HELJAN 5808
CLASS 58 DIESEL, 58041, 'RATCLIFFE POWER STATION'
RAILFREIGHT RED STRIPE LIVERY

I've always liked the class 58 loco's and in my time on the railways I always enjoyed working on them although when starting a heavy load they could slip on a sandy beach! If ever we had a class 58 then at some point during the shift you would almost certainly be outside throwing handfuls of sand on the track to get enough traction to be able to haul a loaded train out of a colliery yard or siding.

Despite that they are one of my favourite diesel loco's and the Heljan model, even with its faults, is one of their very best to date. It is a substantial model that feels nice and heavy when handled and it looks perfectly right which is so important. There have been a few silly errors or mistakes in production but nothing that really detracts from the finished model and nothing that couldn't be remedied without too much trouble.

I was lucky to get my example at a discount price and I consider it to be an absolute bargain. Fitted with a Bachmann DCC chip it needs a fair bit of power to get it started but it will pull just about anything.

I'm so pleased with this one that I might just be tempted to get hold of another!

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