Class 60 - Colas - 60047 - DCC Sound Fitted Subclass_37/0 Unveiled in Porterbrook Leasing purple

Unveiled in Porterbrook Leasing purple after overhaul at Brush Traction’s Loughborough Works in September 1999

in CIE Black & Tan Livery

and two styles of plated boiler panel

OOV - Pent Hood - Fitted - 1983 to 1988 - Pack L

with 1100 workers losing their jobs

Class 60 - Colas - 60047 - DCC Sound Fitted Subclass_37/0 Unveiled in Porterbrook Leasing purpleOn 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