are correct - either a fault on the DVT or on 90012 its self and that the leading (down) loco was acting as a Thunderbird.

Wish I knew and I would have been at Norwich to picture it arriving as it has been an age since we saw a Cl90 on the stops here!

 

[455driver]

Could be anything ranging from a TDM fault to a transformer fault and anything in between.

 

[transportphoto]

It may have been 90013 on the frond (down end) as it was named yesterday at Ipswich may have been free to perform as the Thunderbird, but I don't know what it done after the naming. It would make sense as the naming finished at 1200 so it could have easily got into London.

 

[thefab444]

The other loco was 90004.

 

[dk1]

Dodgy DVTs as usual.