Class 60 - DCR - 60055 - DCC Sound Fitted Subclass_31/5 73963 offers the perfect partner

73963 offers the perfect partner to 73962 as one of the original 3 rebuilt locomotives to enter traffic in 2014/2015

although notably Ramillies was the only one of the three to gain the DCE flash under the secondman’s window

It seemed inevitable that Rannoch would return to large logo in due course and would have been a favourite for preservation

and – for those machines that previously wore Compass branding – the plated central window on both sides of the body

Class 60 - DCR - 60055 - DCC Sound Fitted Subclass_31/5 73963 offers the perfect partnerThe Brush Class 60 was the last stand of the British designed and built diesel electric locomotive. From concept to delivery in little over 18 months the construction of this 100 strong class was nothing short of impressive. Designed as a heavy freight locomotive rather than a mixed traffic type, they soon went to work on a variety of trains for the Coal, Petroleum, Aggregate and Metals sectors. All 100 locomotives passed through the shadow franchises