Model Year Details

1999 - Class 58 Diesel Electric Locomotive

58030

Model: Class 58 Diesel Electric Locomotive (Overall Model page)
Running Number: 58030
Category: Diesel Electric Locomotives

Locomotive Class: Class 58 (Type 5)

Designer: British Rail
Class Information: Development of second generation diesels came slowly to British Railways. But by the mid to late 1970’s the need for more powerful and specialised motive power was so great that BREL produced the Class 58 while production of earlier 56’s was still in progress, being first introduced in December 1982. More...
Weight: 129 tons
Purpose: Heavy Freight
Wheel Arrangement: CO-CO

Model Information: Length - 252mm.
R.2125B Running Number - 58039
Models Produced: ---
Company: EWS - English, Welsh and Scottish Railway
Logo: EWS Logo
Logo Years: 1996 - 2007

Livery: EWS Maroon & Yellow

Livery Details: Maroon with yellow stripe.
Company Information: EWS is the largest British rail freight company, formed after the break-up of British Rail.

Year: 1999
Catalogue Number: R.2125A
Year Information: A choice of two new running numbers for the Class 58 in EWS colours, as seen from 1996 onwards. First produced in 1983, this locomotive is mainly used by EWS in its traditional role hauling coal in long strings of MGR wagons. They do sometimes also use it for general freight duties. Type 7 motor.
Model Motor: Type 7
Publication: Hornby - OO Scale Model Railways - Forty-Fifth Edition 1999
Publication Type: Catalogue
Publication Edition: 45th Edition

Hornby - OO Scale Model Railways - Forty-Fifth Edition 1999

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UK Price List: £49.50
Aust Price List: ---
Can Price List: ---

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