‘Tug-12’ Glyder Fawr
WHEN HORNBY announced a Class 60 in the popular Trainload Freight Construction livery, as applied to many of the class from new, it was well received among modellers of the early 1990s period which covered the last years of British Rail.
Not only is No. 60015 Bow Fell a popular locomotive, for those collecting a fleet of Class 60s used on aggregate flows from Peak Forest or centering on Mendip stone traffic alongside that generated by Redland at Mountsorrel and marine aggregate installations in the Thames estuary, it would have been suitable for renaming and renumbering as other members of the Trainload Construction fleet.
Adding to its appeal are the forthcoming new Foster Yeoman JHA aggregate wagon models from Dapol alongside the new JUA and JTA wagons in ARC and Foster Yeoman schemes from Accurascale – perfect for such a Class 60.
Except: Hornby made some fundamental errors in the livery, unfortunately. Some of the main livery colours are not accurate with both executive dark grey and the upper body flint grey being the wrong shades.
