Class 60 - TTG Coal - 60092The Brush Class 60 was the last stand of the British designed and built diesel electric locomotive. From concept to delivery in little over 18 months the construction of this 100 strong class was nothing short of impressive. Designed as a heavy freight locomotive rather than a mixed traffic type, they soon went to work on a variety of trains for the Coal, Petroleum, Aggregate and Metals sectors. All 100 locomotives passed through the shadow franchises

Directional lighting

with hidden stay-alive capacitors

Minimum radius Radius 2

his eponymous railway company has now acquired 11 Class 37s as they have slowly come up for sale by Direct Rail Services

Fabricated bogies

as fitted to new wagons between 1904 until circa 1916 and retained when anti-friction gear removed

While the livery was striking enough

Flickering firebox light (synchronised with sound on DCC installed models)

when demand for passenger Class 37s was its peak - with both Cumbrian and Anglia 'short sets' in action - the former D6966/37266 has been a stalwart member of the fleet ever since

Double-riveted roof with large cab roof vent

L95 was even steamed the day it arrived on the Severn Valley Railway

31105 was released from Derby in yellow in August 2004