More Diesel

 Introducing two more additions to the railway's fleet of diesel locomotives.

Firstly we have this Hornby, Class 31 D5512 in BR green livery, Catalogue Nº R2420.

She is seen here emerging from our Service Depot prior to taking up her duties, which will be anything from freight to local passenger services.

This now makes two of these versatile Type 2 locomotives working on the railway, as we already have 31268 in BR blue.

The second diesel loco is this Hornby Class 50 - 50037 'Illustrious' in BR blue. 

I have always wanted a blue Class 50 and, following my disappointment with the two GBRf-liveried locos (see a previous post) I snatched this one up as a replacement when she became available at a good price.

This is now the fifth Class 50 to join the fleet and, like her sisters, she will be used on a variety of services from express passenger (as seen above) through to the occasional freight train., 

Both of these locos have yet to be fitted with sound decoders although this should happen fairly soon.