Beilhack Snowplough ZZA ADB965578/579 'Stratford Shark' BR yellow (ex Class 40)

Beilhack Snowplough ZZA ADB965578/579 'Stratford Shark' BR yellow (ex Class 40)The 'Beilhack' ZZA Snowplough dates back to 1982, when BR required additional snowploughs on the network. A novel solution was found using redundant bogies from withdrawn Class 40 and 45 locomotives, which were fitted with a plough blade manufactured by Beilhack, and weight added. A total of 10 were built at Stratford and Ashford up to 1990 latterly using Class 45 bogies. They have carried several liveries including BR yellow, Railtrack, and they are

Our model has an impressive 825g of weight to allow the powerful 5-pole motor and all-wheel drive to haul the very heaviest of trains

With Corás Iompair Éireann (CIÉ) rolling out a series of freight stock throughout the 1950s-1960s based on a standardised triangulated underframe developed by its then-Chief Mechanical Engineer

CAWD 92767

DRSL 92703 [Novapak] DRSL 92721 [2896 brown] DRSL 92856 [Novapak]

efficient and powerful

Ex-splitbox nose with plated door and WIPAC light clusters

J Hill’s improved C72 Class

Gearing arranged so locomotive can achieve a scale top speed of 90 mph (145 km/h)

Customised Dual-Speaker Technology with large ‘Accurathrash’ Style Bass Speaker and smaller 'iphone' style cube for higher frequencies (on DCC Sound-fitted models only)

revised DRS control desk and centre cab partition

It also gained an orange cantrail stripe later the same year before it moved back to Stratford in May 1987

still wearing its classic Railfreight image