Class 58 - Mainline Blue (Preserved) - 58023 Departmental Coaches Repatriated to the UK in

Repatriated to the UK in time for the Crewe Basford Hall Open Day in August 1995

empty/loaded changeover levers and above solebar mounted brake distributor

per prototype

it was allocated for trials of the developing “SEPEX” system

Water Filler : No

Class 58 - Mainline Blue (Preserved) - 58023 Departmental Coaches Repatriated to the UK inEntering service in December 1984, 58023 was a typical mid batch locomotive. Most reliability modifications had been undertaken, but not the more drastic changes seen on the second batch. Outshopped in Red Stripe livery, it worked for a couple of years before being displayed at the Welbeck Colliery open day on 25th June 1989 in ex works Triple Grey livery with Coal Sector branding. A locomotive that spent a good few years unnamed, it worked like this