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Alex Coomber Alex Coomber on Train Siding: A Class 56. No. 56049 and 2x Class 37s. No. 37717 and partner. No. 56049 is fresh out of the Crewe Paint Shops sporting this
pleasing...

Alex Coomber on Train Siding: A Class 56. No. 56049 and 2x Class 37s. No. 37717 and partner. No. 56049 is fresh out of the Crewe Paint Shops sporting this
pleasing...

A Class 56. No. 56049 and 2x Class 37s. No. 37717 and partner. No. 56049 is fresh out of the Crewe Paint Shops sporting this pleasing livery. The locomotive is still in service with Colas Rail. Railfreight then moved to an attractive 2 tone grey with colourful sector symbols. Although sporting the wavy lines to suggest petroleum products. 1962 built No. 37717 and partner haul empty Iron Ore Gondolas from LIanwern Steelworks through Cardiff en route for Port Talbot on a sunny afternoon in September 1989. No. 37717 was withdrawn in 2004 after 42 years of service.