Class 58 - Mainline Blue (Preserved) - 58023 - DCC Sound Fitted Accessory Type_Couplers The decoder masters the automatic

The decoder masters the automatic pressing and detaching when uncoupling for ROCO®

A novel solution was found using redundant bogies from withdrawn Class 40 and 45 locomotives

after which it was named in April 1994

The 1980s saw several paint schemes make the jump from bus to DMU as the Passenger Transport Executives (PTEs)

31459/468 and 31549/552/558

Class 58 - Mainline Blue (Preserved) - 58023 - DCC Sound Fitted Accessory Type_Couplers The decoder masters the automaticEntering 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