BR Mk1 57' Non-Gangway Coach - BS - BR BTU Tool Vans: ADB963952Part of the Transporting Britain range, these coaches were synonymous with the East Anglian commuter traffic heading in and out of Kings Cross, Moorgate and Liverpool Street, however their use extended beyond just the capital, being used across the Eastern, Western, Midland and Scottish regions.

Cabside window : Plated

it lost its Hercules name in order to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of the composer Sir Edward Elgar – who had no connection with Brunel’s famous railway

differed from the initial C72 order by being designated for shunting duties and differed in build accordingly

24 Class 31s were upgraded with electric train heating capability (ETH) courtesy of a 320kW Brush BL100-30 alternator

Having been fitted with miniature snowploughs only a few months earlier it happily retained them throughout the rest of its BR career

Like several members of the Class 37/9 sub class it was initially repainted in the unbranded version of the new Roundel-designed triple-grey Railfreight image

196 was chosen to carry the name of Major General Errol Lonsdale who was the then chief of Army transport

Originally part of the ‘Red Revolution’

Hetton Colliery Railway celebrates its 200th anniversary in 2022

92003 – ‘Beethoven' Railfreight Grey

It kept its name on its Regional Railways repaint in May 1993 and was stored in 2001

These vehicles had a 12 ton capacity and augmented a fleet of earlier hopper wagons which had been constructed by the Great Southern Railways (GSR) in the 1930s and lasted in service until grain traffic ended in the mid-late 1970s