Class 58 - Trainload Coal - 58016 - DCC Sound Fitted Subclass_142/0 ex HDA Wagons

ex HDA Wagons

5754 was withdrawn from Stourbridge shed and scrapped in 1960

BR green with full yellow ends (late 1960s)

Intended to reduce the time for the 180 km journey to just two hours

centre toughened and all toughened

Class 58 - Trainload Coal - 58016 - DCC Sound Fitted Subclass_142/0 ex HDA Wagons58016 entered service during October 1984, and although part of the first 35 locomotives, it was different in many subtle ways to the as built 58001. Outshopped in Railfreight Red Stripe livery, it had different angle cab side sheets, door handles fitted to the access doors, and a moisture trap filter on the air brake piping. It was repainted into Triple Grey with Coal Sector branding in 1989, by which time it had gained a wide exhaust silencer and