GM7240203 Class 60 Diesel 60 006 Scunthorpe Ironmaster British Steel Blue Diesel Locomotive option-set-190 BUILT BY BR Doncaster Works/Vulcan

BUILT BY BR Doncaster Works/Vulcan Foundry

plus a storage building and a scale house

This advanced unit includes electronics

Colorful decal signs from different eras

GM7240203 Class 60 Diesel 60 006 Scunthorpe Ironmaster British Steel Blue Diesel Locomotive option-set-190 BUILT BY BR Doncaster Works/VulcanIn the 1980s, British Rail determined there was a requirement for a high powered Type 5 diesel locomotive for use on its Trainload Freight sector. On 10 August 1987, the British Railways Board issued a competitive tender for response by 7 November, for a fleet of 100 locomotives. Of the six companies invited to tender, only three bid responses were received Metro Cammell offered a Metro Cammell body with an option of traction packages, many untried,