Class 142 - GW Chocolate & Cream 'Skipper' - 142015 - DCC Sound Fitted142015 (55556+55606) Exeter St Davids Paignton The next 13 units, 142015 142027, were for use on branch lines in Devon and Cornwall. New to Plymouth Laira between September December 1985 and branded as Skippers they were delivered in a chocolate and cream scheme in a reverse of the Great Western coaching stock livery, appropriate considering the GW150 celebrations that had been taking place that same year. This was applied to the same format as later

but the image suited the elegantly proportioned 78XX locomotives well and in some quarters it is held in higher esteem than the lined green that was later applied to the class

2516 Inner

Reunited with its original Hercules name at Washwood Heath in 2014 after being acquired by Boden Rail the previous year

Hall sensor for flange squeal effect (on DCC Sound-fitted models only)

Each pack produced has been themed by colliery

such as the bunker steps and later type fillers

31296 Amlwch Freighter / Trên Nwyddau Amlwch Railfreight (orange cantrail stripe)The first week of September 1986 saw recently refurbished 31296 plucked from anonymity for what was described at the time as a ‘double first’

By the mid-1930s

The brightness of each output can be set separately

An ESU Lokpilot DCC decoder which is custom programmed for Accurascale Class 55 locomotives

2c fleet was increasingly sidelined with many examples withdrawn or sold abroad

unbalanced cast iron wheels were fitted