Class 60 - Colas - 60047 - DCC Sound Fitted Livery_South Wales West Maroon white lamp irons

white lamp irons

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

the wagons carried an all-over medium grey livery with CIÉ roundels and ‘Bulk Cement’ text on the body sides

The nineteenth Class 60 completed was made available for collection on 19th October 1990 (along with sister locomotive 60018)

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

Class 60 - Colas - 60047 - DCC Sound Fitted Livery_South Wales West Maroon white lamp ironsOn 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