Class 50 - GB Railfreight - 50007/50034 'Hercules/Furious'50007 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 This followed its earlier withdrawal in July 1991, later rescinded in 1992 so it could work railtours.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

after 37401 Mary Queen of Scots

BR Class 50 - GWR Green - 50007 'Sir Edward Elgar' - Exclusive

the locomotive spent its entire lifetime at Reading

HYA 371096

we packed the LokPilot 5 with function outputs

and – for those machines that previously wore Compass branding – the plated central window on both sides of the body

fully sprung scale buffers

with some still working for Freightliner and others being converted for modern green traction

Large accurathrash Bass Speaker

Cross braced ends and flush sided doors

especially as the Class 38 project for which the engines were intended would be cancelled only a few months later

This locomotive was one of a batch of 36 Austerities by Hudswell Clarke of Leeds