R30026 GBRf Class 60026 'Helvellyn' Diesel Locomotive option-set-O-dcc-w-1-nd By the mid-1960s

By the mid-1960s

various styles and formats as before

Interior detailing including seating

Withdrawals began in 1976 and the last taken out of service in 1980 but two have been preserved

making them versatile on the modern rail network

R30026 GBRf Class 60026 'Helvellyn' Diesel Locomotive option-set-O-dcc-w-1-nd By the mid-1960sProduct Info The last mainline diesel locomotive type built for British Rail, the Class 60 arose from the arrival, and subsequent success, of the Class 59 locomotive. With a haulage capacity and reliability superior to the Class 31, 37 and 47 locomotives in sector service at the time, Trainload Petroleum, Metals, Construction and Coal were prompted to lobby for a new UK designed locomotive to match it. British Rail Board eventually secured the