Class 58 - Mainline Blue (Preserved) - 58023 Departmental Coaches it was allocated for trials

it was allocated for trials of the developing “SEPEX” system

Repatriated to the UK in time for the Crewe Basford Hall Open Day in August 1995

which was accessed from the 3 mile long Paisley & Renfrew line running from the east bank of the River Cart at Paisley to a wharf at Renfrew on the south bank of the River Clyde

Gearing arranged so locomotive can achieve a scale top speed of 120 mph (193 km/h)

Class 58 - Mainline Blue (Preserved) - 58023 Departmental Coaches it was allocated for trialsEntering service in December 1984, 58023 was a typical mid batch locomotive. Most reliability modifications had been undertaken, but not the more drastic changes seen on the second batch. Outshopped in Red Stripe livery, it worked for a couple of years before being displayed at the Welbeck Colliery open day on 25th June 1989 in ex works Triple Grey livery with Coal Sector branding. A locomotive that spent a good few years unnamed, it worked like this