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Trainload Tugs in ‘OO’

Class 60 duo

Hornby’s latest Class 60 models will satisfy the demand from BR Railfreight modellers for more locomotives finished in BR Trainload Freight colours.

Hornby has re-created the first two Class 60s in as-built condition: No. 60001and No. 60002 . However, due to problems discovered with the Class 60 design during the extensive testing undertaken before being accepted, they were not the first locomotives to be released into traffic. Records indicate that Nos. 60017 and 60018 were the first

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