Class 60 - Colas - 60047 - DCC Sound Fitted Livery_South Wales West Maroon when the EWS “beasties” sticker

when the EWS “beasties” sticker was applied to its now-tatty triple-grey bodyside

Its BR employment came to an end in August 1990 and it was sold to the Fifty Fund the following April

on the condition that parties travelled by rail to their chosen destination

Direct Rail Services blue with revised 'Compass' logos

Oddly only the latter retained the off-white stripes and was all the better for it

Class 60 - Colas - 60047 - DCC Sound Fitted Livery_South Wales West Maroon when the EWS “beasties” stickerOn 4th March 1991, the latest pair of Class 60s were collected from Brush Traction in Loughborough. Originally allocated to the coal sector, 60047 carried the name Robert Owen, after the Welsh textile manufacturer, philanthropist, and founder of the co operative movement. The locomotive was initially based at Stewarts Lane in Battersea, London. When the BR sectors gave way to the shadow franchises, 60047 became part of the Transrail fleet. It didnt