Class 50 - GB Railfreight - 50049 'Defiance' VTG Mark 2b SO - 822

Mark 2b SO - 822

brake gear

D5501 was only the second Type 2 to be released from Brush’s Falcon Works in Loughborough as part of the 20-strong Pilot Scheme batch of locomotives

In May 1994 it moved to the West Somerset Railway where a power unit lift and main generator repair was undertaken

Class 50 - GB Railfreight - 50049 'Defiance' VTG Mark 2b SO - 82250049 Defiance GB Railfreight Reunited with its original Hercules name at Washwood Heath in 2014 after being acquired by Boden Rail the previous year, 50007 has been one of the busiest Class 50s in preservation after being retired by British Rail for the second and final time in March 1994. This followed its earlier withdrawal in July 1991, later rescinded in 1992 so it could work railtours. It had initially been sold to the Class 40 Appeal at the