Class 142 - GW Chocolate & Cream 'Skipper' - 142015 387 CIÉ embarked on a programme

CIÉ embarked on a programme of rolling stock renewal beginning in the early 1950s

It would enjoy stays at Newport Pill

This was the final relaxation of BR’s restrictive rules on naming that had been steadily eroded over the previous decade

using dedicated vans to carry freshly printed copies from Edinburgh at 04:00 to Glasgow for onward distribution on the first morning trains

37800 is one of two ROG Class 37s that has been modified with an extendable winch at the base of the nose ends to lift the weight of the tightlock coupling adaptor when fitted

Class 142 - GW Chocolate & Cream 'Skipper' - 142015 387 CIÉ embarked on a programme142015 (55556+55606) Exeter St Davids Paignton The next 13 units, 142015 142027, were for use on branch lines in Devon and Cornwall. New to Plymouth Laira between September December 1985 and branded as Skippers they were delivered in a chocolate and cream scheme in a reverse of the Great Western coaching stock livery, appropriate considering the GW150 celebrations that had been taking place that same year. This was applied to the same format as later