Class 60 - Mainline Grey - 60075The 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

The 'Beilhack' ZZA Snowplough dates back to 1982

PowerPack stay-alive system and dual speaker configuration to reproduce the characteristic sound and function of an Deltic  at work

the majority of the NACCO wagons were redeployed

Highly-detailed OO Gauge / 1:76

RP25-110 wheels OO wheels with provision for re-gauging to p4 and EM gauge

It returned to traffic and proved a valuable member of the working fleet until its last boiler ticket expired in 1995

this time from the Vulcan foundry

Thus we'd be remiss in not including a centre headcode version in the second run and our chosen subject is D6956

these figures are designed and produced in the UK specifically for the Accurascale class 37

This engine was built in 1930 by North British Locomotive Co

83mm Gauge

37289 (built as D6989) was a regular performer on loco-hauled services around the country