📢 Please take a minute to read this personal message from the creator of RailwayModels.uk

Accurascale ACC3486

Class 58 - Mainline Blue (Preserved) - 58023

Manufacturer catalogue image - please note that pre-release images may be CAD renders or CGI/AI images rather than photographs

Prototype Eras
Era 9 (1995 to 2004) Initial Privatisation
Era 10 (2005 to 2015) Rebuilding of the Railways
Era 11 (2016 to 2026) The Last Days of Privatisation

Manufacturer description

Entering 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 until it was repainted into full Mainline Aircraft Blue livery and named “Peterborough Depot”. It carried this name and livery until withdrawal in July 2001. It spent many years in storage at the back of Toton depot before being dispatched to Ron Hull's scrapyard. A last-minute deal saved the locomotive from the cutters, and it entered preservation under a private owner during 2016.
It has since been restored to full working order and, since late 2024, has attended diesel galas across the country. Since restoration, it has been renamed “Leicester Depot”, a nod to its current home base. This locomotive is truly the “Class 58 for a generation”; being the only locomotive of its class to work on these shores for over 20 years, many people's only experience of a working Class 58 is this one!

Catalogue listing

Model details

Prototype information

^* Class names often change over the lifespan of a locomotive, so this is not necessarily the class name used by the operator in the period modelled.

Accurascale Class 58 – Mainline Blue (Preserved) – 58023 is a ready‑to‑run DCC model, supplied under the manufacturer part number ACC3486. It depicts a Class 58 locomotive in the Mainline livery and represents the period of railway rebuilding.

The prototype entered service in December 1984 as a mid‑batch unit, initially in Red Stripe livery. It appeared at the Welbeck Colliery open day on 25 June 1989 in ex‑works Triple Grey with Coal Sector branding, later receiving full Mainline Aircraft Blue livery and the name “Peterborough Depot”. After withdrawal in July 2001 the locomotive was stored, narrowly escaped scrapping and entered private preservation in 2016. Restored to full working order, it has attended diesel galas nationwide since late 2024 and now carries the name “Leicester Depot”, reflecting its current home base.