Class 58 - Mainline Blue - 58046 NER 20 Ton Hopper Wagons side-door handles

side-door handles

represents the first half of the Northern era

Here it worked until withdrawal in 1983 although for the last couple of years carried the unofficial name of “Fred” chalked on the tank sides

92031 also saw its Channel Tunnel roundels repositioned to line up with the base of the ‘gold’ stripe

DB exported the Class 92 to its subsidiary in Romania in April 2015 and renumbered it 91 53 0472 003-9 with the name Lucian Blaga after the philosopher and poet

Class 58 - Mainline Blue - 58046 NER 20 Ton Hopper Wagons side-door handles58046 was handed over to BR during October 1986. Nearing the end of the Class 58 build programme, it had all of the later modifications incorporated from new. It was one of the unnamed members of the class until 7th July 1991, when it was named Thoresby Colliery and outshopped in a gleaming coat of Triple Grey with Coal Sector branding. The naming ceremony took place at the High Marnham Power Station open day, not far from the colliery it was named