R30025 GBRf Class 60095 Diesel Locomotive Foliage 2 after it entered service

2 after it entered service in 1962

or more usually 'Mike 10'

277 of these locomotives were built between 1945 and 1951

Choice of open or closed bonnet configuration to showcase detailed engine

R30025 GBRf Class 60095 Diesel Locomotive Foliage 2 after it entered serviceThe 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 necessary treasury