Class 60 - DB Red - 60100 - DCC Sound Fitted Freightliner D1478 pattern

D1478 pattern

It’s first year of Colas hire saw it used on Cardiff-Rhymney commuter turns

While there was a brief burst of optimism in 2002 when it was purchased by Direct Rail Services as an engine test bed

as a standard pool locomotive is used all across the country from china clay work in the southwest to Biomass in the north but its always treated as a bit of a “pet” by DB staff

Luckily it was bought by scrap merchant Dai Woodham and spent a number of years languishing before being moved to the Dean Forest Railway and returned to steam in 1984

Class 60 - DB Red - 60100 - DCC Sound Fitted Freightliner D1478 patternThe 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