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Accurascale ACC3495-DCC

Class 58 - EWS Red/Gold - 58050 - DCC Sound Fitted

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Prototype Era
Era 9 (1995 to 2004) Initial Privatisation

Manufacturer description

The final Class 58 to be delivered, 58050 brought the curtain down on British Rail-built locomotives. From this point onwards, private firms would build locomotives exclusively. In March 1987, 58050 was formally handed over for traffic, being named just a month later as “Toton Traction Depot” in honour of the class's home base. 58050 was chosen to represent the class at the Triple Grey launch at Ripple Lane in October 1987, so it only carried the Red Stripe livery for a few months before gaining its new identity in Triple Grey.
Because the locomotive was so new, it was allocated for trials of the developing “SEPEX” system. While the SEPEX equipment was eventually removed from 58050, it went on to become standard fitment in the new Brush Class 60s that emerged soon after. Reprising its role as a livery pioneer, 58050 was exhibited at the Freightconnection '94 exhibition at the London Docklands; for this, it was painted in the new Mainline Freight Aircraft Blue livery a month ahead of the brand's public launch.
It carried this livery until 1998 when, at the Toton Open Day, the locomotive was unveiled in its new colours of EWS maroon and gold and rededicated “Toton Traction Depot”. This livery lasted until it was placed in storage in August 2002. Reactivated for export in 2008, this important locomotive—being the last diesel locomotive built by British Rail—was originally listed as being “saved for the nation”. However, sadly, during 2025 the locomotive was removed from the list and scrapped in Spain.

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^* 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 model ACC3495‑DCC is a 1:87 scale representation of British Rail Class 58 locomotive number 58050, fitted with DCC sound. The kit carries the EWS red and gold livery and is described as “Initial Privatisation” period.

58050 was the final Class 58 built by British Rail, handed over for traffic in March 1987 and named “Toton Traction Depot” a month later. After a brief stint in Red Stripe, it was repainted in Triple Grey for the launch at Ripple Lane in October 1987, then appeared in Mainline Freight Aircraft Blue at the Freightconnection ’94 exhibition, before adopting the EWS maroon and gold scheme at Toton Open Day in 1998. The locomotive entered storage in August 2002, was reactivated for export in 2008 and was scrapped in Spain in 2025.