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Class 58 - EWS Red/Gold - 58050The 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

the coaches lost their original lettering around 1991/92

Bicester and Longmoor variously until it was called upon for its first filming role

for a long time it looked like its repairs would never be completed

when the EWS “beasties” sticker was applied to its now-tatty triple-grey bodyside

in November and wasn’t reunited with its famous name until the following February

where it later suffered the same fate as the others stored at Alizay and was cut up in 2023

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this is believed to be one of the longest names ever carried by a UK locomotive

a sale to Colas Rail in 2016 and then Europhoenix in 2018

as well as end plates