Class 50

  • Staff charter takes GBRf ‘50s’ back to Scotland

    Staff charter takes GBRf ‘50s’ back to Scotland

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    July 6 saw Class 50s Nos. 50007 Hercules and 50049 Defiance work a GB Railfreight staff charter from Motherwell to Scarborough via the East Coast Main Line.  The train worked the empty stock north from Burton to Motherwell via Lancaster and Carlisle on July 5, and then ran via Edinburgh and York to the North…

  • Video: Class 50 locomotives repainted in GB Railfreight colours

    Video: Class 50 locomotives repainted in GB Railfreight colours

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    Two Class 50 locomotives which have been repainted in GB Railfreight colours, unveiled this afternoon (March 20 2019) at Eastleigh works. Full story in the April 2019 issue of The Railway Magazine.

  • Boden Rail ‘50’ sold to Great Central

    Boden Rail ‘50’ sold to Great Central

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    THE Great Central Railway has bought Class 50 No. 50017 Royal Oak from Boden Rail. The sale of the ‘Hoover’, minus its main line running safety systems, was completed on February 1, ending a nervous few days in which the loco had been threatened with scrapping.Royal Oak, one of two Class 50s owned by Boden…

  • What’s in the Shops: ‘Hoovers’, ‘Grids’ and ‘Skips’

    What’s in the Shops: ‘Hoovers’, ‘Grids’ and ‘Skips’

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    It’s been a great month for diesel model fans, with some great reissues by Hornby.

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