Class 142 - GW Chocolate & Cream 'Skipper' - 142024142024 (55565+55615) Newcastle Middlesbrough 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

2020-present

Acquired as part of the mass transfer of Class 37/4s from DB Schenker to Direct Rail Services in 2011

Die-cast metal chassis

2 end only

SR D1478 Van - Modified SR Livery - Triple Pack

HYA 371039

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

and wears classic 1970s BR blue

Assign sounds to different functions or events

Latterly embellished by DRS staff with tiny BR double arrows

The unique “Auto Tune” function facilitates the automatic calibration of the decoder to perfectly match the motor

Cardiff-Fishguard/Rhymney and Crewe/Manchester