Class 50 - GB Railfreight - 50007/50034 'Hercules/Furious' - DCC Sound Locomotive Class_Class 37 Happily it was sold to

Happily it was sold to the Class 50 Locomotive Association the following May – the second of the type to be preserved – and after several years at Eridge on the Spa Valley Railway it moved to its current home

It moved to the West Somerset in 1995 and wore the name Norton Manor between 2011-18 after the home of 40 Commando

Specifications

although the latter was quickly returned to grey following a visit to the ‘Plant’

it wasn’t long before the majority of the units were on the move again to Heaton to supplement the Alexander-Barclay built Class 143s

Class 50 - GB Railfreight - 50007/50034 'Hercules/Furious' - DCC Sound Locomotive Class_Class 37 Happily it was sold to50007 50034 Hercules Furious GB Railfreight Reunited with its original Hercules name at Washwood Heath in 2014 after being acquired by Boden Rail the previous year, 50007 has been one of the busiest Class 50s in preservation after being retired by British Rail for the second and final time in March 1994. This followed its earlier withdrawal in July 1991, later rescinded in 1992 so it could work railtours. It had initially been sold to the Class 40