Class 58 - Mainline Blue (Preserved) - 58023 - DCC Sound Fitted Magnesite Ore Wagons near Retford

near Retford

It was involved in a major collision in 1980 that saw it gain plated nose doors at both ends

original windscreens

It was cut up at Hull’s of Rotherham in February 2008

Gearing arranged so locomotive can achieve a scale top speed of 130 km/h

Class 58 - Mainline Blue (Preserved) - 58023 - DCC Sound Fitted Magnesite Ore Wagons near RetfordEntering service in December 1984, 58023 was a typical mid batch locomotive. Most reliability modifications had been undertaken, but not the more drastic changes seen on the second batch. Outshopped in Red Stripe livery, it worked for a couple of years before being displayed at the Welbeck Colliery open day on 25th June 1989 in ex works Triple Grey livery with Coal Sector branding. A locomotive that spent a good few years unnamed, it worked like this