Class 50 - Large Logo w/grey roof - 50046 'Ajax' - DCC Sound ERA_Northern Railways steps fitted to all corners

steps fitted to all corners

Electrical pickup from all tender and locomotive driving wheels

Following a low point with many stored with high engine hours

Always a popular presence at diesel galas

These cocks would contact a ramp which was raised at red signals causing a loss of vacuum brake and stopping the train

Class 50 - Large Logo w/grey roof - 50046 'Ajax' - DCC Sound ERA_Northern Railways steps fitted to all cornersThe mighty Ajax, the son of Telamon, second only to Achilles in the Greek warrior hierarchy, equal of Trojan champion Hector and also the most famous Class 50 that got away, being scrapped at MC Metals, Glasgow, in June 1992. It had donated its low hours power unit to 50007 in December 1991, around five weeks after working its last train, after Sir Edward Elgar had been sidelined with a main generator flashover near Basingstoke in July of the same