Class 30 - BR Green - D5581 ERA_BR Black Later TOPS renumbering saw it

Later TOPS renumbering saw it carry 73005

safety catches

but after running away and colliding with its stabled rake of coaches at Rhymney on 1 August 2005 the locomotive was stored and repairs were not authorised

60047 stayed in this condition until it was placed into secure storage at Crewe Diesel Depot in 2010

High Performance traction

Class 30 - BR Green - D5581 ERA_BR Black Later TOPS renumbering saw itD5581 BR green w SYPOutshopped from Brushs Falcon Works, Loughborough, exactly two years after our other third run green machine D5503, production headcode box fitted D5581 wears the eternally popular British Railways green with small yellow panels livery. New to 32A Norwich Thorpe in January 1960, it moved to 32B Ipswich just over a year later and then to 30A Stratford 12 months after that, before settling at 31B March in June 1962. With competition