2D-142-009 Class 142 First Great Western Blue/Gold 142070 N gauge class 86 spares Removable roof

Removable roof

Twenty single car driving units or bubble cars and ten trailer vehicles were built by Gloucester RC&W in 1958 and six survive into preservation

0-6-0 Drewry Shunter

fruit D vans were converted and used as permanent parcels or stores vans and remained in service in this way into the 1980’s

2D-142-009 Class 142 First Great Western Blue/Gold 142070 N gauge class 86 spares Removable roofThe British Rail Class 142 is a type of diesel railbus multiple unit designed to run in pairs for use on branch lines in Northern and South Western England and North Wales. Ninety six of the sets were built by BREL at Derby between 1985 and 1987 and followed on from the design of the Class 141. Initially, the Class 142 exhibited many operational problems including the inability to negotiate tight curves, a lack of power with poor braking and a rough