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Accurascale ACC3490-DCC

Class 58 - Trainload Coal - 58042 - DCC Sound Fitted

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Prototype Era
Era 8 (1983 to 1994) British Rail Sectorisation

Manufacturer description

58042 was handed over to traffic during May 1986. Like other class members, it carried the Railfreight Red Stripe livery from new. A typical second-batch Class 58, it ran with CP3A bogies and a wider silencer. It was named “Ironbridge Power Station” in September 1986 after the power station located in Shropshire, and it also carried cast Railfreight plaques on the cab fronts.
Repainted into Triple Grey livery with Coal Sector branding in 1991, it continued to work the Midlands MGR (Merry-Go-Round) circuits like many of the class, but was also used on railtours, including into Kent. In 1995, the Coal branding gave way briefly to Mainline logos before a full repaint into Mainline’s Aircraft Blue was undertaken. It kept its Ironbridge plates briefly before being renamed “Petrolea”—plates which had been transferred from 47374 to 37888 before finally landing on 58042. The locomotive was finally stored after periods in and out of traffic on 12th April 2002. Stored until 2008, it was reactivated for service in France, where it later suffered the same fate as the others stored at Alizay and was cut up in 2023.

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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 – Trainload Coal – 58042 is a DCC‑sound fitted model (manufacturer part number ACC3490‑DCC) representing British Rail sectorisation. It is supplied in the Railfreight sector livery and carries the Class 58 designation.

The prototype locomotive entered traffic in May 1986 in Railfreight Red Stripe livery, fitted with CP3A bogies and a wider silencer. It was named “Ironbridge Power Station” in September 1986 and displayed cast Railfreight plaques on the cab fronts. In 1991 it was repainted in Triple Grey with Coal sector branding and continued to operate on the Midlands Merry‑Go‑Round circuits and occasional railtours, including trips to Kent. A brief Mainline logo period in 1995 was followed by a full repaint into Mainline’s Aircraft Blue; the nameplates were changed to “Petrolea” after a series of transfers.

The locomotive was stored on 12 April 2002, remained out of service until 2008 and was then reactivated for use in France. It was ultimately withdrawn and cut up in 2023.