Class 58 - Mainline Blue (Preserved) - 58023 Wagon Type_MDO 21 Ton Hopper battery box and full-formed compressor

battery box and full-formed compressor detail with extensive pipework and other separate parts

Centre headcode nose with plated headcode box

Note: Photographs depict the decorated samples

The Driving Cars (DRBFO and DMSO) are fitted with poseable front fairings at the front

all relevant data is retrieved and used from the command station central station where possible

Class 58 - Mainline Blue (Preserved) - 58023 Wagon Type_MDO 21 Ton Hopper battery box and full-formed compressorEntering 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