Class 58 - Mainline Blue (Preserved) - 58023 Livery_Railfreight Red/Grey Nose connecting doors

Nose connecting doors

D1479 pattern

Late EE cantrail grilles

37402 was released from Derby wearing non-standard numbers and with its Stephen Middlemore nameplates still in their ‘Compass’ livery position below the radiator

Class 58 - Mainline Blue (Preserved) - 58023 Livery_Railfreight Red/Grey Nose connecting doorsEntering service in December 1984, 58023 was a typical mid batch locomotive. Most reliability modifications had been undertaken, but not the more drastic changes seen on the second batch. Outshopped in Red Stripe livery, it worked for a couple of years before being displayed at the Welbeck Colliery open day on 25th June 1989 in ex works Triple Grey livery with Coal Sector branding. A locomotive that spent a good few years unnamed, it worked like this