GM2210701D Class 56 032 County of South Glamorgan Railfreight Metals Diesel Locomotive - DCC Fitted option-set-146 the Stingray C8 Coupé

the Stingray C8 Coupé

Kato Track Code    S123U

The Class prototype

Running Numbers

Weymann Fanfare with Leyland chassis and in Southdown livery in 1:76 scale with registration number - XUF 134

GM2210701D Class 56 032 County of South Glamorgan Railfreight Metals Diesel Locomotive - DCC Fitted option-set-146 the Stingray C8 CoupéThe 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