GM2210702D Class 56 031 'Merehead' BR Dutch Grey/Yellow Diesel Locomotive - DCC Fitted Class_Class-44 with two types of side

with two types of side handbrake arrangement catered for

The persevering speedster can shine with a top speed of just over 6 mph

four-wheel drive

but also a challenge and a pleasure at the same time

some lingering on into the 1970s and 1980s

GM2210702D Class 56 031 'Merehead' BR Dutch Grey/Yellow Diesel Locomotive - DCC Fitted Class_Class-44 with two types of sideThe British Rail Class 56 is a type of diesel locomotive designed for heavy freight work. It is a Type 5 locomotive, with a Ruston Paxman power unit developing 3,250 bhp (2,423 kW), and has a Co Co wheel arrangement. Enthusiasts nicknamed them "Gridirons" (or "Grids" for short), due to the grid like horn cover on the locomotive's cab ends fitted to nos. 56056 onwards. Under its Romanian railway factory nomenclature, the locomotive was named