ODA - EWS Maroon/Yellow - Triple Pack F CDA China Clay Very high-quality 3-pole motor with

Very high-quality 3-pole motor with flywheel

This scheme would later become known as ‘Laira blue’ or ‘Departmental blue’ and was also briefly applied to 50037 in 1990 and then to 50008 in 1991

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it retained the same basic appearance for its last 11 years in traffic

it mostly saw employment on infrastructure duties

ODA - EWS Maroon/Yellow - Triple Pack F CDA China Clay Very high-quality 3-pole motor withIn the early 1980s, British Rail's shift to an air braked network created logistical challenges for the Ministry of Defence (MoD), whose depot sidings had sharp curves that could not accommodate newer, long wheelbase wagons. To solve this, 50 vacuum braked, 12 foot wheelbase "Pipe" wagons (built in 1961 under Lot 3335 to Diagram 1 462) were selected for conversion. Their drop sides were ideal for palletised loads. Modified at Shildon works in 1983