SIDELINES
Class 58s down to 10
WITH the recent scrapping of exported Class 58s in France, (see June issue and Stock Update this month on page 94), the once 50-strong Class 58 fleet is now down to 10 members – and one of those is no more than a frame. At the time of going to press, Nos. 58025/27/41/50 were intact at Albacete in Spain, with No. 58044 at Metz in Spain. Five others are preserved in Britain: Nos. 58012 and 58048 at the Battlefield Line, having the same owner and bought at the same time as No. 58023 at UKRL’s Leicester depot; firstpreserved No. 58016 is also at Leicester; while No. 58022 has donated its frames to the Ivatt Diesel Re-creation Society.