Class 60 - DCR - 60055 - DCC Sound FittedThe 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 pulpwood was unloaded from the ships berthed at the deep water jetty on the Thames and from there

In 1950 the board of Corás Iompair Éireann (CIÉ) appointed Oliver Bulleid as its Chief Mechanical Engineer

Etched metal door kickplates (where applicable)

that will run on DC and DCC

500 were constructed at Inchicore between 1956 and 1969

Horn position: buffer beam

They are moreover suitable for a wide range of Industrial steam prototypes

and infrastructure/freight workings

The unique “Auto Tune” function facilitates the automatic calibration of the decoder to perfectly match the motor

the same year that production at Renfrew was scaled back due to the recession

- Three 4T ‘Black Waggons’

Circa 1974 - Present day